2008–09 Odense Boldklub season

Odense BK
2008–09 season
Chairman	Niels Thorborg
Manager	Lars Olsen
Stadium	Fionia Park
Danish Superliga	2nd
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 121st season, and their 48th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, they competed in the Ekstra Bladet Cup.

First team

Last updated on 1 May 2009

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Arek Onyszko	GK	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 35)
16	David Preece	GK	(1976-08-26)26 August 1976 (aged 32)
35	Christian Kier	GK	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 21)
Defenders
2	Espen Ruud	RB	(1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 25)
3	Atle Roar Håland	CB	(1977-07-26)26 July 1977 (aged 31)
5	Anders Møller Christensen	CB	(1977-07-26)26 July 1977 (aged 31)
6	Thomas Helveg	RB/CB	(1971-01-24)24 January 1971 (aged 38)
15	Chris Sørensen (captain)	LB/CB	(1977-07-27)27 July 1977 (aged 31)
18	Jonas Troest	CB	(1985-03-04)4 March 1985 (aged 24)
20	Timmi Johansen	LB	(1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 22)
Midfielders
4	Hans Henrik Andreasen	CM/RM	(1979-01-10)10 January 1979 (aged 30)
8	Henrik Hansen	CM/AM	(1979-07-28)28 July 1979 (aged 29)
11	Johan Absalonsen	LM/LW	(1985-09-16)16 September 1985 (aged 23)
14	Esben Hansen	CM/DM	(1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 27)
17	Morten Bisgaard	CM	(1974-06-25)25 June 1974 (aged 34)
19	Eric Djemba-Djemba	DM	(1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 28)
21	Peter Nymann	RM	(1982-08-22)22 August 1982 (aged 26)
25	Oliver Feldballe	LM/AM	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 19)
Forwards
7	Peter Utaka	ST	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 25)
10	Björn Runström	ST	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 25)
22	Njogu Demba-Nyrén	ST	(1979-06-26)26 June 1979 (aged 29)
28	Anders K. Jacobsen	ST	(1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 19)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee
1 July 2008	DF	20	Timmi Johansen	SC Heerenveen	Loan
1 July 2008	FW	10	Björn Runström	Fulham	Free transfer
1 July 2008	DF	2	Espen Ruud	Odd Grenland	?
14 July 2008	MF	8	Henrik Hansen	AC Horsens	3,700,000 DKK
16 July 2008	MF	19	Eric Djemba-Djemba	Qatar SC	Free transfer
1 August 2008	FW	29	Emmanuel Clottey	Accra Great Olympics	Loan
8 August 2008	GK	16	David Preece	Silkeborg IF	Free transfer
30 August 2008	FW	7	Peter Utaka	Royal Antwerp	1,900,000 DKK
1 November 2008	FW	28	Anders K. Jacobsen	Vejle BK	Back from loan
1 December 2008	GK	27	Anders Lindegaard	Kolding FC	Back from loan
1 December 2008	FW	–	David Nielsen	Strømsgodset	Back from loan
1 December 2008	FW	–	Srđan Radonjić	IK Start	Back from loan
1 January 2009	FW	22	Njogu Demba-Nyrén	SK Brann	?
1 May 2009	FW	–	Srđan Radonjić	SC Rheindorf Altach	Back from loan
Total					5,600,000 DKK

Transfers out

Departure date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2008	MF	29	Jonas Borring	FC Midtjylland	21,000,000 DKK	^[1]
30 June 2008	MF	22	Mustapha Papa Diop	FC Fyn	End of contract	^[2]
30 June 2008	MF	8	Bechara Oliveira	Vejle BK	End of contract	^[3]
1 July 2008	GK	27	Anders Lindegaard	Kolding FC	Loan
5 August 2008	FW	–	Srđan Radonjić	IK Start	Loan	^[4]
15 August 2008	FW	7	Mads Timm	Lyngby BK	Released	^[5]
6 November 2008	MF	30	Christian Bolaños	IK Start	3,000,000 DKK	^[6]
31 December 2008	FW	29	Emmanuel Clottey	Accra Great Olympics	End of loan
2 February 2009	MF	–	Matti Lund Nielsen	Lyngby BK	Loan	^[7]
2 February 2009	FW	–	Srđan Radonjić	SC Rheindorf Altach	Loan
12 March 2009	FW	9	Baye Djiby Fall	Lokomotiv Moskva	35,000,000 DKK	^[8]
Total					59,000,000 DKK

Competitions

Superliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Copenhagen (C)	33	23	5	5	67	26	+41	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Odense	33	21	6	6	65	31	+34	69	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
3	Brøndby	33	21	5	7	55	31	+24	68	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	Midtjylland	33	16	7	10	55	46	+9	55
5	Randers	33	11	13	9	52	50	+2	46	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[b]

Source: Danish Superliga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Because F.C. Copenhagen, winners of 2008–09 Danish Cup, also won the league, Odense BK as league runners-up earned a spot in the third while cup runners-up AaB qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
^ Denmark was ranked second in the UEFA Fair Play Ranking^[9] and thereby earned an additional Europa League spot, with the winners of national Fair Play competition entering in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. That spot was granted to Randers FC because they were the best team in the national Fair Play competition which has not already qualified for Europe.^[10]

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
33	21	6	6	65	31	+34	69	14	1	2	40	15	+25	7	5	4	25	16	+9

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Worldfootball.net

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W
Position	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 July 2008 1	Vejle	1–3	Odense	Vejle
19:00 CEST	Røll 63' Perić 90'	Report	Sørensen 4' Runström 16' Djiby Fall 32', 57', 58' Hansen 61'	Stadium: Vejle Stadion Attendance: 8,081 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

3 August 2008 2	Odense	3–1	Aarhus	Odense
16:05 CEST	Christensen 7' Runström 28', 43' Djiby Fall 31' Absalonsen 83'	Report	Lindkvist 31' Thomassen 73' Pleidrup 90'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,036 Referee: Anders Hermansen

6 August 2008 3	Odense	3–1	Nordsjælland	Odense
19:00 CEST	Sørensen 39' Absalonsen 55' Runström 90+2'	Report	Dahl 28' Kibebe 57' Christensen 75'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 9,281 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

10 August 2008 4	Midtjylland	4–0	Odense	Herning
16:05 CEST	Collins 11', 19', 41' Reid 24' Olsen 37' Christensen 68' Califf 71'	Report	Sørensen 30'	Stadium: SAS Arena Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Michael Svendsen

17 August 2008 5	Aalborg	0–3	Odense	Aalborg
14:00 CEST	Beauchamp 18' Zaza 41'	Report	Djiby Fall 7' Djemba-Djemba 35', 57' Runström 45' Hansen 65' Absalonsen 90'	Stadium: Energi Nord Arena Attendance: 7,033 Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard

30 August 2008 6	Odense	2–1	Randers	Odense
17:00 CEST	Djiby Fall 19', 67' Andreasen 40' Absalonsen 83' Djemba-Djemba 90' Helveg 90'	Report	Arzumanyan 27' Sane 36' R. Pedersen 39' S. Pedersen 39' K. Pedersen 41', 71' Frederiksen 55'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 8,105 Referee: Emil Laursen

15 September 2008 7	Odense	2–0	SønderjyskE	Odense
19:00 CEST	Andreasen 82' Utaka 90+1'	Report	Bødker 28' Stolberg 38'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,434 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

20 September 2008 8	Horsens	1–2	Odense	Horsens
17:00 CEST	Rasmussen 30' Elanga 40'	Report	Djiby Fall 21', 27', 44'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Henning Jensen

5 October 2008 9	Odense	0–1	Brøndby	Odense
17:30 CEST	Djemba-Djemba 15' 56'	Report	von Schlebrügge 6' Jallow 30' Wass 46' Rasmussen 52'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 15,352 Referee: Anders Hermansen

19 October 2008 10	Odense	4–2	Esbjerg	Odense
16:05 CEST	Östlund 21' (o.g.) Runström 22' Andreasen 50' Absalonsen 75' Utaka 79' Djiby Fall 84', 90+2'	Report	Rieks 3' Bech 16', 37'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,629 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

26 October 2008 11	Copenhagen	0–0	Odense	Copenhagen
17:30 CEST		Report	Djemba-Djemba 40' Andreasen 44'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 26,073 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

1 November 2008 12	Odense	1–1	Aalborg	Odense
17:00 CEST	Runström 39' Andreasen 67' Christensen 90+3'	Report	Augustinussen 53' Jakobsen 55' 85' Cacá 62' Johansson 90+1' Zaza 90+2' Enevoldsen 90+3'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 7,087 Referee: Jesper Bæk Overgaard

8 November 2008 13	Esbjerg	1–2	Odense	Esbjerg
17:00 CEST	Jørgensen 78'	Report	Andreasen 30' Ruud 37' Troest 76'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 6,179 Referee: Michael Johansen

16 November 2008 14	Odense	2–0	Vejle	Odense
14:00 CEST	Andreasen 78' Djemba-Djemba 84' Absalonsen 86'	Report	Kielstrup 43' Priske 58'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 7,670 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

23 November 2008 15	Nordsjælland	1–4	Odense	Farum
16:05 CEST	Bernburg 29' Kibebe 76'	Report	Runström 13', 41' Absalonsen 72' Andreasen 81' Utaka 85'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 3,098 Referee: Henning Jensen

1 December 2008 16	Aarhus	2–1	Odense	Farum
19:00 CEST	Poulsen 16' Rafael 89', 90'	Report	Djiby Fall 72' Utaka 58' Andreasen 84'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 10,421 Referee: Emil Laursen

6 December 2008 17	Odense	0–1	Brøndby	Odense
17:00 CEST	Djiby Fall 13' Hansen 17' Helveg 72'	Report	Jallow 32'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,031 Referee: Anders Hermansen

1 March 2009 18	Odense	2–0	SønderjyskE	Odense
14:00 CEST	Djiby Fall 2' Ruud 64'	Report	Halle 60'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 7,367 Referee: Henning Jensen

8 March 2009 19	Horsens	2–1	Odense	Horsens
14:00 CEST	Rieper 36' Berisha 50', 88', 59' Nøhr 77'	Report	Demba-Nyrén 28' Djiby Fall 72'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

14 March 2009 20	Odense	2–1	Midtjylland	Odense
17:00 CEST	Utaka 22' Helveg 29' Absalonsen 35' Sørensen 44'	Report	Olsen 77' Borring 51' Afriyie 60'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 6,652 Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard

22 March 2009 21	Copenhagen	2–1	Odense	Copenhagen
17:30 CEST	Kvist 7' Hutchinson 50' Nordstrand 83' Jørgensen 90+5'	Report	Hansen 77' Ruud 47' Djemba-Djemba 77' Absalonsen 90'	Stadium: Parken Stadium

6 April 2009 22	Odense	3–1	Randers	Odense
19:00 CEST	Utaka 23' Hansen 47' Demba-Nyrén 86'	Report	Nygaard 60' Berg 64'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,193 Referee: Michael Svendsen

9 April 2009 23	Odense	2–1	Esbjerg	Odense
14:00 CEST	Helveg 13' Sørensen 26' (pen.) Andreasen 83' Onyszko 90'	Report	Jørgensen 13' (pen.), 51' Klarström 26'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 9,562 Referee: Anders Hermansen

12 April 2009 24	Aalborg	0–1	Odense	Aalborg
15:00 CEST	Shelton 79'	Report	Andreasen 34' Christensen 60'	Stadium: Energi Nord Arena Attendance: Energi Nord Arena Referee: Henrik Kragh

19 April 2009 25	Odense	3–0	Nordsjælland	Odense
16:05 CEST	Absalonsen 2' Utaka 53', 63' Ruud 78'	Report	Christensen 27' Bernier 56' Cagara 74' 79'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,380 Referee: Emil Laursen

23 April 2009 26	Vejle	0–5	Odense	Vejle
20:00 CEST		Report	Ruud 35' Utaka 61', 83' Andreasen 65' Demba-Nyrén 68'	Stadium: Vejle Stadion Attendance: 6,611 Referee: Jesper Overgaard

26 April 2009 27	Brøndby	0–0	Odense	Brøndby
17:30 CEST	van der Schaaf 28' Gíslason 56' Kristiansen 73'	Report	Christensen 2'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 20,623 Referee: Henrik Kragh

4 May 2009 28	Odense	6–1	Aarhus	Odense
19:00 CEST	Utaka 15', 20' Demba-Nyrén 30', 56' Helveg 44' Andreasen 57' Runström 79'	Report	Poulsen 38' (pen.) Budtz 80' Blicher 86'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 12,732 Referee: Henrik Priegel

10 May 2009 29	Randers	0–0	Odense	Randers
16:15 CEST	Olsen 30'	Report		Stadium: AutoC Park Randers

13 May 2009 30	Odense	3–2	Copenhagen	Odense
20:00 CEST	Demba-Nyrén 18', 54' Helveg 30' Hansen 37'	Report	Aílton 47', 62' Vingaard 83' N'Doye 86'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 15,486 Referee: Anders Hermansen

16 May 2009 31	SønderjyskE	1–1	Odense	Haderslev
17:00 CEST	Ottesen 90+2'	Report	Utaka 10' Absalonsen 57'	Stadium: Haderslev Fodboldstadion Attendance: 2,746 Referee: Michael Johansen

24 May 2009 32	Midtjylland	1–1	Odense	Herning
17:00 CEST	Nworuh 30'	Report	Ruud 12' Andreasen 45' Demba-Nyrén 73' Absalonsen 81'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,710 Referee: Michael Svendsen

31 May 2009 33	Odense	2–1	Horsens	Odense
17:00 CEST	Djemba-Djemba 27' Demba-Nyrén 37' Helveg 45' Onyszko 87' Absalonsen 90'	Report	Augustsson 8' 89', 61' Rasmussen 40'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 12,698 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second round

6 July 2008 First leg	TPS Turku	1–2	Odense	Turku
17:30 CEST	One 38', 81' Heinikangas 69' Zarabi 83'	Report	Djiby Fall 5' Sørensen 84'	Stadium: Veritas Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

13 July 2008 Second leg	Odense	2–0	TPS Turku	Odense
18:00 CEST	Djiby Fall 21', 51', 43'	Report	Perot 40'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Igor Zakharov (Russia)

Odense won 4–1 on aggregate

Third round

19 July 2008 First leg	Odense	2–2	Aston Villa	Odense
20:00 CEST	Sidwell 25' (o.g.) Christensen 85', 89'	Report	Carew 7' Carew 29' Young 32' Laursen 76'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

26 July 2008 Second leg	Aston Villa	1–0	Odense	Birmingham
20:00 CEST	Young 51'	Report	Absalonsen 57'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,423 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate

Ekstra Bladet Cup

28 September 2008 Third round	FC Amager	1–3	Odense	Copenhagen
15:00 CEST	Nielsen 18', 67'	Report	Hansen 10' Utaka 37' Djiby Fall 66' Ruud 81'	Stadium: Sundby Idrætspark Attendance: 1,449 Referee: Jesper Bæk Overggard

29 October 2008 Fourth round	Odense	1–0	Aarhus	Odense
20:15 CEST	Hansen 58' Absalonsen 88'	Report		Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 4,942 Referee: Henning Jensen

12 November 2008 Quarter-final	Odense	0–1	Brøndby	Odense
20:00 CEST	Helveg 31'	Report	Rasmussen 31' Farnerud 88' Krohn-Dehli 90'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 6,537 Referee: Michael Svendsen

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

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

As of match played 31 May 2009

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Superliga	Ekstra Bladet Cup	Intertoto Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Peter Utaka	12	1	0	13
2	FW	—	Baye Djiby Fall	11	1	0	12
3	MF	4	Hans Henrik Andreasen	9	0	0	9
4	FW	22	Njogu Demba-Nyrén	8	0	0	8
5	FW	10	Björn Runström	7	0	0	7
6	MF	11	Johan Absalonsen	5	1	0	6
7	DF	2	Espen Ruud	4	1	0	5
8	MF	8	Henrik Hansen	3	0	0	3
8	DF	15	Chris Sørensen	3	0	0	3
10	MF	19	Eric Djemba-Djemba	2	0	0	2
11	DF	5	Anders Møller Christensen	0	0	1	1
Own goals				1	0	1	2
TOTALS				65	4	2	71

References

^ "Rekordhandel sender Jonas Borring til FC Midtjylland". Odense Boldklub. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "FC Fyn henter Diop i OB". Odense Boldklub. 22 July 2008.
^ "Farvel med blødende hjerte". Odense Boldklub. 22 May 2008.
^ "OB udlejer angriber til Start". Odense Boldklub. 5 August 2008.
^ "Mads Timm og OB ophæver samarbejdet". Odense Boldklub. 15 August 2008.
^ "Cristian Bolaños solgt". Odense Boldklub. 6 November 2008.
^ "OB udlejer to spillere". Odense Boldklub. 2 February 2009.
^ "Djiby Fall solgt til Lokomotiv Moskva". Odense Boldklub. 12 March 2009.
^ "Norway confirmed as Fair Play winners". uefa.com. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
^ "SAS Ligaen Fair Play stilling (2009)". dbu.dk. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

[table_note_res_EL30.23211219451954-9] Because F.C. Copenhagen, winners of 2008–09 Danish Cup, also won the league, Odense BK as league runners-up earned a spot in the third while cup runners-up AaB qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[table_note_res_EL10.23211219451954-12] Denmark was ranked second in the UEFA Fair Play Ranking^[9] and thereby earned an additional Europa League spot, with the winners of national Fair Play competition entering in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. That spot was granted to Randers FC because they were the best team in the national Fair Play competition which has not already qualified for Europe.^[10]

[1] "Rekordhandel sender Jonas Borring til FC Midtjylland". Odense Boldklub. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[2] "FC Fyn henter Diop i OB". Odense Boldklub. 22 July 2008.

[3] "Farvel med blødende hjerte". Odense Boldklub. 22 May 2008.

[4] "OB udlejer angriber til Start". Odense Boldklub. 5 August 2008.

[5] "Mads Timm og OB ophæver samarbejdet". Odense Boldklub. 15 August 2008.

[6] "Cristian Bolaños solgt". Odense Boldklub. 6 November 2008.

[7] "OB udlejer to spillere". Odense Boldklub. 2 February 2009.

[8] "Djiby Fall solgt til Lokomotiv Moskva". Odense Boldklub. 12 March 2009.

[10] "Norway confirmed as Fair Play winners". uefa.com. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

[11] "SAS Ligaen Fair Play stilling (2009)". dbu.dk. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	21	6	6	65	31	+34	69	14	1	2	40	15	+25	7	5	4	25	16	+9

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	21	6	6	65	31	+34	69	14	1	2	40	15	+25	7	5	4	25	16	+9

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	21	6	6	65	31	+34	69	14	1	2	40	15	+25	7	5	4	25	16	+9