As Denmark dropped from nineteenth to twenty-second place in the 2015 UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2014–15 season, the champion of the league will qualify for the UEFA Champions League; that club will commence its campaign in the second qualifying round.
Furthermore, the second and third-place clubs will enter the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round.
[2] FC Vestsjælland and Silkeborg IF finished the 2014–15 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2015–16 1st Division.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2014–15 1st Division champions Viborg FF and the runners-up AGF.
[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules.