2016–17 Brøndby IF season
# 2016–17 Brøndby IF season

The 2016–17 season was Brøndby's 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 27th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 51st year in existence as a football club. In addition to the Danish Superliga, the club also competed in the Danish Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season was the club's first with manager Alexander Zorniger.

## Club

### First team coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Alexander Zorniger |
| Assistant coach | Tamás Bódog |
| Assistant coach | Mark Strudal |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jan Hoffmann |

Last updated: 18 August 2016. Source:

### Club administration

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Sports director | Troels Bech |
| Team manager | Thomas Andersen |
| Kit manager | Leif Mortensen |
| First team scout | John Møller |

Last updated: 18 August 2016. Source:

## Players

### First team

    As of 12 September 2016

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 | Frederik Rønnow |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Yun Suk-young |
| 4 | DF | GER | Benedikt Röcker |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Martin Albrechtsen |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Hjörtur Hermannsson |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Thomas Kahlenberg (captain) |
| 8 | MF | JAM | Rodolph Austin |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Teemu Pukki |
| 10 | MF | GER | Hany Mukhtar (on loan from Benfica) |
| 12 | MF | DEN | Frederik Holst |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Johan Larsson (vice-captain) |
| 15 | FW | CRC | Marco Ureña |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Mads Toppel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Rezan Corlu |
| 18 | MF | RSA | Lebogang Phiri |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Christian Nørgaard |
| 20 | FW | POL | Kamil Wilczek |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager |
| 22 | FW | SWE | Gustaf Nilsson |
| 23 | DF | DEN | Patrick da Silva |
| 24 | FW | DEN | Daniel Stückler |
| 25 | MF | DEN | Christian Jakobsen |
| 27 | DF | DEN | Svenn Crone |
| 29 | FW | CZE | Jan Kliment (on loan from Stuttgart) |
| 30 | GK | DEN | Viktor Anker |
| 35 | FW | PAR | José Ariel Núñez |

### Transfers

**In**

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Type | Date | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | FW | Ariel Nuñez | Olimpia | End of loan | 1 July 2016 | |
| 22 | FW | Gustaf Nilsson | Falkenbergs FF | Transfer | 1 July 2016 | |
| 11 | MF | Jonas Borring | Randers FC | Transfer | 1 July 2016 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Benedikt Röcker | Greuther Fürth | Transfer | 1 July 2016 | |
| 30 | GK | Viktor Anker | Academy | Promotion | 1 July 2016 | |
| 6 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | PSV Eindhoven | Transfer | 1 July 2016 | |
| 10 | MF | Hany Mukhtar | S.L.Benfica | Loan | 20 July 2016 | |
| 15 | FW | Marco Ureña | FC Midtjylland | Transfer | 21 July 2016 | |
| 29 | FW | Jan Kliment | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | 31 August 2016 | |
| 2 | DF | Yun Suk-young | Free agent | Transfer | 12 September 2016 | Free |

Last updated: 12 September 2016.

Source: brondby.com

**Out**

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Type | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | FW | Johan Elmander | Örgyte IS | End of contract | 1 July 2016 |
| 22 | DF | Daniel Agger | Retired | End of contract | 1 July 2016 |
| | DF | Malthe Johansen | Retired | End of contract | 1 July 2016 |
| | | Andreas Hansen | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 2016 |
| 6 | MF | Martin Ørnskov | Lyngby BK | End of contract | 1 July 2016 |
| 17 | DF | Riza Durmisi | Real Betis | Transfer | 1 July 2016 |
| 10 | MF | Magnus Eriksson | Djurgårdens IF | Transfer | 1 July 2016 |
| 15 | MF | David Boysen | Roda JC | Transfer | 1 July 2016 |
| 11 | MF | Jonas Borring | FC Midtjylland | Transfer | 21 July 2016 |
| | | Mads Juel Andersen | HB Køge | Loan | 2016 (summer) |
| 2 | DF | Jesper Juelsgaard | AGF | Transfer | 31 August 2016 |

Last updated: 1 September 2016.

Source: brondby.com

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Danish Superliga | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 050.00 |
| Danish Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Europa League | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 050.00 |

Updated to match played 2 October 2016. Source: Competitions

### Danish Superliga

**Main round**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Copenhagen | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 10 | +47 | 64 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Brøndby | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 52 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Lyngby | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | SønderjyskE | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Midtjylland | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 |

Last updated: 19 March 2017.

Source: brondby.com

**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 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### Danish Cup

Win Draw Loss

### UEFA Europa League

**First qualifying round**

Win Draw Loss

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |

Last updated: 26 August 2016.

Source: UEFA Europa League

## Statistics

### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Alka Superliga | Alka Superliga | Alka Superliga | Alka Superliga | Alka Superliga | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Danish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Frederik Rønnow | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Yun Suk-young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Benedikt Röcker | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Martin Albrechtsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Thomas Kahlenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rodolph Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Teemu Pukki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Hany Mukthar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Frederik Holst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Johan Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Marco Ureña | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Mads Toppel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Rezan Corlu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Lebogang Phiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Nørgaard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Kamil Wilczek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Andrew Hjulsager | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Gustaf Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Patrick da Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Daniel Stückler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Christian Jakobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Svenn Crone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Jan Kliment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Viktor Anker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Jose Nuñez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Jesper Juelsgaard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jonas Borring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | David Boysen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: 18 September 2016.

Source: brondby.com

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Danish Superliga | Danish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Teemu Pukki | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Kamil Wilczek | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Andrew Hjulsager | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Hany Mukthar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 12 | Frederik Holst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 24 | Daniel Stückler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 6 | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Christian Nørgaard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 25 | Christian Jakobsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 0 | 15 | 45 |

Last updated: 2 October 2016.

Source: brondby.com

