2018–19 FC Midtjylland season
The 2018–19 FC Midtjylland season is FC Midtjylland's 20th season of existence, and their 18th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. In addition to a second place finish in the Superliga, Midtjylland won its first Danish Cup and competed in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.
Squad
Transfers and loans
Arrivals
Summer
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| MF |  Ayo Simon Okosun | AC Horsens | 1 July 2018 |
| FW |  Mayron George | Randers FC | 1 July 2018 |
| MF |  Jens-Lys Cajuste | Örgryte IS | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Erik Sviatchenko | Celtic F.C. | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Oliver Olsen | FC Midtjylland U19 | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Sören Reese | Viborg FF | 1 July 2018 |
| MF |  Manjrekar James | Vasas SC | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Sammy Skytte | Silkeborg IF | 1 July 2018 |
| MF |  Dominick Drexler | Holstein Kiel | 1 July 2018 |
| FW | Sebastian Buch | FC Midtjylland U19 | 1 July 2018 |
| FW | Christian Tue Jensen | FC Midtjylland U19 | 1 July 2018 |
| MF |  Michael Baidoo | FC Midtjylland U19 | 1 July 2018 |
| FW | Victor Torp | FC Midtjylland U19 | 1 July 2018 |
| FW |  Henry Uzochokwu | FC Midtjylland U19 | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Joel Andersson | BK Häcken | 2 July 2018 |
| DF | Alexander Scholz | Club Brugge K.V. | 10 August 2018 |
| GK | Mikkel Andersen | Lyngby BK | 16 August 2018 |
| Manager | Kenneth Andersen | FC Midtjylland U19 | 10 October 2018 |
Winter
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| FW |  Chuma Anene | FC Fredericia | 18 January 2019 |
| FW |  Júnior Brumado | Esporte Clube Bahia | 31 January 2019 |
Loan in
| Position | Player | Loaned from | Start | End |
| MF | Evander da Silva Ferreira | CR Vasco da Gama | 27 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| DF | Patrick | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | 31 January 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| DF |  Rafał Kurzawa | Amiens SC | 31 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
Departures
Summer
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| DF | Andreas Poulsen | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 July 2018 |
| MF |  Markus Halsti | Esbjerg fB | 1 July 2018 |
| MF |  Rafael van der Vaart | Released | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Janus Drachmann | OB | 18 July 2018 |
| MF | Dominick Drexler | 1. FC Köln | 20 July 2018 |
| MF | Mikkel Duelund | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 31 August 2018 |
| DF |  Bubacarr Sanneh | RSC Anderlecht | 31 August 2018 |
| Manager | Jess Thorup | K.A.A. Gent | 10 October 2018 |
Winter
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| DF | Alexander Munksgaard | AGF Aarhus | 4 January 2019 |
| MF | Frederik Brandhof | Viborg FF | 17 January 2019 |
Loan out
| Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| DF | Henry Uzochokwu | FC Fredericia | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Victor Torp | FC Fredericia | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| FW |  Mikael Anderson | SBV Excelsior | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Manjrekar James | FC Fredericia | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| DF | Søren Reese | AC Horsens | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| FW | Sebastian Buch | FC Fredericia | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Sammy Skytte | AC Horsens | 2 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF |  Gloire Rutikanga | Ringkøbing IF | 13 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| FW |  Jákup Thomsen | FH Hafnarfjarðar | 15 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 |
| MF | Nikolaj Kirk | Brentford | 16 July 2018 | 31 March 2019 |
| MF | Kaan Kairinen | FC Inter Turku | 6 August 2018 | 31 December 2018 |
| FW |  Bill Hamid | D.C. United | 8 August 2018 | 30 November 2019 |
| DF | Kristian Riis | Esbjerg fB | 21 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Michael Baidoo | FC Fredericia | 31 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Kaan Kairinen | HJK Helsinki | 1 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| FW | Jákup Thomsen | FH Hafnarfjarðar | 18 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| FW | Chuma Anene | FC Fredericia | 18 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Babajide David Akintola | Rosenborg BK | 6 February 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| MF | Nikolaj Kirk | Stabæk | 31 March 2019 | 25 July 2019 |
Non-competitive
Pre-season Friendlies
Competitive
Competition record
Danish Superliga
Regular season
Matches
Championship round
Matches
Sydbank Pokalen
UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
- The loss on aggregate moves FC Midtjylland to the Third Qualifying Round of the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
Playoff round
Statistics
Appearances
This includes all competitive matches.| Player | Superliga | Sydbank Pokalen | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total | |||
| 1 | MF | 7 | Jakob Poulsen | 34 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 45 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Jesper Hansen | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 44 |
| 3 | FW | 33 | Paul Onuachu | 30 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
| 3 | MF | 45 |  Awer Mabil | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Kian Hansen | 27 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 | MF | 88 | Gustav Wikheim | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | DF | 6 | Joel Andersson | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | FW | 19 | Mayron George | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | DF | 14 | Alexander Scholz | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | DF | 28 | Erik Sviatchenko | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Marc Dal Hende | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | Evander | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | MF | 38 | Frank Onyeka | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| MF | 3 | Tim Sparv | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28 | - |
| 15 | MF | 36 | Rilwan Hassan | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | DF | 20 | Rasmus Nicolaisen | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 17 | DF | 24 | Mads Døhr Thychosen | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 18 | MF | 8 | Ayo Simon Okosun | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 19 | MF | 15 | Bozhidar Kraev | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | DF | 25 | Bubacarr Sanneh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | DF | 13 | Alexander Munksgaard | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | FW | 29 | Rafał Kurzawa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | MF | 22 | Mikkel Duelund | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| DF | 4 | Zsolt Korcsmár | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - |
| 25 | DF | 25 |  Manjrekar James | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 26 | FW | 26 | Artem Dovbyk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | FW | 74 | Júnior Brumado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | MF | 40 | Jens-Lys Cajuste | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GK | 11 | Mikkel Andersen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| 30 | MF | 17 | Michael Baidoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | 29 | Frederik Brandhof | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | 43 | Nicolas Madsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | 27 | Oliver Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goalscorers
This includes all competitive matches.Assists
This includes all competitive matches.Clean Sheets
This includes all competitive matches.Disciplinary record
This includes all competitive matches.Suspensions
This includes all competitive matches.Awards
Team
Individual
| Player | Award | Month | Source | |
| 29 | Erik Sviatchenko | Team of the Month | July | www.superliga.dk |
| 5 | Marc Dal Hende | Player of the Month | September | www.superliga.dk |
| 5 | Marc Dal Hende | Team of the Month | September | www.superliga.dk |
| 6 | Joel Andersson | Team of the Month | September | www.superliga.dk |
| 45 | Awer Mabil | Team of the Month | October | www.superliga.dk |
| 33 | Paul Onuachu | Team of the Month | October | www.superliga.dk |
| 45 | Awer Mabil | Team of the Month | November | www.superliga.dk |
| 33 | Paul Onuachu | Team of the Month | November | www.superliga.dk |
| 33 | Paul Onuachu | Team of the Month | February | www.superliga.dk |
| 2 | Kian Hansen | Team of the Month | March | www.superliga.dk |
| 10 | Evander | Team of the Month | May | www.superliga.dk |