2020–21 SønderjyskE Fodbold season

SønderjyskE
2020–21 season
Chairman	Gynther Kohls
Head coach	Glen Riddersholm
Stadium	Sydbank Park
Danish Superliga	8th
Danish Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Haji Wright; (11 goals); All: ; Haji Wright; (13 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season, was SønderjyskE's 20th season as a professional football club and their 12th consecutive season in the Superliga, the top-flight of Danish football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is competing in this season's editions of the Danish Cup and UEFA Europa League, which they appeared in for the second time following their win in the 2019–20 Danish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

As of 6 February 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	AUS	Lawrence Thomas
2	DF	DEN	Stefan Gartenmann
3	DF	SWE	Emil Holm
4	DF	ISL	Ísak Ólafsson
5	DF	DEN	Marc Dal Hende
6	DF	AUT	Philipp Schmiedl
7	MF	DEN	Julius Eskesen
10	FW	DEN	Anders K. Jacobsen
11	FW	NOR	Bård Finne
12	DF	DEN	Pierre Kanstrup
16	FW	DEN	Jannick Liburd
17	FW	DEN	Roni Arabaci
18	FW	BFA	Adama Guira


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	DEN	Mads Winther
20	FW	DEN	Peter Christiansen
21	FW	DEN	Jeppe Simonsen
22	DF	DEN	Emil Frederiksen
23	MF	DEN	Mads Hansen
24	MF	DEN	Rasmus Vinderslev
25	FW	USA	Haji Wright
26	DF	DEN	Patrick Banggaard
28	GK	DEN	Nicolai Flø
29	MF	CMR	Victor Ekani
77	MF	NGA	Rilwan Hassan
90	MF	DEN	Mads Albæk

Youth players in use

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	MF	DEN	Isak Jensen

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
25	FW	Haji Wright	VVV-Venlo	Free	2 August 2020	^[2]
22	DF	Emil Frederiksen	SC Heerenveen	Undisclosed	2 August 2020	^[3]
1	GK	Lawrence Thomas	Melbourne Victory	Free	2 August 2020	^[4]
5	DF	Marc Dal Hende	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	9 August 2020	^[5]^[6]
28	GK	Nicolai Flø	Vendsyssel	Free	13 August 2020	^[7]
6	DF	Philipp Schmiedl	SCR Altach	Undisclosed	3 October 2020	^[8]
11	FW	Bård Finne	Vålerenga	Undisclosed	10 October 2020	^[9]
3	DF	Emil Holm	Göteborg	Undisclosed	26 January 2021	^[10]
18	MF	Adama Guira	R&F	Undisclosed	6 February 2021	^[11]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
28	GK	Sebastian Mielitz	Viktoria Köln	Free	15 July 2020	^[12]
14	DF	João Pereira	Unattached	Released	1 August 2020
8	FW	Christian Jakobsen	Lyngby	Undisclosed	3 August 2020	^[13]
6	MF	Eggert Jónsson	FH	Free	4 August 2020
1	GK	Nikola Mirković	Unattached	Released	5 October 2020
3	DF	Marc Pedersen		Retired	23 October 2020	^[14]
15	FW	Johan Absalonsen		End of contract	31 December 2020	^[15]
14	DF	Mads Steenberg	Middelfart	Undisclosed	2 January 2021	^[16]
9	MF	Alexander Bah	Slavia Prague	Undisclosed	5 January 2021	^[17]
8	MF	Ogenyi Onazi	Unattached	Released	5 January 2021	^[18]

Non-competitive friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	11 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	22	8	4	10	30	32	−2	036.36
Danish Cup	11 November 2020		Third round	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
Europa League	24 September 2020		Third qualifying round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total				27	12	4	11	39	37	+2	044.44

Last updated: 21 March 2021
Source: Weltfussball

Danish Superliga

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L
Position	3	7	3	4	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7

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

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Randers	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32	Qualification for the Championship round
6	Nordsjælland	22	7	8	7	35	30	+5	29	Qualification for the Championship round
7	SønderjyskE	22	8	4	10	30	32	−2	28	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	OB	22	7	7	8	25	28	−3	28
9	AaB	22	7	7	8	24	30	−6	28

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.^[19]^[20]

Relegation round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	AAB	SON	ODE	VEJ	LYN	HOR
1	AaB	32	12	10	10	44	41	+3	46	Qualification for the European play-off match	—	3–2	3–2	2–1	4–0	1–1
2	SønderjyskE	32	13	5	14	45	48	−3	44		0–4	—	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–3
3	OB	32	11	10	11	40	39	+1	43		1–0	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	4–0
4	Vejle	32	9	11	12	42	50	−8	38		1–1	4–2	2–2	—	2–2	3–0
5	Lyngby (R)	32	6	8	18	36	63	−27	26	Relegation to Danish 1st Division	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	—	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.^[21]^[22]
(R) Relegated

Matches

11 September 2020 1	SonderjyskE	2–0	Midtjylland	Haderslev
19:00 CEST	Bah 57' Wright 90'	FCM Summary	Cools 48'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 2,210 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

20 September 2020 2	Vejle	4–1	SonderjyskE	Vejle
18:00 CEST	Allan Sousa 45+2' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Mucolli 84', 90+7' Ezatolahi 87'	Report	Jacobsen 52' 53' Wright 90+3'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Aydin Uslu

27 September 2020 3	SonderjyskE	3–1	AaB	Haderslev
14:00 CEST	Absalonsen 41' (pen.) Banggaard 43' Christiansen 45+1' Ekani 45+2' Absalonsen 45+4' Wright 88', 90+7'	Report	van Weert 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Sydbank Park Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

4 October 2020 4	Lyngby	2–2	SonderjyskE	Lyngby
14:00 CEST	Jakobsen 42' Geertsen 90' Riel 90+4'	Report	Jacobsen 25', 71'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadium Referee: Jakob Kehlet

18 October 2021 (2021-10-18) 5	SønderjyskE	2–0	Brøndby	Haderslev
16:00 CEST	Wright 48' Bah 54'	Report		Stadium: Sydbank Park Referee: Sandi Putros

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'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

2 November 2020 7	SønderjyskE	1–1	AGF	Haderslev
19:00 CET	Wright 10' Jacobsen 37' (pen.) 45' Albæk 61'	Report	Blume 32' 58' Olsen 63' Helenius 90+3'	Stadium: Haderslev Football Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

8 November 2020 8	Horsens	0–3	SønderjyskE	Horsens
20:00 CET	Jacobsen 9' Frantsen 11' Thorsen 80' Qamili 87' Brajanac 90+1'	Report	Ekani 22' Bah 52' 68' Thomas 56' Wright 78'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

22 November 2020 9	OB	1–1	SønderjyskE	Odense
14:00 CEST	Skjelvik 49' Thomasen 83' Gudjohnsen 87'	Report	Bah 86' Tverskov 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

29 November 2020 10	SønderjyskE	1–3	Copenhagen	Haderslev
16:00 CEST	Daramy 3' Zeca 34' Oviedo 76' Falk 81'	Report	Bah 73'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Morten Krogh

6 December 2020 11	SønderjyskE	2–1	Nordsjælland	Haderslev
14:00 CET	Bah 18' Simonsen 44' Wright 47' Albæk 90+1'	Report	Abu 52' 90+1'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

13 December 2021 (2021-12-13) 12	Brøndby	2–1	SønderjyskE	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CET	Uhre 32' 41' Vigen 55' Slimane 83'	Report	Jacobsen 42' (pen) 53' Hassan 81' Simonsen 86'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard-Andersen

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: Jørgen Burchardt

4 February 2021 14	FC Midtjylland	1–2	SønderjyskE	Herning
18:00 CEST	Cajuste 33' Sviatchenko 90+'	FCM Summary	Frederiksen 23' Albæk 45' Gartenmann 47' Eskesen 76' Jacobsen 80' (Gartenmann) Kanstrup 88' Dal Hende 89'	Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

7 February 2021 15	SønderjyskE	0–1	Vejle	Haderslev
18:00 CET		Report	Hetemi 21' Allan Sousa 27' Faghir 48' 63'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Referee: Aydin Uslu

15 February 2021 16	Copenhagen	3–2	SønderjyskE	Copenhagen
19:00 CET	Fischer 38' Wind 48' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Stage 57' Jørgensen 82' Boilsen 87' Bartolec 90+5'	FCK Summary	Ekani 35' 47' Albæk 40' 45+1' Banggaard 80' Dal Hende 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

21 February 2021 17	AGF	2–0	SønderjyskE	Aarhus
16:00 CET	Mortensen 74' (pen.) Olsen 80'	Report	Gartenmann 74'	Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

1 March 2021 18	SønderjyskE	1–4	Lyngby	Haderslev
19:00 CET	Jacobsen 82' (pen.)		Warming 37' Gammelby 44', 52' Kaastrup 84'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 0

4 March 2021 19	SønderjyskE	1–1	OB	Haderslev
18:00 CET	Vinderslev 30' Dal Hende 53' Thomas 89' Eskesen 90+5'	Report	Jebali 78'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikkel Redder

8 March 2021 20	AaB	1–0	SønderjyskE	Aalborg
19:00 CET	Nielsen 15' Thelander 33' Fossum 90+3' (pen.) Børsting 90+6'	Report	Vinderslev 32' Jacobsen 75' Simonsen 90+2'	Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Aydin Uslu Fourth official: Michael Rasmussen

14 March 2021 21	SonderjyskE	2–0	Horsens	Haderslev
14:00 CET	Jacobsen 4' Dal Hende 9'	FCM Summary		Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

21 March 2021 22	Nordsjælland	2–1	SønderjyskE	Farum
17:00 CET	Schjelderup 16', 34'	Report	Thychosen 57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Danish Cup

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Third round	Skive IK	0–1	SønderjyskE	Skive
		Report	Christiansen 2'	Stadium: Skive Stadium

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) Fourth round	SønderjyskE	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyngby	Haderslev
	Wright 40' Gartenmann 114'	Report	Torp 33'	Stadium: Haderslev Football Stadium

10 February 2021 (2021-02-10) Quarter-finals 1st leg	Fremad Amager	1–2	SønderjyskE	Copenhagen
18:00 CET	Soulas 65'	Report	Finne 37' Ekani 83'	Stadium: Sundby Idrætspark Referee: Jens Maae

11 March 2021 (2021-03-11) Quarter-finals 2nd leg	SønderjyskE	4–1 (6–2 agg.)	Fremad Amager	Haderslev
16:30 CET	Wright 13' Holm 38', 56' Frederiksen 89'	Report	Bay 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Haderslev Football Stadium Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

8 April 2021 (2021-04-08) Semi-finals 1st leg	Midtjylland	1–0	SønderjyskE	Herning
16:30 CEST	Kaba 48'	Report	Vinderslev 34' Holm 69'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jens Maae

15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) Semi-finals 2nd leg	SønderjyskE	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Midtjylland	Haderslev
16:30 CEST	Simonsen 49', 83' Scholz 55' (o.g.) Banggaard 75' Eskesen 88'	Report	Scholz 4' Evander 87'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

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: Ceres Park Attendance: 7,981 Referee: Morten Krogh

UEFA Europa League

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) Third qualifying round	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	SønderjyskE	Doosan Arena, Plzeň
18:00	Ondrášek 35' (pen.) Ba Loua 41' Káčer 51'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	25	FW	Haji Wright	11	2	13
2	10	FW	Anders K. Jacobsen	10	0	10
3	3	DF	Emil Holm	3	2	5
4	5	MF	Alexander Bah	4	0	4
	5	DF	Marc Dal Hende	4	0	4
	21	FW	Jeppe Simonsen	2	2	4
7	2	DF	Stefan Gartenmann	1	1	2
	22	MF	Emil Frederiksen	1	1	2
	29	MF	Victor Ekani	1	1	2
	77	MF	Rilwan Olanrewaju Hassan	2	0	2
	90	MF	Mads Albæk	2	0	2
12	11	FW	Bård Finne	0	1	1
	20	FW	Peter Christiansen	0	1	1
	26	DF	Patrick Banggaard	1	0	1
		FW	Johan Absalonsen	1	0	1
Own goals				2	1	3
Totals				45	12	57

Last updated: 24 May 2021^[23]

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	1	GK	Lawrence Thomas	8	0	8
2	28	GK	Nicolai Flø	0	1	1
Totals				8	1	9

Last updated: 24 May 2021^[23]

References

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[1] "Superliga-truppen - SønderjyskE". soenderjyske.dk. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[2] Henry jr., Larry (2 August 2020). "Haji Wright joins Danish Superliga side Sonderjyske". SBI Soccer. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[3] "Lang kontrakt til Emil Frederiksen". soenderjyskE (in Danish). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[4] SønderjyskE henter målmand ”Down Under”, soenderjyske.dk, 2 August 2020

[5] Ravn, Jacob (9 August 2020). "Populær power-back vender tilbage til SønderjyskE". SoenderjyskE.dk. SønderjyskE. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[6] Asferg, Mikkel (9 August 2020). "SønderjyskE køber Dal Hende tilbage". sport.tv2.dk. TV 2 Sporten. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[7] SønderjyskE henter målmand med Superliga-erfaring, soenderjyske.dk, 13 August 2020

[8] Ravn, Jacob (3 October 2020). "Østrigsk forsvarsspiller til SønderjyskE" (in Danish). SønderjyskE Fodbold. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[9] Norsk kantspiller til SønderjyskE, soenderjyske.dk, 10 October 2020

[10] "Lang kontrakt til ung svensker i SønderjyskE". Soenderjyske (in Danish). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[11] "Gammel kending får kontrakt i SønderjyskE frem til sommer". www.soenderjyske.dk (in Danish). SønderjyskE Fodbold. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[viktoriaköln-12] Iversen, Jens Kragh (15 July 2020). "Sebastian Mielitz wechselt zu Viktoria Köln". Der Nordschleswiger (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[13] Greko: ”Det skifte jeg havde håbet på”, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 3 August 2020

[14] Knæet tvinger SE-anfører til karrierestop, bold.dk, 23 October 2020

[15] Absalonsen stopper i Sønderjyske efter otte sæsoner, berlingske.dk, 30 December 2020

[16] "Steenberg skifter klub i jagten på spilletid". www.soenderjyske.dk (in Danish). SønderjyskE Fodbold. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[Alexander_Bah-17] "Slavii posílil dánský reprezentant Alexander Bah". slavia.cz/ (in Czech). SK Slavia Prague. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

[18] "Onazi stopper i SønderjyskE". www.soenderjyske.dk (in Danish). SønderjyskE Fodbold. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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

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