Randers FC

Randers FC play in the Danish Superliga at Cepheus Park Randers (10,300) in Randers, central Jutland, Denmark.

Randers FC were formed in 2003 through the merger of six local clubs including Randers Freja, two clubs whose combined history stretched back to 1898. The merger rationalised Jutland football and created a single club capable of sustaining Superliga status rather than two mid-table operations competing for the same local resource. The logic was efficiency, and for most of the subsequent two decades it worked: Randers have been a consistent Superliga presence, rarely challenging for the title but rarely relegated either.

The 2021 Danish Cup victory, beating Sønderjyske 4-0 in the final, was the club’s first and only major piece of silverware. The achievement came under coach Thomas Thomasberg, who had built a compact, organised squad around Danish international midfielder Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati and striker Marcos Ureña, the Costa Rican forward who brought technical quality from his time in the German Bundesliga. Ureña’s deployment as a central target man who could hold the ball and combine with quick attacking midfielders gave Randers an attacking identity that overachieved relative to the squad value.

The UEFA Conference League group stage appearance in 2021-22, earned through the cup victory, was Randers’ first European group stage participation. They drew AZ Alkmaar, Jablonec, and CFR Cluj, finishing second in the group.

Cepheus Park, renamed from Viborg Energi Park and since rebranded under the astronomy company’s naming rights, sits in northern Randers adjacent to the Gudena river that runs through central Jutland.

When does Randers FC play? Danish Superliga matches run on CET (UTC+1) in winter and CEST (UTC+2) in summer. A Sunday 16:00 CET kickoff in Randers is 15:00 in London and 10:00 in New York. Check Copenhagen time to convert any Randers fixture to your timezone.