# 2019–20 SønderjyskE Fodbold season

The 2019–20 season, was SønderjyskE's 19th season as a professional football club and their 11th consecutive season in the Superliga, the top-flight of Danish football. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Danish Cup.
In the Danish Cup, SønderjyskE reached the final for the first time in club history, defeating AaB by a score of 2–0 to secure the club's first major honour and a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

## Players

    As of 31 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Nikola Mirković |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Stefan Gartenmann |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Marc Pedersen |
| 4 | DF | ISL | Ísak Ólafsson |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Fanis Mavrommatis (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Eggert Jónsson |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Julius Eskesen |
| 8 | FW | DEN | Christian Jakobsen |
| 9 | MF | DEN | Alexander Bah |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Anders K. Jacobsen |
| 12 | DF | DEN | Pierre Kanstrup |
| 14 | DF | POR | João Pereira |
| 15 | FW | DEN | Johan Absalonsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Nicholas Marfelt |
| 20 | FW | DEN | Peter Christiansen |
| 21 | FW | DEN | Jeppe Simonsen |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Emil Frederiksen (on loan from Heerenveen) |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Mads Hansen |
| 24 | MF | DEN | Rasmus Vinderslev |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Patrick Banggaard |
| 28 | GK | GER | Sebastian Mielitz |
| 29 | MF | CMR | Victor Ekani |
| 35 | GK | CAN | Oliver Saundry |
| 47 | FW | UKR | Artem Dovbyk (on loan from FC Midtjylland) |
| 77 | MF | NGA | Rilwan Hassan |
| 90 | MF | DEN | Mads Albæk |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 77 | MF | Rilwan Hassan | Midtjylland | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 90 | MF | Mads Albæk | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 47 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | Midtjylland | Loan | 2 September 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Julius Eskesen | OB | Undisclosed | 28 January 2020 |
| 10 | FW | Anders K. Jacobsen | OB | Free | 28 January 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Theofanis Mavrommatis | Panathinaikos | Loan | 30 January 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 17 | MF | Marco Rojas | Melbourne Victory | Free | 16 December 2019 | |
| 10 | MF | Mart Lieder | OB | Free | 28 January 2020 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Superliga | 14 September 2019 | 8 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 028.13 |
| Danish Cup | 2019 | Final | Third round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 037.84 |
Last updated: 1 July 2021 Source: FBref

### Danish Superliga
#### Results by matchday

| 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | OB | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Lyngby | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Hobro | 26 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Esbjerg | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ODE | SON | LYN | SIL |
| 1 | OB | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 43 | Qualification for the European play-offs | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| 2 | SønderjyskE | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lyngby (O) | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Silkeborg (R) | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 26 | Relegation to 2020–21 Danish 1st Division | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |
* ↑ SønderjyskE qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Danish Cup.

### Danish Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | FW | | Christian Jakobsen | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Mart Lieder | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Anders K. Jacobsen | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 15 | FW | | Johan Absalonsen | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Marco Rojas | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | | Peter Christiansen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 47 | FW | | Artem Dovbyk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 90 | MF | | Mads Albæk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Stefan Gartenmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Eggert Jónsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Julius Eskesen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | MF | | Alexander Bah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | | João Pereira | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | FW | | Jeppe Simonsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | MF | | Emil Frederiksen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 26 | DF | | Patrick Banggaard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 77 | MF | | Rilwan Hassan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 11 | 48 |
Last updated: 1 July 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Sebastian Mielitz | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Nikola Mirković | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Last updated: 1 July 2021