1991 Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

Season	1991
Champions	Brøndby IF
Relegated	Ikast FS Silkeborg IF
← 1990 First Division 1991–92 →

The 1991 Danish Superliga season was the 1st season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

After about 33 years it had been decided to abandon the format where the league would follow the calendar year, therefore the first superliga season was a short dash through the spring of 1991. The following season would kick off in August and end in May.

There was no continental qualification as it had been decided the previous year, with Brøndby IF qualifying for the 1991–92 European Cup, and B 1903 qualifying for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup along with Ikast fS. Odense, however, qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup through the 1991–92 Danish Cup.

The lowest placed team of the tournament was directly relegated to the Danish 1st Division. Likewise, the Danish 1st Division champions were promoted to the Superliga. The second lowest team in the Superliga and the 1st Division runner-ups played a promotion game, for competing in the Superliga.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brøndby IF (C)	18	10	6	2	26	15	+11	26
2	Lyngby Boldklub	18	10	4	4	35	18	+17	24
3	AGF	18	6	8	4	29	26	+3	20
4	BK Frem	18	6	7	5	25	24	+1	19
5	OB	18	3	11	4	21	20	+1	17	Qualification to 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
6	AaB	18	6	5	7	29	33	−4	17
7	B 1903	18	6	4	8	19	18	+1	16
8	Vejle BK	18	5	6	7	20	22	−2	16
9	Silkeborg IF (O)	18	4	7	7	23	33	−10	15	Qualification to relegation play-off matches
10	Ikast FS (R)	18	3	4	11	9	27	−18	10	Relegation to 1991–92 Danish 1st Division

Source: danskfodbold.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Silkeborg IF	5–4	B 1909	3–4	2–0

Silkeborg IF overcame a home first leg defeat to remain in the Superliga.

Top goalscorers

Bent Christensen was the top goalscorer, scoring 11 in 18 appearances.

11 goals

• Bent Christensen (Brøndby IF)

9 goals

• Peter Møller (AaB)
• Per Pedersen (Lyngby BK)

8 goals

• Flemming Christensen (Lyngby BK)
• Søren Andersen (Aarhus GF)

7 goals

• Heine Fernandez (Silkeborg IF)

6 goals

• Peter Nielsen (Lyngby BK)
• Torben Frank (Lyngby BK)
• Thomas Thorninger (Vejle BK)
• Torben Christensen (Aarhus GF)
• Jan Bartram (Aarhus GF)

External links

• (Danish) Peders Fodboldstatistik