# 2020–21 Brøndby IF season

The 2020–21 Brøndby IF season was Brøndby IF's 40th consecutive season in top-division of the Danish football league, the 31st consecutive in Danish Superliga, and the 55th as a football club. Besides the Superliga, the club also competed in the 2020–21 Danish Cup, losing in the fourth round to Danish 1st Division side Fremad Amager. It was the second season with head coach Niels Frederiksen, after he replaced caretaker manager Martin Retov during the previous campaign.
On 24 May 2021, Brøndby were confirmed as Danish Superliga champions for the first time in 16 years following their 2–0 defeat of Nordsjælland.

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Niels Frederiksen |
| Assistant coaches | Jesper Sørensen |
| Assistant coaches | Martin Retov |
| Goalkeeper coaches | Lars Høgh |
| Goalkeeper coaches | Claus Fallentin |
| Fitness coach | Ahron Thode |
| Mental coach | Christian Engell |
| Fitness coach | Jesper Løvind Andersen |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2021
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 | GER | Marvin Schwäbe |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Rosted |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Andreas Maxsø (captain) |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Hjörtur Hermannsson |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Rezan Corlu |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Andrija Pavlović |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Mikael Uhre |
| 12 | DF | DEN | Michael Lumb |
| 14 | DF | DEN | Kevin Mensah (vice-captain) |
| 15 | DF | PAR | Blás Riveros |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Michael Tørnes |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bruus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | DEN | Jesper Lindstrøm |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Morten Frendrup |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Oskar Fallenius |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Lasse Vigen |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Josip Radošević |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Joel Kabongo |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Anis Ben Slimane |
| 27 | FW | SWE | Simon Hedlund |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Peter Bjur |
| 30 | GK | DEN | Mads Hermansen |
| 40 | GK | DEN | Jonathan Ægidius |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Tobias Børkeeiet |

### Youth players in use

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | DEN | Jagvir Singh |
| 34 | MF | DEN | Andreas Pyndt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | FW | DEN | Mathias Kvistgaarden |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Source |
| 19 September 2020 | 9 | FW | Andrija Pavlović | Rapid Wien | Undisclosed | |
| 5 October 2020 | 15 | DF | Blas Riveros | FC Basel | Undisclosed | |

#### Winter

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 4 January 2021 | 12 | DF | Michael Lumb | Horsens | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2021 | 20 | MF | Oskar Fallenius | Brommapojkarna | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2021 | | MF | Christian Cappis | Hobro | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Taking effect on 1 July 2021

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Source |
| 27 July 2020 | 12 | MF | Simon Tibbling | Emmen | Undisclosed | |
| 22 August 2020 | 8 | MF | Kasper Fisker | Fremad Amager | Undisclosed | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| Date | Until | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Source |
| 19 August 2020 | 30 June 2021 | | FW | Ante Erceg | Osijek | Free | |
| 5 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | | DF | Jens Martin Gammelby | Lyngby | Free | |

#### Winter

| Date | Until | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Source |
| 29 January 2021 | 30 June 2021 | | DF | Anton Skipper | Hobro IK | Free | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Superliga | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 059.38 |
| Danish Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 058.82 |

### 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: FBref

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brøndby | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | AGF | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Randers | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRO | MID | COP | AGF | NOR | RAN |
| 1 | Brøndby (C) | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | AGF (O) | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the European play-off match | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 43 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 |

#### Matches
##### Championship round
### Danish Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Mikael Uhre | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | | Jesper Lindstrøm | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Simon Hedlund | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Andrija Pavlović | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | MF | | Lasse Vigen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Sigurd Rosted | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 25 | MF | | Anis Ben Slimane | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Andreas Maxsø | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | DF | | Kevin Mensah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | | Blas Riveros | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | DF | | Andreas Bruus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 2 | 60 |
Last updated: 24 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Marvin Schwäbe | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Last updated: 24 May 2021

### Discipline

| No. | Pos. | Player | Superliga | Superliga | Superliga | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Marvin Schwäbe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Anthony Jung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sigurd Rosted | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Andreas Maxsø | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Andrija Pavlović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mikael Uhre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Andreas Bruus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Jesper Lindstrøm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Morten Frendrup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Lasse Vigen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Josip Radošević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 February 2021. Source: FBref