# 2018–19 F.C. Copenhagen season

The 2018–19 FC Copenhagen season was F.C. Copenhagen's 27th season of existence, competing each year in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. In addition to capturing its 13th Danish Superliga championship, FCK competed in the Danish Cup, exiting in the fourth round, and the UEFA Europa League, advancing to the group stage.

## Kits

| Home | Away | Third (League) | Third (Playoffs) |

## Squad

    As of 31 March 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Stephan Andersen | GK | 2014 | 26 November 1981 | Real Betis |
| 21 | Jesse Joronen | GK | 2018 | 21 March 1993 | AC Horsens |
| 31 | Frederik Ibsen | GK | 2018 | 28 March 1997 | Vendsyssel FF |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Guillermo Varela | DF | 2019 | 24 March 1993 | Peñarol |
| 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | DF | 2017 | 12 April 1988 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | DF | 2018 | 5 September 1990 | Östersunds FK |
| 5 | Andreas Bjelland | DF | 2018 | 11 July 1988 | Brentford F.C. |
| 19 | Denis Vavro | DF | 2017 | 10 April 1996 | MŠK Žilina |
| 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | DF | 2016 | 16 February 1992 | AFC Ajax |
| 22 | Peter Ankersen | DF | 2016 | 22 September 1990 | FC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 27 | Michael Lüftner | DF | 2016 | 14 March 1994 | SK Slavia Prague |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | William Kvist | MF | 2015 | 24 February 1985 | Wigan Athletic F.C. |
| 7 | Viktor Fischer | MF | 2018 | 9 June 1994 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | MF | 2017 | 8 May 1993 | FC Nantes |
| 10 | Zeca | MF | 2017 | 31 Aug 1988 | Panathinaikos F.C. |
| 24 | Robert Mudražija | MF | 2019 | 5 May 1997 | NK Osijek |
| 29 | Robert Skov | MF | 2018 | 20 May 1996 | Silkeborg IF |
| 33 | Rasmus Falk | MF | 2016 | 15 January 1992 | OB |
| Forwards |||||||
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | FW | 2018 | 21 February 1985 | Trabzonspor |
| 23 | Jonas Wind | FW | 2016 | 7 February 1999 | Homegrown |
| 28 | Pieros Sotiriou | FW | 2017 | 13 January 1993 | APOEL FC |
| 40 | Mohamed Daramy | FW | 2015 | 7 January 2002 | Hvidovre IF (U14) |

## Transfers and loans
### Arrivals
#### Summer

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| GK | Jesse Joronen | AC Horsens | July 1, 2018 |
| DF | Sotiris Papagiannopoulos | Östersunds FK | July 1, 2018 |
| FW | Dame N'Doye | Trabzonspor | July 2, 2018 |
| MF | Kenan Kodro | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | July 3, 2018 |
| DF | Andreas Bjelland | Brentford F.C. | July 9, 2018 |
| GK | Frederik Ibsen | Vendsyssel FF | August 31, 2018 |

#### Winter

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| DF | Guillermo Varela | Peñarol | January 1, 2019 |
| MF | Robert Mudražija | NK Osijek | January 28, 2019 |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | Stabæk | January 30, 2019 |

### Departures
#### Summer

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| FW | Federico Santander | Bologna F.C. 1909 | July 1, 2018 |
| FW | Andrija Pavlović | SK Rapid Wien | July 1, 2018 |
| GK | László Köteles | Released | July 1, 2018 |
| MF | Youssef Toutouh | Released | July 1, 2018 |
| DF | Erik Johansson | Djurgårdens IF | July 15, 2018 |
| GK | Robin Olsen | AS Roma | July 24, 2018 |
| FW | Bashkim Kadrii | OB | August 31, 2018 |

#### Winter

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| MF | Ján Greguš | Minnesota United FC | January 1, 2019 |
| FW | Kenan Kodro | Athletic Bilbao | January 31, 2019 |

### Loan in

| Position | Player | Loaned from | Start | End |

### Loan out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| MF | Uroš Matić | FK Austria Wien | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2019 |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | Stabæk IF | August 13, 2018 | January 30, 2019 |
| DF | Mads Roerslev | Vendsyssel FF | January 1, 2019 | June 30, 2019 |
| FW | Carlo Holse | Esbjerg fB | January 30, 2019 | June 30, 2019 |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | OH Leuven | January 31, 2019 | June 30, 2019 |

## Competitive
### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Superliga | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 86 | 37 | +49 | 072.22 |
| Sydbank Pokalen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 046.15 |
| Total | 51 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 105 | 46 | +59 | 064.71 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches

### Danish Superliga
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Copenhagen | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 61 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | OB | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Brøndby | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Esbjerg | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |

##### Matches
#### Championship Round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COP | MID | ESB | BRO | ODE | NOR |
| 1 | Copenhagen (C) | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 86 | 37 | +49 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Esbjerg | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Brøndby (O) | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the European play-off match | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Odense | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 52 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 6 | Nordsjælland | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 44 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| KuPS | 1–2 | F.C. Copenhagen | 0–1 | 1–1 |

#### Second qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Stjarnan FC | 0–7 | F.C. Copenhagen | 0–2 | 0–5 |

#### Third qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| PFC CSKA Sofia | 2−4 | F.C. Copenhagen | 1–2 | 1–2 |

#### Playoff round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atalanta B.C. | 0−0 (p) | F.C. Copenhagen | 0−0 | 0−0 |

#### Group stage
##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | SLP | BOR | KOB |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances

    As of 25 May 2019
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | DF | 19 | Denis Vavro | 36 | 1 | 13 | 50 |
| 2 | MF | 29 | Robert Skov | 35 | 1 | 12 | 48 |
| 3 | DF | 22 | Peter Ankersen | 35 | 1 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 34 | 2 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 34 | 0 | 12 | 46 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 32 | 1 | 12 | 45 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 31 | 0 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 29 | 1 | 10 | 40 |
| 9 | GK | 21 | Jesse Joronen | 31 | 1 | 6 | 38 |
| 10 | DF | 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | 26 | 0 | 10 | 36 |
| 11 | MF | 16 | Ján Greguš | 19 | 2 | 13 | 34 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 26 | 0 | 8 | 34 |
| 13 | FW | 28 | Pieros Sotiriou | 21 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 19 | 2 | 9 | 30 |
| 15 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 16 | 2 | 7 | 25 |
| 16 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 21 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | MF | 6 | William Kvist | 16 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 18 | FW | 11 | Kenan Kodro | 9 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 19 | FW | 26 | Carlo Holse | 11 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 20 | GK | 1 | Stephan Andersen | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 21 | FW | 40 | Mohammed Daramy | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | DF | 2 | Guillermo Varela | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | MF | 44 | Ahmed Daghim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | DF | 27 | Michael Lüftner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | 18 | Mads Roerslev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | 24 | Robert Mudražija | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | 17 | Bashkim Kadrii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | 42 | Niklas Vesterlund | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | 43 | Jacob Haahr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | 31 | Frederik Ibsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 25 May 2019
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 29 | Robert Skov | 29 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 22 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Kenan Kodro | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 28 | Pieros Sotiriou | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 26 | Carlo Holse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 19 | Denis Vavro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 16 | Ján Greguš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 40 | Mohamed Daramy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 22 | Peter Ankersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 84 | 3 | 16 | 103 |

### Assists

    As of 25 May 2019
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | 29 | Robert Skov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | DF | 22 | Peter Ankersen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | DF | 26 | Nicolai Boilesen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | DF | 18 | Mads Roerslev | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 26 | Carlo Holse | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | 28 | Pieros Sotiriou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 6 | Kvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 58 | 2 | 9 | 69 |

### Clean Sheets

    As of 25 May 2019
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 21 | Jesse Joronen | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Stephan Andersen | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 1 | 6 | 22 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 25 May 2019
This includes all competitive matches.
| Rnk | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Zeca | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | 22 | Peter Ankersen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | 5 | Andreas Bjelland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | 19 | Denis Vavro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | 33 | Rasmus Falk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | GK | 21 | Jesse Joronen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | 29 | Robert Skov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | 28 | Pieros Sotiriou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | William Kvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Viktor Fischer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | 16 | Ján Greguš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | 23 | Jonas Wind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 8 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | 11 | Kenan Kodro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | 3 | Pierre Bengtsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | 2 | Guillermo Varela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 77 | 2 |

## Awards
### Team

| Award | Month | Source |

### Individual

| No. | Player | Award | Month | Source |
| 7 | Viktor Fischer | Player of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 7 | Viktor Fischer | Team of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | Team of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | Player of the Month | August | www.superliga.dk |
| 7 | Viktor Fischer | Team of the Month | August | www.superliga.dk |
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | Team of the Month | August | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | September | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Player of the Month | October | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | October | www.superliga.dk |
| 5 | Andreas Bjelland | Team of the Month | October | www.superliga.dk |
| 20 | Nicolai Boilesen | Team of the Month | October | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Player of the Month | November | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | November | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | February | www.superliga.dk |
| 33 | Rasmus Falk | Team of the Month | February | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | March | www.superliga.dk |
| 22 | Peter Ankersen | Team of the Month | March | www.superliga.dk |
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | Player of the Month | April | www.superliga.dk |
| 14 | Dame N'Doye | Team of the Month | April | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | April | www.superliga.dk |
| 5 | Andreas Bjelland | Team of the Month | April | www.superliga.dk |
| 29 | Robert Skov | Team of the Month | May | www.superliga.dk |