# 2024–25 Silkeborg IF season

The 2024–25 season is the 108th season in the history of Silkeborg IF and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating the Danish Cup, as well as having participated in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and the UEFA Conference League qualifying phase.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Nicolai Larsen |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Andreas Poulsen |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Robin Østrøm |
| 4 | DF | POR | Pedro Ganchas |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Pelle Mattsson |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Ramazan Orazov |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Jeppe Andersen |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Alexander Simmelhack |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Younes Bakiz |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Fredrik Carlsen |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Sofus Berger |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NZL | Callum McCowatt |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Jens Martin Gammelby |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Mads Larsen |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Anders Klynge |
| 23 | FW | DEN | Tonni Adamsen |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Alexander Madsen |
| 25 | DF | SWE | Pontus Rödin |
| 30 | GK | DEN | Aske Andrésen |
| 33 | MF | DEN | Mads Freundlich |
| 40 | DF | DEN | Alexander Busch |
| 41 | MF | DEN | Oskar Boesen |

### Youth players in use

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | FW | DEN | Sebastian Biller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | MF | DEN | Julius Nielsen |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Oscar Fuglsang (at Fredericia until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | DEN | Asbjørn Bøndergaard (at Fredericia until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Frederik Carstensen | Fredericia | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Andreas Pyndt | IFK Göteborg | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Andreas Poulsen | AaB | Undisclosed | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Ramazan Orazov | Aktobe | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Younes Bakiz | AaB | €400,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Pedro Ganchas | Paços de Ferreira | €400,000 | 2 July 2024 |
| MF | Mads Freundlich | Hobro | €535,000 | 16 July 2024 |
| MF | Jeppe Andersen | Sarpsborg 08 | Undisclosed | 18 July 2024 |
| FW | Alexander Simmelhack | Copenhagen | Undisclosed | 21 August 2024 |
| DF | Rasmus Thelander | AaB | Free | 1 September 2024 |
| MF | Sofus Berger | Viborg | Undisclosed | 1 February 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Lubambo Musonda | Horsens | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Andreas Poulsen | AaB | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Frederik Rieper | Fredericia | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Kasper Kusk | Vendsyssel | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Joel Felix | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Asbjørn Bøndergaard | Fredericia | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Oscar Fuglsang | Fredericia | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Stefán Teitur Þórðarson | Preston North End | Undisclosed | 9 July 2024 |
| FW | Frederik Carstensen | Sarpsborg 08 | Undisclosed | 23 July 2024 |
| FW | Alexander Lind | Pisa | €4,000,000 | 12 August 2024 |
| MF | Andreas Pyndt | Sirius | Undisclosed | 19 August 2024 |
| GK | Jacob Pryts | Start | Undisclosed | 23 August 2024 |
| MF | Mark Brink | Nordsjælland | Undisclosed | 2 September 2024 |
| DF | Oliver Sonne | Burnley | Undisclosed | 1 January 2025 |
| DF | Anders Dahl | Fredericia | Undisclosed | 13 January 2025 |
| DF | Rasmus Thelander | Released | N/A | 31 December 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

The pre-season programme was revealed by the club on 13 June 2024.
The programme for the mid-season training camp in Spain was announced on 25 January 2025.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Superliga | 21 July 2024 | | Matchday 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 036.36 |
| Danish Cup | 25 September 2024 | | Third round | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 25 July 2024 | 1 August 2024 | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 8 August 2024 | 15 August 2024 | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 17 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Superliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Brøndby | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Silkeborg | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Viborg | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | AaB | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 21 | 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: 17 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round – regular season

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

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Silkeborg | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the European play-off match |
| 2 | Viborg | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 28 | |
| 3 | AaB | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 21 | |
| 4 | Lyngby | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 18 | |
| 5 | Sønderjyske | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 17 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division |

#### Results by round - Relegation round

* Matchday
* Ground
* Result
* Position
* Points

#### Regular season

The matches were released on 7 June 2024.

### Danish Cup

Silkeborg entered the Danish Cup in the third round, and were drawn against Danish 1st Division side Roskilde.

#### Semi-finals
### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.