2023–24 FC Nordsjælland season

The 2023–24 FC Nordsjælland season was Nordsjælland's twenty-second consecutive season in top division of the Danish football league, the Danish Superliga. In addition to the Superliga, the club also competed in the Danish Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League. It was the first full season under manager Johannes Hoff Thorup, who joined the club in January 2023 succeeding Flemming Pedersen.^[1]

FC Nordsjælland

2023–24 season
Chairman	Tom Vernon
Head coach	Johannes Hoff Thorup
Stadium	Right to Dream Park
Superliga	4th
Danish Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Ingvartsen Andreas Schjelderup (9 each) All: Marcus Ingvartsen (15 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2024.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
25	GK	Carljohan Eriksson	Dundee United	Undisclosed	9 June 2023	[2][3]
6	DF	Jeppe Tverskov	Odense BK	Undisclosed	21 June 2023	[4]
7	FW	Marcus Ingvartsen	Mainz 05	Undisclosed	7 July 2023	[5]
12	MF	Rocco Ascone	Lille	Undisclosed	19 July 2023	[6]
17	FW	Christian Rasmussen	Ajax	Loan	1 September 2023	[7]
8	FW	Andreas Schjelderup	Benfica	Loan (€2.5 million)[8]	2 September 2023	[9]
32	FW	Milan Iloski	Orange County	Undisclosed	1 January 2024	[10]
87	GK	Robbin Ruiter	Unattached	Free	1 January 2024	[11]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Leo Walta	Mjällby	Loan	1 August 2023	[12]
DF	Ben Engdahl	Jönköpings Södra	Loan	4 August 2023	[13]
FW	Ernest Nuamah	RWD Molenbeek	€25 million	30 August 2023	[14][15][16]
MF	Lasso Coulibaly	Randers	Loan	1 September 2023	[17]
FW	Maksim Stjopin	Ilves	Undisclosed	1 January 2024	[18]
GK	Emmanuel Ogura	Randers	Loan	18 January 2024	[19]
FW	Mohamed Diomande	Rangers	Loan with obligation to buy	26 January 2024	[20]
DF	Jonas Jensen-Abbew	AGF	Undisclosed	1 February 2024	[21][22]
DF	Ben Engdahl	FC Helsingør	Loan	1 February 2024	[23]
FW	Yannick Agnero	FC Helsingør	Loan	1 February 2024	[24]
FW	Ibrahim Osman	Brighton & Hove Albion	£16 million	10 February 2024[a]	[25][26]

1. Transfer will take effect on 1 July 2024

Competitions

Danish Superliga

Main article: 2023–24 Danish Superliga

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Brøndby	22	14	5	3	44	20	+24	47	Qualification for the Championship round
3	Copenhagen	22	14	3	5	45	23	+22	45
4	Nordsjælland	22	10	7	5	35	21	+14	37
5	AGF	22	9	9	4	26	21	+5	36
6	Silkeborg	22	8	3	11	28	32	−4	27

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.

Superliga 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
17	7	6	4	26	14	+12	27	4	3	1	13	5	+8	3	3	3	13	9	+4

Last updated: 3 December 2023.
Source: Superstats

Results by round – Regular season

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

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2023. Source: FBREF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Nordsjælland v Viborg

19 July 2023 1	Nordsjælland	4–1	Viborg	Farum
19:00 CEST	Nuamah 29', 45+4', 59' Nygren 89'	Report	Søndergaard 10'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Jens Maae

AGF v Nordsjælland

31 July 2023 2	AGF	1–3	Nordsjælland	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Poulsen 41'	Report	Nygren 35' Osman 51' Ingvartsen 86'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 9,774 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Nordsjælland v Brøndby

6 August 2023 3	Nordsjælland	3–1	Brøndby	Farum
18:00 CEST	Diomande  47' Ingvartsen 52' (Osman) Nuamah 74' Frese 80' (Nuamah)	Summary	Vallys 37' (Omoijuanfo) Radošević  54' Heggheim  56'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 6,564 Referee: Morten Krogh

Randers v Nordsjælland

13 August 2023 4	Randers	0–5	Nordsjælland	Randers
14:00 CEST		Report	Björkengren 13' (o.g.) Antman 65' Tverskov 72' Harder 81' Nagalo 89'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 4,935 Referee: Jakob Sundberg

Silkeborg v Nordsjælland

20 August 2023 5	Silkeborg	2–0	Nordsjælland	Silkeborg
14:00 CEST	Tengstedt 58' (pen.) Lind 67'	Report		Stadium: Silkeborg Stadium Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Jonas Hansen

Nordsjælland v Midtjylland

27 August 2023 6	Nordsjælland	3–0	Midtjylland	Herning
18:00 CEST	Ingvartsen 7' (Svensson) 53' (Osman) Dorgeles 90' (Ingvartsen)	FCM Summary	Brumado  12' Gabriel  31' Charles  86'	Stadium: Right to Dream Stadium Attendance: 4,905 Referee: Sandi Putros

Lyngby v Nordsjælland

3 September 2023 7	Lyngby	1–1	Nordsjælland	Lyngby
14:00 CEST	Guðjohnsen 31'	Report	Hansen 90+7'	Stadium: Lygnby Stadium Attendance: 7,136 Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

Nordsjælland v Copenhagen

17 September 2023 8	Nordsjælland	2–2	Copenhagen	Farum
16:00 CEST	Tverskov 27' (Svensson) Frese 62' (Diomande) Rasmussen  90+2'	Report	Óskarsson 16' (Achouri) Jelert  38' Gonçalves  45' Elyounoussi 54' (Achouri) Vavro  83'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 8,836 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Nordsjælland v Hvidovre IF

25 September 2023 9	Nordsjælland	0–0	Hvidovre IF	Farum
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Sandi Putros

Vejle v Nordsjælland

1 October 2023 10	Vejle	0–0	Nordsjælland	Vejle
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 7,121 Referee: Simon Rasmussen

Nordsjælland v Odense

8 October 2023 11	Nordsjælland	0–1	Odense	Farum
14:00 CEST		Report	Don Deedson 24'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Lasse Graagaard

Viborg v Nordsjælland

22 October 2023 12	Viborg	0–2	Nordsjælland	Viborg
16:00 CEST		Report	Mbom 83' (o.g.) Ingvartsen 83'	Stadium: Viborg Stadium Attendance: 5,354 Referee: Simon Rasmussen

Brøndby v Nordsjælland

29 October 2023 13	Brøndby	2–1	Nordsjælland	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CEST	Kvistgaarden 16' (Vallys) Radošević  45' Vallys 64' (Rasmussen) Lauritsen  85' Rasmussen  88'	Summary	Ingvartsen 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 20,011 Referee: Sandi Putros

Nordsjælland v Vejle

5 November 2023 14	Nordsjælland	1–0	Vejle	Farum
14:00 CET	Schjelderup 62'	Report		Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Menelaos Antoniou

Midtjylland v Nordsjælland

12 November 2023 15	Midtjylland	2–0	Nordsjælland	Herning
15:00 CET	Sørensen  34' 55' (Paulinho) Dalsgaard  56' Osorio 90+4' (Djú)	FCM Summary	Frese  37' Ascone  90+1'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,320 Referee: Jens Maae

Nordsjælland v AGF

26 November 2023 16	Nordsjælland	0–0	AGF	Farum
14:00 CET		Report		Stadium: 4,043 Attendance: Right to Dream Park Referee: Aydin Uslu

Odense v Nordsjælland

3 December 2023 17	Odense	1–1	Nordsjælland	Odense
14:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Odense Stadium

Copenhagen v Nordsjælland

26 February 2024 19	Copenhagen	v	Nordsjælland	Copenhagen
19:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Parken

Danish Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Danish Cup

Kolding IF v Nordsjælland

28 September 2023 (2023-09-28) Third round	Kolding IF	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Nordsjælland	Kolding Stadium
18:00	Beck 46' Tånnander  50' 54' (Trier) Vetter  58' Shushman  67' Vestergaard  83' Tjørnelund  90+5'		Svensson  21' Nygren 48' (Hansen)  81' Frese 71' (Hansen)  90+4'	Referee: Mikkel Redder
	Penalties
	Kudsk Denius Mikkselsen Nørager Ngongo		Ingvartsen Nagalo Nygren Schjelderup

Viborg v Nordsjælland

1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Round of 16	Viborg	2–3	Nordsjælland	Viborg Stadium
18:00	Grønning 31' Søndergaard 64'		Rasmussen 45+1' (Schjelderup) 54' (Schjelderup) 57' (Schjelderup) Svensson  65' Frese  76' Hansen  90+3'	Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Nordsjælland v AB Gladsaxe

6 December 2023 (2023-12-06) Quarter-finals first leg	Nordsjælland	3–0	AB Gladsaxe	Farum
	Harder 48' 86' (Ascone) Osman 70' (Rasmussen)			Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Jonas Hansen

AB Gladsaxe v Nordsjælland

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) Quarter-finals second leg	AB Gladsaxe	1–2 (5–1 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Gladsaxe
	Gaub-Jakobsen  34' Doumbia  72' Freriks 88' (Pedersen)		Barslund 24' (Svensson) Svensson 34' (pen)	Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadium Referee: Aydin Uslu

Nordsjælland v AGF

29 March 2024 (2024-03-29) Semi-finals first leg	Nordsjælland	v	AGF	Farum
				Stadium: Right to Dream Park

AGF v Nordsjælland

10 April 2024 (2024-04-10) Semi-finals second leg	AGF	v	Nordsjælland	Aarhus
				Stadium: Aarhus Stadium

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

FCSB v Nordsjælland

10 August 2023 (2023-08-10) Second leg	FCSB	0–0	Nordsjælland	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
20:30 (21:30 EEST)		Report[27]		Attendance: 27,135[28] Referee: Miloš Bošković (Montenegro)

Nordsjælland v FCSB

17 August 2023 (2023-08-17) Second leg	Nordsjælland	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	FCSB	Right to Dream Park, Farum
18:30	Ingvartsen 43' (pen.), 85'	Report[29]		Attendance: 5,704[30] Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

Play-off round

Nordsjælland v Partizan

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24) First leg	Nordsjælland	5–0	Partizan	Right to Dream Park, Farum
18:30	Frese 11' Ingvartsen 43' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Villadsen 73' Ilić 88' (o.g.)	Report[31]		Attendance: 4,120[32] Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Partizan v Nordsjælland

31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) Second leg	Partizan	0–1 (0–6 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
21:00		Report[33]	Osman 30'	Attendance: 2,916[34] Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEN	LUD	NOR	TRN
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	0	2	13	11	+2	12[a]	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	3–1	4–0
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	4	0	2	11	11	0	12[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Nordsjælland	6	3	1	2	17	7	+10	10			6–1	7–1	—	1–1
4	Spartak Trnava	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1			1–2	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

Fenerbahçe v Nordsjælland

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1	Fenerbahçe	3–1	Nordsjælland	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
18:45 (19:45 TRT)	Crespo 24' Batshuayi 30' Aziz 47'	Report	Villadsen 55'	Attendance: 36,130[35] Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)

Nordsjælland v Ludogorets Razgrad

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) 2	Nordsjælland	7–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Right to Dream Park, Farum
21:00	Ingvartsen 2' (pen.) Osman 11' Tverskov 31' Nygren 32', 74' Son 68' (o.g.) Rasmussen 86'	Report	Verdon 9' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,069[36] Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Spartak Trnava v Nordsjælland

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 3	Spartak Trnava	0–2	Nordsjælland	Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
21:00		Report	Jensen-Abbew 36' Rasmussen 48'	Attendance: 12,539[37] Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Nordsjælland v Spartak Trnava

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 4	Nordsjælland	1–1	Spartak Trnava	Right to Dream Park, Farum
18:45	Ingvartsen 32' (pen.)	Report	Ďuriš 61'	Attendance: 5,262[38] Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)

Nordsjælland v Fenerbahçe

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 5	Nordsjælland	6–1	Fenerbahçe	Right to Dream Park, Farum
21:00	Hey 21' Svensson 25' Nygren 55', 75', 84' Rasmussen 66'	Report	Batshuayi 43'	Attendance: 7,323[39] Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Nordsjælland

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 6	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Nordsjælland	Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
18:45 (19:45 EET)	Piotrowski 79'	Report		Attendance: 6,464[40] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Statistics

Goals

As of 6 December 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player	Superliga	Danish Cup	Conference League	Total
1	7		FW	Marcus Ingvartsen	6	0	6	12
2	9		FW	Benjamin Nygren	3	1	5	9
3	17		FW	Christian Rasmussen	0	3	3	6
4	5		MF	Martin Frese	2	1	1	4
	14		FW	Ibrahim Osman	1	1	2	4
			FW	Ernest Nuamah[a]	4	0	0	4
7	6		DF	Jeppe Tverskov	2	0	1	3
	40		FW	Conrad Harder	1	2	0	3
9	23		DF	Oliver Villadsen	0	0	2	2
	27		DF	Daniel Svensson	0	1	1	2
11	4		MF	Kian Hansen	1	0	0	1
	8		FW	Andreas Schjelderup	1	0	0	1
	19		DF	Lucas Hey	0	0	1	1
	22		MF	Oliver Antman	1	0	0	1
	29		MF	Mario Dorgeles	1	0	0	1
	39		DF	Adamo Nagalo	1	0	0	1
	42		DF	Kaare Barslund	0	1	0	1
			DF	Jonas Jensen-Abbew[a]	0	0	1	1
Own goals					2	0	2	4
Totals					26	10	25	61

1. No longer with the club

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