2020–21 FC Nordsjælland season

Nordsjælland
2020–21 season
Chairman	Tom Vernon
Head coach	Flemming Pedersen
Stadium	Right to Dream Park
Danish Superliga	5th
Danish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kamaldeen Sulemana; (10 goals); All: ; Kamaldeen Sulemana; (10 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was Nordsjælland's 24th season in existence as a football club, 17th under the current name, and 19th consecutive season in the Superliga, the top-flight of football in the country. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in this season's edition of the Danish Cup, losing out in the third round to second division side Hvidovre.

ChairmanTom Vernon

Head coachFlemming Pedersen

StadiumRight to Dream Park

Danish Superliga5th

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No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
32	MF	Andreas Schjelderup	Bodø/Glimt	Free	8 July 2020	^[3]
30	GK	Martin Vantruba	Slavia Prague	Loan	18 August 2020	^[4]
28	DF	Johan Djourou	Neuchâtel Xamax	Free	5 October 2020	^[5]
22	MF	Victor Jensen	Ajax	Loan	1 February 2021	^[6]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
7	MF	Mikkel Rygaard	ŁKS Łódź	Undisclosed	25 December 2020	^[7]^[8]
12	FW	Isaac Atanga	FC Cincinnati	Undisclosed	31 March 2021	^[9]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	13 September 2020	10 May 2021	Matchday 1	5th	29	10	10	9	48	45	+3	034.48
Danish Cup	8 October 2020	12 November 2020	Second round	Third round	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	050.00
Total					31	11	10	10	53	48	+5	035.48

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Copenhagen	22	10	5	7	39	35	+4	35	Qualification for the Championship round
5	Randers	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32
6	Nordsjælland	22	7	8	7	35	30	+5	29
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	Qualification for the Relegation round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRO	MID	COP	AGF	NOR	RAN
2	Midtjylland	32	18	6	8	57	33	+24	60	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	1–0	—	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1
3	Copenhagen	32	16	7	9	61	53	+8	55	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–1	4–2	—	3–2	2–2	2–1
4	AGF (O)	32	13	9	10	48	42	+6	48	Qualification for the European play-off match	1–2	1–4	1–2	—	3–1	2–0
5	Nordsjælland	32	11	10	11	51	51	0	43		0–3	3–2	2–2	2–0	—	2–1
6	Randers	32	11	7	14	43	38	+5	40	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	—

2020–21 FC Nordsjælland season

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Non-competitive friendlies

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Danish Superliga

Results by matchday

Regular season

Championship round

Matches

Regular season

Championship round

Danish Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W
Position	9	9	5	7	7	6	6	7	7	4	5	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	6

13 September 2020 (2020-09-13) 1	Brøndby	3–2	Nordsjælland	Brøndbyvester
16:00 CEST	Hedlund 47' Vigen 75' Rosted 77' 90+6'	Report	Diomande 12' 63' Rygaard 38' Hansen 60'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Jens Maae

20 September 2020 2	OB	1–1	Nordsjælland	Odense
14:00 CEST	O. Lund 33' Frøkjær-Jensen 41' Sabbi 57'	Report	Atanga 55' Frese 72' Jenssen 90+3' Thychosen 90+5' Chukwuani 90+9'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jonas Hansen

28 September 2020 3	Nordsjælland	4–1	Lygby	Farum
19:00 CEST	Jenssen 50' Sulemana 54', 80' Andersen 76' Diomande 79'	Report	Jørgensen 40' Gregor 56'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard-Andersen

4 October 2020 4	Copenhagen	3–2	Nordsjælland	Copenhagen
20:00 CEST	Boilsen 6' Wind 30' 60' (pen.) Zeca 77' Oviedo 90+6'	Report	Diomande 17' Frese 48' (Thycosen) Rygaard 75'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 220 Referee: Morten Krogh

19 October 2020 5	Nordsjælland	1–0	Randers	Farum
19:00 CEST	Jenssen 36' Rygaard 68' Diomande 73' Hansen 80' Amon 85'	Report	Kallesøe 37' Rømer 69' Sambou 89'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen

25 October 2020 6	Horsens	1–1	Nordsjælland	Horsens
14:00 CEST	Hansson 16' Lange 24' Ludwig 90+5'	Report	Djourou 50' Francis 88'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Referee: Anders Poulsen

31 October 2020 7	Nordsjælland	4–1	Midtjylland	Farum
16:00 CEST	Francis 11' (Jenssen) 45' (Diomande) Frese 52' (Francis) Sulemana 70' (Hansen)	FCM Report	James 33' Dreyer 34'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

8 November 2020 8	Nordsjælland	1–1	Vejle	Farum
14:00 CET	Jensen 4' Mesík 29' Sulemana 39'	Report	Faghir 22' Ezatolahi 56'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Referee: Aydin Uslu

22 November 2020 9	AaB	1–1	Nordsjælland	Aalborg
14:00 CET	Fossum 62'	Report	Diomande 29'	Stadium: Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jonas Hansen

18 April 2021 25	Copenhagen	2–2	Nordsjælland	Copenhagen
16:00 CET	Lerager 10' 24' Boilesen Ankersen 60' (Wind) 74'	FCK Summary	Sulamana 45' (Villadsen) 77' Kofod Andersen 50' Thychosen 58' Adingra 90' (Antman)	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

10 May 2021 29	Nordsjælland	2–2	Copenhagen	Farum
19:00 CEST	Sulemana 49' (Christensen) Christensen 58' Frese 68' (Villadsen)	FCK Summary	Zanka 23' Ankersen 33' Stage 51' (Wind) 71' (Falk) Boilsen 56'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Sandi Putros

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) Second round	FC Græsrødderne	1–5	Nordsjælland	Gentofte
	Pedersen	Report	Nnamani Jensen Antman Rothmann Atanga	Stadium: Gentofte Sportspark

29 November 2020 10	AGF	1–3	Nordsjælland	Aarhus
18:00 CET	Mortensen 10' Hvidt 90+5'	Report	Atanga 2', 57' Sulemana 3' 45' 77' Jensen 40' Jenssen 53'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

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 2020 12	Nordsjælland	0–1	Copenhagen	Farum
16:00 CET	Jenssen 48' Sadiq 90+4'	Report	Zeca 57' Falk 62' Biel 81'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

21 December 2020 13	Midtjylland	3–1	Nordsjælland	Herning
16:00 CET	Dreyer 8' Scholz 12' (Dreyer) Kaba 67' (Cools)	FCM Summary	Mesík 33' Rygaard 45+3'	Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) 14	Nordsjælland	0–1	Brøndby	Farum
20:00 CET	Jenssen 45'	Report	Hedlund 13' Frendrup 90+2'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Referee: Jakob Kehlet

7 February 2021 15	Nordsjælland	0–2	OB	Farum
14:00 CET		Report	Tverskov 6' Hyllegaard 75'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

14 February 2021 16	Vejle	2–2	Nordsjælland	Vejle
14:00 CET	Mucolli 37' Ezatolahi 72' Kolinger 90+1'	Report	Djourou 56' Sadiq 70' Jenssen 72' Jensen 86'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Jonas Hansen

21 February 2021 17	Randers	1–1	Nordsjælland	Randers
14:00 CET	Kehinde 43' Rømer 60' Høgh 90'	Report	Andersen 52' Nnamani 81'	Stadium: Cepheus Park Randers Referee: Aydin Uslu

28 February 2021 18	Nordsjælland	2–2	AaB	Farum
14:00 CET	Chukwuani 5' Woledzi 67' 68'	Report	Prica 22' Rinne 32' Nielsen 55' Højholt 60' Fossum 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

3 March 2021 19	AGF	0–1	Nordsjælland	Aarhus
18:00	Sanneh 6'	Report	Jenssen 13'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

7 March 2021 20	Nordsjælland	2–2	Horsens	Farum
18:00 CET	Sulemana 19' Thychosen 25' Andersen 27' Sadiq 46' Jenssen 89' Mesík 90+2'	Report	Prip 16' (pen.) Gomez 45+2' Thorsen 69' Jacobsen 88'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

12 March 2021 21	Lyngby	0–3	Nordsjælland	Lyngby
19:00 CET	Crone 19' Kornvig 81' Gregor 83'	Report	Sadiq 4' Christensen 15' Sulemana 41' Svensson 44' Chukwuani 61' Atanga 88' Schjelderup 90+4'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonas Hansen

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

4 April 2021 23	Nordsjaelland	2–0	AGF	Farum
18:05	Sulemana 18' Antman 87'	Report		Stadium: Right to Dream Park Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

11 April 2021 24	Randers	3–4	Nordsjælland	Randers
14:00 CET	Egho 32' Hammershøy-Mistrati 54', 87'	Report	Jensen 9', 71' Sulemana 29', 42'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

26 April 2021 27	Nordsjælland	3–2	Midtjylland	Farum
19:00 CEST	Onyeka 29' (o.g.) Sulemana 66' (pen.) 89' Frese 74' Tyhcosen 80' Villadsen 84' Adingra 90' (Kofod Andersen) 90+6'	FCM Summary	Kaba 45' (Cajuste) Sisto 54' (Anderson) Scholz 73' Lössl 83'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 1,793 Referee: Aydin Uslu

2 May 2021 28	Midtjylland	3–0	Nordsjælland	Herning
18:00 CEST	Scholz 22' (pen.) Sisto 24' (Dreyer) Onyeka 77' (Kaba)	FCM Summary	Jenssen 85'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Jens Maae

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) Third round	Hvidovre	2–0	Nordsjælland	Hvidovre
	Christensen 5' Thomsen 12'	Report		Stadium: Hvidovre Stadium

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Total
1	10	FW	Kamaldeen Sulemana	10	0	10
2	12	FW	Isaac Atanga	4	1	5
3	7	MF	Mikkel Rygaard	3	1	4
3	41	MF	Abu Francis	4	0	4
5	3	DF	Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen	3	0	3
	4	MF	Mohammed Diomande	3	0	3
	8	MF	Magnus Kofod Andersen	3	0	3
	22	MF	Victor Jensen	3	0	3
	32	MF	Andreas Schjelderup	3	0	3
	34	FW	Martin Frese	3	0	3
11	17	FW	Simon Adingra	2	0	2
	37	FW	Ibrahim Sadiq	2	0	2
	42	MF	Oliver Antman	1	1	2
14	21	FW	Emeka Nnamani	0	1	1
	24	FW	Jonathan Amon	1	0	1
	29	FW	Joachim Rothmann	0	1	1
	36	DF	Maxwell Woledzi	1	0	1
	45	MF	Tochi Chukwuani	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Totals				48	5	53