# 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.
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 | Nordjyske Arena (until 31 December 2016) Aalborg Stadium (1 January-31 March 2017) Aalborg Portland Park (from 1 April 2017) | 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) | 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 | 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

| 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 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Lyngby | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | SønderjyskE | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Midtjylland | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Nordsjælland | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 35 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 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 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Silkeborg | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Horsens | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Odense | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | AGF | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 13 | Viborg | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 14 | Esbjerg | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### 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 |

### 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 | |

## Championship round

Points and goals carried over in full from regular season. The round began 2 April 2017.
| 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 | |

### 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 |

## Relegation round

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

### 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 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals |
| 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 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

### 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 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals |
| 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 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

## European play-offs
### Bracket

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

### European play-off final
## Relegation play-offs
### Third round
## Top goalscorers

    As of 2 June 2017
| 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 |
| 6 | Emiliano Marcondes | Nordsjælland | 12 |
| 6 | Federico Santander | Copenhagen | 12 |
| 9 | Jeppe Kjær | Lyngby | 11 |
| 9 | Robin Söder | Esbjerg | 11 |
| 11 | Kjartan Finnbogason | Horsens | 10 |
| 11 | Marvin Pourié | Randers | 10 |
| 11 | Robert Skov | Silkeborg | 10 |
| 11 | Nicklas Helenius | Silkeborg | 10 |

## Awards
### Player of the Month

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

## Attendances

Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:
| Team | Total attendance | Home average |
| FC København | 171,198 | 13,169 |
| Brøndby IF | 164,251 | 12,635 |