2025–26 Silkeborg IF season

The 2025–26 season is the 109th season in the history of Silkeborg Idrætsforening and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Danish Cup, as well as having participated in the UEFA Conference League qualifying phase.

Silkeborg

2025–26 season
Chairman	Kent Madsen
Manager	Kent Nielsen
Stadium	JYSK Park
Danish Superliga	12th
Danish Cup	Second round
UEFA Conference League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Tonni Adamsen (3) All: Tonni Adamsen (6)
Highest home attendance	4,289 v Jagiellonia Białystok (7 August 2025, Conference League)
Lowest home attendance	3,514 v KA (23 July 2025, Conference League)
Average home league attendance	3,535
Biggest win	4–2 v Nordsjælland (10 August 2025, Superliga)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Brøndby (20 July 2025, Superliga)
Home colours Away colours
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 14 August 2025.

Players

Current squad

As of 24 July 2025^[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 Nicolai Larsen (captain) 2 DF  DEN Andreas Poulsen 3 DF  NOR Robin Østrøm 4 DF  POR Pedro Ganchas 6 MF  DEN Pelle Mattsson 8 MF  DEN Jeppe Andersen 9 FW  DEN Alexander Simmelhack 10 FW  DEN Younes Bakiz 14 MF  DEN Sofus Berger 15 FW  DEN Asbjørn Bøndergaard 16 GK  DEN Bastian Holm 17 FW  NZL Callum McCowatt 18 DF  DEN Leonel Montano 19 DF  DEN Jens Martin Gammelby

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  DEN Mads Larsen 22 MF  SWE Rami Al Hajj 23 FW  DEN Tonni Adamsen 24 DF  DEN Alexander Priesborg Madsen 25 DF  SWE Pontus Rödin 26 MF  DEN Mikkel Øxenberg 28 DF  DEN Simon Stüker 30 GK  DEN Aske Andrésen 33 MF  DEN Mads Freundlich 35 FW  DEN Sebastian Biller 36 MF  DEN Julius Lorents 40 DF  DEN Alexander Busch 41 MF  DEN Oskar Boesen

Youth players in use

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

Out on loan

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 7 MF  KAZ Ramazan Orazov (at Elimai until 31 December 2025)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Oscar Fuglsang	Fredericia	Loan return	30 June 2025	[2]
FW	Asbjørn Bøndergaard	Fredericia	Loan return	30 June 2025	[3]
DF	Leonel Montano	Esbjerg fB	Free transfer	1 July 2025	[4]
MF	Rami Al Hajj	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	11 July 2025	[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Oscar Fuglsang	Retired	N/A	1 July 2025	[6][7]
MF	Ramazan Orazov	Elimai	Loan	9 July 2025	[8]
MF	Anders Klynge	Bodø/Glimt	Free transfer	12 July 2025	[9]
MF	Fredrik Carlsen	FC Ingolstadt	Undisclosed	24 July 2025	[10][11]

Pre-season and friendlies

The pre-season schedule was announced by the club on 4 June 2025.^[12] The dates of three more training matches were revealed on 25 June.^[13] On 11 July, an additional friendly match at JYSK Park against Danish 2nd Division club Thisted was added to the pre-season schedule.^[14]

Midtjylland v Silkeborg

27 June 2025 Friendly	Midtjylland	2–0	Silkeborg	Ikast
12:00 CEST	Djú 33', 40'	Report		Stadium: Træningsbanen, Dream99

Silkeborg v Aarhus Fremad

4 July 2025 Friendly	Silkeborg	1–3	Aarhus Fremad	Silkeborg
12:00 CEST	Gammelby 10'	Report	Kaastrup 47' Kubel 70', 86'	Stadium: JYSK Park

Horsens v Silkeborg

6 July 2025 Friendly	Horsens	2–0	Silkeborg	Horsens
12:00 CEST	Pingel 35' Olsen 46'	Report		Stadium: Field 6, Nordstern Arena Horsens

Silkeborg v Thisted

12 July 2025 Friendly	Silkeborg	3–1	Thisted	Silkeborg
11:30 CEST	Bøndergaard 61' Simmelhack 72' Stüker 89'	Report	66'	Stadium: JYSK Park

Silkeborg v FC St. Pauli

15 July 2025 Friendly	Silkeborg	1–4	FC St. Pauli	Malente, Germany
16:00 CEST	Adamsen 24' Andersen  67'	Report	Ceesay 5' Afolayan 20' Pereira Lage 54' Hountondji 83'	Stadium: Am Stadion 4, Uwe Seeler Football Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	20 July 2025		Matchday 1		4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	025.00
Danish Cup	3 September 2025		Second round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	23 July 2025	14 August 2025	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	1	2	1	6	6	+0	025.00
Total					8	2	2	4	10	14	−4	025.00

Last updated: 14 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Superliga

Main article: 2025–26 Danish Superliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	AGF	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	Qualification for the Relegation round
9	Vejle	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
10	Sønderjyske	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	4
11	Silkeborg	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3
12	Nordsjælland	5	1	0	4	8	13	−5	3

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2025. 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
4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	−4

Last updated: 10 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round – regular season

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W
Position	12	12	12	12
Points	0	0	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: http://www.superliga.dk/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

The match schedule for the first seven rounds was released on 6 June 2025.^[15] On 7 August, four more matches were scheduled.^[16]

Brøndby v Silkeborg

20 July 2025 1	Brøndby	3–0	Silkeborg	Brøndbyvester
20:00 CEST	Bundgaard 23', 61' Vallys 86'	Report	Andersen  90+3'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 21,523 Referee: Jacob Karlsen

Silkeborg v Fredericia

27 July 2025 2	Silkeborg	0–2	Fredericia	Silkeborg
16:00 CEST		Report	Marcussen 25' Kudsk  42' Simonsen 44'	Stadium: JYSK Park Attendance: 3,554 Referee: Mikkel Redder

Randers v Silkeborg

3 August 2025 3	Randers	1–0	Silkeborg	Randers
14:00 CEST	Toure 20' (pen.) Pedersen  39'	Report	Montano  19'	Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Jonas Hansen

Silkeborg v Nordsjælland

10 August 2025 4	Silkeborg	4–2	Nordsjælland	Silkeborg
16:00 CEST	Adamsen 12' (pen.), 79', 80', 90+1' Bakiz 15' Mattsson  50'	Report	Amoako Junior  22' Røjkjær  34' Lähteenmäki 45+5' Berthelsen  51' Busch 64' (o.g.) Yirenkyi  78'	Stadium: JYSK Park Attendance: 3,516 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Viborg v Silkeborg

17 August 2025 5	Viborg	v	Silkeborg	Viborg
16:00 CEST				Stadium: Energi Viborg Arena

Midtjylland v Silkeborg

24 August 2025 6	Midtjylland	v	Silkeborg	Herning
14:00 CEST				Stadium: MCH Arena

Silkeborg v Sønderjyske

31 August 2025 7	Silkeborg	v	Sønderjyske	Silkeborg
14:00 CEST				Stadium: JYSK Park

Silkeborg v OB

14 September 2025 8	Silkeborg	v	OB	Silkeborg
18:00 CEST				Stadium: JYSK Park

Copenhagen v Silkeborg

21 September 2025 9	Copenhagen	v	Silkeborg	Copenhagen
16:00 CEST				Stadium: Parken Stadium

Silkeborg v Vejle

28 September 2025 10	Silkeborg	v	Vejle	Silkeborg
16:00 CEST				Stadium: JYSK Park

AGF v Silkeborg

5 October 2025 11	AGF	v	Silkeborg	Aarhus
16:00 CEST				Stadium: Ceres Park

Danish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Danish Cup

Silkeborg entered the Danish Cup in the second round, and were drawn against Danish 1st Division side Middelfart.^[17]

Middelfart v Silkeborg

3 September 2025 Second round	Middelfart	v	Silkeborg	Middelfart
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Middelfart Stadium

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2025.^[18]

Silkeborg v KA

23 July 2025 First leg	Silkeborg	1–1	KA	Silkeborg
19:00 CEST	Simmelhack  24' McCowatt 38' Mattsson  67' Andersen  70'	Report	H. M. Steingrímsson 90+1'	Stadium: JYSK Park Attendance: 3,514[19] Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

KA v Silkeborg

31 July 2025 Second leg	KA	2–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.)	Silkeborg	Akureyri, Iceland
20:00 CEST	Aðalsteinsson  20' H. M. Steingrímsson 34' (pen.) Rømer  59' Sigurgeirsson  78' Kjartansson 86'	Report	Adamsen 6', 54', 62', 114' N. Larsen  33'	Stadium: KA Vollur Attendance: 495[20] Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland)

Third qualifying round

Silkeborg v Jagiellonia Białystok

7 August 2025 First leg	Silkeborg	0–1	Jagiellonia Białystok	Silkeborg
19:00 CEST	Mattsson  50' Østrøm  60'	Report	Vital 15',  87' Romanczuk  71' Pululu  72'	Stadium: JYSK Park Attendance: 4,289[21] Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)

Jagiellonia Białystok v Silkeborg

14 August 2025 Second leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Silkeborg	Białystok, Poland
20:15 CEST	Wojtuszek  23' Imaz 29', 35' Romanczuk  44'	Report	Berger 87' Gammelby 90+5' Freundlich  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 17,369[22] Referee: Eric Wattellier (France)