2023–24 Odense Boldklub season

The 2023–24 Odense Boldklub season is the club's 135th season, and their 62nd appearance in the Danish Superliga.

Odense Boldklub

2023–24 season
Chairman	Niels Thorborg
Manager	Andreas Alm
Stadium	Nature Energy Park
Danish Superliga	9th
Danish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Louicius Don Deedson (7 goals) All: Louicius Don Deedson (7 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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First team

Last updated on 1 February 2024^[1]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Martin Hansen		GK	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 35)
13	Hans Christian Bernat		GK	(2000-11-13) 13 November 2000 (age 24)
27	Magnus Nielsen		GK	(2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 21)
—	Viljar Myhra		GK	(1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 29)
Defenders
2	Nicholas Mickelson		RB	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 26)
3	Nicklas Mouritsen		LB	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 30)
4	Bjørn Paulsen		CB	(1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 (age 34)
5	Mihajlo Ivančević		CB	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 26)
14	Gustav Grubbe		RB	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 22)
20	Leeroy Owusu		RB	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 29)
23	Aske Adelgaard		LB	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21)
24	Yaya Bojang		CB/CDM	(2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 (age 20)
25	Filip Helander		CB	(1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 32)
28	Tobias Slotsager		CB	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 19)
29	James Gomez		CB	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 23)
Midfielders
6	Sven Köhler		CDM	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28)
8	Alasana Manneh		CDM	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 27)
11	Markus Jensen		AM/LW	(2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 20)
15	Tom Trybull		CM	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32)
18	Max Ejdum		CM	(2004-10-15) 15 October 2004 (age 20)
22	Rami Al Hajj		AM	(2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 23)
Forwards
9	Bashkim Kadrii		ST	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 34)
10	Louicius Don Deedson		LW/RW	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 24)
17	Luca Kjerrumgaard		ST	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 22)
19	Johannes Selvén		RW	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 22)
21	Charly Nouck Horneman		LW/RW/ST	(2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 (age 21)
26	Agon Muçolli		LW	(1998-09-26) 26 September 1998 (age 26)
30	Max Fenger		ST	(2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 24)

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	MF	18	Max Ejdum	Youth academy		[2]
1 July 2023	FW	7	Mohamed Buya Turay	Without club	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2023	MF	22	Rami Al Hajj	Heerenveen	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2023	FW	19	Johannes Selvén	Göteborg	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2023	DF	20	Leeroy Owusu	Willem II	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2023	DF	16	Sauli Väisänen	Cosenza	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2023	FW	30	Louicius Don Deedson	Hobro	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2023	MF	6	Sven Köhler	Osnabrück	5,625,000 DKK	[9]
10 August 2023	MF	11	Markus Jensen	Youth academy		[10]
16 August 2023	FW	29	Tyler Burey	Millwall	Undisclosed	[11]
17 August 2023	DF	3	Nicklas Mouritsen	Helsingør	Undisclosed	[12]
31 August 2023	DF	26	Filip Helander	Rangers	Free transfer	[13]
30 September 2023	MF	15	Tom Trybull	Without club	Free transfer	[14]
1 January 2024	FW	30	Max Fenger	Mjällby	Back from loan
1 January 2024	FW	17	Luca Kjerrumgaard	Stabæk	Back from loan
1 January 2024	FW	26	Agon Muçolli	Varbergs BoIS	Back from loan
9 January 2024	DF	24	Yaya Bojang	Youth academy		[15]
31 January 2024	GK	—	Viljar Myhra	Strømsgodset	6,700,000 DKK[16]	[17]
1 February 2024	DF	29	James Gomez	Sparta Prague	7,500,000 DKK[18]	[19]
Total					19,825,000 DKK

Transfers out

Departure date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2023	FW	3	Omar Jebali	ES Zarzis	Return from loan
30 June 2023	GK	—	Sayouba Mandé		End of contract
30 June 2023	DF	16	Jørgen Skjelvik	Apollon Limassol	End of contract
30 June 2023	MF	7	Naatan Skyttä	Toulouse	Return from loan
30 June 2023	MF	19	Aron Thrándarson	Víkingur Reykjavík	End of contract
30 June 2023	MF	6	Jeppe Tverskov	Nordsjælland	End of contract
30 June 2023	FW	17	Kenneth Zohore		End of contract
30 June 2023	FW	30	Yankuba Minteh	Newcastle United	52,500,000 DKK[20]	[21]
30 June 2023	MF	8	Jakob Breum	Go Ahead Eagles	2,000,000 DKK[22]	[23]
30 June 2023	DF	—	Joel King	Sydney	Free transfer	[24]
11 July 2023	MF	29	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	Preston North End	10,000,000 DKK	[25]
10 August 2023	MF	11	Emmanuel Sabbi	Le Havre	15,000,000 DKK[26]	[27]
30 January 2024	FW	7	Mohamed Buya Turay	Birmingham Legion	Undisclosed	[28]
Total					79,500,000 DKK

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Ref
1 July 2023	31 May 2024	DF	—	Christian Vestergaard	Kolding	[29]
30 August 2023	31 December 2023	MF	26	Agon Muçolli	Varbergs BoIS	[30]
31 August 2023	31 December 2023	FW	17	Luca Kjerrumgaard	Stabæk	[31]
2 September 2023	31 May 2024	MF	10	Franco Tongya	AEK Larnaca	[32]
10 January 2024	31 May 2024	FW	29	Tyler Burey	Oxford United	[33]
12 January 2024	31 May 2024	MF	24	Alen Mustafić	Śląsk Wrocław	[34]
18 January 2024	31 May 2024	DF	16	Sauli Väisänen	Ascoli	[35]

Transfer summary

Spending Summer: 5,625,000 DKK Winter: 14,200,000 DKK Total: 19,825,000 DKK

Income Summer: 79,500,000 DKK Winter: 0,000,000 DKK Total: 79,500,000 DKK

Net Expenditure Summer: 73,875,000 DKK Winter: 14,200,000 DKK Total: 59,675,000 DKK

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
1 July 2023	GK	1	Martin Hansen	[36]

Friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Odense v Vejle

4 July 2023 Friendly	Odense	2–1	Vejle	Odense
12:00 CEST				Stadium: Ådalen

Odense v Viborg

9 July 2023 Friendly	Odense	4–0	Viborg	Odense
13:00 CEST				Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Twente v Odene

15 July 2023 Friendly	Twente	7–1	Odene	Enschede
15:00 CEST

Competitions

Superliga

Main article: 2023–24 Danish Superliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	AGF	22	9	9	4	26	21	+5	36	Qualification for the Championship round
6	Silkeborg	22	8	3	11	28	32	−4	27
7	OB	22	6	6	10	25	32	−7	24	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Lyngby	22	6	5	11	27	39	−12	23
9	Viborg	22	6	5	11	24	37	−13	23

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.

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
17	4	5	8	21	25	−4	17	0	3	6	8	17	−9	4	2	2	13	8	+5

Last updated: 3 December 2023.
Source: Worldfootball.net

Results by round

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D
Position	6	4	6	8	9	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. Source: Worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Odense v Randers

23 July 2023 1	Odense	2–2	Randers	Odense
16:00 CEST	Al Hajj 26' (pen.) Turay 37' Manneh  62'	Report	Odey 10' Dammers  22' Carlgren  25' Andersson 90+5'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 7,755 Referee: Jacob Karlsen

Brøndby v Odense

30 July 2023 2	Brøndby	1–2	Odense	Brøndbyøster
18:00 CEST	Vallys 54'	Report	Adelgaard  26' Manneh  41', 63' Al Hajj  88' Kadrii 90+5'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 22,734 Referee: Jakob Sundberg

Odense v Viborg

7 August 2023 3	Odense	1–2	Viborg	Odense
19:00 CEST	Adelgaard  8' Köhler  16' Kadrii 72'	Report	Ementa 27',  77' Grønning  39' Thomas 80' Bundgaard  83'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 10,105 Referee: Mikkel Redder

Copenhagen v Odense

11 August 2023 4	Copenhagen	2–1	Odense	Copenhagen
19:00 CEST	Achouri  74', 90' Lerager 77'	Report	Owusu  9' Horneman 57'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 25,215 Referee: Jacob Karlsen

Odense v AGF

20 August 2023 5	Odense	1–1	AGF	Odense
20:00 CEST	Manneh  26' Mickelson 38' Al Hajj  84'	Report	Mortensen 2' Bech  39' Knudsen  52' Beijmo  64'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 9,577 Referee: Aydın Uslu

Hvidovre v Odense

27 August 2023 6	Hvidovre	1–5	Odense	Hvidovre
16:00 CEST	Jakobsen 65'	Report	Selvén 65' Don Deedson 51', 60' Kadrii 85' Tongya 90+5'	Stadium: Hvidovre Stadium Attendance: 4,228 Referee: Lasse Læbel Graagaard

Odense v Vejle

1 September 2023 7	Odense	1–2	Vejle	Odense
19:00 CEST	Don Deedson 14' Köhler  90+5'	Report	Lauritsen 20' Assehnoun 82',  86' Albentosa  90+1' Ezatolahi  90+1' Kolinger  90+5'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 11.271 Referee: Mogens Krogh

Odense v Silkeborg

18 September 2023 8	Odense	0–3	Silkeborg	Odense
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Midtjylland v Odense

24 September 2023 9	Midtjylland	2–1	Odense	Herning
18:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: MCH Arena

Odense v Lyngby

2 October 2023 10	Odense	1–2	Lyngby	Odense
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Nordsjælland v Odense

8 October 2023 11	Nordsjælland	0–1	Odense	Farum
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Right to Dream Park

Odense v Midtjylland

23 October 2023 12	Odense	1–2	Midtjylland	Odense
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Silkeborg v Odense

29 October 2023 13	Silkeborg	0–0	Odense	Silkeborg
16:00 CET		Report		Stadium: JYSK Park

Lyngby v Odense

4 November 2023 14	Lyngby	2–2	Odense	Kongens Lyngby
16:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Lyngby Stadium

Odense v Hvidovre

12 November 2023 15	Odense	0–2	Hvidovre	Odense
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Randers v Odense

26 November 2023 16	Randers	0–1	Odense	Randers
16:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers

Odense v Nordsjælland

3 December 2023 17	Odense	1–1	Nordsjælland	Odense
14:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Danish Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Danish Cup

Tune v Odense

7 September 2023 Second round	Tune	0–5	Odense	Tune
17:00 CEST		Report	Turay 19' Owusu 66' Al Hajj 67' Selvén 69' Mouritsen 79'	Stadium: Tune Stadion Referee: Benjamin Svedborg

Hobro v Odense

27 September 2023 Third round	Hobro	0–1	Odense	Hobro
17:00 CEST	Yoda  90+2' Jacobsen  90+2'	Report	Turay 19'	Stadium: DS Arena Referee: Morten Krogh

Fredericia v Odense

1 November 2023 Fourth round	Fredericia	3–1	Odense	Fredericia
20:00 CEST	Røjkjær 8' Jakobsen 28' Berger  49' Bach 52',  82' Jessen  72'	Report	Mouritsen  44' Köhler  45' Adelgaard  90+3' Owusu 90+4'	Stadium: Monjasa Park Referee: Jacob Karlsen

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

As of match played 3 December 2023

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	FW	30	Louicius Don Deedson	7	0	7
2	FW	9	Bashkim Kadrii	5	0	5
3	FW	7	Mohamed Buya Turay	1	2	3
	MF	22	Rami Al Hajj	2	1	3
5	FW	19	Johannes Selvén	1	1	2
	DF	20	Leeroy Owusu	0	2	2
7	DF	2	Nicholas Mickelson	1	0	1
	DF	3	Nicklas Mouritsen	0	1	1
	MF	8	Alasana Manneh	1	0	1
	FW	21	Charly Nouck Horneman	1	0	1
	DF	28	Tobias Slotsager	1	0	1
	MF	—	Franco Tongya	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				21	7	28

Disciplinary record