Full name | Odense Boldklub | ||
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Nickname(s) | De Stribede (The Striped) |
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Short name | OB | ||
Founded | 1887 | ||
Ground | TRE-FOR Park, Odense (Capacity: 15,633[1]) |
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Owner | Odense Sport & Event A/S | ||
Chairman | Niels Thorborg | ||
Manager | Henrik Clausen | ||
League | Danish Superliga | ||
2010–11 | Danish Superliga, 2nd | ||
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Odense Boldklub (also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen. OB's clubhouse is located in Ådalen near Odense River.
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OB were founded on 12 July 1887 as Odense Cricketklub, with cricket the only sport. In 1889, football and tennis departments were included in the club, and it changed name to the present Odense Boldklub. The club were then located in Munke Mose (The Monks bog) in Odense. OB moved to Ådalen in 1968, where the club still trains today.
In 1916, OB won the province championship for the first time and qualified to the semi-final of the Danish championship. They lost this match 3–9 to later champions B.93 from Copenhagen.
When the Danish championship was reorganized after the Occupation of Denmark during World War II, OB were placed in the third best league, then named the Danish 3rd Division. After good help from the top goalscorers Svend Jørgen Hansen and Jørgen Leschly Sørensen, the club were quickly promoted to the best league. Svend Jørgen Hansen became OB's first Danish national team player in 1942, while Jørgen Leschly Sørensen was sold to the professional Italian team Atalanta in 1949.
In 1951, OB won their first medals, when the club won silver after runaway champions Akademisk Boldklub. Following the early success, it went down hill for the club. OB were relegated to the second-tier Danish 2nd Division in 1955, and the team had a hard time regaining its position in the top of Danish football. Despite promotions to the Danish 1st Division in 1957 and 1966, the club didn't succeed to permanently stay in the top-flight until the promotion in 1975.
It didn't help that the local rivals from B 1909 and B 1913 stayed in the top of the 1st Division in this period, where B 1909 won the 1959 and 1965 Danish championships. The intense local rivalry culminated in 1973, when 28,000 spectators watched the 2nd Division match between De Stribede and De røde (B 1909) on Odense Stadion. The match is still the spectator record for an OB home game.
In 1974, the club were in their first Danish Cup final, where the team lost 5–2 to Vanløse IF. Per Bartram from OB were awarded the title as Cup Fighter.
In 1975, OB was once more promoted to the 1st Division. This time the club had the players to be a top team in the best league under the reign of coach Richard Møller Nielsen. Just two years later, OB won their first Danish championship in the 1977 season. OB's midfielder Allan Hansen was the top goalscorer in the 1st Division and he was awarded as 1977 Danish Player of the Year, a double triumph he repeated in 1981.
The championship win meant that OB played their first European matches in 1978. They competed in the 1978 European Cup, where they lost in the first round to PFC Lokomotiv Sofia from Bulgaria.
In 1980, they won bronze and the Danish championship was won for the second time in 1982. As Ricard Møller Nielsen's OB team were one of the dominating teams in Danish football in this period, B 1909 finished last in the 1982 1st Division, and were relegated to the 2nd Division. This made OB the best team of the Funen region. In 1983 OB took the cup to win their – so far – only The Double (with the 82' championship).
The team's success was built on many talented Danish players, counting 1982 Danish 1st Division Talent of the Year Keld Bordinggaard. The most prolific OB player of the era was goalkeeper Lars Høgh, who was a constant part of the team from 1977 to 1999 as he played a club record of 817 total matches for the first team.
In 1989, the club won the Danish championship again ahead of defending champions Brøndby IF under new manager Roald Poulsen. The profiles of Roald Poulsen's team included, apart from Lars Høgh, the midfielder Ulrik Moseby, the big defender Johnny Hansen, and the young forward Per Pedersen, who became the most expensive OB player sold, when he was bought by English team Blackburn Rovers for £2.3 million in 1997.
1991 was a special year for OB. They won the Danish Cup final against AaB after two goalless matches, extra time and penalty shootout. As the national arena Idrætsparken were under reconstruction in 1991, the final was played home at Odense Stadion. The cup success wasn't matched in the league, now known as the Danish Superliga. After the main tournament of the 1991–92 season, OB was relegated to the Qualifying League.
They finished in second place of the 1992 Qualifying League, and OB were back in the Superliga for the 1992–93 season. In that season, the club won silver medals after F.C. Copenhagen and they won their third Danish Cup trophy in 1993.
As the Danish Football Association (DBU) restructured the Superliga before the 1995–96 season, and introduced a league format of 33 games spanning a full year, OB won bronze once more. Even though the team had many profiles and good players, the team lacked stability and in the 1997–98 season, OB ended last with six season victories and were relegated to the second best league, the Danish 1st Division.
The club were runaway winners of the 1999 1st Division, and returned to the Superliga for the 1999–00 season. OB won the 2002 Danish Cup with a 2–1 victory against F.C. Copenhagen at Parken Stadium. Since their promotion 1999, OB's best league performance has been the second place, and silver medals, in the 2008–2009 season. In 2006 OB ended third, and awarded bronze medals, the first medals in ten years. Furthermore the club had fourth place finishes in 2003, 2004 and 2007.
In the season 06/07 OB unlucky ended up on a fourth place in the league, after a close race in the last rounds. OB won the Danish Cup defeating F.C. Copenhagen 2–1, which gave OB the possibility to qualify for the UEFA Cup for the second season in a row.
In the season 07/08 OB once again ended on a fourth place, which gave a chance to qualify to the UEFA Cup through the Intertoto Cup. On the 19th and 26 July 2008 they played the English Premiership side Aston Villa in the third round of the Intertoto Cup, for the right to play in the second round of the UEFA Cup. OB managed a 2–2 home draw on the 19th but a 1–0 away defeat on the 26th, so missed out 2–3 on aggregate to Aston Villa.
OB finished second in the 08/09 season which led to a two games Genoa in the UEFA Europa League. First game at Stadio Luigi Ferraris resulted in a 3–1 defeat and the home game gave a 1–1 draw. The next season 09/10 OB once again finished second in the league. After a fantastic start of the season the club disappointingly did not take the first place, due to a string of lost and drawn games in the spring of 2010.
OB have been drawn to take on Scottish Motherwell F.C. in the 4th qualifying round of the 2010/11 Europa League.
In the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, OB reached beyond the first round in a European tournament for the first time in club history. The team beat several opponents and most famously defeated Spanish club Real Madrid to reach the quarterfinal of the tournament.
In the first round, OB won both the home and away game 3-0 against Estonian FC Flora Tallinn. In the second round they drew 1–1 in the away game against Northern Irish club Linfield and won home 5–0, including two long range goals by defender Steen Nedergaard. In the third round, the played German team 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where OB managed a 1–1 draw in Germany, and with a 0–0 draw at home, OB advanced due to the away goals rule.
In the fourth round, the opponent was Spanish club Real Madrid, which at that time had Danish national team captain Michael Laudrup on the team. The first match was played at a sold-out Odense Stadion, and OB surprisingly scored on a corner kick in the first half. In the second half, Real Madrid quickly scored two goals, but OB managed to come back into the game, when they equalized to 2–2. Shortly before full time, Real Madrid scored to 2–3, which was the final result of the game.
Due to the away goals rule, OB needed to win with a margin of two goals to advance to the quarter-finals. Ulrik Pedersen scored for a 1–0 lead to OB, and with a good goalkeeping by Lars Høgh, OB kept Real Madrid from scoring. With a goal by Morten Bisgaard shortly before stoppage time, OB achieved the needed 2–0 victory, and advanced to the quarter-final. OB's victory attracted attention in great parts of Europe and in Denmark the event was named The Miracle in Madrid.
In the quarter-final, OB met Italian team Parma FC. In the first game away in Parma, OB and Lars Høgh almost prevented the Italians from scoring, but Steen Nedergaard committed a penalty which Parma converted and thus won the game 1–0. The second leg in Odense ended a 0–0 draw, which meant the end of OB's European adventure.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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20 June 2004 15:00 |
Odense | 0 – 0 | Ballymena | Odense Atletikstadion, Odense Attendance: 1,197 Referee: Prades Mengual |
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26 June 2004 16:00 |
Ballymena | 0 – 7 | Odense | Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Egill Mar Markusson |
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Miti 25', 62', 88' Højer 33', 55' Møller Pedersen 80' Borre 82' |
Odense won 7–0 on aggregate.
03 July 2004 20:00 |
Odense | 0 – 3 | Villarreal | Atletion, Aarhus Attendance: 523 Referee: Mike Dean |
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Anderson 66' Cazorla 70' Guayre 88' |
10 July 2004 22:00 |
Villarreal | 2 – 0 | Odense | Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Wolfgang Sowa |
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Mari 23' Font 39' |
Villarreal won 5–0 on aggregate.
2 July 2006 15:00 |
Odense | 3 – 0 | Shelbourne F.C. | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 1,903 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev |
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Fevang 28', 42', 58' |
9 July 2006 16:00 |
Shelbourne F.C. | 1 – 0 | Odense | Tolka Park, Dublin Attendance: 800 Referee: Dietmar Drabek |
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Ndo 33' |
Odense won 3–1 on aggregate.
15 July 2006 18:00 |
Odense | 1 – 0 | Hibernian F.C. | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 2,341 Referee: Phillipe Kalt |
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Chris Sørensen 33' |
22 July 2006 16:00 |
Hibernian F.C. | 2 – 1 | Odense | Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 10,640 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni |
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Jones 53' Dalglish 79' |
Grahn 50' |
Odense won 2–2 on aggregate and away goal.
10 August 2006 19:00 |
Odense | 1 – 0 | Llanelli | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Eigil Magnus Kristinsson |
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Bechara 29' |
24 August 2006 20:45 |
Llanelli | 1 – 5 | Odense | Stebonheath Park, Llanelli Attendance: 2,759 Referee: Dejan Delevic |
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Corbisiero 10' | Timm 15' Hansen 30' Sørensen 59' Ophaug 65' Bechara 90' |
Odense won 6–1 on aggregate.
14 September 2006 17:00 |
Hertha Berlin | 2 – 2 | Odense | Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 12,814 Referee: Viktor Kassai |
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Giménez 38' Boateng 50' |
Simunic 7' (o.g.) Bechara 52' |
28 September 2006 15:30 |
Odense | 1 – 0 | Hertha Berlin | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Iain Robertson |
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Timm 63' |
Odense won 3–2 on aggregate.
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Parma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
Osasuna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Lens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Odense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
19 October 2006 20:45 |
Odense | 1 – 2 | Parma | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 12,559 Referee: Serge Gumienny |
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Hansen 7' | Dessena 39' Budan 51' |
2 November 2006 18:45 |
Heerenveen | 0 – 2 | Odense | Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tony Asumaa |
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Lekic 45', 59' |
23 November 2006 20:45 |
Odense | 1 – 1 | Lens | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Alon Yefet |
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Grahn 58' | Jemaa 87' |
29 November 2006 20:45 |
Osasuna | 3 – 1 | Odense | Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Peter Sippel |
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Punal 28', 65' Romeo 85' |
Punal 73' (o.g.) |
19 July 2007 20:45 |
St Patrick's FC | 0 – 0 | Odense | Richmond Park, Dublin Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France) |
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02 August 2007 20:05 |
Odense | 5 – 0 | St Patrick's FC | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 5,306 Referee: Bernie Raymond Blom(Nederland) |
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Andreasen 20' Christensen 29' Borring 45' Christensen 73' Nymann 88' |
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Odense won 5–0 on aggregate.
19 July 2007 20:45 |
Dinamo Minsk | 1 – 1 | Odense | Dinamo-Yuni Stadium, Minsk Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland) |
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30 August 2007 20:30 |
Odense | 4 – 0 | Dinamo Minsk | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 6,416 Referee: Michael Weiner(Germany) |
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Nielsen 37' Nielsen 55' Absalonsen 76' Absalonsen 79' |
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Odense won 5–1 on aggregate.
20 September 2007 20:15 |
Sparta Prague | 0 – 0 | Odense | AXA Arena, Prague Attendance: 7,247 Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia) |
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04 October 2007 19:00 |
Odense | 0 – 0 | Sparta Prague | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 10,565 Referee: Igor Egorov(Russia) |
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Sparta Prague won 4–3 after penalty shootout.
6 July 2008 17:30 |
TPS Turku | 1 – 2 | Odense | Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia) |
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One 37' | Fall 5' Sørensen 84' |
13 July 2008 18:00 |
Odense | 2 – 0 | TPS Turku | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Igor Zakharov (Russia) |
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Fall 21', 52' |
Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.
19 July 2008 20:00 |
Odense | 2 – 2 | Aston Villa | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Andrea De Marco |
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Sidwell 25' (o.g.) Møller Christensen 90' |
Carew 7' Laursen 76' |
26 July 2008 |
Aston Villa | 1 – 0 | Odense | Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 31,423 Referee: C. Cakir |
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A. Young 50' |
Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.
30 July 2009 17:00 |
Rabotnički | 3 – 4 | Odense | Gradski Stadion, Skopje Referee: Vladislav Bozborodov (Russia) |
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Savić 21' Wandeir 24' Zé Carlos 74' |
Report | 20' Cacá 34' Cacá 62' Sørensen (penalty) 70' Cacá |
06 August 2009 20:05 |
Odense | 3 – 0 | Rabotnički | Fionia Park, Odense Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) |
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Utaka 52' Utaka 76' Utaka 80' |
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Odense won 7–3 on aggregate.
20 August 2009 20:45 |
Genoa | 3 – 1 | Odense | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France) |
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Moretti 9' Figueroa 48', 56' |
Report | 58' Gíslason |
27 August 2009 20:30 |
Odense | 1 – 1 | Genoa | Fionia Park, Odense Attendance: 10,001 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
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Figueroa (o.g.) 45+2' | Report | 53' Criscito |
Genoa won 4–2 on aggregate.
29 July 2010 19:10 |
Odense | 5 – 3 | Zrinjski | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Euan Norris (Scotland) |
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Gíslason 16' Absalonsen 23' Utaka 31' Andreasen 37' Utaka 60' |
Report | 15' Zadro 65' Žižović (penalty) 70' Zadro |
5 August 2010 21:00 |
Zrinjski | 0 – 0 | Odense | Bijeli Brijeg Stadium, Mostar Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic) |
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Report |
Odense won 5–3 on aggregate.
19 August 2010 19:05 |
Odense | 2 – 1 | Motherwell | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 14,911 Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary) |
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Sørensen 31' Utaka 78' |
Report | 90+4' Hateley |
26 August 2010 20:45 |
Motherwell | 0 – 1 | Odense | Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,105 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece) |
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Report | 28' Utaka |
Odense won 3–1 on aggregate.
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16 September 2010 21:05 |
Getafe | 2 – 1 | Odense | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland) |
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Arizmendi 51' Ríos 81' |
Report | 44' Andreasen |
30 September 2010 19:00 |
Odense | 1 – 2 | Stuttgart | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 14,761 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania) |
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Johansson 78' | Report | 72' Kuzmanović 86' Harnik |
21 October 2010 19:00 |
Young Boys | 4 – 2 | Odense | Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 12,511 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) |
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Bienvenu 25' Sutter 34' Degen 61' Lulić 74' |
Report | 48'Utaka 84' Sørensen (penalty) |
4 November 2010 21:05 |
Odense | 2 – 0 | Young Boys | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) |
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Andreasen 12' Andreasen 60' |
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1 December 2010 19:00 |
Odense | 1 – 1 | Getafe | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 5,599 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) |
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Andreasen 90+2' | Report | 17' Ríos |
16 December 2010 21:05 |
Stuttgart | 5 – 1 | Odense | Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) |
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Gebhart 20' Høegh (o.g.) 47' Gentner 65' Pogrebnyak 70' Marica 90+3' |
Report | 72' Utaka |
27 July 2011 20:00 |
Odense | 1 – 1 | Panathinaikos | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 10,055 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain) |
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Reginiussen 90' | Report | 47' Leto |
2 August 2011 21:45 |
Panathinaikos | 3 – 4 | Odense | Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Andre Marriner (England) |
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Boumsong 37' Toché 50' Petropoulos 90+5' |
Report | 12' Johansson 58' Ruud 80' Kadrii 87' Andreasen |
Odense won 5–4 on aggregate.
17 August 2011 20:45 |
Odense | 1 – 0 | Villarreal | TRE-FOR Park, Odense Attendance: 13.002 Referee: Damir Skomina |
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Hans Henrik Andreasen 84' | Report |
23 August 2011 20:45 |
Villarreal | 3 – 0 | Odense | El Madrigal, Villarreal Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Craig Thomson |
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Giuseppe Rossi 50' 66' Carlos Marchena 82' |
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Villareal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Group K
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15 September 2011 21:05 |
Wisła Kraków | 1 – 3 | Odense | Stadion im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków Attendance: 12,950 Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland) |
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Kirm 54' | Report | Johansson 35' Utaka 80' Falk 90+2' |
29 September 2011 19:00 |
Odense | v | Fulham | TRE-FOR Park, Odense |
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20 October 2011 19:00 |
Odense | v | Twente | TRE-FOR Park, Odense |
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3 November 2011 21:05 |
Twente | v | Odense | De Grolsch Veste, Enschede |
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1 December 2011 19:00 |
Odense | v | Wisła Kraków | TRE-FOR Park, Odense |
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14 December 2011 21:05 |
Fulham | 2-2 | Odense | Craven Cottage, London |
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(As of 18 July 2011), Source: Bert Kassies website
Rank | Team | Points |
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101 | Rosenborg BK | 19.375 |
102 | Slavia Praha | 19.170 |
103 | FC Zürich | 18.980 |
104 | Odense BK | 18.610 |
105 | Real Zaragoza | 18.465 |
106 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 18.441 |
107 | Unirea Urziceni | 17.664 |
Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |
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1996–97 | SL | 7 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 61 | 41 | ||
1997–98 | SL | 12 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 57 | 25 | relegated | |
1998-99 | 1D | 1 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 81 | 24 | 74 | promoted | |
1999–00 | SL | 9 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 44 | 43 | ||
2000–01 | SL | 7 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 46 | last 16 | |
2001–02 | SL | 6 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 51 | 49 | winner | |
2002–03 | SL | 4 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 50 | 48 | last 16 | |
2003–04 | SL | 4 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 46 | 57 | semi-final | |
2004–05 | SL | 6 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 41 | 48 | 5th round | |
2005–06 | SL | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 28 | 58 | quarter-final | |
2006–07 | SL | 4 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 36 | 58 | winner | |
2007–08 | SL | 4 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 52 | last 16 | |
2008–09 | SL | 2 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 31 | 69 | 5th round | |
2009–10 | SL | 2 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 59 | semi-final | |
2010–11 | SL | 2 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 55 | last 16 |
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