2025–26 FC Midtjylland season

FC Midtjylland
2025–26 season
Owner	Anders Holch Povlsen
Chairman	Cliff Crown
Manager	Thomas Thomasberg
Stadium	MCH Arena
Superliga	3rd
Danish Cup	Third Round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off Round
Top goalscorer	League: Franculino Djú (7); All: Franculino Djú (8)
Highest home attendance	9,813 (20 July 2025 vs. OB)
Lowest home attendance	8,861 (28 July 2025 vs. Sønderjyske)
Average home league attendance	13,991
Biggest win	6–3 (28 July 2025 vs. Sønderjyske)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	All statistics correct as of 17 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season is FC Midtjylland's 27th season in existence, and its 25th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. As a result of Midtjylland's second-place finish in the 2024–25 Danish Superliga title, the club will participate in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League, and will also vie for the 2025–26 Danish Cup.

Squad

As of 13 August 2025 ^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Since	Date of birth	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Jonas Lössl	GK	2021	1 February 1989	Everton
16	Elías Rafn Ólafsson	GK	2020	11 March 2000	Breiðablik
Defenders
3	Lee Han-beom	DF	2023	17 June 2002	FC Seoul
4	Ousmane Diao	DF	2024	8 June 2004	C.D. Mafra
6	Martin Erlić	DF	2025	24 January 1998	Bologna
13	Adam Gabriel	DF	2023	28 May 2001	Sparta Prague
22	Mads Bech Sørensen (captain)	DF	2023	7 January 1999	Brentford
29	Paulinho	DF	2019	3 January 1995	Bahia
43	Kevin Mbabu	DF	2024	19 April 1995	Fulham
55	Victor Bak	DF	2020	3 October 2003	Homegrown
Midfielders
11	Darío Osorio	MF	2023	24 January 2004	Club Universidad de Chile
19	Pedro Bravo	MF	2024	26 November 2004	América de Cali
20	Valdemar Byskov	MF	2021	25 January 2005	Homegrown
21	Denil Castillo	MF	2024	24 March 2004	FC Shakhtar Donetsk
58	Aral Şimşir	MF	2021	19 June 2002	Homegrown
80	Dani Silva	MF	2025	11 April 2000	Hellas Verona
Forwards
7	Franculino Djú	FW	2023	28 June 2004	Benfica U23
9	Adam Buksa	FW	2024	12 July 1996	Lens
10	Cho Gue-sung	FW	2023	25 January 1998	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
14	Edward Chilufya	FW	2022	17 September 1999	Djurgårdens IF
41	Mikel Gogorza	FW	2024	27 September 2006	Homegrown
74	Júnior Brumado	FW	2019	15 May 1999	Bahia
90	Friday Etim	FW	2025	21 May 2002	Mafra

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
—	DF	ENG	Ovie Ejeheri (at Fredericia until 30 June 2026)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NOR	Ola Brynhildsen (at Toronto FC until 31 December 2025)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025	FW		Friday Etim	Mafra	Undisclosed	^[2]
4 August 2025	DF		Martin Erlić	Bologna	€5.00	^[3]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2025	FW	Marrony	Remo	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 July 2025	FW	Jan Kuchta	Sparta Prague	€2.0M	^[5]
1 July 2025	DF	Christian Sørensen	Vejle	€290K	^[6]
8 July 2025	DF	Joel Andersson	Ludogorets Razgrad	Undisclosed	^[7]
17 July 2025	FW	Obule Moses	AB Argir	Free Transfer
13 August 2025	MF	Oliver Sørensen	Parma	€8.00m	^[8]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Club	Duration	Ref.
1 July 2025	GK		Ovie Ejeheri	Fredericia	30 June 2026	^[9]

Released

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Contract until	Ref.
1 July 2025	MF		Edward Chilufya	30 June 2028	^[10]
9 July 2025	DF		Adam Gabriel	30 June 2029	^[11]

Non-competitive

Pre-season friendlies

27 June 2025	Midtjylland	2–0	Silkeborg	Ikast
12:00 CEST	Djú 33' 39' (Lössl)	Report		Stadium: Træningsbanen at Dream99

2 July 2025	Midtjylland	2–3	Randers	Ikast
12:00 CEST	Djú 33' (Şimşir) Bjerge 100' (Overgaard)	Report	Albæk 51' Themsen 74' Lux 115'	Stadium: Træningsbanen at Dream99

10 July 2025	Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Midtjylland	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
16:00 CEST	Pikhalyonok 21'		Franculino 33' Gogorza 50' Etim 56' (Chilufya)	Stadium: Thermenstadion

13 July 2025	Slovan Bratislava	1–4	Midtjylland	Bratislava, Slovakia
14:00 CEST	Pokorný 14'		Cruz 8' (o.g.) Osorio 20' Djú 57' Etim 80'	Stadium: Tehelné pole

Competitions

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	Matchday 1	5	2	3	0	14	8	+6	040.00
Danish Cup	Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Europa League	Second Qualifying Round	5	4	1	0	12	3	+9	080.00
Total		10	6	4	0	26	11	+15	060.00

Last updated: 21 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Source: Competitive matches

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Danish Superliga

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Brøndby	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	12
3	Midtjylland	5	2	3	0	14	8	+6	9
4	AGF	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4	8
5	Fredericia	5	2	1	2	10	10	0	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. 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
5	2	3	0	14	8	+6	9	1	2	0	12	8	+4	1	1	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 17 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	D	W
Position	4	3	4	5	3
Points	1	4	5	6	9

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: http://www.superliga.dk/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

20 July 2025 1	Midtjylland	3–3	OB	Herning
18:00 CEST	Djú 45+2' (Lee Han-beom) 85' (Chilufya) Buksa 45+5' Mbabu 48' Lee Han-beom 80'	Report	Ganaus 3' Grot 30' Owusu 36' Arp 62' (pen) 82' Grubbe 90+10'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,401 Referee: Morten Krogh

28 July 2025 2	Midtjylland	6–2	Sønderjyske	Herning
19:00 CEST	Djú 17' (Şimşir) 35' (Gabriel) 75' (pen) Gabriel 27' (Şimşir) Byskov 65' (Djú) Bech 79' (Byskov)	Report	Lyng 9' (Agger) Sommer 77' Jensen 85' (pen)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,861 Referee: Aydin Uslu

3 August 2025 3	AGF	0–0	Midtjylland	Aarhus
19:00 CEST	Links 55' Mortensen '66	Report	Edward Chilufya 28' Osorio 83' Byskov 90+2'	Stadium: Ceres Park Vejlby Attendance: 8,432 Referee: Sandi Putros

10 August 2025 4	Midtjylland	3–3	Fredericia	Herning
14:00 CEST	Şimşir 5' (Silva) Castillo 20' Djú 42' (Brumado) Castillo 64' (Djú) Silva 90'	Report	Winther 19' (Marcussen) Buch 72' (Simonsen) Dahl 85' (Simonsen)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,307 Referee: Lasse Læbel Graagaard

17 August 2025 5	Vejle	0–2	Midtjylland	Vejle
19:00 CEST	Velkov 33' 89'	Report	Gogorza 43' Djú 45+3' 76' (Osorio) Bravo 90+3' Osorio 90+7' (Şimşir)	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 9,779 Referee: Jakob A. Sundberg

24 August 2025 6	Midtjylland	v	Silkeborg	Herning
TBD CEST				Stadium: MCH Arena

Danish Cup

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 First leg	Midtjylland	1–1	Hibernian	Herning
19:30 CEST	Şimşir 72' Bech 90+1'	Report	McGrath 7' Smith 68' Iredale 70' Manneh 86' Obita 86' O'Hora 90+1'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,863 Referee: Robert Schröder

31 July 2025 Second leg	Hibernian	1–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Midtjylland	Edinburgh, Scotland
21:00 CEST	Cadden 25' Boyle 80' Bushiri 105+2' (Youan) McGrath 106' Campbell 113'	Report	Bravo 2' Osorio 94' (Castillo) Bech 105+1' Brumado 119' (Mbabu) 120'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 19,536 Referee: Gustavo Correia

Third qualifying round

7 August 2025 First leg	Fredrikstad	1–3	Midtjylland	Fredrikstad, Norway
TBD CEST	Bjartalíð 77' (Øhlenschlæger)	Report	Djú 14' Gogorza 32' (Osorio) Castillo 79' (Byskov) Lee Han-beom 82'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 8,779 Referee: Igor Pajač

14 August 2025 Second leg	Midtjylland	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Fredrikstad	Herning
18:00 CEST	Bech 9' Paulinho 17' (Gogorza) Gabriel 85'	Report	Molde 89'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,464 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg	Midtjylland	4–0	KuPS	Herning
TBD CEST	Buksa 15' (Osorio) Osorio 19' (Şimşir) Erlić 71' Brumado 80' ( Bech) 90+1' (Mbabu)	Report	Cissé 40' Pennanen 76'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,408 Referee: Srđan Jovanović

28 August 2025 Second leg	KuPS	v	Midtjylland	Kuopio, Finland
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Väre Areena

Statistics

As of 21 August 2025

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Superliga		Danish Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Jonas Lössl	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	KOR	Lee Han-beom	9	0	5	0	0	0	3+1	0
6	DF	CRO	Martin Erlić	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	FW	GNB	Franculino Djú	9	8	4	7	0	0	5	1
9	FW	POL	Adam Buksa	6	2	2+1	1	0	0	3	1
10	FW	KOR	Cho Gue-sung	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	CHI	Darío Osorio	10	3	3+2	1	0	0	4+1	2
13	DF	CZE	Adam Gabriel	5	1	1+1	1	0	0	2+1	0
14	MF	ZAM	Edward Chilufya	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+3	0
16	GK	ISL	Elías Rafn Ólafsson	6	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0
19	MF	COL	Pedro Bravo	9	0	3+1	0	0	0	5	0
20	MF	DEN	Valdemar Byskov	10	1	0+5	1	0	0	1+4	0
21	MF	ECU	Denil Castillo	9	2	3+1	1	0	0	2+3	1
22	MF	DEN	Mads Bech Sørensen	10	2	4+1	1	0	0	5	1
24	MF	DEN	Oliver Sørensen	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	3	0
29	DF	BRA	Paulinho	5	1	0+1	0	0	0	4	1
41	FW	DEN	Mikel Gogorza	10	1	4+1	0	0	0	2+3	1
43	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu	8	0	4+1	0	0	0	3	0
55	DF	DEN	Victor Bak	8	0	5	0	0	0	1+2	0
58	MF	TUR	Aral Şimşir	10	2	3+2	1	0	0	4+1	1
74	FW	BRA	Júnior Brumado	6	3	1+2	0	0	0	1+2	3
80	MF	POR	Dani Silva	7	0	3+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
90	FW	NGA	Friday Etim	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Superliga	Pokalen	Europa League	Total
1	FW	7	Franculino Djú	7	0	1	8
2	MF	11	Darío Osorio	1	0	2	3
2	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	0	0	3	3
4	MF	58	Aral Şimşir	1	0	1	2
	MF	21	Denil Castillo	1	0	1	2
	DF	22	Mads Bech	1	0	1	2
	FW	9	Adam Buksa	1	0	1	2
8	DF	13	Adam Gabriel	1	0	0	1
	MF	20	Valdemar Byskov	1	0	0	1
	FW	41	Mikel Gogorza	0	0	1	1
	DF	29	Paulinho	0	0	1	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
Total				14	0	12	26

Assists

Place	Position	Number	Name	Superliga	Pokalen	Europa League	Total
1	MF	58	Aral Şimşir	3	0	1	4
2	MF	11	Darío Osorio	1	0	2	3
3	MF	20	Valdemar Byskov	1	0	1	2
	FW	7	Franculino Djú	2	0	0	2
	DF	43	Kevin Mbabu	0	0	2	2
6	DF	3	Lee Han-beom	1	0	0	1
	FW	14	Edward Chilufya	1	0	0	1
	DF	13	Adam Gabriel	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Denil Castillo	0	0	1	1
	FW	74	Júnior Brumado	1	0	0	1
	MF	80	Dani Silva	1	0	0	1
	FW	41	Mikel Gogorza	0	0	1	1
	DF	22	Mads Bech	0	0	1	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
Total				12	0	9	21

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Superliga	Europa League	Total
1	GK	16	Elías Rafn Ólafsson	1	2	3
2	GK	1	Jonas Lössl	1	0	1
Total				2	2	4

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Franculino Djú	Sønderjyske	6–2	28 July 2025	Danish Superliga	^[13]

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Superliga			Pokalen			Europa League			Total
Number	Position	Nation	Name
3		DF	Lee Han-beom	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
7		FW	Franculino Djú	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6		DF	Martin Erlić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11		MF	Darío Osorio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13		DF	Adam Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
14		FW	Edward Chilufya	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19		MF	Pedro Bravo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
20		MF	Valdemar Byskov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21		MF	Denil Castillo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22		DF	Mads Bech Sørensen	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
41		FW	Mikel Gogorza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
43		DF	Kevin Mbabu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
73		FW	Júnior Brumado	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
80		MF	Dani Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				9	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	16	0	1

Home attendance

As of 21 August 2025

Competition	Total	Games	Average
Superliga	27,981	3	9,327
Pokalen	0	0	0
Europa League	25,672	3	8,557
Total	56,653	6	8,942

References

^ "Squad" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "FC Midtjylland køber Friday Etim".
^ "FC Midtjylland køber Martin Erlić".
^ "Marrony solgt til brasilianske Remo".
^ "Jan Kuchta solgt til Sparta Prag".
^ "Christian Sørensen solgt til Vejle Boldklub".
^ "Joel Andersson solgt til Ludogorets".
^ "Oliver Sørensen skifter til italienske Parma: Han har altid været en nøglefigur".
^ "Ovie Ejeheri udlejes til FC Fredericia".
^ "Edward Chilufya forlænger med FC Midtjylland".
^ "Adam Gabriel 2029 – den tjekkiske back forlænger".
^ "Kampprogram". FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Tredje hattrickbold til Franculino: Vil gøre det endnu bedre".

External links

FC Midtjylland Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine in Danish

[1] "Squad" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[2] "FC Midtjylland køber Friday Etim".

[3] "FC Midtjylland køber Martin Erlić".

[4] "Marrony solgt til brasilianske Remo".

[5] "Jan Kuchta solgt til Sparta Prag".

[6] "Christian Sørensen solgt til Vejle Boldklub".

[7] "Joel Andersson solgt til Ludogorets".

[8] "Oliver Sørensen skifter til italienske Parma: Han har altid været en nøglefigur".

[9] "Ovie Ejeheri udlejes til FC Fredericia".

[10] "Edward Chilufya forlænger med FC Midtjylland".

[11] "Adam Gabriel 2029 – den tjekkiske back forlænger".

[12] "Kampprogram". FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[13] "Tredje hattrickbold til Franculino: Vil gøre det endnu bedre".

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Football Club Midtjylland
Football	FCM Football Ikast FS Herning Fremad Academy Footballers MCH Arena Ikast Stadium
Handball	HCM Handball Herning-Ikast Håndbold Ikast-Brande Arena MCH Messecenter Herning MCH Multiarena
Racing	Superleague Formula team Hitech Junior Team Kasper Andersen