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
Season2016–17
ChampionsCopenhagen
RelegatedEsbjerg
Viborg
Champions LeagueCopenhagen
Europa LeagueBrøndby
Lyngby
Midtjylland
Matches played250
Goals scored662 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcus Ingvartsen (23 goals)
Biggest home winCopenhagen 5–0 Horsens
Biggest away winAGF 0–7 Brøndby
Highest scoringSilkeborg 5–3 AaB
AGF 6–2 Esbjerg
Longest unbeaten runCopenhagen (33)

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
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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Copenhagen31111222111111111111111111
Brøndby12332111232222222222222222
Lyngby Boldklub1212756678776454555555534433
SønderjyskE11912121213131210107767666666667554
Midtjylland54225555453333334333343345
Nordsjælland16101111111111121111109999897891010986
Randers FC59674443324545443444455667
AaB755433345456888810897876778
Silkeborg IF911131413141414141412121210111191110111089899
Horsens778109966668876777789798101010
OB9788881010111213131313131312121312131313111211
AGF43467797989111011101011101110111111121112
Viborg FF1313119101089891091112121213131413141414141413
Esbjerg fB1314141314121213131314141414141414141214121212131314
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

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 ╲ RoundInitial12345678910
Copenhagen11111111111
Brøndby22222222222
Lyngby Boldklub33553443333
Midtjylland55334334444
Nordsjælland66445555555
SønderjyskE44666666666
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 winner; (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 winner; (R) Relegated.

European play-offs

Bracket
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                
13 and 16 May 2017
Odense314
20 and 29 May 2017
Silkeborg12 3
Odense101
12 and 17 May 2017
Randers12 3
AaB011
1 June 2017
Randers22 4
Midtjylland3
Randers0

European play-off quarter-finals
Odense3–1Silkeborg
R. Jönsson  18'
M. Greve  69'
R. Festersen  76'		 N. Helenius  35'
Attendance: 4805
Referee: Lars Christoffersen
Silkeborg2–1Odense
R. Skov  51', 72' M. Desler  70'
Attendance: 2452
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
AaB0–2Randers
M. Pourié  26', 32'
Attendance: 3681
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt
Randers2–1AaB
Đurđić  34'
Lundberg  66'		 Thellufsen  55'
Attendance: 3986
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

European play-off semi-finals
Odense1–1Randers
Jönsson  83' Allansson  54'
Attendance: 4,447
Randers2–0Odense
Pourié  90'
Lundberg  90'
Attendance: 4924
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

European play-off final
Midtjylland3–0Randers
Onuachu  37'
Nicolaisen  67'
Borring  69'
Attendance: 5534
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Relegation play-offs

First round
Esbjerg0–0AGF
Attendance: 6305
AGF3–1Esbjerg
Junker  3'
Sverrisson  55'
Rasmussen  90'		 Hvilsom  28'
Attendance: 10134
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
Viborg FF3–0Horsens
F. Møller  21' (o.g.)
Park Jung-bin  78'
O. Akharraz  87'
Attendance: 3020
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
Horsens1–0Viborg FF
Nymann  28'
Attendance: 1441
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Second round
Viborg FF2–2AGF
Park  10'
Déblé  89'		 Rasmussen  15' (pen.)
Junker  68'
Attendance: 8619
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
AGF1–0Viborg FF
Rasmussen  10'
Attendance: 17462
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
Esbjerg1–1Horsens
Söder  67' Tshiembe  38'
Attendance: 5157
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
Horsens3–2Esbjerg
Kryger  36'
Finnbogason  46'  73' (pen.)		 Lungi Sørensen  41'
Zivzivadze  90'
Attendance: 5429
Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Third round
Helsingør1–1Viborg FF
Minor Petersen  50' Jakobsen  73'
Attendance: 3382
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
Viborg FF2–2 (a.e.t.)Helsingør
Reese  83'
Vestergaard  92'		 Christensen  60'
Riel  112'
Attendance: 5202
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
Horsens0–0Vendsyssel
Attendance: 4037
Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard-Andersen
Vendsyssel1–3Horsens
Tiago  40' Jespersen  51'
Finnbogason  85'
Gemmer  90'
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 København171,19813,169
Brøndby IF164,25112,635

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