2006 Danish Cup final

The 2006 Danish Cup final was the final and deciding match of the 2005–06 Danish Cup. 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			Randers FC
		Third round		Sædding/Guldager IF [JS] A 13-0	Johansen 7, 70 Larsen 20 Rask 24, 27, 42, 51 Pedersen 26, 37 Sandberg 32, 60 Fabinho 80, 88
		Fourth round		AGF [SL] H 2-0	Sandberg 45 Hansen 66
Lyngby BK [1D] A 5-4p	-	Fifth round		AC Horsens [SL] H 2-0	Fabinho 15 Lundberg 87
B 1909 [2D] A 3-1	Berglund 1, 75 Klarström 54	Quarter finals		BK Frem [1D] H 3-0	Fabinho 50 da Silva 80 Johansen 85
Brøndby IF [SL] H 5-2	Zimling 11 Lucena 31 Hansen 33 (p) Berglund 80, 90	Semi finals First leg		AaB [SL] H 0-0	-
Brøndby IF [SL] A 0-1	-	Second leg		AaB [SL] 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 Template:Flagicon Lars Winde (C) RB 2 Template:Flagicon Frank Hansen CB 3 Template:Flagicon Anders Møller Christensen Template:Suboff CB 17 Template:Flagicon Lars Christian Nielsen LB 13 Template:Flagicon Martin Jensen RM 25 Template:Flagicon Michaël Murcy Template:Suboff CM 6 Template:Flagicon Niki Zimling CM 21 Template:Flagicon Jerry Lucena LM 5 Template:Flagicon Anders Nøhr Template:Suboff FW 9 Template:Flagicon Njogu Demba-Nyrén FW 11 Template:Flagicon Fredrik Berglund Substitutes: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Jan Hoffmann DF 4 Template:Flagicon Kolja Afriyie Template:Subon FW 8 Template:Flagicon Lasse Kryger Template:Subon MF 15 Template:Flagicon Andreas Klarström Template:Subon Manager: Template:Flagicon Troels Bech

RANDERS FC GK 1 Template:Flagicon Martin S. Jensen RB 8 Template:Flagicon Søren Pedersen CB 3 Template:Flagicon Ralf Pedersen(C) CB 5 Template:Flagicon John Sandberg LB 12 Template:Flagicon Jonas Damborg RM 7 Template:Flagicon Alex da Silva Template:Suboff CM 99 Template:Flagicon Stig Tøfting Template:Yel CM 14 Template:Flagicon Kenneth Møller Pedersen LM 16 Template:Flagicon Carsten Fredgaard Template:Suboff FW 10 Template:Flagicon Karsten Johansen Yellow card 101Template:` Yellow-red card 116Template:`Template:Main other FW 23 Template:Flagicon Lars Larsen Template:Suboff Substitutes: GK 26 Template:Flagicon Mads Toppel FW 9 Template:Flagicon Jesper Christiansen Template:Subon DF 13 Template:Flagicon Søren Holdgaard Template:Subon MF 15 Template:Flagicon Rasmus Hansen Template:Subon Manager: Template:Flagicon 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.

External links

• Template:In lang Match facts at Esbjerg fB
• Template:In lang Match facts at Haslund.info