Danish Superliga 2016-17

Alka Superliga 2016–17
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
Matches played	210
Goals scored	550
Top goalscorer	Teemu Pukki (18 goals) Marcus Ingvartsen (18 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
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The 2016–17 Danish Superliga season is the 27th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. The season is the first with a new league structure in which 14 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship and relegation play-offs. The new structure is 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.

The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.

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.

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.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2015–16 position
Aab !Aalborg BK	Aalborg	Nordjyske Arena (until 31 December 2016) Aalborg Stadium (1 January-31 March 2017) Aalborg Portland Park (from 1 April 2017)	Natural	13,797	05 !5th
AC Horsens !AC Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	3 !1D, 3rd
Agf !AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Natural	20,032	10 !10th
Brondby !Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Natural	29,000	04 !4th
Esbjerg fB !Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	11 !11th
Fc Copenhagen !FC Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	01 !1st
Fc Midtjylland !FC Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	03 !3rd
Fc Nordsjaelland !FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	Artificial	9,900	09 !9th
Lyngby BK !Lyngby BK	Lyngby	Lyngby Stadion	Natural	8,000	1 !1D, 1st
Ob !Odense BK	Odense	TRE-FOR Park (until 22 October 2016) EWII Park (from 23 October 2016)	Natural	15,790	07 !7th
Randers Fc !Randers FC	Randers	AutoC Park Randers	Natural	12,000	06 !6th
Silkeborg IF !Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	MASCOT Park	Natural	10,000	2 !1D, 2nd
Sonderjyske !SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	02 !2nd
Viborg !Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Natural	9,566	08 !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	Thomas Delaney	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	Alexander Zorniger	13 June 2016	Pre-Season
Randers FC	Colin Todd	Mutual consent	30 June 2016	Ólafur Kristjánsson	1 July 2016	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB	Jonas Dal	Sacked	30 June 2016	Colin Todd	8 July 2016	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB	Colin Todd	Sacked	5 December 2016	Lars Lungi Sørensen	5 December 2016	14th
AaB	Lars Søndergaard	Sacked	15 December 2016	Morten Wieghorst	2 January 2017	8th
SønderjyskE	Jakob Michelsen	Signed by Hammarby IF	31 December 2016	Claus Nørgaard	5 January 2017	6th

Regular season

2016–17 Danish Superliga Regular Season table table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Copenhagen	26	19	7	0	57	10	+47	64	Qualification to 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 FC	26	9	6	11	26	32	−6	33	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Aalborg	26	9	6	11	28	38	−10	33
9	Silkeborg IF	26	7	9	10	31	46	−15	30
10	Horsens	26	7	8	11	29	45	−16	29
11	OB	26	7	7	12	26	32	−6	28
12	Aarhus	26	6	7	13	33	40	−7	25
13	Viborg FF	26	6	7	13	29	40	−11	25
14	Esbjerg fB	26	5	9	12	28	48	−20	24

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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	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
Aalborg	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
Aarhus	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

Last updated: 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

Aalborg

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

Aarhus

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

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 games played on 13 March 2017
Source: Danish Football Association and Superliga.dk (Danish)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Championship round

Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season. The round is scheduled to begin on 2 April 2017.

2016–17 Danish Superliga Championship Round table

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

Updated to games played on 20 May 2017
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Positions by round

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

Team \ Round	Initial	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
Copenhagen	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Brøndby	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lyngby	3	3	5	5	3
Midtjylland	5	5	3	3	4
Nordsjælland	6	6	4	4	5
SønderjyskE	4	4	6	6	6

Last updated: 23 April 2017
Source: Weltfussball

Relegation round

Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.The round is scheduled to begin on 2 April 2017.

Group A

2016–17 Danish Superliga Relegation Round Group A table

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

Source: [ Soccerway]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Group B

2016–17 Danish Superliga Relegation Round Group B table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Silkeborg IF	32	9	11	12	36	51	−15	38	Qualification to European play-off quarter-finals
2	Aalborg	32	10	8	14	30	45	−15	38
3	Aarhus	32	10	7	15	45	46	−1	37	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
4	Viborg FF	32	8	9	15	35	47	−12	33

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

European play-offs

European play-off quarter-finals

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)	Runners-up of Group A	v	Winners of Group B

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)	Winners of Group B	v	Runners-up of Group A

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14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)	Runners-up of Group B	v	Winners of Group A

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)	Winners of Group A	v	Runners-up of Group B

European play-off semi-finals

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)	Winners of quarter-final 1	v	Winners of quarter-final 2

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)	Winners of quarter-final 2	v	Winners of quarter-final 1

European play-off final

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)	Third-placed team Championship round	v	Winners of semi-finals

Relegation play-offs

First round

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)	Esbjerg	v	3rd Group B	Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)	3rd Group B	v	Esbjerg

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14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)	4th Group B	v	Horsens

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)	Horsens	v	4th Group B	CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens

Second round

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)	Winners match 1	v	Winners match 2

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)	Winners match 2	v	Winners match 1

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21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)	Losers match 1	v	Losers match 2

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)	Losers match 2	v	Losers match 1

Third round

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)	3rd place in 1st Division	v	Losers match 3

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)	Losers match 3	v	3rd place in 1st Division

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31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)	Winners match 4	v	2nd place in 1st Division

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)	2nd place in 1st Division	v	Winners match 4

Top goalscorers

As of 24 April 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Teemu Pukki	Brøndby	18
	Marcus Ingvartsen	Nordsjælland
2	Kamil Wilczek	Brøndby	13
3	Paul Onuachu	Midtjylland	12
4	Federico Santander	Copenhagen	11
	Emiliano Marcondes	Nordsjælland
	Andreas Cornelius	Copenhagen
	Morten Duncan Rasmussen	AGF
5	Jeppe Kjær	Lyngby	10
	Robin Söder	Esbjerg

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

External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)

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