2020–21 Odense Boldklub season

The 2020–21 Odense Boldklub season is the club's 132nd season, and their 59th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, the side also competed in Danish Cup, being eliminated by Midtjylland at the quarter-final stage.

Odense Boldklub
2020–21 season
ChairmanNiels Thorborg
ManagerJakob Michelsen
(until 15 March 2021)
Michael Hemmingsen
(from 15 March 2021)
StadiumNature Energy Park
Danish Superliga9th
Danish CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Issam Jebali (10 goals)
All:
Issam Jebali (11 goals)

First team
Last updated on 29 April 2021[1]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
13 Hans Christian Bernat GK (2000-11-13)13 November 2000 (aged 20)
27 Oliver Christensen GK (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 22)
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 30)
3 Alexander Juel Andersen CB/RB (1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 30)
4 Ryan Johnson Laursen RB (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 29)
5 Kasper Larsen CB (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 28)
6 Jeppe Tverskov (vice-captain) CB (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 28)
16 Jørgen Skjelvik LB (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 29)
24 Robin Østrøm CB (2002-08-09)9 August 2002 (aged 18)
28 Christian Vestergaard CB (2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 20)
Midfielders
8 Janus Drachmann (captain) CM (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 33)
14 Jens Jakob Thomasen CM/AM (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 (aged 25)
19 Aron Thrandarson AM/CM (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 26)
20 Ayo Simon Okosun CM (1993-07-21)21 July 1993 (aged 27)
21 Tarik Ibrahimagic CM (2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 19)
23 Troels Kløve LM/CM (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 30)
25 Moses Opondo CM/AM/RM (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 23)
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 29)
9 Mart Lieder ST (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 31)
11 Emmanuel Sabbi ST/LW/RW (1997-12-24)24 December 1997 (aged 23)
12 Bashkim Kadrii ST (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 (aged 29)
15 Max Fenger ST (2001-08-07)7 August 2001 (aged 19)
17 Sveinn Gudjohnsen ST (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 (aged 23)
18 Rasmus Nissen ST/RM (2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 19)
26 Mikkel Hyllegaard ST (1999-05-16)16 May 1999 (aged 22)

Transfers and loans

In
Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
1 August 2020 FW 15 Max Fenger Youth academy [2]
1 August 2020 MF 21 Tarik Ibrahimagic Youth academy [3]
1 August 2020 FW 18 Rasmus Nissen Youth academy [4]
1 August 2020 FW 11 Emmanuel Sabbi Hobro Free transfer [5]
1 August 2020 DF 28 Christian Vestergaard Youth academy [6]
5 October 2020 MF 20 Ayo Simon Okosun Midtjylland [7]
31 December 2020 FW 10 Sander Svendsen Brann Return from loan
7 January 2021 DF 16 Jørgen Skjelvik LA Galaxy [8]
9 February 2021 FW 12 Bashkim Kadrii Free agent Free transfer [9]
Total

Loans in
Start date End date Position No. Player From club Ref
13 September 2020 End of season FW 17 Sveinn Gudjohnsen Spezia [10]

Loans out
Start date End date Position No. Player To club Ref
8 October 2020 31 December 2020 FW 10 Sander Svendsen Brann [11]
22 January 2021 30 June 2021 DF 22 Daniel Obbekjær S.P.A.L. [12]
19 April 2021 17 August 2021 FW 10 Sander Svendsen Odds [13]

New contracts
Date Pos No. Player Ref.
4 October 2020 MF 23 Troels Kløve [14]
23 March 2021 FW 7 Issam Jebali [15]
29 April 2021 DF 24 Robin Østrøm [16]

Friendlies

Pre-season
27 August 2020 Friendly Odense 1–2 Horsens Odense, Denmark
11:00 CEST Hyllegaard 21' Report Brock-Madsen 7'
Prip  26'
Tengstedt 64',  89'		 Stadium: Ådalen
Attendance: 0
31 August 2020 Friendly Odense 1–2 Brøndby Odense, Denmark
15:00 CEST Hyllegaard 21' Report Uhre 61'
Vigen 77'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
4 September 2020 Friendly Aalborg 2–1 Odense Aalborg, Denmark
15:00 CEST van Weert 48'
Prica 62'		 Report Sabbi 2' Stadium: AaB's anlæg
7 September 2020 Friendly Odense 2–2 Midtjylland Slagelse, Denmark
19:15 CEST Heiselberg 50'
Christensen 89'		 Report Svendsen 60'
Roche 78'		 Stadium: Slagelse Stadium

Competitions

Superliga
Main article: 2020–21 Danish Superliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
8 OB 22 7 7 8 25 28 −3 28
9 AaB 22 7 7 8 24 30 −6 28
10 Vejle 22 6 6 10 25 37 −12 24
Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.[17][18]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 7 7 8 25 28  −3 28 4 4 3 11 12  −1 3 3 5 14 16  −2

Last updated: 21 March 2021.
Source: FBref

Results by round
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWDLLLWWLDLWDDLWDDWDLLW
Position4491010898810999988766698
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
13 September 2020 1 Odense 3–2 Copenhagen Odense
18:00 CEST Thomasen 10'
Jebali 17', 45'
Sabbi  51'		 Report Wilczek 61', 70',  78'
Kaufmann  62'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 4,315
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
20 September 2020 2 Odense 1–1 Nordsjælland Odense
14:00 CEST O. Lund  33'
Frøkjær-Jensen  41'
Sabbi 57'		 Report Atanga 55'
Frese  72'
Jenssen  90+3'
Thychosen  90+5'
Chukwuani  90+9'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jonas Hansen
27 September 2020 3 Aarhus 4–2 Odense Aarhus
14:00 CEST Grønbæk 4'
Blume 15'
Thorsteinsson  43'
Mortensen 71'
Højer 80'		 Report Tverskov  6'
Jebali 9', 74'
O. Lund  23'		 Stadium: Ceres Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jens Grabski Maae
4 October 2020 4 Odense 0–1 Vejle Odense
14:00 CEST Jebali  22' Report Dwamena  31'
Ojala  45+3'
Schoop  71'
Henrique  81'
Milošević  86'
Greve 86'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jakob Sundberg
17 October 2020 5 Midtjylland 3–1 Odense Herning
14:00 CEST Kaba 67'
Dreyer 81'
Sisto 86'		 Report Sabbi 26' Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: Morten Krogh
Referee: 300
23 October 2020 6 Lyngby 0–3 Odense Kongens Lyngby
19:00 CEST Hamalainen  46' Report Tverskov 7', 49'
Sabbi  14'
Okosun 31',  33'		 Stadium: Lyngby Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jonas Hansen
1 November 2020 7 Odense 1–0 Horsens Odense
14:00 CEST Sabbi 11'
Kløve  47'		 Report Finnbogason  58'
Brajanic  89'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jens Grabski Maae
8 November 2020 8 Brøndby 3–1 Odense Copenhagen
16:00 CEST Riveros 20'
Pavlović 47'
Lindstrøm 55'
Maxsø  62'		 Report Laursen  70'
Fenger 90+5'		 Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sandi Putros
22 November 2020 9 Odense 1–1 SønderjyskE Odense
14:00 CEST Skjelvik  49'
Thomasen 83'
Gudjohnsen  87'		 Report Bah  86'
Tverskov 90+2' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
27 November 2020 10 Randers 2–1 Odense Randers
19:00 CEST Kamara 35'
Lauenborg 55'
Rømer  90+7'		 Report O. Lund 82'
Larsen  90+7'
Gudjohnsen  90+7'		 Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers
Attendance: 250
Referee: Aydin Uslu
4 December 2020 11 Odense 2–1 Aalborg Odense
19:00 CEST Okosun  40'
Laursen  55'
M. Lund  77'
Gudjohnsen 79'
O. Lund  86'
Hyllegaard 87'		 Report Ahlmann 41'
Ross  63'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jens Grabski Maae
14 December 2020 12 Odense 1–1 Midtjylland Odense
19:00 CEST Opondo 14',  45+3'
Drachmann  63'		 Report Anderson  63'
Kaba 67'
Isaksen  84'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sandi Putros
20 December 2020 13 Copenhagen 1–1 Odense Copenhagen
18:00 CEST Pep Biel 27'
Zanka  85'		 Report Kløve 63'
M. Lund  70'
Lieder  90'		 Stadium: Telia Parken
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jens Grabski Maae
3 February 2021 14 Odense 0–1 Lyngby Odense
18:00 CEST Andersen  38'
Sabbi  48'  68'
Tverskov  68'		 Report Gregor  25'
Tshiembe  33'
Gammelby  48'
Hebo  48'
Jakobsen 83'
Rømer  84'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mikkel Redder
7 February 2021 15 Nordsjælland 0–2 Odense Farum
14:00 CEST Report Tverskov 6'
Hyllegaard 75'		 Stadium: Right to Dream Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jens Grabski Maae
14 February 2021 16 Odense 0–0 Aarhus Odense
20:00 CEST Thomasen  90+1'
Tverskov  90+4'		 Report Munksgaard  37'
Poulsen  43'
Hvidt  72'
Højer  90+3'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
21 February 2021 17 Horsens 0–0 Odense Horsens
14:00 CEST Hlynsson  87' Report Laursen  60' Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jens Grabski Maae
28 February 2021 18 Odense 2–1 Randers Odense
14:00 CEST Sabbi 45+3'
Lieder 58'
Laursen  77'
Kløve  79'
Christensen  87'		 Report Kamara 23'
Kehinde  45+2'
Høgh  59'
Egho  80'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonas Hansen
4 March 2021 19 SønderjyskE 1–1 Odense Haderslev
18:00 CEST Vinderslev  30'
Dal Hende 53'
Thomas  89'
Eskesen  90+5'		 Report Jebali 78' Stadium: Sydbank Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mikkel Redder
7 March 2021 20 Vejle 2–0 Odense Vejle
20:00 CEST Mucolli  49'
Sousa 60',  63'
Yamga  75'
Brunst  83'
Onugkha 89'		 Report Okosun  68' Stadium: Vejle Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sandi Putros
14 March 2021 21 Odense 0–3 Brøndby Odense
16:00 CEST Drachmann  38' Report Uhre 20', 35', 39' Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Morten Krogh
21 March 2021 22 Aalborg 0–2 Odense Aalborg
17:00 CEST van Weert  60' Report Thrandarson 14'
Sabbi  35'
Jebali 56'
Frøkjær-Jensen  57'		 Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

Relegation round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation AAB SON ODE VEJ LYN HOR
1 AaB 32 12 10 10 44 41 +3 46 Qualification to European play-off match — 3–2 3–2 2–1 4–0 1–1
2 SønderjyskE 32 13 5 14 45 48 −3 44 0–4 — 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–3
3 OB 32 11 10 11 40 39 +1 43 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 2–0 4–0
4 Vejle 32 9 11 12 42 50 −8 38 1–1 4–2 2–2 — 2–2 3–0
5 Lyngby (R) 32 6 8 18 36 63 −27 26 Relegation to Danish 1st Division 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 3–4
Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.[19][20]
(R) Relegated
4 April 2021 23 Horsens 1–1 Odense Horsens
16:00 CEST Prip 33' Report Tverskov  20'
Frøkjær-Jensen  77'
Skjelvik  83'
Jebali 90'		 Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens
Referee: Aydin Uslu
9 April 2021 24 Odense 0–1 Vejle Odense
18:30 CEST Okosun  40'
Skjelvik  51'
Frøkjær-Jensen  75'
Juel  90+5'		 Report Sousa  40', 67'
Brunst  90'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anders Poulsen
18 April 2021 25 Odense 1–1 SønderjyskE Odense
14:00 CEST Kadrii 5'
Thrandarson  63'
Kadrii  82'
Tverskov  84'		 Report Schmiedl  36'  54'
Holm 67'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard
21 April 2021 26 Aalborg 3–2 Odense Aalborg
19:00 CEST van Weert 8'
Juel 55' (o.g.)
Prica 87'
Granli  89'
Andersen  90+3'		 Report Okosun 66'
Skjelvik  76'
Juel 90+2'		 Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Mikkel Redder
25 April 2021 27 Odense 2–0 Lyngby Odense
18:00 CEST Jebali 24' (pen.)
Juel  76'
Kadrii 36'
O. Lund  76'		 Report Winther  85' Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 3,960
Referee: Jonas Hansen
2 May 2021 28 SønderjyskE 2–0 Odense Haderslev
14:00 CEST Holm 61'
Banggaard  75'
Frederiksen 90+4'		 Report Juel  85'
Thomasen  88'
Skjelvik  90+2'		 Stadium: Sydbank Park
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
7 May 2021 29 Odense 1–0 Aalborg Odense
19:00 CEST Fenger  44'
Kadrii 45+1'
Mandé  90+6'		 Report Granli  89' Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
14 May 2021 30 Vejle 2–2 Odense Vejle
19:00 CEST Ekitike 13'
Ezatolahi 39'
Yamga  83'
Onugkha 83'		 Report Skjelvik 17'
Okosun  43'
Kadrii 84' (pen.)
Thrandarson  90+1'
Østrøm  90+3'		 Stadium: Vejle Stadium
Attendance: 3,817
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt
20 May 2021 31 Lyngby 1–2 Odense Kongens Lyngby
19:00 CEST Hebo 70'
Rømer  77'		 Report Jebali 25'
Østrøm  33'
Sabbi 84'
O. Lund  90+1'		 Stadium: Lyngby Stadium
Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
24 May 2021 32 Odense 4–0 Horsens Odense
14:00 CEST Kadrii 35', 65'
Jebali 38'
Reese 74' (o.g.)		 Report Ludwig  57' Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 4,527
Referee: Mikkel Redder

Danish Cup
Main article: 2020–21 Danish Cup
7 October 2020 Second round Hillerød 1–2 Odense Hillerød
16:00 CEST Suhr 12'
Willumsen  81'		 Report Thrandarson 26'
Jebali 30'		 Stadium: Hillerød Stadium
Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen
11 November 2020 Third round Ballerup-Skovlunde 0–3 Odense Ballerup
13:30 CEST Zederkopff  14'
Kiilerich  29'
Woss  53'
Frandsen  70'		 Report Tverskov 12'
Skjelvik 38'
Kløve 67'
Østrøm  71'
Frøkjær-Jensen  90+2'		 Stadium: Ballerup Idrætspark
Referee: Jakob Sundberg
9 December 2020 Fourth round Nykøbing 0–3 Odense Nykøbing Falster
16:30 CEST Koch  73' Report Okosun  23'
Gudjohnsen 36'
Sabbi 39'
O. Lund  85'
Hyllegaard 90+1'		 Stadium: CM Arena
Referee: Benjamin Willaume Jantzen
11 February 2021 Quarter-final 1st leg Odense 1–2 Midtjylland Odense
18:00 CEST Opondo 32'
Hyllegaard  36'		 Report Isaksen  32', 50'
Pfeiffer 39'
Sery  84'		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sandi Putros
10 March 2021 Quarter-final 2nd leg Midtjylland 3–0 Odense Herning
16:30 CEST Sery 45'
Isaksen 49'
Onyeka  57'
Vibe 76'		 Report Okosun  42'
Frøkjær-Jensen  71'
Gudjohnsen  77'
Sabbi  85'		 Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

As of match played 24 May 2021
Rank Pos. No. Player Superliga Danish Cup Total
1 FW 7 Issam Jebali 10 1 11
2 FW 12 Bashkim Kadrii 6 0 6
FW 11 Emmanuel Sabbi 5 1 6
4 DF 6 Jeppe Tverskov 3 1 4
5 FW 26 Mikkel Hyllegaard 2 1 3
6 MF 14 Jens Jakob Thomasen 2 0 2
DF 16 Jørgen Skjelvik 1 1 2
FW 17 Sveinn Gudjohnsen 1 1 2
MF 19 Aron Thrándarson 1 1 2
MF 20 Ayo Simon Okosun 2 0 2
MF 23 Troels Kløve 1 1 2
MF 25 Moses Opondo 1 1 2
13 DF 2 Oliver Lund 1 0 1
DF 3 Alexander Juel Andersen 1 0 1
FW 9 Mart Lieder 1 0 1
FW 15 Max Fenger 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
TOTALS 40 9 49

Disciplinary record
As of match played 20 May 2021
No. Pos. Name Superliga Danish Cup Total
11FW Emmanuel Sabbi511061
2DF Oliver Lund501060
29MF Mads Frøkjær-Jensen402060
6DF Jeppe Tverskov500050
16DF Jørgen Skjelvik500050
3DF Alexander Juel Andersen400040
17FW Sveinn Gudjohnsen201030
20MF Ayo Simon Okosun300030
24DF Robin Østrøm201030
4DF Ryan Laursen200020
8MF Janus Drachmann200020
14MF Jens Jakob Thomasen200020
19MF Aron Thrándarson200020
23MF Troels Kløve200020
—DF Marco Lund200020
7FW Issam Jebali010001
5DF Kasper Larsen100010
9FW Mart Lieder100010
12FW Bashkim Kadrii100010
15FW Max Fenger100010
25MF Moses Opondo100010
26FW Mikkel Hyllegaard100010
27GK Oliver Christensen100010
30GK Sayouba Mandé100010
Total59280672

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