The 2016–17 Danish Superliga season was the 27th season of the

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Superliga, which decides the

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. 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

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and was approved by the Danish FA,

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, on 28 June 2015. The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.

Teams

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Hob ...

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 Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams,

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

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 Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

changed its name from TRE-FOR Park to

EWII Park Odense Stadium (Danish: Odense Stadion) is an association football stadium in the Bolbro district of Odense, Denmark. Nicknamed ''Folkets Teater'' ( en: "The People's Theater") by Jack Johnson, it has been the home ground of Odense Boldklub sinc ...

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 Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but cur ...

, 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

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

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-playoffs positions are also given.

Relegation round

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

Group A

Group B

European play-offs

Bracket

European play-off quarter-finals

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European play-off semi-finals

European play-off final

Relegation play-offs

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Top goalscorers

Awards

Player of the Month

Attendances

Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:

References

External links

Superliga (uefa.com)
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2016–17 in Danish football leagues