The 2012–13 season is

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

's 125th anniversary year. They started this season with a new manager,

Troels Bech Truls or Troels is a Nordic masculine given name. Truls is mainly used in Norway, and to a lesser extent in Sweden. Troels is predominantly used in Denmark. It is a short form of ''Torgils'', derived from Old Norse ''Þórgísl'' (Old Danish ''Th ...

placed 4th in the

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after 19 rounds played.

Squad statistics

Danish Superliga

League table

Positions by round

Matches

Round 1: Brøndby IF vs OB

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

vs Odense BK was the club's opening match of the 2012-13 Danish Superliga season. The match was played at

Brøndby Stadium Brøndby Stadium ( da, Brøndby Stadion, ) is a football stadium in Brøndbyvester, Denmark and the home ground of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. It is the second-largest stadium in Denmark. Built in 1965 and inaugurated on 31 July 1966 where i ...

, with a very low attendance from the home crowd. The Brøndby manager Auri Skarbalius chose to bench

Michael Krohn-Dehli Michael Krohn-Dehli (; born 6 June 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. A technically gifted player, Krohn-Dehli started his professional career in the ...

, because of an extended vacation following the

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tournament. OB took the lead after 17 minutes with a goal by

Jacob Schoop Jacob Toppel Schoop (born 23 December 1988) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Helsingør in the Danish 1st Division. Club career Schoop began his career with lower league Odense sides Tarup-Paarup and B1909, ...

, which was his first goal with the club. Brøndby created more opportunities to score in the second half, and after 78 minutes

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scored, but the referee Lars Christoffersen cancelled the goal because Goodson pushed

Daniel Høegh Daniel Mathias Høegh (; born 6 January 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Randers FC. Høegh formerly played for SC Heerenveen, FC Basel and Odense Boldklub. Career Born in Odense, Denmark, Høegh started ...

in the back. OB won the opening match 1–0.

Round 2: OB vs Randers FC

Odense BK vs

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was Odense's second match of the season.

Round 3: FC Nordsjælland vs OB

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

vs Odense BK was Odense's third match of the season. FC Nordsjælland scored in the 16th minute and led for the majority of the match. Odense's Kalilou Traoré scored in the 81st minute, and the matched ended 1-1.

Round 4: Silkeborg IF vs OB

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vs Odense BK took place at Mascot Park in

Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).Morten Skoubo Morten Skoubo (; born 30 June 1980) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made six appearances for the Denmark national team scoring once. Career FC Midtjylland Born in Holstebro, Skoubo played for a number o ...

scored for OB, ending the match 0-1 for Odense.

Round 5: OB vs FC Midtjylland

Odense BK vs

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was the club's fifth match of the season.

Round 6: SønderjyskE vs OB

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Danish sport corporation. They have a football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa) and an ice hockey team (S ...

vs Odense BK was the club's sixth match of the season. At the time SønderjyskE and Odense held the second and third seeds in the league respectively. OB won the match 1-2, and moved up to second position within the league.

Round 7: OB vs AaB

Round 8: OB vs FC Copenhagen

Odense BK vs

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was the club's eighth match of the season. Before kick-off, Kalilou Traoré was honored in celebration of his last game for OB, after which he would switch to

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Round 9: Esbjerg fB vs OB

Round 10: AC Horsens vs OB

Round 11: OB vs AGF

Round 12: OB vs FC Nordsjælland

Round 13: FC Midtjylland vs OB

vs Odense BK was the club's 13th match in the season.

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scored a goal for OB after 34 minutes. After halftime, OB's

Marcus Pedersen Marcus Pedersen (born 8 June 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for HamKam. Club career HamKam Pedersen was born in Hamar, Norway. He grew up in the nearby Stange, where he played youth football until he joi ...

received a

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and Izunna Uzochukwu was sent off the pitch after stepping on

's shin. The referee, Lars Christoffersen, added six minutes of overtime, during which Midtjylland scored a goal, ending the match with a tie.

Round 14: OB vs AGF

Round 15: Brøndby IF vs OB

Round 16: OB vs SønderjyskE

Round 17: Randers FC vs OB

Round 18: Silkeborg IF vs OB

Round 19: OB vs Esbjerg fB

Transfers

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Matches

Competitive

Topscorers

References

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