2016–17 Danish Women's League

The 2016–17 Elitedivisionen was the 45th season of the women's football top level league in Denmark. Fortuna Hjørring was the defending champion.

Elitedivisionen

Season	2016–17
Champions	Brøndby IF
Matches played	56
Goals scored	205 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nanna Christiansen (18 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

First state

Teams play each other twice. Top six advance to the championship round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brøndby	14	13	1	0	56	5	+51	40	Championship Round
2	Fortuna Hjørring	14	12	1	1	52	13	+39	37
3	KoldingQ	14	8	0	6	23	17	+6	24
4	Skovbakken	14	7	2	5	23	20	+3	23
5	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	14	4	2	8	15	28	−13	14
6	Vejle Boldklub	14	3	3	8	7	29	−22	12
7	Odense Q	14	3	2	9	20	27	−7	11	Relegation Round
8	Varde IF	14	0	1	13	9	66	−57	1

Source: dbu.dk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Championship round

Teams play ten more matches. Points from the first stage were apparently not taken over (and then halved like in previous seasons) but bonus points were awarded for the placement. 10 for first place, 8 for second and then 6,4,2 and 0.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brøndby (C)	9	8	1	0	34	3	+31	35	Qualification to Champions League
2	Fortuna Hjørring (Q)	9	7	2	0	22	3	+19	31
3	Skovbakken	9	3	1	5	10	18	−8	14
4	KoldingQ	9	2	1	6	8	23	−15	13
5	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	9	2	0	7	8	21	−13	8
6	Vejle	9	1	3	5	5	19	−14	6

Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top scorers

As of 31 August 2017.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby IF	18
2	Signe Andersen	Skovbakken	9
3	Simone Boye Sørensen	Brøndby IF	8
	Nicoline Sørensen	Brøndby IF
5	Frederikke Thøgersen	Fortuna Hjørring	7
	Camilla Kur Larsen	Fortuna Hjørring
	Lotte Troelsgaard	KoldingQ
8	Caroline Møller	Fortuna Hjørring	6
	Sarah Dyrehauge Hansen	Fortuna Hjørring
10	Florentina Olar	Fortuna Hjørring	4
	Nevena Damjanović	Fortuna Hjørring
	Louise Winter	Brøndby IF
	Tanya Arngrimsen	BSF
	Britta Overgaard Brink Olsen	Odense Q