# 2021–22 Brøndby IF season

The 2021–22 Brøndby IF season was Brøndby IF's 41st consecutive season in top-division of the Danish football league, the 32nd consecutive in Danish Superliga, and the 56th as a football club. Besides the Superliga, the club also competed in the Danish Cup and this season's editions of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. It is the third season with head coach Niels Frederiksen, after he replaced caretaker manager Martin Retov during the 2019–20 campaign.
Brøndby entered this season as reigning Danish Superliga champions, having won the league title for the first time in 16 years in 2021.

## Players

    As of 1 September 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 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Jens Martin Gammelby |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Henrik Heggheim |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Rosted |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Andreas Maxsø (captain) |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Mathias Greve |
| 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 | Blas Riveros |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Thomas Mikkelsen |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bruus |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Kevin Tshiembe |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Morten Frendrup |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Oskar Fallenius |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Wikström |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Josip Radošević |
| 23 | MF | USA | Christian Cappis |
| 24 | FW | CRO | Marko Divković (on loan from DAC) |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Anis Ben Slimane |
| 27 | FW | SWE | Simon Hedlund |
| 28 | DF | DEN | Anton Skipper |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Peter Bjur |
| 30 | GK | DEN | Mads Hermansen |
| 31 | FW | DEN | Jagvir Singh |
| 34 | MF | DEN | Andreas Pyndt |
| 36 | FW | DEN | Mathias Kvistgaarden |
| 38 | FW | DEN | Yousef Salech |
| 40 | GK | DEN | Jonathan Ægidius |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Tobias Børkeeiet |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 16 | GK | Thomas Mikkelsen | Lyngby | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 21 | DF | Rasmus Wikström | IFK Göteborg | Undisclosed | 29 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Henrik Heggheim | Viking | Undisclosed | 30 August 2021 |
| 24 | FW | Marko Divković | DAC 1904 | Loan | 31 August 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 16 | GK | Michael Tørnes | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Lasse Vigen | Zulte Waregem | Undisclosed | 1 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Anthony Jung | Werder Bremen | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Marvin Schwäbe | 1. FC Köln | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Jesper Lindstrøm | Eintracht Frankfurt | €7.0 million | 11 July 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | Pisa | Undisclosed | 16 July 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Joel Kabongo | Randers | Undisclosed | 27 July 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Rezan Corlu | Lyngby | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Copenhagen | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Brøndby | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | AaB | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Randers | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |

#### Results by round - Regular season

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COP | MID | SIL | BRO | AAB | RAN |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 3–1 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 5 | AaB | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the European play-off match | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 |
| 6 | Randers | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 43 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LYO | RAN | SPP | BRO |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 3–4 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 12 December 2021
| Rank | Player | Danish Superliga | Danish Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Mikael Uhre | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Christian Cappis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Andrija Pavlović | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Marko Divković | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Oskar Fallenius | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Morten Frendrup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Andreas Maxsø | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Jagvir Singh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Tobias Børkeeiet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Andreas Bruus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Simon Hedlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Michael Lumb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kevin Mensah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Josip Radošević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sigurd Rosted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Anis Ben Slimane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 |