2011 Danish Cup Final

2011 Danish Cup Final
Event 2010–11 Danish Cup
FC Nordsjælland FC Midtjylland
3 2
Date 22 May 2011 (2011-05-22)
Venue Parken, Copenhagen
Man of the Match Mikkel Thygesen
Referee Claus Bo Larsen[1]
Attendance 8,863[2]
Weather Rainy, 14 °C (57 °F)[3]

The 2011 Danish Cup Final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2010–11 Danish Cup. It was played on 22 May 2011 at 18:45 CEST,[4] between FC Nordsjælland and FC Midtjylland, the same two teams who competed in last year's final, with FC Nordsjælland emerging victorious once again, 3–2.[5]

Route to the final

As both teams had finished between 5th and 10th in the previous season's Superliga, both teams entered in the second round of the competition.

FC Nordsjælland Round FC Midtjylland
FC Skanderborg (away)
Won 3 – 1		 Second round Vanløse IF (away)
Won 5 – 0
FC Hjørring (away)
Won 1 – 0		 Third round Avedøre IF (away)
Won 3 – 2
OB (away)
Won 3 – 2		 Fourth round HB Køge (away)
Won 4 – 0
AC Horsens (away)
Won 1 – 0		 Quarter-final AGF (away)
Won 1 – 0
Esbjerg fB
Lost first leg (at home) 1 – 2
Won second leg (away) 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
Advanced with 3 – 3 on aggregate after winning 5 – 4 on penalties		 Semi-final
(two legs)		 Randers FC
Won first leg (at home) 1 – 0
Drew second leg (away) 0 – 0
Advanced with 1 – 0 on aggregate

Pre-match

Traditionally, the Danish Cup Final is played on Ascension Day, a public holiday in Denmark, but the date 2 June was occupied by an international match date. Furthermore, the new match date of 22 May, set by the Danish FA and accepted by the Superliga clubs, coincided with the 2011 Copenhagen Marathon which meant that the area surrounding Parken was closed until 15:00, forcing the later starting time of 18:00.[6]

For the first time in Danish Cup history, the same two teams were to play the final two years in a row, Nordsjælland beat Midtjylland 2–0 after extra time in last year's final.

Match

The match was originally scheduled for 18:00 CEST, but 30 minutes prior to kick-off the match was postponed 45 minutes because of a risk of lightning.[4]

Match details

FC Nordsjælland was the designated home team for the match.

FC Nordsjælland 3 – 2 FC Midtjylland
Lawan  16', 54'
Christensen  90+2'		 Thygesen  37', 72'
Attendance: 8,863
FC Nordsjælland
FC Midtjylland
FC NORDSJÆLLAND (4–2–3–1):[2][7][8]
GK1Denmark Jesper Hansen
RB4Denmark Henrik Kildentoft
CB31Denmark Jores Okore
CB5Denmark Andreas Bjelland
LB14Costa Rica Bryan Oviedo
DM18United States Michael Parkhurst
DM6Ghana Enoch Kofi Adu 53'
RW22Denmark Andreas Laudrup 61'
AM7Denmark Nicolai StokholmYellow card 12'
LW9Denmark Tobias Mikkelsen 79'
CF9Sweden Rawez Lawan
Substitutions:
20Denmark Matti Lund Nielsen 53'
23Denmark Morten Nordstrand 61'
15Denmark Søren Christensen 79'
Manager:
Denmark Morten Wieghorst
FC MIDTJYLLAND (4–4–2):[2][7][8]
GK1Denmark Jonas Lössl
RB21Denmark Kasper Hansen
CB32Denmark Kristian Bak NielsenYellow card 28'
CB20Croatia Kristijan Ipsa
LB6Denmark Jesper Juelsgård
RM11Denmark Danny Olsen 67'
CM9Denmark Jakob Poulsen
CM43Nigeria Izunna Uzochukwu
LM36Nigeria Rilwan Hassan 90+2'
CF10Denmark Mikkel Thygesen
CF44Nigeria Sylvester IgbounYellow card 14'
Substitutions:
24Sweden Ken FagerbergYellow card 90+5' 67'
8Denmark Jonas Borring 90+2'
Manager:
Denmark Glen Riddersholm

Man of the Match (Pokalfighter):
Mikkel Thygesen (FC Midtjylland)

Assistant referees:
Niels Høg[1]
David Vang Andersen[1]
Fourth official:
Kenn Hansen[1]

Match rules:

Statistics

Overall[7][8]

FCNFCM
Goals scored32
Corner kicks27
Fouls committed614
Offsides32
Yellow cards13
Red cards00

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.dbu.dk/turneringer_og_resultater/resultatsoegning/matchInfo.aspx?matchid=193853&poolid=108625
  2. 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  3. ↑ http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Copenhagen+weather+22+May+2011+18%3A45
  4. 1 2 http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/ekstrabladetcup/article1558673.ece%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  6. ↑ http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/Billetsalg/billetsalg_dbus_pokalfinaler.aspx
  7. 1 2 3 http://sportsresultater.tv2.dk/livestats/index.php?eventFK=1010949%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  8. 1 2 3 http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/resultater/livesportoversigt/match/?extraid=1741619
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