2005 Danish Cup Final
# 2005 Danish Cup Final

The 2005 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the Danish Cup 2004-05. It took place on Thursday 5 May 2005 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and saw the Superliga leaders Brøndby IF beat no. 3 in the league FC Midtjylland after extra time.

Brøndby have won the Cup on four previous occasions (1989, 1994, 1998 and 2003). Midtjylland have never won the Cup.

Referee Knud Erik Fisker officiated the match.

## Road to Copenhagen

| Brøndby | Brøndby | Brøndby | FC Midtjylland | FC Midtjylland | FC Midtjylland |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Esbjerg fB A 1-0 | Kamper 17 | Fifth round | Fifth round | Herfølge BK A 4-1 | Rathe 27 Sørensen 44 Madsen 78 Zidan 85 |
| BK Skjold A 2-0 | Skoubo 14 Nielsen 25 | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Ølstykke FC A 3-0 | Zidan 50, 63 Sørensen 70 |
| F.C. Copenhagen H 1-0 | Skoubo 78 | Semi finals First leg | Semi finals First leg | AC Horsens A 4-0 | Bak Nielsen Sørensen (2) Mikkelsen |
| F.C. Copenhagen A 2-2 | Skoubo 38 Kahlenberg 71 | Second leg | Second leg | AC Horsens H 1-0 | Frandsen |

* Both teams started in fifth round.
* Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

## Match facts

BRØNDBY IF :

| GK | 1 | Casper Ankergren | |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 6 | Sebastian Svärd | |
| CB | 4 | Per Nielsen (C) | |
| CB | 2 | Daniel Agger | |
| LB | 20 | Asbjørn Sennels | 70' |
| RM | 9 | Martin Retov | |
| CM | 7 | Kim Daugaard | |
| CM | 11 | Mads Jørgensen | 62' |
| LM | 7 | Thomas Kahlenberg | |
| FW | 17 | Morten Skoubo | 91' |
| FW | 19 | Johan Elmander | |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 16 | Karim Zaza | |
| DF | 5 | Dan Anton Johansen | 91' |
| MF | 12 | Jonas Kamper | 62' |
| FW | 15 | Ruben Bagger | 70' |
| Manager: ||||
| Michael Laudrup ||||

FC MIDTJYLLAND :

| GK | 1 | Anders Rasmussen | |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 12 | Jesper Mikkelsen | 119' |
| CB | 32 | Kristian Bak Nielsen (C) | |
| CB | 9 | Rasmus Daugaard | |
| LB | 31 | Ulrik Lindkvist | |
| RM | 24 | Dennis Sørensen | |
| CM | 10 | Michael Hansen | 79' |
| CM | 11 | Razak Pimpong | 33' 65' |
| LM | 5 | Thomas Frandsen | 45' 48' |
| FW | 8 | David Nielsen | 120' |
| FW | 23 | Frank Kristensen | 74' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 16 | Ola Tidman | |
| MF | 4 | Thomas Rathe | 48' |
| MF | 7 | Claus Madsen | 74' |
| MF | 21 | Mikkel Thygesen | 79' |
| Manager: ||||
| Erik Rasmussen ||||

* 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.
