The 2005 Danish Cup final was the final and deciding match of the 2004–05 Danish Cup. 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 BrøndbyFC MidtjyllandEsbjerg fB [SL]A1–0Kamper 17 Fifth roundHerfølge BK [SL]A4–1Rathe 27Sørensen 44Madsen 78Zidan 85BK Skjold [1D]A2–0Skoubo 14Nielsen 25 Quarter finalsØlstykke FC [1D]A3–0Zidan 50, 63Sørensen 70F.C. Copenhagen [SL]H1–0Skoubo 78 Semi finalsFirst legAC Horsens [1D]A4–0Bak NielsenSørensen (2)MikkelsenF.C. Copenhagen [SL]A2–2Skoubo 38Kahlenberg 71 Second legAC Horsens [1D]H1–0Frandsen 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 RM 9 Martin Retov CM 7 Kim Daugaard CM 11 Mads Jørgensen LM 7 Thomas Kahlenberg FW 17 Morten Skoubo FW 19 Johan Elmander Substitutes:GK 16 Karim Zaza DF 5 Dan Anton Johansen MF 12 Jonas Kamper FW 15 Ruben Bagger Manager: Michael LaudrupFC MIDTJYLLAND GK 1 Anders Rasmussen RB 12 Jesper Mikkelsen CB 32 Kristian Bak Nielsen (C) CB 9 Rasmus Daugaard LB 31 Ulrik Lindkvist RM 24 Dennis Sørensen CM 10 Michael Hansen CM 11 Razak Pimpong LM 5 Thomas Frandsen FW 8 David Nielsen FW 23 Frank Kristensen Substitutes:GK 16 Ola Tidman MF 4 Thomas Rathe MF 7 Claus Madsen MF 21 Mikkel Thygesen 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.
See also 2004–05 Danish Cup for details of the current competition.
External links Match facts at Brøndby IF Match report at FC Midtjylland Match facts at Haslund.info