2018–19 FC Midtjylland season

The 2018–19 FC Midtjylland season is FC Midtjylland's 20th season of existence, and their 18th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. In addition to a second place finish in the Superliga, Midtjylland won its first Danish Cup and competed in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.

Midtjylland

2018–19 season
Owner	Matthew Benham
Chairman	Rasmus Ankersen
Manager	Kenneth Andersen
Stadium	MCH Arena
Superliga	2nd
Danish Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Onuachu (17) All: Paul Onuachu (22)
Highest home attendance	10,973 - 16 September 2018 vs. F.C. Copenhagen
Lowest home attendance	4,368 - 16 August 2018 vs. The New Saints F.C.
Average home league attendance	7,014
Biggest win	5–0 - 11 November 2018 vs. Vejle BK
Biggest defeat	0–3 - 14 April 2019 vs. F.C. Copenhagen 1–4 - 20 May 2019 vs. Brøndby IF
Home colours Away colours European away colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Squad

As of 31 January 2019 ^[1]

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Jesper Hansen		GK	2017	31 March 1985	Lyngby BK
30	Oliver Ottesen		GK	2017	22 August 1998	Roskilde
31	Mikkel Andersen		GK	2018	17 December 1988	Lyngby BK
Defenders
2	Kian Hansen		DF	2015	3 March 1989	FC Nantes
4	Zsolt Korcsmár		DF	2017	9 January 1989	Vasas SC
5	Marc Dal Hende		DF	2017	6 November 1990	SønderjyskE
6	Joel Andersson		DF	2018	11 November 1996	BK Häcken
14	Alexander Scholz		DF	2018	24 October 1992	Club Brugge K.V.
20	Rasmus Nicolaisen		DF	2017	16 March 1997	Homegrown
24	Mads Døhr Thychosen		DF	2015	27 June 1997	VB
25	Manjrekar James		DF	2018	5 August 1993	FC Fredericia
27	Oliver Olsen		DF	2018	13 August 2000	Esbjerg fB Youth
28	Erik Sviatchenko		DF	2018	4 October 1991	Celtic F.C.
29	Rafał Kurzawa		DF	2019	29 January 1993	Amiens SC
52	Patrick		DF	2019	28 February 2000	Amiens SC
Midfielders
3	Tim Sparv		MF	2014	20 February 1987	Greuther Fürth
7	Jakob Poulsen		MF	2014	7 July 1983	AS Monaco FC
8	Ayo Simon Okosun		MF	2018	21 July 1993	AC Horsens
10	Evander		MF	2018	9 June 1998	Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
11	Awer Mabil		MF	2015	15 September 1995	Adelaide United FC
15	Bozhidar Kraev		MF	2017	23 June 1997	Levski Sofia
36	Rilwan Hassan		MF	2010	9 February 1991	Homegrown
38	Frank Onyeka		MF	2017	1 January 1998	F.C. Ebedei
40	Jens-Lys Cajuste		MF	2018	10 August 1999	Örgryte IS
43	Nicolas Madsen		MF	2017	17 March 2000	Homegrown
88	Gustav Wikheim		MF	2017	18 March 1993	K.A.A. Gent
Forwards
19	Mayron George		FW	2018	23 October 1993	Lyngby BK
26	Artem Dovbyk		FW	2018	21 June 1997	FC Dnipro
33	Paul Onuachu		FW	2012	28 May 1994	F.C. Ebedei
74	Júnior Brumado		FW	2019	15 May 1999	Esporte Clube Bahia

Transfers and loans

Arrivals

Summer

Position	Player	Transferred from	Date
MF	Ayo Simon Okosun	AC Horsens	1 July 2018
FW	Mayron George	Randers FC	1 July 2018
MF	Jens-Lys Cajuste	Örgryte IS	1 July 2018
MF	Erik Sviatchenko	Celtic F.C.	1 July 2018
DF	Oliver Olsen	FC Midtjylland U19	1 July 2018
DF	Sören Reese	Viborg FF	1 July 2018
MF	Manjrekar James	Vasas SC	1 July 2018
MF	Sammy Skytte	Silkeborg IF	1 July 2018
MF	Dominick Drexler	Holstein Kiel	1 July 2018
FW	Sebastian Buch	FC Midtjylland U19	1 July 2018
FW	Christian Tue Jensen	FC Midtjylland U19	1 July 2018
MF	Michael Baidoo	FC Midtjylland U19	1 July 2018
FW	Victor Torp	FC Midtjylland U19	1 July 2018
FW	Henry Uzochokwu	FC Midtjylland U19	1 July 2018
DF	Joel Andersson	BK Häcken	2 July 2018
DF	Alexander Scholz	Club Brugge K.V.	10 August 2018
GK	Mikkel Andersen	Lyngby BK	16 August 2018
Manager	Kenneth Andersen [2]	FC Midtjylland U19	10 October 2018

Winter

Position	Player	Transferred from	Date
FW	Chuma Anene	FC Fredericia	18 January 2019
FW	Júnior Brumado	Esporte Clube Bahia	31 January 2019

Loan in

Position	Player	Loaned from	Start	End
MF	Evander da Silva Ferreira	CR Vasco da Gama	27 August 2018	30 June 2019
DF	Patrick	Clube de Regatas do Flamengo	31 January 2019	30 June 2020
DF	Rafał Kurzawa	Amiens SC	31 January 2019	30 June 2019

Departures

Summer

Position	Player	Transferred to	Date
DF	Andreas Poulsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 July 2018
MF	Markus Halsti	Esbjerg fB	1 July 2018
MF	Rafael van der Vaart	Released	1 July 2018
MF	Janus Drachmann	OB	18 July 2018
MF	Dominick Drexler	1. FC Köln	20 July 2018
MF	Mikkel Duelund	FC Dynamo Kyiv	31 August 2018
DF	Bubacarr Sanneh	RSC Anderlecht	31 August 2018
Manager	Jess Thorup	K.A.A. Gent	10 October 2018

Winter

Position	Player	Transferred to	Date
DF	Alexander Munksgaard	AGF Aarhus	4 January 2019
MF	Frederik Brandhof	Viborg FF	17 January 2019

Loan out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Start	End
DF	Henry Uzochokwu	FC Fredericia	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
MF	Victor Torp	FC Fredericia	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
FW	Mikael Anderson	SBV Excelsior	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
MF	Manjrekar James	FC Fredericia	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
DF	Søren Reese	AC Horsens	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
FW	Sebastian Buch	FC Fredericia	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
MF	Sammy Skytte	AC Horsens	2 July 2018	30 June 2019
MF	Gloire Rutikanga	Ringkøbing IF	13 July 2018	30 June 2019
FW	Jákup Thomsen	FH Hafnarfjarðar	15 July 2018	31 December 2018
MF	Nikolaj Kirk	Brentford	16 July 2018	31 March 2019
MF	Kaan Kairinen	FC Inter Turku	6 August 2018	31 December 2018
FW	Bill Hamid [3]	D.C. United	8 August 2018	30 November 2019
DF	Kristian Riis	Esbjerg fB	21 August 2018	30 June 2019
MF	Michael Baidoo	FC Fredericia	31 August 2018	30 June 2019
MF	Kaan Kairinen	HJK Helsinki	1 January 2019	31 December 2019
FW	Jákup Thomsen	FH Hafnarfjarðar	18 January 2019	30 June 2019
FW	Chuma Anene	FC Fredericia	18 January 2019	30 June 2019
MF	Babajide David Akintola	Rosenborg BK	6 February 2019	31 December 2019
MF	Nikolaj Kirk	Stabæk	31 March 2019	25 July 2019

Non-competitive

Pre-season Friendlies

AGF Aarhus v Midtjylland

23 June 2018	AGF Aarhus	1–3	Midtjylland	Aarhus
15:00	Junker 5'	Report	Mabil 66' Korcsmár 68' Kroon 70'	Stadium: Ceres Park

Midtjylland v Malmö FF

29 June 2018	Midtjylland	2–1	Malmö FF	Vildbjerg
15:00	Sanneh 51' Sparv 73'	Report	Rosenberg 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Vildbjerg Sportscenter

Midtjylland v FC Fredericia

30 June 2018	Midtjylland	2–2	FC Fredericia	Ikast
11:30	Duelund 75' Kroon 81'	Report	Nielsen 12' Høegh 21'	Stadium: Ikast FS baneanlæg

SønderjyskE v Midtjylland

3 July 2018	SønderjyskE	2–1	Midtjylland	Haderslev
13:00	Lieder 41' Zimling 72'	Report	Brandhof 75'	Stadium: Sydbank Park

Midtjylland v Thisted FC

4 July 2018	Midtjylland	4–1	Thisted FC	Herning
16:00	Dovbyk 14', 69' Sparv 56' Abubakar 87'	Report	Vang 88'	Stadium: MCH Arena

AZ Alkmaar v Midtjylland

7 July 2018	AZ Alkmaar	1–1	Midtjylland	Dirkshorn
15:00	Idrissi 10'	Report	Onuachu 64'	Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn

Competitive

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	36	21	8	7	76	43	+33	058.33
Danish Cup	5	4	1	0	11	2	+9	080.00
Champions League	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Europa League	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Total	47	27	11	9	95	52	+43	057.45

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Danish Superliga

Main article: 2018–19 Danish Superliga

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[4][5]

Matches

FC Midtjylland v AGF Aarhus

14 July 2018 Round 1	FC Midtjylland	0–0	AGF Aarhus	Herning
19:00 CEST	Duelund  13' Nicolaisen  53' Sviatchenko  70'	Summary	Kanstrup  87'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,123 Referee: Anders Poulsen

AaB v FC Midtjylland

20 July 2018 Round 2	AaB	2–1	FC Midtjylland	Aalborg
19:00 CEST	Thellufsen 52' Abildgaard  54' Pohl 87'	Summary	Dovbyk  24' Onuachu 42' (Sviatchenko)  60' Sviatchenko  45+1' Munksgaard  68'	Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 6,433 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

FC Midtjylland v Esbjerg fB

28 July 2018 Round 3	FC Midtjylland	3–1	Esbjerg fB	Herning
16:00 CEST	Wikheim 15' (Poulsen) Poulsen 34' (pen.) Nicolaisen  63' Onyeka 90' (Okosun)	Summary	Agus  9' Kauko  30' Parunashvili 45'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,612 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Vejle BK v FC Midtjylland

4 August 2018 Round 4	Vejle BK	1–3	FC Midtjylland	Vejle
19:00 CEST	Sousa 17' Illoy-Ayyet  47' Mucolli  49' Louati  69' Nilsson  89'	Summary	Nicolaisen 79' (Poulsen) 84' (Poulsen) Thychosen 87' (Hansen)	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 7,519 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

FC Midtjylland v AC Horsens

12 August 2018 Round 5	FC Midtjylland	3–0	AC Horsens	Herning
20:00 CEST	Onuachu  25' Poulsen 37' (pen.) Wikheim 46' (Onuachu) George 85' (Thychosen)	FCM Report	Andersen  25'  36' Nilsen  48'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Michael Johansen

OB v FC Midtjylland

19 August 2018 Round 6	OB	1–1	FC Midtjylland	Odense
20:00 CEST	Helenius 90+3'	FCM Report	Duelund  13' Dal Hende 74' (Duelund)	Stadium: EWII Park Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Anders Poulsen

FC Midtjylland v Randers FC

26 August 2018 Round 7	FC Midtjylland	3–0	Randers FC	Herning
20:00 CEST	Mabil 45+3' Nicolaisen 66' (Andersson) George 73' (Mabil) Sviatchenko  78'	FCM Report		Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,906 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Brøndby IF v FC Midtjylland

2 September 2018 Round 8	Brøndby IF	2–2	FC Midtjylland	Brøndby
20:00 CEST	Mukhtar 19' (Laursen) Laursen 59' (Mukhtar) Kaiser  83'	FCM Report	George 25'  66'  66' Dal Hende  53' Onkeya  65' Sviatchenko 80' (Hansen)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 14,211 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

FC Midtjylland v F.C. Copenhagen

16 September 2018 Round 9	FC Midtjylland	3–1	F.C. Copenhagen	Herning
18:00 CEST	Poulsen 15' (pen.) Onuachu 61' (Mabil) Dal Hende 83' Andersson  90+1'	FCM Report	Joronen  17' Ankersen  69' N'Doye 74' (Fischer) Fischer  87'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 10,973 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

SønderjyskE v FC Midtjylland

23 September 2018 Round 10	SønderjyskE	0–0	FC Midtjylland	Haderslev
12:00 CEST	Vinderslev  6' Pedersen  25' Jakobsen  32'	FCM Report	Dal Hende  2' Sviatchenko  26' Andersson  63'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 5,785 Referee: Jorgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

FC Midtjylland v Hobro IK

29 September 2018 Round 11	FC Midtjylland	5–2	Hobro IK	Herning
16:00 CEST	Sparv 11' (Nicolaisen) 44' (Andersson) Dal Hende 24' (Mabil) Nicolaisen 34' Onuachu 72' (Andersson)	FCM Report	Kristoffersen 56' (Hammershøy-Mistrati) Hammershøy-Mistrati 67' (Pedersen)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,092 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

FC Midtjylland v Vendsyssel FF

7 October 2018 Round 12	FC Midtjylland	3–0	Vendsyssel FF	Herning
20:00 CEST	Poulsen  23' Onuachu 29' (Mabil) Henriksen 42' (o.g.) Nicolaisen  64' Hassan 90+1' (Andersson)	FCM Report	Wohlgemuth  62' Þorsteinsson  67'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

FC Nordsjælland v FC Midtjylland

20 October 2018 Round 13	FC Nordsjælland	1–4	FC Midtjylland	Farum
16:00 CEST	Donyoh 50' (Amon) Jenssen  81' Rygaard Jensen  90+1'	FCM Report	Onuachu 33' 53' (Mabil) 78' (Hassan) Poulsen  77' K. Hansen  83' Evander 86' (George)  90+2'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 3,574 Referee: Morten Krogh

FC Midtjylland v Brøndby IF

29 October 2018 Round 14	FC Midtjylland	3–2	Brøndby IF	Herning
19:00 CEST	Dal Hende 5' 77' (Poulsen) Mabil 47' (Andersson) Andersson  70' Hassan  90+1'	FCM Report	Bech 4' (Wilczek) Larsson 31' (Arajuuri) Halimi  90+2'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 10,106 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Esbjerg fB v FC Midtjylland

4 November 2018 Round 15	Esbjerg fB	2–2	FC Midtjylland	Esbjerg
18:30 CEST	Sørensen 46' McGrath  90+2' Kauko  90+3' Austin  90+4' Højbjerg  90+5' Petre 90+5' (Brinch)  90+7'	FCM Report	Scholz 50' Onuachu  51' 66' (Mabil) Dal Hende  90+5'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 7,022 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

FC Midtjylland v Vejle BK

11 November 2018 Round 16	FC Midtjylland	5–0	Vejle BK	Herning
18:00 CEST	Mabil 21' (Evander) 65' (Wikheim) Onuachu 24' (Dal Hende) Evander 51' (Mabil) Poulsen 71' (Mabil)	FCM Report	Lauritsen  10'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Sandi Putros

F.C. Copenhagen v FC Midtjylland

25 November 2018 Round 17	F.C. Copenhagen	2–1	FC Midtjylland	Copenhagen
18:00	Skov 34' (pen.) Ankersen  41' Bengtsson  80' Greguš 82'	FCM Report	Dal Hende  74' Greguš 78' (o.g.) Poulsen  90'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 18,553 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Randers FC v FC Midtjylland

2 December 2018 Round 18	Randers FC	1–2	FC Midtjylland	Randers
14:00 CEST	Egho  18' 33' (Stokke) Marxen  90'	FCM Report	Mabil 3' (Onuachu) Onuachu 58' (Sviatchenko) Sviatchenko  75' Hassan  77'	Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers Attendance: 2,401 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

FC Midtjylland v OB

7 December 2018 Round 19	FC Midtjylland	3–0	OB	Herning
19:00 CEST	Scholz 24' (Nicolaisen) Poulsen 38' (pen.) Nicolaisen  51'  90+5' George  58' Dal Hende  59' Andersson 89'	FCM Report	Lund  37' Laursen  39' Grytebust  59'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Jorgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

AC Horsens v FC Midtjylland

16 December 2018 Round 20	AC Horsens	1–3	FC Midtjylland	Horsens
14:00 CEST	Hansson  20' Drost 35' (Frantsen)	FCM Report	Hassan 12' (Onuachu) K. Hansen  42' Scholz 46' (Thychosen)  56' Onyeka  84' Onuachu 90' (Wikheim)	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Vendsyssel FF v FC Midtjylland

11 February 2019 Round 21	Vendsyssel FF	0–1	FC Midtjylland	Hjørring
19:00 CEST	Júnior  38'	FCM Report	K. Hansen 24' (Poulsen) George  87'	Stadium: Nord Energi Arena Attendance: 1,453 Referee: Jens Maae

FC Midtjylland v AaB

18 February 2019 Round 22	FC Midtjylland	2–1	AaB	Herning
19:00 CEST	Onuachu 45' (K. Hansen) Evander 51' (Poulsen) Sviatchenko  85' Onyeka  89'	FCM Report	van Weert 57' Rinne  90+4'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,442 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

AGF Aarhus v FC Midtjylland

24 February 2019 Round 23	AGF Aarhus	1–2	FC Midtjylland	Aarhus
16:00 CEST	Ankersen 32' (Jakobsen) Højer  39'  90+3' Mortensen  79' Juelsgård  90'	FCM Report	Onuachu 38' (Hansen) 53' (Mabil)  46'  67' Dal Hende  38'  77' Hansen  86'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 11,787 Referee: Jorgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

FC Midtjylland v FC Nordsjælland

4 March 2019 Round 24	FC Midtjylland	3–3	FC Nordsjælland	Herning
19:00 CEST	Onuachu  6' Thychosen 14' (Hassan) Evander 71' (73)	FCM Report	Olsen 6' (pen.) 33' (Andersen) Mumin  31' Kudus 57' (Rasmussen)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,840 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Hobro IK v FC Midtjylland

8 March 2019 Round 25	Hobro IK	1–2	FC Midtjylland	Hobro
19:00 CEST	Babayan 51' (Hammershøy-Mistrati) Haarup  84'	FCM Report	Evander 25' (Onuachu) George 80' (Evander)	Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

FC Midtjylland v SønderjyskE

17 March 2019 Round 26	FC Midtjylland	2–1	SønderjyskE	Haderslev
TBD CEST	Kurzawa 24' (Onyeka) Onyeka  54' 59'	FCM Report	Lieder 4' Rømer  22' Pedersen  86'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Referee: Jens Maae

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Matches

FC Midtjylland v FC Nordsjælland

30 March 2019 Championship Round 1	FC Midtjylland	0–0	FC Nordsjælland	Herning
16:00 CEST	K. Hansen  34'	FCM Summary	Vindahl-Jensen  90+2'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,675 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Esbjerg fB v FC Midtjylland

7 April 2019 Championship Round 2	Esbjerg fB	2–2	FC Midtjylland	Esbjerg
16:00 CEST	Yakovenko 61' (Lauridsen)  68' Lauridsen  83' Austin	FCM Report	Onyeka 47' (Wikheim) Poulsen 71' Onuachu  74'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 6,162 Referee: Sandi Putros

FC Midtjylland v OB

14 April 2019 Championship Round 3	FC Midtjylland	2–0	OB	Herning
18:00 CEST	Poulsen 28' (pen.) Onyeka 54' (Kurzawa)	FCM Report	Tverskov  27'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,035 Referee: Jens Maae

FC Copenhagen v FC Midtjylland

18 April 2019 Championship Round 4	FC Copenhagen	3–0	FC Midtjylland	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	Bjelland 26' Falk  31' N'Doye 39' 63' (Wind)	FCM Summary		Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 25,321 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

FC Midtjylland v Brøndby IF

22 April 2019 Championship Round 5	FC Midtjylland	1–2	Brøndby IF	Herning
18:00 CEST	Dal Hende 9'	FCM Report	Hedlund 12' (Schwäbe) Gammelby 75' (Mukhtar)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 10,124 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

FC Nordsjælland v FC Midtjylland

29 April 2019 Championship Round 6	FC Nordsjælland	1–2	FC Midtjylland	Farum
19:00 CEST	Amon 19' (Damsgaard) Kudus  58' Mumin  73' Bartolec  74'	FCM Report	Sviatchenko  16' Onuachu 50' (Dal Hende) 61' (Dal Hende)  80' Wikheim  73' Dal Hende  90+4'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 2,413 Referee: Sandi Putros

OB v FC Midtjylland

5 May 2018 Championship Round 7	OB	3–1	FC Midtjylland	Odense
18:00 CEST	Ludwig 40' (O. Lund) Thomasen 47' (Bashkim Kadrii) Drachmann  57' M. Lund  60' Nielsen 63' (Bashkim Kadrii)	FCM Report	Dal Hende 62' (Nicolaisen)	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Morten Krogh

FC Midtjylland v F.C. Copenhagen

12 May 2019 Championship Round 8	FC Midtjylland	4–0	F.C. Copenhagen	Herning
20:00 CEST	Onuachu 21' Hansen  34' Evander 53' (Wikheim) Mabil 89' (pen.) Wikheim 90+1' (Evander)	FCM Report	Bjelland  82' Falk  84' Joronen  86'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,343 Referee: Anders Poulsen

Brøndby IF v FC Midtjylland

20 May 2019 Championship Round 9	Brøndby IF	4–1	FC Midtjylland	Brøndby
19:00 CEST	Wilczek 38' (Arajuuri) Hedlund 45' (Jung) Erceg  45+3' 79' Tibbling 64' Radošević  86'	FCM Report	James  3' Evander 14'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 7,468 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

FC Midtjylland v Esbjerg fB

25 May 2019 Championship Round 10	FC Midtjylland	1–2	Esbjerg fB	Herning
17:00 CEST	Evander 35' (Poulsen)  40' Mabil  84'	FCM Report	Yakovenko 7' (Kristensen) Tighadouini 24' Anyembe  39' Lauridsen  56' Parunashvili  78'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,291 Referee: Jorgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Danish Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Danish Cup

Dalum IF v FC Midtjylland

26 September 2018 Third Round	Dalum IF	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Midtjylland	Odense
16:30 CEST	Stoustrup Andersen	FCM Report	Evander  38' 49' Onuachu 96' Wikheim  105'	Stadium: Lars R. Jacobsen Park Attendance: 1,175 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

FC Midtjylland v Copenhagen

1 November 2018 Fourth Round	FC Midtjylland	2–0	Copenhagen	Herning
19:30 CEST	Sviatchenko 5' Onuachu  51' Wikheim 62' Dal Hende  90'	FCM Report	Skov  90'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,366 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Kolding IF v FC Midtjylland

13 March 2019 Quarter-finals	Kolding IF	0–2	FC Midtjylland	Kolding
18:00 CEST	Smidt  47' Nielsen  90'	FCM Report	Wikheim 22' George 46' Mabil  53' Kraev  90'	Stadium: Autocentral Park Attendance: 6,050 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

FC Midtjylland v OB

3 April 2019 Semi-finals	FC Midtjylland	4–0	OB	Herning
19:30 CEST	Kløve 31' (o.g.) Onuachu 47', 72' Wikheim 87'	FCM Report	O. Lund  29'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,549 Referee: Michael Johansen

FC Midtjylland v Brøndby IF

17 May 2019 Final	FC Midtjylland	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Brøndby IF	Copenhagen
20:00	K. Hansen 6' Onuachu  31' Poulsen  31'	Report	Kaiser 21' Wilczek  120'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 31,340 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
	Penalties
	Poulsen Thychosen Dal Hende Mabil Scholz		Kaiser Jung Wilczek Radošević Halimi

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

FC Astana v FC Midtjylland

24 July 2018 First leg	FC Astana	2–1	FC Midtjylland	Astana
16:00 CEST	Kleinheisler 31' (90+4) Almeida  81'	UEFA Report FCM Report FC Astana Report	Sanneh  19' Wikheim 51' Poulsen  81'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 23,010 Referee: Radu Petrescu

FC Midtjylland v FC Astana

1 August 2018 Second leg	FC Midtjylland	0–0	FC Astana	Herning
19:00 CEST	Sparv  48' Korcsmár  59' Mabil  80' Okosun  90+6'	UEFA Report FCM Report FC Astana Report	Aničić  65' Mayewski  81' Muzhikov  90' Postnikov  90+6'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,731 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The New Saints v FC Midtjylland

9 August 2018 First leg	The New Saints	0–2	FC Midtjylland	Cardiff
16:00 CEST	Edwards  57'	FCM Report	Onuachu 9' (Poulsen) 27' (Poulsen)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 863 Referee: Petár Kralovic

FC Midtjylland v The New Saints

16 August 2018 Second leg	FC Midtjylland	3–1	The New Saints	Herning
19:00 CEST	George 16'  90+1' Okosun 62' 80' (Thychosen)	FCM Report	Ebbe 22' Cabango  45'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,368 Referee: Irfan Peljto

Play-off round

Malmö FF v FC Midtjylland

23 August 2018 First leg	Malmö FF	2–2	FC Midtjylland	Malmö
19:15 CEST	Rosenberg 12' (Antonsson) Lewicki  18' Antonsson 24' Nielsen  89' Rieks  90+1'	FCM Report	Poulsen  51' K. Hansen  54' Wikheim 60' (Onyeka) Sanneh  70' Okosun 77'  90+1' Andersson  83'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 11,487 Referee: Srđan Jovanović

FC Midtjylland v Malmö FF

30 August 2018 Second leg	FC Midtjylland	0–2	Malmö FF	Herning
19:15 CEST	Scholz  22' Onyeka  41' Wikheim  90+2' George  90+2'	FCM Report	Antonsson 33' Rosenberg  36' 79' Vindheim  75' Safari  89'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,175 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Statistics

Appearances

As of 25 May 2019

This includes all competitive matches.^[6]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF	7	Jakob Poulsen	34	5	2	4	45
2	GK	1	Jesper Hansen	34	4	2	4	44
3	FW	33	Paul Onuachu	30	4	2	4	40
	MF	45	Awer Mabil	30	5	1	4	40
5	DF	2	Kian Hansen	27	4	2	4	37
	MF	88	Gustav Wikheim	28	4	2	3	37
	DF	6	Joel Andersson	30	3	0	4	37
8	FW	19	Mayron George	26	4	1	3	34
9	DF	14	Alexander Scholz	27	4	0	2	33
10	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	27	4	1	0	32
11	DF	5	Marc Dal Hende	24	2	2	3	31
12	MF	10	Evander	26	4	0	0	30
13	MF	38	Frank Onyeka	21	3	1	3	28
	MF	3	Tim Sparv	21	3	2	2	28
15	MF	36	Rilwan Hassan	18	2	0	0	20
	DF	20	Rasmus Nicolaisen	17	1	0	2	20
17	DF	24	Mads Døhr Thychosen	13	3	0	2	18
18	MF	8	Ayo Simon Okosun	10	1	2	4	17
19	MF	15	Bozhidar Kraev	12	2	0	1	15
20	DF	25	Bubacarr Sanneh	4	0	2	3	9
21	DF	13	Alexander Munksgaard	4	1	2	1	8
	FW	29	Rafał Kurzawa	6	2	0	0	8
23	MF	22	Mikkel Duelund	5	0	1	1	7
	DF	4	Zsolt Korcsmár	4	1	1	1	7
25	DF	25	Manjrekar James	6	0	0	0	6
26	FW	26	Artem Dovbyk	4	1	0	0	5
27	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	4	0	0	0	4
28	MF	40	Jens-Lys Cajuste	2	1	0	0	3
	GK	11	Mikkel Andersen	2	1	0	0	3
30	MF	17	Michael Baidoo	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	29	Frederik Brandhof	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	43	Nicolas Madsen	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	27	Oliver Olsen	1	0	0	0	1

Goalscorers

As of 25 May 2019

This includes all competitive matches.^[6]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	33	Paul Onuachu	17	3	0	2	22
2	MF	10	Evander	9	1	0	0	'10
3	MF	88	Gustav Wikheim	3	3	1	1	8
4	MF	7	Jakob Poulsen	7	0	0	0	7
	DF	5	Marc Dal Hende	7	0	0	0	7
6	FW	19	Mayron George	4	1	0	1	6
	MF	45	Awer Mabil	6	0	0	0	6
8	DF	20	Rasmus Nicolaisen	4	0	0	0	4
	MF	38	Frank Onyeka	4	0	0	0	4
10	MF	8	Ayo Simon Okosun	0	0	0	3	3
	DF	14	Alexander Scholz	3	0	0	0	3
12	MF	3	Tim Sparv	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	1	1	0	0	2
	MF	36	Rilwan Hassan	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	2	Kian Hansen	1	1	0	0	2
16	DF	24	Mads Døhr Thychosen	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	6	Joel Andersson	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	29	Rafał Kurzawa	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				76	10	1	7	94

Assists

As of 25 May 2019

This includes all competitive matches.^[6]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF	45	Awer Mabil	9	0	0	0	9
2	MF	7	Jakob Poulsen	7	0	0	2	9
3	DF	6	Joel Andersson	5	0	0	0	5
	FW	33	Paul Onuachu	5	0	0	0	5
5	DF	2	Kian Hansen	4	0	0	0	4
6	DF	24	Mads Døhr Thychosen	2	0	0	1	3
	DF	20	Rasmus Nicolaisen	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	10	Evander	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	88	Gustav Wikheim	3	0	0	0	3
10	MF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	19	Mayron George	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	36	Rilwan Hassan	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	38	Frank Onyeka	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	5	Marc Dal Hende	2	0	0	0	2
16	MF	8	Ayo Simon Okosun	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	22	Mikkel Duelund	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	29	Rafał Kurzawa	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				53	0	0	4	57

Clean Sheets

As of 25 May 2019

This includes all competitive matches.^[6]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK	1	Jesper Hansen	10	3	1	1	15
2	GK	31	Mikkel Andersen	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				11	3	1	1	16

Disciplinary record

As of 25 May 2019

This includes all competitive matches.^[6]

Rnk	Pos.	No.	Player	Superliga		Danish Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
1	FW	33	Paul Onuachu	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	1
2	DF	5	Marc Dal Hende	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
3	FW	19	Mayron George	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1
	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
5	MF	7	Jakob Poulsen	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
6	DF	20	Rasmus Nicolaisen	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
	MF	38	Frank Onyeka	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	2	Kian Hansen	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
9	DF	6	Joel Andersson	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
10	MF	88	Gustav Wikheim	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	MF	10	Evander	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	45	Awer Mabil	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
13	MF	22	Mikkel Duelund	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	25	Bubacarr Sanneh	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	14	Alexander Scholz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
16	DF	13	Alexander Munksgaard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	26	Artem Dovbyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	3	Tim Sparv	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	8	Ayo Simon Okosun	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	4	Zsolt Korcsmár	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	36	Rilwan Olanrewaju Hassan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	1	Jesper Hansen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	15	Bozhidar Kraev	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	25	Manjrekar James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS				57	5	8	0	6	0	10	0	83	5

Suspensions

As of 24 September 2018

This includes all competitive matches.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	19	Mayron George (3–18 September 2018)	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko (24 September – 9 October 2018)	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				2	0	0	0	2

Awards

Team

Award	Month	Source

Individual

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source
29	Erik Sviatchenko	Team of the Month	July	www.superliga.dk [7]
5	Marc Dal Hende	Player of the Month	September	www.superliga.dk [8]
5	Marc Dal Hende	Team of the Month	September	www.superliga.dk
6	Joel Andersson	Team of the Month	September	www.superliga.dk
45	Awer Mabil	Team of the Month	October	www.superliga.dk
33	Paul Onuachu	Team of the Month	October	www.superliga.dk
45	Awer Mabil	Team of the Month	November	www.superliga.dk
33	Paul Onuachu	Team of the Month	November	www.superliga.dk
33	Paul Onuachu	Team of the Month	February	www.superliga.dk
2	Kian Hansen	Team of the Month	March	www.superliga.dk
10	Evander	Team of the Month	May	www.superliga.dk