# 1997–98 Danish Superliga

The 1997–98 Danish Superliga season was the 8th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 25, 1997, to final match on June 1, 1998.
The Danish champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League 1998-99 qualification, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the qualification round of the UEFA Cup 1998-99. The fourth to six placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998, while the two lowest placed teams of the tournament was directly relegated to the Danish 1st Division. Likewise, the Danish 1st Division champions and runners-up were promoted to the Superliga.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brøndby IF (C) | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 81 | 33 | +48 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Silkeborg IF | 33 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | FC København | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 61 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Vejle BK | 33 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | AB Copenhagen | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Lyngby FC | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Aalborg BK | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 44 | |
| 8 | Aarhus GF | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Herfølge BK | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 34 | |
| 10 | Aarhus Fremad | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 33 | |
| 11 | Ikast FS (R) | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 51 | 86 | −35 | 29 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division |
| 12 | Odense BK (R) | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 25 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AB | AGF | BIF | FCK | HBK | IFS | LFC | OB | SIF | VB | AAB | AAF | AB | AGF | BIF | FCK | HBK | IFS | LFC | OB | SIF | VB | AAB | AAF |
| AB | | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | | | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | 1–3 | | | 4–2 | |
| AGF | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | | 2–2 | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Brøndby IF | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | 3–1 | | | 0–0 | 5–0 | | 7–1 |
| FC Copenhagen | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | | 1–4 | | | 3–1 | | | | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 |
| Herfølge BK | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | | |
| Ikast FS | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | | 4–3 | | | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 |
| Lyngby BK | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 5–4 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 3–4 | | 4–0 | | | 2–1 | |
| Odense BK | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | | | | | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Silkeborg IF | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | |
| Vejle BK | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | | | 3–3 |
| AaB | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Aarhus Fremad | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–1 | | 0–3 | | 0–1 | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ebbe Sand | Brøndby IF | 28 |
| 2 | Søren Hermansen | Aarhus Fremad | 19 |
| 3 | Lars Brøgger | Ikast fS | 17 |
| 4 | Chris Hermansen | Herfølge/AB | 16 |
| 5 | Christian Lundberg | Ikast fS | 15 |
| 6 | Bo Hansen | Brøndby IF | 14 |
| 7 | Nocko Jokovic | Silkeborg IF | 13 |
| 7 | Peter Graulund | Vejle BK | 13 |
| 9 | Jesper Falck | AB Cph. | 12 |
| 10 | David Nielsen | FC København | 11 |
| 10 | Steffen Højer | Aalborg BK | 11 |
| 10 | Claus Jensen | Lyngby FC | 11 |