2020–21 Brøndby IF season

Brøndby
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jan Bech Andersen
Head coach	Niels Frederiksen
Stadium	Brøndby Stadium
Danish Superliga	1st (champions)
Danish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mikael Uhre (19 goals); All: ; Mikael Uhre (20 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Brøndby IF season was Brøndby IF's 40th consecutive season in top-division of the Danish football league, the 31st consecutive in Danish Superliga, and the 55th as a football club. Besides the Superliga, the club also competed in the 2020–21 Danish Cup, losing in the fourth round to Danish 1st Division side Fremad Amager. It was the second season with head coach Niels Frederiksen, after he replaced caretaker manager Martin Retov during the previous campaign.

On 24 May 2021, Brøndby were confirmed as Danish Superliga champions for the first time in 16 years following their 2–0 defeat of Nordsjælland.^[1]

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Niels Frederiksen
Assistant coaches	Jesper Sørensen
Assistant coaches	Martin Retov
Goalkeeper coaches	Lars Høgh
Goalkeeper coaches	Claus Fallentin
Fitness coach	Ahron Thode
Mental coach	Christian Engell
Fitness coach	Jesper Løvind Andersen

Players

Squad information

As of 1 February 2021^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	DEN	Jesper Lindstrøm
19	MF	DEN	Morten Frendrup
20	MF	SWE	Oskar Fallenius
21	MF	DEN	Lasse Vigen
22	MF	CRO	Josip Radošević
24	DF	DEN	Joel Kabongo
25	MF	TUN	Anis Ben Slimane
27	FW	SWE	Simon Hedlund
29	MF	DEN	Peter Bjur
30	GK	DEN	Mads Hermansen
40	GK	DEN	Jonathan Ægidius
42	MF	NOR	Tobias Børkeeiet

Youth players in use

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	FW	DEN	Mathias Kvistgaarden

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
19 September 2020	9	FW	Andrija Pavlović	Rapid Wien	Undisclosed	^[3]
5 October 2020	15	DF	Blas Riveros	FC Basel	Undisclosed	^[4]

Winter

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
4 January 2021	12	DF	Michael Lumb	Horsens	Undisclosed	^[5]
4 January 2021	20	MF	Oskar Fallenius	Brommapojkarna	Undisclosed	^[6]
7 February 2021^[a]		MF	Christian Cappis	Hobro	Undisclosed	^[7]

Out

Summer

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
27 July 2020	12	MF	Simon Tibbling	Emmen	Undisclosed	^[8]
22 August 2020	8	MF	Kasper Fisker	Fremad Amager	Undisclosed	^[9]

Loan out

Summer

Date	Until	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
19 August 2020	30 June 2021		FW	Ante Erceg	Osijek	Free	^[10]
5 October 2020	30 June 2021		DF	Jens Martin Gammelby	Lyngby	Free	^[11]

Winter

Date	Until	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
29 January 2021	30 June 2021		DF	Anton Skipper	Hobro IK	Free	^[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

v

Næstved

22 August 2020 Friendly	Brøndby	3–1	Næstved	Brøndby Stadium
13:00 CEST		Report

v

Helsingør

27 August 2020 Friendly	Brøndby	2–1	Helsingør	Brøndby Stadium
13:00 CEST		Report

v

Brøndby

31 August 2020 Friendly	Odense	1–2	Brøndby	Odense, Denmark
15:00 CEST	Hyllegaard 21'	Report	Uhre 61' Vigen 77'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park

v

Brøndby

5 September 2020 Friendly	Crystal Palace	1–1	Brøndby	Selhurst, England
15:00 BST	Zaha 35'	Report	Lindstrøm 70'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Statistics
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	32	19	4	9	58	38	+20	059.38
Danish Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total	34	20	4	10	60	40	+20	058.82

Superliga

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
33	19	4	10	60	36	+24	61	10	4	3	32	19	+13	9	0	7	28	17	+11

Last updated: 24 May 2021Source: FBref

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D
Position	4	1	1	1	1	4	5	4	3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source: Weltfussball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brøndby	22	14	3	5	40	24	+16	45	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	22	13	4	5	35	20	+15	43
3	AGF	22	10	8	4	35	22	+13	38
4	Copenhagen	22	10	5	7	39	35	+4	35
5	Randers	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32

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.^[13]^[14]

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRO	MID	COP	AGF	NOR	RAN
1	Brøndby (C)	32	19	4	9	58	38	+20	61	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round	—	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0
2	Midtjylland	32	18	6	8	57	33	+24	60	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	1–0	—	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1
3	Copenhagen	32	16	7	9	61	53	+8	55	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–1	4–2	—	3–2	2–2	2–1
4	AGF (O)	32	13	9	10	48	42	+6	48	Qualification for the European play-off match	1–2	1–4	1–2	—	3–1	2–0
5	Nordsjælland	32	11	10	11	51	51	0	43		0–3	3–2	2–2	2–0	—	2–1

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.^[15]^[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Matches

Regular season

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) 1	Brøndby	3–2	Nordsjælland	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CEST	Hedlund 47' Vigen 75' Rosted 77' 90+6'	Report	Diomande 12' 63' Rygaard 38' Hansen 60'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Jens Maae

20 September 2021 (2021-09-20) 2	Copenhagen	1–2	Brøndby	Copenhagen
14:00 CEST	Wilczek 12' 44' Nelsson 90+2'	Report	Lindstrøm 31' 65' Bruus 57' Uhre 90+3'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Referee: Jorgen Burchardt

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 3	Brøndby	2–1	Horsens	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CEST	Lindstrøm 5' Hedlund 45+1' Rosted 46'	Report	Lumb 90+1'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Michael Tykgaard

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 4	Randers	1–2	Brøndby	Randers
19:00 CEST	Kamara 74'	Report	Rosted 14' Uhre 64' Schwäbe 90+1'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

18 October 2021 (2021-10-18) 5	SønderjyskE	2–0	Brøndby	Haderslev
16:00 CEST	Wright 48' Bah 54'	Report		Stadium: Sydbank Park Referee: Sandi Putros

24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) 6	Brøndby	2–3	Midtjylland	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CEST	Rosted 15' 80' Bruus 16' Pavlović 38' Uhre 45+1' Lindstrøm 51' Radošević 72' Maxsø 90+4'	Report	Evander 45+1' Sviatchenko 56' Dreyer 62' Sisto 73' Cajuste 85' Schwäbe 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Jorgen Burchardt

1 November 2021 (2021-11-01) 7	AaB	2–1	Brøndby	Aalborg
16:00 CET	Fossum 32' van Weert 85'	Report	Uhre 39' Pavlović 52'	Stadium: Aalborg Stadium Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard-Andersen

8 November 2021 (2021-11-08) 8	Brøndby	3–1	OB	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CET	Riveros 20' Pavlović 47' Lindstrøm 55' Maxsø 62'	Report	Laursen 71' Fenger 90+5'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Sandi Putros

22 November 2021 (2021-11-22) 9	Vejle	0–2	Brøndby	Vejle
16:00 CET	Allan Sousa 39' Mølgaard 59' Muçolli 63'	Report	Lindstrøm 39' 45+4' Jung 65' Frendrup 78' Uhre 82'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Jakob Sundberg

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 10	Brøndby	4–1	Lyngby	Brøndbyvester
19:00 CET	Lindstrøm 2', 79' Uhre 46' Rosted 55'	Report	Geertsen 58' Hebo 61' Fosgaard 84' Warming 90'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) 11	AGF	3–1	Brøndby	Aarhus
19:00 CET	Links 37' Juelsgård 51' Grønbæk 76' 80' Mortensen 78'	Report	Frendrup 11' 50' Hedlund 45' Bruus 72'	Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Jorgen Burchardt

13 December 2021 (2021-12-13) 12	Brøndby	2–1	SønderjyskE	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CET	Uhre 32' 41' Vigen 55' Slimane 83'	Report	Jacobsen 42' (pen) 53' Hassan 81' Simonsen 86'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard-Andersen

20 December 2021 (2021-12-20) 13	Horsens	1–2	Brøndby	Horsens
20:00 CET	Prip 27' 54' Kiilerich 45+5' Gemmer 70' Finnbogason 90+2' 90+4'	Report	Uhre 20' (pen) Lindstrøm 63' Vigen 86'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Referee: Jakob Kehlet

4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) 14	Nordsjælland	0–1	Brøndby	Farum
20:00 CET	Jenssen 45'	Report	Hedlund 13' Frendrup 90+2'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Referee: Jakob Kehlet

7 February 2021 (2021-02-07) 15	Brøndby	1–1	AaB	Brøndbyvester
20:00 CET	Rosted 8' Uhre 72' (pen) Radošević 72'	Report	Hannesbo 51' Pedro Ferreira 57' Kakeeto 71'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

14 February 2021 (2021-02-14) 16	Lyngby	0–4	Brøndby	Lyngby
16:00 CET	Kornvig 87' Warming 90+1'	Report	Mensah 27' Lindstrøm 31' Hedlund 58' Pavlović 73'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

21 February 2021 (2021-02-21) 17	Brøndby	2–1	Vejle	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CET	Uhre 15' Bengtsson 47' (o.g.) Pavlović 90'	Report	Faghir 56' Allan Sousa 88'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikkel Redder

28 February 2021 18	Midtjylland	1–0	Brøndby	Herning
18:00 CET	Isaksen 65' Paulinho 87' 90+3' Cools 90'	Report	Bjur 64'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 19	Brøndby	0–0	Randers	Brøndbyvester
20:00 CET	Vigen 15' Lindstrøm 87'	Report	Piesinger 45+1'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen Fourth official: Benjamin Svedborg

7 March 2021 (2021-03-07) 20	Brøndby	2–1	Copenhagen	Brøndbyvester
14:00 CET	Vigen 70' Bruus 70' Maxsø 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Jørgensen 83' Stage 89' 90+3' Bundu 90+5'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet Fourth official: Morten Krogh

14 March 2021 (2021-03-14) 21	OB	0–3	Brøndby	Odense
16:00 CET	Drachmann 38'	Report	Uhre 20', 35', 39'	Stadium: Odense Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

21 March 2021 (2021-03-21) 22	Brøndby	1–1	AGF	Brøndbyvester
17:00 CET	Uhre 36'	Report	Mortensen 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

Championship round

5 April 2021 23	Midtjylland	1–0	Brøndby	Herning
18:00 CEST	Kaba 19' Lössl 89' Cajuste 90+6'	FCM Summary	Mensah 65' Slimane 82'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

11 April 2021 24	Brøndby	1–3	Copenhagen	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CET	Frendrup 2' Uhre 69' Rosted 90+5'	FCK Summary	Wilczek 37' (Kristiansen) 90+6' (Stage) Daramy 90+1'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

18 April 2021 25	Brøndby	2–2	AGF	Brøndbyvester
18:00	Maxsø 31' (pen.) Lindstrøm 71' Børkeeiet 90+2' 90+2'	Report	Diks 16' Grønbæk 45'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Jens Maae

21 April 2021 26	Nordsjælland	0–3	Brøndby	Farum
20:00 CEST	Chukwuani 76' Sadiq 81'	BIF Summary	Uhre 21' (Hedlund) Hermannsson 85' Pavlović 86' (Hedlund) Vigen 89' (Fallenius)	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Anders Poulsen

26 April 2021 27	Brøndby	2–0	Randers	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CEST	Uhre 41' Slimane 78'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 7,488 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

2 May 2021 28	Randers	4–2	Brøndby	Randers
16:00 CEST	Kehinde 29' Hammershøy-Mistrati 46', 48' (pen.) Klysner 87'	Report	Hermannsson 16' Hedlund 73'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

9 May 2021 29	Brøndby	3–1	Midtjylland	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CEST	Uhre 37' Radošević 57' Hedlund 70' Pavlović 83'	FCM Summary	Scholz 32' (pen) Paulinho 40'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 8,158 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

16 May 2021 30	Copenhagen	2–1	Brøndby	Copenhagen
16:00 CEST	Maxsø 27' (og) Wind 55' (pen.) Daramy 87' Zeca 90+1'	FCK Summary	Hermannsson 6' Hedlund 39' (Mensah) Bruus 45+2' Lindstrøm 68' Jung 78' Schwäbe 87'Corlu 90'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 11,086 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

20 May 2021 31	AGF	1–2	Brøndby	Aarhus
20:00 CEST	Þorsteinsson 18' Olsen 38' (pen.) 76'		Uhre 5' (Hedlund) 73' Frendrup 24' 35' Vigen 72' Hedlund 81'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 8,220 Referee: Sandi Putros

24 May 2021 32	Brøndby	2–0	Nordsjælland	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CEST	Vigen 45' (Hedlund) Slimane 51' (Mensah) Corlu 77'	BIF Summary		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 9,669 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Danish Cup

5 November 2020 (2020-11-05) Third round	LSF	0–1	Brøndby	Smørum Idrætscenter
11:15 CET			Hedlund 40'

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) Fourth round	Fremad Amager	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brøndby	Sundby Idrætspark, Amager Vest
09:30 CET	Toku 26' Iyede 94'	Report	Uhre 45+3'	Referee: Jonas Hansen

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Mikael Uhre	19	1	20
2	18	MF	Jesper Lindstrøm	10	0	10
3	27	FW	Simon Hedlund	8	1	9
4	9	FW	Andrija Pavlović	4	0	4
4	21	MF	Lasse Vigen	4	0	4
6	4	DF	Sigurd Rosted	3	0	3
6	25	MF	Anis Ben Slimane	3	0	3
8	5	DF	Andreas Maxsø	2	0	2
9	6	DF	Hjörtur Hermannsson	1	0	1
	14	DF	Kevin Mensah	1	0	1
	15	DF	Blas Riveros	1	0	1
	17	DF	Andreas Bruus	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Totals				58	2	60

Last updated: 24 May 2021^[17]

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Marvin Schwäbe	8	1	9
Totals					8	1	9

Last updated: 24 May 2021^[17]

Discipline

No.	Pos.	Player	Superliga			Danish Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Marvin Schwäbe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Anthony Jung	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Sigurd Rosted	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
5	DF	Andreas Maxsø	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW	Andrija Pavlović	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	FW	Mikael Uhre	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	DF	Andreas Bruus	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF	Jesper Lindstrøm	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	MF	Morten Frendrup	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
21	MF	Lasse Vigen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF	Josip Radošević	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total			26	2	0	0	0	0	26	2	0

Last updated: 21 February 2021.
Source: FBref

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2020–21 Brøndby IF season

Contents

Management team

Players

Squad information

Youth players in use

Transfers

In

Summer

Winter

Out

Summer

Loan out

Summer

Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Superliga

Results summary

Results by matchday

Regular season

Championship round

Matches

Regular season

Championship round

Danish Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Discipline

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	19	4	10	60	36	+24	61	10	4	3	32	19	+13	9	0	7	28	17	+11

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	19	4	10	60	36	+24	61	10	4	3	32	19	+13	9	0	7	28	17	+11

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	19	4	10	60	36	+24	61	10	4	3	32	19	+13	9	0	7	28	17	+11