2008 Danish Cup Final
# 2008 Danish Cup Final

The 2008 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the 2007-08 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday, 1 May 2008 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Brøndby IF, the Superliga number 9 of the day, met the then number 8 Esbjerg fB.

Brøndby had won the Cup on five previous occasions (1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2005), while Esbjerg took the trophy in 1964 and 1976, but lost the final in 2006 to Randers FC.

Referee Claus Bo Larsen officiated the match.

## Road to Copenhagen

| Brøndby IF | Brøndby IF | Brøndby IF | Esbjerg fB | Esbjerg fB | Esbjerg fB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Allerød FK A 4–1 | Williams 6 Lorentzen 10 Madsen 45, 69 | Second round | Second round | Vanløse IF A 2–0 | Lekic 32 Demba-Nyrén 48 |
| Silkeborg IF A 2–1 | Retov 47 T. Rasmussen 88 | Third round | Third round | Værløse BK A 4–1 | Jørgensen 31 (pen.), 59 (pen.) Demba-Nyrén 68 Bech 74 |
| OB A 1–0 | Lorentzen 119 | Fourth round | Fourth round | Herfølge BK A 1–0 | Zimling 103 |
| Randers FC H 2–1 | Gislason 50 Duncan Rasmussen 58 | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Skive IK A 4–0 | Lange 13, 88 Bech 44 Murcy 60 |
| FC Midtjylland H 3–0 | Katongo 34, 73 Holmén 63 | Semi finals First leg | Semi finals First leg | F.C. Copenhagen A 1–0 | Murcy 66 |
| FC Midtjylland A 2–0 | Katongo 10 von Schlebrügge 80 | Second leg | Second leg | F.C. Copenhagen H 2–2 | Bech 104 Lange 119 |

* Both sides entered the competition in its second round.
* Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

## Match details

| Brøndby IF | Esbjerg fB |
| - | - |

BRØNDBY IF :

| GK | 16 | Stephan Andersen | |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 32 | Anders Randrup | |
| CB | 5 | Mark Howard | |
| CB | 18 | Max von Schlebrügge | |
| LB | 21 | Thomas Rasmussen (c) | |
| DM | 20 | Stefán Gíslason | |
| RM | 6 | Samuel Holmén | |
| LM | 7 | Kasper Lorentzen | 73' |
| AM | 9 | Martin Retov | |
| FW | 10 | Martin Ericsson | |
| FW | 28 | Chris Katongo | 88' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 30 | Michael Tørnes | |
| MF | 8 | Kim Daugaard | 88' |
| MF | 25 | Tobias Mikkelsen | 73' |
| DF | 29 | Daniel Wass | |
| Manager: ||||
| Tom Køhlert ||||

ESBJERG FB :

| GK | 16 | Lars Winde (c) | |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 2 | Frank Hansen | |
| CB | 20 | Kristian Flittie Onstad | |
| CB | 21 | Fredrik Björck | |
| LB | 15 | Andreas Klarström | |
| RM | 31 | Søren Rieks | 50' | 90' |
| CM | 7 | Jesper Jørgensen | |
| CM | 14 | Martin Vingaard | |
| LM | 10 | Thiago Pinto Borges | | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Jesper Bech | |
| FW | 25 | Michaël Murcy | | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 1 | Tally Hall | |
| DF | 6 | Niki Zimling | | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Kevin Conboy | | 90' |
| FW | 22 | Jesper Lange | 90+4' | 46' |
| Manager: ||||
| Troels Bech ||||
| Man of the Match (Pokalfighter): Samuel Holmén (Brøndby IF) Assistant referees: Bill René Hansen Ole V. Hansen Fourth official: Lars Christoffersen | Match rules: 90 minutes. 2 x 15 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Four named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions. |
