2020–21 Aarhus Gymnastikforening season

AGF

2020–21 season
Chairman	Jacob Nielsen
Manager	David Nielsen
Stadium	Ceres Park
Danish Superliga	4th
Danish Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Mortensen (15) All: Patrick Mortensen (18)
Home colours Away colours

During the 2020–21 season, AGF competed in the Superliga, the top-flight of Danish football, and in this season's editions of the Danish Cup and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

As of 1 February 2021[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  SWE William Eskelinen 2 DF  AUS Alex Gersbach 3 DF  SWE Niklas Backman (captain) 5 DF  DEN Frederik Tingager 6 MF  DEN Nicolai Poulsen 7 MF  SRB Milan Jevtović 9 FW  DEN Patrick Mortensen (vice-captain) 10 MF  DEN Patrick Olsen 11 FW  RSA Gift Links 13 DF  DEN Alexander Munksgaard 14 FW  DEN Søren Tengstedt 15 DF  GAM Bubacarr Sanneh (on loan from Anderlecht) 16 DF  DEN Casper Højer Nielsen 17 MF  ISL Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  DEN Jesper Juelsgård 19 MF  AUS Daniel Arzani (on loan from Manchester City) 20 MF  AUS Zach Duncan 22 MF  DEN Benjamin Hvidt 27 MF  DEN Albert Grønbæk 29 MF  DEN Bror Blume 31 GK  DEN Kasper Kristensen 34 DF  NED Kevin Diks (on loan from Fiorentina) 36 GK  DEN Daniel Gadegaard Andersen 37 DF  DEN Sebastian Hausner 38 FW  DEN Alexander Ammitzbøll 39 DF  DEN Magnus Anbo 73 GK  POL Kamil Grabara (on loan from Liverpool)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2020	FW	7	Milan Jevtović	Red Star Belgrade	Free	[2]

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
14 December 2020	FW	–	Nicklas Helenius	Silkeborg	Undisclosed	[3]
1 February 2021	MF	–	Magnus Kaastrup	Lyngby	Undisclosed	[4]

Loans in

Date	Loan ends	Position	No.	Name	From	Ref.
28 September 2020	30 June 2021	GK	73	Kamil Grabara	Liverpool	[5]
31 August 2020	30 June 2021	DF	34	Kevin Diks	Fiorentina	[6]
8 December 2020	30 June 2021	FW	23	Mathias Jørgensen	New York Red Bulls	[7][8]
25 January 2021	30 June 2021	DF	15	Bubacarr Sanneh	Anderlecht	[9]
26 January 2021	30 June 2021	MF	19	Daniel Arzani	Manchester City	[10]

Loans out

Date	Loan ends	Position	No.	Name	To	Ref.
1 February 2021	30 June 2021	DF	23	Mikkel Lassen	Skive	[11]

Non-competitive friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season

Mid-season

AGF v Midtjylland

19 January 2021	AGF	0–2	Midtjylland	Aarhus
13:00 CEST				Stadium: Anlæg Kunstgræsbane 2 (Viby J)

Copenhagen v AGF

27 January 2021	Copenhagen	6–1	AGF	Frederiksberg
13:00 CEST	Fischer 25' Wind 57' Bøving 95', 121' Stamenic 109' Haraldsson 129'	FCK Summary	Links 55'	Stadium: Nummer 10 Attendance: 0 (Stadium closed to the public) Referee: Benjamin Helm Svedborg

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	14 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		22	10	8	4	35	22	+13	045.45
Danish Cup	12 November 2020		Third round		4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	050.00
Europa League	27 August 2020	17 September 2020	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	1	0	1	5	5	+0	050.00
Total					28	13	9	6	48	33	+15	046.43

Last updated: 21 March 2021
Source: Soccerway

Danish Superliga

Main article: 2020–21 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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D
Position	2	3	2	2	2	5	4	3	4	6	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source: Weltfussball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brøndby	22	14	3	5	40	24	+16	45	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	22	13	4	5	35	20	+15	43
3	AGF	22	10	8	4	35	22	+13	38
4	Copenhagen	22	10	5	7	39	35	+4	35
5	Randers	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32

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.[12][13]

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	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 for the 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 for the 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 for the 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 for the Europa League play-off round[a]		4–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	—

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.[14][15]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Randers qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2020–21 Danish Cup.

Matches

Regular season

AGF v Vejle

14 September 2020 1	AGF	4–2	Vejle	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Mortensen 9' Tingager 17' Þorsteinsson 58' Hvidt 90+1'	Report	Dwamena 71' Ojala 84'	Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Sandi Putros

Randers v AGF

20 September 2020 2	Randers	1–1	AGF	Randers
16:00 CEST	Kamara 87'	Report	Hausner  2' Mortensen 90'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Referee: Mikkel Redder

AGF v OB

27 September 2020 3	AGF	4–2	OB	Aarhus
14:00 CEST	Grønbæk 4' Blume 15' Thorsteinsson  43' Mortensen 71' Højer 80'	Report	Tverskov  6' Jebali 9', 74' O. Lund  23'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jens Grabski Maae

AaB v AGF

4 October 2020 4	AaB	1–1	AGF	Aalborg
16:00 CEST	Okore  39' Ferreira  51' Børsting 76'	Report	Mortensen 40' (pen.) Poulsen  58' Olsen  77'	Stadium: Aalborg Stadium Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

AGF v Horsens

18 October 2020 5	AGF	3–0	Horsens	Aarhus
14:00 CEST	Grønbæk 31' Mortensen 53' Poulsen  63' Nielsen 68'	Report	Buus  17' Hansson  50' Jacobsen  66' Gemmer  89' Finnbogason 90+3'	Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Aydin Uslu

AGF v Copenhagen

25 October 2020 6	AGF	0–1	Copenhagen	Aarhus
18:00 CEST	Poulsen  11'  61' Hvidt  14' Grabara  61' Mortensen  62' Links  90+4'	Report	Wind 9' (pen.) Zanka  12' Kaufmann  28'  77' Zeca  34' Daramy  72' Johnsson  90+3'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

SønderjyskE v AGF

2 November 2020 7	SønderjyskE	1–1	AGF	Haderslev
19:00 CET	Wright  10' Jacobsen 37' (pen.)  45' Albæk  61'	Report	Blume 32'  58' Olsen  63' Helenius  90+3'	Stadium: Haderslev Football Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

Lyngby v AGF

November 2020 8	Lyngby	1–2	AGF	Lyngby
CET	Torp 2'  90+3' Thellufsen  19' Gammelby  87'	Report	Diks 50' Þorsteinsson 89'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Morten Krogh

AGF v Midtjylland

22 November 2020 9	AGF	1–2	Midtjylland	Aarhus
16:00 CET	Sviatchenko  25' Onyeka 27'  51' Kaba 34'	FCM Summary	Juelsgård  43' Mortensen 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Jens Maae

AGF v Nordsjælland

29 November 2020 10	AGF	1–3	Nordsjælland	Aarhus
18:00 CET	Mortensen 10' Hvidt  90+5'	Report	Atanga 2', 57' Sulemana 3'  45'  77' Jensen  40' Jenssen  53'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

AGF v Brøndby

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) 11	AGF	3–1	Brøndby	Aarhus
19:00 CET	Links 37' Juelsgård  51' Mortensen 78'	Report	Frendrup  11'  50' Hedlund 45' Bruus  72' Grønbæk  76' 80'	Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Jorgen Burchardt

Horsens v AGF

13 December 2020 12	Horsens	1–2	AGF	Horsens
14:00 CET	Hansson  46' Brock-Madsen 67' (pen.)	Report	Links 42' Diks 58'  83' Þorsteinsson  64' Munksgaard  76'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 300 Referee: Jonas Hansen

AGF v AaB

20 December 2020 13	AGF	3–0	AaB	Aarhus
16:00 CET	Links 16' Þorsteinsson 26', 34' Nielsen  31'	Report	Thelander  23' Ferreira  45'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Anders Poulsen

Vejle v AGF

2 February 2021 14	Vejle	0–0	AGF	Vejle
20:00 CET	Ramadani  53' Kolinger  60' Mucoli  69'	Report	Poulsen  15' Links  77'	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Jens Maae

AGF v Lyngby

7 February 2021 15	AGF	1–0	Lyngby	Aarhus
18:00 CET	Þorsteinsson 50'	Report		Stadium: Ceres Park Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

OB v AGF

14 February 2021 16	OB	0–0	AGF	Odense
20:00 CET	Thomasen  90+1' Tverskov  90+4'	Report	Munksgaard  37' Poulsen  43' Hvidt  72' Højer  90+3'	Stadium: Nature Energy Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

AGF v SønderjyskE

21 February 2021 17	AGF	2–0	SønderjyskE	Aarhus
16:00 CET	Mortensen 74' (pen.) Olsen 80'	Report	Gartenmann  74'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

Copenhagen v AGF

28 February 2021 18	Copenhagen	3–3	AGF	Copenhagen
16:00 CET	Wind 15' Daramy 55' Falk 90+11' (pen.) Lerager  76' Boilesen  83'	FCK Summary	Mortensen 21', 27' Olsen 29' Poulsen  77' Sanneh  85' Jørgensen  90+6'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 0 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

AGF v Nordsjælland

3 March 2021 19	AGF	0–1	Nordsjælland	Aarhus
18:00	Sanneh  6'	Report	Jenssen 13'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Morten Krogh

Midtjylland v AGF

7 March 2021 20	Midtjylland	0–1	AGF	Herning
16:00 CET		Report	Mortensen 9'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen Fourth official: ydin Uslu

AGF v Randers

15 March 2021 21	AGF	1–1	Randers	Aarhus
19:00 CET	Links 5' Juelsgård  48' Mortensen  87' Olsen  90+3'	Report	Piesinger  64' Kopplin  81' Mistrati 90' Kehinde  90+2'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard Fourth official: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Brøndby v AGF

21 March 2021 (2021-03-21) 22	Brøndby	1–1	AGF	Brøndbyvester
17:00 CET	Uhre 36'	Report	Mortensen 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jørgen Burchardt

Championship round

Nordsjaelland v AGF

4 April 2021 23	Nordsjaelland	2–0	AGF	Farum
18:05	Sulemana 18' Antman 87'	Report		Stadium: Right to Dream Park Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

AGF v Midtjylland

11 April 2021 24	AGF	1–4	Midtjylland	Aarhus
18:00 CEST	Grønbæk  44' Olsen  45+5' Mortensen  45+4' 61' Links  56' Hvidt  58' Juelsgård  88'	FCM Summary	Onyeka 16' Dreyer  43' Scholz  45+4' 52' (pen) Anderson 83' (Isaksen) Evander 89'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Brøndby v AGF

18 April 2021 25	Brøndby	2–2	AGF	Brøndbyvester
18:00	Maxsø 31' (pen.) Lindstrøm 71' Børkeeiet  90+2'  90+2'	Report	Diks 16' Grønbæk 45'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Jens Maae

AGF v Randers

22 April 2021 26	AGF	2–0	Randers	Aarhus
17:45 CEST	Grønbæk 7' Ammitzbøll 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

AGF v Copenhagen

25 April 2021 27	AGF	1–2	Copenhagen	Aarhus
20:00 CET	Højer 31' Hvidt  90+3' Hausner  90+5' Grabara  90+5'	FCK Summary	Wind 26' (Stage) Ankersen  29' Lerager  39' Stage 38' (Fischer) Zeca  85' Nelsson  90+5'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Morten Krogh

Copenhagen v AGF

3 May 2021 28	Copenhagen	3–2	AGF	Copenhagen
19:00 CEST	Wilczek 7' (Fischer) Nelsson 17'  68' Wind 33' (pen.) Zanka  39' Kristiansen  90' Stage  90+4'	FCK Summary	Juelsgård  19' Þorsteinsson  37' Diks 57' (Højer) 67' (Hausner) Poulsen  61'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 10,365 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

Randers v AGF

9 May 2021 29	Randers	0–1	AGF	Randers
16:00 CEST		Report	Diks 22'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Midtjylland v AGF

24 May 2021 32	Midtjylland	v	AGF	Herning
17:00 CEST				Stadium: MCH Arena

Danish Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Danish Cup

Kolding IF v AGF

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) Third round	Kolding IF	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	AGF	Kolding
	Hansen 4' Grabara 8' (o.g.) Jakobsen 63'	Report	Juelsgård 43' Helenius 46' Mortensen 57'	Stadium: Kolding Stadium
	Penalties
	Nautrup Gudmann Eriksen Bonde Sommer		Mortensen Olsen Poulsen Hvidt Tingager

AGF v Horsens

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) Fourth round	AGF	1–0	Horsens	Aarhus
	Tingager 87'	Report		Stadium: Aarhus Stadium

AGF v B 93

10 February 2021 (2021-02-10) Quarter-finals 1st leg	AGF	3–1	B 93	Aarhus
20:15 CET	Þorsteinsson 39' Gersbach 49' Links 79'	Report	Stückler 90+3'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

B 93 v AGF

11 March 2021 (2021-03-11) Quarter-finals 2nd leg	B 93	2–1 (3–4 agg.)	AGF	Copenhagen
18:45 CET	Erenbjerg 5' Lund 90+2'	Report	Diks 80'	Stadium: Østerbro Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandi Putros

AGF v Randers

8 April 2021 (2021-04-08) Semi-finals 1st leg	AGF	0–2	Randers	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Hausner  70'	Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 66' Egho 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Randers v AGF

15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) Semi-finals 2nd leg	Randers	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	AGF	Randers
19:00 CEST	Egho 41' Marxen  90+2'	Report	Mortensen 24' Links  54'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

AGF v Honka

27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) First qualifying round	AGF	5–2	Honka	Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus
19:00	Tingager 21' Mortensen 29', 45+2' (pen.) Olsen 90+1' Tengstedt 90+2'	Report	Martín 35' Kaufmann 64'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Mura v AGF

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) Second qualifying round	Mura	3–0	AGF	Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota
20:15	Gorenc 37' Žižek 72' Maroša 90+5'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW		Patrick Mortensen	13	1	2	16
2	17	FW		Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson	5	1	0	6
3	11	FW		Gift Links	4	1	0	5
4	5	DF		Frederik Tingager	1	1	1	3
	10	MF		Patrick Olsen	2	0	1	3
	27	MF		Albert Grønbæk	3	0	0	3
	34	DF		Kevin Diks	2	1	0	3
8	16	DF		Casper Højer Nielsen	2	0	0	2
	29	MF		Bror Blume	2	0	0	2
10	2	DF		Alex Gersbach	0	1	0	1
	14	FW		Søren Tengstedt	0	0	1	1
	18	DF		Jesper Juelsgård	0	1	0	1
	19	FW		Nicklas Helenius	0	1	0	1
	22	MF		Benjamin Hvidt	1	0	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0
Totals					35	8	5	48

Last updated: 21 March 2021[16]

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Superliga	Danish Cup	Europa League	Total
1	73	GK		Kamil Grabara	7	1	0	8
2	1	GK		William Eskelinen	0	0	0	0
Totals					7	1	0	8

Last updated: 15 March 2021[16]

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