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, 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.

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 fBLost first leg (at home) 1 – 2Won 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 FCWon first leg (at home) 1 – 0Drew second leg (away) 0 – 0Advanced 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. 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.

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.http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/ekstrabladetcup/article1558673.ece

Match details FC Nordsjælland was the designated home team for the match.

FC NORDSJÆLLAND (4–2–3–1): GK 1 Jesper Hansen RB 4 Henrik Kildentoft CB 31 Jores Okore CB 5 Andreas Bjelland LB 14 Bryan Oviedo DM 18 Michael Parkhurst DM 6 Enoch Kofi Adu RW 22 Andreas Laudrup AM 7 Nicolai Stokholm LW 9 Tobias Mikkelsen CF 9 Rawez LawanSubstitutions: 20 Matti Lund Nielsen 23 Morten Nordstrand 15 Søren Christensen Manager: Morten WieghorstFC MIDTJYLLAND (4–4–2): GK 1 Jonas Lössl RB 21 Kasper Hansen CB 32 Kristian Bak Nielsen CB 20 Kristijan Ipsa LB 6 Jesper Juelsgård RM 11 Danny Olsen CM 9 Jakob Poulsen CM 43 Izunna Uzochukwu LM 36 Rilwan Hassan CF 10 Mikkel Thygesen CF 44 Sylvester Igboun Substitutions: 24 Ken Fagerberg 8 Jonas Borring Manager: Glen Riddersholm Man of the Match (Pokalfighter): Mikkel Thygesen (FC Midtjylland)

Assistant referees: Niels Høg David Vang Andersen Fourth official: Kenn HansenMatch rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if scores level Penalty shoot-out if scores still level 7 substitutes named, of which three may be used

Statistics Overall FCN FCM Goals scored 3 2 Corner kicks 2 7 Fouls committed 6 14 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 1 3 Red cards 0 0

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