# 2012–13 AaB Fodbold season

The 2012–2013 season is AaB's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 23rd consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 127th year in existence as a football club.

## Month by Month review

| Month | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | GFA | GAA | Pts per G | Max Pts | Pts | Pts Diff | DSL Rnk |
| July | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 | 1.67 | 1.34 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| August | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| September | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 1.67 | 1.34 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| October | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 1.67 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| November | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 | 1.75 | 1.5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| December | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| March | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 1.5 | 1.75 | 0.75 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| April | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 1.5 | 1.34 | 1.67 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| May | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0.75 | 1.75 | 0.5 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Total | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 1.55 | 1.39 | 1.42 | 99 | 47 | 52 | 5 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Kent Nielsen |
| Assistant coach | Allan Kuhn |
| Development Manager – AaB Fodbold | Poul Erik Andreasen |
| Goalkeeping coach | Poul Buus |
| Team Leader | Ernst Damborg |
| Doctor | Søren Kaalund |
| Physiotherapist | Morten Skjoldager |
| Physical trainer | Ashley Tootle |
| Sports Psychology consultant | Martin Langagergaard |
| U/19 League coach | Jacob Friis |
| U/17 League coach | Lars Knudsen |
Source: AaB Fodbold

### Other information

| Owner | AaB A/S |
| Chief Executive | Lynge Jakobsen |
| Sports Director | Lynge Jakobsen |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Nordjyske Arena (13,800 / 105x70 metres) |
| Training ground | AaB Training Centre |
Source: AaB Fodbold

## First team squad

    As of 18 May 2014.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games Played | Goals Scored |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Nicolai Larsen | GK | 2010 | (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 33) | Lyngby Boldklub | 106 | 0 |
| 22 | Carsten Christensen | GK | 2011 | (1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) | FC Fredericia | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | LB / LWB | 2009 | (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33) | Midtjylland | 84 | 2 |
| 4 | Lasse Nielsen | CB / RB | 2006 | (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36) | AaB Academy | 174 | 10 |
| 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | CB | 2009 | (1985-01-15) 15 January 1985 (age 39) | AC Horsens | 130 | 9 |
| 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | RB / RM / RW | 2009 | (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 35) | Møldrup/Tostrup | 137 | 9 |
| 26 | Rasmus Thelander | CB | 2012 | (1991-09-07) 7 September 1991 (age 33) | AB | 43 | 2 |
| 31 | Jakob Blåbjerg | CB / LB | 2013 | (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) | AaB Academy | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Kasper Pedersen | CB / RB | 2013 | (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) | AaB Academy | 8 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 2 | Patrick Kristensen | LB / RB / CM / RM / RW | 2006 | (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987 (age 37) | AaB Academy | 228 | 9 |
| 7 | Anders Due | CM / LM / RM / LW | 2008 | (1982-03-17) 17 March 1982 (age 42) | Vitesse Arnhem | 188 | 18 |
| 8 | Rasmus Würtz (VC) | CM / DM | 2009 | (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 41) | Copenhagen | 343 | 19 |
| 9 | Thomas Augustinussen (C) | CM / DM | 2011 | (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 43) | Red Bull Salzburg | 376 | 43 |
| 14 | Mathias Wichmann | CM / AM | 2009 | (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33) | AaB Academy | 110 | 4 |
| 17 | Kasper Kusk | CM / LM / RM / LW / RW | 2010 | (1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 32) | AaB Academy | 88 | 26 |
| 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | CM / AM | 2011 | (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) | AaB Academy | 67 | 5 |
| 28 | Hallur Hansson | CM | 2012 | (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32) | HB Tórshavn | 6 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 10 | Jeppe Curth | AM / CF | 2005 | (1984-03-21) 21 March 1984 (age 40) | Feyenoord | 283 | 65 |
| 11 | Nicklas Helenius | CF | 2010 | (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 33) | AaB Academy | 102 | 40 |
| 19 | Søren Frederiksen | CF / LW | 2013 | (1989-07-08) 8 July 1989 (age 35) | Copenhagen | 39 | 5 |
| 29 | Rolf Toft | CF | 2011 | (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 32) | AaB Academy | 25 | 1 |
| 30 | Kayke | CF | 2011 | (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 36) | Vila Nova | 35 | 6 |
Source: AaB Fodbold website

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

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
| 26 | CB | Rasmus Thelander | AB | Free transfer | 14 June 2012 | |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
| 28 | CM | Hallur Hansson | HB Tórshavn | Free transfer | 29 January 2013 | |
| 19 | ST | Søren Frederiksen | Copenhagen | Free transfer | 31 January 2013 | |

### Out
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 15 | CB | Pól Jóhannus Justinussen | NSÍ Runavík | Free transfer | 31 June 2012 |
| | LB | Jacob Barrett Laursen | Juventus | £0.82 million | 1 July 2012 |
| 18 | AM | Lucas Andersen | Ajax | £1.03 million | 31 August 2012 |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 16 | RB | Kasper Bøgelund | Retirement | | 31 December 2012 | |
| 21 | CB | Nicholas Gotfredsen | Viborg | Free transfer | 1 February 2013 | |

### Loan in

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| 28 | CM | Hallur Hansson | HB Tórshavn | 3 September 2012 | 31 December 2012 | |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Danish Superliga | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 039.39 |
| Danish Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 041.67 |

### Danish Superliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Randers FC | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Esbjerg fB | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | AaB | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Midtjylland | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 47 | |
| 7 | AGF | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 41 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

##### Matches
### Danish Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Nicklas Helenius | 33 | 3 | 36 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Nicolai Larsen | 33 | 2 | 35 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 33 | 2 | 35 |
| 4 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 31 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Rasmus Würtz | 29 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | MF | 2 | Patrick Kristensen | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Mathias Wichmann | 27 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Lasse Nielsen | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Anders Due | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | FW | 10 | Jeppe Curth | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | MF | 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 14 | MF | 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 15 | FW | 19 | Søren Frederiksen | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | DF | 26 | Rasmus Thelander | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 | FW | 29 | Rolf Toft | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 18 | FW | 30 | Kayke | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 19 | MF | 18 | Lucas Andersen | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | MF | 29 | Hallur Hansson | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | DF | 16 | Kasper Bøgelund | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | DF | 21 | Nicholas Gotfredsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | GK | 22 | Carsten Christensen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | 32 | Jakob Blåbjerg | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Nicklas Helenius | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Jeppe Curth | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Lasse Nielsen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Søren Frederiksen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 2 | Patrick Kristensen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Mathias Wichmann | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Lucas Andersen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 7 | Anders Due | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 26 | Rasmus Thelander | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 29 | Rolf Toft | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 30 | Kayke | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 32 | Kasper Pedersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| — | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 51 | 6 | 57 |

### Assists

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Nicklas Helenius | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Anders Due | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Jeppe Curth | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Rasmus Würtz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Mathias Wichmann | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 2 | Patrick Kristensen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | Lucas Andersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 19 | Søren Frederiksen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 30 | Kayke | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 5 | 41 |

### Clean sheets

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Superliga | Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Nicolai Larsen | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | GK | 22 | Carsten Christensen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 2 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
| Rnk | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Superliga | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Rasmus Würtz | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | 5 | Kenneth Emil Petersen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | 3 | Jakob Ahlmann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Lasse Nielsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Anders Due | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | 9 | Thomas Augustinussen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Nicklas Helenius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Mathias Wichmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | Henrik Dalsgaard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 2 | Patrick Kristensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Patrick Kristensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | Kasper Kusk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Lucas Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | 26 | Rasmus Thelander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 2 |

### Summary

| Games played | 36 (33 Danish Superliga, 3 Danish Cup) |
| Games won | 15 (13 Danish Superliga, 2 Danish Cup) |
| Games drawn | 9 (8 Danish Superliga, 1 Danish Cup) |
| Games lost | 12 (12 Danish Superliga) |
| Goals scored | 57 (51 Danish Superliga, 6 Danish Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 47 (46 Danish Superliga, 1 Danish Cup) |
| Goal difference | +10 (+5 Danish Superliga, +5 Danish Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 10 (8 Danish Superliga, 2 Danish Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 43 (40 Danish Superliga, 3 Danish Cup) |
| Red cards | 2 (2 Danish Superliga) |
| Best result(s) | W 0 – 4 (A) v OB – Danish Superliga – 26 August 2012, W 0 – 4 (A) v SønderjyskE – Danish Superliga – 31 August 2012 & W 4 – 0 (H) v Randers FC – Danish Superliga – 16 September 2012 |
| Worst result(s) | L 4 – 0 (A) v FC København – Danish Superliga – 11 November 2012 |
| Most appearances | Nicklas Helenius (36 appearances) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nicklas Helenius (18 goals) |
| Top assister(s) | Nicklas Helenius & Kasper Kusk (7 assists) |
| Worst discipline | Rasmus Würtz (10 , 1 ) |

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Month | Source |
| 11 | Nicklas Helenius | AaB Player of the Season 2012–13 | September 2013 | |

### Team

| Award | Month | Source |
| Fairplay | May 2013 | |