# 2022–23 Odense Boldklub season

The 2022–23 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 134th season, and their 61st appearance in the Danish Superliga.

## First team

    Last updated on 23 March 2023
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Martin Hansen (4th captain) | GK | (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 32) |
| 13 | Hans Christian Bernat | GK | (2000-11-13)13 November 2000 (aged 22) |
| 27 | Magnus Nielsen | GK | (2004-08-04)4 August 2004 (aged 18) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Nicholas Mickelson | RB | (1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 23) |
| 3 | Omar Jebali | CB | (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 23) |
| 4 | Bjørn Paulsen (3rd captain) | CB | (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 31) |
| 14 | Gustav Grubbe | RB | (2003-01-03)3 January 2003 (aged 20) |
| 16 | Jørgen Skjelvik | LB | (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 31) |
| 22 | Mihajlo Ivančević | CB | (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 24) |
| 23 | Aske Adelgaard | LB | (2003-11-10)10 November 2003 (aged 19) |
| 28 | Tobias Slotsager (5th captain) | CB | (2006-01-01)1 January 2006 (aged 17) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Alasana Manneh | CM/CDM | (1998-04-08)8 April 1998 (aged 25) |
| 6 | Jeppe Tverskov (captain) | CB | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 30) |
| 7 | Naatan Skyttä | AM | (2002-05-07)7 May 2002 (aged 21) |
| 8 | Jakob Breum | LM | (2003-11-17)17 November 2003 (aged 19) |
| 10 | Franco Tongya | AM | (2002-03-13)13 March 2002 (aged 21) |
| 19 | Aron Elís Thrándarson | CM | (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 28) |
| 24 | Alen Mustafić | CM | (1999-07-05)5 July 1999 (aged 23) |
| 29 | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | AM/LW | (1999-07-29)29 July 1999 (aged 23) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Bashkim Kadrii (vice-captain) | ST | (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 (aged 31) |
| 11 | Emmanuel Sabbi | LW/RW | (1997-12-24)24 December 1997 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Kenneth Zohore | ST | (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 29) |
| 18 | Musa Juwara | ST | (2001-12-26)26 December 2001 (aged 21) |
| 21 | Charly Nouck Horneman | ST | (2004-03-21)21 March 2004 (aged 19) |
| 26 | Agon Muçolli | LW | (1998-09-26)26 September 1998 (aged 24) |
| 30 | Yankuba Minteh | LW/RW | (2004-07-22)22 July 2004 (aged 18) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 14 | Gustav Grubbe | Leipzig | |
| 1 July 2022 | ST | 17 | Luca Kjerrumgaard | Youth academy | |
| 7 July 2022 | ST | 21 | Charly Nouck Horneman | Youth academy | |
| 8 July 2022 | FW | 26 | Agon Muçolli | Kristiansund | |
| 11 July 2022 | DF | 4 | Bjørn Paulsen | Hammarby | |
| 31 July 2022 | DF | 23 | Aske Adelgaard | Youth academy | |
| 1 August 2022 | MM | 1 | Martin Hansen | Hannover | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2022 | DF | 28 | Tobias Slotsager | Youth academy | |
| 30 August 2022 | MF | 10 | Franco Tongya | Marseille | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2022 | MF | 5 | Alasana Manneh | Górnik Zabrze | |
| 27 October 2022 | FW | 30 | Yankuba Minteh | Youth academy | |
| 27 October 2022 | MF | 24 | Alen Mustafić | Slovan Bratislava | |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | 17 | Kenneth Zohore | West Bromwich | Free transfer |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| 1 July 2022 | 20 December 2022 | FW | 18 | Mohamed Kanté | Hafia |
| 19 July 2022 | 30 June 2023 | DF | 3 | Omar Jebali | Zarzis |
| 31 August 2022 | 31 December 2022 | MF | 24 | Armin Gigović | Rostov |
| 19 January 2023 | 8 June 2023 | FW | 18 | Musa Juwara | Bologna |
| 31 January 2023 | 30 June 2023 | MF | 7 | Naatan Skyttä | Toulouse |
* ↑ Contract dissolved. Original end date was 30 June 2023.
* ↑ Contract dissolved. Original end date was 31 December 2023.

### Transfers out

| Departure date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 26 | Mikkel Hyllegaard | SønderjyskE | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 21 | Tarik Ibrahimagic | Næstved | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 4 | Ryan Johnson Laursen | SønderjyskE | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | — | Rasmus Nissen | Tórshavn | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | — | Moses Opondo | Horsens | | |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 14 | Jens Jakob Thomasen | Nîmes | End of contract | |
| 5 July 2022 | DF | 18 | Mathias Brems | Helsingør | | |
| 31 July 2022 | DF | — | Alexander Juel Andersen | Aalesund | | |
| 23 August 2022 | FW | 24 | Robin Østrøm | Silkeborg | 1,500,000 DKK | |
| 29 August 2022 | FW | 10 | Sander Svendsen | Viking | | |
| 12 January 2023 | DF | 5 | Kasper Larsen | Fehérvár | | |
| 19 January 2023 | FW | 7 | Issam Jebali | Gamba Osaka | 7,500,000 DKK | |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | 20 | Ayo Simon Okosun | Vendsyssel | | |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | — | Tobias Augustinus-Jensen (U19) | Utrecht | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 9,000,000 DKK | 9,000,000 DKK |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| 1 July 2022 | 30 June 2023 | DF | 28 | Christian Vestergaard | Kolding |
| 4 July 2022 | 30 June 2023 | DF | 17 | Jonathan Khemdee | Næstved |
| 8 July 2022 | 30 June 2024 | MF | 23 | Troels Kløve | SønderjyskE |
| 1 August 2022 | 30 June 2023 | GK | 30 | Sayouba Mandé | Helsingør |
| 15 August 2022 | 12 January 2023 | DF | 5 | Kasper Larsen | Fehérvár |
| 31 August 2022 | 30 June 2023 | FW | 17 | Luca Kjerrumgaard | Nykøbing |
| 31 January 2023 | 30 June 2023 | DF | 25 | Joel King | Sydney |
| 23 March 2023 | 31 July 2023 | FW | 15 | Max Fenger | Mjällby |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

OB played three training games in Denmark before the start of the 2022–23 Superliga season. OB had a terrible prelude to the season by losing all three training games.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Winter season

Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the winter off-season was longer than usual. Therefore OB had a three month long training camp starting off with six games in Denmark. Afterwards the club went on training camp to Bangkok for two weeks just before the start of the spring season of the Superliga.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Silkeborg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 29 | Qualification for the Qualification round |
| 8 | Midtjylland | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 28 | Qualification for the Qualification round |
| 9 | OB | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 28 | Qualification for the Qualification round |
| 10 | Horsens | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 23 | Qualification for the Qualification round |
| 11 | Lyngby | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 16 | Qualification for the Qualification 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: 19 March 2023. Source: Worldfootball.net

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MID | ODE | SIL | LYN | ACH | AAB |
| 1 | Midtjylland (O) | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for the European play-off match | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | OB | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 | | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 41 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| 4 | Lyngby | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 28 | | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Horsens (R) | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 28 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–4 |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    As of match played 3 June 2023
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Bashkim Kadrii | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Emmanuel Sabbi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | MF | 29 | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 30 | Yankuba Minteh | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | — | Issam Jebali | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Jeppe Tverskov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Naatan Skyttä | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Franco Tongya | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 21 | Charly Nouck Horneman | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Bjørn Paulsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 5 | Alasana Manneh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Aron Thrándarson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 24 | Alen Mustafić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | — | Armin Gigović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | — | Joel King | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | — | Robin Østrøm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 47 | 1 | 48 |

### Disciplinary record
## Club awards
### Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on OB's fan app.
| Month | Player |
| August | N/A |
| September | Bashkim Kadrii |
| October | Yankuba Minteh |
| November | Yankuba Minteh (2) |
| February | Alasana Manneh |
| March | |
| April | |
| May | |