2016–17 Danish Superliga

The 2016–17 Danish Superliga season was the 27th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. The season was the first with a new league structure in which 14 clubs play each other home and away, until the league was split up in championship and relegation play-offs. The new structure was inspired by the one used by the Belgian First Division A and was approved by the Danish FA, Dansk Boldspil-Union, on 28 June 2015.^[1]

Alka Superliga

Season	2016–17
Champions	Copenhagen
Relegated	Esbjerg Viborg
Champions League	Copenhagen
Europa League	Brøndby Lyngby Midtjylland
Matches played	250
Goals scored	662 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Ingvartsen (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Copenhagen 5–0 Horsens
Biggest away win	AGF 0–7 Brøndby
Highest scoring	Silkeborg 5–3 AaB AGF 6–2 Esbjerg
Longest unbeaten run	Copenhagen (33)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.^[2]

Teams

Hobro IK finished the 2015–16 season in 12th place and was relegated to the 2016–17 1st Division.

The relegated team was replaced by 2015–16 1st Division champions Lyngby Boldklub, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams, Silkeborg IF and AC Horsens, were promoted to bring the total teams in the league to 14.

On 23 October 2016, the home stadium for Odense Boldklub changed its name from TRE-FOR Park to EWII Park as a consequence of the current stadium sponsor changing its name.^[3]

On 31 December 2016, the previous sponsorship agreement for the home stadium of Aalborg BK, Nordjyske Arena, expired and the stadium was officially referred to as Aalborg Stadium, because a new sponsorship agreement was signed and took effect on 1 April 2017, renaming the stadium Aalborg Portland Park.^[4]

Stadia and locations

AaB

Horsens

AGF

Brøndby

Esbjerg

Midtjylland

FCN

Lyngby

OB

Randers

Silkeborg

SønderjyskE

Viborg

FCK

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2016–17 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2015–16 position
AaB	Aalborg	Nordjyske Arena (until 31 December 2016) Aalborg Stadium (1 January-31 March 2017) Aalborg Portland Park (from 1 April 2017)[4]	Natural	13,797	5th
AC Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	1D, 3rd
AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Natural	20,032	10th
Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Natural	29,000	4th
Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	11th
FC Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	1st
FC Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	3rd
FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	9th
Lyngby BK	Lyngby	Lyngby Stadion	Natural	8,000	1D, 1st
OB	Odense	TRE-FOR Park (until 22 October 2016) EWII Park (from 23 October 2016)[3]	Natural	15,790	7th
Randers FC	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	6th
Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	MASCOT Park	Natural	10,000	1D, 2nd
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	2nd
Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Natural	9,566	8th

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AaB	Morten Wieghorst	Rasmus Würtz	hummel	Spar Nord
AC Horsens	Bo Henriksen	Mathias Nielsen	hummel
AGF	Glen Riddersholm	Morten Rasmussen	hummel	Ceres
Brøndby IF	Alexander Zorniger	Thomas Kahlenberg	hummel	Bet25.dk
Esbjerg fB	Lars Lungi Sørensen	Jeppe Andersen	Nike	Stofa
F.C. Copenhagen	Ståle Solbakken	Mathias Jørgensen	Adidas	Carlsberg
FC Midtjylland	Jess Thorup	Jakob Poulsen	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
FC Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	Patrick Mtiliga	Diadora	DHL
Lyngby BK	David Nielsen	Mathias Tauber	Adidas	Hellerup Finans
OB	Kent Nielsen	Kenneth Emil Petersen	hummel	Carlsberg
Randers FC	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Mads Fenger	Puma	Verdo
Silkeborg IF	Peter Sørensen	Dennis Flinta	uhlsport	Mascot International
SønderjyskE	Claus Nørgaard	Pierre Kanstrup	hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Viborg	Johnny Mølby	Mikkel Rask	Nike	Andelskassen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Brøndby IF	Aurelijus Skarbalius	End of contract	30 May 2016[5]	Alexander Zorniger	13 June 2016[6]	Pre-Season
Randers FC	Colin Todd	Mutual consent	30 June 2016[7]	Ólafur Kristjánsson	1 July 2016[8]	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB	Jonas Dal	Sacked	30 June 2016[9]	Colin Todd	8 July 2016[10]	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB	Colin Todd	Sacked	5 December 2016[11]	Lars Lungi Sørensen	5 December 2016	14th
AaB	Lars Søndergaard	Sacked	15 December 2016[12]	Morten Wieghorst	2 January 2017[13]	8th
SønderjyskE	Jakob Michelsen	Signed by Hammarby IF	31 December 2016[14]	Claus Nørgaard	5 January 2017[15]	6th

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen	26	19	7	0	57	10	+47	64	Qualification for the championship round
2	Brøndby	26	15	7	4	52	23	+29	52
3	Lyngby	26	11	6	9	25	23	+2	39
4	SønderjyskE	26	10	9	7	30	32	−2	39
5	Midtjylland	26	10	8	8	44	29	+15	38
6	Nordsjælland	26	9	8	9	41	41	0	35
7	Randers	26	9	6	11	26	32	−6	33	Qualification for the relegation round
8	AaB	26	9	6	11	28	38	−10	33
9	Silkeborg	26	7	9	10	31	46	−15	30
10	Horsens	26	7	8	11	29	45	−16	29
11	Odense	26	7	7	12	26	32	−6	28
12	AGF	26	6	7	13	33	40	−7	25
13	Viborg	26	6	7	13	29	40	−11	25
14	Esbjerg	26	5	9	12	28	48	−20	24

Source: DBU, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.^[16]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Copenhagen	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Brøndby	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lyngby Boldklub	12	12	7	5	6	6	7	8	7	7	6	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	3
SønderjyskE	11	9	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	4
Midtjylland	5	4	2	2	5	5	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	5
Nordsjælland	1	6	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	6
Randers FC	5	9	6	7	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7
AaB	7	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	7	8	7	6	7	7	8
Silkeborg IF	9	11	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	10	11	11	9	11	10	11	10	8	9	8	9	9
Horsens	7	7	8	10	9	9	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	9	8	10	10	10
OB	9	7	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	11	12	11
AGF	4	3	4	6	7	7	9	7	9	8	9	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	12
Viborg FF	13	13	11	9	10	10	8	9	8	9	10	9	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13
Esbjerg fB	13	14	14	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	12	12	12	13	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2016. Source: Weltfussball

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	AaB	AGF	BIF	EfB	FCK	FCN	FCM	LBK	OB	RFC	SJE	SIF	VFF
Horsens		3–0	1–5	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–2
AaB	1–1		2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0
AGF	1–1	1–2		0–7	6–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1
Brøndby	2–2	2–0	1–0		4–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–2
Esbjerg fB	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1		0–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–3
Copenhagen	5–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0		4–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	4–0
Nordsjælland	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1		0–4	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	5–1	4–3
Midtjylland	5–2	2–0	0–1	3–3	3–0	1–3	1–2		1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–0	0–0
Lyngby Boldklub	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0		2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
OB	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–2		3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Randers FC	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0		0–4	1–0	2–1
SønderjyskE	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0		2–2	1–0
Silkeborg IF	1–0	5–3	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–1		1–5
Viborg FF	2–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2017. Source: Danish Football Association and Superliga.dk (in Danish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Points and goals carried over in full from regular season. The round began 2 April 2017.^[17]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen (C)	36	25	9	2	74	20	+54	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brøndby	36	18	8	10	62	40	+22	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Lyngby	36	17	7	12	42	35	+7	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Midtjylland (O)	36	15	9	12	67	53	+14	54	Qualification for the European play-off final
5	Nordsjælland	36	13	10	13	59	55	+4	49
6	SønderjyskE	36	12	10	14	44	54	−10	46

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining champion or UEFA competitions); 6) Draw.^[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team ╲ Round	Initial	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Copenhagen	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Brøndby	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lyngby Boldklub	3	3	5	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Midtjylland	5	5	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Nordsjælland	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
SønderjyskE	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: Weltfussball

Relegation round

Points and goals carried over in full from regular season. The round began 2 April 2017.^[17]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Randers	32	11	8	13	33	35	−2	41	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals
2	Odense	32	10	9	13	33	38	−5	39
3	Horsens (O)	32	9	9	14	34	53	−19	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
4	Esbjerg (R)	32	6	12	14	32	54	−22	30

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.^[16]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Silkeborg	32	9	11	12	36	51	−15	38	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals
2	AaB	32	10	8	14	30	45	−15	38
3	AGF (O)	32	10	7	15	45	46	−1	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
4	Viborg (R)	32	8	9	15	35	47	−12	33

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.^[16]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

European play-offs

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	13 and 16 May 2017
	Odense	3	1	4
							20 and 29 May 2017
	Silkeborg	1	2	3
							Odense	1	0	1
	12 and 17 May 2017
							Randers	1	2	3
	AaB	0	1	1
													1 June 2017
	Randers	2	2	4
													Midtjylland			3
													Randers			0

European play-off quarter-finals

Odense	3–1	Silkeborg
R. Jönsson 18' M. Greve 69' R. Festersen 76'		N. Helenius 35'

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)

EWII Park, Odense

Attendance: 4805

Referee: Lars Christoffersen

Silkeborg	2–1	Odense
R. Skov 51', 72'		M. Desler 70'

16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)

MASCOT Park, Silkeborg

Attendance: 2452

Referee: Michael Tykgaard

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AaB	0–2	Randers
		M. Pourié 26', 32'

12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)

Aalborg Portland Park, Aalborg

Attendance: 3681

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

Randers	2–1	AaB
Đurđić 34' Lundberg 66'		Thellufsen 55'

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)

AutoC Park Randers, Randers

Attendance: 3986

Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

European play-off semi-finals

Odense	1–1	Randers
Jönsson 83'		Allansson 54'

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)

EWII Park, Odense

Attendance: 4,447

Referee: Anders Poulsen

Randers	2–0	Odense
Pourié 90' Lundberg 90'

29 May 2017 (2017-05-29)

AutoC Park Randers, Randers

Attendance: 4924

Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

European play-off final

Midtjylland	3–0	Randers
Onuachu 37' Nicolaisen 67' Borring 69'

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)

MCH Arena, Herning

Attendance: 5534

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Relegation play-offs

First round

Esbjerg	0–0	AGF

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)

Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg

Attendance: 6305

Referee: Anders Poulsen

AGF	3–1	Esbjerg
Junker 3' Sverrisson 55' Rasmussen 90'		Hvilsom 28'

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)

Ceres Park

Attendance: 10134

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

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Viborg FF	3–0	Horsens
F. Møller 21' (o.g.) Park Jung-bin 78' O. Akharraz 87'

12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)

Energi Viborg Arena

Attendance: 3020

Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Horsens	1–0	Viborg FF
Nymann 28'

16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)

CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens

Attendance: 1441

Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Second round

Viborg FF	2–2	AGF
Park 10' Déblé 89'		Rasmussen 15' (pen.) Junker 68'

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)

Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg

Attendance: 8619

Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

AGF	1–0	Viborg FF
Rasmussen 10'

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)

Ceres Park, Aarhus

Attendance: 17462

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

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Esbjerg	1–1	Horsens
Söder 67'		Tshiembe 38'

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)

Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg

Attendance: 5157

Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Horsens	3–2	Esbjerg
Kryger 36' Finnbogason 46' 73' (pen.)		Lungi Sørensen 41' Zivzivadze 90'

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)

Casa Arena Horsens, Horsens

Attendance: 5429

Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Third round

Helsingør	1–1	Viborg FF
Minor Petersen 50'		Jakobsen 73'

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)

Helsingør Stadion, Helsingør

Attendance: 3382

Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Viborg FF	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Helsingør
Reese 83' Vestergaard 92'		Christensen 60' Riel 112'

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)

Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg

Attendance: 5202

Referee: Jakob Kehlet

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Horsens	0–0	Vendsyssel

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)

CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens

Attendance: 4037

Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard-Andersen

Vendsyssel	1–3	Horsens
Tiago 40'		Jespersen 51' Finnbogason 85' Gemmer 90'

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)

Hjørring Stadium, Hjørring

Attendance: 4386

Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg

Top goalscorers

As of 2 June 2017^[18]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland	23
2	Teemu Pukki	Brøndby	20
3	Paul Onuachu	Midtjylland	19
4	Morten Duncan Rasmussen	AGF	16
5	Kamil Wilczek	Brøndby	13
6	Andreas Cornelius	Copenhagen	12
	Emiliano Marcondes	Nordsjælland
	Federico Santander	Copenhagen
9	Jeppe Kjær	Lyngby	11
	Robin Söder	Esbjerg
11	Kjartan Finnbogason	Horsens	10
	Marvin Pourié	Randers
	Robert Skov	Silkeborg
	Nicklas Helenius	Silkeborg

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Winners		Nominees
	Player	Club	Players	Clubs
July	Rasmus Falk	Copenhagen	Thomas Delaney	Copenhagen
			Andrew Hjulsager	Brøndby
August	Teemu Pukki	Brøndby	Andrew Hjulsager	Brøndby
			Hany Mukhtar	Brøndby
September	Jesper Hansen	Lyngby	Simon Kroon	SønderjyskE
			Jeppe Kjær	Lyngby
October	Andreas Cornelius	Copenhagen	William Kvist	Copenhagen
			Mikael Ishak	Randers FC
November	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland	Youssef Toutouh	Copenhagen
			Mathias Jørgensen	Copenhagen
February	Jakub Sylvestr	AaB	Rasmus Jönsson	OB
			Mikkel Duelund	Midtjylland
March	Emiliano Marcondes	Nordsjælland	Federico Santander	Copenhagen
			Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland
April	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland	Frederik Rønnow	Brøndby
			Paul Onuachu	Midtjylland
May	Paul Onuachu	Midtjylland	Mikkel Duelund	Midtjylland
			Jesper Hansen	Lyngby

Attendances

Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:^[19]

Team	Total attendance	Home average
FC København	171,198	13,169
Brøndby IF	164,251	12,635

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External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)