2020–21 FC Midtjylland season explained

Club:	FC Midtjylland
Season:	2020–21
Chairman:	Rasmus Ankersen
Owner:	Matthew Benham
Manager:	Brian Priske
Stadium:	MCH Arena
League:	Superliga
League Result:	2nd
Cup1:	Danish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Sory Kaba (11 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Sory Kaba (14 goals)
Largest Win:	5–0 (21 March 2021 vs. Vejle)
Largest Loss:	0–4 (21 October 2020 vs. Atalanta
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 FC Midtjylland season was 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, advancing to the group stage and vied for the 2020–21 Danish Cup, losing in the semi-finals.

Squad

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	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1				2017	31 March 1985	Lyngby BK
16	Valdemar Birksø			2021	17 March 2001	Homegrown
30	Oliver Ottesen			2017	22 August 1998	Roskilde
31				2018	17 December 1988	Lyngby BK
49				2021	1 February 1989	Everton F.C.
Defenders
2				2020	4 June 1996	Club Brugge
5				2020	6 January 1991	SC Heerenveen
6				2018	11 November 1996	BK Häcken
14				2018	24 October 1992	Club Brugge
17				2021	16 March 1995	VfB Stuttgart
18				2016	17 February 1997	Homegrown
27				2018	13 August 2000	Esbjerg fB Youth
28				2018	4 October 1991	Celtic F.C.
29				2019	3 January 1995	Bahia
46				2020	10 April 2000	Brentford F.C. B
50	Hosine Bility			2021	10 May 2001	FC Midtjylland U19
Midfielders
7				2020	4 February 1995	Celta de Vigo
10				2018	9 June 1998	CR Vasco da Gama
11				2015	15 September 1995	Adelaide United FC
34				2019	1 July 1998	SBV Excelsior
36				2020	2 May 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
38				2017	1 January 1998	F.C. Ebedei
40				2018	10 August 1999	Örgryte IS
43				2017	17 March 2000	Homegrown
45				2019	19 April 2001	Homegrown
Forwards
9				2019	28 July 1995	Dijon FCO
26				2020	22 February 1987	IFK Göteborg
33				2020	20 August 1996	Würzburger Kickers
48	Mads Hansen			2021	28 July 2002	Homegrown
58				2021	19 June 2002	Homegrown
74				2019	15 May 1999	EC Bahia

Out on loan

Transfers

Arrivals

Summer

Position	Player	Transferred from	Date	Fee	Source
MF	Pione Sisto	Celta de Vigo	5 September 2020	£2,500,000	^[2]
FW	Luca Pfeiffer	Würzburger Kickers	5 October 2020	£1,500,000	^[3]
DF	Daniel Høegh	Heerenveen	5 October 2020	Free	^[4]

Winter

Position	Player	Transferred from	Date	Fee	Source
MF	Ailton	Stuttgart	1 February 2020	Undisclosed	^[5]
GK	Jonas Lössl	Everton	1 February 2020	Free	^[6]

Departures

Summer

Position	Player	Transferred to	Date	Fee	Source
MF	Artem Dovbyk	SC Dnipro-1	1 August 2020	€450,000
MF	Tim Sparv	AE Larisa	26 August 2020	Free transfer
MF	Nikolaj Kirk	Aarhus Fremad	5 August 2020	Undisclosed
MF	Marc Dal Hende	SønderjyskE	9 August 2020	Undisclosed
MF	Ayo Simon Okosun	Odense BK	5 October 2020	Undisclosed

Winter

Position	Player	Transferred to	Date	Fee	Source
MF	Kaan Kairinen	Lillestrøm	15 December 2020	Undisclosed	^[7]
MF	Michael Baidoo	Jerv	16 December 2020	Undisclosed	^[8]
FW	Ronnie Schwartz	Charlton Athletic	4 January 2021	€295,000	^[9]

Non-competitive

Mid-season friendlies

Competitive

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Danish Superliga
Danish Cup
UEFA Champions League
Total

Danish Superliga

See main article: article and 2020–21 Danish Superliga.

Championship round

Championship round

Danish Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Danish Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying round and Play-off round

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Group stage

Group D

Statistics

Appearances

Includes all competitive matches.^[10]

width=20		width=20		width=20		width=200	Player	width=50	Superliga	width=50	Danish Cup	width=100	UEFA Champions League	width=50	Total
1	MF	36	Anders Dreyer	31	4	10	45
	DF	14	Alexander Scholz	31	4	10	45
3	MF	45	Awer Mabil	29	4	10	43
4	FW	9	Sory Kaba	27	5	10	42
	MF	7	Pione Sisto	29	4	9	42
6	28	DF	Erik Sviatchenko	28	4	9	41
7	FW	38	Frank Onyeka	27	4	9	40
8	MF	10	Evander	28	3	7	38
	MF	34	Mikael Anderson	26	4	8	38
10	MF	40	Jens Cajuste	27	3	8	37
	DF	29	Paulinho	25	2	10	37
12	FW	45	Gustav Isaksen	22	5	3	30
13	GK	1	Jesper Hansen	18	3	8	29
14	DF	29	Dion Cools	21	2	3	26
15	DF	6	Joel Andersson	13	3	9	25
16	MF	43	Nicolas Madsen	16	3	4	23
17	FW	33	Luca Pfeiffer	12	2	3	17
	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	12	2	3	17
19	MF	15	Bozhidar Kraev	9	0	7	16
20	GK	49	Jonas Lössl	12	2	0	14
21	FW	26	Lasse Vibe	7	2	3	12
	DF	17	Ailton	8	4	0	12
23	DF	46	Japhet Sery Larsen	4	4	0	8
	DF	5	Daniel Høegh	3	3	1	8
25	DF	25	Manjrekar James	4	0	1	5
26	GK	31	Mikkel Andersen	2	0	2	4
27	DF	44	Nikolas Dyhr	3	0	0	3
28	FW	48	Mads Hansen	0	1	0	1
	DF	55	Kristoffer Hansen	1	0	0	1
	DF	18	Kristian Riis	1	0	0	1

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. ^[10]

width=20		width=20		width=20		width=200	Player	width=50	Superliga	width=50	Danish Cup	width=100	UEFA Champions League	width=50	Total
1	FW	9	Sory Kaba	11	2	1	14
2	MF	36	Anders Dreyer	8	0	3	11
3	DF	14	Alexander Scholz	7	0	3	10
4	MF	7	Pione Sisto	8	0	0	8
5	MF	10	Evander	6	1	0	7
6	MF	38	Frank Onyeka	3	0	1	4
7	MF	11	Awer Mabil	1	0	2	3
	FW	45	Gustav Isaksen	1	2	0	3
	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	2	0	1	3
	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	3	0	0	3
11	FW	33	Luca Pfeiffer	1	1	0	2
12	MF	15	Bozhidar Kraev	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Daniel Høegh	0	1	0	1
	DF	2	Dion Cools	1	0	0	1
	DF	46	Japhet Sery Larsen	0	1	0	1
	FW	26	Luca Pfeiffer	0	1	0	1
	MF	40	Jens Cajuste	1	0	0	1
	MF	34	Mikael Anderson	1	0	0	1
	FW	26	Lasse Vibe	1	0	0	1
	O.G.		Opponent Own Goal	1	0	1	2
TOTALS				57	9	12	78

Assists

This includes all competitive matches. ^[10]

width=20		width=20		width=20		width=200	Player	width=50	Superliga	width=50	Danish Cup	width=100	UEFA Champions League	width=50	Total
1	MF	10	Evander	6	1	0	7
2	FW	9	Sory Kaba	4	0	2	6
	MF	36	Anders Dreyer	5	0	1	6
4	DF	2	Dion Cools	2	1	0	3
	DF	29	Paulinho	3	0	0	3
	MF	11	Awer Mabil	2	0	1	3
	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	2	1	0	3
8	MF	40	Jens Cajuste	1	0	1	2
	MF	38	Frank Onyeka	2	0	0	2
10	DF	44	Nikolas Dyhr	1	0	0	1
	MF	15	Bozhidar Kraev	0	0	1	1
	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	1	0	0	1
	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	1	0	0	1
	MF	7	Pione Sisto	1	0	0	1
	MF	45	Gustav Isaksen	1	0	0	1
	MF	34	Mikael Anderson	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Joel Andersson	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				34	3	6	43

Clean sheets

This includes all competitive matches. ^[10]

width=20		width=20		width=20		width=200	Player	width=50	Superliga	width=50	Danish Cup	width=100	UEFA Champions League	width=50	Total
1	GK	1	Jesper Hansen	8	2	3	13
2	GK	46	Jonas Lössl	6	1	0	7
TOTALS				14	3	3	20

Disciplinary record

This includes all competitive matches.^[10]

			Player	Superliga		Danish Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
1	DF	29	Paulinho	6	2	0	0	4	0	10	2
2	FW	38	Frank Onyeka	5	1	1	0	4	0	10	1
3	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	5	0	1	0	2	1	8	1
4	MF	40	Jens Cajuste	7	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
rowspan-1	5	MF	2	Dion Cools	4	1	1	0	1	0	6	1
6	DF	14	Alexander Scholz	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
	FW	9	Sory Kaba	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
8	FW	45	Gustav Isaksen	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
9	MF	10	Evander	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF	43	Nicolas Madsen	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	34	Mikael Anderson	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
13	MF	15	Bozhidar Kraev	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	46	Japhet Sery Larsen	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	36	Anders Dreyer	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	GK	49	Jonas Lössl	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	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
	MF	11	Awer Mabil	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	17	Ailton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	5	Daniel Høegh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS				57	6	7	0	21	1	85	7

External links

• FC Midtjylland in Danish

Notes and References

1. Web site: Squad. 12 July 2019. Danish. FC Midtjylland.
2. News: Pione Sisto: "Volver al Midtjylland era mi mayor deseo". El Desmarque. 7 September 2020.
3. News: Huber . Florian . Der Hohenloher Luca Pfeiffer spielt künftig Champions League in Dänemark . 6 October 2020 . Heilbronner Stimme . 5 October 2020 . German.
4. https://www.fcm.dk/nyheder/fcm-henter-daniel-hoeegh/ FCM HENTER DANIEL HØEGH
5. Web site: VfB Stuttgart verabschiedet Abwehrspieler Ailton nach Midtjylland . kicker . 1 February 2021 . German . 1 February 2021.
6. Web site: Jonas Lossl vender hjem til FC Midtjylland.. FC Midtjylland. 1 February 2021. 1 February 2021.
7. Web site: KAAN KAIRINEN HAR SIGNERT FOR LSK: – VELDIG LYKKELIG AKKURAT NÅ. www.eurosport.no. Eurosport. 13 February 2021. Norwegian. 15 December 2020.
8. Web site: MICHAEL BAIDOO FORTSÆTTER I NORGE. www.fcm.dk. FC Midtjylland. 13 February 2021. Danish. 16 December 2020.
9. Web site: DONE DEAL: The Addicks complete the signing of striker Ronnie Schwartz . . 4 January 2021.
10. "https://us.soccerway.com/teams/denmark/fc-midtjylland/603/"