# 2017–18 Odense Boldklub season

The 2017–18 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 129th season, and their 56th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, the side was also competing in the DBU Pokalen.
OB finished 10th overall in the Superliga. Due to another disappointing season, head coach Kent Nielsen got fired on May 21.

## First team

    Last updated on 31 January 2018
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Thomas Mikkelsen | GK | (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 34) |
| 13 | Sten Grytebust (third captain) | GK | (1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 28) |
| 27 | Oliver Christensen | GK | (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 19) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Kenneth Emil Petersen (captain) | CB | (1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 33) |
| 4 | Ryan Johnson Laursen | RB | (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 26) |
| 5 | João Pereira | LB | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 28) |
| 6 | Jeppe Tverskov | CB | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Jacob Buus | CB | (1997-03-07)7 March 1997 (aged 21) |
| 20 | Jacob Barrett Laursen | LB | (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 23) |
| 24 | Marco Lund | CB | (1996-06-30)30 June 1996 (aged 21) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | André Rømer | CDM | (1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Casper Nielsen | CM | (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 (aged 24) |
| 14 | Jens Jakob Thomasen | CM | (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| 16 | Julius Eskesen | CM | (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 19) |
| 18 | Mathias Thrane | LM | (1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 23) |
| 19 | Mikkel Desler | RM | (1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 23) |
| 21 | Mathias Greve | RM | (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 23) |
| 22 | Nana Welbeck | CM | (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 23) |
| 23 | Troels Kløve | RM | (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 27) |
| 25 | Mohammed Fellah | AM | (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 29) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Jóan Símun Edmundsson | FW | (1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 26) |
| 9 | Rasmus Jönsson | FW | (1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 28) |
| 10 | Rasmus Festersen (vice-captain) | FW | (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 31) |
| 25 | Nicklas Helenius | FW | (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 27) |
| 28 | Anders K. Jacobsen | FW | (1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 28) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | 16 | Julius Eskesen | Youth academy | |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | 27 | Oliver Christensen | Youth academy | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | 25 | Nicklas Helenius | Aalborg | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | 1 | Thomas Mikkelsen | Fredericia | Free transfer |
| 4 January 2018 | MF | 8 | André Rømer | Midtjylland | |
| 15 January 2018 | DF | 24 | Marco Lund | Esbjerg | |
| 24 January 2018 | MF | 23 | Troels Kløve | SønderjyskE | |
| 30 January 2018 | MF | 25 | Mohammed Fellah | Nordsjælland | Loan |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | |

### Transfers out

| Departure date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | 1 | Michael Falkesgaard | Midtjylland | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | 24 | Oliver Lund | Lyngby | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | 27 | Thomas Mikkelsen | Ross County | End of contract | |
| 28 August 2017 | FW | 26 | Yao Dieudonne | Vendsyssel | Loan | |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | 29 | Kristian Weber | Marienlyst | End of contract | |
| 2 January 2018 | MF | 15 | Izunna Uzochukwu | Meizhou Hakka | Free transfer | |
| 3 January 2018 | DF | 3 | Frederik Tingager | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2,300,000 DKK | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2,300,000 DKK | 2,300,000 DKK |

## Competitions
### Superliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Hobro | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | SønderjyskE | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Odense | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Aarhus | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Silkeborg | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 March 2018. Source:

#### Results by round

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ODE | SØN | RAN | LYN |
| 1 | Odense | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | SønderjyskE | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 41 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Randers (O) | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Lyngby (R) | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

### European play-offs
#### Quarter-finals

Odense lost 4–6 on aggregate

### DBU Pokalen

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    As of match played 13 May 2018
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | DBU Pokalen | Total |
| 1 | FW | 28 | Anders K. Jacobsen | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 25 | Nicklas Helenius | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Rasmus Festersen | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Mathias Greve | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Troels Kløve | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Jóan Símun Edmundsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Jens Jakob Thomasen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 20 | Jacob Barrett Laursen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Ryan Johnson Laursen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Jeppe Tverskov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Casper Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Izunna Uzochukwu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Julius Eskesen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 24 | Marco Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 47 | 4 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 13 May 2018
| No. | Pos. | Name | Superliga | Superliga | DBU Pokalen | DBU Pokalen | Total | Total |
| — | MF | Izunna Uzochukwu | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Casper Nielsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Jóan Símun Edmundsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Mikkel Desler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Marco Lund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | DF | Frederik Tingager | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ryan Johnson Laursen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | João Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | André Rømer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Rasmus Festersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Jacob Barrett Laursen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jeppe Tverskov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rasmus Jönsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Nicklas Helenius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Julius Eskesen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Mathias Thrane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Mathias Greve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Troels Kløve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Mathias Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 |