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.

Faxe Kondi Ligaen

Season	1996-97
Champions	Brøndby IF
Relegated	Viborg FF Hvidovre IF
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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
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
7	Odense BK	33	11	8	14	59	61	−2	41
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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

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

Source: Danskfodbold.com

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
	Peter Lassen	AB Cph.
7	Peter Knudsen	AB Cph.	13
8	Stig Tøfting	Aarhus GF	12
	Håvard Flo	Aarhus GF
10	Chris Hermansen	Herfølge BK	11
	Per Pedersen	Odense BK

See also

• 1996-97 in Danish football

External links

• (in Danish) Fixtures at NetSuperligaen.dk
• (in Danish) Peders Fodboldstatistik