DANISH SUPERLIGA 2007-08

The '2007-08 Danish Superliga' season is the 18th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determinates the winners of the Danish football championship. It is governed by the Danish Football Association. It started with the first match on July 18 2007 and will end with the final match on May 24 2008.
The Danish champions qualify for UEFA Champions League 2008-09 qualification and the Royal League 2008-09. The runners-up and no. 3 qualify for UEFA Cup 2008-09 qualification and Royal League, while the 4th placed team qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 and Royal League. The 11th and 12th placed teams are relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up are promoted to the Superliga.
You can see the fixture schedule here.

Contents

Participants

Odds

League standings

Top goalscorers

Results

Kits 2007-2008

Stadia

Promoted teams

Relegated teams

Footnotes and references

See also

External links

Participants

Clubs placed on map

Club	Finishing position last season	First season in top division	First season of current spell in top division
AaB	3rd	1928-29	1987
AC Horsens	10th	1929-30	2005-06
AGF	2nd in 1st Division	1918-19	'2007-08'
Brøndby IF	6th	1982	1982
Esbjerg fB	7th	1928-29	2001-02
F.C. Copenhagen	1st	1992-93	1992-93
FC Midtjylland	2nd	2000-01	2000-01
FC Nordsjælland	5th	2002-03	2002-03
Lyngby BK	1st in 1st Division	1980	'2007-08'
OB	4th	1927-28	1999-00
Randers FC	8th	1941-42	2006-07
Viborg FF	9th	1927-28	1998-99

Odds

Club	Odds[1]	Frac.[2]
Copenhagen	1.33	1/3
Brøndby	7.16	6/1
OB	9.67	26/3
Midtjylland	13.42	62/5
AaB	16.44	386/25
Nordsjælland	54.64	161/3
Esbjerg	74.17	73/1
Viborg	263.78	263/1
Randers	277.67	830/3
AGF	304.50	606/2
Lyngby	357.25	1425/4
Horsens	672.88	7672/1

Before the season, defending champions F.C. Copenhagen was considered the 1/3-favorite to regain the title. Last years no. 6, Brøndby, had the second best odds at 6/1, and last years runners-up, FC Midtjylland's odds was 62/5. The outsiders for promotion were OB and AaB.
The fight in the middle of the pack was predicted to contended by FC Nordsjælland, Esbjerg, Viborg and Randers, while AGF, Lyngby and AC Horsens would contend the lower third.

League standings

''As of September 3, 2007''

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	FC Midtjylland	8	5	2	1	15	7	+8	'17'
2	F.C. Copenhagen	8	4	3	1	11	5	+6	'15'
3	AC Horsens	8	4	3	1	17	13	+4	'15'
4	Randers FC	8	4	2	2	16	6	+10	'14'
5	OB	8	3	5	0	13	7	+6	'14'
6	AaB	8	3	2	3	11	14	-3	'11'
7	Esbjerg fB	8	3	1	4	21	17	+4	'10'
8	FC Nordsjælland	8	2	3	3	10	10	0	'9'
9	Viborg FF	8	2	1	5	6	16	-10	'7'
10	Brøndby IF	8	1	3	4	9	15	-6	'6'
11	Lyngby BK	8	1	3	4	4	15	-11	'6'
12	AGF	8	1	2	5	4	11	-7	'5'

	Royal League / UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round
	Royal League / UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
	Royal League / UEFA Intertoto Cup Second Round
	Relegation to Viasat Sport Division

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	Thomas Dalgaard	Randers FC	7
2	Frank Kristensen	FC Midtjylland	5
3	Njogu Demba-Nyrén	Esbjerg fB	4
	Henrik Hansen	AC Horsens
	Rajko Lekic	Esbjerg fB
	Morten Nordstrand	F.C. Copenhagen
	Rade Prica	AaB
	Tidiane Sane	Randers FC
9	Johan Absalonsen	OB	3
	Babajide Collins Babatunde	FC Midtjylland
	Christian Holst	Lyngby BK
	Rawez Lawan	AC Horsens
	Gilberto Macena	AC Horsens
	Mads Timm	OB

Results

''To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.''

	AaB	ACH	AGF	BIF	EfB	FCK	FCM	FCN	LBK	OB	RFC	VFF'
AaB			2-0			1-1		2-1		2-3
AC Horsens	1-1			4-2	4-3		2-1
AGF		1-2				0-1			0-0	0-2
Brøndby IF			0-1					2-2	3-0	1-1
Esbjerg fB	1-2		2-2	1-0							1-3
F.C. Copenhagen					5-2		0-0				1-0	3-1
FC Midtjylland	2-1			5-0							3-2	1-0
FC Nordsjælland						1-0	1-1		0-1			4-0
Lyngby BK		0-0			1-6		1-2				0-3
OB		3-3				0-0		3-0	1-1
Randers FC	5-0							1-1		0-0		2-0
Viborg FF		2-1	2-0	1-1	0-5

Kits 2007-2008

Team	Kit Maker	Shirt Sponsor	Notes
AaB	hummel	Spar Nord	Same kits as 06/07.
AC Horsens	hummel	Telia Stofa	Spar Nord and 3-stjernet replaced as sponsors by cable tv company Telia Stofa. New home kit.
AGF	hummel	Ceres/Faxe Kondi	Same kits as 06/07.
Brøndby IF	adidas	Codan	Same home and 3rd kit as 06/07. New brown away shirt with light blue details.
Esbjerg fB	Umbro	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse	New home kit with several stribes, and stribes on the sleeves. Gold printings.
F.C. Copenhagen	Kappa	Carlsberg	New kits with blue collar and gold printings on the back.
FC Midtjylland	Puma	Spar	New kits in regular Puma-style.
FC Nordsjælland	H2O	Jyske Bank	Same kits as 06/07
Lyngby BK	Nike	''none''	New home kit with white sleeves. New red away kit.
OB	Nike	Carlsberg	Same home kit as spring 07. New black away kit.
Randers FC	Umbro	Forenede Rengøring	Same kits as 06/07
Viborg FF	Puma	Telia	Same kits as 06/07

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
F.C. Copenhagen	Parken Stadium	42,358
Brøndby IF	Brøndby Stadium	29,000
AGF	NRGi Park	20,200
AaB	Aalborg Stadion	16,000
OB	Fionia Park	15,761
Esbjerg fB	Blue Water Arena	13,282
Lyngby BK	Lyngby Stadion	12,000
Randers FC	Essex Park Randers	12,000
FC Midtjylland	SAS Arena	11,809
FC Nordsjælland	Farum Park	10,000
Viborg FF	Viborg Stadion	9,566
AC Horsens	Forum Horsens Stadion	6,000

Promoted teams

The following teams were 'promoted' to the Superliga at the end of last season:

★ Lyngby BK (Winners of the 1st Division)

★ AGF (Runners-up in the 1st Division)

Relegated teams

The following teams were 'relegated' from the Superliga last season:

★ Vejle B (Won 2-1 away to AC Horsens on May 24, but Viborg won also.)

★ Silkeborg IF (Drew 1-1 with FC Nordsjælland on May 20 when they needed a win.)

Footnotes and references

1. Odds were an average of odds taken from 9 bookmakers (Bet365, Bet24, Scandic Bookmakers, Unibet, Betsafe, Expekt, Ladbrokes, Sportingbet and bwin) taken on June 17, 2007 and rounded off to two decimal places.
2. Fractional odds were slightly rounded.

See also

★ 2007-08 in Danish football

★ Sports in Denmark

External links

★ SAS Ligaen 2007-08 at the Danish FA

★ Netsuperligaen.dk (unofficial site)

★ SAS Ligaen 2007-08 at Haslund.info