# 2020–21 AaB season

The 2020–21 season was AaB's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 31st consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 135th year in existence as a football club.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Jacob Friis (until 29 October 2020, resigned) Peter Feher (interim, from 29 October 2020 to 31 January 2021) Martí Cifuentes (from 1 January 2021) |
| Assistant coaches | Peter Feher Rasmus Würtz |
| Head of football | Søren Krogh |
| Goalkeeping coach | Poul Buus |
| Analyst | Jim Holm Larsen |
| Team Leader | Ernst Damborg |
| Doctor | Søren Kaalund |
| Physiotherapist | Morten Skjoldager |
| Physical trainer | Ashley Tootle |
| U/19 League coach | Kim Leth Andersen |
| U/17 League coach | Nikolaj Hørby |
| U/15 League coach | Theis Larsen |
| U/14 League coach | Jonas Westmark |
| U/13 League coach | Philip Nødgaard |
Source: AaB Fodbold

### Other information

| Owner | AaB A/S |
| Chief executive | Thomas Bælum |
| Sports director | Inge André Olsen |
| Head of press and communications | Brian Andersen |
| Head of experience | Martin Stigaard Skammelsen |
| Head of sales | Morten Brinkmann |
| Head of talents | Anders Damgaard |
| Head of security | Kim Kyst |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Nordjyske Arena (13,997 / 105x70 metres) |
| Training ground | AaB Training Ground |
Source: AaB Fodbold

## Squad
### First team squad

This squad list includes any first team squad player who has been available for the line-up during the season.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Jacob Rinne |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Kristoffer Pallesen |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jakob Ahlmann |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Mathias Ross |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Jores Okore (until 25 February 2021) |
| 6 | MF | POR | Pedro Ferreira |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Oscar Hiljemark (from 5 October 2020) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Iver Fossum |
| 9 | FW | NED | Tom van Weert (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Lucas Andersen (captain) |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Tim Prica |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Malthe Højholt |
| 15 | DF | DEN | Lukas Klitten |
| 16 | MF | DEN | Magnus Christensen |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Kasper Kusk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Martin Samuelsen (from 1 February 2021) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Timothé Nkada (until 2 May 2021) |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Oliver Klitten (until 1 October 2020; from 4 January 2021) |
| 22 | GK | DEN | Andreas Hansen |
| 23 | MF | UGA | Robert Kakeeto |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Vladimir Prijović |
| 25 | MF | DEN | Frederik Børsting |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Thelander |
| 28 | MF | DEN | Jeppe Pedersen (until 27 January 2021) |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Rufo (from 8 February 2021) |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Daniel Granli |
| 32 | DF | DEN | Kasper Pedersen (until 15 January 2021) |
| 33 | DF | DEN | Thomas Christiansen (until 25 January 2021) |
| 35 | FW | DEN | Marcus Hannesbo (from 11 February 2021) |
Source: AaB Fodbold website

### Youth players in use

This list includes any youth player from AaB Academy who has been used in the season.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | FW | DEN | Marcus Hannesbo (from AaB U19) |

## Transfers and loans
### In
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| 33 | DF | Thomas Christiansen | AaB Academy | 1 August 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Tim Prica | Malmö FF | 10 August 2020 |
| 24 | DF | Vladimir Prijović | Crvena Zvezda | 11 August 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Pedro Ferreira | Varzim S.C. | 19 August 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Oscar Hiljemark | Genoa C.F.C. | 5 October 2020 |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| 31 | DF | Daniel Granli | AIK | 4 January 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Rufo | Sandefjord Fotball | 8 February 2021 |
| 35 | FW | Marcus Hannesbo | AaB Academy | 11 February 2021 |

### Out
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| 7 | MF | Oliver Abildgaard | FC Rubin Kazan | 20 June 2020 |
| 2 | MF | Patrick Kristensen | Retirement | 1 August 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Jakob Blåbjerg | Retirement | 1 August 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Aramis Kouzine | Released | 1 August 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Filip Lesniak | Wisła Płock | 1 August 2020 |
| 27 | FW | Søren Tengstedt | AGF | 1 August 2020 |
| 34 | DF | Anders Bærtelsen | Vendsyssel FF | 7 August 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Patrick Olsen | AGF | 19 August 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Rasmus Thellufsen | Lyngby Boldklub | 6 September 2020 |
| 30 | FW | Wessam Abou Ali | Silkeborg IF | 8 September 2020 |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| 32 | DF | Kasper Pedersen | Esbjerg fB | 15 January 2021 |
| 33 | DF | Thomas Christiansen | Vendsyssel FF | 25 January 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Jores Okore | Changchun Yatai F.C. | 25 February 2021 |

### Loan in

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Start | End |
| 19 | FW | Timothé Nkada | Stade de Reims | 4 August 2020 | 2 May 2021 |
| 31 | DF | Daniel Granli | AIK | 3 September 2020 | 31 December 2020 |
| 18 | FW | Martin Samuelsen | Hull City | 1 February 2021 | 30 June 2021 |
* Note 1: In the initial agreement between AaB and Stade de Reims, the loan of Timothé Nkada was to run until 30 June 2021. However, AaB chose to return Nkada in the beginning of May 2021, as the player frequently was left out of the squad.

### Loan out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End | Source |
| 20 | MF | Oliver Klitten | FK Haugesund | 1 October 2020 | 4 January 2021 | |
| 28 | MF | Jeppe Pedersen | Skive IK | 27 January 2021 | 30 June 2021 | |
* Note 2: In the initial agreement between AaB and FK Haugesund, the loan of Oliver Klitten was to run until 31 December 2021, with AaB being able to bring home the player in any intermediate transfer window. AaB activated this clause on 4 January 2021.

## Competitions
### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Superliga | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 037.50 |
| Superliga European play-off | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Danish Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 037.14 |

### Superliga
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2021. Source: Competitive matches

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | SønderjyskE | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | OB | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | AaB | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Vejle | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Lyngby | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

##### Matches
#### Qualification round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | AAB | SON | ODE | VEJ | LYN | HOR |
| 1 | AaB | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for the European play-off match | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | SønderjyskE | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 44 | | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| 3 | OB | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 43 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Vejle | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 38 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Lyngby (R) | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 26 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–4 |
| 6 | Horsens (R) | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | — |

##### Matches
### Danish Cup

* Note 1: The match was moved away from B.93's normal ground, Østerbro Stadion, by authorities in Copenhagen Municipality.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    As of 14 February 2021
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when appearances are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | DF | 2 | Kristoffer Pallesen | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Tom van Weert | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | GK | 1 | Jacob Rinne | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | MF | 6 | Pedro Ferreira | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Iver Fossum | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Jores Okore | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | MF | 25 | Frederik Børsting | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | DF | 31 | Daniel Granli | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | FW | 11 | Tim Prica | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | FW | 19 | Timothé Nkada | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | DF | 26 | Rasmus Thelander | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | Mathias Ross | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 14 | DF | 15 | Lukas Klitten | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | FW | 10 | Lucas Andersen | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 17 | MF | 23 | Robert Kakeeto | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | MF | 14 | Malthe Højholt | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | MF | 7 | Oscar Hiljemark | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | MF | 16 | Magnus Christensen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | GK | 22 | Andreas Hansen | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | FW | 35 | Marcus Hannesbo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | 18 | Martin Samuelsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | 20 | Oliver Klitten | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | 28 | Jeppe Pedersen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | 30 | Rufo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 February 2021
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Iver Fossum | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Tom van Weert | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Jores Okore | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Frederik Børsting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 35 | Marcus Hannesbo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Oscar Hiljemark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 26 | Rasmus Thelander | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 18 | 2 | 20 |

### Assists

    As of 14 February 2021
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Tim Prica | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | 2 | Kristoffer Pallesen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Pedro Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Jores Okore | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Iver Fossum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Tom van Weert | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Lucas Andersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 31 | Daniel Granli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 14 | 2 | 16 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 14 February 2021
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Jacob Rinne | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 14 February 2021
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
| Rnk | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Superliga | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Tim Prica | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | 31 | Daniel Granli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Pedro Ferreira | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Jores Okore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Kristoffer Pallesen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Oscar Hiljemark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Robert Kakeeto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | 26 | Rasmus Thelander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Mathias Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Tom van Weert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Malthe Højholt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | 15 | Lukas Klitten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | AC | – | Rasmus Würtz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 |

### Suspensions

    As of 14 February 2021
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total matches suspended are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Tim Prica | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Pedro Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 4 |

## Awards
### Team

| Award | Month | Source |

### Individual

| No. | Player | Award | Month | Source |