2017–18 Danish Superliga

Alka Superliga
Season	2017–18
Dates	14 July 2017 – 27 May 2018
Champions	Midtjylland
Relegated	Helsingør; Lyngby; Silkeborg
Champions League	Midtjylland
Europa League	Brøndby; Nordsjælland; Copenhagen
Matches played	250
Goals scored	731 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pål Alexander Kirkevold (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Nordsjælland 6–0 Horsens
Biggest away win	Helsingør 0–4 København; Helsingør 1–5 AGF; Randers 0–4 Midtjylland
Highest scoring	Brøndby 5–3 Lyngby
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Danish Superliga season was the 28th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. Copenhagen are the defending champions.

Teams

Esbjerg fB finished as loser in the relegation play-offs in the 2016–17 season and was relegated to the 2017–18 1st Division along with Viborg FF who lost their relegation play-off as well.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2016–17 1st Division champions Hobro IK (returned after one year of absence) and 3rd-place finisher FC Helsingør (returned to the top division for the first time since the 1936–37 season), who defeated Viborg FF in the two legged play-off finals.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2017–18 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2016–17 position
AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Natural	13,797	10th
AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Natural	20,032	11th
Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	2nd
FCK	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	1st
Helsingør	Helsingør	Helsingør Stadion	Natural	4,500	1D, 3rd
Hobro	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	1D, 1st
Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	13th
Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	4th
Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	5th
Lyngby	Lyngby	Lyngby Stadion	Natural	8,000	3rd
OB	Odense	EWII Park	Natural	15,633	8th
Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	7th
Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	JYSK Park	Artificial	10,000	9th
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	6th

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
AGF	David Nielsen	Morten Rasmussen	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby	Alexander Zorniger	Johan Larsson	Hummel	Bet25.dk
København	Ståle Solbakken	William Kvist	Adidas	Carlsberg
Helsingør	Christian Lønstrup	Andreas Holm Jensen	Diadora	Spar Nord
Hobro	Thomas Thomasberg	Mads Justesen	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Horsens	Bo Henriksen	Mathias Nielsen	Hummel
Midtjylland	Jess Thorup	Jakob Poulsen	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	Mathias Jensen	Diadora	DHL
Lyngby	Thomas Nørgaard	Mathias Tauber	Adidas	Hellerup Finans
OB	Kent Nielsen	Kenneth Emil Petersen	Hummel	Carlsberg
Randers	Rasmus Bertelsen	Mads Agesen	Puma	Verdo
Silkeborg	Peter Sørensen	Dennis Flinta	Uhlsport	Mascot International
SønderjyskE	Claus Nørgaard	Marc Pedersen	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
AGF	Glen Riddersholm	Sacked	30 September 2017^[1]	David Nielsen	30 September 2017	7th
Lyngby	David Nielsen	Recruited by AGF	30 September 2017	Thomas Nørgaard	30 September 2017^[2]	12th
Randers	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Mutual consent	5 October 2017^[3]	Ricardo Moniz	8 October 2017^[4]	14th
Randers	Ricardo Moniz	Sacked	26 January 2018^[5]	Rasmus Bertelsen	26 January 2018^[6]	14th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brøndby	26	18	6	2	58	24	+34	60	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	26	19	3	4	60	29	+31	60
3	Nordsjælland	26	15	5	6	62	41	+21	50
4	Copenhagen	26	13	5	8	50	33	+17	44
5	Aalborg	26	8	12	6	28	27	+1	36
6	Horsens	26	7	14	5	32	34	−2	35
7	Hobro	26	8	8	10	33	33	0	32	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	SønderjyskE	26	8	7	11	36	34	+2	31
9	Odense	26	8	7	11	32	31	+1	31
10	Aarhus	26	7	8	11	23	36	−13	29
11	Silkeborg	26	8	4	14	32	49	−17	28
12	Lyngby	26	4	9	13	31	53	−22	21
13	Randers	26	4	8	14	23	46	−23	20
14	Helsingør	26	6	2	18	22	52	−30	20

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.^[7]^[8]

Results

Home \ Away	AAB	AGF	BRØ	COP	HEL	HOB	HOR	LYN	MID	NOR	ODE	RAN	SIL	SØN
AaB	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	1–4
AGF	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–4	0–0	1–4	3–1	0–0
Brøndby	0–0	2–2	—	1–0	6–1	2–1	2–0	5–3	4–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	4–1	4–0
Copenhagen	1–1	4–0	0–1	—	4–3	0–0	1–1	5–1	4–3	1–3	1–0	5–1	4–0	3–2
Helsingør	0–1	1–5	0–1	0–4	—	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2
Hobro	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	—	1–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2
Horsens	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	4–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Lyngby	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	—	2–2	1–4	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1
Midtjylland	4–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	—	4–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1
Nordsjælland	3–2	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	3–2	6–0	2–2	1–1	—	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–2
Odense	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	—	3–1	1–2	0–3
Randers	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–3	4–1	—	1–1	0–2
Silkeborg	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–0	3–2	—	1–0
SønderjyskE	0–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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
Team ╲ Round
Brøndby	1	5	2	2	2	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Midtjylland	14	10	5	8	4	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Nordsjælland	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Copenhagen	7	4	6	9	8	6	7	6	5	3	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
AaB	6	11	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	5
Horsens	3	1	3	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	4	4	6	7	6	5	7	8	5	7	4	5	5	5	6	6
Hobro	2	8	8	6	7	4	2	2	2	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	8	8	7	7
SønderjyskE	9	3	7	4	5	7	6	8	8	9	11	11	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8
OB	12	6	4	5	6	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	8	5	6	6	6	7	8	9
AGF	10	7	9	10	11	10	10	11	7	10	8	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Silkeborg IF	13	14	11	11	9	9	11	13	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	11
Lyngby Boldklub	4	9	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Randers FC	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Helsingør	11	13	10	7	10	11	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2018. Source: Weltfussball

Championship round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MID	BRØ	NOR	COP	AAB	HOR
1	Midtjylland (C)	36	27	4	5	80	39	+41	85	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	—	2–3	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–0
2	Brøndby	36	24	9	3	82	37	+45	81	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–1
3	Nordsjælland	36	17	8	11	76	58	+18	59	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round	1–2	3–4	—	0–0	3–1	2–1
4	Copenhagen (O)	36	17	7	12	65	47	+18	58	Qualification for the European play-off match	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	4–1
5	Aalborg	36	10	15	11	38	44	−6	45		3–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
6	Horsens	36	8	16	12	43	57	−14	40		0–1	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–1	—

Source: Danish FA
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ The highest-ranked team not already qualified for a UEFA competition progressed to the playoff match. As Brøndby IF finished in second place and also won the 2017–18 Danish Cup, F.C. Copenhagen advanced to the play-off match by virtue of its fourth place finish.

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
Team ╲ Round
Midtjylland	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Brøndby	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Nordsjælland	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Copenhagen	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
AaB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Horsens	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: [1]

Relegation round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	HOB	AGF	SIL	HEL
1	Hobro	32	12	8	12	41	39	+2	44	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals	—	1–3	1–0	4–1
2	Aarhus	32	11	8	13	35	43	−8	41	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals	0–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Silkeborg (R)	32	9	5	18	39	60	−21	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	2–0	2–5	—	2–3
4	Helsingør (R)	32	8	3	21	28	61	−33	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	0–1	1–0	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.^[9]
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ODE	SØN	RAN	LYN
1	Odense	32	11	9	12	43	37	+6	42	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals	—	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	SønderjyskE	32	11	8	13	42	40	+2	41	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals	2–0	—	1–0	1–0
3	Randers (O)	32	7	9	16	32	52	−20	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	1–1	3–0	—	2–0
4	Lyngby (R)	32	4	11	17	35	65	−30	23	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	2–2	1–1	1–3	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.^[10]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

European play-offs

The winning team from the 4-team knock-out tournament advanced to a Europa League play-off match.

Semi-finals				Final

6 and 13 May 2018

AGF Aarhus	3	3	6
				17 and 22 May 2018
OB Odense	2	2	4
				AGF Aarhus	2	2	4
6 and 13 May 2018
				SønderjyskE	2	0	2
SønderjyskE (a)	1	2	3

Hobro	0	3	3

European play-off match

25 May 2018

Copenhagen	4–1	AGF Aarhus
Santander 10' Johansson 23' Ankersen 51' Fischer 76'		Stage 13'

Telia Parken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 16379

Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Relegation play-offs

First round				Second round				Third round

Match 1

Helsingør	1	1	2
				Match 3
Randers	1	2	3
				Randers	2	2	4
Match 2
				Lyngby	1	1	2
Lyngby	2	2	4
								Match 5
Silkeborg	1	2	3
								Lyngby	0	1	1

								Vendsyssel FF	1	2	3













				Match 4

				Helsingør	1	3	4

				Silkeborg	1	4	5

								Match 6

								Silkeborg	1	0	1

								Esbjerg fB	0	3	3

Winners of matches 3, 5, and 6 would play in the 2018–19 Danish Superliga.

Second round

17 May 2018

18:00

Helsingør	1–1	Silkeborg
Douglas Starnley 14'		Nilsson 90+4'

Helsingør Stadium, Helsingør

Attendance: 2060

Referee: Jens Maae

21 May 2018

16:00

Silkeborg	4–3	Helsingør
Okkels 20' Skhirtladze 24' Nilsson 48' Mattsson 86'		Matheus Leiria 4' Douglas Starnley 64' Mortensen 87'

JYSK Park, Silkeborg

Attendance: 5396

Referee: Anders Poulsen

Silkeborg won 5–4 on aggregate. As a result Helsingør was relegated, while Silkeborg would face Esbjerg fB in round 3 to avoid relegation.

Third round

24 May 2018

18:00

Vendsyssel FF	1–0	Lyngby
Anderson 23'

Hjørring Stadium, Hjørring

Attendance: 2800

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

24 May 2018

Silkeborg	1–0	Esbjerg fB
Nilsson 72'

JYSK Park, Silkeborg

Attendance: 4949

Referee: Jens Maae

27 May 2018

16:00

Lyngby	1–2	Vendsyssel FF
Kjær 80'		Jensen 71' Mikael Anderson 90+2'

Lyngby Stadium, Kongens Lyngby

Attendance: 5121

Referee: Anders Poulsen

Vendsyssel won 3–1 on aggregate. As a result Lyngby was relegated, and Vendsyssel promoted.

27 May 2018

18:00

Esbjerg fB	3–0	Silkeborg
Dreyer 76', 80', 90+3'	Report

Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg

Attendance: 7043

Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Esbjerg won 3–1 on aggregate. As a result Silkeborg was relegated, and Esbjerg promoted.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[11]
1	Pål Alexander Kirkevold	Hobro	22
2	Emiliano Marcondes	Nordsjælland	17
2	Teemu Pukki	Brøndby	17
4	Ernest Asante	Nordsjælland	16
5	Anders K. Jacobsen	OB	15
5	Kamil Wilczek	Brøndby	15
7	Pieros Sotiriou	Copenhagen	14
8	Federico Santander	Copenhagen	12
	Saba Lobzhanidze	Randers
	Mathias Jensen	Nordsjælland

References

^ "AGF bekræfter: David Nielsen ny træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^ "Thomas Nørgaard ny cheftræner i Lyngby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^ "Olafur Kristjansson færdig i Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
^ "Randers ansætter hollænder som cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
^ "Moniz og Gravgaard færdige i Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ "Bertelsen er Randers-chef sæsonen ud" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
^ "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold" [Propositions for Football in Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Superliga 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ "Topscorerliste" [Top scorers list]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.

External links

Superliga (uefa.com)

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.13991210290227-9] The highest-ranked team not already qualified for a UEFA competition progressed to the playoff match. As Brøndby IF finished in second place and also won the 2017–18 Danish Cup, F.C. Copenhagen advanced to the play-off match by virtue of its fourth place finish.

[1] "AGF bekræfter: David Nielsen ny træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

[2] "Thomas Nørgaard ny cheftræner i Lyngby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

[3] "Olafur Kristjansson færdig i Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-05.

[4] "Randers ansætter hollænder som cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-10-08.

[5] "Moniz og Gravgaard færdige i Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

[6] "Bertelsen er Randers-chef sæsonen ud" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-22.

[7] "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold" [Propositions for Football in Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[8] "Superliga 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[10] "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[11] "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[12] "Topscorerliste" [Top scorers list]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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