"Kryvbas" - "Midtjylland": January 15 at 19:00

Kryvbas is preparing for the first match of the new year. And our opponent is Midtjylland, one of the leaders of Danish football, a well-known European Cup fighter.

The club was founded in 1999. It is a 4-time champion of its country, a 6-time silver medalist, a 2-time winner of the Danish Cup, a 4-time Cup finalist. The last great success is the silver awards in the 2024\2025 season.

After the first part of the 2025\2026 season, Midtjylland is in second place, 4 points behind Aarhus. The club represents the 51,000-strong city of Herning, which is the 11th largest city in Denmark. The cost of Midtjylland is 97.75 million euros. The average age is 24.5 years.

The head coach is 40-year-old local specialist Mike Tullberg, who has been leading the team since September 2025. The composition of our future opponent is quite international. These are players from Iceland, Senegal, Brazil, Czech Republic, Nigeria, Portugal, Chile, Zambia, South Korea, and other countries.

In this year's group stage of the Europa League, they took second place among 36 teams, and secured a place in the 1\8 finals of the competition. Among the victories in the UEFA Champions League, we note the victories over Celtic Scotland - 3:1, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel - 3:0, Nottingham Forest England - 3:2, Sturm Austria - 2:0, Genk Belgium - 1:0.

In the current offseason, Midtjylland has only played one friendly match, defeating compatriots from Sennerjysk on January 9 - 6:3. It should be noted that Kryvbas has previously met with Danish clubs. In the winter of 2025, it was a match in Spain against Runners - 1:5 (Bakary Konate). And in 2024, also in the Pyrenees, we defeated Viborg - 1:0 (Hrvoje Ilic).

Spain Training Camp 2026. Control match #1.

Kryvbas (Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine) - Midtjylland (Herning, Denmark).

Thursday, January 15, 2026. San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain. Pinatar Arena Stadium. 19:00 (Kyiv time; 18:00 - local time).

Broadcast: UPL TV.

Press service of FC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih