2017–18 Brøndby IF season

The 2017–18 Brøndby IF season was Brøndby IF's 37th consecutive season in the top tier of Danish football, 28th consecutive in the Superligaen, and 52nd as a football club. Besides Superligaen, the club participated in DBU Pokalen and UEFA Europa League. It was the second season with manager Alexander Zorniger.

Brøndby

2017–18 season
Sporting director	Troels Bech
Head coach	Alexander Zorniger
Ground	Brøndby Stadion
Danish Superliga	2nd
Danish Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Teemu Pukki (17) All: Teemu Pukki (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Club

First team staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Alexander Zorniger
Assistant	Matthias Jaissle
Assistant	Martin Retov
Physical trainer	Aaron Thode
Goalkeeping coach	Lars Høgh
Goalkeeping coach	Sten Christensen

Last updated: 6 June 2017
Source:

Administration

Position	Staff
Sporting director	Troels Bech
Team manager	Thomas Andersen
Kit manager	Leif Mortensen
Scout	John Møller

Last updated: 6 June 2017
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Players

First team

Updated until May 2018:^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Frederik Rønnow (sold to Eintracht Frankfurt as of 1 July 2018) 3 DF  GER Anthony Jung 4 DF  GER Benedikt Röcker 6 DF  ISL Hjörtur Hermannsson 8 MF  DEN Kasper Fisker 9 FW  FIN Teemu Pukki 10 MF  GER Hany Mukhtar 12 MF  SWE Simon Tibbling 13 DF  SWE Johan Larsson (Captain) 14 MF  DEN Kevin Mensah 16 GK  GER Benjamin Bellot 17 FW  DEN Andreas Bruus

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  KOS Besar Halimi (on loan from Mainz 05) 19 MF  DEN Christian Nørgaard 20 FW  POL Kamil Wilczek 21 MF  DEN Lasse Vigen Christensen 23 DF  FIN Paulus Arajuuri 24 DF  DEN Joel Kabongo 26 MF  SVK Filip Blazek 27 DF  DEN Svenn Crone 28 DF  DEN Christan Enemark 29 FW  CZE Jan Kliment 30 GK  DEN Viktor Anker 40 GK  DEN Casper Hauervig

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transfer from	Type	Date	Fee	Source
16	GK	Benjamin Bellot (GER)	RB Leipzig	Contract expiration	14 June 2017	Free transfer	[2]
8	MF	Kasper Fisker (DNK)	Randers FC	Transfer	26 June 2017		[3]
18	MF	Besar Halimi (KOS)	Mainz 05	Loan	26 June 2017		[4]
26	MF	Filip Blazek (SVK)	FK Senica	Transfer	11 July 2017		[5]

Last updated: 9 June 2017 Source: brondby.com

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transfer to	Type	Date	Fee	Source
30	GK	Viktor Anker (DNK)	Næstved	Loan	9 June 2017		[6]
22	FW	Gustaf Nilsson (SWE)	Silkeborg IF	Loan	10 July 2017		[7]

Last updated: 9 June 2017 Source: brondby.com

Competitions

Superligaen

Main article: 2017–18 Danish Superliga

Main round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brøndby	26	18	6	2	58	24	+34	60	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	26	19	3	4	60	29	+31	60
3	Nordsjælland	26	15	5	6	62	41	+21	50
4	Copenhagen	26	13	5	8	50	33	+17	44
5	Aalborg	26	8	12	6	28	27	+1	36

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.^[8][9]

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
20	14	4	2	45	19	+26	46	8	2	0	29	9	+20	6	2	2	16	10	+6

Last updated: 11 February 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results after each round

Round	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	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: 2017–18 Danish Superliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Brøndby IF's games in the main round 2017-18:^[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Brøndby IF v FC Midtjylland

16 July 2017 1st round	Brøndby IF	4–0	FC Midtjylland	Brøndby
18:00	Pukki 20' Kliment 36' Halimi 62' Mensah 84'	Report	Drachmann  36' Kroon  42' Sørloth  90+2'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 10,288 Referee: Anders Poulsen (referee)

FC Nordsjælland v Brøndby IF

23 July 2017 2nd round	FC Nordsjælland	3–2	Brøndby IF	Farum
16:00	Donyoh 50' 52' da Silva  82' Asante 86'	Report	Pukki 45' Christensen 61' Nørgaard  62' Kliment  83'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Brøndby IF v Lyngby BK

30 July 2017 3rd round	Brøndby IF	5–3	Lyngby BK	Brøndby
18:00	Kliment 5' Christensen 55' 68'  81' 84' Hermannsson  59' Fisker  64' Halimi 79'	Report	Blume 2' Rygaard Jensen  26'  Lund  28' Ojo 43' Højer  71' 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 11,834 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Brøndby IF v F.C. København

6 August 2017 4th round	Brøndby IF	1–0	F.C. København	Brøndby
18:00	Larsson  44' Halimi  44' Tibbling 90'	Report	Johansson  24' Kvist  44' Olsen  45' Verbič  45+2'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 21,169 Referee: Anders Poulsen (referee)

Randers FC v Brøndby IF

13 August 2017 5th round	Randers FC	0–0	Brøndby IF	Randers
16:00	Marxen  42' Enghardt  53' Kauko  85'	Report	Wilczek  81' Tibbling  90+2'	Stadium: BioNutria Park Randers Attendance: 6,107 Referee: Morten Krogh

AGF v Brøndby IF

20 August 2017 6th round	AGF	2–0	Brøndby IF	Århus
18:00	Hermansson 12' (o.g.) Møller  35' Pedersen  61' Mikanović  85' Amini  89'	Report	Röcker  25' Crone  42'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 12,156 Referee: Jens Maae

Brøndby IF v AC Horsens

27 August 2017 7th round	Brøndby IF	2–0	AC Horsens	Brøndby
16:00	Crone  8' Larsson 61' Kliment 90+1'	Report	Bjarke Jacobsen  18' Finnbogason  62' Joronen  90'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 12,175 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

OB v Brøndby IF

10 September 2017 8th round	OB	1–1	Brøndby IF	Odense
18:00	Uzochukwu 7'  10' Petersen  59'	Report	Kliment 57'  90+1'	Stadium: EWII Park Attendance: 10,717 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Brøndby IF v AaB

17 September 2017 9th round	Brøndby IF	0–0	AaB	Brøndby
18:00	Arajuuri  15'	Report	Pohl  35' Ahlmann  45' Šafranko  55' Lesniak  90+3'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 13,138 Referee: Michael Johansen

Hobro IK v Brøndby IF

24 September 2017 10th round	Hobro IK	1–2	Brøndby IF	Hobro
18:00	Kirkevold 42' (pen.) Gotfredsen  48' Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati  74'	Report	Röcker 65' Wilczek 90'	Stadium: Hobro Stadion Attendance: 4,546 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Brøndby IF v SønderjyskE

1 October 2017 11th round	Brøndby IF	4–0	SønderjyskE	Brøndby
16:00	Mukhtar 25' 85' Tibbling  34' Kliment  59' Nørgaard  72' Larsson 81' Halimi 90'	Report	Jónsson  19' Rømer  38' Luijckx  52'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 13,078 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

Brøndby IF v Silkeborg IF

15 October 2017 12th round	Brøndby IF	4–1	Silkeborg IF	Brøndby
16:00	Halimi 53' Mukhtar 56' Wilczek 60' Tibbling 66' Röcker  89'	Report	Nilsson 8' Skytte  14'  Moro  58'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 13,778 Referee: Anders Poulsen (referee)

FC Helsingør v Brøndby IF

22 October 2017 13th round	FC Helsingør	0–1	Brøndby IF	Helsingør
16:00	Køhler  35' Olsen  88'	Report	Pukki 4'  51' Jung  53'  Larsson  78'	Stadium: Helsingør Stadion Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Jorgen Burchardt

Brøndby IF v Randers FC

30 October 2017 14th round	Brøndby IF	3–1	Randers FC	Brøndby
19:00	Kauko 15' (o.g.) Halimi 59' 90+4'	Report	Bager 30' Rodić  47' Kitchen  59'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 10,124 Referee: Jens Maae

F.C. København v Brøndby IF

5 November 2017 15th round	F.C. København	0–1	Brøndby IF	Østerbro
12:00	Bengtsson  41' Falk  55' Kvist  72'	Report	Tibbling  39' Nørgaard 42'  53' Mukhtar  57' Fisker  71'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 24,446 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

Brøndby IF v FC Nordsjælland

19 November 2017 16th round	Brøndby IF	4–2	FC Nordsjælland	Brøndby
18:00	Pukki 12' 48' 61' Kliment  69' Mukhtar 73' Rønnow  75'	Report	Pedersen  39' Marcondes 76' (pen.) Rasmussen 81'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 13,243 Referee: Sandi Putros

Silkeborg IF v Brøndby IF

26 November 2017 17th round	Silkeborg IF	1–3	Brøndby IF	Silkeborg
18:00	Skhirtladze 32'	Report	Jung  16' Pukki 44' Wilczek 47' Arajuuri  72' Mukhtar  85' 90+4'	Stadium: Jysk Park Attendance: 5,777 Referee: Jorgen Burchardt

SønderjyskE v Brøndby IF

3 December 2017 18th round	SønderjyskE	1–3	Brøndby IF	Haderslev
16:00	Jakobsen 36' Zimling  51'	Report	Arajuuri 12' Röcker  14' Mukhtar 64' Kliment 72'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 7,150 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

Brøndby IF v AGF

10 December 2017 19th round	Brøndby IF	2–2	AGF	Brøndby
18:00	Tibbling 13' Halimi 51' Fisker  90+2'	Report	Møller 63' Sana 76' (pen.) Backman  90+2'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 16,235 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Lyngby BK v Brøndby IF

11 February 2018 20th round	Lyngby BK	1–3	Brøndby IF	Kongens Lyngby
11:00	Christjansen  66' Fosgaard  74' Arajuuri (OG) 87'	Report	Tshiembe (OG) 23' Wilczek 28' Pukki 54' Larsson  63' Mukhtar  73'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Attendance: 3,342 Referee: Peter Munch Larsen

AaB v Brøndby IF

18 February 2018 21st round	AaB	1–1	Brøndby IF	Aalborg
11:00	Blåbjerg  40' Okore 62' Pallesen  78'	Report	Hermannsson  30' Fisker  23' Mukhtar  44' Röcker 50' Pukki  80'	Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 6,711 Referee: Sandi Putros

Brøndby IF v FC Helsingør

25 February 2018 22nd round	Brøndby IF	6–1	FC Helsingør	Brøndby
09:00	Arajuuri 7' Mukhtar 10' Wilczek 24' Arajuuri  30' Pukki 50' (54) Christensen 75' Frendup  90+1'	Report	Mortensen  58' Tontini 69' Jorgensen  89'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 11,547 Referee: Michael Johansen

FC Midtjylland v Brøndby IF

1 March 2018 23rd round	FC Midtjylland	0–1	Brøndby IF	Herning
13:00	Hansen  36'	Report	Fisker 21' Rønnow  90+7'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 10,862 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Brøndby IF v OB

4 March 2018 24th round	Brøndby IF	2–1	OB	Brøndby
11:00	Mukhtar 40' Pukki 76'	Report	Rømer  57' Nielsen  75' Greve 86'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 10,030 Referee: Jens Maae

AC Horsens v Brøndby IF

11 March 2018 25th round	AC Horsens	1–1	Brøndby IF	Horsens
12:00	Hansson  10' Jacobsen  16' Okosun 47' Kortegaard  48' Ludwig  65' Borring  69'	Report	Wilczek 38' Nørgaard  68'	Stadium: CASA Arena Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Brøndby IF v Hobro IK

18 March 2018 26th round	Brøndby IF	2–1	Hobro IK	Brøndby
11:00	Mukhtar 74' Röcker  79' Kliment 87' 90+2'	Report	Babayan  65' 77' Damborg  70'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 13,467 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

DBU Pokalen

Main article: 2017–18 Danish Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Ledøje-Smørum v Brøndby IF

20 September 2017 Third round	Ledøje-Smørum	1–5	Brøndby IF	Brøndby
20:30		Summary		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium

København v Brøndby IF

4 February 2018 Fourth round	København	0–1	Brøndby IF	Copenhagen
12:30				Stadium: Parken Stadium

SønderjyskE v Brøndby IF

4 April 2018 Quarter-finals	SønderjyskE	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Brøndby IF	Haderslev
12:30				Stadium: Sydbank Park

Brøndby IF v FC Midtjylland

26 April 2018 Semi-finals	Brøndby IF	3–1	FC Midtjylland	Brøndby
18:30				Stadium: Brøndby Stadium

Brøndby IF v Silkeborg IF

10 May 2018 Final	Brøndby IF	3–1	Silkeborg IF	Copenhagen
				Stadium: Parken Stadium

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017-18 UEFA Europa League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Brøndby IF v VPS

13. July 2017 2nd Qualifying First Leg	Brøndby IF	2–0	VPS	Brøndby
20:00	Pukki 17' Fisker 29'	Report	Sohna  77'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 8,533 Referee: Bart Vertenten

VPS v Brøndby IF

20 July 2017 2nd Qualifying Second Leg	VPS	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Brøndby IF	Vaasa, Finland
18:00	Voutilainen 11' Sohna 40'  62'	Report	Meerits 16' (o.g.) Kliment  51'	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadion Attendance: 4,385 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Brøndby IF v Hajduk Split

27 July 2017 3rd Qualifying First Leg	Brøndby IF	0–0	Hajduk Split	Brøndby
20:00	Arajuuri  5'  Fisker  80'	Report	Futács  34' Erceg  59'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 12,535 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Hajduk Split v Brøndby IF

3 August 2017 3rd Qualifying Second Leg	Hajduk Split	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Brøndby IF	Split
20:30	Erceg 59' 63' Futács  65' Edin Šehić  87'	Report	Crone  61' Hermannsson  79' Rønnow  86' Mukhtar  87'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,204 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Glostrup FK v Brøndby IF

June 18, 2017	Glostrup FK	1–4	Brøndby IF	Glostrup
13:30	62'	Report	24' Corlu 74', 75' Bruus 88' Tekşen	Stadium: Glostrup Idrætspark

Taastrup FC v Brøndby IF

June 23, 2017	Taastrup FC	1–3	Brøndby IF	Taastrup
18:30	89' Motlagh	Report	23' Nilsson 35' Kliment 70' Bruus	Stadium: Taastrup Idrætspark

Næstved BK v Brøndby IF

June 28, 2017	Næstved BK	0–2	Brøndby IF	Næstved
17:30	Christiansen 82'	Report	34' Kliment 42' Pukki	Stadium: Næstved Stadion

Qarabag FK v Brøndby IF

July 2, 2017	Qarabag FK	1–5	Brøndby IF	Stainach, Austria
19:00	59' Ndlovu	Report	9' (pen.), 38' Kliment 18' Wilczek 65' Kalmar 73' Bruus	Stadium: Stadion Stainach

FC Rostov v Brøndby IF

July 8, 2017	FC Rostov	1–0	Brøndby IF	Stainach, Austria
18:00	Bukharov 57'			Stadium: Stadion Stainach