# 2019–20 F.C. Copenhagen season

The 2019–20 season was F.C. Copenhagen's 28th season of existence, competing each year in the 3F Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. In addition to the 3F Superliga, Copenhagen advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sydbank Pokalen, the UEFA Europa League and advanced to the Third Qualifying Round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. The season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and matches were stopped after matches on March 8 and resumed on May 28.

## Squad

    As of 20 February 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Stephan Andersen | GK | 2014 | 26 November 1981 | Real Betis |
| 13 | Sten Grytebust | GK | 2019 | 25 October 1989 | Odense |
| 21 | Karl-Johan Johnsson | GK | 2019 | 28 January 1990 | En Avant de Guingamp |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Guillermo Varela | DF | 2019 | 24 March 1993 | Peñarol |
| 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | DF | 2017 | 12 April 1988 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | DF | 2018 | 5 September 1990 | Östersunds FK |
| 5 | Andreas Bjelland (vice captain) | DF | 2018 | 11 July 1988 | Brentford F.C. |
| 17 | Karlo Bartolec | DF | 2019 | 20 April 1995 | FC Nordsjælland |
| 19 | Bryan Oviedo | DF | 2019 | 18 February 1990 | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | DF | 2016 | 16 February 1992 | AFC Ajax |
| 25 | Victor Nelsson | DF | 2019 | 14 October 1998 | FC Nordsjælland |
| 27 | Ragnar Sigurðsson | DF | 2020 | 19 June 1986 | FC Rostov |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Jens Stage | MF | 2019 | 8 November 1996 | AGF |
| 7 | Viktor Fischer (3rd captain) | MF | 2018 | 9 June 1994 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | MF | 2017 | 8 May 1993 | FC Nantes |
| 10 | Zeca (captain) | MF | 2017 | 31 Aug 1988 | Panathinaikos F.C. |
| 11 | Mohamed Daramy | FW | 2015 | 7 January 2002 | Homegrown |
| 16 | Pep Biel | MF | 2019 | 5 September 1996 | Real Zaragoza |
| 24 | Robert Mudražija | MF | 2019 | 5 May 1997 | NK Osijek |
| 33 | Rasmus Falk | MF | 2016 | 15 January 1992 | Odense |
| Forwards |||||||
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | FW | 2018 | 21 February 1985 | Trabzonspor |
| 18 | Michael Santos | FW | 2019 | 13 March 1993 | Málaga CF |
| 23 | Jonas Wind | FW | 2016 | 7 February 1999 | Homegrown |
| 29 | Mikkel Kaufmann | FW | 2020 | 3 January 2001 | AaB |

## Transfers and loans

From July 1, 2019. Arrivals include players returning from loans. Departures include players out on loan.

### Arrivals
#### Summer

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date | Fee |
| MF | Jens Stage | AGF | July 1, 2019 | £1.80m |
| GK | Sten Grytebust | OB | July 1, 2019 | Free Transfer |
| DF | Karlo Bartolec | FC Nordsjælland | July 1, 2019 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Carlo Holse | Esbjerg fB | June 30, 2019 | End of Loan |
| DF | Mads Roerslev | Vendsyssel FF | June 30, 2019 | End of Loan |
| MF | Uroš Matić | Austria Wien | June 30, 2019 | End of Loan |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | OH Leuven | June 30, 2019 | End of Loan |
| MF | Victor Nelsson | FC Nordsjælland | July 5, 2019 | £3.24m |
| GK | Karl-Johan Johnsson | En Avant de Guingamp | July 11, 2019 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Bryan Oviedo | Sunderland A.F.C. | July 29, 2019 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Pep Biel | Real Zaragoza | Aug 2, 2019 | £4.50m |
| FW | Michael Santos | Málaga CF | Aug 21, 2019 | £1.98m |
| FW | Nicklas Bendtner | Rosenborg BK | Sep 2, 2019 | Undisclosed |

#### Winter

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date | Fee |
| DF | Ragnar Sigurðsson | FC Rostov | January 12, 2020 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Mikkel Kaufmann | AaB | January 31, 2020 | £2.55m |

### Departures
#### Summer

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date | Fee |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | OH Leuven | July 1, 2019 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Uroš Matić | APOEL FC | July 1, 2019 | Out on Loan |
| DF | Michael Lüftner | AC Omonia | July 1, 2019 | Out on Loan |
| MF | William Kvist | Retired | July 1, 2019 | |
| DF | Denis Vavro | S.S. Lazio | July 4, 2019 | £9.45m |
| GK | Jesse Joronen | Brescia Calcio | July 11, 2019 | £4.50m |
| MF | Robert Skov | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | July 27, 2019 | £9.00m |
| DF | Mads Roerslev | Brentford FC B | August 7, 2019 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Peter Ankersen | Genoa C.F.C. | September 2, 2019 | Undisclosed |

#### Winter

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date | Fee |
| FW | Nicklas Bendtner | Without Club | January 1, 2020 | Released |
| GK | Frederik Ibsen | Kolding IF | January 24, 2020 | Free Transfer |
| FW | Carlo Holse | Rosenborg BK | January 31, 2020 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Pieros Sotiriou | FC Astana | Feb 20, 2020 | £1.70m |

## Competitive
### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 3F Superliga | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 058.33 |
| Sydbank Pokalen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 038.46 |
| Total | 56 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 83 | 58 | +25 | 051.79 |
Last updated: 10 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches

### Superliga
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Copenhagen | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | AGF | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 47 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Brøndby | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |

#### Championship Round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MID | COP | AGF | BRO | AaB | NOR |
| 1 | Midtjylland (C) | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–3 |
| 2 | Copenhagen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 1–2 | — | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | AGF (O) | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 64 | Qualification for the European play-off match | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 56 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 5 | AaB | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 54 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–4 |
| 6 | Nordsjælland | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 47 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |

##### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| The New Saints F.C. | 0–3 | Copenhagen | 0–2 | 0–1 |

#### Third qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–2 | Copenhagen | 1–1 | 1–1 |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Lugano | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances

    As of 10 August 2020
This includes all competitive matches and refers to all squad members playing throughout the season, regardless of their current roster status.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 35 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 54 |
| 2 | DF | 25 | Victor Nelsson | 34 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 53 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Jens Stage | 31 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 30 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 31 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Guillermo Varela | 27 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 27 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 | GK | 21 | Karl-Johan Johnsson | 29 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 42 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Pep Biel | 29 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | FW | 11 | Mohamed Daramy | 29 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 41 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | Karlo Bartolec | 23 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 39 |
| 12 | FW | 18 | Michael Santos | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 36 |
| 13 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 33 |
| 14 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 21 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 |
| 15 | FW | 9 | Pieros Sotiriou | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 30 |
| 16 | DF | 19 | Bryan Oviedo | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 17 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 18 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 18 | FW | 29 | Mikkel Kaufmann | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 20 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 21 | MF | 26 | Carlo Holse | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 22 | GK | 13 | Sten Grytebust | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 22 | MF | 24 | Robert Mudražija | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 24 | FW | 32 | Nicklas Bendtner | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | DF | 27 | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | DF | 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | MF | 29 | Robert Skov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | MF | 37 | Ahmed Daghim | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | 29 | William Bøving | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 10 August 2020
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Pieros Sotiriou | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 18 | Michael Santos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Mohamed Daramy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Jens Stage | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | Pep Biel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 29 | Robert Skov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 32 | Nicklas Bendtner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | Karlo Bartolec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 29 | Mikkel Kaufmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | O.G. | | Opponent Own Goal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 58 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 83 |

### Assists

    As of 10 August 2020
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Mohamed Daramy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Jens Stage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 17 | Karlo Bartolec | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Pep Biel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Guillermo Varela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 26 | Carlo Holse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 19 | Bryan Oviedo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | 18 | Michael Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 9 | Pieros Sotiriou | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 24 | Robert Mudražija | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 29 | Mikkel Kaufmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 51 |

### Clean Sheets

    As of 10 August 2020
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 21 | Karl-Johan Johnsson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | 13 | Sten Grytebust | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 10 August 2020
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Jens Stage | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 18 | Michael Santos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | 25 | Victor Nelsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Guillermo Varela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | Karlo Bartolec | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | 16 | Pep Biel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | 9 | Pieros Sotiriou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | 19 | Bryan Oviedo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | 29 | Mikkel Kaufmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | 13 | Sten Grytebust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | 26 | Carlo Holse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | 32 | Nicklas Bendtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | 21 | Karl-Johan Johnsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | 27 | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | 24 | Robert Mudražija | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 52 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 86 | 3 |

## Awards
### Team

| Award | Month | Source |

### Individual

| No. | Player | Award | Month | Source |
| 23 | Jonas Wind | Player of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 23 | Jonas Wind | Team of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 7 | Viktor Fischer | Team of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |