2016–17 Danish Superliga

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 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]

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

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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 Denmark Morten Wieghorst Denmark Rasmus Würtz hummel Spar Nord
AC Horsens Denmark Bo Henriksen Denmark Mathias Nielsen hummel
AGF Denmark Glen Riddersholm Denmark Morten Rasmussen hummel Ceres
Brøndby IF Germany Alexander Zorniger Denmark Thomas Kahlenberg hummel Bet25.dk
Esbjerg fB Denmark Lars Lungi Sørensen Denmark Jeppe Andersen Nike Stofa
F.C. Copenhagen Norway Ståle Solbakken Denmark Mathias Jørgensen Adidas Carlsberg
FC Midtjylland Denmark Jess Thorup Denmark Jakob Poulsen Nike Det Faglige Hus
FC Nordsjælland Denmark Kasper Hjulmand Denmark Patrick Mtiliga Diadora DHL
Lyngby BK Denmark David Nielsen Denmark Mathias Tauber Adidas Hellerup Finans
OB Denmark Kent Nielsen Denmark Kenneth Emil Petersen hummel Carlsberg
Randers FC Iceland Ólafur Kristjánsson Denmark Mads Fenger Puma Verdo
Silkeborg IF Denmark Peter Sørensen Denmark Dennis Flinta uhlsport Mascot International
SønderjyskE Denmark Claus Nørgaard Denmark Pierre Kanstrup hummel Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Viborg Denmark Johnny Mølby Denmark 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 Lithuania Aurelijus Skarbalius End of contract 30 May 2016[5] Germany Alexander Zorniger 13 June 2016[6] Pre-Season
Randers FC England Colin Todd Mutual consent 30 June 2016[7] Iceland Ólafur Kristjánsson 1 July 2016[8] Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB Denmark Jonas Dal Sacked 30 June 2016[9] England Colin Todd 8 July 2016[10] Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB England Colin Todd Sacked 5 December 2016[11] Denmark Lars Lungi Sørensen 5 December 2016 14th
AaB Denmark Lars Søndergaard Sacked 15 December 2016[12] Denmark Morten Wieghorst 2 January 2017[13] 8th
SønderjyskE Denmark Jakob Michelsen Signed by Hammarby IF 31 December 2016[14] Denmark 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) 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 ╲ 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 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-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
Silkeborg2–1Odense
R. Skov 51', 72' M. Desler 70'
Attendance: 2452
AaB0–2Randers
M. Pourié 26', 32'
Attendance: 3681
Randers2–1AaB
Đurđić 34'
Lundberg 66'		 Thellufsen 55'
Attendance: 3986

European play-off semi-finals

Odense1–1Randers
Jönsson 83' Allansson 54'
Attendance: 4,447
Randers2–0Odense
Pourié 90'
Lundberg 90'
Attendance: 4924

European play-off final

Midtjylland3–0Randers
Onuachu 37'
Nicolaisen 67'
Borring 69'
Attendance: 5534

Relegation play-offs

First round

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

Second round

Viborg FF2–2AGF
Park 10'
Déblé 89'		 Rasmussen 15' (pen.)
Junker 68'
Attendance: 8619
AGF1–0Viborg FF
Rasmussen 10'
Attendance: 17462
Esbjerg1–1Horsens
Söder 67' Tshiembe 38'
Attendance: 5157
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
Viborg FF2–2 (a.e.t.)Helsingør
Reese 83'
Vestergaard 92'		 Christensen 60'
Riel 112'
Attendance: 5202
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
Horsens0–0Vendsyssel
Attendance: 4037
Vendsyssel1–3Horsens
Tiago 40' Jespersen 51'
Finnbogason 85'
Gemmer 90'
Attendance: 4386

Top goalscorers

As of 2 June 2017[18]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Marcus Ingvartsen Nordsjælland 23
2 Finland Teemu Pukki Brøndby 20
3 Nigeria Paul Onuachu Midtjylland 19
4 Denmark Morten Duncan Rasmussen AGF 16
5 Poland Kamil Wilczek Brøndby 13
6 Denmark Andreas Cornelius Copenhagen 12
Denmark Emiliano Marcondes Nordsjælland
Paraguay Federico Santander Copenhagen
9 Denmark Jeppe Kjær Lyngby 11
Sweden Robin Söder Esbjerg
11 Iceland Kjartan Finnbogason Horsens 10
Germany Marvin Pourié Randers
Denmark Robert Skov Silkeborg
Denmark Nicklas Helenius Silkeborg

Awards

Player of the Month

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