2006 Danish Cup Final
# 2006 Danish Cup Final

The 2006 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the Danish Cup 2005-06. It took place on Thursday 11 May 2006 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and saw the 1st Division leaders Randers FC beat Superliga club Esbjerg fB after extra time.

Randers have won the Cup on three previous occasions (1967, 1968 and 1973). As well as 1976, Esbjerg also won the Cup in 1964.

In the Superliga in 2005-06, Esbjerg finished sixth and in Viasat Sport Division is Randers currently leading.

Referee Kim Milton Nielsen officiated the match.

## Road to Copenhagen

| Esbjerg | Esbjerg | Esbjerg | Randers FC | Randers FC | Randers FC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Third round | Third round | Sædding/Guldager IF A 13-0 | Johansen 7, 70 Larsen 20 Rask 24, 27, 42, 51 Pedersen 26, 37 Sandberg 32, 60 Fabinho 80, 88 |
| | | Fourth round | Fourth round | AGF H 2-0 | Sandberg 45 Hansen 66 |
| Lyngby BK A 5-4p | - | Fifth round | Fifth round | AC Horsens H 2-0 | Fabinho 15 Lundberg 87 |
| B 1909 A 3-1 | Berglund 1, 75 Klarström 54 | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | BK Frem H 3-0 | Fabinho 50 da Silva 80 Johansen 85 |
| Brøndby IF H 5-2 | Zimling 11 Lucena 31 Hansen 33 (p) Berglund 80, 90 | Semi finals First leg | Semi finals First leg | AaB H 0-0 | - |
| Brøndby IF A 0-1 | - | Second leg | Second leg | AaB A 1-1 | Jakobsen 73 (og) |

* Randers started in third round.
* Esbjerg started in fifth round.
* Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

## Match facts

ESBJERG FB :

| GK | 16 | Lars Winde (C) | |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 2 | Frank Hansen | |
| CB | 3 | Anders Møller Christensen | 87' |
| CB | 17 | Lars Christian Nielsen | |
| LB | 13 | Martin Jensen | |
| RM | 25 | Michaël Murcy | 68' |
| CM | 6 | Niki Zimling | |
| CM | 21 | Jerry Lucena | |
| LM | 5 | Anders Nøhr | 81' |
| FW | 9 | Njogu Demba-Nyrén | |
| FW | 11 | Fredrik Berglund | |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 1 | Jan Hoffmann | |
| DF | 4 | Kolja Afriyie | 87' |
| FW | 8 | Lasse Kryger | 81' |
| MF | 15 | Andreas Klarström | 68' |
| Manager: ||||
| Troels Bech ||||

RANDERS FC :

| GK | 1 | Martin S. Jensen | |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 8 | Søren Pedersen | |
| CB | 3 | Ralf Pedersen(C) | |
| CB | 5 | John Sandberg | |
| LB | 12 | Jonas Damborg | |
| RM | 7 | Alex da Silva | 71' |
| CM | 99 | Stig Tøfting | 75' |
| CM | 14 | Kenneth Møller Pedersen | |
| LM | 16 | Carsten Fredgaard | 110' |
| FW | 10 | Karsten Johansen | 101' 116' |
| FW | 23 | Lars Larsen | 77' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 26 | Mads Toppel | |
| FW | 9 | Jesper Christiansen | 77' |
| DF | 13 | Søren Holdgaard | 110' |
| MF | 15 | Rasmus Hansen | 71' |
| Manager: ||||
| Lars Olsen ||||

* 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.
