2020–21 Randers FC season

Randers
2020–21 season
Chairman	Per Hastrup
Manager	Thomas Thomasberg
Stadium	Randers Stadium
Danish Superliga	6th
Danish Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alhaji Kamara (9 goals); All: ; Alhaji Kamara (10 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Randers FC season is the club's eighth consecutive campaign in the Danish Superliga, the top division of football in the country.

In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in this season's edition of the Danish Cup. On 13 May 2021, Randers defeated SønderjyskE 4–0 in the Danish Cup final, winning just their second ever trophy in Danish football.

Players

As of 7 March 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Patrik Carlgren
2	DF	DEN	Simon Graves Jensen
5	DF	DEN	Mathias Nielsen
7	MF	DEN	Mikkel Kallesøe
8	MF	AUT	Simon Piesinger
10	MF	NGA	Tosin Kehinde
11	DF	DEN	Erik Marxen (captain)
14	MF	DEN	Frederik Lauenborg
15	DF	GER	Björn Kopplin
16	MF	NOR	Lasse Berg Johnsen
17	DF	DEN	Jesper Lauridsen
18	FW	DEN	Tobias Klysner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	DEN	Oliver Bundgaard
20	MF	DEN	Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati
21	FW	GER	Bassala Sambou (on loan from Fortuna Sittard)
22	MF	DEN	Mathias Greve
23	FW	AUS	Nikola Mileusnic
25	GK	DEN	Jonas Dakir
35	MF	DEN	Mads Enggård
37	DF	DEN	Christoffer Petersen
38	FW	DEN	Karl Leth
40	MF	DEN	Filip Bundgaard
42	FW	DEN	Kasper Høgh
45	FW	AUT	Marvin Egho
99	FW	SLE	Alhaji Kamara

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Tosin Kehinde	Feirense	Undisclosed	24 August 2020	^[2]
21	FW	Bassala Sambou	Fortuna Sittard	Loan	5 October 2020	^[3]
23	FW	Nikola Mileusnic	Adelaide United	Free	5 October 2020	^[4]
16	MF	Lasse Berg Johnsen	Raufoss	Undisclosed	31 January 2021	^[5]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
18	FW	Benjamin Stokke	Vålerenga	Undisclosed	23 June 2020	^[6]
4	DF	Johnny Thomsen	Unattached	Released	30 June 2020	^[7]
6	DF	André Rømer	Elfsborg	Undisclosed	30 January 2021	^[8]
9	FW	Emil Riis Jakobsen	Preston North End	Undisclosed	1 October 2020	^[9]
24	MF	Issah Salou	Jammerbugt	Undisclosed	1 February 2021	^[10]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	11 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		29	10	6	13	39	34	+5	034.48
Danish Cup	6 October 2020	13 May 2021	Second round	Winners	8	6	2	0	20	5	+15	075.00
Total					37	16	8	13	59	39	+20	043.24

Last updated: 13 May 2021
Source: Weltfussball

Danish Superliga

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
29	10	6	13	39	34	+5	36	5	3	7	24	21	+3	5	3	6	15	13	+2

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: FBref

Regular season

Results by matchday

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	W
Position	1	2	6	8	8	10	10	10	9	8	6	5	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source: Weltfussball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	AGF	22	10	8	4	35	22	+13	38	Qualification for the Championship round
4	Copenhagen	22	10	5	7	39	35	+4	35
5	Randers	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32
6	Nordsjælland	22	7	8	7	35	30	+5	29
7	SønderjyskE	22	8	4	10	30	32	−2	28	Qualification for the Relegation round

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.^[11]^[12]

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRO	MID	COP	AGF	NOR	RAN
2	Midtjylland	32	18	6	8	57	33	+24	60	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	1–0	—	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1
3	Copenhagen	32	16	7	9	61	53	+8	55	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–1	4–2	—	3–2	2–2	2–1
4	AGF (O)	32	13	9	10	48	42	+6	48	Qualification for the European play-off match	1–2	1–4	1–2	—	3–1	2–0
5	Nordsjælland	32	11	10	11	51	51	0	43		0–3	3–2	2–2	2–0	—	2–1
6	Randers	32	11	7	14	43	38	+5	40	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	—

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.^[13]^[14]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Randers qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2020–21 Danish Cup.

Matches

Regular season

13 September 2020 1	Horsens	0–3	Randers	Horsens
14:00 CEST	Jacobsen 77'	Report	Piesinger 72' Jakobsen 78', 90'	Stadium: CASA Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

20 September 2020 2	Randers	1–1	AGF	Randers
16:00 CEST	Kamara 87'	Report	Hausner 2' Mortensen 90'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Mikkel Redder

26 September 2020 3	Midtjylland	1–0	Randers	Herning
20:00 CEST	Kraev 6' Onyeka 22' Brumado 49'	FCM Summary	Graves 29' Lauenborg 38'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Morten Krogh

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 4	Randers	1–2	Brøndby	Randers
19:00 CEST	Kamara 74'	Report	Rosted 14' Uhre 64' Schwäbe 90+1'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

19 October 2020 5	Nordsjælland	1–0	Randers	Farum
19:00 CEST	Jenssen 36' Rygaard 68' Diomande 73' Hansen 80' Amon 85'	Report	Kallesøe 37' Rømer 69' Sambou 89'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

25 October 2020 6	Randers	1–2	SonderjyskE	Randers
16:00 CEST	Greve 8' Kopplin 45+3'	Report	Jacobsen 6' Ekani 25' 27' Wright 39' 42' Simonsen 83' Bah 85'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

30 October 2021 7	Vejle	0–3	Randers	Vejle
17:00 CET	Mucolli 45+1' Milošević 53' Greve 82' Montao 82' Sousa 90+2'	Report	Rømer 27' 54' (pen.) Egho 50' Mistrati 84' Klysner 90+4'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

6 November 2020 8	Randers	1–2	AaB	Randers
19:00 CET	Rømer 79' (pen.)	Report	Okore 21' Hiljemark 53'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Mikkel Redder

23 November 2020 9	Copenhagen	1–2	Randers	Copenhagen
19:00 CET	Nelsson 26' Kaufmann 39' 54' Stamenic 66'	FCK Summary	Egho 40' Kamara 70' Kallesøe 90'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 246 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

27 November 2020 10	Randers	2–1	OB	Randers
19:00 CET	Kamara 35' Lauenborg 55' Rømer 90+7'	Report	O. Lund 82' Larsen 90+7' Gudjohnsen 90+7'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Aydin Uslu

6 December 2020 11	Lyngby	0–3	Randers	Lyngby
18:00 CET	Fosgaard 70'	Report	Kamara 8' 46' Lauenborg 26' Kallesøe 63' Rømer 70' 77' (pen.) Sambou 86'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg Fourth official: Mostafa Seyfi

12 December 2020 12	Randers	3–1	Vejle	Randers
19:00 CET	Kehinde 39' Kamara 47' Kopplin 52' Mistrati 67' Rømer 71' (pen.)	Report	Faghir 33' Ramadani 70'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen Fourth official: Mikkel Redder

20 December 2020 13	SønderjyskE	0–1	Randers	Haderslev
14:00 CET	Wright 34' 45' Ekani 85'	Report	Kamara 22' Rømer 32' Sambou 47' 71' Greve 70'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 300 Referee: https://fbref.com/en/matches/577e8818/SonderjyskE-Randers-December-20-2020-Superliga

2 February 2021 14	Randers	3–0	Horsens	Randers
18:00 CET	Greve 5' Mistrati 11' Kamara 58'	Report		Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

8 February 2021 15	Randers	1–2	Midtjylland	Randers
19:00 CET	Marxen 63' Kehinde 64' Kamara 71'	FCM Summary	Pfeiffer 68' Paulinho 70' Cools 86' Mabil 90+3'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

14 February 2021 16	AaB	0–0	Randers	Aalborg
14:00 CET	Granli 85'	Report		Stadium: Aalborg Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

21 February 2021 17	Randers	1–1	Nordsjælland	Randers
14:00 CET	Kehinde 43' Rømer 60' Høgh 90'	Report	Andersen 52' Nnamani 81'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Referee: Aydin Uslu

28 February 2021 18	OB	2–1	Randers	Odense
14:00 CET	Sabbi 45+3' Lieder 58' Laursen 77' Kløve 79' Christensen 87'	Report	Kamara 23' Kehinde 45+2' Høgh 59' Egho 80'	Stadium: Odense Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonas Hansen

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 19	Brøndby	0–0	Randers	Brøndbyvester
20:00 CET	Vigen 15' Lindstrøm 87'	Report	Piesinger 45+1'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen Fourth official: Benjamin Svedborg

7 March 2021 20	Randers	1–2	Lyngby	Randers
12:00 CET	Egho 29' Lauenborg 51' Greve 54' Nielsen 26' 60' Johnsen 90'	Report	Gammelby 56' Jakobsen 75' Nielsen 87' (pen.) Kaastrup 90'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anders Poulsen Fourth official: Lasse Graagaard

15 March 2021 21	AGF	1–1	Randers	Aarhus
19:00 CET	Links 5' Juelsgård 48' Mortensen 87' Olsen 90+3'	Report	Piesinger 64' Kopplin 81' Mistrati 90' Kehinde 90+2'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard Fourth official: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

21 March 2021 22	Randers	2–1	Copenhagen	Randers
17:00 CET	Johnsen 38' Greve 81' Lauridsen 90+1'	FCK Summary	Lerager 41' Daramy 45' Wind 86'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jens Maae

Championship round

5 April 2021 23	Copenhagen	2–1	Randers	Copenhagen
16:00 CET	Wilczek 10' (Wind) Fischer 18' (Falk)	FCK Summary	Egho 7' (Marxen) Kopplin 25'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

11 April 2021 24	Randers	3–4	Nordsjælland	Randers
14:00 CET	Egho 32' Hammershøy-Mistrati 54', 87'	Report	Jensen 9', 71' Sulemana 29', 42'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

19 April 2021 25	Randers	0–0	Midtjylland	Randers
18:00 CEST	Nielsen 86'	FCM Summary	Kaba 50' Cajuste 57' Sviatchenko 74'	Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

22 April 2021 26	AGF	2–0	Randers	Aarhus
17:45 CEST	Grønbæk 7' Ammitzbøll 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

26 April 2021 27	Brøndby	2–0	Randers	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CEST	Uhre 41' Slimane 78'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 7,488 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

2 May 2021 28	Randers	4–2	Brøndby	Randers
16:00 CEST	Kehinde 29' Hammershøy-Mistrati 46', 48' (pen.) Klysner 87'	Report	Hermannsson 16' Hedlund 73'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

9 May 2021 29	Randers	0–1	AGF	Randers
16:00 CEST		Report	Diks 22'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Referee: Michael Tykgaard

16 May 2021 30	Midtjylland	1–1	Randers	Herning
18:00 CEST	Sviatchenko 45+2' Evander 80'	FCM Summary	Hammershøy-Mistrati 45+2' (pen.) Graves 53' Egho 70' Greve 72' Kopplin 88' Lauenborg 88'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

24 May 2021 32	Randers	v	Copenhagen	Randers
17:00 CET				Stadium: Randers Stadium

Danish Cup

6 October 2020 (2020-10-06) Second round	FC Sydvest 05	1–4	Randers	Tønder
	Clausen 44'	Report	Egho 17' Nielsen 31' Lauridsen 54' Sambou 67'	Stadium: BankParken

10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) Third round	Aarhus Fremad	1–3	Randers	Aarhus
	Ullum	Report	Sambou Bundgaard	Stadium: Riisvangen Stadium

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) Fourth round	Holstebro	1–3	Randers	Holstebro
	Lauridsen 88'	Report	Nielsen 44' Kamara 56' Klysner 81'	Stadium: Holstebro Idrætspark

11 February 2021 (2021-02-11) Quarter-finals 1st leg	Vejle	0–0	Randers	Vejle
20:15 CET		Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Randers	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Vejle	Randers
18:00 CET	Egho 13', 38' Mileusnic 45+1'	Report	Engel 10'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jens Maae

8 April 2021 (2021-04-08) Semi-finals 1st leg	AGF	0–2	Randers	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Hausner 70'	Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 66' Egho 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) Semi-finals 2nd leg	Randers	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	AGF	Randers
19:00 CEST	Egho 41' Marxen 90+2'	Report	Mortensen 24' Links 54'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

13 May 2021 (2021-05-13) Final	Randers	4–0	SønderjyskE	Aarhus
16:30 CEST	Marxen 2' Greve 7', 81' Piesinger 52' Kallesøe 71'	Report	Eskesen 19' Albæk 83' Dal Hende 86'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	99	FW	Alhaji Kamara	9	1	10
2	20	MF	Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati	8	1	9
2	45	FW	Marvin Egho	4	5	9
4	21	FW	Bassala Sambou	2	3	5
4	22	MF	Mathias Greve	3	2	5
6	6	DF	André Rømer	4	0	4
7	18	FW	Tobias Klysner	2	1	3
8	5	DF	Mathias Nielsen	0	2	2
	8	MF	Simon Piesinger	1	1	2
	9	FW	Emil Riis Jakobsen	2	0	2
	10	MF	Tosin Kehinde	2	0	2
12	11	DF	Erik Marxen	0	1	1
	14	MF	Frederik Lauenborg	1	0	1
	16	MF	Lasse Berg Johnsen	1	0	1
	17	DF	Jesper Lauridsen	0	1	1
	23	FW	Nikola Mileusnic	0	1	1
	40	MF	Filip Bundgaard	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				39	20	59

Last updated: 13 May 2021^[15]

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Patrik Carlgren	8	3	11

Last updated: 13 May 2021^[15]

References

^ [1] Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Randers FC website
^ TOSIN KEHINDE SKIFTER PERMANENT TIL RANDERS FC Archived 29 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, randersfc.dk, 24 August 2020
^ RANDERS FC LEJER BASSALA SAMBOU I FORTUNA SITTARD, randersfc.dk, 5 October 2020
^ "Mileusnić departs Reds for Denmark". Adelaide United. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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^ "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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^ "Superliga 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2020-2021 Randers Stats". FBref. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.97015703840654-13] Randers qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2020–21 Danish Cup.

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[2] TOSIN KEHINDE SKIFTER PERMANENT TIL RANDERS FC Archived 29 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, randersfc.dk, 24 August 2020

[3] RANDERS FC LEJER BASSALA SAMBOU I FORTUNA SITTARD, randersfc.dk, 5 October 2020

[4] "Mileusnić departs Reds for Denmark". Adelaide United. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[5] "LASSE BERG JOHNSEN GÅR FRA RAUFOSS TIL RANDERS FC". www.raufossfotball.no (in Norwegian). Raufoss IL. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[6] Herrebrøden, Øyvind (23 June 2020). "Benjamin Stokke klar for Vålerenga". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[7] "Randers-veteran får ikke forlænget kontrakten - klubben skal spare penge". TV2 (in Danish). 13 June 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[8] "ANDRÉ RØMER SOLGT TIL IF ELFSBORG". www.randersfc.dk (in Danish). Randers FC. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[9] "Emil Riis Jakobsen Signs Four Year Deal With Preston North End". Preston North End F.C. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[10] "ISSAH SALOU SKIFTER TIL JAMMERBUGT FC". www.randersfc.dk (in Danish). Randers FC. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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[12] "Superliga 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[14] "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[15] "Superliga 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[Stats-16] "2020-2021 Randers Stats". FBref. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	10	6	13	39	34	+5	36	5	3	7	24	21	+3	5	3	6	15	13	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	10	6	13	39	34	+5	36	5	3	7	24	21	+3	5	3	6	15	13	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	10	6	13	39	34	+5	36	5	3	7	24	21	+3	5	3	6	15	13	+2