2024–25 FC Midtjylland season

FC Midtjylland
2024–25 season
Owner	Anders Holch Povlsen
Chairman	Cliff Crown
Manager	Thomas Thomasberg
Stadium	MCH Arena
Superliga	4th
Danish Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Playoff round
Top goalscorer	League: Oliver Sørensen; Adam Buksa (3); All: Oliver Sørensen; Adam Buksa (4)
Highest home attendance	8,703 (3 August 2024 vs. Aab)
Lowest home attendance	7,917 (31 July 2024 vs. Santa Coloma)
Average home league attendance	8,171 (24 August 2024)
Biggest win	2–0 (3 August 2024 vs. AaB); (6 August 2024 vs. Ferencváros)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season is FC Midtjylland's 26th season in existence, and its 24th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. As a result of Midtjylland winning the 2023–24 Danish Superliga title, the club is participating in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League and will also compete in the 2024–25 Danish Cup.

Squad

As of 22 August 2024 ^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Since	Date of birth	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Jonas Lössl	GK	2021	1 February 1989	Everton F.C.
16	Elías Rafn Ólafsson	GK	2020	11 March 2000	Breiðablik
30	Ovie Ejeheri	GK	2024	23 April 2003	Arsenal F.C.
Defenders
3	Lee Han-beom	DF	2023	17 June 2002	FC Seoul
4	Ousmane Diao	DF	2024	8 June 2004	C.D. Mafra
6	Joel Andersson	DF	2018	11 November 1996	BK Häcken
13	Adam Gabriel	DF	2023	28 May 2001	Sparta Prague
15	Christian Sørensen	DF	2024	6 August 1992	Copenhagen
22	Mads Bech Sørensen (captain)	DF	2023	7 January 1999	Brentford
26	Pablo Ortíz	DF	2022	8 June 2000	América de Cali
29	Paulinho	DF	2019	3 January 1995	Bahia
55	Victor Bak	DF	2020	3 October 2003	Homegrown
73	Juninho	DF	2021	1 February 1995	Esporte Clube Bahia
Midfielders
5	Emiliano Martínez	MF	2022	17 August 1999	Red Bull Bragantino
8	Kristoffer Olsson	MF	2023	30 June 1995	Anderlecht
11	Darío Osorio	MF	2023	24 January 2004	Club Universidad de Chile
17	Kristoffer Askildsen	MF	2024	9 January 2001	Sampdoria
19	Pedro Bravo	MF	2024	26 November 2004	América de Cali
20	Valdemar Byskov	MF	2021	25 January 2005	Homegrown
21	Denil Castillo	MF	2024	24 March 2004	FC Shakhtar Donetsk
24	Oliver Sørensen (vice-captain)	MF	2019	10 March 2002	Homegrown
58	Aral Şimşir	MF	2021	19 June 2002	Homegrown
Forwards
7	Franculino Djú	FW	2023	28 June 2004	Benfica U23
9	Ola Brynhildsen	FW	2022	27 April 1999	Molde
10	Cho Gue-sung	FW	2023	25 January 1998	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
14	Edward Chilufya	FW	2022	17 September 1999	Djurgårdens IF
18	Adam Buksa	FW	2024	12 July 1996	Lens
38	Marrony	FW	2021	5 February 1999	Atlético Mineiro
41	Mikel Gogorza	FW	2024	27 September 2006	Homegrown
45	Alhaji Kamara	FW	2024	16 April 1994	Randers
47	Frederik Heiselberg	FW	2021	11 February 2003	Homegrown
53	Victor Lind	FW	2021	12 July 2003	Homegrown

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	DEN	Daníel Freyr Kristjánsson (at Fredericia until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	BRA	Júnior Brumado (at Coritiba FC until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	MF	Pedro Bravo	América de Cali	€500k	^[2]
1 July 2024	MF	Denil Castillo	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	€4.0M	^[3]
1 July 2024	DF	Ousmane Diao	C.D. Mafra	Undisclosed	^[4]
11 July 2024	FW	Adam Buksa	Lens	€4.0M	^[5]
11 July 2024	MF	Kristoffer Askildsen	Sampdoria	Free Transfer	^[6]
15 July 2024	GK	Ovie Ejeheri	Arsenal	Free Transfer	^[7]
8 August 2024	DF	Christian Sørensen	Copenhagen	€500K	^[8]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	DF	Henrik Dalsgaard	AGF	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2024	GK	Oscar Hedvall	Viborg	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 July 2024	FW	Jonathan Lind	Mafra	Undisclosed
10 July 2024	GK	Mark Ugboh	Mafra	Undisclosed	^[11]
15 July 2024	DF	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	Panathinaikos	€3.50M	^[12]
15 July 2024	GK	Martin Fraisl	Mafra	Undisclosed	^[13]
16 July 2024	GK	Valdemar Birksø	Fredericia	Undisclosed	^[14]
17 July 2024	DF	Mikkel Fischer	Haugesund	Undisclosed	^[15]
24 July 2024	MF	Charles	Corinthians	€1.60M	^[16]
5 August 2024	MF	August Priske	Djurgårdens	€300K	^[17]
15 August 2024	DF	Stefan Gartenmann	Ferencváros	Undisclosed	^[18]
22 August 2024	MF	André Rømer	Randers	Undisclosed	^[19]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Club	Duration	Ref.
1 July 2024	DF		Daníel Freyr Kristjánsson	Fredericia	30 June 2025
25 July 2024	FW		Júnior Brumado	Coritiba	30 June 2025

Released

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Contract until	Ref.
13 July 2024	GK		Jonas Lössl	30 June 2030	^[20]

Non-competitive

Pre-season friendlies

29 June 2024 Friendly	Midtjylland	2–2	Sønderjyske	Herning
11:00 CEST	Duru 11' (o.g.) Djú 17'	Report	Djantou 70', 73'

4 July 2024 Friendly	Midtjylland	4–0	AGF	Herning
13:00 CEST	Kamara 67' 85' Nybo 70' Chilufya 88'	Report		Stadium: Kunstgræsbane 1

10 July 2024 Friendly	Schalke 04	2–4	Midtjylland	Saalfelden, Austria
18:00 CEST	Sylla 16' Seguin 37'	Report	Brynhildsen 21' Priske 54' Kamara 62' (pen) Gogorza 67'	Stadium: Saalfelden Arena

13 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–1	Midtjylland	Irdning, Austria
11:30 and 14:30 CEST	Biereth 24' Włodarczyk 106' Aiwu 119'	Report	Chilufya 110'

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	19 July 2024		Matchday 1	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	066.67
Danish Cup			Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	23 July 2024		Second qualifying round	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	060.00
Total				11	7	4	0	20	8	+12	063.64

Last updated: 24 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Source: Competitive matches

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Danish Superliga

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Silkeborg	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	14
3	AGF	6	4	1	1	17	5	+12	13
4	Brøndby	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11
5	Copenhagen	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2024. 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.

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
6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	14	3	0	0	7	2	+5	1	2	0	5	4	+1

Last updated: 24 August 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round - Regular season

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	W	W
Position	7	7	6	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2024. Source: http://www.superliga.dk/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

19 July 2024 1	AGF	1–1	Midtjylland	Aarhus
18:00 CEST	Bech 8' Anderson 35' Mortensen 41' Dalsgaard 90+9'	Report	Buksa 47' (Şimşir)	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 12,456 Referee: Morten Krogh

27 July 2024 2	Nordsjælland	2–2	Midtjylland	Farum
18:00 CEST	Harder 29' (Antman) 34' (Villadsen)	Report	Sørensen 11' (Şimşir) 45' (Chilufya)	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Jonas Hansen

3 August 2024 3	Midtjylland	2–0	Aab	Herning
16:00 CEST	Buksa 44' (Sørensen) Brynhildsen 77' (Djú) Askildsen 89'	Report	Widell 45' Diakhité 90'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,703 Referee: Jacob Karlsen

9 August 2024 4	Midtjylland	2–0	Vejle	Herning
16:00 CEST	O. Sørensen 39' (Chilufya) Brynhildsen 58' (Şimşir)	Report		Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,510 Referee: Morten Krogh

16 August 2024 5	Lyngby	1–2	Midtjylland	Lyngby
19:00 CEST	Sandgrav 73' (Jensen) Winther 90'	Report	Martínez 25' Djú 64' (Gabriel) Şimşir 90+6'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Attendance: 4,149 Referee: Aydin Uslu

24 August 2024 6	Midtjylland	3–2	Sønderjyske	Herning
16:00 CEST	Buksa 15' (Osorio) Osorio 39' Chilufya 56' (Gabriel) Juninho 70' Gabriel 76'	Report	Qamili 4' (Björklund) Wilkins 23' Agger 33' (Oggesen) Grétarsson 35' Oggesen 45+2'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Jorgen Daugberg Burchardt

1 September 2024 7	Silkeborg	v	Midtjylland	Silkeborg
16:00 CEST				Stadium: JYSK Park

14 September 2024 8	Midtjylland	v	Copenhagen	Herning
18:00 CEST				Stadium: MCH Arena

22 September 2024 9	Randers	v	Midtjylland	Randers
14:00 CEST				Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers

Danish Cup

TBD Third round	TBD	v	Midtjylland
TBD CEST

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

23 July 2024 First leg	Santa Coloma	0–3	Midtjylland	Andorra la Vella
20:00 CEST	Mohedano 70' García 73'	Report	Djú 12' Diao 28' (Bak) Şimşir 63' (Chilufya)	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 664 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

31 July 2024 Second leg	Midtjylland	1–0 (4–0 agg.)	Santa Coloma	Herning
19:15 CEST	Gabriel 60' Osorio 72' (Djú)	Report	González 13' Lluch 22' 47' Dacu 56' El Ghazoui 58'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,917 Referee: Rob Hennessy

Third qualifying round

6 August 2024 First leg	Midtjylland	2–0	Ferencváros	Herning
19:15 CEST	Buksa 17' Şimşir 45+4 Djú 69' (Şimşir)	Report	Raul Gustavo 18' Cissé 42' Abu Fani 74' Rommens 83'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,449 Referee: Matej Jug

13 August 2024 Second leg	Ferencváros	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Midtjylland	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 CEST	Cissé 17' Ramírez 39' Zachariassen 67' Botka 76' Kady Borges 87' Raul Gustavo 90+7'	Report	Askildsen 6' Sørensen 50' (Djú) Andersson 69'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Playoff round

21 August 2024 First leg	Midtjylland	1–1	Slovan Bratislava	Herning
21:00 CEST	Osorio 30' Chilufya 79' (O. Sørensen)	Report	Szöke 52' Blackman 59' (Barseghyan)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,202 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

28 August 2024 Second leg	Slovan Bratislava	v	Midtjylland	Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 CEST				Stadium: Tehelné pole

Statistics

As of 24 August 2024

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Superliga		Danish Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Jonas Lössl	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	KOR	Lee Han-beom	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	SEN	Ousmane Diao	9	1	5	0	0	0	4	1
5	MF	ARG	Emiliano Martínez	9	0	3+2	0	0	0	3+1	0
6	DF	SWE	Joel Andersson	10	0	4+2	0	0	0	3+1	0
7	FW	GNB	Franculino Djú	11	3	4+2	1	0	0	3+2	2
9	FW	NOR	Ola Brynhildsen	10	2	3+3	2	0	0	1+3	0
11	MF	CHI	Darío Osorio	10	1	2+3	0	0	0	5	1
13	DF	CZE	Adam Gabriel	9	1	3+1	1	0	0	2+3	0
14	FW	ZAM	Edward Chilufya	7	2	4	1	0	0	1+2	1
16	GK	ISL	Elías Rafn Ólafsson	10	0	6	0	0	0	4	0
17	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Askildsen	9	0	2+2	0	0	0	2+3	0
18	FW	POL	Adam Buksa	8	4	3	3	0	0	5	1
19	MF	COL	Pedro Bravo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	DEN	Valdemar Byskov	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	ECU	Denil Castillo	8	0	4+1	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF	DEN	Mads Bech Sørensen	10	0	4+1	0	0	0	5	0
24	DF	DEN	Oliver Sørensen	10	4	5+1	3	0	0	4	1
29	DF	BRA	Paulinho	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	DEN	Mikel Gogorza	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	SLE	Alhaji Kamara	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
55	DF	DEN	Victor Bak Jensen	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
58	FW	TUR	Aral Şimşir	11	2	4+2	1	0	0	3+2	1
73	DF	BRA	Juninho	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
2	MF	DEN	André Rømer	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+3	0
15	DF	DEN	Christian Sørensen	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Superliga	Pokalen	Champions League	Total
1	MF	24	Oliver Sørensen	3	0	1	4
1	FW	18	Adam Buksa	3	0	1	4
3	FW	7	Franculino Djú	1	0	2	3
4	FW	9	Ola Brynhildsen	2	0	0	2
	MF	58	Aral Şimşir	1	0	1	2
	FW	14	Edward Chilufya	1	0	1	2
7	DF	4	Ousmane Diao	0	0	1	1
	MF	11	Darío Osorio	0	0	1	1
	DF	13	Adam Gabriel	1	0	0	1
Own goal(s)				0	0	0	0
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
Total				12	0	8	20

Assists

Place	Position	Number	Name	Superliga	Pokalen	Champions League	Total
1	MF	18	Aral Şimşir	3	0	1	4
2	FW	14	Edward Chilufya	2	0	1	3
2	FW	7	Franculino Djú	1	0	2	3
4	MF	24	Oliver Sørensen	1	0	1	2
4	DF	13	Adam Gabriel	2	0	0	2
6	DF	55	Victor Bak	0	0	1	1
6	MF	15	Darío Osorio	1	0	0	1
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
Total				10	0	6	16

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Superliga	Champions League	Total
1	GK	16	Elías Rafn Ólafsson	2	2	4
2	GK	1	Jonas Lössl	0	1	1
Total				2	3	5

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Superliga			Pokalen			Champions League			Total
Number	Position	Nation	Name
5	MF		Emiliano Martínez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Joel Andersson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Darío Osorio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
13	DF		Adam Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
17	MF		Kristoffer Askildsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
73	DF		Juninho	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
Total				4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	0	0

Home attendance

As of 24 August 2024

Competition	Total	Games	Average
Superliga	24,513	3	8,171
Pokalen	0	0	0
Champions League	25,568	3	8,523
Total	50,081	6	8,347

References

^ "Squad" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER PEDRO BRAVO".
^ "DENIL CASTILLO ER NY MAND I FC MIDTJYLLAND".
^ "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER OUSMANE DIAO".
^ "FC MIDTJYLLAND HENTER LANDSHOLDSANGRIBER I RC LENS".
^ "FC MIDTJYLLAND HENTER KRISTOFFER ASKILDSEN".
^ "OVIE EJEHERI ER NY KEEPER I FC MIDTJYLLAND".
^ "Christian Sørensen skifter til FC Midtjylland".
^ "Dalsgaard takker af: En fed tid at huske tilbage på".
^ "Oscar Hedvall solgt til Viborg FF".
^ "Mark Ugboh Skifter til C.D. Mafra".
^ "Ingi Ingason solgt til Panathinaikos FC".
^ "Martin Fraisl solgt til CD Mafra".
^ "Valdemar Birksø solgt til FC Fredericia".
^ "Ingi Ingason solgt til Panathinakos FC".
^ "Charles solgt til Corinthians".
^ "August Priske solgt til Djurgårdens".
^ "Stevan Gartenmann solgt til Ferencvaros".
^ "André Rømer solgt til Randers".
^ "JONAS LÖSSL FORLÆNGER OG FÅR FREMTIDIG ROLLE I FC MIDTJYLLAND".
^ "Kampprogram". FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

External links

FC Midtjylland Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine in Danish

[1] "Squad" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[2] "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER PEDRO BRAVO".

[3] "DENIL CASTILLO ER NY MAND I FC MIDTJYLLAND".

[4] "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER OUSMANE DIAO".

[5] "FC MIDTJYLLAND HENTER LANDSHOLDSANGRIBER I RC LENS".

[6] "FC MIDTJYLLAND HENTER KRISTOFFER ASKILDSEN".

[7] "OVIE EJEHERI ER NY KEEPER I FC MIDTJYLLAND".

[8] "Christian Sørensen skifter til FC Midtjylland".

[9] "Dalsgaard takker af: En fed tid at huske tilbage på".

[10] "Oscar Hedvall solgt til Viborg FF".

[11] "Mark Ugboh Skifter til C.D. Mafra".

[12] "Ingi Ingason solgt til Panathinaikos FC".

[13] "Martin Fraisl solgt til CD Mafra".

[14] "Valdemar Birksø solgt til FC Fredericia".

[15] "Ingi Ingason solgt til Panathinakos FC".

[16] "Charles solgt til Corinthians".

[17] "August Priske solgt til Djurgårdens".

[18] "Stevan Gartenmann solgt til Ferencvaros".

[19] "André Rømer solgt til Randers".

[20] "JONAS LÖSSL FORLÆNGER OG FÅR FREMTIDIG ROLLE I FC MIDTJYLLAND".

[21] "Kampprogram". FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

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