2014–15 Brøndby IF season

The 2014–15 season was Brøndby's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 25th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 49th year in existence as a football club. Brøndby participated in the Europa League this season, after coming in 4th place in the 2013–14 Danish Superliga.

Brøndby

2014–15 season
Chairman	Jan Bech Andersen
Head coach	Thomas Frank
Stadium	Brøndby Stadium
Danish Superliga	3rd
Danish Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Teemu Pukki (9) All: Teemu Pukki (11)
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

As 2 September 2014.^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Lukáš Hrádecký 2 DF  SWE Michael Almebäck 3 DF  NOR Fredrik Semb Berge 5 DF  DEN Martin Albrechtsen (vice-captain) 6 MF  DEN Martin Ørnskov 7 MF  DEN Thomas Kahlenberg (captain) 8 MF  ARG Alexander Szymanowski 9 FW  FIN Teemu Pukki 10 FW  PAR José Ariel Núñez 11 FW  SWE Johan Elmander 12 DF  DEN Frederik Holst 14 FW  KOS Elbasan Rashani 15 MF  DEN Mikkel Thygesen 16 GK  DEN Michael Falkesgaard

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  DEN Riza Durmisi 18 MF  RSA Lebogang Phiri 19 MF  DEN Christian Nørgaard 20 DF  DEN Dario Dumić 21 MF  DEN Andrew Hjulsager 22 DF  DEN Daniel Agger 23 DF  DEN Patrick da Silva 24 MF  MKD Ferhan Hasani 25 MF  ISL Hólmbert Friðjónsson 26 DF  DEN Mads Nielsen 27 DF  DEN Svenn Crone 28 MF  DEN Daniel Holm 29 FW  DEN Nikolai Laursen 30 GK  DEN Andreas Hansen

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  DEN Kristian Andersen (at HB Køge until 30 June 2015 – end of contract)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	14	6	3	5	19	15	+4	042.86
Danish Cup	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Europa League	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Total	17	7	3	7	22	21	+1	041.18

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Danish Superliga	—	5th		20 July
Danish Cup	Third round	Fourth round		29 October
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	—	Third qualifying round	31 July	7 August

Updated to match played 10 November
Source: Competitions

Danish Superliga

Main article: 2014–15 Danish Superliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Midtjylland (C)	33	22	5	6	64	34	+30	71	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Copenhagen	33	20	7	6	40	22	+18	67	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	Brøndby	33	16	7	10	43	29	+14	55	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4	Randers	33	14	10	9	39	28	+11	52
5	AaB	33	13	9	11	39	31	+8	48

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

1. Copenhagen qualified for Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2014–15 Danish Cup. Therefore the spots awarded to the runners-up and third-placed teams are passed down to the third-placed team and fourth-placed team respectively.

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
14	6	3	5	19	15	+4	21	5	1	1	13	4	+9	1	2	4	6	11	−5

Last updated: 9 November 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by 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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L
Position	12	6	9	9	6	3	6	7	7	6	5	5	3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

July

Midtjylland v Brøndby

20 July 2014 1	Midtjylland	3–1	Brøndby	Herning
20:00 CEST	Hassan 39' Rasmussen 64' Onuachu 86'	Report	Makienok 68'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Brøndby v Silkeborg

28 July 2014 2	Brøndby	2–0	Silkeborg	Brøndby
20:00 CEST	Núñez 48' Phiri 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 15,986 Referee: Anders Poulsen

August

Hobro v Brøndby

3 August 2014 3	Hobro	2–0	Brøndby	Hobro
20:00 CEST	Thomas Hansen 14' (pen.) Hvilsom 75'	Report		Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 6,593 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Brøndby v OB

10 August 2014 4	Brøndby	1–1	OB	Brøndby
20:00 CEST	Rashani 8'	Report	Høegh 90+1'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 11,116 Referee: Michael Johansen

Brøndby v SønderjyskE

17 August 2014 5	Brøndby	2–0	SønderjyskE	Brøndby
17:00 CEST	Makienok 49', 71'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 9,962 Referee: Jens Maae

Nordsjælland v Brøndby

31 August 2014 6	Nordsjælland	0–3	Brøndby	Farum
17:00 CEST		Report	Elmander 56' Berge 65' Kahlenberg 81'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 7,689 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

September

Brøndby v Randers

14 September 2014 7	Brøndby	0–2	Randers	Brøndby
17:00 CEST		Report	Bjarnason 4' Fall 82'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 25,551 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Copenhagen v Brøndby

21 September 2014 8	Copenhagen	1–0	Brøndby	Copenhagen
16:30 CEST	Kadrii 50'  51' Delaney  71'	Report	Thygesen  17' Kahlenberg  90'	Stadium: Parken Attendance: 32,526 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Esbjerg v Brøndby

28 September 2014 9	Esbjerg	2–2	Brøndby	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Andreasen 48' Lekven 49'	Report	Kahlenberg  25' Ørnskov  29' Pukki 46' Friðjónsson 79'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 10,650 Referee: Jens Maae

October

Brøndby v AaB

5 October 2014 10	Brøndby	2–1	AaB	Brøndby
19:00 CEST	Pukki 44', 69'	Report	Frederiksen 74'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 15,412 Referee: Anders Poulsen

Brøndby v FC Vestsjælland

19 October 2014 11	Brøndby	5–0	FC Vestsjælland	Brøndby
17:00 CEST	Kahlenberg 15' Pukki 62' Hjulsager 62' Durmisi 81' Rashani 88'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 12,190 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Esbjerg v Brøndby

26 October 2014 12	Esbjerg	0–0	Brøndby	Esbjerg
20:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 10,077 Referee: Kristoffer Kristoffersen

November

Brøndby v Randers

2 November 2014 13	Brøndby	1–0	Randers	Brøndby
18:30 CET	Pukki  52' 87'	Report	Agesen  36'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 12,497 Referee: Peter Rasmussen

Hobro v Brøndby

9 November 2014 14	Hobro	3–0	Brøndby	Hobro
17:00 CET	Berggreen 53', 57' Hvilsom 86'	Report		Stadium: DS Arena Attendance: 4,389 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Brøndby v SønderjyskE

23 November 2014 15	Brøndby	1–0	SønderjyskE	Brøndby
17:00 CET	Hjulsager 65' Kahlenberg  69' Durmisi  79' Agger  90+1'	Report	Marxen  48' Absalonsen  70' Hansen  80' Lodberg  89' Paulsen  90+3'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 12,647 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Nordsjælland v Brøndby

30 November 2014 16	Nordsjælland	2–0	Brøndby	Farum
17:00 CET	John 6' Lorentzen 51' Mtiliga  62'	Report	Dumić  12'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 5,168 Referee: Michael Johansen

December

Brøndby v Silkeborg IF

7 December 2014 17	Brøndby	1–0	Silkeborg IF	Brøndby
17:00 CET	Hasani 75'  77' Elmander  87'	Summary	Putros  82' Jens Martin Gammelby  87'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 19,304 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

February

AaB v Brøndby

22 February 2015 18	AaB	1–0	Brøndby	Aalborg
19:00 CET	Thelander  15' Würtz  29' Helenius  87' Jacobsen 90+2'	Summary	Hasani  28'	Stadium: Nordjyske Arena Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Jens Maae

March

Brøndby v FC Midtjylland

1 March 2015 19	Brøndby	1–1	FC Midtjylland	Brøndby
19:00 CET	Phiri  32' Kahlenberg  54' Elmander  58' Agger  59' Pukki  67' Hasani 77' Dumić  89'	Summary	Pušić 53' Poulsen  59' Sparv  75'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 13,290 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Danish Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Danish Cup

Fremad Amager v Brøndby

29 October 2014 Third round	Fremad Amager	1–3	Brøndby	Copenhagen
20:30 CET	Krogdahl 88'	Report	Pukki 21' Ørnskov 25' (pen.) Friðjónsson 73'	Stadium: Sundby Idrætspark

TBD v TBD

Fourth round	TBD	–	TBD
--:-- CET		[ Report]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Club Brugge v Brøndby

31 July 2014 First leg	Club Brugge	3–0	Brøndby	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30 CEST	Duarte 14' Castillo 30' Vázquez 63'	Report		Attendance: 24,217 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Brøndby v Club Brugge

7 August 2014 Second leg	Brøndby	0–2	Club Brugge	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
20:00 CEST		Report	Castillo 38' Fernando 45+1'	Attendance: 10,046 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 9 November 2014

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

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	9	Teemu Pukki	5	1	0	6
2	FW	9^	Simon Makienok	3	0	0	3
3	MF	7	Thomas Kahlenberg	2	0	0	2
	FW	14	Elbasan Rashani	2	0	0
	MF	25	Hólmbert Friðjónsson	1	1	0
6	DF	3	Fredrik Semb Berge	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Martin Ørnskov	0	1	0
	FW	10	José Ariel Núñez	1	0	0
	FW	11	Johan Elmander	1	0	0
	DF	17	Riza Durmisi	1	0	0
	MF	18	Lebogang Phiri	1	0	0
	MF	21	Andrew Hjulsager	1	0	0
#	Own Goals			0	0	0	0
TOTALS				19	3	0	22

Note: ^ indicate player left out club during season.

Clean sheets

As of 9 November 2014

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Superliga	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	GK	1	Lukáš Hrádecký	6	0	0	6
TOTALS				6	0	0	6