28th season of Danish Superliga
Football league season
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
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.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
European play-off match
Relegation play-offs
Winners of matches 3, 5, and 6 would play in the 2018–19 Danish Superliga.
Second round
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
Vendsyssel won 3–1 on aggregate. As a result Lyngby was relegated, and Vendsyssel promoted.
Esbjerg won 3–1 on aggregate. As a result Silkeborg was relegated, and Esbjerg promoted.
Top goalscorers
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.
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