# 2019–20 Odense Boldklub season

The 2019–20 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 131st season, and their 58th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, the side is also competing in Sydbank Pokalen.
They ended up as 7th in the league, and losing the European Play-off final against AGF.

## First team

    Last updated on 30 June 2020
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 13 | Hans Christian Bernat | GK | (2000-11-13)13 November 2000 (aged 19) |
| 27 | Oliver Christensen | GK | (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 21) |
| 30 | Sayouba Mandé | GK | (1993-06-15)15 June 1993 (aged 27) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Oliver Lund | CB/LB/RB | (1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 29) |
| 3 | Alexander Juel Andersen | CB/RB | (1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 29) |
| 4 | Ryan Johnson Laursen | RB | (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 28) |
| 5 | Kasper Larsen | CB | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 27) |
| 6 | Jeppe Tverskov (vice-captain) | CB | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 27) |
| 16 | Jørgen Skjelvik | LB | (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 29) |
| 22 | Daniel Obbekjær | CB | (2002-07-16)16 July 2002 (aged 18) |
| 24 | Marco Lund | CB | (1996-06-30)30 June 1996 (aged 24) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Janus Drachmann (captain) | CM | (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 32) |
| 14 | Jens Jakob Thomasen | CM/AM | (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 (aged 24) |
| 19 | Aron Elís Thrandarson | AM/CM | (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 25) |
| 23 | Troels Kløve | LM/CM | (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 29) |
| 25 | Moses Opondo | CM/AM | (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 22) |
| 29 | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | LM/CM | (1999-07-29)29 July 1999 (aged 21) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Issam Jebali | ST | (1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 28) |
| 9 | Mart Lieder | ST | (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 30) |
| 10 | Sander Svendsen | ST/LW | (1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (aged 22) |
| 26 | Mikkel Hyllegaard | ST | (1999-05-16)16 May 1999 (aged 21) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | 13 | Hans Christian Bernat | Youth academy | | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 22 | Daniel Obbekjær | Youth academy | | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | 25 | Moses Opondo | Vendsyssel | 1,000,000 DKK | |
| 16 July 2019 | FW | 10 | Sander Svendsen | Hammarby | 2,000,000 DKK | |
| 30 July 2019 | FW | 7 | Issam Jebali | Al-Wehda | Free transfer | |
| 21 August 2019 | DF | 18 | Kingsley Madu | Zulte Waregen | Free transfer | |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 19 | Aron Elís Thrándarson | Aalesund | Free transfer | |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | 26 | Mikkel Hyllegaard | SfB/Oure | Free transfer | |
| 7 January 2020 | DF | 3 | Alexander Juel Andersen | Vendsyssel | | |
| 18 January 2020 | DF | 5 | Kasper Larsen | Norrköping | | |
| 28 January 2020 | FW | 9 | Mart Lieder | SønderjyskE | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3,000,000 DKK | 3,000,000 DKK |

### Transfers out

| Departure date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | 10 | Rasmus Festersen | Retired | | |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | 13 | Sten Grytebust | Copenhagen | End of contract | |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | – | Gustav Grubbe | Leipzig | 3,750,000 DKK | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | 7 | Kamil Vacek | Bohemians 1905 | Released | |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | 11 | Casper Nielsen | Royale Union SG | 4,000,000 DKK | |
| 7 July 2019 | FW | 15 | Nicklas Helenius | Aarhus | 500,000 DKK | |
| 14 August 2019 | DF | 3 | Alexander Ludwig | Horsens | | |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | 5 | Ramon Leeuwin | AZ Alkmaar | | |
| 27 January 2020 | MF | 21 | Mathias Greve | Randers | | |
| 27 January 2020 | FW | 9 | Bashkim Kadrii | Al-Fateh | 10,000,000 DKK | |
| 28 January 2020 | MF | 16 | Julius Eskesen | SønderjyskE | | |
| 28 January 2020 | FW | 28 | Anders K. Jacobsen | SønderjyskE | | |
| 22 May 2020 | MF | 17 | Jonathan Harboe | | Released | |
| 22 May 2020 | DF | 18 | Kingsley Madu | | Released | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | 20 | Jacob Barrett Laursen | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18,250,000 DKK | 18,250,000 DKK |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 2 September 2019 | 31 December 2019 | DF | 3 | Alexander Juel Andersen | Vendsyssel | None | |
| 31 January 2020 | 31 December 2020 | DF | 16 | Jørgen Skjelvik | LA Galaxy | None | |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos | No. | Player |
| 9 July 2019 | MF | 14 | Jens Jakob Thomasen |
| 3 August 2019 | DF | 6 | Jeppe Tverskov |
| 29 December 2019 | GK | 13 | Hans Christian Bernat |
| 24 January 2020 | MF | 29 | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen |

## Friendlies
### Post corona

* ↑ Assistant coach Henrik Hansen was specially brought onto the pitch due to many injuries. He ended up scoring the equalizing goal after two minutes on the pitch.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Randers | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Horsens | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | OB | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Lyngby | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 June 2020. Source:

#### Results by round

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ODE | SON | LYN | SIL |
| 1 | OB | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 43 | Qualification for the European play-offs | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| 2 | SønderjyskE | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lyngby (O) | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Silkeborg (R) | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 26 | Relegation to 2020–21 Danish 1st Division | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |
* ↑ SønderjyskE qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Danish Cup.

### European play-offs
#### Quarter-finals

Odense won 4–2 on aggregate.

#### Semi-finals

Odense won 4-2 on aggregate

### Sydbank Pokalen
## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    As of match played 29 July 2020
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Sander Svendsen | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | — | Bashkim Kadrii | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 15 | Max Fenger | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Troels Kløve | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 26 | Mikkel Hyllegaard | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Issam Jebali | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 29 | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | — | Mathias Greve | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | — | Anders K. Jacobsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Oliver Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Ryan Laursen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Kasper Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Jeppe Tverskov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Aron Elís Thrándarson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 25 | Moses Opondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | — | Jacob Barrett Laursen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 51 | 2 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 29 July 2020
| No. | Pos. | Name | Superliga | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | Sydbank Pokalen | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Oliver Lund | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Marco Lund | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jeppe Tverskov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Issam Jebali | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ryan Laursen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Janus Drachmann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jens Jakob Thomasen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Troels Kløve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | Bashkim Kadrii | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | DF | Ramon Leeuwin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Alexander Juel Andersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Moses Opondo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Oliver Christensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | FW | Anders K. Jacobsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | Jacob Barrett Laursen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kasper Larsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mart Lieder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sander Svendsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Jonathan Harboe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Daniel Obbekjær | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Anders Klynge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Rasmus Nissen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2 |