2016–17 FC Midtjylland season

FC Midtjylland
2016–17 season
Chairman	Rasmus Ankersen
Head Coach	Jess Thorup
Ground	MCH Arena
Danish Superliga	4th
Danish Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Onuachu (19); All: Paul Onuachu (25)
Highest home attendance	League: 10,624
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,690
Average home league attendance	League: 7,296
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was FC Midtjylland's 17th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga. Midtjylland participated in the Europa League this season, after finishing 3rd in the 2015–16 Danish Superliga. For the 2nd consecutive season, Midtjylland U-19 competed in the UEFA Youth League.

Squad

As of 1 June 2017^[1]^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
16	Johan Dahlin	Sweden	GK	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 30)	Turkey Gençlerbirliği
30	Andreas Raahauge	Denmark	GK	(1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 19)	Academy
31	Mikkel Andersen	Denmark	GK	(1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 28)	England Reading
Defenders
2	Kian Hansen	Denmark	DF	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 28)	France FC Nantes
5	Marc Dal Hende	Denmark	DF	(1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 26)	Denmark SønderjyskE
6	Markus Halsti	Finland	DF	(1984-03-19)19 March 1984 (aged 33)	United States D.C. United
18	Kristian Riis	Denmark	DF	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 20)	Academy
20	Rasmus Nicolaisen	Denmark	DF	(1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 20)	Academy
28	André Rømer	Denmark	DF	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 23)	Academy
40	Andreas Poulsen	Denmark	DF	(1999-10-13)13 October 1999 (aged 17)	Academy
43	Rasmus Nissen	Denmark	DF	(1997-07-11)11 July 1997 (aged 19)	Academy
70	Filip Novák	Czech Republic	DF	(1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 26)	Czech Republic Jablonec
Midfielders
3	Tim Sparv	Finland	MF	(1987-02-20)20 February 1987 (aged 30)	Germany Greuther Fürth
7	Jakob Poulsen	Denmark	MF	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 33)	France AS Monaco
8	Rafael van der Vaart	Netherlands	MF	(1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 34)	Spain Betis
9	Janus Drachmann	Denmark	MF	(1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 29)	Denmark SønderjyskE
11	Jonas Borring	Denmark	MF	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 32)	Denmark Brøndby IF
14	Simon Kroon	Sweden	MF	(1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 23)	Denmark SønderjyskE
21	Kaan Kairinen	Finland	MF	(1998-12-22)22 December 1998 (aged 18)	Finland Inter Turku
22	Mikkel Duelund	Denmark	MF	(1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 19)	Academy
34	Mikael Anderson	Denmark	MF	(1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 18)	Academy
35	Gloire Rutikanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	MF	(1997-02-04)4 February 1997 (aged 20)	Academy
36	Rilwan Hassan	Nigeria	MF	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 26)	Academy
42	Babajide David	Nigeria	MF	(1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 21)	Academy
88	Gustav Wikheim	Norway	MF	(1993-03-18)18 March 1993 (aged 24)	Loan from Belgium Gent
Forwards
24	Mads Døhr Thychosen	Denmark	FW	(1997-06-27)27 June 1997 (aged 19)	Denmark Vejle BK
33	Paul Onuachu	Nigeria	FW	(1994-05-28)28 May 1994 (aged 23)	Academy
77	Bruninho	Brazil	FW	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 27)	Loan from China Guangzhou R&F

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	Denmark DEN	Alexander Munksgaard (at Lyngby BK until 30 June 2017)
—	MF	Australia AUS	Awer Mabil (at Esbjerg fB until 30 June 2017)
—	MF	Denmark DEN	Jonas Gemmer (at AC Horsens until 30 June 2017)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	Denmark DEN	Marco Larsen (at HB Køge until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	Austria AUT	Martin Pušić (at Sparta Rotterdam until 30 June 2017)

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	Finland FIN	Markus Halsti ^[3]
8	MF	Netherlands NED	Rafael van der Vaart (from Spain Real Betis)^[4]
11	MF	Denmark DEN	Jonas Borring (from Denmark Brøndby IF)^[5]
44	FW	Sweden SWE	Zackarias Faour (loan from England Manchester City)^[6]
77	FW	Brazil BRA	Bruninho (loan from China Guangzhou R&F)^[7]
88	MF	Norway NOR	Gustav Wikheim (loan from Belgium Gent)^[8]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	Bulgaria BUL	Nikolay Bodurov (loan return to England Fulham)
6	DF	Denmark DEN	Jim Larsen (end of contract)
8	MF	Sweden SWE	Petter Andersson (end of contract)
11	FW	Costa Rica CRC	Marco Ureña (to Denmark Brøndby IF)^[9]
13	DF	Denmark DEN	Alexander Munksgaard (loan to Denmark Lyngby BK^[10])
14	FW	Czech Republic CZE	Václav Kadlec (to Czech Republic Sparta Prague)^[11]
20	DF	Finland FIN	Daniel O'Shaughnessy (loan return to England Brentford)
25	GK	Poland POL	Patryk Wolański (Free agent)^[12]
27	MF	Denmark DEN	Pione Sisto (to Spain Celta de Vigo)^[13]
29	MF	Denmark DEN	Jonas Gemmer (loan to Denmark AC Horsens)
32	DF	Denmark DEN	Kristian Bak Nielsen (retired)
45	MF	Australia AUS	Awer Mabil (loan to Denmark Esbjerg fB)
77	MF	Austria AUT	Daniel Royer (to United States New York Red Bulls)^[14]
—	MF	Nigeria NGA	Musefiu Ashiru (to Slovakia 1. FC Tatran)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	Denmark DEN	Marc Dal Hende (from Denmark SønderjyskE)^[15]
9	MF	Denmark DEN	Janus Drachmann (from Denmark SønderjyskE)^[16]
14	MF	Sweden SWE	Simon Kroon (from Denmark SønderjyskE)^[17]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	Austria AUT	Martin Pušić (loan to Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam)
17	MF	Sweden SWE	Kristoffer Olsson (to Sweden AIK)^[18]
19	MF	Denmark DEN	Marco Larsen (loan to Denmark HB Køge)
26	DF	Denmark DEN	Patrick Banggaard (to Germany Darmstadt 98)^[19]
44	FW	Sweden SWE	Zackarias Faour (loan return to England Manchester City)

Friendlies

22 June 2016	Denmark Midtjylland	2 – 1	DenmarkEsbjerg fB	Skjern
17:30 CEST		Report

25 June 2016	Denmark Midtjylland	1 – 0	DenmarkRanders	Herning
12:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: MCH Arena

3 July 2016	Denmark Skive IK	0 – 4	Denmark Midtjylland
14:00 CEST		Report

10 July 2016	Denmark AC Horsens	0 – 2	Denmark Midtjylland
13:00 CEST		Report

20 January 2017	Denmark Midtjylland	2 – 2	Denmark Vendsyssel FF
14:00 CET		Report

27 January 2017	Denmark Midtjylland	1 – 2	Denmark Silkeborg IF
14:00 CET		Report

2 February 2017	Denmark Midtjylland	4 – 1	Denmark Skive IK
14:30 CET		Report

8 February 2017	Sweden AIK	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	Denmark Midtjylland
12:00 CET		Report

10 February 2017	Denmark Midtjylland	1 – 2	Sweden BK Häcken
12:00 CET		Report

Competitions

Danish Superliga

League tables

Regular season
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
5	Midtjylland	26	10	8	8	44	29	+15	38
6	Nordsjælland	26	9	8	9	41	41	0	35
7	Randers	26	9	6	11	26	32	−6	33	Qualification for the relegation round

Source: DBU, 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.^[20]

Championship round
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen (C)	36	25	9	2	74	20	+54	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brøndby	36	18	8	10	62	40	+22	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Lyngby	36	17	7	12	42	35	+7	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Midtjylland (O)	36	15	9	12	67	53	+14	54	Qualification for the European play-off final
5	Nordsjælland	36	13	10	13	59	55	+4	49
6	SønderjyskE	36	12	10	14	44	54	−10	46

Source: 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 champion or UEFA competitions); 6) Draw.^[20]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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
26	10	8	8	44	29	+15	38	5	5	3	24	16	+8	5	3	5	20	13	+7

Last updated: 1 April 2017.
Source: Soccerway

Results

18 July 2016 1	Midtjylland	2 – 2	Randers	Herning
19:00 CEST	Kadlec File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Olsson Yellow card 56' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Duelund Yellow card 69' Nissen Yellow card 82'	Report	Fisker File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' AgesenYellow card 73' Marxen Yellow card 76' Masango File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 5,725 Referee: Jens Maae

24 July 2016 2	Nordsjælland	0 – 4	Midtjylland	Farum
18:00 CEST	C. Køhler Yellow card 22' Ramón Yellow card 90+2' C. Tanor Yellow card 90+3'	Report	Poulsen Yellow card 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' (pen.) Sisto File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 82' Novák File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Anders Poulsen

31 July 2016 3	Midtjylland	3 – 0	Silkeborg	Herning
14:00 CEST	Duelund File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Kadlec File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', 53' Rømer Yellow card 75'	Report	Gammelby Yellow card 33' Vendelbo Yellow card 36' Flinta Yellow card 79' Skov Yellow card 89'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,625 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

7 August 2016 4	Midtjylland	3 – 3	Brøndby	Herning
18:00 CEST	Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Poulsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.), 89' (pen.)	Report	Juelsgård Yellow card 13' Pukki File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 76', 79' Crone Yellow card 54' Holst Yellow card 73'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,889 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

13 August 2016 5	Copenhagen	3 – 1	Midtjylland	Copenhagen
18:30 CEST	Kvist Yellow card 45+1' Johansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Dahlin File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (o.g.) Toutouh File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Poulsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Banggaard Yellow card 42' Hansen Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 12,074 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

21 August 2016 6	Midtjylland	2 – 2	SønderjyskE	Herning
18:00 CEST	Kanstrup File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (o.g.) Novák File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Banggaard Yellow card 90+1'	Report	Madsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Pedersen Yellow card 75' Dal Hende Yellow card 76' Okwi Yellow card 81' Kanstrup Yellow card 87' Hansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,690 Referee: Michael Johansen

28 August 2016 7	Viborg	0 – 0	Midtjylland	Viborg
20:00 CEST	Fochive Yellow card 56'	Report	Riis Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Energi Viborg Arena Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Dennis Mogensen

9 September 2016 8	Midtjylland	3 – 0	Esbjerg fB	Herning
20:15 CEST	Onuachu Yellow card 56' Pušić File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.) Rømer File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Borring File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Laursen Yellow card 13' Andersen Yellow card 73'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,161 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

18 September 2016 9	Odense	0 – 1	Midtjylland	Odense
14:00 CEST	Edmundsson Yellow card 11' Lund Yellow card 49' Festersen Yellow card 74' Mikkelsen Yellow card 85'	Report	Hansen Yellow card 51' Halsti Yellow card 53' Olsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Banggaard Yellow card 88' Poulsen Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Michael Johansen

21 September 2016 10	AGF	1 – 1	Midtjylland	Aarhus
20:00 CEST	Pedersen Yellow card 41' Rasmussen File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Jovanović Yellow card 76'	Report	Novák File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 8,575 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

25 September 2016 11	Midtjylland	5 – 2	Horsens	Herning
18:00 CEST	Banggaard Yellow card 7' Wikheim File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' van der Vaart File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Rømer Yellow card 51' Duelund File:Soccerball shade.svg 54', 88' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Aabech File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' (pen.) Hansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Sanneh Yellow card 49'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Jens Maae

2 October 2016 12	Lyngby	1 – 0	Midtjylland	Kongens Lyngby
14:00 CEST	Lumb Yellow card 17' Larsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	Bruninho Yellow card 79'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Attendance: 1,957 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

16 October 2016 13	Midtjylland	2 – 0	AaB	Herning
18:00 CEST	Banggaard File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Riis Yellow card 87' Wikheim File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Report	Kristensen Yellow card 8' Pedersen Yellow card 66' Würtz Yellow card 90'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,617 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

24 October 2016 14	Esbjerg fB	1 – 3	Midtjylland	Esbjerg
19:00 CEST	Mabil File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Report	Hansen Yellow card 14' Borring File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Poulsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Duelund File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 4,473 Referee: Morten Krogh

30 October 2016 15	Midtjylland	1 – 3	Copenhagen	Herning
18:00 CET	Pušić File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Santander File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 28' Delaney Yellow card 45' Kvist Yellow card 47' Cornelius File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 10,624 Referee: Anders Poulsen

6 November 2016 16	Horsens	1 – 5	Midtjylland	Horsens
14:00 CET	Jespersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Report	Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 80' Borring File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Hassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Novák File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Duelund Yellow card 72'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Attendance: 1,962 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

20 November 2016 17	SønderjyskE	1 – 0	Midtjylland	Haderslev
18:00 CET	Madsen Yellow card 77' Zinckernagel File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Nissen Yellow card 34' Rømer Red card 44' van der Vaart Yellow card 44' Banggaard Yellow card 81'	Stadium: Sydbank Park Attendance: 3,322 Referee: Michael Johansen

28 November 2016 18	Midtjylland	1 – 0	Odense	Herning
19:00 CET	Nissen File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'	Report	Edmundsson Yellow card 79'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

1 December 2016 19	Silkeborg	2 – 1	Midtjylland	Silkeborg
18:00 CET	Helenius File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 62' S. Skytte Yellow card 83' Dahl Yellow card 90'	Report	Olsson Yellow card 28' Hansen Yellow card 62' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Stadium: Mascot Park Attendance: 2,943 Referee: Lars Christoffersen

4 December 2016 20	Midtjylland	0 – 1	AGF	Herning
18:00 CET		Report	Ikonomidis Yellow card 40' Andersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,135 Referee: Jens Maae

11 December 2016 21	Brøndby	2 – 1	Midtjylland	Brøndby
18:00 CET	Pukki File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 79'	Report	van der Vaart File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Onuachu Yellow card 65'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 11,065 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

19 February 2017 22	Midtjylland	0 – 0	Viborg	Herning
18:00 CET	Sparv Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card Duelund Yellow card 59' Wikheim Yellow card 61' Hansen Yellow card 90+4'	Report	Pallesen Yellow card 61' Moberg Yellow card 72' Frederiksen Yellow card 79'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,909 Referee: Michael Johansen

24 February 2017 23	Randers	0 – 2	Midtjylland	Randers
20:15 CET	Fenger Yellow card 45'	Report	Rilwan Hassan Yellow card 27' Duelund File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Nissen Yellow card 52' Rømer Yellow card 64' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: BioNutria Park Randers Attendance: 3,941 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

3 March 2017 24	Midtjylland	1 – 1	Lyngby	Herning
20:15 CET	Poulsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Rømer Yellow card 66' Riis Yellow card 81'	Report	Rygaard Jensen Yellow card 32' Kjær File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Yellow card 63' Christjansen Yellow card 51' Lumb Yellow card 59'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 5,870 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

13 March 2017 25	AaB	1 – 1	Midtjylland	Aalborg
19:00 CET	Sloth Yellow card 45' Børsting File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report	Riis Yellow card 24' Rømer Yellow card 39' Poulsen Yellow card 57' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Stadium: Nordjyske Arena Attendance: 6,641 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

19 March 2017 26	Midtjylland	1 – 2	Nordsjælland	Herning
17:00 CET	Hansen Yellow card 14' Riis Yellow card 17' Drachmann Yellow card 35' Wikheim Yellow card 42' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Halsti Yellow card 86'	Report	Ingvartsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Yellow card 55' Mtiliga Yellow card 57' Donyoh Yellow card 70' Marcondes File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,350 Referee: Jens Maae

European play-off final

1 June 2017

Midtjylland	3–0	Randers
Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' R.Nicolaisen File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Borring File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report

MCH Arena, Herning

Attendance: 5,534

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Danish Cup

27 October 2016 Third round	Fremad Amager	1 – 3	Midtjylland	Copenhagen
19:45 CEST	O. Şenoğlu File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report	Duelund File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Olsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Stadium: Sundby Idrætspark Attendance: 2,588

7 March 2017 Fourth round	Kjellerup	0 – 3	Midtjylland	Silkeborg
17:45 CET	J. Nielsen Yellow card 77'	Report	Bruninho File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Duelund File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Kroon File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Nissen Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Mascot Park Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

5 April 2017 Quarterfinals	AaB	2 – 3	Midtjylland	Aalborg
CEST		Report		Stadium: Nordjyske Arena Attendance: 4,124

4 May 2017 Semifinal	Midtjylland	1 – 2	Brøndby	Herning
CEST		Report		Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,475

UEFA Europa League

30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg	Midtjylland Denmark	1 – 0	Lithuania FK Sūduva	Herning, Denmark
19:00 CEST	Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Leimonas Yellow card 62' Jablan Yellow card 78' Pavlović Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg	FK Sūduva Lithuania	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Denmark Midtjylland	Marijampolė, Lithuania
19:00 CEST	Slavickas Yellow card 69' Švrljuga Yellow card 72'	Report	Novák File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'	Stadium: Sūduva Stadium Attendance: 1,738 Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Midtjylland Denmark	3 – 0	Liechtenstein Vaduz	Herning, Denmark
18:30 CEST	Sisto File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 82' Novák Yellow card 57' Pušić Yellow card 62' Onuachu File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report	Avdijaj Yellow card 82'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,455^[21] Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Vaduz Liechtenstein	2 – 2 (2 – 5 agg.)	Denmark Midtjylland	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:00 CEST	Costanzo Yellow card 25' File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.) M. Strohmaier Yellow card 64' M. Brunner File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' M. Pfründer Yellow card 90+1'	Report	Sisto File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 67' Poulsen Red card 45+2' Riis Yellow card 81'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 842 Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

28 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Videoton Hungary	0 – 1	Denmark Midtjylland	Felcsút, Hungary
20:30 CEST	Pátkai Yellow card 48' Filipe Oliveira Yellow card 88'	Report	Nissen Yellow card 16' Novák File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Onuachu Yellow card 78'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 2,899 Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

4 August 2016 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Midtjylland Denmark	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 1 agg.)	Hungary Videoton	Herning, Denmark
18:00 CEST	Hansen Yellow card 23' Novák Yellow card 45' File:Soccerball shade.svg 104' Onuachu Yellow card 46' Banggaard Yellow card 75' Duelund Yellow card 116'	Report	Lang Yellow card 19' Paulo Vinícius Red card 47' Szolnoki Yellow card 56' Barczi Yellow card 58' Kovács File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Juhász Yellow card 111' Bódi Yellow card 120+2'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 6,258 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

18 August 2016 Play-off round 1st leg	Midtjylland Denmark	0 – 1	Turkey Osmanlıspor	Herning, Denmark
18:30 CEST	Onuachu Yellow card 23' Halsti Yellow card 45+2' Hassan Yellow card 66'	Report	Kılıçaslan Yellow card 14' Banggaard File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (o.g.) Çürüksu Yellow card 27' Delarge Yellow card 54' Karčemarskas Yellow card 86' Badou Yellow card 89'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,003 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

25 August 2016 Play-off round 2nd leg	OsmanlısporTurkey	2 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Denmark Midtjylland	Ankara, Turkey
20:00 CEST	Tiago Pinto File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 50' Procházka Yellow card 54' Altınay Yellow card 73'	Report	Kadlec Yellow card 63' Pušić Yellow card 76'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadyumu Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 19 March 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Danish Superliga		Danish Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Denmark DEN	Kian Hansen	33	0	24	0	1	0	8	0
3	MF	Finland FIN	Tim Sparv	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Finland FIN	Markus Halsti	17	0	6+1	0	2	0	7+1	0
7	MF	Denmark DEN	Jakob Poulsen	33	6	26	6	1	0	6	0
8	MF	Netherlands NED	Rafael van der Vaart	14	2	10+2	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
9	MF	Denmark DEN	Janus Drachmann	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	Denmark DEN	Jonas Borring	26	3	14+10	3	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Sweden SWE	Simon Kroon	4	1	0+3	0	1	1	0	0
16	GK	Sweden SWE	Johan Dahlin	25	0	15	0	2	0	8	0
18	DF	Denmark DEN	Kristian Riis	14	0	8+3	0	1	0	0+2	0
20	DF	Denmark DEN	Rasmus Nicolaisen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	MF	Denmark DEN	Mikkel Duelund	32	7	16+7	5	2	2	0+7	0
24	FW	Denmark DEN	Mads Døhr Thychosen	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Denmark DEN	André Rømer	30	1	20+2	1	1+1	0	3+3	0
31	GK	Denmark DEN	Mikkel Andersen	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	Nigeria NGA	Paul Onuachu	32	12	18+7	9	1	1	5+1	2
34	MF	Denmark DEN	Mikael Anderson	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	MF	Nigeria NGA	Rilwan Hassan	32	1	21+4	1	0	0	7	0
40	DF	Denmark DEN	Andreas Poulsen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	Nigeria NGA	Babajide David	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	DF	Denmark DEN	Rasmus Nissen	35	1	24+1	1	2	0	8	0
70	DF	Czech Republic CZE	Filip Novák	33	7	24	4	2	0	7	3
77	FW	Brazil BRA	Bruninho	8	1	0+7	0	1	1	0	0
88	MF	Norway NOR	Gustav Wikheim	11	2	8+3	2	0	0	0	0
Players who left Midtjylland during the season:
14	FW	Czech Republic CZE	Václav Kadlec	15	3	5+2	3	0	0	5+3	0
17	MF	Sweden SWE	Kristoffer Olsson	22	2	5+8	1	1	1	7+1	0
26	DF	Denmark DEN	Patrick Banggaard	29	1	20	1	1	0	8	0
27	MF	Denmark DEN	Pione Sisto	7	6	1+1	2	0	0	5	4
Players away from the club on loan:
10	FW	Austria AUT	Martin Pušić	19	2	5+7	2	0+1	0	3+3	0
13	DF	Denmark DEN	Alexander Munksgaard	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Denmark DEN	Marco Larsen	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Danish Superliga	Danish Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	Nigeria	33	Paul Onuachu	9	1	2	12
2	MF	Denmark	22	Mikkel Duelund	5	2	0	7
2	DF	Czech Republic	70	Filip Novák	4	0	3	7
4	MF	Denmark	7	Jakob Poulsen	6	0	0	6
4	MF	Denmark	27	Pione Sisto	2	0	4	6
6	MF	Denmark	11	Jonas Borring	3	0	0	3
6	FW	Czech Republic	14	Václav Kadlec	3	0	0	3
8	MF	Netherlands	8	Rafael van der Vaart	2	0	0	2
	FW	Austria	10	Martin Pušić	2	0	0	2
	MF	Sweden	17	Kristoffer Olsson	1	1	0	2
	MF	Norway	88	Gustav Wikheim	2	0	0	2
12	MF	Sweden	14	Simon Kroon	0	1	0	1
	DF	Denmark	26	Patrick Banggaard	1	0	0	1
	DF	Denmark	28	André Rømer	1	0	0	1
	MF	Nigeria	36	Rilwan Hassan	1	0	0	1
	DF	Denmark	43	Rasmus Nissen	1	0	0	1
	FW	Brazil	77	Bruninho	0	1	0	1
	#	Own goals			1	0	0	1
TOTALS					44	6	9	59

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Danish Superliga		Danish Cup		Europa League		Total
2	Denmark	DF	Kian Hansen	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
3	Finland	MF	Tim Sparv	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
6	Finland	DF	Markus Halsti	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
7	Denmark	MF	Jakob Poulsen	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
8	Netherlands	MF	Rafael van der Vaart	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Denmark	MF	Janus Drachmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Austria	FW	Martin Pušić	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
14	Czech Republic	FW	Václav Kadlec	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	Sweden	MF	Kristoffer Olsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	Denmark	DF	Kristian Riis	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
22	Denmark	MF	Mikkel Duelund	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
26	Denmark	DF	Patrick Banggaard	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
28	Denmark	DF	André Rømer	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
33	Nigeria	FW	Paul Onuachu	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
36	Nigeria	MF	Rilwan Hassan	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
43	Denmark	DF	Rasmus Nissen	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
70	Czech Republic	DF	Filip Novák	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
77	Brazil	FW	Bruninho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88	Norway	MF	Gustav Wikheim	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTALS				44	2	1	0	15	1	59	3

References

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[1] "Truppen". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 28 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] "Superligatruppen 2016/17". danskfodbold.com/ (in Danish). Danskfodbold. Retrieved 28 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[3] "Finsk landsholdsspiller til FCM". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[4] "van der Vaart på plads i FCM". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[5] "Borring vender tilbage til FCM". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[6] "Svensk City-talent på plads" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[7] "Tidligere superligabomber skifter til FCM". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[8] "FCM henter norsk kantspiller". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[9] "Borring vender tilbage til FCM". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[10] "Forsvarstalent udlejes til Lyngby". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[11] "Kadlec solgt til Sparta Prag". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[12] "FC Midtjylland ophæver med Wolanski". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[13] "Sisto solgt til Celta Vigo". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[14] "Royer solgt til New York Red Bulls". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[15] "FCM henter SønderjyskE-profiler". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[16] "FCM henter SønderjyskE-profiler". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[17] "FCM henter svensk ligaprofil". www.fcm.dk/ (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[18] "Kristoffer Olsson klar för AIK Fotboll". www.aikfotboll.se (in Swedish). AIK. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[19] "Banggaard wechselt nach Darmstadt". sv98.de/ (in German). Darmstadt 98. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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