2023–24 Odense Boldklub season

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)
	← 2022–23

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

First team

Last updated on 1 February 2024^[1]

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Martin Hansen	GK	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34)
13	Hans Christian Bernat	GK	(2000-11-13) 13 November 2000 (age 23)
27	Magnus Nielsen	GK	(2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 19)
—	Viljar Myhra	GK	(1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 27)
Defenders
2	Nicholas Mickelson	RB	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 24)
3	Nicklas Mouritsen	LB	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29)
4	Bjørn Paulsen	CB	(1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 (age 32)
5	Mihajlo Ivančević	CB	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25)
14	Gustav Grubbe	RB	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 21)
20	Leeroy Owusu	RB	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 27)
23	Aske Adelgaard	LB	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)
24	Yaya Bojang	CB/CDM	(2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 (age 19)
25	Filip Helander	CB	(1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31)
28	Tobias Slotsager	CB	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)
29	James Gomez	CB	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 22)
Midfielders
6	Sven Köhler	CDM	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 27)
8	Alasana Manneh	CDM	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 26)
11	Markus Jensen	AM/LW	(2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 18)
15	Tom Trybull	CM	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31)
18	Max Ejdum	CM	(2004-10-15) 15 October 2004 (age 19)
22	Rami Al Hajj	AM	(2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 22)
Forwards
9	Bashkim Kadrii	ST	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 32)
10	Louicius Don Deedson	LW/RW	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)
17	Luca Kjerrumgaard	ST	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 21)
19	Johannes Selvén	RW	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 20)
21	Charly Nouck Horneman	LW/RW/ST	(2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 (age 20)
26	Agon Muçolli	LW	(1998-09-26) 26 September 1998 (age 25)
30	Max Fenger	ST	(2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 22)

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

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

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

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

Competitions

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	Qualification for the Championship round
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Danish Cup

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

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

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
3	MF	22	Rami Al Hajj	2	1	3
5	FW	19	Johannes Selvén	1	1	2
5	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

References

^ "Førsteholdet". www.ob.dk. Odense Boldklub. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
^ "Max Ejdum bliver førsteholdsspiller". Odense Boldklub. 8 February 2023.
^ "Mohamed Buya Turay er ny stribe". Odense Boldklub. 24 May 2023.
^ "Rami Al-Hajj bliver en af striberne". Odense Boldklub. 14 June 2023.
^ "Vi henter Johannes Selvén". Odense Boldklub. 14 June 2023.
^ "Leeroy Owusu er ny mand i Odense". Odense Boldklub. 17 June 2023.
^ "OB henter stærk stribe til forsvaret". Odense Boldklub. 20 June 2023.
^ "Don Deedson Louicius til OB". Odense Boldklub. 23 June 2023.
^ "Sven Köhler er den nye stribede midtbanespiller". Odense Boldklub. 24 June 2023.
^ "Markus Jensen rykker op på førsteholdet". Odense Boldklub. 10 August 2023.
^ "Tyler Burey er ny stribe i Ådalen". Odense Boldklub. 16 August 2023.
^ "Nicklas Mouritsen kommer til klubben på en treårig aftale". Odense Boldklub. 17 August 2023.
^ "Filip Helander er ny forsvarsspiller på Fyn". Odense Boldklub. 31 August 2023.
^ "Tom Trybull er ny midtbanespiller i OB". Odense Boldklub. 30 September 2023.
^ "Yaya Bojang er ny mand i den stribede førsteholdstrup". Odense Boldklub. 9 January 2024.
^ Abolhosseini, Farzam (30 January 2024). "B.T. afslører: OB køber Viljar Myhra - lægetjek onsdag". B.T.
^ "Viljar Myhra er ny målmand i Odense". Odense Boldklub. 31 January 2024.
^ Gram-Hanssen, Lars; Risager, Victor (1 February 2024). "OB betaler stort millionbeløb for ny stopper". Tipsbladet.
^ "James Gomez er ny stopper i den stribede trøje". Odense Boldklub. 1 February 2024.
^ Abolhosseini, Farzam; Dalgård, Jonas (2 June 2023). "B.T. afslører: Minteh tæt på Newcastle". B.T.
^ "Yankuba Minteh solgt til Newcastle United F.C." Odense Boldklub. 12 June 2023.
^ Quvang, Jacob (13 June 2023). "Medie: Så lidt får OB for Breum". Tipsbladet.
^ "Vi sælger Jakob Breum til Go Ahead Eagles". Odense Boldklub. 13 June 2023.
^ "Joel King sælges til Sydney FC". Odense Boldklub. 23 June 2023.
^ "Mads Frøkjær sælges til Preston North End". Odense Boldklub. 11 July 2023.
^ Rasmussen, Leif (10 August 2023). "Sabbi har skrevet under på en fire-årig kontrakt i Le Havre og OB har nu officielt tjent 15 millioner kroner på amerikaneren". Fyens Stiftstidende.
^ "Emmanuel Sabbi skifter til Le Havre AC". Odense Boldklub. 10 August 2023.
^ "Mohamed Buya Turay skifter til Birmingham Legion FC". Odense Boldklub. 30 January 2024.
^ "Christian Vestergaard udlejes igen til Kolding IF". Odense Boldklub. 16 June 2023.
^ "Agon Mucolli udlejes til Varbergs BoIS FC". Odense Boldklub. 30 August 2023.
^ "Luca Kjerrumgaard udlejes til Stabæk Fotball". Odense Boldklub. 31 August 2023.
^ "Franco Tongya udlejes til AEK Larnaca FC". Odense Boldklub. 2 September 2023.
^ "Tyler Burey tager et halvt år i Oxford United". Odense Boldklub. 10 January 2024.
^ "Alen Mustafić udlejes til Śląsk Wrocław". Odense Boldklub. 12 January 2024.
^ "Sauli Väisänen udlejes til Ascoli Calcio". Odense Boldklub. 18 January 2024.
^ "OB forlænger med Martin Hansen". Odense Boldklub. 22 June 2023.

[1] "Førsteholdet". www.ob.dk. Odense Boldklub. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

[2] "Max Ejdum bliver førsteholdsspiller". Odense Boldklub. 8 February 2023.

[3] "Mohamed Buya Turay er ny stribe". Odense Boldklub. 24 May 2023.

[4] "Rami Al-Hajj bliver en af striberne". Odense Boldklub. 14 June 2023.

[5] "Vi henter Johannes Selvén". Odense Boldklub. 14 June 2023.

[6] "Leeroy Owusu er ny mand i Odense". Odense Boldklub. 17 June 2023.

[7] "OB henter stærk stribe til forsvaret". Odense Boldklub. 20 June 2023.

[8] "Don Deedson Louicius til OB". Odense Boldklub. 23 June 2023.

[9] "Sven Köhler er den nye stribede midtbanespiller". Odense Boldklub. 24 June 2023.

[10] "Markus Jensen rykker op på førsteholdet". Odense Boldklub. 10 August 2023.

[11] "Tyler Burey er ny stribe i Ådalen". Odense Boldklub. 16 August 2023.

[12] "Nicklas Mouritsen kommer til klubben på en treårig aftale". Odense Boldklub. 17 August 2023.

[13] "Filip Helander er ny forsvarsspiller på Fyn". Odense Boldklub. 31 August 2023.

[14] "Tom Trybull er ny midtbanespiller i OB". Odense Boldklub. 30 September 2023.

[15] "Yaya Bojang er ny mand i den stribede førsteholdstrup". Odense Boldklub. 9 January 2024.

[16] Abolhosseini, Farzam (30 January 2024). "B.T. afslører: OB køber Viljar Myhra - lægetjek onsdag". B.T.

[17] "Viljar Myhra er ny målmand i Odense". Odense Boldklub. 31 January 2024.

[18] Gram-Hanssen, Lars; Risager, Victor (1 February 2024). "OB betaler stort millionbeløb for ny stopper". Tipsbladet.

[19] "James Gomez er ny stopper i den stribede trøje". Odense Boldklub. 1 February 2024.

[20] Abolhosseini, Farzam; Dalgård, Jonas (2 June 2023). "B.T. afslører: Minteh tæt på Newcastle". B.T.

[21] "Yankuba Minteh solgt til Newcastle United F.C." Odense Boldklub. 12 June 2023.

[22] Quvang, Jacob (13 June 2023). "Medie: Så lidt får OB for Breum". Tipsbladet.

[23] "Vi sælger Jakob Breum til Go Ahead Eagles". Odense Boldklub. 13 June 2023.

[24] "Joel King sælges til Sydney FC". Odense Boldklub. 23 June 2023.

[25] "Mads Frøkjær sælges til Preston North End". Odense Boldklub. 11 July 2023.

[26] Rasmussen, Leif (10 August 2023). "Sabbi har skrevet under på en fire-årig kontrakt i Le Havre og OB har nu officielt tjent 15 millioner kroner på amerikaneren". Fyens Stiftstidende.

[27] "Emmanuel Sabbi skifter til Le Havre AC". Odense Boldklub. 10 August 2023.

[28] "Mohamed Buya Turay skifter til Birmingham Legion FC". Odense Boldklub. 30 January 2024.

[29] "Christian Vestergaard udlejes igen til Kolding IF". Odense Boldklub. 16 June 2023.

[30] "Agon Mucolli udlejes til Varbergs BoIS FC". Odense Boldklub. 30 August 2023.

[31] "Luca Kjerrumgaard udlejes til Stabæk Fotball". Odense Boldklub. 31 August 2023.

[32] "Franco Tongya udlejes til AEK Larnaca FC". Odense Boldklub. 2 September 2023.

[33] "Tyler Burey tager et halvt år i Oxford United". Odense Boldklub. 10 January 2024.

[34] "Alen Mustafić udlejes til Śląsk Wrocław". Odense Boldklub. 12 January 2024.

[35] "Sauli Väisänen udlejes til Ascoli Calcio". Odense Boldklub. 18 January 2024.

[36] "OB forlænger med Martin Hansen". Odense Boldklub. 22 June 2023.

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