14 Mar 2028
Tuesday
Process
85 Edition

The Randers Post

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Elies Mahmoud 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 Randers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Wessel Dammers talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Randers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

Back issues
84 Edition

The Randers Post

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Randers refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 36 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad

Paul Izzo signs on for more

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

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Felix Sommer out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Felix Sommer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

No hiding place for Erik Marxen

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

Loan watch

Ramiro Giannone wants to come home

“I did not go to Vikingur to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.

In brief

83 Edition

The Randers Post

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Elies Mahmoud says Randers 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

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof wants to come home

“I did not go to Brondby to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.

In brief

  • Squad The manager makes an example of Rato
  • Squad Rody de Boer knocks on the manager's door
82 Edition

The Randers Post

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Remember the name: Ousseynou Seck

He is 20, he is averaging 7.17, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Tom Žurga 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 Randers know it.

In brief

81 Edition

The Randers Post

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mike Themsen is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.15 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Frederik Lauenborg 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.

Market

The Wessel Dammers talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Randers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Benjamin Örn has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Randers will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

Loan watch

Amin Al-Hamawi keeps scoring at AIK

10 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

80 Edition

The Randers Post

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Randers up to position 3

36 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Ramiro Giannone counts the days

“I watch every Randers game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Vikingur runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Randers count the cost of losing Felix Sommer

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Laurits Pedersen

“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

Ousseynou Seck has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Randers that is a harder question to answer.

Market

The Sabil Hansen talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Randers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Randers shop where it costs nothing

Jan Dorożko signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.

Market

The market said no: Warren Caddy stays put

Randers opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Warren Caddy stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.

In brief

79 Edition

The Randers Post

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Laurits Pedersen keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Market

Business is business: Ernest Agyiri goes

FC Nordsjaelland paid $790.0K and Randers took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud 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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof has seen enough of Brondby

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Benjamin Örn is free to find somewhere else

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

In brief

78 Edition

The Randers Post

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

FC Copenhagen come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Warren Caddy keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Ousseynou Seck is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Laurits Pedersen told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Laurits Pedersen has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Randers.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud 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.

In brief

77 Edition

The Randers Post

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

FC Copenhagen come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Mike Themsen is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.15 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Cyril Edudzi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cyril Edudzi commits to Randers for another 4 years.

Market

Warren Caddy is free to find somewhere else

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

Squad

Elies Mahmoud 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.

In brief

76 Edition

The Randers Post

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Randers up to position 3

36 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Newcastle United watching Ousseynou Seck

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Randers have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Rato keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Viborg are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Randers will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Loan watch

Ramiro Giannone has seen enough of Vikingur

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

No hiding place for Daniel Høegh

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

Squad

Ousseynou Seck has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Randers that is a harder question to answer.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Ousseynou Seck

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Randers would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

In brief

75 Edition

The Randers Post

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Facundo González 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The season belongs to Thibault Klidjé

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Randers have had the benefit of it.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Mathias Greve 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

74 Edition

The Randers Post

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 20, Ousseynou Seck is already the best thing here

An average of 7.17 in a first team he is several years too young for. Randers have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Sjølstad

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

In brief

73 Edition

The Randers Post

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 21, Mike Themsen is already the best thing here

An average of 7.15 in a first team he is several years too young for. Randers have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Tom Žurga's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Randers are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief

72 Edition

The Randers Post

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Mike Themsen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Randers refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 36 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Sabil Hansen stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sabil Hansen and Randers agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Wessel Dammers

Marked 9.35 — 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.

Loan watch

Ramiro Giannone has seen enough of Vikingur

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Randers find a way past Esbjerg

Esbjerg made Randers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck in the eights

A performance of 8.37 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Nothing got past John Björkengren

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

71 Edition

The Randers Post

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Paul Izzo 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

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Randers lose Jannich Storch

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

Squad

No hiding place for Erik Marxen

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mike Themsen

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Ousseynou Seck named player of the month

The award goes to Ousseynou Seck, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

In brief

70 Edition

The Randers Post

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Randers out of the cup

FC Nordsjaelland ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Rody de Boer keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Remember the name: Ousseynou Seck

He is 20, he is averaging 7.13, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Paul Izzo 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nothing got past John Björkengren

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.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud 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

Giannis Christopoulos shuts the door

Defensive actions: 17, 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

The one thing Arman Durmiši 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

69 Edition

The Randers Post

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Rody de Boer keeps Randers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Nothing got past John Björkengren

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Thibault Klidjé is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.32 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Remember the name: Mike Themsen

He is 21, he is averaging 7.16, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Paul Izzo 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

A defender's afternoon for Wessel Dammers

Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Randers find a way past Hobro

Hobro made Randers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.41, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

68 Edition

The Randers Post

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nothing got past Giannis Christopoulos

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

Mathias Greve 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck 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.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Wessel Dammers takes the honours

Marked 7.78 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Randers had the best player on the pitch.

Loan watch

Ramiro Giannone has seen enough of Vikingur

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Frederik Lauenborg 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

Randers draw a blank against FC Nordsjaelland

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

Squad

International call for Paul Izzo

Paul Izzo joins up with his country. Randers lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief

67 Edition

The Randers Post

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Paul Izzo 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

Ousseynou Seck in the eights

A performance of 9.39 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Mike Themsen in the eights

A performance of 9.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Randers see off Brondby

Three points for Randers, 2‑1 the final word against Brondby in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ousseynou Seck

“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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof wants to come home

“I did not go to Brondby to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Player ratings

Thibault Klidjé keeps on missing

Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

Mathias Greve runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

“I want to play”: Benjamin Örn speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

66 Edition

The Randers Post

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Tom Žurga 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Ousseynou Seck is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Thibault Klidjé is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.31 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Paul Izzo 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck 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.

Match

FC Copenhagen take the points off Randers

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

65 Edition

The Randers Post

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Paul Izzo

There were 6 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

Tempers go at Randers

Paul Izzo 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

Remember the name: Mike Themsen

He is 21, he is averaging 7.07, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Thibault Klidjé is carrying Randers

14 goals and a season average of 7.29. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Randers find a way past OB

OB made Randers work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

64 Edition

The Randers Post

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 41. 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 defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 32. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Arman Durmiši says Randers 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Wessel Dammers

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Thibault Klidjé is carrying Randers

13 goals and a season average of 7.23. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.78, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Randers find a way past SonderjyskE

SonderjyskE made Randers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Randers lose Oliver Sandris

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

In brief

63 Edition

The Randers Post

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Rody de Boer

There were 6 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

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Thibault Klidjé’s goal not enough for Randers

Thibault Klidjé scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to AGF, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

No hiding place for Erik Marxen

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

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof wants to come home

“I did not go to Brondby to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Player ratings

Wessel Dammers gives it away

There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Randers lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Elies Mahmoud

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market

Experience through the door at Randers

Douglas Dias arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

In brief

62 Edition

The Randers Post

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mike Themsen

Successful dribbles: 44. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Rody de Boer: 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.” Randers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Mathias Greve signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mathias Greve commits to Randers for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Benjamin Örn in trouble away from the ground

Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.

In brief

61 Edition

The Randers Post

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Erik Marxen 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 Nikolas Dyhr

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

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.80, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Thibault Klidjé rescues a point for Randers

It needed Thibault Klidjé to find the net to bring anything home at all: 3‑3 against Esbjerg, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Market

Wessel Dammers linked with a move away

The name of Wessel Dammers keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Randers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Arman Durmiši finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Randers have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Player ratings

Arman Durmiši changes it off the bench

He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Randers had a different afternoon.

Squad

Martin Sjølstad 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 Martin Sjølstad trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

  • Market The shop window has Rato in it
  • The terraces The press have found their man in Thibault Klidjé
60 Edition

The Randers Post

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Daniel Høegh: 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.” Randers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Mike Themsen 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Paul Izzo

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

Squad

Sabil Hansen stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sabil Hansen and Randers agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch

Ramiro Giannone wants to come home

“I did not go to Vikingur to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

In brief

59 Edition

The Randers Post

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Viborg take the points off Randers

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud 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 Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Elies Mahmoud

Marked 8.57 — 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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof has seen enough of Brondby

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings

The one thing Thibault Klidjé 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.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud is off the mark for Randers

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

A wage question at Randers

Paul Izzo has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

In brief

58 Edition

The Randers Post

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Randers tear Hobro apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑0 against Hobro, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Elies Mahmoud runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. 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 defender's afternoon for Laurits Pedersen

Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Nobody wants to play Randers right now

4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad

Mike Themsen signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mike Themsen and Randers agree another 5 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

A masterclass from Ousseynou Seck

Marked 9.28 — 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

Thibault Klidjé in the eights

A performance of 8.97 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No hiding place for Laurits Pedersen

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

In brief

57 Edition

The Randers Post

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Mike Themsen keeps the receipts

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

Squad

A day Thibault Klidjé will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Match

Randers cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Thibault Klidjé

Marked 9.55 — 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.

Match

Randers see off FC Nordsjaelland

Three points for Randers, 3‑1 the final word against FC Nordsjaelland in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Erik Marxen 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

Mike Themsen 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

John Björkengren never got going

3.73 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.

In brief

56 Edition

The Randers Post

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Ernest Agyiri sends Randers through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Ernest Agyiri obliged against Esbjerg. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Randers.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Paul Izzo

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.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 29. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market

Ernest Agyiri asks to leave Randers

“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

Tom Žurga is a Randers player

The fee is $370.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. SonderjyskE drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Daniel Høegh

Marked 9.63 — 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

A masterclass from Mike Themsen

Marked 8.96 — 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.

In brief

55 Edition

The Randers Post

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

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

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

Squad

Canadá keeps the receipts

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

Player ratings

Mike Themsen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Randers come up short against FC Copenhagen

FC Copenhagen left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Laurits Pedersen stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Laurits Pedersen and Randers agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

Thibault Klidjé in the eights

A performance of 8.13 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Rody de Boer 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.

Market

Görkem Cihan joins Randers on a free

No fee and no drama: Görkem Cihan has signed at Randers, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

54 Edition

The Randers Post

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Randers

9 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

John Björkengren signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” John Björkengren and Randers agree another 3 years.

Market

Vikingur come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Ousseynou Seck

“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

Nobody could get near Mike Themsen

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Elies Mahmoud turns it into his own net

Nobody's fault and entirely his: a goal that goes into the book with his name against it and nothing about it intended. Randers deserved better, and so did he.

Match

Randers share the spoils with OB

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

In brief

53 Edition

The Randers Post

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mike Themsen

Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

8 matches without a win for Randers

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

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Elies Mahmoud

“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

Nothing got past John Björkengren

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

Ramiro Giannone attracts admirers

The name of Ramiro Giannone has come up in conversations Randers were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Wessel Dammers

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

The one thing Thibault Klidjé could not do

Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Market

No place for Ernest Agyiri in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ernest Agyiri has his answer from Randers; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

52 Edition

The Randers Post

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Ousseynou Seck keeps the receipts

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

Match

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

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

Market

Randers turn down Hammarby for Amin Al-Hamawi

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mike Themsen

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Laurits Pedersen

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

Match

Randers and AGF take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Player ratings

The one thing Thibault Klidjé could not do

Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Market

The Nikolas Dyhr question follows Randers around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nikolas Dyhr’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

  • Squad Canadá finally opens his account
  • Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Warren Caddy
51 Edition

The Randers Post

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

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

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

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Erik Marxen out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Erik Marxen, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

As if he never left: Rasmus Dalsgaard returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Rasmus Dalsgaard is a Randers player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Market

Alexander Dalsgaard is a Randers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Peter Dolberg is a Randers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Lucas Skov comes home

The shirt still fits. Lucas Skov is back at Randers, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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

50 Edition

The Randers Post

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Sebastian Bangshof stays put

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

Squad

Ousseynou Seck 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 Ousseynou Seck trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

49 Edition

The Randers Post

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Jannich Storch signs a new deal

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

Squad

Facundo González 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.

Squad

Ousseynou Seck 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 Randers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Wessel Dammers linked with a move away

The name of Wessel Dammers keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Randers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

The clock runs on Jannich Storch's contract

12 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief

48 Edition

The Randers Post

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Ousseynou Seck signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ousseynou Seck commits to Randers for another 5 years.

Squad

No hiding place for Rody de Boer

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

In brief

47 Edition

The Randers Post

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Erik Marxen out for 48 days

The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Erik Marxen, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Laurits Pedersen

“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

46 Edition

The Randers Post

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Elies Mahmoud out for 34 days

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

Market

Randers say no — this time

The offer from FC Nordsjaelland for Sebastian Bangshof was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Nikolas Dyhr signs on for more

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

In brief

45 Edition

The Randers Post

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Randers turn down FC Midtjylland for Mike Themsen

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

Market

Daniel Høegh asks to leave Randers

“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

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

FC Nordsjaelland watching Sebastian Bangshof

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Randers have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Nikolas Dyhr 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 Randers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Wessel Dammers linked with a move away

The name of Wessel Dammers keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Randers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

44 Edition

The Randers Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Market

Sabil Hansen linked with a move away

The name of Sabil Hansen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Randers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

The manager plants his flag on Paul Izzo

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Paul Izzo’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

In brief

43 Edition

The Randers Post

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Randers lose Erik Marxen

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

Squad

At 20, Oliver Højer is already the best thing here

An average of 7.14 in a first team he is several years too young for. Randers have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

42 Edition

The Randers Post

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Elies Mahmoud out for 63 days

The medical room confirms 63 days on the sidelines for Elies Mahmoud, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Facundo González

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

In brief

41 Edition

The Randers Post

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Facundo González: 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.” Randers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Amin Al-Hamawi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Amin Al-Hamawi and Randers agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

40 Edition

The Randers Post

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Amin Al-Hamawi in the eights

A performance of 8.10 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Amin Al-Hamawi 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 Amin Al-Hamawi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

“I want to play”: Victor Gustafsen speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Market

Sabil Hansen linked with a move away

The name of Sabil Hansen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Randers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Rinor Rexhepi leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Rinor Rexhepi leaves Randers the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

39 Edition

The Randers Post

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Randers count the cost of losing Erik Marxen

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

Squad

Remember the name: Oliver Højer

He is 20, he is averaging 7.14, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

38 Edition

The Randers Post

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Frederik Lauenborg 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.

Squad

The manager plants his flag on Paul Izzo

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Paul Izzo’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

In brief

37 Edition

The Randers Post

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Rinor Rexhepi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Rinor Rexhepi and Randers agree another 3 years.

Squad

Ernest Agyiri out for 30 days

The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Ernest Agyiri, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

36 Edition

The Randers Post

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Amin Al-Hamawi wants to come home

“I did not go to Stromsgodset to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.

Squad

The armband comes off Erik Marxen

Randers 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.

In brief

35 Edition

The Randers Post

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Randers count the cost of losing Erik Marxen

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

Squad

At 20, Oliver Højer is already the best thing here

An average of 7.14 in a first team he is several years too young for. Randers have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

One of those days for Noah Markmann

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.46, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Oliver Højer

Marked 8.37 — 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.

Loan watch

Rinor Rexhepi has seen enough of Brondby

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

34 Edition

The Randers Post

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Paul Izzo called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Randers that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

Squad

Noah Shamoun 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 Noah Shamoun trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

33 Edition

The Randers Post

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof wants to come home

“I did not go to OB to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 31 matches say the rest.

Squad

Daniel Høegh 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

32 Edition

The Randers Post

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Wessel Dammers commits to Randers for another 3 years.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Ousseynou Seck has seen enough of Esbjerg

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

31 Edition

The Randers Post

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Rody de Boer asks to leave Randers

“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

At 20, Oliver Højer is already the best thing here

An average of 7.14 in a first team he is several years too young for. Randers have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Loan watch

Rinor Rexhepi has seen enough of Brondby

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

No hiding place for Frederik Lauenborg

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

Squad

Mike Themsen 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 Randers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

30 Edition

The Randers Post

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Ramiro Giannone attracts admirers

The name of Ramiro Giannone has come up in conversations Randers were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

The shop window has Daniel Høegh in it

Randers have let the market know Daniel Høegh can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

29 Edition

The Randers Post

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Market

The Wessel Dammers story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Wessel Dammers signs something — a contract at Randers or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Loan watch

Amin Al-Hamawi keeps scoring at Stromsgodset

12 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

28 Edition

The Randers Post

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Noah Shamoun

“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

Victor Gustafsen has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Randers will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

27 Edition

The Randers Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Randers turn down FC Midtjylland for Mike Themsen

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

Squad

Oliver Højer is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.14 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof wants to come home

“I did not go to OB to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.

Squad

Laurits Pedersen signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Laurits Pedersen commits to Randers for another 5 years.

Squad

Daniel Høegh 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

26 Edition

The Randers Post

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Noah Shamoun 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Ernest Agyiri 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

25 Edition

The Randers Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Market

Eyes on Ousseynou Seck again

The phone has started ringing about Ousseynou Seck again, and this time the name on the line is SonderjyskE. Randers are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

No hiding place for Frederik Lauenborg

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

Market

The Wessel Dammers story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Wessel Dammers signs something — a contract at Randers or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Loan watch

The goals keep arriving from Amin Al-Hamawi’s exile

5 goals in 12 games at Stromsgodset — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Randers updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

Squad

Thibault Klidjé has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Thibault Klidjé keeps the shirt for now, at Randers's convenience rather than his own.

Market

The shop window has Noah Shamoun in it

Randers have let the market know Noah Shamoun can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad

Warren Caddy 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 Warren Caddy trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Randers borrow Noah Markmann

A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Noah Markmann arrives from FC Nordsjaelland with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.

In brief

24 Edition

The Randers Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lucas Lissens moves on

FC Midtjylland pay $1.5M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Noah Shamoun 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

23 Edition

The Randers Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Randers turn down FC Copenhagen for Wessel Dammers

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

Squad

Oliver Højer is the real thing at 19

A season average of 7.14 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Market

The Lucas Lissens conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: FC Midtjylland will make the call about Lucas Lissens this week. Randers have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof wants to come home

“I did not go to OB to sit and watch. I want to come back to Randers and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Market

No place for Noah Shamoun in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Noah Shamoun has his answer from Randers; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

22 Edition

The Randers Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lucas Lissens 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

97% of the income goes out in wages at Randers

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.

In brief

21 Edition

The Randers Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Noah Shamoun keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Lauenborg

“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.

Loan watch

5 goals on loan for Amin Al-Hamawi

12 appearances at Stromsgodset and the goals keep coming. Randers are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Market

The Ousseynou Seck story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ousseynou Seck signs something — a contract at Randers or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market

Kevin Martínez placed on the list

Randers have made Kevin Martínez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

20 Edition

The Randers Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Oliver Højer runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

The wait goes on for Randers

5 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

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nothing got past John Björkengren

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.

Squad

Albert Ates out for 27 days

The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Albert Ates, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Wessel Dammers

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Thibault Klidjé keeps on missing

Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Daniel Høegh

“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

Point won or two lost for Randers?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Esbjerg? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

19 Edition

The Randers Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Remember the name: Oliver Højer

He is 19, he is averaging 7.12, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Match

4 matches without a win for Randers

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Randers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Randers come up short against FC Midtjylland

FC Midtjylland left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof counts the days

“I watch every Randers game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at OB runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Thibault Klidjé

Marked 8.34 — 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 place for Erik Marxen 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 Randers pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Elies Mahmoud

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The month belongs to Oliver Højer

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Randers have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

In brief

18 Edition

The Randers Post

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Lucas Lissens 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Paul Izzo lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Match

Randers come up short against Viborg

Viborg left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Oliver Højer in the eights

A performance of 8.78 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Mike Themsen 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.

Boardroom

107% of the income goes out in wages at Randers

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.

Player ratings

Elies Mahmoud runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Erik Marxen 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 Randers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

17 Edition

The Randers Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Randers bow out of the cup

FC Nordsjaelland go through and Randers go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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 Thibault Klidjé

“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

Noah Shamoun runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Nikolas Dyhr in the eights

A performance of 8.61 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

One of those days for Mike Themsen

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.38, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

One of those days for Elies Mahmoud

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.34, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Nikolas Dyhr rescues a point for Randers

It needed Nikolas Dyhr to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Hobro, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad

Erik Marxen 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 Erik Marxen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

16 Edition

The Randers Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Mike Themsen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Randers refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 27 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Lucas Lissens shuts the door

Defensive actions: 22, 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

Wessel Dammers shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, 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

Nothing got past John Björkengren

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Match

Randers get the job done against FC Nordsjaelland

A 1‑0 win over FC Nordsjaelland, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Sabil Hansen signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sabil Hansen and Randers agree another 5 years.

Squad

No hiding place for Laurits Pedersen

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

In brief

15 Edition

The Randers Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Wessel Dammers

Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Oliver Højer is the real thing at 19

A season average of 7.02 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Randers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

John Björkengren shuts the door

Defensive actions: 23, 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

A masterclass from Oliver Højer

Marked 9.00 — 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.

Match

Oliver Højer sends Randers past Brondby

It finished 1‑0, and it was Oliver Højer’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Randers.

Player ratings

Lucas Lissens shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof has seen enough of OB

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Rato signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Rato and Randers agree another 3 years.

In brief

14 Edition

The Randers Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Lissens 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 Randers, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Warren Caddy’s goal not enough for Randers

Warren Caddy scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to FC Copenhagen, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings

Warren Caddy in the eights

A performance of 8.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Mike Themsen 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.

Boardroom

107% of the income goes out in wages at Randers

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.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Thibault Klidjé 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.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Elies Mahmoud. Randers will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

In brief

13 Edition

The Randers Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Paul Izzo

There were 6 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

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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

Mike Themsen signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mike Themsen commits to Randers for another 5 years.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Thibault Klidjé sends Randers past OB

It finished 2‑1, and it was Thibault Klidjé’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Randers.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Thibault Klidjé

Marked 8.85 — 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 Daniel Høegh

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

Loan watch

The goals keep arriving from Amin Al-Hamawi’s exile

5 goals in 11 games at Stromsgodset — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Randers updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

Market

Kevin Martínez joins Randers on a free

No fee and no drama: Kevin Martínez has signed at Randers, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

12 Edition

The Randers Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Ernest Agyiri: 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.” Randers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Lucas Lissens in the eights

A performance of 9.13 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Randers get the job done against SonderjyskE

A 1‑0 win over SonderjyskE, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Elies Mahmoud

Marked 8.53 — 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

Laurits Pedersen 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

Ousseynou Seck 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

A first senior shirt for Mads Søndergaard

Every debut is a small story about the future: Mads Søndergaard, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

11 Edition

The Randers Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Jannich Storch keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Wessel Dammers 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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof has seen enough of OB

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Erik Marxen

“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

Nobody could get near Elies Mahmoud

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

A bad afternoon for Randers against AGF

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

In brief

10 Edition

The Randers Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Lissens asks to leave Randers

“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

Wessel Dammers 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Erik Marxen

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

Nobody could get near Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

Wages eat 158% of everything Randers 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Wessel Dammers

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

No hiding place for Frederik Lauenborg

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

Player ratings

Thibault Klidjé keeps on missing

Shots: 11, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Match

Randers and Aalborg cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Aalborg came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

9 Edition

The Randers Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Mike Themsen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Paul Izzo 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Wessel Dammers

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.40, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Randers find a way past Esbjerg

Esbjerg made Randers work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.74, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Daniel Høegh

“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

Wessel Dammers finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Randers have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Elies Mahmoud has taken the shirt

At 25 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Randers are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief

8 Edition

The Randers Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Paul Izzo

There were 6 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

Elies Mahmoud 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Oliver Højer

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

Squad

No hiding place for Paul Izzo

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

Match

Randers come up short against FC Midtjylland

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

Player ratings

The one thing Thibault Klidjé could not do

Shots: 14, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Squad

Frederik Lauenborg 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 Frederik Lauenborg trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Victor Gustafsen

A mark of 5.79 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

Loan watch

Amin Al-Hamawi keeps scoring at Stromsgodset

6 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

7 Edition

The Randers Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

John Björkengren shuts the door

Defensive actions: 32, 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

A defender's afternoon for Wessel Dammers

Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Erik Marxen shuts the door

Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

8 unbeaten for Randers

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Randers did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Paul Izzo 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Warren Caddy

“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.

Loan watch

Sebastian Bangshof has seen enough of OB

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Randers, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Randers and Viborg cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Viborg came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market

The Wessel Dammers talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Randers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

6 Edition

The Randers Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Lissens asks to leave Randers

“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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ousseynou Seck

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

7 unbeaten for Randers

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Randers did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Paul Izzo 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

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.61, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Randers get the job done against Hobro

A 1‑0 win over Hobro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Oliver Højer

Marked 8.23 — 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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 124% of everything Randers 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.

Player ratings

John Björkengren shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

5 Edition

The Randers Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Oliver Jones 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ousseynou Seck

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

Market

Randers get their man

The chase for Rody de Boer ended with $220.0K changing hands and Aalborg out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Erik Marxen 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Whatever happens, Randers do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market

Randers sell Mert Demirci for $160.0K

Mert Demirci has left for AGF in a $160.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Player ratings

One of those days for Oliver Højer

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.98, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Randers and FC Nordsjaelland take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

4 Edition

The Randers Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Randers through in the cup

A 2‑0 win over Esbjerg, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Max Albæk shuts the door

Defensive actions: 31, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market

Randers say no — this time

The offer from FC Midtjylland for Lucas Lissens was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Mert Demirci 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 Randers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Erik Marxen 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

One of those days for Noah Shamoun

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.97, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Daniel Høegh 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

One of those days for Warren Caddy

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.46, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

3 Edition

The Randers Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Elies Mahmoud runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

John Björkengren shuts the door

Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Paul Izzo keeps Randers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lucas Lissens

Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Paul Izzo 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Randers sell Musa Touré for $690.0K

Musa Touré has left for Viborg in a $690.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Lucas Lissens 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

A defender's afternoon for Wessel Dammers

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

No goals between Randers and FC Copenhagen

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. FC Copenhagen will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

2 Edition

The Randers Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Lissens 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 Randers, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Wessel Dammers stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Wessel Dammers and Randers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Paul Izzo 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 Randers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Ousseynou Seck runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Esbjerg join the queue for Benjamin Örn

Add another name to the list: Esbjerg have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Benjamin Örn. The answer from Randers has not changed — yet.

Squad

No hiding place for Paul Izzo

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

Player ratings

A masterclass from Lucas Lissens

Marked 8.63 — 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.

Match

Randers and OB take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Wessel Dammers 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 Wessel Dammers trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

1 Edition

The Randers Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Randers say no — this time

The offer from KuPS for Amin Al-Hamawi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Paul Izzo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Paul Izzo commits to Randers for another 3 years.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for John Björkengren

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Tempers go at Randers

Paul Izzo 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.

Market

Esbjerg join the queue for Martin Sjølstad

Add another name to the list: Esbjerg have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Martin Sjølstad. The answer from Randers has not changed — yet.

Match

Randers get the job done against SonderjyskE

A 1‑0 win over SonderjyskE, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thibault Klidjé

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.38, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Wessel Dammers

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Frederik Lauenborg 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