The 2016–17 Danish League was the 45th season of the top-flight of the Danish Women's Football League. Fortuna Hjørring were the defending champions.
Format The main round of the league is played in autumn as a double round-robin tournament between the 8 participating teams, where each team plays against each other both at home and away.
The six best placed teams qualify for spring championship play-offs. The finals consist once again of a double round-robin tournament among the six participating teams. The scores from the main league round carry over into the championship play-offs. The two bottom ranked teams instead play in qualification play-offs, a double round-robin tournament with the top four teams of 2016–17 1st Division for two spots in 2017–18 Danish League.
Teams
Changes from 2015–16 1st Division to 2016–17 1st Division Varde IF ASA
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadium Capacity Brøndby Brøndby Brøndby Stadium 29,000 BSF Ballerup Ballerup Sports Park Stadium 4,000 Fortuna Hjørring Hjørring Hjørring Stadium 7,500 KoldingQ Kolding Mosevej Sports Grounds 1,500 Odense Q Odense Marienlyst Center Skovbakken Aarhus Vejlby Stadium 5,200 Varde IF Varde Vestjysk Bank Stadium 4,000 Vejle B Vejle Vejle Stadium 10,657
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainBrøndby Per Nielsen Simone Boye BSF Thomas Maale (interim) Nikoline Andresen Fortuna Hjørring Brian Sørensen Florentina Olar KoldingQ Daniel K. Theemann Sanne Troelsgaard Odense Q Said Sannes Tenna Kappel Puma Skovbakken Henrik Varbøl Sif Rykær Varde Anders Hørkjær Vejle Jesper Søgaard Charlotte Sørensen Hummel
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentBSF John FromanSacked16 May 20176th Thomas Maale (interim)16 May 2017
Regular season League table
Results
Play-offs Championship Bonus points were added by placement: 10 for first place, 8 for second and then 6, 4, 2 and 0. (Points were not carried over and then halved to add to the tally like in previous seasons.)
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nanna ChristiansenBrøndby182 Signe Holt AndersenSkovbakken93 Simone BoyeBrøndby8 Nicoline Sørensen5 Camilla Kur LarsenFortuna7 Frederikke Thøgersen Lotte TroelsgaardKoldingQ8 Sarah DyrehaugeFortuna6 Caroline Møller10 Tanya ArngrimsenBSF5 Nevena DamjanovićFortuna Louise LundsgaardBrøndby Florentina OlarFortuna Britta OlsenOdense Q
References
External links Official website Season on soccerway.com