McCowatt starts. Approaching result territory for Silkeborg to avoid the drop. Bottom 2 teams go down (11th & 12th). Silkeborg 4 pts below Fredericia in 10th, with 7 matches left.
Edit - Silkeborg trail 0-1 at HT. Failed to convert a penalty.
Silkeborg were up 2-0 until 78 mins. Fredericia equalising in the 98th min. Costly for Silkeborg (11th) who stay in the relegation spots 2 pts behind Fredericia. A win and Silkeborg would have swapped places on the ladder.
McC went off at 73 mins. Obviously they should have kept him on.
10 goals and 2 assists in the Danish Super Liga this season. 27 games and 2,086 mins.
All done for a team mostly struggling this campaign.
So Baze has 3 forwards who are having good consistent scoring/assist seasons. Randell, Just and McCowatt. Which two to go best alongside the Woodsman?
Not doing a huge amount for the AWs of late, but his club form continues to go well. Niche Cache, and as per the stats it ain't common for a Kiwi to get a 10 goal season in a decent league.
Killen got his Hibs move to big boys Celtic. Brockie similarily moved from SuperSport to PSL big boys Sundowns (where he flopped).
What for McCowatt?
Wonderful goal to put Silkeborg 1-0 up against FC Fredericia... a lead that soon became two when Tonni Adamsen added to the count. Those two have been instrumental in the rare good things that this club has experienced this torturous season – striker Adamsen has scored 12 goals in the Superliga, winger/midfielder McCowatt now has 10 of them... and nobody else has surpassed three. SIF knocked back transfer interest around both of them during the January window but it’s looking likely they’ll both be cashed in upon during the next window. They’ve already said they’re waiting for McCowatt’s value to peak during the World Cup.
To further illustrate that reliance, McCowatt was subbed after 73 minutes with Silkeborg leading 2-0 and on course for a hugely valuable win in their quest to avoid relegation. Without him they crumbled to draw 2-2, conceding on 78’ and 90+3’. So that was a bloody shambles. They’d have swapped places with Fredericia with a win and climbed out of the relegation zone but instead they’re stuck there for another week. Pretty insane for a club who were cup champs a couple years ago to find themselves in this position. Crazier still when they’ve got two of the only five players with 10+ goals across the Superliga. But even if they do get relegated, we’re expecting McCowatt to leave so it is what it is. He didn’t look to stoked when they gave him his Man of the Match wine... image.png329.38 KBTen goals in a league season is rare territory for kiwi footballers – most of our best exports have traditionally been centre-backs and goalkeepers. McCowatt also scored once in Conference League qualifiers so he’s got 11 this season overall... but the league stuff is the bread and butter: 10 goals and 2 assists from 27 appearances (2083 minutes). He’s scored those goals from just 5.5 xG too, that’s how it goes when 35 of your 70 overall shots have come from outside the penalty area. In terms of the goals, he’s scored seven from inside and three from outside the box. Seven with his right foot, two with his left foot, one with his head. Only Franculino Djú of FC Midtjylland has exceeded his expected goal by more... and that bloke’s being linked with pretty much every English Premier League club. That’s the company that McCowatt is keeping. This Danish league ain’t no joke, folks. He also ranks in the top 20 across the Superliga for distance covered... and is second for sprints.
In terms of kiwis hitting double digits, it’s happened a few times in the A-League obviously (Jesse Randall is one away from joining that group this year with Auckland FC, prior to his already announced move to Dundee United in Scotland) but beyond that it’s a rare feat and Chris Wood and Wynton Rufer are in a class of their own. Wood has done it three times in the English Championship and six times in the Premier League. Wynton Rufer’s got ten such instances in his illustrious career (five in Switzerland, four in Germany, one in Japan). Otherwise here’s what the research efforts have turned up...
Chris Killen – 13 goals for Hibernian in 2006-07 (Scottish Premiership) Jeremy Brockie – 11 goals for SuperSport United in 2015-16 (South African Premiership) Myer Bevan – 11 goals for Cavalry in 2023 (Canadian Premier League) Max Mata – 11 goals for Sligo Rovers in 2023 (League of Ireland) Moses Dyer – 10 goals for Galway United in 2025 (League of Ireland) Moses Dyer – 13 goals* for Phnom Penh Crown in 2025-26 (Cambodian Premier League) Callum McCowatt – 10 goals* for Silkeborg in 2025-26 (Danish Superliga)
Only Chris Killen’s 06-07 season compares to McCowatt’s as far as the quality of the competition goes. Killen was signed by Celtic immediately after that haul, by the way. Brockie’s deserves some love too, though the others were all in less prestigious situations. What’s more, all the other examples were genuine strikers but McCowatt hasn’t played there at all this season. He’s been used on the wing or as an attacking midfielder and has still managed to score goals at such a rate. Incredible stuff.
Big result with Silkeborg looking to avoid relegation. The win took them 10th into the safety zone, ahead of Fredericia (11th/2nd last). Fredericia do have a game in hand.
So huge moment McCowatt winning that 87th min pen, which Tonni Adamsen converted to clinch the win. McC 11 goals and Adamsen 13 goals doing their best to keep Silkeborg up, though both look likely to leave the club in the coming months.
Callum McCowatt has been at it again, scoring another banger from outside the box and also winning a penalty as Silkeborg claimed a crucial 2-1 win vs Vejle 🙌 #FlyingKiwispic.twitter.com/BnxVE0cRKe
As Fredericia (11th) also lost on the weekend, Silkeborg (9th) confirmed as safe from the drop with one match left. Though everything points to this being McCowatt's last season at the club anyway.
So that makes clubs of Wood, Thomas, McCowatt and likely Stanger safe after this weekend's games.
Cam Knowles at Minnesotoa wanted him, but Silkeborg said lets wait to see what his post WC value will be.
Silkeborg have also lost their top goal scorer (Adamsen?) and quality keeper from last season. McC was the 2nd top scorer and then daylight to 3rd. They sell too many of their better players they may get into relegation trouble. Balancing act to see who they can bring in I guess.
coochiee wrote: McC 79 mins (1-1) against Randers in a 1-1 to start the new season
Has the assist for Silkeborg’s goal
Izzo not in the squad for Randers
Good to see him pick up where he left off last season, but that was a very young squad that Silkeborg fielded today. The majority of the starting XI falling into the 18-24 age bracket. McCowatt being the second oldest to start at 27.
I vaguely recall that this was part of his reason for wanting to potentially make a move last season, as he felt that there needed to be more investment in the squad, so I do wonder if he's still agitating for a move?
He has a new manager at Silkeborg in Morten Dahm Kjaergaard. Previous gaffer has left to join the Danish national team setup.
I'm sure McCowatt would love a gig in the Championship if his agent could find one. His great mate Eli being in that league, plus a little cluster of other ex Ole players in the UK with Marko & Garbett.
The rumours a few months back pre WC were Minnesota in the US were keen. But he may at 27 want to stay in Europe for now, hoping yes to go a level up from the Superliga. He has a Danish partner.
Again Silkeborg may be reluctant to let one of their best goal scorers go, unless they can find a proven replacement. Remembering fellow Danish club Horsens wouldn't release Just a few years ago, reportedly because they couldn't find anyone to replace him.
Different to the A League where there is no relegation, and transfer fee income is financial oxygen.
The more you watch that clip, especially with the zoomed in angles of the replays, the more clever that pass appears with how he lifted it juuust enough to evade two defenders but still give his mate the inside track to collect it and score. Lovely bit of creativity within a mostly dull game between two teams expected to end up down near the bottom of the standings... making this a decent point for Silkeborg to begin with.
For most of McCowatt’s time at this club they’ve been a very good team, winning the Danish Cup in 2023–24 and then making the final again one year later, contesting multiple European qualifiers, but last season was a disaster where they only avoided relegation thanks to the goals of McCowatt and Tonni Adamsen as well as some primo goalkeeping from Nicolai Larsen. Mentioned in previous weeks how Adamsen and Larsen have each left on free transfers since then. Well, long-time coach Kent Neilsen has also departed and the new boss, Morten Dahm Kjærgaard (previously with Aarhus in the second tier), hasn’t hardly signed anyone at all. The club isn’t known for having much dough so the plan is to rely on their academy to pick up the slack - 5/11 starters against Randers were academy grads.
You can see why that’s all gotten a lot of the Danish football crowd doubting their chances of survival but they one thing they do have is Callum McCowatt who is basically their star player now. None of which means they wouldn’t accept a big fee for him... but it would have to be a big fee for them to take that risk. If that happens then sweet, if not then he’ll continue to be a hero where he is. Hasn’t been any fresh speculation lately but you never know what’s bubbling under the surface
