2019–20 Brøndby IF season was Brøndby IF's 39th consecutive season in top-division of the Danish football league, the 30th consecutive in Danish Superliga, and the 54th as a football club. Besides the Superliga, the club competed in the 2019–20 Danish Cup and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. It is the first season with head coach Niels Frederiksen, after replaced he caretaker manager Martin Retov.
Club
First team staff
Club administration
Staff changes 1 July 2019 Brøndby announced that they had hired Niels Frederiksen as their new head coach, on a two-year contract. He joined the team after the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that same summer. Besides this Matthias Jaissle left the club, while caretaker Martin Retov, assumed his former position as assistant, along with new signing Jesper Sørensen. Besides this, Matthias Borst, Claus Fallentin, Lars Høgh and Ahron Thode all remained with the club.
The day before the first competitive game of the season, Brøndby IF announced that they had replaced CEO Jesper Jørgensen with the commercial director Ole Palmå. At the same time, it was announced that Ebbe Sand resigned from his job as sporting director after only six months in the job, as Carsten V. Jensen was hired as Executive Football Director, and Sand did not want another role in the staff of the club.
Goal of the season In March 2019, the club updatede their "Strategi 6.4", which among other things meant the club changed the sporting goals, so as the club in this and next season should qualify for the championship playoff in the Superligaen, as to secure European qualification from 2021-22.
Ebbe Sand announced before the end of the previous season, that it was an objective of the club to slim the squad, and make it younger, i order for the clubs talents to make their breakthrough as senior players easier.
Stadium and attendance On 13 July 2019, Brøndby IF announced that they had secured the Danish authorities permit to place a video surveillance system at Brøndby Stadium The technology should be used to recognize fans who had quarantine from the stadium, and was used the first time for the first home game of the season, against Silkeborg IF.
After the record for most season passes the previous season, the record for renewals were broken this season. 8,157 renewed their season pass, which equalled an increase of 27% compared to the year before.
Season The season officially started with a VO2max-test on 19 June, and the first training session was on 20 June 2019. After this they played som friendlies, before the first competitive game on 11 July, against FC Inter Turku from Finland.
Players First team
Transfers
In PlayerTransfer formTypeDateTransferfeeRef.16GK Michael TørnesVendsyssel FFTransfer3 June 201918MF Jesper LindstrømMasterclassOwn3 June 201929MF Peter BjurMasterclassOwn3 June 201930GK Mads HermansenMasterclassOwn3 June 2019--FW Andreas BruusFC RoskildeLoan ended30 June 2019--DF Christian EnemarkHB KøgeLoan ended30 June 2019--MF Rezan CorluAS RomaTransfer21 June 201942MF Tobias BørkeeietStabæk FotballTransfer5 July 2019Total €
Out PlayerTransfer toTypeDateTransferfeeRef3DF Benedikt RöckerSV Wehen WiesbadenEnd of contract30 June 201916GK Benjamin BellotBSG Chemie LeipzigEnd of contract30 June 201918FW Nikolai LaursenPSV EindhovenLoan ended30 June 201940GK Casper HauervigHB KøgeTransfer30 June 2019--DF Christian EnemarkNæstved BoldklubEnd of Contract30 June 2019--MF Rezan CorluLyngby BKLoan21 June 2019Total €
Brøndby Player of the Month Brøndby Player of the Month is an monthly award, in which the fans decides who has been the best player in the last month. The fans can vote on three players picked by the club. The voting begins after the last game each month, and is done through Facebook
MonthPlayer RefNominated RefJuly7MF Dominik KaiserAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFebruaryMarchAprilMay
Pre-season
Competitions Overview CompetitionStatisticsPWDLGFGAGDWin % Superliga Danish Cup Europa League Total
Superliga
Overview
Regular season
Championship round Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.
Matches Brøndby IF's matches in the regular season of 2019–20.
Danish Cup
Matches
UEFA Europa League
First-qualifying round
Second-qualifying round
Third-qualifying round
References