2015–16 Odense Boldklub season

Odense BK

2015–16 season
Chairman	Niels Thorborg
Manager	Kent Nielsen
Ground	TRE-FOR Park
Danish Superliga	6th
DBU Pokalen	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Rasmus Festersen (12) All: Rasmus Festersen (14)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015–16 season is Odense Boldklub's 126th season in existence.

Pre-season and friendlies

OB did precede their 2015–16 campaign with a local tour of 2 exhibition matches on Funen, including a training camp in Sweden, with friendlies against Nottingham Forest and Ängelholms.

Marstal v Odense

26 June 2015	Marstal	0–2	Odense	Marstal
17:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Marstal Stadion Stadion

Krarup/Espe v Odense

28 June 2015	Krarup/Espe	1–11	Odense	Espe
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Espe Stadion

Nottingham Forest v Odense

8 July 2015	Nottingham Forest	2–4	Odense	Trelleborg
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Vångavallen

Ängelholms v Odense

12 July 2015	Ängelholms	0–3	Odense	Ängelholm
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Ängelholms IP

First team

Last updated on 17 February 2016

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Michael Tørnes		GK	8 January 1986
13	Sten Grytebust		GK	25 October 1989
16	Michael Falkesgaard		GK	9 April 1991
25	Maksym Koval		GK	9 December 1992
Defenders
3	Frederik Tingager		CB	22 February 1993
4	Hallgrímur Jónasson (captain)		CB	4 May 1986
5	Lasse Nielsen		CB	3 March 1987
6	Mohammed Diarra		LB	20 June 1992
20	Jacob Barrett Laursen		LB	17 November 1994
22	Ari Skúlason		LB	14 May 1987
24	Oliver Lund		RB	21 August 1990
30	Magnus Pedersen		CB	23 November 1996
Midfielders
7	Jóan Símun Edmundsson		LM	26 July 1991
8	Mohamed El Makrini		CM	6 July 1987
11	Lucas Jensen		RM	8 October 1994
14	Jens Jakob Thomasen		CM	25 May 1996
15	Izunna Uzochukwu		CM	11 April 1990
18	Azer Bušuladžić		CM	12 November 1991
19	Mikkel Desler		CM	19 February 1995
21	Mathias Greve		CM	11 February 1995
29	Anders Thomsen		CM	29 July 1995
Forwards
9	Rasmus Falk		FW	15 January 1992
10	Rasmus Festersen		FW	26 August 1986
28	Anders K. Jacobsen		FW	27 October 1989

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CM	14	Jens Jakob Thomasen	Youth academy		[1]
1 July 2015	CB	30	Magnus Pedersen	Youth academy
1 July 2015	CB	3	Kasper Larsen	FC Astana	Back from loan	[2]
1 July 2015	FW	23	Thomas Mikkelsen	IFK Göteborg	Back from loan	[3]
1 July 2015	GK	16	Michael Falkesgaard	Brøndby IF	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2015	DF	24	Oliver Lund	FC Vestsjælland	?	[5]
1 July 2015	CM	8	Mohamed El Makrini	SC Cambuur	Free transfer	[6]
3 July 2015	FW	10	Rasmus Festersen	FC Vestsjælland	3,000,000 DKK[7]	[8]
13 August 2015	GK	1	Michael Tørnes	Sandefjord Fotball	Free transfer	[9]
31 August 2015	GK	25	Maksym Koval	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Loan	[10]
19 September 2015	CM	26	Matti Lund Nielsen	Delfino Pescara 1936	Free transfer	[11]
1 January 2016	CB	3	Frederik Tingager	Holbæk B&I	?	[12]
26 January 2016	CM	15	Izunna Uzochukwu	FC Amkar Perm	?	[13]
17 February 2016	GK	13	Sten Grytebust	Aalesunds FK	Free transfer	[14]
Total					3,000,000 DKK

^a = Market value

Transfers out

Departure date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	LB	–	Emil Peter Jørgensen	FC Fredericia	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2015	CM	8	Martin Spelmann	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	3,000,000 DKK[16]	[17]
1 July 2015	CB	26	Daniel Høegh	FC Basel	6,000,000 DKK[18]	[19]
1 July 2015	RB	28	Håkon Skogseid	Lilleström SK	End of contract
1 July 2015	GK	17	Mads Toppel	Næsby BK	Free transfer	[20]
14 August 2015	CB	3	Kasper Larsen	FC Groningen	3,400,000 DKK[21]	[22]
27 August 2015	FW	13	Vladimir Dvalishvili		Released	[23]
31 December 2015	MF	26	Matti Lund Nielsen		End of contract
8 January 2016	DF	2	Mikkel Kirkeskov	Aalesunds FK	?	[24]
13 January 2016	MF	15	Lasse Kryger	AC Horsens	?	[25]
22 January 2016	MF	7	Emil Larsen	Columbus Crew SC	3,000,000 DKK[26]	[27]
28 January 2016	GK	27	Casper Radza	Næsby BK	Released	[28]
31 January 2016	FW	17	Kenneth Zohore	K.V. Kortrijk	10,000,000 DKK[29]	[30]
Total					25,400,000 DKK

Competitions

Danish Superliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Brøndby	27	12	6	9	33	31	+2	42
6	Randers	28	11	7	10	37	35	+2	40
7	Odense	27	12	4	11	44	43	+1	40
8	Viborg	27	9	7	11	30	34	−4	34
9	Nordsjælland	27	10	4	13	29	39	−10	34

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: DBU, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off on neutral ground (only if rankings are important for medals, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions); 9) Draw.^[31][32]

Matches

Odense v Hobro

19 July 2015 1	Odense	3–0	Hobro	Odense
13:30 CEST	Festersen  23' Skúlason  42' Greve  66' Falk  83'	Report	Jessen  37' Mikkelsen  90'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 7,797 Referee: Michael Svendsen

Brøndby v Odense

26 July 2015 2	Brøndby	1–2	Odense	Copenhagen
16:00 CEST	Pukki  11'	Report	Festersen  30', 66' Kirkeskov  63' Falk  79'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 11,494 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Midtjylland v Odense

31 July 2015 3	Midtjylland	1–0	Odense	Herning
20:30 CEST	Sviatchenko  72' Sparv  78' Duncan  90+3'	Report	Jónasson  25' Lund  46' Festersen  54' El Makrini  65' Kirkeskov  90+2'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,477 Referee: Mads Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Odense v Aarhus

7 August 2015 4	Odense	2–2	Aarhus	Odense
18:00 CEST	Festersen  2' Greve  35' Skúlason  45' Lund  65'	Report	Aabech  30' Vadsadze  62',  67' Elez  90+5'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 9,932 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

Odense v Randers

16 August 2015 5	Odense	2–3	Randers	Odense
18:00 CEST	Skúlason  16' Larsen  35' Diarra  45+1' Zohore  46'	Report	Tverskov  4' Fenger  14' Brock-Madsen  51' (pen.) Lundberg  80'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 7,692 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

Aalborg v Odense

24 August 2015 6	Aalborg	5–1	Odense	Herning
19:00 CEST	Enevoldsen  9' Risgård  16', 88' Spalvis  58' Børsting  89'	Report	Larsen  62' Kirkeskov  80'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,014 Referee: Jacob Kehlet

Odense v Copenhagen

30 August 2015 7	Odense	1–0	Copenhagen	Odense
18:00 CEST	Lund  11' Jacobsen  62' Bušuladžić  81'	Report		Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 10,039 Referee: Anders Poulsen

Esbjerg v Odense

14 September 2015 8	Esbjerg	4–2	Odense	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Söder  1' Lekven  12' Bille  17',  90+1' Pálsson  30',  57' Mensah  62'	Report	Zohore  43' El Makrini  54'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 5,329

Odense v Viborg

19 September 2015 9	Odense	2–0	Viborg	Odense
16:00 CEST	Bušuladžić  32' Zohore  44' Falk  75' Kryger  83'	Report	Pallesen  33' Déblé  84'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 5,807 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

SønderjyskE v Odense

25 September 2015 10	SønderjyskE	4–0	Odense	Haderslev
18:00 CEST	Madsen  19' Absalonsen  24' Drachmann  34' Pedersen  40' Dalgaard  86'	Report	Falk  30'	Stadium: Haderslev Fodboldstadion Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Nordsjælland v Odense

2 October 2015 11	Nordsjælland	1–5	Odense	Farum
18:00 CEST	Vingaard  17' Petry  40' Gregor  81'	Report	Festersen  22' (pen.), 29', 72' El Makrini  35' Zohore  78' Greve  90+2'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 4,811 Referee: Jens Maae

Odense v SønderjyskE

17 October 2015 12	Odense	1–2	SønderjyskE	Odense
18:00 CEST	Zohore  28' Bušuladžić  81' Koval  88'	Report	Dalgaard  58' Absalonsen  68'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 5,617 Referee: Anders Poulsen

Randers v Odense

26 October 2015 13	Randers	1–1	Odense	Farum
19:00 CEST	Borring  31'	Report	Zohore  11' El Makrini  67'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Odense v Brøndby

1 November 2015 14	Odense	2–5	Brøndby	Odense
18:00 CEST	Zohore  6' Jacobsen  90+1'	Report	Austin  8' Pukki  12' Kahlenberg  30',  44' Elmander  85', 90+2'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 10,272 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Viborg v Odense

8 November 2015 15	Viborg	0–1	Odense	Viborg
13:30 CEST		Report	Skúlason  68' Festersen  71' Greve  75'	Stadium: Energi Viborg Arena Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Odense v Midtjylland

20 November 2015 16	Odense	1–1	Midtjylland	Odense
18:00 CEST	Festersen  80' Bušuladžić  84'	Report	Rømer  81',  88'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 4,501 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Odense v Esbjerg

30 November 2015 17	Odense	2–1	Esbjerg	Odense
18:00 CEST	Koval  27' Desler  31' Festersen  48' El Makrini  56' Lund  73' Falk  90+3'	Report	Bille  20' Jessen  78' Almebäck  86'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Benjamin Svedborg

Copenhagen v Odense

6 December 2015 18	Copenhagen	4–1	Odense	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	M. Jørgensen  17', 27' N. Jørgensen  69' Nielsen  75' (o.g.)	Report	Jacobsen  88'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 14,636 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Odense v Aarhus

26 February 2016 19	Odense	2–2	Aarhus	Odense
18:00 CEST	Jacobsen  53' Skúlason  80' Greve  65',  88'	Report	Bjarnason  12',  85' Backman  16' Elez  32' Pedersen  71' Jønsson  84' Aabech  88'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 7,459 Referee: Jens Maae

Aalborg v Odense

4 March 2016 20	Aalborg	0–1	Odense	Aalborg
18:00 CEST	Kakeeto  31'	Report	El Makrini  32' Festersen  56'	Stadium: Nordjyske Arena Attendance: 5,620 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Odense v Nordsjælland

13 March 2016 21	Odense	3–1	Nordsjælland	Odense
13:00 CEST	Jacobsen  18' Festersen  77' Falk  89'	Report	Mikkelsen  44'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 5,044 Referee: Anders Poulsen

Hobro v Odense

19 March 2016 22	Hobro	0–2	Odense	Hobro
16:00 CEST	Kirkevold  33' Ogunbiyi  37' Park  75'	Report	Jacobsen  49' Falk  72'	Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Odense v Randers

3 April 2016 23	Odense	0–1	Randers	Odense
13:00 CEST		Report	Ishak  45' Marxen  90+2'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 6,611 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Brøndby v Odense

10 April 2016 24	Brøndby	1–0	Odense	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	Jakobsen  37' Phiri  38' Boysen  72'	Report	Nielsen  74'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 11,263 Referee: Jens Maae

Odense v Viborg

17 April 2016 25	Odense	5–1	Viborg	Odense
13:00 CEST	Festersen  35' (pen.) Falk  40' Uzochukwu  43' Jacobsen  47', 67', 77' El Makrini  56' Bušuladžić  59'	Report	Akharraz  10' Reese  34' Curth  57' Lerager  61'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 4,722 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

Midtjylland v Odense

22 April 2016 26	Midtjylland	v	Odense	Herning
18:00 CEST				Stadium: MCH Arena

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
27	12	4	11	44	43	+1	40	6	3	4	26	19	+7	6	1	7	18	24	−6

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com

Result 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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position	1	1	4	4	5	9	8	8	7	9	6	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

DBU Pokalen

Tarup/Paarup v Odense

9 September 2015 Second round	Tarup/Paarup	0–2	Odense	Odense
17:45 CEST	Festersen  70', 81'	Report	Fønss  44'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 3,015 Referee: Mads Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Fredericia v Odense

26 July 2015 Third round	Fredericia	2–1	Odense	Fredericia
16:00 CEST	Podstavek  23' Ćatović  37' Baldvinsson  69' Feldballe  81'	Report	Zohore  38'	Stadium: Monjasa Park Attendance: 1,680 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 2 May 2016

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Superliga	DBU Pokalen	Total
1	FW	10	Rasmus Festersen	13	2	15
2	FW	28	Anders K. Jacobsen	10	0	10
3	FW	–	Kenneth Zohore	7	1	8
4	MF	9	Rasmus Falk	5	0	5
5	MF	21	Mathias Greve	3	0	3
	DF	22	Ari Skúlason	3	0	3
7	MF	8	Mohamed El Makrini	1	0	1
	MF	–	Lasse Kryger	1	0	1
	MF	–	Emil Larsen	1	0	1
TOTALS				44	3	47

Disciplinary record

As of match played 2 May 2016

No.	Pos.	Name	Superliga		DBU Pokalen		Total
8	MF	Mohamed El Makrini	6	0	0	0	6	0
18	MF	Azer Bušuladžić	5	0	0	0	5	0
24	DF	Oliver Lund	5	0	0	0	5	0
9	FW	Rasmus Falk	4	0	0	0	4	0
–	DF	Mikkel Kirkeskov	3	0	1	0	4	0
21	MF	Mathias Greve	3	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF	Ari Skúlason	3	0	0	0	3	0
15	MF	Izunna Uzochukwu	2	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK	Maksym Koval	2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Hallgrímur Jónasson	1	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Lasse Nielsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Mohammed Diarra	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	Rasmus Festersen	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Mikkel Desler	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	MF	Emil Larsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			40	0	1	0	41	0

References

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2. "Kasper Larsen vender hjem til OB". Odense Boldklub. 2 July 2015.
3. "Thomas Mikkelsen vender tilbage til OB". bold.dk. 8 June 2015.
4. "OB skriver kontrakt med Michael Falkesgaard". Odense Boldklub. 3 June 2015.
5. "OB henter forsvarsspiller i Vestsjælland". Odense Boldklub. 24 June 2015.
6. "OB henter midtspiller i Holland". Odense Boldklub. 1 July 2015.
7. "OB henter Festersen i FCV for tre millioner". Odense Boldklub. 3 July 2015.
8. "OB henter forsvarsspiller i Vestsjælland". Odense Boldklub. 3 July 2015.
9. "Michael Tørnes klar for OB". Odense Boldklub. 13 August 2015.
10. "Maksym Koval glæder sig til OB". Odense Boldklubb. 31 August 2015.
11. "OB skriver kontrakt med Matti Lund Nielsen". Odense Boldklub. 19 September 2015.
12. "Frederik Tingager klar for OB". Odense Boldklub. 8 December 2015.
13. "Izunna klar for OB". Odense Boldklub. 26 January 2016.
14. "OB sikrer sig norsk keeper". Odense Boldklub. 19 September 2015.
15. "Emil Peter Jørgensen stopper i OB". Odense Boldklub. 22 May 2015.
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17. "OB sælger Martin Spelmann til Genclerbirligi". Odense Boldklub. 28 May 2015.
18. "Daniel Høegh får fire år i Basel: Så meget tjener OB på ham". BT. 2 June 2015.
19. "FC Basel køber Daniel Høegh". Odense Boldklub. 2 June 2015.
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