2017–18 Danish Women's League

The 2017–18 Elitedivisionen was the 46th season of the highest women's football league in Denmark and was contested by 8 teams. Brøndby IF were the defending champions.^[1][2]

Elitedivisionen

Season	2017–18
Champions	Fortuna Hjørring
Relegated	Vejle Boldklub Varde IF
Champions League	Fortuna Hjørring Brøndby
Matches played	56
Goals scored	236 (4.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nanna Christiansen (19 goals)
Biggest home win	10 goals: BRØ 10–0 VAR (24 Sep)
Biggest away win	5 goals: VEJ 0–5 HJØ (14 Aug) VAR 0–5 SKO (26 Aug)
Highest scoring	10 goals: BRØ 9–1 ODE (26 Aug)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 12 June 2018.

Main round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortuna Hjørring	14	13	0	1	58	7	+51	39	Championship round
2	Brøndby IF	14	11	2	1	52	13	+39	35
3	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	14	9	0	5	27	24	+3	27
4	KoldingQ	14	6	4	4	32	20	+12	22
5	VSK Aarhus	14	7	1	6	30	29	+1	22
6	Odense Q	14	2	1	11	19	39	−20	7
7	Vejle Boldklub	14	1	4	9	11	37	−26	7	Qualification tournament
8	Varde IF	14	0	2	12	7	66	−59	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2017. 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 are reset, but bonus points are awarded for the placement in the main round. 10 points for first place, 8 points for second place and then 6, 4, 2 and 0.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Hjørring	9	8	0	1	26	6	+20	34	Qualification to Champions League
2	Brøndby	9	7	0	2	24	8	+16	29
3	KoldingQ	9	4	1	4	14	11	+3	17
4	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	9	2	2	5	7	18	−11	14
5	VSK Aarhus	9	3	1	5	9	13	−4	12
6	Odense Q	9	1	0	8	6	30	−24	3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2018. Source: dbu
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Qualification round

Teams play ten more matches, the first and second place are promoted to the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Thy-Thisted Q	9	7	2	0	29	10	+19	23	Qualification to 2018-19 Elitedivisionen
2	B.93	9	6	1	2	29	10	+19	19
3	Vildbjerg SF	8	4	2	2	15	12	+3	14
4	Greve Fodbold	9	4	1	4	22	17	+5	13
5	Varde IF	9	2	0	7	13	29	−16	6
6	Vejle Boldklub	8	0	0	8	5	31	−26	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2018. Source: DBU
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Top scorers

As of 3 June 2018.^[3][4]

Regular season Rank Player Club Goals 1 Signe Bruun Fortuna Hjørring 14 2 Signe Andersen VSK Aarhus 12 3 Stine Larsen Brøndby IF 11 Amalie Thestrup Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold 5 Nanna Christiansen Brøndby IF 9 6 Lotte Troelsgaard KoldingQ 8 7 Tamires Fortuna Hjørring 7 Olga Ahtinen Brøndby IF Maria Hovmark Brøndby IF 10 Agnete Nielsen Fortuna Hjørring 6 Nevena Damjanović Fortuna Hjørring

Overall Rank Player Club Goals 1 Nanna Christiansen Brøndby IF 19 2 Signe Bruun Fortuna Hjørring 17 3 Amalie Thestrup Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold 15 Signe Andersen VSK Aarhus 5 Karoline Smidt Nielsen Fortuna Hjørring 13 6 Tamires Fortuna Hjørring 12 Lotte Troelsgaard KoldingQ 8 Stine Larsen Brøndby IF 11 9 Olga Ahtinen Brøndby IF 8 Signe Boysen KoldingQ Nevena Damjanović Fortuna Hjørring Mille Gejl Jensen KoldingQ Maria Hovmark Brøndby IF