# 2020–21 Randers FC season

The 2020–21 Randers FC season is the club's eighth consecutive campaign in the Danish Superliga, the top division of football in the country.
In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in this season's edition of the Danish Cup. On 13 May 2021, Randers defeated SønderjyskE 4–0 in the Danish Cup final, winning just their second ever trophy in Danish football.

## Players

As of 7 March 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 | SWE | Patrik Carlgren |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Simon Graves Jensen |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Mathias Nielsen |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Kallesøe |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Simon Piesinger |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Tosin Kehinde |
| 11 | DF | DEN | Erik Marxen (captain) |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Frederik Lauenborg |
| 15 | DF | GER | Björn Kopplin |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Lasse Berg Johnsen |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Jesper Lauridsen |
| 18 | FW | DEN | Tobias Klysner |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Oliver Bundgaard |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati |
| 21 | FW | GER | Bassala Sambou (on loan from Fortuna Sittard) |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Mathias Greve |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Nikola Mileusnic |
| 25 | GK | DEN | Jonas Dakir |
| 35 | MF | DEN | Mads Enggård |
| 37 | DF | DEN | Christoffer Petersen |
| 38 | FW | DEN | Karl Leth |
| 40 | MF | DEN | Filip Bundgaard |
| 42 | FW | DEN | Kasper Høgh |
| 45 | FW | AUT | Marvin Egho |
| 99 | FW | SLE | Alhaji Kamara |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Tosin Kehinde | Feirense | Undisclosed | 24 August 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Bassala Sambou | Fortuna Sittard | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 23 | FW | Nikola Mileusnic | Adelaide United | Free | 5 October 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Lasse Berg Johnsen | Raufoss | Undisclosed | 31 January 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 18 | FW | Benjamin Stokke | Vålerenga | Undisclosed | 23 June 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Johnny Thomsen | Unattached | Released | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 | DF | André Rømer | Elfsborg | Undisclosed | 30 January 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Emil Riis Jakobsen | Preston North End | Undisclosed | 1 October 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Issah Salou | Jammerbugt | Undisclosed | 1 February 2021 |

## 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 | 11 September 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 034.48 |
| Danish Cup | 6 October 2020 | 13 May 2021 | Second round | Winners | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 043.24 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021 Source: Weltfussball

### Danish 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: 9 May 2021. Source: FBref

#### Regular season
##### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 6 | Nordsjælland | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 29 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | SønderjyskE | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

##### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRO | MID | COP | AGF | NOR | RAN |
| 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 |
| 6 | Randers | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |
* ↑ Randers qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2020–21 Danish Cup.

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Alhaji Kamara | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 45 | FW | | Marvin Egho | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 21 | FW | | Bassala Sambou | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 22 | MF | | Mathias Greve | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | André Rømer | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 18 | FW | | Tobias Klysner | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Mathias Nielsen | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Simon Piesinger | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Emil Riis Jakobsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Tosin Kehinde | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | DF | | Erik Marxen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | MF | | Frederik Lauenborg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 16 | MF | | Lasse Berg Johnsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 17 | DF | | Jesper Lauridsen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | FW | | Nikola Mileusnic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 40 | MF | | Filip Bundgaard | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 20 | 59 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Patrik Carlgren | 8 | 3 | 11 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021