2018–19 Odense Boldklub season

Odense Boldklub
2018–19 season
	OB players celebrating a victory against Vejle in August 2018. Photo: Kent Rasmussen
Chairman	Niels Thorborg
Manager	Jakob Michelsen
Stadium	Nature Energy Park
Danish Superliga	5th
Danish Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Bashkim Kadrii (10 goals); All: Bashkim Kadrii (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,246 (vs. Brøndby)
Lowest home attendance	4,005 (vs. Hobro)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 130th season, and their 57th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, the side was also compete in Sydbank Pokalen.

At the end of the 2017–18 season, head coach Kent Nielsen got fired.^[1] Jakob Michelsen signed a 3-year contract on May 29 as new head coach.^[2]

OB finished as 3rd in the Superliga regular season despite starting with the worst opening six games in 19 years.^[3] OB finished strong in the last half of the season, among other things by winning five consecutive games, last time in 2009. OB had the chance to win the bronze medal, but could not keep going in the play-offs, and therefore it ended up with a 5th place. They finished off by losing to Brøndby in the last and deciding game of the season, and therefore OB also missed the 4th place and Europa League.

But beside to a disappointing conclusion, OB ended up with the best season in eight years by finishing in the top-6.^[4]

Season review

The new OB

The 2018–19 season indicated a new start and reboot for the club. Beside from the two new coaches, the club got a new CEO in April.^[5] The new CEO, Enrico Augustinus, had ambitions right from the start, and he wanted to create a new OB and make the club great again. Therefore, Augustinus and the board started to focus on better communication and branding, which hopefully would result in more spectators, due to the low average attendance the last few seasons.^[6]

Mascot

OB retired their mascot, the tiger Victor, who has been the mascot for over a decade. Instead they brought in an almost identical mascot, a cat, who was the OB mascot in the 90's.^[9] At the same time, the old intro song "Eye of the Tiger" was switched out for Carl Nielsen's "Espansiva".^[10]

Pre-season

The OB pre-season were kicked off with the signings of academy players Jonathan Harboe and Mads Frøkjær-Jensen.^[11]^[12] They later on signed Horsens player Alexander Ludwig^[13] and academy player Mathias Jørgensen.^[14]

OB went on playing five pre-season games by winning them all, against Taarup/Paarup, Östersund, Kalmar, Roskilde and Hvidovre. A perfect start for the new head coach Jakob Michelsen. But people were still doubting the team to do well in the Superliga. The reason for was that sporting director Jesper Hansen did not acquire new big profiles. Although he promised a minimum of three new signings in the summer transfer window, but could not promise it would be done before the first Superliga match.^[15]

July

OB's opening Superliga fixture was away against promoted side Vendsyssel on 15 July. OB looked solid, but fell apart in the second half with two quick goals by Vendsyssel. Even though OB scored twice, the Stripes couldn't hold off Vendsyssel from winning 3–2. 17-year old Mathias Jørgensen came in as a sub and scored his first ever Superliga goal.^[16]

After the disappointing loss, OB acquired Janus Drachmann from FC Midtjylland on a four-year deal.^[17] They also sold André Rømer to Randers.^[18]

With the reinforcement they went on playing their home opener against head coach Michelsen's former team SønderjyskE. OB were down 0–2 at half time, but a few substitutions turn things upside down. Jørgensen only needed 13 minutes on the pitch before he could score his second goal in the season, again as a sub, and brought OB on 1–2. Anders K. Jacobsen equalized at the 78 minute-mark. The game ended 2–2 even though OB had the chances for a win.^[19]

OB hoped to bring the good play from the SønderjyskE-game into the next game away against Randers. They played well, but it did not bring them the first win of the season.^[20] It was Rømer who scored the crucial goal after just 39 seconds, after OB just sold him Randers. After the loss, people started to doubt if Michelsen was the right to take over the head coach position after just one point in three games against Vendsyssel, SønderjyskE and Randers.^[21]

August

OB went on playing a tough game against F.C. Copenhagen in the fourth round at home. It looked like they did not stand a chance after the first three game, but OB did quite well. They had their chances to get in front and also could have got a penalty or two. With many missed chances and some bad luck, Dame N'Doye instead scored the deciding goal in favour of Copenhagen in the 85th minute.^[22] OB were now sitting in 13th place.

It was now everything or nothing when OB faced Hobro away in the fifth round. A battle between number 13 and 14, and therefore a battle of not sitting in last place. OB was anything else than lucky, and within 35 minutes they were down with 0–3. In the rainy conditions OB had a hard time creating chances, but they got a few in the closing minutes. Rasmus Festersen missed a penalty, and that was just the symbol of the OB's game. Helenius and Festersen made it 2–3, but could not get the equalizer.^[23] OB were now sitting in last place. The worst start to a season in 19 years.^[3]

Meanwhile Sten Grytebust was rumored away, OB acquired Ivorian goalkeeper Sayouba Mandé.^[24] According to a lot of medias, Mandé were brought in to replace Grytebust. Therefore, everybody a sale of the Norwegian keeper.^[25]

OB were now facing defending Superliga champion FC Midtjylland at home. Not exactly an easy job against the league's current number 3, who got three consecuive wins. But against Copenhagen, OB showed that they could play against even the best teams. And that theory was proved correct as OB were the dominating team in the match. The only problem was still getting the opening goal. And after 74 minutes Marc Dal Hende banged Midtjylland in front, and OB were now facing another questionable defeat. But three minutes into stoppage time Nicklas Helenius equalized and got OB their second point of the season.^[26] A very deserved point that should have been three points, according to several medias.^[27]

First team

Last updated on 20 March 2019^[28]

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
13	Sten Grytebust	GK	(1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 29)
27	Oliver Christensen	GK	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20)
30	Sayouba Mandé	GK	(1993-06-15)15 June 1993 (aged 25)
Defenders
2	Oliver Lund	RB/CB	(1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 28)
3	Alexander Ludwig	CB	(1993-06-30)30 June 1993 (aged 25)
4	Ryan Johnson Laursen	RB	(1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 27)
5	Ramon Leeuwin	CB	(1987-09-01)1 September 1987 (aged 31)
6	Jeppe Tverskov (vice-captain)	CB	(1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 26)
20	Jacob Barrett Laursen	LB	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 24)
24	Marco Lund	CB	(1996-06-30)30 June 1996 (aged 22)
Midfielders
8	Janus Drachmann (captain)	CM	(1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 31)
11	Casper Nielsen	CM/RM	(1994-04-29)29 April 1994 (aged 25)
14	Jens Jakob Thomasen	CM/AM	(1996-05-25)25 May 1996 (aged 23)
16	Julius Eskesen	CM/RM	(1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 20)
17	Jonathan Harboe	CM	(2000-05-24)24 May 2000 (aged 19)
21	Mathias Greve	RM/LM	(1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 24)
23	Troels Kløve	LM	(1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 28)
26	Yao Dieudonne	LM/RM/ST	(1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 22)
29	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	LM/CM	(1999-07-29)29 July 1999 (aged 19)
Forwards
9	Bashkim Kadrii	ST/LW	(1991-07-09)9 July 1991 (aged 27)
10	Rasmus Festersen	ST	(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 32)
15	Nicklas Helenius	ST	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 28)
28	Anders K. Jacobsen	ST	(1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 29)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	29	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	Youth academy	None	^[12]
1 July 2018	MF	17	Jonathan Harboe	Youth academy	None	^[11]
1 July 2018	DF	5	Alexander Ludwig	Horsens		^[13]
1 July 2018	FW	25	Mathias Jørgensen	Youth academy	None	^[14]
18 July 2018	MF	8	Janus Drachmann	Midtjylland	2,600,000 DKK	^[17]
16 August 2018	GK	30	Sayouba Mandé	Stabæk Fotball		^[29]
22 August 2018	DF	5	Ramon Leeuwin	Utrecht	1,850,000 DKK	^[30]
23 August 2018	MF	7	Kamil Vacek	Śląsk Wrocław	Free transfer	^[31]
31 August 2018	FW	9	Bashkim Kadrii	Copenhagen	1,000,000 DKK	^[32]
1 January 2019	GK	1	Thomas Mikkelsen	Lyngby	Back from loan
25 January 2019	DF	2	Oliver Lund	Lyngby		^[33]
Total					5,450,000 DKK

Transfers out

Departure date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2018	DF	17	Jacob Buus	Fredericia	End of contract	^[34]
30 June 2018	FW	7	Jóan Símun Edmundsson	Arminia Bielefeld	End of contract	^[35]
30 June 2018	FW	9	Rasmus Jönsson	Helsingborg	End of contract	^[36]
30 June 2018	DF	5	João Pereira	SønderjyskE	End of contract	^[37]
30 June 2018	MF	21	Mathias Thrane	None	End of contract	^[38]
30 June 2018	MF	22	Nana Welbeck	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	End of contract	^[39]
19 July 2018	MF	8	André Rømer	Randers		^[18]
31 August 2018	GK	1	Thomas Mikkelsen	Lyngby	Loan	^[40]
31 December 2018	DF	2	Kenneth Emil Petersen		Retired	^[41]
8 January 2019	GK	1	Thomas Mikkelsen	Lyngby		^[42]
31 August 2018	MF	7	Kamil Vacek	Bohemians 1905	Loan	^[43]
12 February 2019	FW	25	Mathias Jørgensen	New York Red Bulls	15,000,000 DKK	^[44]
20 March 2019	MF	19	Mikkel Desler	Haugesund		^[45]
Total					15,000,000 DKK

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: 5,450,000 DKK

Winter: 0,000,000 DKK

Total: 5,450,000 DKK

Income

Summer: 0,000,000 DKK

Winter: 15,000,000 DKK

Total: 15,000,000 DKK

Net Expenditure

Summer: 5,450,000 DKK

Winter: 15,000,000 DKK

Total: 9,550,000 DKK

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
9 July 2018	DF	6	Jeppe Tverskov	^[46]
25 September 2018	DF	20	Jacob Barrett Laursen	^[47]
15 May 2019	DF	4	Ryan Johnson Laursen	^[48]
15 May 2019	DF	2	Oliver Lund	^[49]

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 June 2018 Friendly	Tarup/Paarup	0–3	Odense	Odense, Denmark
14:00 CEST		Report	Festersen 11' Dieudonne 12' Jørgensen 78'	Stadium: home Park

27 June 2018 Friendly	Odense	2–0	Östersund	Odense, Denmark
18:00 CEST	Desler 26' Jørgensen 81'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

30 June 2018 Friendly	Odense	2–0	Kalmar	Odense, Denmark
13:00 CEST	Laursen 38' Festersen 45'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

6 July 2018 Friendly	Odense	4–2	Roskilde	Odense, Denmark
13:00 CEST	Laursen 41', 90' Festersen 43' Tverskov 55'	Report	Nøhr 22', 78'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park

9 July 2018 Friendly	Odense	3–0	Hvidovre	Odense, Denmark
13:00 CEST	Jørgensen 22' Helenius 71' (pen.) Thomasen 74'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Winter

24 January 2019 Friendly	Odense	1–0	Pogoń Szczecin	Belek, Turkey
09:00 CEST	Nielsen 52'	Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sports Center

28 January 2019 Friendly	Odense	2–0	Lechia Gdańsk	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CEST	Kadrii 40', 69'	Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sports Center

29 January 2019 Friendly	Rapid Wien	2–5	Odense	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CEST	Knasmüllner 33' Schwab 52'	Report	Nielsen 8', 19' Desler 17' Festersen 32' Tverskov 60'	Stadium: Cornelia Sports Center

2 February 2019 Friendly	Odense	2–2	Helsingborg	Odense, Denmark
15:00 CEST	Kløve 5' Randrup 52' (o.g.)	Report	Jönsson 9', 29'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park

Competitions

Superliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen	26	19	4	3	65	23	+42	61	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	26	18	6	2	62	26	+36	60
3	OB	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42
4	Brøndby	26	11	5	10	44	40	+4	38
5	Esbjerg	26	11	5	10	32	35	−3	38

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.^[50]^[51]

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
26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	7	4	2	19	9	+10	5	2	6	16	22	−6

Last updated: 17 March 2019.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	10	9	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	10	11	11	10	7	4	4	3	4	7	9	8	4	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2019. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 July 2018 1	Vendsyssel	3–2	Odense	Hjørring
14:00 CEST	Knudsen 29' Czajkowski 52' Hjorth 60' Jensen 78' Svenningsen 79' Opondo 83'	Report	Nielsen 35' Barrett 66' Helenius 80' (pen.) Jørgensen 87' Petersen 90+4'	Stadium: Nord Energi Arena Attendance: 3,084 Referee: Morten Krogh

22 July 2018 2	Odense	2–2	SønderjyskE	Odense
14:00 CEST	Petersen 45' Jørgensen 58' Jacobsen 78'	Report	Jónsson 24' Luijckx 24' Jakobsen 43' Zimling 70'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,738 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

29 July 2018 3	Randers	1–0	Odense	Randers
14:00 CEST	Rømer 1' Allansson 43' Bager 72'	Report		Stadium: BioNutria Park Randers Attendance: 3,333 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

5 August 2018 4	Odense	0–1	Copenhagen	Odense
14:00 CEST	Drachmann 82'	Report	Fischer 57' Falk 58' N'Doye 85'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 9,389 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

11 August 2018 5	Hobro	3–2	Odense	Hobro
16:00 CEST	Sabbi 25', 28', 71' Ludwig 35' (o.g.) Rask 49' Gotfredsen 50' Grønning 79'	Report	Helenius 75' Festersen 86', 90+3'	Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 1,623 Referee: Mikkel Redder

19 August 2018 6	Odense	1–1	Midtjylland	Odense
20:00 CEST	Helenius 90+3'	Report	Duelund 13' Dal Hende 74'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Anders Poulsen

26 August 2018 7	Vejle	0–2	Odense	Vejle
14:00 CEST	Sousa 42'	Report	Laursen 35' Tverskov 45+1'	Stadium: Vejle Stadion Attendance: 6,362 Referee: Michael Johansen

2 September 2018 8	Odense	0–0	Nordsjælland	Odense
12:00 CEST	Ludwig 36'	Report	Bartolec 38' Mumin 76'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Peter Munch Larsen

14 September 2018 9	Esbjerg	2–0	Odense	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Brink 15' Sørensen 41' Brinch 43' Agus 45' Kadrii 52' Yakovenko 54'	Report		Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Mikkel Redder

24 September 2018 10	Odense	4–0	Horsens	Odense
19:00 CEST	Kadrii 11' Leeuwin 52' Drachmann 71' Thomasen 84' Helenius 88' Barrett 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Sandi Putros

30 September 2018 11	Aalborg	0–1	Odense	Aalborg
16:00 CEST	Børsting 73' Ahlmann 89'	Report	Nielsen 18'	Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 5,739 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

6 October 2018 12	Odense	2–2	Aarhus	Odense
16:00 CEST	Barrett 37' Kadrii 69' Laursen 73' Leeuwin 76' Helenius 80', 87' (pen.)	Report	Ankersen 13' Sana 22' Juelsgård 43' Guira 69' Mikanović 87' Mmaee 90'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 9,530 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

22 October 2018 13	Brøndby	1–1	Odense	Brøndby
19:00 CEST	Vigen 71' Mukhtar 82'	Report	Kadrii 22' Tverskov 35' Greve 49' Christensen 63' Leeuwin 84'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 12,185 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

26 October 2018 14	SønderjyskE	0–0	Odense	Haderslev
19:00 CEST	Rømer 45' Poulsen 59'	Report	Leeuwin 25' Ludwig 41' Tverskov 81' Desler 85'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Mikkel Redder

2 November 2018 15	Odense	1–0	Hobro	Odense
18:00 CEST	Drachmann 10' Desler 18' Nielsen 87'	Report	Grønning 85'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,005 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

11 November 2018 16	Odense	2–1	Esbjerg	Odense
20:00 CEST	Lund 38' Nielsen 87', 90+3' Barrett 90'	Report	Austin 7' Petre 27' Yakovenko 83'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

25 November 2018 17	Nordsjælland	1–3	Odense	Farum
14:00 CEST	Skov Olsen 3' Damsgaard 18'	Report	Thomasen 24' Helenius 48' Kadrii 59'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 2,144 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

1 December 2018 18	Odense	2–0	Vendsyssel	Odense
16:00 CEST	Kadrii 18', 67' Eskesen 60'	Report	Henriksen 44'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,346 Referee: Sandi Putros

7 December 2018 19	Midtjylland	3–0	Odense	Herning
19:00 CEST	Scholz 23' Poulsen 38' (pen.) Nicolaisen 51' 90' George 58' Dal Hende 59' Andersson 89'	Report	Lund 37' Laursen 39' Grytebust 59'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

14 December 2018 20	Odense	1–2	Aalborg	Odense
19:00 CEST	Helenius 45' (pen.) Kløve 59'	Report	Ochs 21' Ross 32' Rinne 44' Abildgaard 45+3' Kusk 57' Pedersen 80' Christensen 82'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Michael Johansen

10 February 2019 21	Copenhagen	6–1	Odense	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	Thomsen 22' Ankersen 30' Skov 45', 78', 90+3' (pen.) Zeca 52' Boilesen 59' Vavro 65'	Report	Drachmann 44' Laursen 60' Leeuwin 77' Lund 90+2'	Stadium: Telia Parken Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

17 February 2019 22	Odense	1–0	Vejle	Odense
14:00 CEST	Barrett 42' Thomasen 49' Tverskov 56' Leeuwin 90+4'	Report	Schoop 60'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,907 Referee: Peter Munch Larsen

24 February 2019 23	Horsens	1–2	Odense	Horsens
14:00 CEST	Nymann 18' Hansson 49' 56' Drost 73'	Report	Kadrii 26' Barrett 59' Jacobsen 81'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

3 March 2019 24	Odense	2–0	Brøndby	Odense
18:00 CEST	Kadrii 26' Barrett 67' Tverskov 80'	Report	Radošević 34' Halimi 69'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 11,166 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

11 March 2019 25	Aarhus	1–2	Odense	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Lunding 48' Thøgersen 73' Stage 90'	Report	Leeuwin 52' Kadrii 68' Kløve 79', 90+2'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 7,958 Referee: Sandi Putros

17 March 2019 26	Odense	1–0	Randers	Odense
17:00 CEST	Barrett 43' Eskesen 88'	Report	Poulsen 41'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 6,366 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	COP	MID	ESB	BRO	ODE	NOR
1	Copenhagen (C)	36	26	4	6	86	37	+49	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	—	3–0	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–3
2	Midtjylland	36	21	8	7	76	43	+33	71	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round	4–0	—	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0
3	Esbjerg	36	16	8	12	45	47	−2	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	4–3	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0
4	Brøndby (O)	36	15	7	14	60	52	+8	52	Qualification for the European play-off match	1–2	4–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–0
5	Odense	36	14	10	12	48	48	0	52		0–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	—	2–2
6	Nordsjælland	36	10	14	12	52	54	−2	44		0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

29 March 2019 27	Brøndby	2–2	Odense	Copenhagen
19:00 CEST	Hedlund 42' Mukhtar 71' Tibbling 73'	Report	Kløve 45+1' Kadrii 58'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 11,679 Referee: Anders Poulsen

7 April 2019 28	Odense	0–1	Copenhagen	Odense
18:00 CEST	O. Lund 25' Leeuwin 49' Kadrii 66'	Report	Zeca 34' N'Doye 77' Bjelland 90'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 11,154 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

14 April 2019 29	Midtjylland	2–0	Odense	Herning
18:00 CEST	Poulsen 28' (pen.) Onyeka 54'	Report	Tverskov 27'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,035 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

19 April 2019 30	Odense	2–2	Nordsjælland	Odense
18:00 CEST	Festersen 89' Kadrii 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Damsgaard 55' Valentin 62' Nelsson 75' Skov Olsen 87', 87'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 6,093 Referee: Michael Johansen

23 April 2019 31	Esbjerg	0–0	Odense	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Austin 16' Parunashvili 35' Oti 83'	Report		Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 5,601 Referee: Mikkel Redder

28 April 2019 32	Copenhagen	4–0	Odense	Copenhagen
18:00 CEST	N'Doye 29', 58' Skov 55' Thomsen 89'	Report	Grytebust 58'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 15,230 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

5 May 2019 33	Odense	3–1	Midtjylland	Odense
18:00 CEST	Ludwig 40' Thomasen 47' Drachmann 57' M. Lund 63' Nielsen 63'	Report	Dal Hende 62'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 5,119 Referee: Morten Krogh

10 May 2019 34	Odense	4–1	Esbjerg	Odense
19:00 CEST	O. Lund 16', 64' M. Lund 36' Kløve 45', 88' Leeuwin 60' Frøkjær 90'	Report	Petre 49' Yakovenko 71'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 8,724 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

19 May 2019 35	Nordsjælland	2–2	Odense	Farum
12:00 CEST	Amon 44' Bartolec 52' Rygaard 53' Sadiq 64' Nelsson 89'	Report	Lund 6' Kadrii 17'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Anders Poulsen

25 May 2019 36	Odense	0–2	Brøndby	Odense
17:00 CEST	M. Lund 49' Drachmann 81' Kadrii 90+4'	Report	Mensah 31' Wilczek 38', 79' Jung 59' Uhre 73' Schwäbe 79' Hedlund 81'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 14,246 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Sydbank Pokalen

6 September 2018 Second round	AB	0–4	Odense	Gladsaxe
19:30 CEST		Report	Kadrii 21' Laursen 27' Helenius 39', 60' Dieudonne 66'	Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadion Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

3 October 2018 Third round	Thisted	0–2	Odense	Thisted
19:30 CEST		Report	Jacobsen 52' Jørgensen 61'	Stadium: Sparekassen Thy Arena Attendance: 649 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

6 November 2018 Fourth round	Hobro	2–4	Odense	Hobro
17:30 CEST	Grønning 47' Kirkevold 55'	Report	Nielsen 12', 48', 82' Thomasen 51' Jacobsen 74'	Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

27 February 2019 Quarter-final	Odense	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3−2 p)	Esbjerg	Odense
19:00 CEST	Jacobsen 66' Helenius 108'	Report	Petre 14' Kauko 103'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Jakob Kehlet
	Penalties
	Thomasen Jacobsen Helenius Nielsen Kløve		Mortensen Parunashvili Anyembe Yakovenko Lauridsen

3 April 2019 Semi-final	Midtjylland	4–0	Odense	Herning
19:30 CEST	Kløve 31' (o.g.) Onuachu 47', 72' Wikheim 87'	Report	O. Lund 29'	Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Michael Johansen

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

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

As of match played 19 May 2019

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Superliga	Sydbank Pokalen	Total
1	FW	9	Bashkim Kadrii	10	1	11
2	FW	15	Nicklas Helenius	7	3	10
3	MF	11	Casper Nielsen	3	2	5
	DF	20	Jacob Barrett Laursen	5	0	5
	FW	28	Anders K. Jacobsen	2	3	5
6	MF	14	Jens Jakob Thomasen	3	1	4
6	MF	23	Troels Kløve	4	0	4
8	DF	4	Ryan Johnson Laursen	2	1	3
8	FW	—	Mathias Jørgensen	2	1	3
10	DF	2	Oliver Lund	2	0	2
	DF	5	Ramon Leeuwin	2	0	2
	FW	10	Rasmus Festersen	2	0	2
13	DF	3	Alexander Ludwig	1	0	1
	DF	6	Jeppe Tverskov	1	0	1
	MF	8	Janus Drachmann	1	0	1
	DF	24	Marco Lund	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				48	12	60

Disciplinary record

As of match played 25 May 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	Superliga		Sydbank Pokalen		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
5	DF	Ramon Leeuwin	6	0	0	0	6	0
6	DF	Jeppe Tverskov	5	0	0	0	5	0
8	MF	Janus Drachmann	5	0	0	0	5	0
24	DF	Marco Lund	5	0	0	0	5	0
11	MF	Casper Nielsen	3	0	1	0	4	0
9	FW	Bashkim Kadrii	4	0	0	0	4	0
16	MF	Julius Eskesen	3	0	0	0	3	0
20	DF	Jacob Barrett Laursen	3	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Oliver Lund	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Alexander Ludwig	2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Ryan Johnson Laursen	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK	Sten Grytebust	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Troels Kløve	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF	Kenneth Emil Petersen	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	Mikkel Desler	2	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	Rasmus Festersen	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	Jens Jakob Thomasen	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	Nicklas Helenius	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Mathias Greve	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Yao Dieudonne	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	GK	Oliver Christensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			54	0	2	0	56	0

References

^ "OB skal have ny cheftræner". Odense Boldklub. 21 May 2018.
^ "Jakob Michelsen ny cheftræner i OB". Odense Boldklub. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Reagerer på historisk ringe Superliga-start: - Det er ikke synd for mig". Ritzau. Ekstra Bladet. 11 August 2018.
^ "OB styrer mod bedste sæson i otte år". bold.dk. 12 March 2018.
^ "Enrico Augustinus ny direktør i OS&E". Odense Sport & Event. 3 April 2018.
^ Hoffskov, Ole (5 April 2018). "Ny OB-direktør vil kommunikere skarpere". Tipsbladet.
^ "Albani ny hovedsponsor i OB". Odense Boldklub. 4 October 2017.
^ "Nature Energy bliver ny stadionsponsor". Odense Boldklub. 7 June 2018.
^ "Der er en ny kat i byen". Odense Boldklub. 13 July 2018.
^ "Den nye indløbshymne". Odense Boldklub. 13 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Jonathan Harboe underskriver fuldtidskontrakt med OB". Odense Boldklub. 24 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "18-årig får kontrakt i OB". Fyens Stiftstidende. 19 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "OB køber Alexander Ludwig". Odense Boldklub. 12 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Mathias Jørgensen på fuld tid". Odense Boldklub. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ Hoffskov, Ole (6 July 2018). "OB jagter to-tre nye spillere: Vil ikke love tilgange før Superliga-premiere". Tipsbladet.
^ "Effektive Vendsyssel slår OB i dramatisk superligadebut". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 15 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "OB køber Janus Drachmann". Odense Boldklub. 18 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rømer solgt til Randers". Odense Boldklub. 19 July 2018.
^ Abildtrup, Niels (22 July 2018). "Gispende OB fik skabt nyt liv". Fyens Stiftstidende.
^ "OB taber ude: Lynmål sikrer Randers sæsonens første sejr". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 29 July 2018.
^ Rasmussen, Leif (30 July 2018). "Nu venter FCK: OB styrer mod den værste start i 19 år". Fyens Stiftstidende.
^ Rasmussen, Leif (5 August 2018). "OB gik ned med oprejst pande". Fyens Stiftstidende.
^ "Hobro vinder bundgyser over OB". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 11 August 2018.
^ Hoffskov, Ole (16 August 2018). "OB-bekræfter: Fem år til Mandé Sayouba". Tipsbladet.
^ Rasmussen, Leif (15 August 2018). "OB-bekræfter: Fem år til Mandé Sayouba". Fyens Stiftstidende.
^ "OB får uafgjort mod Midtjylland efter gyserafslutning". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 19 August 2018.
^ "OB henter fortjent overtidspoint mod FC Midtjylland". Ritzau. TV 2 Sport. 19 August 2018.
^ "Førsteholdet". www.ob.dk. Odense Boldklub. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
^ "OB køber keeper i Stabæk". Odense Boldklub. 16 August 2018.
^ "Ramon Leeuwin klar for OB". Odense Boldklub. 22 August 2018.
^ "Tjekkisk midtbanespiller skifter til OB". Odense Boldklub. 23 August 2018.
^ Thorsen, Gisle (31 August 2018). "Kadrii tilbage i OB: Her er prisen". Ekstra Bladet.
^ "Oliver Lund vender tilbage til OB". Odense Boldklub. 25 January 2019.
^ "Jacob Buus søger videre i karrieren". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018.
^ "Bielefeld bekræfter Edmundsson-skifte". Fyens Stiftstidende. 30 April 2018.
^ "Rasmus Jönsson stopper i OB". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Pereira fortsætter ikke i OB". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Thrane og OB forlænger ikke". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Vejene skilles for OB og Nana Welbeck". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018.
^ Risager, Victor (31 August 2018). "Lyngby lejer OB-keeper". Tipsbladet.
^ "Kenneth Emil Petersen stopper til nytår". Odense Boldklub. 19 November 2018.
^ "Thomas Mikkelsen skifter permanent til Lyngby". Odense Boldklub. 8 January 2019.
^ Risager, Victor (28 January 2019). "Lyngby lejer OB-keeper". Odense Boldklub.
^ "OB med sjældent stor-salg". Tipsbladet. 12 February 2019.
^ "OB sælger Mikkel Desler". Odense Boldklub. 20 March 2019.
^ "OB og Tverskov forlænger samarbejdet". Odense Boldklub. 9 July 2018.
^ "OB forlænger med Jacob Barrett". Odense Boldklub. 25 September 2018.
^ "Ryan Johnson Laursen forlænger med OB". Odense Boldklub. 15 May 2019.
^ "Endnu en forlængelse: Oliver Lund får to år mere hos Striberne". Odense Boldklub. 15 May 2019.
^ "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold" [Propositions for Football in Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Superliga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[1] "OB skal have ny cheftræner". Odense Boldklub. 21 May 2018.

[2] "Jakob Michelsen ny cheftræner i OB". Odense Boldklub. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[Sæsonstart-3] "Reagerer på historisk ringe Superliga-start: - Det er ikke synd for mig". Ritzau. Ekstra Bladet. 11 August 2018.

[4] "OB styrer mod bedste sæson i otte år". bold.dk. 12 March 2018.

[5] "Enrico Augustinus ny direktør i OS&E". Odense Sport & Event. 3 April 2018.

[6] Hoffskov, Ole (5 April 2018). "Ny OB-direktør vil kommunikere skarpere". Tipsbladet.

[7] "Albani ny hovedsponsor i OB". Odense Boldklub. 4 October 2017.

[8] "Nature Energy bliver ny stadionsponsor". Odense Boldklub. 7 June 2018.

[9] "Der er en ny kat i byen". Odense Boldklub. 13 July 2018.

[10] "Den nye indløbshymne". Odense Boldklub. 13 July 2018.

[Harboe-11] "Jonathan Harboe underskriver fuldtidskontrakt med OB". Odense Boldklub. 24 May 2018.

[Frøkjær-Jensen-12] "18-årig får kontrakt i OB". Fyens Stiftstidende. 19 December 2017.

[Ludwig-13] "OB køber Alexander Ludwig". Odense Boldklub. 12 June 2018.

[Jørgensen-14] "Mathias Jørgensen på fuld tid". Odense Boldklub. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[15] Hoffskov, Ole (6 July 2018). "OB jagter to-tre nye spillere: Vil ikke love tilgange før Superliga-premiere". Tipsbladet.

[16] "Effektive Vendsyssel slår OB i dramatisk superligadebut". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 15 July 2018.

[Drachmann-17] "OB køber Janus Drachmann". Odense Boldklub. 18 July 2018.

[Rømer-18] "Rømer solgt til Randers". Odense Boldklub. 19 July 2018.

[19] Abildtrup, Niels (22 July 2018). "Gispende OB fik skabt nyt liv". Fyens Stiftstidende.

[20] "OB taber ude: Lynmål sikrer Randers sæsonens første sejr". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 29 July 2018.

[21] Rasmussen, Leif (30 July 2018). "Nu venter FCK: OB styrer mod den værste start i 19 år". Fyens Stiftstidende.

[22] Rasmussen, Leif (5 August 2018). "OB gik ned med oprejst pande". Fyens Stiftstidende.

[23] "Hobro vinder bundgyser over OB". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 11 August 2018.

[24] Hoffskov, Ole (16 August 2018). "OB-bekræfter: Fem år til Mandé Sayouba". Tipsbladet.

[25] Rasmussen, Leif (15 August 2018). "OB-bekræfter: Fem år til Mandé Sayouba". Fyens Stiftstidende.

[26] "OB får uafgjort mod Midtjylland efter gyserafslutning". Ritzau. Fyens Stiftstidende. 19 August 2018.

[27] "OB henter fortjent overtidspoint mod FC Midtjylland". Ritzau. TV 2 Sport. 19 August 2018.

[28] "Førsteholdet". www.ob.dk. Odense Boldklub. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[29] "OB køber keeper i Stabæk". Odense Boldklub. 16 August 2018.

[30] "Ramon Leeuwin klar for OB". Odense Boldklub. 22 August 2018.

[31] "Tjekkisk midtbanespiller skifter til OB". Odense Boldklub. 23 August 2018.

[32] Thorsen, Gisle (31 August 2018). "Kadrii tilbage i OB: Her er prisen". Ekstra Bladet.

[33] "Oliver Lund vender tilbage til OB". Odense Boldklub. 25 January 2019.

[34] "Jacob Buus søger videre i karrieren". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018.

[35] "Bielefeld bekræfter Edmundsson-skifte". Fyens Stiftstidende. 30 April 2018.

[36] "Rasmus Jönsson stopper i OB". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[37] "Pereira fortsætter ikke i OB". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[38] "Thrane og OB forlænger ikke". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[39] "Vejene skilles for OB og Nana Welbeck". Odense Boldklub. 18 May 2018.

[40] Risager, Victor (31 August 2018). "Lyngby lejer OB-keeper". Tipsbladet.

[41] "Kenneth Emil Petersen stopper til nytår". Odense Boldklub. 19 November 2018.

[42] "Thomas Mikkelsen skifter permanent til Lyngby". Odense Boldklub. 8 January 2019.

[43] Risager, Victor (28 January 2019). "Lyngby lejer OB-keeper". Odense Boldklub.

[44] "OB med sjældent stor-salg". Tipsbladet. 12 February 2019.

[45] "OB sælger Mikkel Desler". Odense Boldklub. 20 March 2019.

[46] "OB og Tverskov forlænger samarbejdet". Odense Boldklub. 9 July 2018.

[47] "OB forlænger med Jacob Barrett". Odense Boldklub. 25 September 2018.

[48] "Ryan Johnson Laursen forlænger med OB". Odense Boldklub. 15 May 2019.

[49] "Endnu en forlængelse: Oliver Lund får to år mere hos Striberne". Odense Boldklub. 15 May 2019.

[50] "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold" [Propositions for Football in Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[51] "Superliga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

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