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 is 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 2015–16position Aalborg Nordjyske Arena (until 31 December 2016)Aalborg Stadium (1 January-31 March 2017)Aalborg Portland Park (from 1 April 2017) Natural 13,797 Horsens CASA Arena Horsens Natural 10,400 Aarhus Ceres Park Natural 20,032 Brøndby Brøndby Stadium Natural 29,000 Esbjerg Blue Water Arena Natural 18,000 Copenhagen Telia Parken Natural 38,065 Herning MCH Arena Natural 11,800 Farum Right to Dream Park Artificial 9,900 Lyngby Lyngby Stadion Natural 8,000 Odense TRE-FOR Park (until 22 October 2016)EWII Park (from 23 October 2016) Natural 15,790 Randers BioNutria Park Randers Natural 12,000 Silkeborg MASCOT Park Natural 10,000 Haderslev Sydbank Park Natural 10,000 Viborg Energi Viborg Arena Natural 9,566
Personnel and sponsoring Note: Flags indicate national teams as have been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAaB Morten Wieghorst Rasmus Würtz hummel Spar NordAC Horsens Bo Henriksen Mathias Nielsen hummelAGF Glen Riddersholm Morten Rasmussen hummel CeresBrøndby IF Alexander Zorniger Thomas Kahlenberg hummel Bet25.dkEsbjerg fB Lars Lungi Sørensen Jeppe Andersen Nike StofaF.C. Copenhagen Ståle Solbakken Mathias Jørgensen Adidas CarlsbergFC Midtjylland Jess Thorup Jakob Poulsen Nike Det Faglige HusFC Nordsjælland Kasper Hjulmand Patrick Mtiliga Diadora DHLLyngby BK David Nielsen Mathias Tauber Adidas Hellerup FinansOB Kent Nielsen Kenneth Emil Petersen hummel CarlsbergRanders FC Ólafur Kristjánsson Mads Fenger Puma VerdoSilkeborg IF Peter Sørensen Dennis Flinta uhlsport Mascot InternationalSønderjyskE Claus Nørgaard Pierre Kanstrup hummel Frøs Herreds SparekasseViborg 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
Positions by round
Results
Championship round Points and goals carried over in full from regular season. The round began 2 April 2017.
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-playoff positions are also given.
Relegation round Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season. The round began 2 April 2017.
Group A
Group B
European play-offs
Bracket
European play-off quarter-finals
European play-off semi-finals
European play-off final
Relegation play-offs
First round
Second round
Third round
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marcus IngvartsenNordsjælland232 Teemu PukkiBrøndby203 Paul OnuachuMidtjylland194 Morten Duncan RasmussenAGF165 Kamil WilczekBrøndby136 Andreas CorneliusCopenhagen12 Emiliano MarcondesNordsjælland Federico SantanderCopenhagen9 Jeppe KjærLyngby11 Robin SöderEsbjerg11 Kjartan FinnbogasonHorsens10 Marvin PouriéRanders Robert SkovSilkeborg Nicklas HeleniusSilkeborg
Awards
Player of the Month MonthWinnersNomineesPlayerClubPlayersClubsJuly Rasmus FalkCopenhagen Thomas DelaneyCopenhagen Andrew HjulsagerBrøndbyAugust Teemu PukkiBrøndby Andrew HjulsagerBrøndby Hany MukhtarBrøndbySeptember Jesper Hansen Lyngby Simon Kroon SønderjyskE Jeppe KjærLyngbyOctober Andreas Cornelius Copenhagen William Kvist Copenhagen Mikael Ishak Randers FCNovember Marcus Ingvartsen Nordsjælland Youssef Toutouh Copenhagen Mathias Jørgensen CopenhagenFebruary Jakub Sylvestr AaB Rasmus Jönsson OB Mikkel Duelund MidtjyllandMarch Emiliano Marcondes Nordsjælland Federico Santander Copenhagen Marcus Ingvartsen NordsjællandApril Marcus IngvartsenNordsjælland Frederik RønnowBrøndby Paul OnuachuMidtjyllandMay Paul OnuachuMidtjylland Mikkel DuelundMidtjylland Jesper HansenLyngby
Attendances
No. Club Average Highest 1 FC København 14,848 26,686 2 Brøndby IF 12,792 23,518 3 AGF 8,528 17,462 4 FC Midtjylland 7,332 10,624 5 AaB 5,902 11,727 6 OB 5,293 10,778 7 SønderjyskE 4,910 7,072 8 Randers FC 4,783 9,666 9 Esbjerg fB 4,409 6,305 10 Viborg FF 4,021 8,619 11 Silkeborg IF 3,088 5,819 12 FC Nordsjælland 2,981 8,180 13 Lyngby BK 2,773 7,073 14 AC Horsens 2,505 6,095
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References
External links
Superliga (uefa.com)