2018–19 Odense Boldklub season

The 2018–19 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 130th season, and their 57th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, the side was also compete in Sydbank Pokalen.

Odense Boldklub

2018–19 season
OB players celebrating a victory against Vejle in August 2018
Chairman	Niels Thorborg
Manager	Jakob Michelsen
Stadium	Nature Energy Park
Danish Superliga	5th
Sydbank Pokalen	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Bashkim Kadrii (10 goals) All: Bashkim Kadrii (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,246 (vs. Brøndby)
Lowest home attendance	4,005 (vs. Hobro)
Home colours Away colours

At the end of the 2017–18 season, head coach Kent Nielsen got fired.[1] Jakob Michelsen signed a 3-year contract on May 29 as new head coach.[2]

OB finished as 3rd in the Superliga regular season despite starting with the worst opening six games in 19 years.[3] OB finished strong in the last half of the season, among other things by winning five games in a row for the first time since 2009. OB had the chance to win the bronze medal, but could not keep going in the play-offs, and therefore it ended up with a 5th place. They finished off by losing to Brøndby in the last and deciding game of the season, and therefore OB also missed the 4th place and Europa League.

But beside to a disappointing conclusion, OB ended up with the best season in eight years by finishing in the top-6.[4]

Season review

The new OB

The 2018–19 season indicated a new start and reboot for the club. Beside from the two new coaches, the club got a new CEO in April.[5] The new CEO, Enrico Augustinus, had ambitions right from the start, and he wanted to create a new OB and make the club great again. Therefore, Augustinus and the board started to focus on better communication and branding, which hopefully would result in more spectators, due to the low average attendance the last few seasons.[6]

Sponsors

After 16 years as a main sponsor, Carlsberg was replaced by Albani. The new main sponsor is located in Odense as well, which makes the club more local.[7] Furthermore, the stadium sponsor was changed too. NGF Nature Energy became new stadium sponsor, and the name was now Nature Energy Park.[8]

Mascot

OB retired their mascot, the tiger Victor, who has been the mascot for over a decade. Instead they brought in an almost identical mascot, a cat, who was the OB mascot in the 90's.[9] At the same time, the old intro song "Eye of the Tiger" was switched out for Carl Nielsen's "Espansiva".[10]

Pre-season

The OB pre-season were kicked off with the signings of academy players Jonathan Harboe and Mads Frøkjær-Jensen.[11][12] They later on signed Horsens player Alexander Ludwig[13] and academy player Mathias Jørgensen.[14]

OB went on playing five pre-season games by winning them all, against Taarup/Paarup, Östersund, Kalmar, Roskilde and Hvidovre. A perfect start for the new head coach Jakob Michelsen. But people were still doubting the team to do well in the Superliga. The reason for was that sporting director Jesper Hansen did not acquire new big profiles. Although he promised a minimum of three new signings in the summer transfer window, but could not promise it would be done before the first Superliga match.[15]

July

OB's opening Superliga fixture was away against promoted side Vendsyssel on 15 July. OB looked solid, but fell apart in the second half with two quick goals by Vendsyssel. Even though OB scored twice, the Stripes couldn't hold off Vendsyssel from winning 3–2. 17-year old Mathias Jørgensen came in as a sub and scored his first ever Superliga goal.[16]

After the disappointing loss, OB acquired Janus Drachmann from FC Midtjylland on a four-year deal.[17] They also sold André Rømer to Randers.[18]

With the reinforcement they went on playing their home opener against head coach Michelsen's former team SønderjyskE. OB were down 0–2 at half time, but a few substitutions turn things upside down. Jørgensen only needed 13 minutes on the pitch before he could score his second goal in the season, again as a sub, and brought OB on 1–2. Anders K. Jacobsen equalized at the 78 minute-mark. The game ended 2–2 even though OB had the chances for a win.[19]

OB hoped to bring the good play from the SønderjyskE-game into the next game away against Randers. They played well, but it did not bring them the first win of the season.[20] It was Rømer who scored the crucial goal after just 39 seconds, after OB just sold him Randers. After the loss, people started to doubt if Michelsen was the right to take over the head coach position after just one point in three games against Vendsyssel, SønderjyskE and Randers.[21]

August

OB went on playing a tough game against F.C. Copenhagen in the fourth round at home. It looked like they did not stand a chance after the first three game, but OB did quite well. They had their chances to get in front and also could have got a penalty or two. With many missed chances and some bad luck, Dame N'Doye instead scored the deciding goal in favour of Copenhagen in the 85th minute.[22] OB were now sitting in 13th place.

It was now everything or nothing when OB faced Hobro away in the fifth round. A battle between number 13 and 14, and therefore a battle of not sitting in last place. OB was anything else than lucky, and within 35 minutes they were down with 0–3. In the rainy conditions OB had a hard time creating chances, but they got a few in the closing minutes. Rasmus Festersen missed a penalty, and that was just the symbol of the OB's game. Helenius and Festersen made it 2–3, but could not get the equalizer.[23] OB were now sitting in last place. The worst start to a season in 19 years.[3]

Meanwhile Sten Grytebust was rumored away, OB acquired Ivorian goalkeeper Sayouba Mandé.[24] According to a lot of medias, Mandé were brought in to replace Grytebust. Therefore, everybody a sale of the Norwegian keeper.[25]

OB were now facing defending Superliga champion FC Midtjylland at home. Not exactly an easy job against the league's current number 3, who got also got three wins in a row. But against Copenhagen, OB showed that they could play against even the best teams. And that theory was proved correct as OB were the dominating team in the match. The only problem was still getting the opening goal. And after 74 minutes Marc Dal Hende banged Midtjylland in front, and OB were now facing another questionable defeat. But three minutes into stoppage time Nicklas Helenius equalized and got OB their second point of the season.[26] A very deserved point that should have been three points, according to several medias.[27]

First team

Last updated on 20 March 2019[28]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
13	Sten Grytebust		GK	25 October 1989 (aged 29)
27	Oliver Christensen		GK	22 March 1999 (aged 20)
30	Sayouba Mandé		GK	15 June 1993 (aged 25)
Defenders
2	Oliver Lund		RB/CB	21 August 1990 (aged 28)
3	Alexander Ludwig		CB	30 June 1993 (aged 25)
4	Ryan Johnson Laursen		RB	14 April 1992 (aged 27)
5	Ramon Leeuwin		CB	1 September 1987 (aged 31)
6	Jeppe Tverskov (vice-captain)		CB	12 March 1993 (aged 26)
20	Jacob Barrett Laursen		LB	17 November 1994 (aged 24)
24	Marco Lund		CB	30 June 1996 (aged 22)
Midfielders
8	Janus Drachmann (captain)		CM	11 May 1988 (aged 31)
11	Casper Nielsen		CM/RM	29 April 1994 (aged 25)
14	Jens Jakob Thomasen		CM/AM	25 May 1996 (aged 23)
16	Julius Eskesen		CM/RM	16 March 1999 (aged 20)
17	Jonathan Harboe		CM	24 May 2000 (aged 19)
21	Mathias Greve		RM/LM	11 February 1995 (aged 24)
23	Troels Kløve		LM	23 October 1990 (aged 28)
26	Yao Dieudonne		LM/RM/ST	14 February 1997 (aged 22)
29	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen		LM/CM	29 July 1999 (aged 19)
Forwards
9	Bashkim Kadrii		ST/LW	9 July 1991 (aged 27)
10	Rasmus Festersen		ST	26 August 1986 (aged 32)
15	Nicklas Helenius		ST	8 May 1991 (aged 28)
28	Anders K. Jacobsen		ST	27 October 1989 (aged 29)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	29	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	Youth academy	None	[12]
1 July 2018	MF	17	Jonathan Harboe	Youth academy	None	[11]
1 July 2018	DF	5	Alexander Ludwig	Horsens		[13]
1 July 2018	FW	25	Mathias Jørgensen	Youth academy	None	[14]
18 July 2018	MF	8	Janus Drachmann	Midtjylland	2,600,000 DKK	[17]
16 August 2018	GK	30	Sayouba Mandé	Stabæk Fotball		[29]
22 August 2018	DF	5	Ramon Leeuwin	Utrecht	1,850,000 DKK	[30]
23 August 2018	MF	7	Kamil Vacek	Śląsk Wrocław	Free transfer	[31]
31 August 2018	FW	9	Bashkim Kadrii	Copenhagen	1,000,000 DKK	[32]
1 January 2019	GK	1	Thomas Mikkelsen	Lyngby	Back from loan
25 January 2019	DF	2	Oliver Lund	Lyngby		[33]
Total					5,450,000 DKK

Transfers out

Departure date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2018	DF	17	Jacob Buus	Fredericia	End of contract	[34]
30 June 2018	FW	7	Jóan Símun Edmundsson	Arminia Bielefeld	End of contract	[35]
30 June 2018	FW	9	Rasmus Jönsson	Helsingborg	End of contract	[36]
30 June 2018	DF	5	João Pereira	SønderjyskE	End of contract	[37]
30 June 2018	MF	21	Mathias Thrane	None	End of contract	[38]
30 June 2018	MF	22	Nana Welbeck	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	End of contract	[39]
19 July 2018	MF	8	André Rømer	Randers		[18]
31 August 2018	GK	1	Thomas Mikkelsen	Lyngby	Loan	[40]
31 December 2018	DF	2	Kenneth Emil Petersen		Retired	[41]
8 January 2019	GK	1	Thomas Mikkelsen	Lyngby		[42]
31 August 2018	MF	7	Kamil Vacek	Bohemians 1905	Loan	[43]
12 February 2019	FW	25	Mathias Jørgensen	New York Red Bulls	15,000,000 DKK	[44]
20 March 2019	MF	19	Mikkel Desler	Haugesund		[45]
Total					15,000,000 DKK

Transfer summary

Spending Summer: 5,450,000 DKK Winter: 0,000,000 DKK Total: 5,450,000 DKK

Income Summer: 0,000,000 DKK Winter: 15,000,000 DKK Total: 15,000,000 DKK

Net Expenditure Summer: 5,450,000 DKK Winter: 15,000,000 DKK Total: 9,550,000 DKK

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
9 July 2018	DF	6	Jeppe Tverskov	[46]
25 September 2018	DF	20	Jacob Barrett Laursen	[47]
15 May 2019	DF	4	Ryan Johnson Laursen	[48]
15 May 2019	DF	2	Oliver Lund	[49]

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 June 2018 Friendly	Tarup/Paarup	0–3	Odense	Odense, Denmark
14:00 CEST		Report	Festersen  11' Dieudonne  12' Jørgensen  78'	Stadium: home Park

27 June 2018 Friendly	Odense	2–0	Östersund	Odense, Denmark
18:00 CEST	Desler  26' Jørgensen  81'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

30 June 2018 Friendly	Odense	2–0	Kalmar	Odense, Denmark
13:00 CEST	Laursen  38' Festersen  45'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

6 July 2018 Friendly	Odense	4–2	Roskilde	Odense, Denmark
13:00 CEST	Laursen  41', 90' Festersen  43' Tverskov  55'	Report	Nøhr  22', 78'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park

9 July 2018 Friendly	Odense	3–0	Hvidovre	Odense, Denmark
13:00 CEST	Jørgensen  22' Helenius  71' (pen.) Thomasen  74'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Winter

24 January 2019 Friendly	Odense	1–0	Pogoń Szczecin	Belek, Turkey
09:00 CEST	Nielsen  52'	Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sports Center

28 January 2019 Friendly	Odense	2–0	Lechia Gdańsk	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CEST	Kadrii  40', 69'	Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sports Center

29 January 2019 Friendly	Rapid Wien	2–5	Odense	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CEST	Knasmüllner  33' Schwab  52'	Report	Nielsen  8', 19' Desler  17' Festersen  32' Tverskov  60'	Stadium: Cornelia Sports Center

2 February 2019 Friendly	Odense	2–2	Helsingborg	Odense, Denmark
15:00 CEST	Kløve  5' Randrup  52' (o.g.)	Report	Jönsson  9', 29'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Competitions

Superliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen	26	19	4	3	65	23	+42	61	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	26	18	6	2	62	26	+36	60
3	OB	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42
4	Brøndby	26	11	5	10	44	40	+4	38
5	Esbjerg	26	11	5	10	32	35	−3	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.[50][51]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	7	4	2	19	9	+10	5	2	6	16	22	−6

Last updated: 17 March 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	10	9	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	10	11	11	10	7	4	4	3	4	7	9	8	4	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2019. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 July 2018 1	Vendsyssel	3–2	Odense	Hjørring
14:00 CEST	Knudsen  29' Czajkowski  52' Hjorth  60' Jensen  78' Svenningsen  79' Opondo  83'	Report	Nielsen  35' Barrett  66' Helenius  80' (pen.) Jørgensen  87' Petersen  90+4'	Stadium: Nord Energi Arena Attendance: 3,084 Referee: Morten Krogh

22 July 2018 2	Odense	2–2	SønderjyskE	Odense
14:00 CEST	Petersen  45' Jørgensen  58' Jacobsen  78'	Report	Jónsson  24' Luijckx  24' Jakobsen  43' Zimling  70'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,738 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

29 July 2018 3	Randers	1–0	Odense	Randers
14:00 CEST	Rømer  1' Allansson  43' Bager  72'	Report		Stadium: BioNutria Park Randers Attendance: 3,333 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

5 August 2018 4	Odense	0–1	Copenhagen	Odense
14:00 CEST	Drachmann  82'	Report	Fischer  57' Falk  58' N'Doye  85'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 9,389 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

11 August 2018 5	Hobro	3–2	Odense	Hobro
16:00 CEST	Sabbi  25', 28',  71' Ludwig  35' (o.g.) Rask  49' Gotfredsen  50' Grønning  79'	Report	Helenius  75' Festersen  86',  90+3'	Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 1,623 Referee: Mikkel Redder

19 August 2018 6	Odense	1–1	Midtjylland	Odense
20:00 CEST	Helenius  90+3'	Report	Duelund  13' Dal Hende  74'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Anders Poulsen

26 August 2018 7	Vejle	0–2	Odense	Vejle
14:00 CEST	Sousa  42'	Report	Laursen  35' Tverskov  45+1'	Stadium: Vejle Stadion Attendance: 6,362 Referee: Michael Johansen

2 September 2018 8	Odense	0–0	Nordsjælland	Odense
12:00 CEST	Ludwig  36'	Report	Bartolec  38' Mumin  76'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Peter Munch Larsen

14 September 2018 9	Esbjerg	2–0	Odense	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Brink  15' Sørensen  41' Brinch  43' Agus  45' Kadrii  52' Yakovenko  54'	Report		Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Mikkel Redder

24 September 2018 10	Odense	4–0	Horsens	Odense
19:00 CEST	Kadrii  11' Leeuwin  52' Drachmann  71' Thomasen  84' Helenius  88' Barrett  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Sandi Putros

30 September 2018 11	Aalborg	0–1	Odense	Aalborg
16:00 CEST	Børsting  73' Ahlmann  89'	Report	Nielsen  18'	Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 5,739 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

6 October 2018 12	Odense	2–2	Aarhus	Odense
16:00 CEST	Barrett  37' Kadrii  69' Laursen  73' Leeuwin  76' Helenius  80',  87' (pen.)	Report	Ankersen  13' Sana  22' Juelsgård  43' Guira  69' Mikanović  87' Mmaee  90'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 9,530 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

22 October 2018 13	Brøndby	1–1	Odense	Brøndby
19:00 CEST	Vigen  71' Mukhtar  82'	Report	Kadrii  22' Tverskov  35' Greve  49' Christensen  63' Leeuwin  84'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 12,185 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

26 October 2018 14	SønderjyskE	0–0	Odense	Haderslev
19:00 CEST	Rømer  45' Poulsen  59'	Report	Leeuwin  25' Ludwig  41' Tverskov  81' Desler  85'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Mikkel Redder

2 November 2018 15	Odense	1–0	Hobro	Odense
18:00 CEST	Drachmann  10' Desler  18' Nielsen  87'	Report	Grønning  85'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,005 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

11 November 2018 16	Odense	2–1	Esbjerg	Odense
20:00 CEST	Lund  38' Nielsen  87',  90+3' Barrett  90'	Report	Austin  7' Petre  27' Yakovenko  83'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

25 November 2018 17	Nordsjælland	1–3	Odense	Farum
14:00 CEST	Skov Olsen  3' Damsgaard  18'	Report	Thomasen  24' Helenius  48' Kadrii  59'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 2,144 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

1 December 2018 18	Odense	2–0	Vendsyssel	Odense
16:00 CEST	Kadrii  18', 67' Eskesen  60'	Report	Henriksen  44'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,346 Referee: Sandi Putros

7 December 2018 19	Midtjylland	3–0	Odense	Herning
19:00 CEST	Scholz  23' Poulsen  38' (pen.) Nicolaisen  51'  90' George  58' Dal Hende  59' Andersson  89'	Report	Lund  37' Laursen  39' Grytebust  59'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

14 December 2018 20	Odense	1–2	Aalborg	Odense
19:00 CEST	Helenius  45' (pen.) Kløve  59'	Report	Ochs  21' Ross  32' Rinne  44' Abildgaard  45+3' Kusk  57' Pedersen  80' Christensen  82'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Michael Johansen

10 February 2019 21	Copenhagen	6–1	Odense	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	Thomsen  22' Ankersen  30' Skov  45', 78', 90+3' (pen.) Zeca  52' Boilesen  59' Vavro  65'	Report	Drachmann  44' Laursen  60' Leeuwin  77' Lund  90+2'	Stadium: Telia Parken Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

17 February 2019 22	Odense	1–0	Vejle	Odense
14:00 CEST	Barrett  42' Thomasen  49' Tverskov  56' Leeuwin  90+4'	Report	Schoop  60'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,907 Referee: Peter Munch Larsen

24 February 2019 23	Horsens	1–2	Odense	Horsens
14:00 CEST	Nymann  18' Hansson  49'  56' Drost  73'	Report	Kadrii  26' Barrett  59' Jacobsen  81'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

3 March 2019 24	Odense	2–0	Brøndby	Odense
18:00 CEST	Kadrii  26' Barrett  67' Tverskov  80'	Report	Radošević  34' Halimi  69'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 11,166 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

11 March 2019 25	Aarhus	1–2	Odense	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Lunding  48' Thøgersen  73' Stage  90'	Report	Leeuwin  52' Kadrii  68' Kløve  79',  90+2'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 7,958 Referee: Sandi Putros

17 March 2019 26	Odense	1–0	Randers	Odense
17:00 CEST	Barrett  43' Eskesen  88'	Report	Poulsen  41'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 6,366 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COP	MID	ESB	BRO	ODE	NOR
1	Copenhagen (C)	36	26	4	6	86	37	+49	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	3–0	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–3
2	Midtjylland	36	21	8	7	76	43	+33	71	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		4–0	—	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0
3	Esbjerg	36	16	8	12	45	47	−2	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		4–3	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0
4	Brøndby (O)	36	15	7	14	60	52	+8	52	Qualification for the European play-off match		1–2	4–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–0
5	Odense	36	14	10	12	48	48	0	52			0–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	—	2–2
6	Nordsjælland	36	10	14	12	52	54	−2	44			0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

29 March 2019 27	Brøndby	2–2	Odense	Copenhagen
19:00 CEST	Hedlund  42' Mukhtar  71' Tibbling  73'	Report	Kløve  45+1' Kadrii  58'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 11,679 Referee: Anders Poulsen

7 April 2019 28	Odense	0–1	Copenhagen	Odense
18:00 CEST	O. Lund  25' Leeuwin  49' Kadrii  66'	Report	Zeca  34' N'Doye  77' Bjelland  90'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 11,154 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

14 April 2019 29	Midtjylland	2–0	Odense	Herning
18:00 CEST	Poulsen  28' (pen.) Onyeka  54'	Report	Tverskov  27'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,035 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

19 April 2019 30	Odense	2–2	Nordsjælland	Odense
18:00 CEST	Festersen  89' Kadrii  90+6' (pen.)	Report	Damsgaard  55' Valentin  62' Nelsson  75' Skov Olsen  87',  87'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 6,093 Referee: Michael Johansen

23 April 2019 31	Esbjerg	0–0	Odense	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Austin  16' Parunashvili  35' Oti  83'	Report		Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 5,601 Referee: Mikkel Redder

28 April 2019 32	Copenhagen	4–0	Odense	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	N'Doye  29', 58' Skov  55' Thomsen  89'	Report	Grytebust  58'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 15,230 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

5 May 2019 33	Odense	3–1	Midtjylland	Odense
18:00 CEST	Ludwig  40' Thomasen  47' Drachmann  57' M. Lund  63' Nielsen  63'	Report	Dal Hende  62'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,119 Referee: Morten Krogh

10 May 2019 34	Odense	4–1	Esbjerg	Odense
19:00 CEST	O. Lund  16',  64' M. Lund  36' Kløve  45', 88' Leeuwin  60' Frøkjær  90'	Report	Petre  49' Yakovenko  71'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 8,724 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

19 May 2019 35	Nordsjælland	2–2	Odense	Farum
12:00 CEST	Amon  44' Bartolec  52' Rygaard  53' Sadiq  64' Nelsson  89'	Report	Lund  6' Kadrii  17'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Anders Poulsen

25 May 2019 36	Odense	0–2	Brøndby	Odense
17:00 CEST	M. Lund  49' Drachmann  81' Kadrii  90+4'	Report	Mensah  31' Wilczek  38',  79' Jung  59' Uhre  73' Schwäbe  79' Hedlund  81'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 14,246 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Sydbank Pokalen

6 September 2018 Second round	AB	0–4	Odense	Gladsaxe
19:30 CEST		Report	Kadrii  21' Laursen  27' Helenius  39', 60' Dieudonne  66'	Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadion Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

3 October 2018 Third round	Thisted	0–2	Odense	Thisted
19:30 CEST		Report	Jacobsen  52' Jørgensen  61'	Stadium: Sparekassen Thy Arena Attendance: 649 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

6 November 2018 Fourth round	Hobro	2–4	Odense	Hobro
17:30 CEST	Grønning  47' Kirkevold  55'	Report	Nielsen  12', 48',  82' Thomasen  51' Jacobsen  74'	Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

27 February 2019 Quarter-final	Odense	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3−2 p)	Esbjerg	Odense
19:00 CEST	Jacobsen  66' Helenius  108'	Report	Petre  14' Kauko  103'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Jakob Kehlet
	Penalties
	Thomasen Jacobsen Helenius Nielsen Kløve		Mortensen Parunashvili Anyembe Yakovenko Lauridsen

3 April 2019 Semi-final	Midtjylland	4–0	Odense	Herning
19:30 CEST	Kløve  31' (o.g.) Onuachu  47', 72' Wikheim  87'	Report	O. Lund  29'	Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Michael Johansen

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

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

As of match played 19 May 2019

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Superliga	Sydbank Pokalen	Total
1	FW	9	Bashkim Kadrii	10	1	11
2	FW	15	Nicklas Helenius	7	3	10
3	MF	11	Casper Nielsen	3	2	5
	DF	20	Jacob Barrett Laursen	5	0	5
	FW	28	Anders K. Jacobsen	2	3	5
6	MF	14	Jens Jakob Thomasen	3	1	4
	MF	23	Troels Kløve	4	0	4
8	DF	4	Ryan Johnson Laursen	2	1	3
	FW	—	Mathias Jørgensen	2	1	3
10	DF	2	Oliver Lund	2	0	2
	DF	5	Ramon Leeuwin	2	0	2
	FW	10	Rasmus Festersen	2	0	2
13	DF	3	Alexander Ludwig	1	0	1
	DF	6	Jeppe Tverskov	1	0	1
	MF	8	Janus Drachmann	1	0	1
	DF	24	Marco Lund	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				48	12	60

Disciplinary record

As of match played 25 May 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	Superliga		Sydbank Pokalen		Total
5	DF	Ramon Leeuwin	6	0	0	0	6	0
6	DF	Jeppe Tverskov	5	0	0	0	5	0
8	MF	Janus Drachmann	5	0	0	0	5	0
24	DF	Marco Lund	5	0	0	0	5	0
11	MF	Casper Nielsen	3	0	1	0	4	0
9	FW	Bashkim Kadrii	4	0	0	0	4	0
16	MF	Julius Eskesen	3	0	0	0	3	0
20	DF	Jacob Barrett Laursen	3	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Oliver Lund	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Alexander Ludwig	2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Ryan Johnson Laursen	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK	Sten Grytebust	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Troels Kløve	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF	Kenneth Emil Petersen	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	Mikkel Desler	2	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	Rasmus Festersen	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	Jens Jakob Thomasen	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	Nicklas Helenius	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Mathias Greve	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Yao Dieudonne	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	GK	Oliver Christensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			54	0	2	0	56	0

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