2007–08 Danish Superliga

The 2007Ã¢ÂÂ08 Danish Superliga season, known officially as the SAS Ligaen for title sponsor Scandinavian Airlines, was the 18th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. It was governed by the Danish Football Association. It started with the first match on July 18, 2007 and ended with the final match on May 24, 2008.

The Danish champions qualified for UEFA Champions League 2008-09. The runners-up and no. 3 qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008-09. The 4th placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008. The 11th and 12th placed teams were relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up are promoted to the Superliga.

Participants

League table

Results

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

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Thomas Dalgaard for Randers against Viborg (18 July 2007)
Fastest goal in a match: SÃÂ¸ren Friis (18 seconds) for Horsens against Viborg (14 April 2008)
Widest Winning Margin: Viborg 0Ã¢ÂÂ5 Esbjerg (22 July 2007) / Midtjylland 5Ã¢ÂÂ0 BrÃÂ¸ndby (29 July 2007) / Randers 5Ã¢ÂÂ0 AaB (1 August 2007) / Lyngby 1Ã¢ÂÂ6 Esbjerg (20 August 2007)
Most Goals in a Match: AGF 3Ã¢ÂÂ5 AaB (8 October 2007) / AaB 5Ã¢ÂÂ3 Lyngby (2 December 2007) / NordsjÃÂ¦lland 5Ã¢ÂÂ3 Viborg (27 April 2008)
First hat-trick of the season: Rajko Lekic for Esbjerg against Viborg (22 July 2007)

Cards

First yellow card: Robert ÃÂhman-Persson for Viborg against Randers (18 July 2007)
First red card: AÃÂlton JosÃÂ© Almeida for Copenhagen against Viborg (28 August 2007)
Fastest red card in a match: Atle Roar HÃÂ¥land (7 seconds) for OB against Horsens (11 May 2008)

Attendances

Goals

Top goalscorers

7 goals

AaB: Andreas Johansson
BrÃÂ¸ndby IF: Martin Ericsson, Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen
Esbjerg fB: Njogu Demba-NyrÃÂ©n, SÃÂ¸ren Rieks, Martin Vingaard
FC NordsjÃÂ¦lland: Issey Nakajima-Farran
OB: Baye Djiby Fall
Randers FC: BÃÂ©di Buval, Thomas Dalgaard

6 goals

AaB: Siyabonga Nomvethe
Esbjerg fB: Jesper Lange, Rajko Lekic, MichaÃÂ«l Murcy
FC NordsjÃÂ¦lland: Bajram Fetai, Thomas Kristensen
OB: Jonas Borring
Randers FC: Marc Nygaard, Tidiane Sane

5 goals

AaB: Kasper RisgÃÂ¥rd
AGF: Dioh Williams
BrÃÂ¸ndby IF: StefÃÂ¡n GÃÂslason, Chris Katongo
Esbjerg fB: Jesper Bech
F.C. Copenhagen: Libor Sionko
FC Midtjylland: Mikkel Thygesen
OB: Johan Absalonsen
Viborg FF: Christian Muomaife

Hat-tricks

Kits 2007Ã¢ÂÂ2008

Stadiums

Managerial changes

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 2Ã¢ÂÂ1 away to AC Horsens on May 24, 2007, but Viborg won also.)
Silkeborg IF (Drew 1Ã¢ÂÂ1 with FC NordsjÃÂ¦lland on May 20, 2007 when they needed a win.)

Footnotes and references

External links