title: 2017–18 Brøndby IF season
text: # 2017–18 Brøndby IF season
  
  The 2017—18 Brøndby IF season was Brøndby IF's 37th consecutive season in the top tier of Danish football, 28th consecutive in the Superligaen, and 52nd as a football club. Besides Superligaen, the club participated in DBU Pokalen and UEFA Europa League. It was the second season with manager Alexander Zorniger.
  
  ## Club
  
  ### First team staff
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Head coach | Alexander Zorniger |
  | Assistant | Matthias Jaissle |
  | Assistant | Martin Retov |
  | Physical trainer | Aaron Thode |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Lars Høgh |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Sten Christensen |
  
  Last updated: 6 June 2017 Source:
  
  ### Administration
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Sporting director | Troels Bech |
  | Team manager | Thomas Andersen |
  | Kit manager | Leif Mortensen |
  | Scout | John Møller |
  
  Last updated: 6 June 2017 Source:
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First team
  
  Updated until May 2018:
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow (sold to Eintracht Frankfurt as of 1 July 2018) |
  | 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung |
  | 4 | DF | GER | Benedikt Röcker |
  | 6 | DF | ISL | Hjörtur Hermannsson |
  | 8 | MF | DEN | Kasper Fisker |
  | 9 | FW | FIN | Teemu Pukki |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Hany Mukhtar |
  | 12 | MF | SWE | Simon Tibbling |
  | 13 | DF | SWE | Johan Larsson (Captain) |
  | 14 | MF | DEN | Kevin Mensah |
  | 16 | GK | GER | Benjamin Bellot |
  | 17 | FW | DEN | Andreas Bruus |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 18 | MF | KOS | Besar Halimi (on loan from Mainz 05) |
  | 19 | MF | DEN | Christian Nørgaard |
  | 20 | FW | POL | Kamil Wilczek |
  | 21 | MF | DEN | Lasse Vigen Christensen |
  | 23 | DF | FIN | Paulus Arajuuri |
  | 24 | DF | DEN | Joel Kabongo |
  | 26 | MF | SVK | Filip Blazek |
  | 27 | DF | DEN | Svenn Crone |
  | 28 | DF | DEN | Christan Enemark |
  | 29 | FW | CZE | Jan Kliment |
  | 30 | GK | DEN | Viktor Anker |
  | 40 | GK | DEN | Casper Hauervig |
  
  ### Transfers
  
  **In**
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transfer from | Type | Date | Amount |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 16 | MM | Benjamin Bellot | RB Leipzig | Contract expiration | 14 June 2017 | Free transfer |
  | 8 | MF | Kasper Fisker | Randers FC | Transfer | 26 June 2017 | |
  | 18 | MF | Besar Halimi | Mainz 05 | Loan | 26 June 2017 | |
  | 26 | MF | Filip Blazek | FK Senica | Transfer | 11 July 2017 | |
  
  Last updated: 9 June 2017 Source: brondby.com
  
  **Out**
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transfer to | Type | Date | Amount | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 30 | MM | Viktor Anker | Næstved | Loan | 9 June 2017 | | |
  | 22 | AN | Gustaf Nilsson | Silkeborg IF | Loan | 10 July 2017 | | |
  
  Last updated: 9 June 2017 Source: brondby.com
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Superligaen
  
  **Main round**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Brøndby | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 2 | Midtjylland | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 3 | Nordsjælland | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 4 | Copenhagen | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 5 | Aalborg | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 11 February 2018. Source:
  
  **Results after each round**
  
  | Round | 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W |
  
  **Matches**
  
  Brøndby IF's games in the main round 2017-18:
  
  Win Draw Loss
  
  ### DBU Pokalen
  
  Win Draw Loss
  
  ### UEFA Europa League
  
  Win Draw Loss
  
  ### Pre-season friendlies
  
  Win Draw Loss
  
  