title: 2020–21 FC Nordsjælland season
text: # 2020–21 FC Nordsjælland season
  
  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.
  
  ## Players
  
      As of 1 January 2021
  
  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 | Peter Vindahl Jensen |
  | 2 | DF | DEN | Mads Døhr Thychosen |
  | 3 | DF | NOR | Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen |
  | 4 | DF | DEN | Kian Hansen |
  | 6 | MF | DEN | Jacob Steen Christensen |
  | 8 | MF | DEN | Magnus Kofod Andersen |
  | 10 | FW | GHA | Kamaldeen Sulemana |
  | 12 | FW | GHA | Isaac Atanga |
  | 14 | MF | CIV | Mohammed Diomande |
  | 17 | FW | CIV | Simon Adingra |
  | 19 | FW | DEN | Oliver Tølbøll Rimmen |
  | 20 | FW | DEN | Andreas Bredahl |
  | 21 | FW | DEN | Emeka Nnamani |
  | 22 | MF | DEN | Victor Jensen (on loan from Ajax) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 23 | DF | DEN | Oliver Villadsen |
  | 24 | FW | USA | Jonathan Amon |
  | 25 | DF | SVK | Ivan Mesík |
  | 28 | DF | SUI | Johan Djourou |
  | 29 | FW | DEN | Joachim Rothmann |
  | 30 | GK | SVK | Martin Vantruba (on loan from Slavia Prague) |
  | 31 | GK | DEN | Andreas Gülstorff |
  | 32 | MF | NOR | Andreas Schjelderup |
  | 34 | FW | DEN | Martin Frese |
  | 36 | DF | GHA | Maxwell Woledzi |
  | 37 | FW | GHA | Ibrahim Sadiq |
  | 41 | MF | GHA | Abu Francis |
  | 42 | MF | FIN | Oliver Antman |
  | 45 | MF | DEN | Tochi Chukwuani |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 32 | MF | Andreas Schjelderup | Bodø/Glimt | Free | 8 July 2020 |
  | 30 | GK | Martin Vantruba | Slavia Prague | Loan | 18 August 2020 |
  | 28 | DF | Johan Djourou | Neuchâtel Xamax | Free | 5 October 2020 |
  | 22 | MF | Victor Jensen | Ajax | Loan | 1 February 2021 |
  
  ### Out
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | MF | Mikkel Rygaard | ŁKS Łódź | Undisclosed | 25 December 2020 | |
  | 12 | FW | Isaac Atanga | FC Cincinnati | Undisclosed | 31 March 2021 | |
  
  ## Non-competitive friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 035.48 |
  
  Last updated: 10 May 2021 Source: Weltfussball
  
  ### Danish Superliga
  
  **Results by matchday**
  
  | 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 |
  
  **Regular season**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 6 | Nordsjælland | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 29 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 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 |
  
  **Championship round**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 to Europa League play-off round | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |
  
  * ↑ Randers qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2020–21 Danish Cup.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | 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 |
  | 5 | 4 | MF | | Mohammed Diomande | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | 8 | MF | | Magnus Kofod Andersen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | 22 | MF | | Victor Jensen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | 32 | MF | | Andreas Schjelderup | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | 34 | FW | | Martin Frese | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 11 | 17 | FW | | Simon Adingra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 11 | 37 | FW | | Ibrahim Sadiq | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 11 | 42 | MF | | Oliver Antman | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 14 | 21 | FW | | Emeka Nnamani | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | 24 | FW | | Jonathan Amon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | 29 | FW | | Joachim Rothmann | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | 36 | DF | | Maxwell Woledzi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | 45 | MF | | Tochi Chukwuani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 5 | 53 |
  
  Last updated: 10 May 2021
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Superliga | Danish Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | GK | | Peter Vindahl Jensen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  
  Last updated: 10 May 2021
  
  