The 2012–13 season is Odense Boldklub's 125th anniversary year. With a 10th place in season 2011-12, they were ready to for a new start, with a new manager, Troels Bech. They began the season winning 1-0 against Brøndby IF.
Odense Boldklub is currently placed 4th in the Danish Superliga after 19 rounds played.
Squad statistics
Danish Superliga
League table
Updated to games played on 20 May 2013.
Source: Danish Football Association (Danish)
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| OB !OB | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Last updated: 20 May 2013
Source: kicker.de
Matches
Round 1: Brøndby IF vs OB
Brøndby IF vs Odense BK was the opening match of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga season. The match were played at Brøndby Stadium, with a very low attendance from the home crowd. The Brøndby manager Auri Skarbalius chose to bench Michael Krohn-Dehli, who was the big star for Denmark at the UEFA Euro 2012, because he stayed on a too long vacation in connection with the tournament.[1]
OB took the lead after 17 minutes with a goal by Jacob Schoop, which was his first goal in the OB-jersey. Brøndby created more chances in the second half, and after 78 minutes Clarence Goodson equalized to 1-1, but the referee Lars Christoffersen cancelled the goal because Goodson pushed Daniel Høegh in the back. OB won the opening match 1-0. It was the first match with Troels Bech as the manager of Odense Boldklub.
Round 2: OB vs Randers FC
Odense BK vs Randers FC was the second match of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga season.
Round 3: FC Nordsjælland vs OB
FC Nordsjælland vs Odense BK was the third match in the 2012-13 Danish Superliga. The match ended 1-1 after FC Nordsjælland led 1-0 most of the game since the 16th minute. But in the 81st minute Kalilou Traoré equalized to 1-1 for OB.
Round 4: Silkeborg IF vs OB
Silkeborg IF vs Odense BK was the fourth round of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga. The game took place at Mascot Park in Silkeborg. Most of the chances was for Silkeborg, but they didn't get the ball over the line. Instead in 3 minutes extra time, OB got the leading goal - out of nowhere - by Morten Skoubo.
Round 5: OB vs FC Midtjylland
Odense BK vs FC Midtjylland was the fifth match of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga season.
Round 6: SønderjyskE vs OB
SønderjyskE vs Odense BK was the sixth round of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga. It was a match between number 2 and 3 in the league. OB won 1-2, and took the 2nd place from SønderjyskE. It was also their 3rd victory in a row.
Round 7: OB vs AaB
Round 8: OB vs FC Copenhagen
Odense BK vs FC Copenhagen was the eighth match of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga season. Before kick-off, Kalilou Traoré got honored, because of his last game for OB, after switching to FC Sochaux.
Round 9: Esbjerg fB vs OB
Round 11: OB vs AGF
Round 13: FC Midtjylland vs OB
FC Midtjylland vs Odense BK was the 13th round in the 2012-13 Danish Superliga. OB dominated the first half, and got the leading goal after 34 minutes by Krisztián Vadócz. After the break, FC Midtjylland got a lot of more chances, but after a few minutes Izunna Uzochukwu got sent off the pitch after stamping Krisztián Vadócz's shin. But that didn't stop FC Midtjylland continuing create chances, while OB's Marcus Pedersen got a red card too. The referee Lars Christoffersen added 6 more minutes, and that was enough for Midtjylland to get an equalizer.
Round 15: Brøndby IF vs OB
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Last updated: 21 May
Source: http://www.ob.dk/kampe/kampkalender.aspx
1Odense Boldklub goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Odense Boldklub.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
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