# 2015–16 AaB Fodbold season

The 2015–16 season is AaB's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 26th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 130th year in existence as a football club.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Lars Søndergaard |
| Assistant coach | Allan Kuhn (until 15 January 2016) Jacob Friis (from 11 January 2016) |
| Development Manager – AaB Fodbold | Poul Erik Andreasen |
| Goalkeeping coach | Poul Buus |
| Team Leader | Ernst Damborg |
| Doctor | Søren Kaalund |
| Physiotherapist | Morten Skjoldager |
| Physical trainer | Morten Randers Thomsen |
| Sports Psychology consultant | Martin Langagergaard |
| U/19 League coach | Jacob Friis (until 11 January 2016) Anders Damgaard (from 18 January 2016) |
| U/17 League coach | Adam Harell |
Source: AaB Fodbold

### Other information

| Owner | AaB A/S |
| Chief Executive | Stephan Schors |
| Sports Director | Allan Gaarde |
| Sales Manager | Lars Glinvad |
| Press and Communications | Brian Andersen |
| Conference Sales Manager | Birgitte Cassebaum Nielsen |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Nordjyske Arena (13,800 / 105x70 metres) |
| Training ground | AaB Training Centre |
Source: AaB Fodbold

## First team squad

    As of 14 August 2015
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games Played | Goals Scored |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Nicolai Larsen | GK | 2010 | (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 33) | Lyngby Boldklub | 140 | 0 |
| 22 | Carsten Christensen | GK | 2011 | (1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) | FC Fredericia | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | LB / LWB | 2009 | (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33) | Midtjylland | 87 | 3 |
| 4 | Jakob Blåbjerg | CB / LB | 2013 | (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) | AaB Academy | 19 | 0 |
| 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen (VC) | CB | 2009 | (1985-01-15) 15 January 1985 (age 39) | AC Horsens | 162 | 11 |
| 6 | Jukka Raitala | CB / LB | 2015 | (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 36) | Vestsjælland | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | RB / RWB / RM / RW | 2009 | (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 35) | Møldrup/Tostrup | 164 | 10 |
| 32 | Kasper Pedersen | CB / RB | 2013 | (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) | AaB Academy | 19 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 2 | Patrick Kristensen | LB / RB / CM / RM / RW | 2006 | (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987 (age 37) | AaB Academy | 243 | 10 |
| 7 | Thomas Enevoldsen | CM / AM / LM / LW | 2014 | (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 37) | Mechelen | 145 | 17 |
| 8 | Rasmus Würtz (C) | CM / DM | 2009 | (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 41) | Copenhagen | 369 | 19 |
| 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | CM / DM | 2011 | (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 43) | Red Bull Salzburg | 402 | 45 |
| 15 | Gilli Rólantsson | LM / LW | 2014 | (1992-11-08) 8 November 1992 (age 31) | B36 Tórshavn | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Mathias Thrane | AM / RW | 2014 | (1993-05-12) 12 May 1993 (age 31) | HIK | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Christian Bassogog | AM / LM / LW | 2015 | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 28) | Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kasper Risgård | CM / AM / DM | 2013 | (1983-01-04) 4 January 1983 (age 41) | Silkeborg IF | 217 | 28 |
| 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | CM / AM / LM / LW | 2011 | (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) | AaB Academy | 97 | 8 |
| 24 | Asger Bust | CM / DM | 2015 | (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 28) | AaB Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Frederik Børsting | CM / RM | 2014 | (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29) | AaB Academy | 17 | 1 |
| 26 | Robert Kakeeto | CM / DM | 2015 | (1995-05-19) 19 May 1995 (age 29) | AaB Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Oliver Abildgaard | CM / RM | 2015 | (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 28) | AaB Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Andreas Bruhn | CM / AM / LM / LW | 2013 | (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30) | AaB Academy | 31 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 10 | Rasmus Jönsson | CF / RW | 2014 | (1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 (age 34) | VfL Wolfsburg | 24 | 6 |
| 11 | Nicklas Helenius | CF | 2014 | (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 33) | Aston Villa | 136 | 46 |
| 28 | Viktor Ahlmann | AM / LM / RM / CF / LW / RW | 2014 | (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29) | AaB Academy | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | CF | 2013 | (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 30) | AaB Academy | 29 | 11 |
| 79 | Jannik Pohl | CF | 2015 | (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 28) | AaB Academy | 0 | 0 |
Source: AaB Fodbold website

## Transfers and loans
### In
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 7 | CF | Thomas Enevoldsen | Mechelen | Free transfer | 19 June 2015 |
| 11 | ST | Nicklas Helenius | Aston Villa | Free transfer | 3 July 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Jukka Raitala | Vestsjælland | Free transfer | 17 July 2015 |
| 17 | LW | Christian Bassogog | Wilmington Hammerheads | Free transfer | 28 August 2015 |

### Out
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 26 | CB | Rasmus Thelander | Panathinaikos | Undisclosed | 2 July 2015 | |
| 18 | ST | Anders K. Jacobsen | OB | Undisclosed | 14 August 2015 | |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 6 | LB | Jukka Raitala | Free agent | Free transfer | 1 January 2016 |
| 20 | RB | Henrik Dalsgaard | Zulte Waregem | Free transfer | 1 January 2016 |
| 14 | AM | Andreas Blomqvist | IFK Norrköping | Free transfer | 27 January 2016 |

### Loan out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| 28 | ST | Viktor Ahlmann | Vendsyssel | 23 July 2015 | 31 December 2015 |
| 11 | ST | Nicklas Helenius | SC Paderborn | 1 February 2016 | 30 June 2016 |
| 28 | ST | Viktor Ahlmann | Jammerbugt | 1 February 2016 | 30 June 2016 |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Danish Superliga | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 053.57 |
| Danish Cup | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 066.67 |
| Total | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 055.88 |

### Danish Superliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Brøndby | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | AaB | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 50 | |
| 6 | Randers | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 47 | |
| 7 | Odense | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 46 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Danish Cup
#### Notes

* Note 1: Due to inadequate stadium security facilities at Lystrup IF's home ground, Lystrup Idrætsanlæg, the match was relocated to Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    As of 8 May 2016
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Nicolai Larsen | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| 1 | MF | 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Rasmus Jönsson | 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 27 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Thomas Enevoldsen | 27 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | MF | 21 | Kasper Risgård | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | FW | 33 | Lukas Spalvis | 27 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Rasmus Würtz | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | MF | 25 | Frederik Børsting | 24 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Jakob Blåbjerg | 22 | 4 | 26 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Patrick Kristensen | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 13 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | MF | 27 | Oliver Abildgaard | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 15 | DF | 15 | Gilli Rólantsson | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | FW | 11 | Nicklas Helenius | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | MF | 30 | Andreas Bruhn | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 19 | MF | 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | FW | 79 | Jannik Pohl | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | MF | 16 | Mathias Thrane | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | DF | 6 | Jukka Raitala | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 22 | FW | 17 | Christian Bassogog | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | MF | 14 | Andreas Blomqvist | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | 26 | Robert Kakeeto | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 8 May 2016
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 33 | Lukas Spalvis | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Thomas Enevoldsen | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Kasper Risgård | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Rasmus Jönsson | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 25 | Frederik Børsting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 79 | Jannik Pohl | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 15 | Gilli Rólantsson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Mathias Thrane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 27 | Oliver Abildgaard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| — | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 53 | 14 | 67 |

### Assists

    As of 8 May 2016
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Thomas Enevoldsen | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 25 | Frederik Børsting | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Jakob Blåbjerg | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Rasmus Jönsson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Kasper Risgård | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Patrick Kristensen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Jukka Raitala | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Rasmus Würtz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Andreas Blomqvist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 17 | Christian Bassogog | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 30 | Andreas Bruhn | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 33 | Lukas Spalvis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 79 | Jannik Pohl | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 8 | 46 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 8 May 2016
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Nicolai Larsen | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 3 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 8 May 2016
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
| Rnk | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Superliga | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | FW | 33 | Lukas Spalvis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Rasmus Würtz | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Kasper Risgård | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Thomas Enevoldsen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Frederik Børsting | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | GK | 1 | Nicolai Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | 10 | Rasmus Jönsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Jakob Blåbjerg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | 27 | Oliver Abildgaard | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | 6 | Jukka Raitala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | 26 | Robert Kakeeto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | 30 | Andreas Bruhn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | 79 | Jannik Pohl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 44 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 1 |

### Summary

    As of 8 May 2016
| Games played | 34 (28 Danish Superliga, 6 Danish Cup) |
| Games won | 19 (15 Danish Superliga, 4 Danish Cup) |
| Games drawn | 5 (4 Danish Superliga, 1 Danish Cup) |
| Games lost | 10 (9 Danish Superliga, 1 Danish Cup) |
| Goals scored | 67 (53 Danish Superliga, 14 Danish Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 40 (35 Danish Superliga, 5 Danish Cup) |
| Goal difference | +27 (+18 Danish Superliga, +9 Danish Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 13 (10 Danish Superliga, 3 Danish Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 54 (44 Danish Superliga, 10 Danish Cup) |
| Red cards | 1 (1 Danish Cup) |
| Best result(s) | W 6 – 0 (H) v Hobro – Danish Superliga – 1 November 2015 |
| Worst result(s) | L 6 – 2 (A) v Copenhagen – Danish Superliga – 13 March 2016 |
| Most appearances | Nicolai Larsen & Nicolaj Thomsen (34 appearances) |
| Top scorer(s) | Lukas Spalvis (19 goals) |
| Top assister(s) | Nicolaj Thomsen (9 assists) |
| Worst discipline | Lukas Spalvis (1 , 3 ) |

## Awards
### Individual

| No. | Player | Award | Month |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | AaB Goal of the Month August | September 2015 |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | AaB Goal of the Month September | October 2015 |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | Danish Superliga Player of the Month October | November 2015 |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | AaB Goal of the Month October | November 2015 |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | Tipsbladet Profil of the Autumn | December 2015 |
| 33 | Lukas Spalvis | Lithuanian Player of the Year 2015 | December 2015 |
| 7 | Thomas Enevoldsen | Danish Superliga Player of the Month November | December 2015 |
| 10 | Rasmus Jönsson | AaB Goal of the Months November/December | December 2015 |

### Team

| Award | Month | Source |