Hobro U20

23 Mar 2027
Tuesday
Process
34 Edition

The Hobro Courier

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Martin Huldahl hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Søren Andreasen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Søren Andreasen, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
33 Edition

The Hobro Courier

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gastón Rossi asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Hobro count the cost of losing Magnus Iversen

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

32 Edition

The Hobro Courier

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Franco Martínez asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Jiří Klíma signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jiří Klíma commits to Hobro for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

31 Edition

The Hobro Courier

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Hobro are in real trouble now

Position 12, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Lucas Dilelio asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Luka Guček wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Hobro know it.

In brief

30 Edition

The Hobro Courier

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Martin Huldahl hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

89% of the income goes out in wages at Hobro

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Frederik Dietz asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Martin Huldahl linked with a move away

The name of Martin Huldahl keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Hobro say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

The shop window has Jonas Dakir in it

Hobro have let the market know Jonas Dakir can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

29 Edition

The Hobro Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gastón Rossi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

George Wynne stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” George Wynne and Hobro agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

28 Edition

The Hobro Courier

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jonas Dakir asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

The Esbjerg deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Martin Huldahl reports back to Hobro with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Jairo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jairo commits to Hobro for another 1 years.

Market

A long bet from Hobro on George Wynne

He is 20, and nobody at Hobro signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Still no ink between Hobro and Franco Martínez

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Hobro, another week without a signature from Franco Martínez.

In brief

27 Edition

The Hobro Courier

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Hobro sink to position 12

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Mads Nielsen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Eyes on Martin Huldahl again

The phone has started ringing about Martin Huldahl again, and this time the name on the line is Esbjerg. Hobro are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Oliver Klitten out for 18 days

The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Oliver Klitten, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Hobro count the cost of losing Roger Torres

16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

26 Edition

The Hobro Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Martin Huldahl puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

113% of the income goes out in wages at Hobro

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Gastón Rossi knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hobro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

A season on the outside for Franco Martínez

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Hobro has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Squad

Somebody is after Martin Huldahl’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Martin Huldahl suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Hobro have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

25 Edition

The Hobro Courier

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gastón Rossi asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Hobro lose Benjamin Tahirović

25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

24 Edition

The Hobro Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jonas Dakir hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Frederik Dietz

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Still no ink between Hobro and Franco Martínez

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Hobro, another week without a signature from Franco Martínez.

Squad

Jonas Dakir knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hobro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

A season on the outside for Juan Cekalovich

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Hobro has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

23 Edition

The Hobro Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for Hobro

Position 12 and 8 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Hobro turn down SonderjyskE for Mikkel Pedersen

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Marius Jacobsen hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Hobro lose Oliver Klitten

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Mads Nielsen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

22 Edition

The Hobro Courier

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Mikkel Pedersen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

Wages eat 168% of everything Hobro earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

The manager makes an example of José Ramírez Agudelo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Willians signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Willians and Hobro agree another 2 years.

Squad

Mikkel Pedersen knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mikkel Pedersen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

  • Market Hobro shop where it costs nothing
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21 Edition

The Hobro Courier

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lucas Dilelio asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Gastón Rossi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

20 Edition

The Hobro Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Hobro

12 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market

Gastón Rossi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Søren Andreasen keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hobro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Martin Huldahl

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martin Huldahl, and the manager let it.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hobro against FC Copenhagen

0‑1 to FC Copenhagen, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No place for Jonas Dakir on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hobro pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Daniel Valdelamar

Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Oscar Meedom

A mark of 5.61 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

19 Edition

The Hobro Courier

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Hobro

11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match

Hobro sink to position 12

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Martin Huldahl asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Jonas Dakir

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Hobro come up short against OB

OB left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Mads Nielsen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mads Nielsen, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Daniel Valdelamar runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Gastón Rossi knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Gastón Rossi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

18 Edition

The Hobro Courier

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Hobro

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market

Mikkel Pedersen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Roger Torres runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Wages eat 190% of everything Hobro earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Hobro come up short against SonderjyskE

SonderjyskE left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Asger Nyholm Frederiksen out for 29 days

The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Asger Nyholm Frederiksen, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

No hiding place for José Ramírez Agudelo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Ramírez Agudelo, and the manager let it.

Squad

Jean wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Hobro know it.

In brief

17 Edition

The Hobro Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Andreas Søndergaard

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

9 matches without a win for Hobro

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Hobro are no longer polite ones.

Match

Hobro out of the cup

FC Copenhagen ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Luka Guček

Defensive actions: 31. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Alan Ferreyra says Hobro went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Douglas Dias

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Oliver Klitten in the eights

A performance of 9.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Jonas Dakir gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

16 Edition

The Hobro Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Enzo Ruiz asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

7 matches without a win for Hobro

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Hobro are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Bertil Grønkjær keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hobro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Jiří Klíma out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Jiří Klíma, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Luka Guček gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Oliver Klitten in the eights

A performance of 8.23 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Hobro share the spoils with Aalborg

A 1‑1 draw with Aalborg leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Christian Enemark

Marked 5.64, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

15 Edition

The Hobro Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Hobro sink to position 12

6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Martin Huldahl hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Fernando Cordero keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hobro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

6 matches without a win for Hobro

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Hobro are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hobro against Esbjerg

0‑1 to Esbjerg, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Daniel Valdelamar runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Frederik Dietz

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

A costly moment from Benjamin Tahirović

One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Hobro, and it is a cruel one.

In brief

14 Edition

The Hobro Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Nowhere to hide for Hobro

0‑3 against FC Midtjylland, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market

Mikkel Pedersen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Jonas Dakir

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Marius Jacobsen keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hobro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

No end in sight to Hobro's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hobro has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

Wages eat 190% of everything Hobro earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

Hobro count the cost of losing Asger Nyholm Frederiksen

60 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Hobro dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief

13 Edition

The Hobro Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Gastón Rossi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Gastón Rossi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hobro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

The wait goes on for Hobro

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hobro against Viborg

0‑1 to Viborg, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mads Nielsen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

12 Edition

The Hobro Courier

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lucas Dilelio hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Oscar Meedom keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hobro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Hobro lose Jiří Klíma

64 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Jiří Klíma in the eights

A performance of 8.85 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No hiding place for Gastón Rossi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gastón Rossi, and the manager let it.

Match

Jiří Klíma rescues a point for Hobro

It needed Jiří Klíma to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against AGF, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Player ratings

Martin Huldahl leaves them behind him

Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Daniel Valdelamar

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

11 Edition

The Hobro Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Hobro sink to position 12

5 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Martin Huldahl puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jiří Klíma

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mats Köhlert

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

FC Nordsjaelland take the points off Hobro

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

10 Edition

The Hobro Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jiří Klíma

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

278% of the income goes out in wages at Hobro

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Martin Huldahl

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Hobro come up short against Brondby

Brondby left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Jairo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jairo commits to Hobro for another 1 years.

Market

Rodrigo Dantas brings the grey hairs Hobro lacked

At 37, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

Market

Experience through the door at Hobro

Jairo arrives at 37 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Market

Jean brings the grey hairs Hobro lacked

At 37, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

In brief

  • Market Experience through the door at Hobro
  • Squad Lucas Dilelio asks for a word with the manager
9 Edition

The Hobro Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jonas Dakir keeps Hobro in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Gastón Rossi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Benjamin Tahirović

Defensive actions: 30. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lukas Klitten

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Mats Köhlert in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Luka Guček sends Hobro past FC Copenhagen

It finished 2‑0, and it was Luka Guček’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Hobro.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Luka Guček

Marked 8.35 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Daniel Valdelamar in the eights

A performance of 8.26 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Fernando Cordero gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

8 Edition

The Hobro Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Hobro's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hobro has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

OB take the points off Hobro

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Benjamin Tahirović gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jiří Klíma

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Mikkel Pedersen knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mikkel Pedersen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Player ratings

Gastón Rossi never got going

5.55 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Christian Enemark

Marked 5.80, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Squad

A season on the outside for Gastón Rossi

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Hobro has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

7 Edition

The Hobro Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Hobro are in real trouble now

Position 12, 2 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Martin Huldahl asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

8 matches without a win for Hobro

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Hobro are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jiří Klíma

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Jiří Klíma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Hobro lose Frederik Dietz

36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Søren Andreasen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Benjamin Tahirović takes the honours

Marked 7.70 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Hobro had the best player on the pitch.

Match

Hobro draw a blank against SonderjyskE

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. SonderjyskE defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

6 Edition

The Hobro Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

7 matches without a win for Hobro

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Hobro are no longer polite ones.

Market

Frederik Mortensen hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hobro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Mats Köhlert was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

Wages eat 254% of everything Hobro earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

No hiding place for Mats Köhlert

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mats Köhlert, and the manager let it.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hobro against Randers

0‑1 to Randers, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jiří Klíma

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The armband comes off Mikkel Pedersen

Hobro will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

José Ramírez Agudelo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hobro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

5 Edition

The Hobro Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Mikkel Pedersen asks to leave Hobro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

SonderjyskE come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hobro did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

The wait goes on for Hobro

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Jiří Klíma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jiří Klíma

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Oliver Klitten gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Hobro come up short against Aalborg

Aalborg left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Zander Hyltoft is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hobro has been clear about where Zander Hyltoft stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Lukas Falk signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lukas Falk and Hobro agree another 4 years.

In brief

4 Edition

The Hobro Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Cup progress for Hobro

A 1‑1 win over AGF, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Squad

Andreas Søndergaard is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Andreas Søndergaard: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

No end in sight to Hobro's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hobro has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Jiří Klíma in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Hobro come up short against Esbjerg

Esbjerg left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Jiří Klíma runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mikkel Boye

Marked 8.06 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

No hiding place for Mads Nielsen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mads Nielsen, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

The one thing Martin Huldahl could not do

Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

3 Edition

The Hobro Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Jiří Klíma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Luka Guček

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hobro against FC Midtjylland

0‑1 to FC Midtjylland, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Hobro and Luka Guček are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Costly mistake from Jonas Dakir

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Jonas Dakir knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Oliver Klitten

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

2 Edition

The Hobro Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Lukas Klitten signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lukas Klitten commits to Hobro for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Hobro

Jiří Klíma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lukas Klitten

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Viborg take the points off Hobro

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Oliver Klitten

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

36 months and counting on Søren Andreasen

Still no offer on the table, and Søren Andreasen’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief

1 Edition

The Hobro Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Mikkel Pedersen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hobro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Jonas Dakir stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonas Dakir and Hobro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Jiří Klíma in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hobro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Søren Andreasen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Talks stall between Hobro and Jiří Klíma

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

49 months and counting on Jonas Dakir

Still no offer on the table, and Jonas Dakir’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Player ratings

Frederik Dietz shuts the door

Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Jonathan Lind runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Lukas Klitten knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hobro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief