2019–20 Brøndby IF season

2019–20 Brøndby IF season is Brøndby IF's 39th consecutive season in top-division of the Danish football league, the 30th consecutive in Danish Superliga, and the 54th as a football club. Besides the Superliga, the club competed in the 2019–20 Danish Cup and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. It is the first season with head coach Niels Frederiksen, after replaced he caretaker manager Martin Retov.

Brøndby
2019–20 season
Sporting director/Director of footballEbbe Sand until 10 July 2019
Carsten V. Jensen from 10 July 2019
Head coachNiels Frederiksen
StadiumBrøndby Stadium
Danish Superliga4th
Danish CupFourth round
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kamil Wilczek (17)
All: Kamil Wilczek (20)
Highest home attendance21,746 (vs. Copenhagen, Superliga, 6 October 2019)
Lowest home attendance10,295 (vs. Inter Turku, Europa League, 11 July 2019)

Club

Staff changes

1 July 2019 Brøndby announced that they had hired Niels Frederiksen as their new head coach, on a two-year contract.[1] He joined the team after the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that same summer.[1][2] Besides this Matthias Jaissle left the club,[3] while caretaker Martin Retov, assumed his former position as assistant, along with new signing Jesper Sørensen.[2][4] Besides this, Matthias Borst, Claus Fallentin, Lars Høgh and Ahron Thode all remained with the club.[5]

The day before the first competitive game of the season, Brøndby IF announced that they had replaced CEO Jesper Jørgensen with the commercial director Ole Palmå.[6] At the same time, it was announced that Ebbe Sand resigned from his job as sporting director after only six months in the job, as Carsten V. Jensen was hired as Executive Football Director, and Sand did not want another role in the staff of the club.[6]

Goal of the season

In March 2019, the club updatede their "Strategi 6.4", which among other things meant the club changed the sporting goals, so as the club in this and next season should qualify for the championship playoff in the Superligaen, as to secure European qualification from 2021-22.[7]

Ebbe Sand announced before the end of the previous season, that it was an objective of the club to slim the squad, and make it younger, i order for the clubs talents to make their breakthrough as senior players easier.[8][9]

Stadium and attendance

On July 13, 2019 Brøndby IF announced that they had secured the Danish authorities permit to place a video surveillance system at Brøndby Stadium[10] The technology should be used to recognize fans who had quarantine from the stadium, and was used the first time for the first home game of the season, against Silkeborg IF.[10]

After the record for most season passes the previous season, the record for renewals were broken this season.[11] 8,157 renewed their season pass, which equalled an increase of 27% compared to the year before.[11]

Season

The season officially started with a VO2max-test on June 19, and the first training session was on June 20, 2019.[12] After this they played som friendlies, before the first competitive game on July 11, against FC Inter Turku from Finland.

Players

First team

[13]

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  GER Marvin Schwäbe
2 DF  DEN Jens Martin Gammelby
3 DF  GER Anthony Jung
5 MF  KVX Besar Halimi
6 DF  ISL Hjörtur Hermannsson
7 MF  GER Dominik Kaiser
8 MF  DEN Kasper Fisker
10 MF  GER Hany Mukhtar
11 FW  DEN Mikael Uhre
12 MF  SWE Simon Tibbling
14 MF  DEN Kevin Mensah
16 GK  DEN Michael Tørnes
17 FW  DEN Andreas Bruus
18 MF  DEN Jesper Lindstrøm
19 MF  DEN Morten Frendrup
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  POL Kamil Wilczek
21 MF  DEN Lasse Vigen Christensen
22 MF  CRO Josip Radošević
23 DF  FIN Paulus Arajuuri
24 DF  DEN Joel Kabongo
25 DF  TRI Luke Singh (loaned from Toronto FC until 31 December 2019)
27 MF  SWE Simon Hedlund
28 DF  DEN Anton Skipper Hendriksen
29 MF  DEN Peter Bjur
30 GK  DEN Mads Hermansen
42 MF  NOR Tobias Børkeeiet
50 FW  CRO Ante Erceg
-- DF  SVK Gregor Sikosek (loaned to NK Domzale from 27 August 2018 until 31 December 2019)
-- MF  DEN Rezan Corlu (loaned to Lyngby BK from 21 June 2019)

In

No. Pos Player Transfer form Type Date Transferfee Ref.
16 GK Michael Tørnes Vendsyssel FF Transfer 3 June 2019 [14]
18 MF Jesper Lindstrøm Masterclass Own 3 June 2019 [15]
29 MF Peter Bjur Masterclass Own 3 June 2019 [15]
30 GK Mads Hermansen Masterclass Own 3 June 2019 [15]
-- FW Andreas Bruus FC Roskilde Loan ended 30 June 2019 [16]
-- DF Christian Enemark HB Køge Loan ended 30 June 2019 [17]
-- MF Rezan Corlu AS Roma Transfer 21 June 2019 [18]
42 MF Tobias Børkeeiet Stabæk Fotball Transfer 5 July 2019 [19]
Total 1,300,000

Updated: 6 July 2019 Source: brondby.com

Out

No. Pos Player Transfer to Type Date Transferfee Ref
3 DF Benedikt Röcker SV Wehen Wiesbaden End of contract 30 June 2019 [20]
16 GK Benjamin Bellot BSG Chemie Leipzig End of contract 30 June 2019 [21]
18 FW Nikolai Laursen PSV Eindhoven Loan ended 30 June 2019 [22]
40 GK Casper Hauervig HB Køge Transfer 30 June 2019 [23]
-- DF Christian Enemark Næstved Boldklub End of Contract 30 June 2019 [17][24]
-- MF Rezan Corlu Lyngby BK Loan 21 June 2019 [18]
Total

Updated: 21 June 2019 Source: brondby.com

Brøndby Player of the Month

Brøndby Player of the Month is an monthly award, in which the fans decides who has been the best player in the last month. The fans can vote on three players picked by the club. The voting begins after the last game each month, and is done through Facebook[25]

Month No. Pos Player Ref Nominated Ref
July 7 MF Dominik Kaiser [26] [27]
August [28]
September [29] [30]
October
November
December
February
March
April
May

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 June 2019 Albertslund 0–3 Brøndby Albertslund
13:30[31] Wilczek  28'
Uhre  74'
Hedlund  75'
Report Stadium: Albert Park
26 June 2019 Lech Poznan 1–0 Brøndby Opalenica, Poland
18:00 Puchacz  10' Report Stadium: Hotel Remes
29 June 2019 Wisla Plock 1–1 Brøndby Opalenica, Poland
16:00 Stevanovic  12' Report Uhre  84' Stadium: Hotel Remes
6 July 2019 Union Berlin 2–1 Brøndby Berlin, Tyskland
15:30[32] Polter  63'
Mees  90'
Report Arajuuri  82' Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 12,307[33]

Competitions

Overview

Competition Statistics
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Superliga 36 16 8 12 56 42 +14 044.44
Danish Cup 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Europa League 6 2 0 4 12 13 −1 033.33
Total 44 19 8 17 71 58 +13 043.18

Superliga

Overview

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 16 8 12 56 42  +14 56 10 4 4 33 20  +13 6 4 8 23 22  +1

Last updated: 26 July 2020 Source: brondby.com

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Copenhagen 26 18 2 6 47 29 +18 56 Qualification for the Championship round
3 AGF 26 14 5 7 42 28 +14 47
4 Brøndby 26 13 3 10 47 37 +10 42
5 Nordsjælland 26 12 5 9 48 35 +13 41
6 AaB 26 11 5 10 44 33 +11 38
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.[34][35]

Championship round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Midtjylland (X) 36 26 4 6 61 29 +32 82 Champions League second qualifying round
2 Copenhagen 36 21 5 10 58 42 +16 68 Europa League second qualifying round
3 AGF 36 19 7 10 58 41 +17 64 European play-off match
4 Brøndby 36 16 8 12 56 42 +14 56
5 Nordsjælland 36 13 8 15 59 54 +5 47
6 AaB 36 16 6 14 54 44 +10 54
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source:
(X) Assured of a European play-off match, but may still qualify for Champions League qualification..
Matches

Brøndby IF's matches in the regular season of 2019–20.[36]

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 July 2019 1 Brøndby 3–0 Silkeborg Brøndby
18:00 Arajuuri  14'
Kaiser  36'
Wilczek  74'
Report Rochester Sørensen  72' Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 13,056
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
21 July 2019 2 Randers 2–2 Brøndby Randers
16:00 Riis  8'
Piesinger  51'
Graves Jensen  84'
Egho  90+5'
Report Kaiser  9'  72'
Arajuuri  71'  90+4'
Uhre  90+2'
Stadium: Randers Stadion
Attendance: 5,984
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
28 July 2019 3 Brøndby 3–2 OB Brøndby
18:00 Lindstrøm  25'
Kaiser  59'
Jung  67'
Wilczek  79', 88'
Report Barrett Laursen  53'
Drachmann  47'
Kadrii  67' (str.)
Lund  73'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 13,689
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard
4 August 2019 4 Brøndby 1–2 Horsens Brøndby
16:00 Wilczek  10'  86'
Arajuuri  41'
Jung  90'
Report
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 15,145
Referee: Anders Poulsen
11 August 2019 5 Hobro 0–2 Brøndby Hobro
18:00  33' Sabbi Report Hjörtur Hermannsson
Wilczek  52', 85'
Mensah  60'
Stadium: Hobro Stadion
Attendance: 4,186
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
18 August 2019 6 Brøndby 2–1 AaB Brøndby
18:00 Radošević  14'
Kaiser  32'
Wilczek  49'
Report Olsen  55'
Christensen  64'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 11,349
Referee: Jens Maae
25 August 2019 7 Brøndby 0–3 AGF Brøndby
18:00 Børkeeiet  44'
Hermannsson  85'
Report Amini  38'
Helenius  45+3'
Duncan  46'
Blume  57'
Ankersen  86'
Mortensen  90+3'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 14,145
Referee: Mads Kristoffersen
1 September 2019 8 Midtjylland 1–0 Brøndby Herning
18:00 Skipper  7' (o.g.)
Frank  25'
Mabil  31'
Report Lindstrøm  10' Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 10,944
Referee: Jorgen Burchardt
15 September 2019 9 Brøndby 4–2 Nordsjælland Brøndby
18:00 Kaiser  32'
Larsson  43'
Radošević  44'
Mukhtar  59'
Maxsø  71'
Wilczek  86' (pen.)
Report Thychosen  39'
Francis  54'
Atanga  64'
Jenssen  85'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 14,648
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
22 September 2019 10 Esbjerg 3–1 Brøndby Esbjerg
16:00 Petre  13'
Kauko  18'
Halsti  57'
Sørensen  71'
Report Kaiser  37'
Lindstrøm  38'
Stadium: Blue Water Arena
Attendance: 5,907
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
29 September 2019 11 SønderjyskE 2–1 Brøndby Haderslev
18:00 Jakobsen  33'
Hassan  42'
Banggard  80'  90+5'
Ekani  88'
Report Kaiser  14'  85' Stadium: Sydbank Park
Attendance: 6,067
Referee: Anders Poulsen
6 October 2019 12 Brøndby 3–1 Copenhagen Brøndby
14:00 Hedlund  6'  45+1'
Wilczek  23'  76'
Hermannsson  28'
Frendrup  80'
Report Maxsø  30' (o.g.)
Bendtner  31'
Stage  41'
Falk  65'
Zeca  75'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 21,746
Referee: Jorgen Burchardt
20 October 2019 13 Lyngby 0–3 Brøndby Kongens Lyngby
18:00 Tshiembe  67' Report Wilczek  38', 70' (pen.)
Hermannsson  60'
Kaiser  72'
Stadium: Lyngby Stadion
Attendance: 8,547
Referee: Mads Kristoffersen
27 October 2019 14 Brøndby 5–2 Randers Brøndby
16:00 Wilczek  25', 32' (pen.)  90+2'
Kaiser  45+3'
Mukhtar  69'
Jung  79'
Piesinger  90' (o.g.)
Report Egho  10'  79'
Marxen  16'
Carlgren  29'
Rømer  62'
Piesinger  79'
Conboy  90+1'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 17,558
Referee: Jens Maae
4 November 2019 15 Silkeborg 0–1 Brøndby Silkeborg
19:00 Gertsen  53'
Hagelskjær  84'
Romo  90+1'
Summary Hedlund  14' Stadium: JYSK Park
Attendance: 5,432
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
10 November 2019 16 Brøndby 2–1 Esbjerg Brøndby
16:00 Hermannsson  11'
Mráz  29'  35'
Frendrup  63'
Summary Parunashvili  51'
Yakovenko  75'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 12,392
Referee: Mads Kristoffersen
24 November 2019 17 AGF 2 – 1 Brøndby Århus
18:00 Bundu  32'
Mortensen  66'
Summary Rosted  21'
Maxsø  35'
Jung  68'
Wilczek  76'  85'
Mráz  87'
Stadium: Ceres Park
Attendance: 14,043
Referee: Morten Krogh
1 December 2019 18 Copenhagen 2–1 Brøndby Østerbro
14:45 Fischer  28', 90' Report Wilczek  6' Stadium: Parken
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
8 December 2019 19 Brøndby 1–2 Midtjylland Brøndby
21:00 Wilczek  64' Report Mabil  60'
Onyeka  82'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Referee: Jorgen Burchardt
15 December 2019 20 Brøndby 1–1 Hobro Brøndby
19:00 Hedlund  37' Report Kristoffersen  8' Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
16 February 2020 21 OB 0–2 Brøndby Odense
21:00 Report Jung  8'
Christensen  60'
Stadium: Odense Stadion
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
23 February 2020 22 AaB 3–2 Brøndby Aalborg
21:00 Report Stadium: Aalborg Stadion
Referee: Mads Kristoffersen
1 March 2020 23 Brøndby 1–0 Lyngby Brøndby
19:00 Hedlund  53' Report Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Referee: Jens Maae
8 March 2020 24 Nordsjælland 2–2 Brøndby Farum
22:00 Damsgaard  39'
Atanga  60'
Report Slimane  6'
Mráz  44'
Stadium: Right to Dream Park
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
2 June 2020 25 Brøndby 1–0 SønderjyskE Brøndby
22:00 Lindstrøm  56'  61'
Tibbling  88'
Uhre  90+2'
Report Eskesen  39'
Absalonsen  44'
Ekani  70'
Jakobsen  71'
Marfelt  81'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Referee: Sandi Putros
7 June 2020 26 Horsens 3–2 Brøndby Horsens
20:00 Hansson  52', 60'
Therkildsen  90+1'
Report Jung  18'  80'  83'
Rosted  64'  90'
Tibbling  81'
Stadium: CASA Arena
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Danish Cup

Matches

25 September 2019 Third round Skive 2–3 (a.e.t.) Brøndby Skive
10:30 Report Stadium: Skive Stadium
30 October 2019 Fourth round Brøndby 0–1 SønderjyskE Brøndby
12:00 Report Banggaard  66'
Bah  79'
Lieder  84'
Jónsson  86'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Referee: Jens Maae

UEFA Europa League

First-qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 July 2019 Brøndby 4–1 Inter Turku Brøndby
19:00 Wilczek  5', 67'
Tibbling  71'
Fisker  78'
Report Furuholm  22' Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 10,295
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)
18 July 2019 Inter Turku 2–0
(3–4 agg.)
Brøndby Kupittaa, Turku
18:30 (Lokal tid) Markkula  52'
Valenčič  56'
Muniz  81'
Report Jung  3'
Fisker  75'
Kaiser  90'
Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 3,711
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

Second-qualifying round

25 July 2019 Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 Brøndby Gdańsk, Poland
19:00 Paixão  26' (str.)
Mladenovic  55'
Lipski  63'
Makowski  87'
Report Hedlund  59' Stadium: Gdańsk Stadion
Attendance: 25,875
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
1 August 2019 Brøndby 4–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 agg.)
Lechia Gdańsk Brøndby
19:30 Arajuuri  15'
Jung  45'
Wilczek  53'
Lindstrøm  94', 118'
Uhre  102'
Børkeeiet  105'
Report Paixão  66'
Peszko  105'
Mladenović  105'
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 16,426[37]
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Third-qualifying round

8 August 2019 Brøndby 2–4 S.C. Braga Brøndby
18:30 Kaiser  15', 50'  76' Report Paulinho  18'
A. Horta  20'  38'
Viana  55'
R. Horta  90+2'
Hermannsson  90+5' (sm.)
Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
Attendance: 15,642
Referee: Tamás Bognár
15 August 2019 SC Braga 3–1
(7–3 agg.)
Brøndby Braga, Portugal
20:45 Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

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