The 1996-97 Danish Superliga season was the 7th season of the Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...

 league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association

Danish Football Association

The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...

. It took place from the first match on July 28, 1996 to final match on June 15, 1997.

The Danish champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League 1997-98

UEFA Champions League 1997-98

The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd edition of UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the sixth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won 1–0 by Real Madrid, winning for the first time in 32 years, beating Juventus who were playing in a third...

 qualification, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the second qualification round of the UEFA Cup 1997-98

UEFA Cup 1997-98

The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition....

. 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

Danish 1st Division

The 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...

. Likewise, the Danish 1st Division champions and runners-up were promoted to the Superliga.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Brøndby IF Brøndby IF Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...	33	20	8	5	64	39
68
2. Vejle BK	33	14	12	7	57	38
54
3. Aarhus GF Aarhus Gymnastik Forening Aarhus Gymnastikforening is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins...	33	14	10	9	75	51
52
4. Herfølge BK	33	15	7	11	46	42
52
5. Aalborg BK	33	12	11	10	46	40
47
6. Silkeborg IF Silkeborg IF Silkeborg IF is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Silkeborg, in the middle of Jutland. Silkeborg IF plays in the Danish Superliga. The club was founded in 1917 and they first reach the highest level of football in Denmark in 1987, at that time called 1st division today known...	33	10	15	8	51	55
45
7. Odense BK Odense BK Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...	33	11	8	14	59	61
41
8. FC København	33	10	11	12	35	43
41
9. Lyngby FC	33	10	10	13	50	61
40
10. AB Copenhagen Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen,currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st Division.-History:...	33	8	12	13	56	62
36
11. Viborg FF Viborg FF Viborg FF is a Danish professional football club located in Viborg. The full name of the club is Viborg Fodsports Forening , but the name is frequently abbreviated as Viborg FF or VFF. The club was founded in 1896, but would have to wait more than a century before winning its only countrywide...	33	6	11	16	31	58
29
12. Hvidovre IF Hvidovre IF Hvidovre IF is a Danish football club, founded on 15 October 1925 in Hvidovre.- Current squad :As of 2011-03-21...	33	5	11	17	39	59
26

Top goal scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Miklos Molnar Miklos Molnar Miklos Jon Molnar , nicknamed "Danish Dynamite", is a Danish former professional football player who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. He was the top goalscorer of the 1989 and 1997 Danish championships, and won the 2000 MLS Cup with American team Kansas City Wizards...	Lyngby FC	26
2	Peter Møller Peter Møller Peter Møller-Nielsen is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. He won three Danish Superliga championships for the rival clubs Brøndby IF and F.C. Copenhagen, and became the most scoring Superliga player ever...	Brøndby IF Brøndby IF Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...	22
3	Thomas Thorninger Thomas Thorninger Thomas Thorninger is a Danish former football player. He played for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Italian clubs Perugia Calcio and Udinese Calcio, as well as Vejle Boldklub, AGF Aarhus and F.C. Copenhagen in Denmark...	Aarhus GF Aarhus Gymnastik Forening Aarhus Gymnastikforening is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins...	19
4	Morten Bisgaard Morten Bisgaard Morten Bisgaard is a retired Danish professional football player, who played as a midfielder. He played eight games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, and represented his country at the 2000 European Championship...	Odense BK Odense BK Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...	16
5	Søren Andersen Søren Andersen Søren Andersen is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a striker, and most prominently represented English club Bristol City, Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, as well as several Danish clubs. He won the 1992 Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus...	Aalborg BK	14
-	Peter Lassen Peter Lassen (footballer) Peter Lassen is a Danish former football striker, who was the top goalscorer of the 2000 Danish football championship. He most notably played for Danish clubs Hvidovre IF, BK Frem, Akademisk Boldklub and Silkeborg IF, as well as Eendracht Aalst in Belgium.-External links:*...	AB Cph. Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen,currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st Division.-History:...	14
7	Peter Knudsen	AB Cph. Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen,currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st Division.-History:...	13
8	Stig Tøfting Stig Tøfting Stig Tøfting , nicknamed Tøffe, and The Lawn Mower, is a former Danish professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF....	Aarhus GF Aarhus Gymnastik Forening Aarhus Gymnastikforening is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins...	12
-	Håvard Flo Håvard Flo Håvard Flo is a former football player from Norway. He played for Stryn IL and Sogndal, before he left Norway in 1994 and played for AGF, SV Werder Bremen, and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. He returned to Sogndal in 2001. He did a comeback for Sogndal Fotball in 2010.His most successful spell was...	Aarhus GF Aarhus Gymnastik Forening Aarhus Gymnastikforening is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins...	12
10	Chris Hermansen	Herfølge BK	11
-	Per Pedersen Per Pedersen (footballer) Per Werner Pedersen is a Danish former football player, who played the majority of his career for Danish clubs Odense BK and Lyngby BK. Pedersen scored two goals in six games for the Danish national team between 1991 and 1997...	Odense BK Odense BK Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...	11

External links

Fixtures at NetSuperligaen.dk Peders Fodboldstatistik