2020–21 FC Midtjylland season

The 2020–21 FC Midtjylland season is FC Midtjylland's 22nd season of existence, and their 20th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. As a result of the club's league title in 2019–20, it qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and will compete in the 2020–21 Danish Cup.

FC Midtjylland
2020–21 season
OwnerMatthew Benham
ChairmanRasmus Ankersen
ManagerBrian Priske
StadiumMCH Arena
Superliga5th
Danish CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Anders Dreyer (3)

Squad
As of 1 February 2021 [1]
    No. Name Nat Position Since Date of birth Signed from
    Goalkeepers
    1Jesper HansenGK201731 March 1985 Lyngby BK
    16Valdemar BirksøGK202117 March 2001 Homegrown
    30Oliver OttesenGK201722 August 1998 Roskilde
    31Mikkel AndersenGK201817 December 1988 Lyngby BK
    49Jonas LösslGK20211 February 1989 Everton F.C.
    Defenders
    2Dion Cools DF20204 June 1996 Club Brugge
    5Daniel HøeghDF20206 January 1991 SC Heerenveen
    6Joel AnderssonDF201811 November 1996 BK Häcken
    14Alexander Scholz DF201824 October 1992 Club Brugge
    17AiltonDF202116 March 1995 VfB Stuttgart
    18Kristian RiisDF201617 February 1997Homegrown
    27Oliver OlsenDF201813 August 2000 Esbjerg fB Youth
    28Erik SviatchenkoDF20184 October 1991 Celtic F.C.
    29PaulinhoDF20193 January 1995 Bahia
    46Japhet Sery LarsenDF202010 April 2000 Brentford F.C. B
    50Hosine BilityDF202110 May 2001 FC Midtjylland U19
    Midfielders
    7Pione Sisto MF20204 February 1995 Celta de Vigo
    10EvanderMF20189 June 1998 CR Vasco da Gama
    11Awer MabilMF201515 September 1995 Adelaide United FC
    34Mikael AndersonMF20191 July 1998 SBV Excelsior
    36Anders DreyerMF20202 May 1998 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
    38Frank OnyekaMF20171 January 1998 F.C. Ebedei
    40Jens-Lys CajusteMF201810 August 1999 Örgryte IS
    43Nicolas MadsenMF201717 March 2000Homegrown
    45Gustav IsaksenMF201919 April 2001Homegrown
    Forwards
    9Sory KabaFW201928 July 1995 Dijon FCO
    26Lasse VibeFW202022 February 1987 IFK Göteborg
    33Luca PfeifferFW202020 August 1996 Würzburger Kickers
    48Mads HansenFW202128 July 2002Homegrown
    74Júnior BrumadoFW201915 May 1999 EC Bahia
    89Ronnie SchwartzFW202029 Aug 1989 Silkeborg IF

    Out on loan

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    No. Pos. Nation Player
    — MF  GHA Michael Baidoo (at FK Jerv until 31 December 2020)
    — FW  CRC Mayron George (at Kalmar until 31 December 2020)
    — MF  NGA Babajide David (at Hatayspor until 30 June 2021)
    — DF  DEN Rasmus Nicolaisen (at Portsmouth until 30 June 2021)
    — DF  DEN Søren Reese (at Zagłębie Lubin until 30 June 2021)
    — FW  DEN Casper Tengstedt (at AC Horsens until 30 June 2021)
    — MF  DEN Victor Torp (at Lyngby Boldklub until 30 June 2021)
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    — GK  ISL Elías Ólafsson (at Fredericia until 30 June 2021)
    — MF  NGA Raphael Onyedika (at Fredericia until 30 June 2021)
    — DF  NGA Henry Uzochokwu (at Fredericia until 30 June 2021)
    — DF  DEN Tobias Anker (at Fredericia until 30 June 2021)
    — MF  DEN Christian Tue Jensen (at Fredericia until 30 June 2021)
    — FW  DEN Sebastian Buch (at Skive IK until 30 June 2021)
    — MF  COD Gloire Rutikanga (at Thisted until 30 June 2021)

    Transfers

    From August 1, 2020.

    Summer
    Position Player Transferred from Date Fee
    MF Pione Sisto RC Celta de Vigo September 5, 2020 £2.50m
    FW Luca Pfeiffer Würzburger Kickers October 5, 2020 £1.50m
    DF Daniel Høegh SC Heerenveen October 5, 2020 Free Transfer

    Summer
    Position Player Transferred to Date Fee
    MF Artem Dovbyk SC Dnipro-1 August 1, 2020 €450K

    Non-competitive

    Mid-season Friendlies
    19 January 2021 AGF 0–2 FC Midtjylland Aarhus
    13:00 CEST Stadium: Anlæg Kunstgræsbane 2 (Viby J)
    28 January 2021 Silkeborg IF 0–2 FC Midtjylland Silkeborg
    13:00 CEST Stadium: JYSK Park
    29 January 2021 FC Midtjylland 2–0 Esbjerg fB Ikast
    13:00 CEST Stadium: Wunderelf Arena

    Competitive

    Competition record
    Competition Record
    G W D L GF GA GD Win %
    Danish Superliga 14 8 3 3 24 16 +8 057.14
    Danish Cup 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
    UEFA Champions League 10 3 3 4 12 14 −2 030.00
    Total 26 12 7 7 38 31 +7 046.15

    Last updated: 4 February 2021.
    Source: Competitive matches

    Danish Superliga
    Main article: 2020–21 Danish Superliga

    Regular season
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Brøndby 15 10 1 4 28 20 +8 31 Qualification for the Championship round
    2 Midtjylland 15 9 3 3 26 17 +9 30
    3 AGF 15 8 4 3 27 16 +11 28
    4 Copenhagen 15 8 2 5 27 23 +4 26
    5 Randers 15 8 1 6 25 14 +11 25
    Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. 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.[2][3]
    Matches
    11 September 2020 1 SonderjyskE 2–0 FC Midtjylland Haderslev
    19:00 CEST Bah  57'
    Wright  90' (Ekani)    		 FCM Summary Cools  48' Stadium: Sydbank Park
    Attendance: 2,210
    Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
    19 September 2020 2 FC Midtjylland 1–0 Lyngby BK Herning
    15:30 CEST Evander  13'
    Sisto  14'
    Kraev  41'
    Scholz  45'    		 FCM Summary
    		Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Jakob Kehlet
    26 September 2020 3 FC Midtjylland 1–0 Randers FC Herning
    20:00 CEST Kraev  6' (Dyhr)
    Onyeka  22'
    Brumado  49'    		 FCM Summary Graves  29'
    Lauenborg  38'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Morten Krogh
    4 October 2020 4 AC Horsens 2–2 FC Midtjylland Horsens
    18:00 CEST Pohl  35' (Tengstedt)  45' (pen.)  56'
    Ludwig  56'
    Jensen  89'    		 FCM Summary Dreyer  23' (Sisto)
    Brumado  23' (Dreyer)  72'    		 Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
    17 October 2020 5 FC Midtjylland 3–1 OB Herning
    16:00 CEST Cajuste  33'
    Kaba  50'  66' (Sviatchenko)
    Dreyer  81' (Kaba)
    Sisto  86'    		 FCM Summary Sabbi  26' (Frøkjær-Jensen)  56'
    Okosun  31'
    Thomasen  31'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Michael Tykgaard
    24 October 2020 6 Brøndby IF 2–3 FC Midtjylland Brøndbyvester
    19:00 CEST Rosted  15'  80'
    Bruus  16' (Frendrup)
    Pavlović  38'
    Uhre  45+1'
    Lindstrøm  51' (Uhre)
    Radošević  72'
    Maxsø  90+4'    		 Evander  45+1'
    Sviatchenko  56'
    Dreyer  62' (Paulinho)
    Sisto  73'
    Cajuste  85'
    Schwäbe  90+4' (o.g.)    		 Stadium: Brøndby Stadion
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Jorgen Daugburg Burchardt
    31 October 2020 7 FC Nordsjælland 4–1 FC Midtjylland Farum
    16:00 CEST Francis  11' (Jenssen)  45' (Diomande)
    Frese  52' (Francis)
    Sulemana  70' (Hansen)    		 FCM Report James  33'
    Dreyer  34'    		 Stadium: Right to Dream Park
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg
    8 November 2020 8 Midtjylland 4–0 Copenhagen Herning
    18:00 CEST Kaba  36'
    Evander  41' (Kaba)
    Sisto  48' (Dreyer)  68' (Kaba)
    Paulinho  64'    		 FCM Summary Falk  15'
    Fischer  26'  50'
    Nelsson  90+2'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 258
    Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
    22 November 2020 9 AGF 1–2 FC Midtjylland Aarhus
    16:00 CEST Sviatchenko  25'
    Onyeka  27'  51'
    Kaba  34' (Onyeka)    		 FCM Sumamry Juelsgård  43'
    Mortensen  63' (pen)    		 Stadium: Ceres Park
    Referee: Jens Maae
    28 November 2020 10 FC Midtjylland 0–0 AaB Herning
    16:00 CEST Madsen  39'
    Cools  68'    		 FCM Summary Thelander  23'
    Ahlmann  42'
    Højholt  72'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Referee: Anders Poulsen
    5 December 2020 11 Vejle BK 0–2 FC Midtjylland Vejle
    19:00 CEST Mølgaard  71'
    Jensen  81'
    Hetemi  90+6'    		 FCM Summary Paulinho  15'
    Sviatchenko  45+2' (Evander)
    Scholz  67' (pen.)    		 Stadium: Vejle Stadium
    Referee: Morten Krogh
    14 December 2020 12 OB 1–1 FC Midtjylland Odense
    17:00 CEST Opondo  14' (Sabbi)  90+4'
    Drachmann  45+3'    		 FCM Summary Anderson  63'
    Kaba  67' (Paulinho)
    Isaksen  84'    		 Stadium: Nature Energy Park
    Referee: Sandi Putros
    21 December 2020 13 FC Midtjylland 3–1 FC Nordsjælland Herning
    16:00 CEST Dreyer  8'
    Scholz  12' (Dreyer)
    Kaba  67' (Cools)    		 FCM Summary Mesík  33'
    Rygaard  45+3'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen
    4 February 2021 14 FC Midtjylland 1–2 SønderjyskE Herning
    18:00 CEST Cajuste  33'
    Sviatchenko  90+'    		 FCM Summary Frederiksen  23'
    Albæk  45'
    Gartenmann  47'
    Eskesen  76'
    Jacobsen  80' (Gartenmann)
    Kanstrup  88'
    Dal Hende  89'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
    8 February 2021 15 Randers FC v FC Midtjylland Randers
    19:00 CEST FCM Summary Stadium: Cepheus Park

    Danish Cup
    Main article: 2020–21 Danish Cup
    11 November 2020 Third Round HB Køge 0–1 FC Midtjylland Køge
    16:30 CEST Høegh  21' Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
    17 December 2020 Fourth Round FC Copenhagen 0–1 (a.e.t.)
    (5−6 p)    		 FC Midtjylland Copenhagen
    20:15 CEST Johnsson  1'
    Stage  5'  9'
    Zeca  104'    		 FCM Summary Kaba  3' (pen.)
    Cajuste  13'
    Onyeka  48'
    Sviatchenko  83'
    Cools  89'    		 Stadium: Telia Parken
    Attendance: 266
    Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt
    Penalties
    Wilczek
    Pep Biel
    Ankersen
    Boilesen
    Oviedo
    Thomsen     		Mabil
    Dreyer
    Andersson
    Sviatchenko
    Evander
    Paulinho

    Fifth round
    Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Odense Boldklub 0–0 FC Midtjylland 11 Feb 10 Mar
    11 February 2021 First Leg OB v FC Midtjylland Odense
    TBD CEST Stadium: Nature Energy Park
    10 March 2020 Second Leg FC Midtjylland v OB Herning
    TBD CEST Stadium: MCH Arena

    UEFA Champions League
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

    Qualifying round and Play-off round
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
    Second qualifying round
    26 August 2020 Second Qualifying Round Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 FC Midtjylland Razgrad, Bulgaria
    20:30 EET Abel  45'
    Marín  81'
    Moți  85'    		 FCM Summary Kraev  7'
    Onyeka  42'
    Paulinho  62'
    Brumado  78'    		 Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Denys Shurman
    Third qualifying round
    16 September 2020 Third Qualifying Round FC Midtjylland 3–0 BSC Young Boys Herning
    20:30 EET Kaba  31'
    Onyeka  41'
    Lefort  51' (o.g.)
    Dreyer  61' (Kaba)
    Sviatchenko  76'
    Mabil  81'    		 FCM Summary Aebischer  59'
    Fassnacht  76'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Georgi Kabakov
    Play-off round
    Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    SK Slavia Prague 1–4 FC Midtjylland 0–0 1–4
    22 September 2020 First Leg SK Slavia Prague 0–0 FC Midtjylland Prague
    21:00 CET Holeš  51'
    Masopust  70'    		 FCM Summary Paulinho  87' Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Cüneyt Çakır
    30 September 2020 Second Leg FC Midtjylland 4–1 SK Slavia Prague Herning
    21:00 CET Sviatchenko  56'
    Kaba  65' (Mabil)
    Scholz  84' (pen.)
    Onyeka  88' (Dreyer)
    Dreyer  90+1' (Kraev),  90+1'    		 Olayinka  3'
    Hovorka  53'
    Bořil  81'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Damir Skomina

    Group stage
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League § Group stage
    Group D
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV ATA AJX MID
    1 Liverpool 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase — 0–2 1–0 2–0
    2 Atalanta 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 11 0–5 — 2–2 1–1
    3 Ajax 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 0–1 — 3–1
    4 Midtjylland 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 1–1 0–4 1–2 —
    Source: UEFA
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
    21 October 2020 (2020-10-21) 1 Midtjylland 0–4 Atalanta Herning, Denmark
    21:00 Sisto  74' FCM Report Zapata  26' (Romero)
    Gómez  36' (Zapata)
    Muriel  42'
    Romero  84'
    Miranchuk  89' (Iličić)    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 132
    Referee: Artur Soares Dias
    27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) 2 Liverpool 2–0 Midtjylland Liverpool, England
    21:00 Milner  41'
    Jota  55' (Alexander-Arnold)
    Salah  90+3' (pen.)    		 Report Scholz  19'
    Onyeka  25'
    Cajuste  32'
    Paulinho  90+1'    		 Stadium: Anfield
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Paweł Raczkowski
    3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) 3 Midtjylland 1–2 Ajax Herning, Denmark
    21:00 Dreyer  18' (Cajuste)
    Vibe  84'    		 FCM Report Antony  1' (Tadić)
    Tadić  13' (Promes)
    Schuurs  25'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 132
    Referee: Bobby Madden
    25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 4 Ajax 3–1 Midtjylland Amsterdam, Netherlands
    21:00 Neres  40'  66' (Traoré)
    Gravenberch  47' (Tadić)
    Mazraoui  49' (Tadić)    		 Report Madsen  43'
    Mabil  80' (pen.)
    Sviatchenko  90+1'    		 Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Sergei Karasev
    1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 5 Atalanta 1–1 Midtjylland Bergamo, Italy
    21:00 Djimsiti  30'
    Romero  62'  79' (Hateboer)    		 Report Scholz  13' (Kaba)
    Kaba  28'
    Paulinho  89'    		 Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
    9 December 2020 (2020-12-09) 6 Midtjylland 1–1 Liverpool Herning, Denmark
    18:55 Onyeka  9'
    Cools  31'
    Scholz  62' (pen.)
    Anderson  81'    		 Report Salah  1'
    Kelleher  61'    		 Stadium: MCH Arena
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: François Letexier

    Statistics

    Appearances
    As of 4 February 2021

    Includes all competitive matches.[4]

    Rnk Pos No. Player Superliga Sydbank Pokalen UEFA Champions League Total
    1 MF 45 Awer Mabil 1311024
    MF 36 Anders Dreyer 1311024
    3 DF 14 Alexander Scholz 1301023
    DF 29 Paulinho 1211023
    5 FW 9 Sory Kaba 1111022
    MF 7 Pione Sisto 121922
    GK 1 Jesper Hansen 131822
    8 28 DF Erik Sviatchenko 111921
    MF 34 Mikael Anderson 121821
    10 MF 40 Jens Cajuste 111820
    MF 10 Evander 121720
    FW 38 Frank Onyeka 101920
    13 MF 15 Bozhidar Kraev 90716
    DF 29 Dion Cools 121316
    15 DF 6 Joel Andersson 31913
    16 MF 43 Nicolas Madsen 80412
    17 FW 45 Gustav Isaksen 71311
    18 FW 33 Luca Pfeiffer 5139
    19 FW 74 Júnior Brumado 4037
    FW 26 Lasse Vibe 4037
    21 DF 25 Manjrekar James 4015
    22 GK 31 Mikkel Andersen 2024
    23 DF 44 Nikolas Dyhr 3003
    24 DF 46 Japhet Sery Larsen 1102
    DF 5 Daniel Høegh 0112

    Goalscorers
    As of 4 February 2021

    This includes all competitive matches. [4]

    Rnk Pos No. Player Superliga Sydbank Pokalen UEFA Champions League Total
    1 MF 36 Anders Dreyer 5038
    2 FW 9 Sory Kaba 5117
    3 MF 7 Pione Sisto 5005
    DF 14 Alexander Scholz 2035
    5 FW 74 Júnior Brumado 1012
    MF 38 Frank Onyeka 1012
    MF 11 Awer Mabil 0022
    DF 28 Erik Sviatchenko 2002
    9 MF 15 Bozhidar Kraev 1001
    MF 10 Evander 1001
    DF 5 Daniel Høegh 0101
    O.G. Opponent Own Goal 1 0 1 2
    TOTALS 24 2 11 37

    Assists
    As of 4 February 2021

    This includes all competitive matches. [4]

    Rnk Pos No. Player Superliga Sydbank Pokalen UEFA Champions League Total
    1 FW 9 Sory Kaba 3025
    2 MF 36 Anders Dreyer 3014
    3 DF 29 Paulinho 2002
    4 DF 44 Nikolas Dyhr 1001
    MF 11 Awer Mabil 0011
    MF 15 Bozhidar Kraev 0011
    FW 74 Júnior Brumado 1001
    DF 28 Erik Sviatchenko 1001
    MF 40 Jens Cajuste 0011
    MF 38 Frank Onyeka 1001
    MF 10 Evander 1001
    DF 2 Dion Cools 2002
    TOTALS 14 0 6 20

    Clean Sheets
    As of 4 February 2021

    This includes all competitive matches. [4]

    Rnk Pos No. Player Superliga Sydbank Pokalen UEFA Champions League Total
    1 GK 1 Jesper Hansen 5139
    TOTALS 5 1 3 9

    Disciplinary record
    As of 4 February 2021

    This includes all competitive matches.[4]

    Rnk Pos. No. Player Superliga Sydbank Pokalen UEFA Europa League Total
    1 FW 38 Frank Onyeka 2 0 1 0 4 0 7 0
    2 DF 29 Paulinho 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
    DF 28 Erik Sviatchenko 2 0 1 0 2 1 5 1
    4 MF 40 Jens Cajuste 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
    5 MF 2 Dion Cools 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
    6 FW 9 Sory Kaba 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
    7 MF 15 Bozhidar Kraev 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
    FW 74 Júnior Brumado 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
    MF 10 Evander 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
    DF 14 Alexander Scholz 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
    MF 43 Nicolas Madsen 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
    MF 34 Mikael Anderson 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
    13 MF 36 Anders Dreyer 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
    MF 7 Pione Sisto 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
    DF 25 Manjrekar James 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    FW 26 Lasse Vibe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
    FW 45 Gustav Isaksen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    TOTALS 22 0 4 0 21 1 47 1

    References
    1. "Squad" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
    2. "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
    3. "Superliga 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
    4. "https://us.soccerway.com/teams/denmark/fc-midtjylland/603/"
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