# 1996–97 Danish Superliga

The 1996–97 Danish Superliga season was the 7th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 28, 1996, to final match on June 15, 1997.
The Danish champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League 1997-98 qualification, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the second qualification round of the UEFA Cup 1997-98. The fourth to sixth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997, 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 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Vejle BK | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aarhus GF | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Herfølge BK | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 52 | |
| 5 | Aalborg BK | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 6 | Silkeborg IF | 33 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Odense BK | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 8 | FC København | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Lyngby FC | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 40 | |
| 10 | AB Copenhagen | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 36 | |
| 11 | Viborg FF (R) | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division |
| 12 | Hvidovre IF (R) | 33 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AB | AGF | BIF | FCK | HBK | HIF | LFC | OB | SIF | VB | VFF | AAB | AB | AGF | BIF | FCK | HBK | HIF | LFC | OB | SIF | VB | VFF | AAB |
| AB | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | | | | | | 4–3 | 2–3 | | 3–1 |
| AGF | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | | | | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Brøndby IF | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | 3–1 | | | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 |
| FC Copenhagen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Herfølge BK | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | | | | | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | |
| Hvidovre IF | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | | | | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Lyngby FC | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | 1–4 | | | 1–1 | |
| OB | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | | 6–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | | | | | 2–1 | |
| Silkeborg IF | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | |
| Vejle BK | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | | | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | | 2–2 | |
| Viborg FF | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | | | | | 0–2 | | | 1–0 |
| AaB | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | |

## Top goal scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Miklos Molnar | Lyngby FC | 26 |
| 2 | Peter Møller | Brøndby IF | 22 |
| 3 | Thomas Thorninger | Aarhus GF | 19 |
| 4 | Morten Bisgaard | Odense BK | 16 |
| 5 | Søren Andersen | Aalborg BK | 14 |
| 5 | Peter Lassen | AB Cph. | 14 |
| 7 | Peter Knudsen | AB Cph. | 13 |
| 8 | Stig Tøfting | Aarhus GF | 12 |
| 8 | Håvard Flo | Aarhus GF | 12 |
| 10 | Chris Hermansen | Herfølge BK | 11 |
| 10 | Per Pedersen | Odense BK | 11 |