2005–06 Royal League

Template:Use dmy dates Template:More sources needed Template:Short description The Royal League 2005-06 fixtures and results.

Rules

Initially, the twelve participating teams are placed into three groups with four clubs each. These face each other home and away. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter finals, along with the two best 3rd position-teams. From here on, the tournament is purely played as a two-legged knockout tournament, except from the final.

Bonuses

A wide variety of bonuses are paid in the Royal League 2005–06. A complete list is found below. All amounts are in Norwegian kroner.

• Qualification to Royal League
  • Qualification to the tournament - 1,250,000 NOK (£141,525)
• Qualification to quarterfinals
  • Group winner - 1,250,000 NOK (£141,525)
  • Group runner-up - 1,000,000 NOK (£113,220)
  • Group third place - 500,000 NOK (£56,610)
• Match bonus
  • Win in group stage - 250,000 NOK (£28,305)
  • Draw in group stage - 125,000 NOK (£14,152.50)
  • Win in quarter- or semifinals - 400,000 NOK (£45,288)
  • Draw in quarter- or semifinals - 200,000 NOK (£22,644)
  • Win in the final (final champion) - 3,000,000 NOK (£339,660)
  • Loss in the final (final runner-up) - 1,000,000 NOK (£113,220)
• Spectator bonus (for achieving a certain average attendance in home games, except the final)
  • Over 3,000 - 100,000 NOK (£11,322)
  • Over 4,000 - 150,000 NOK (£16,983)
  • Over 5,000 - 200,000 NOK (£22,644)
  • Over 6,000 - 300,000 NOK (£33,966)
  • Over 7,000 - 400,000 NOK (£45,288)
  • Over 8,000 - 500,000 NOK (£56,610)
  • Over 9,000 - 600,000 NOK (£67,932)
  • Over 10,000 - 800,000 NOK (£90,576)
  • Over 15,000 - 1,000,000 NOK (£113,220)

Group stage

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

1. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
2. Total goals scored in all group matches.
3. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
4. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
5. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
6. Draw.

Group 1

Thursday 24 November	18:00	Midtjylland	4–0	Vålerenga	SAS Arena	Att: 3,154
	18:00	Start	2–4	Hammarby	Odd Stadion	Att: 639
Sunday 27 November	16:00	Vålerenga	3–1	Start	Ullevaal	Att: 2,940
Thursday 8 December	18:00	Start	1–1	Midtjylland	Odd Stadion	Att: 63
	20:35	Hammarby	0–0	Vålerenga	Söderstadion	Att: 6,061
Sunday 11 December	15:55	Start	3–3	Vålerenga	Odd Stadion	Att: 429
Monday 12 December	19:00	Hammarby	2–2	Midtjylland	Söderstadion	Att: 6,104
Thursday 9 February	19:00	Midtjylland	4–1	Hammarby	SAS Arena	Att: 3,052
Sunday 12 February	13:30	Vålerenga	0–1	Midtjylland	Vallhall Arena	Att: 2,653
	16:00	Hammarby	4–0	Start	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Att: 4,153
Thursday 16 February	20:35	Midtjylland	1–1	Start	SAS Arena	Att: 3,370
	20:35	Vålerenga	2–1	Hammarby	Vallhall Arena	Att: 2,178

Group 2

Thursday 10 November	20:35	Kalmar FF	1–1	Brøndby	Fredriksskans	Att: 4,540
Thursday 24 November	20:30	Lillestrøm	0–0	Copenhagen	Åråsen Stadion	Att: 2,289
Sunday 27 November	14:00	Lillestrøm	0–0	Kalmar FF	Åråsen Stadion	Att: 1,777
Thursday 8 December	18:00	Kalmar FF	0–2	Lillestrøm	Fredriksskans	Att: 3,002
	20:35	Copenhagen	1–1	Brøndby	Parken	Att: 17,644
Sunday 11 December	16:00	Kalmar FF	1–0	Copenhagen	Fredriksskans	Att: 3,315
	18:05	Brøndby	0–1	Lillestrøm	Brøndby Stadion	Att: 7,481
Thursday 9 February	20:35	Brøndby	1–2	Copenhagen	Brøndby Stadion	Att: 12,345
Sunday 12 February	16:00	Brøndby	2–0	Kalmar FF	Brøndby Stadion	Att: 7,851
	16:00	Copenhagen	1–1	Lillestrøm	Parken	Att: 7,067
Thursday 16 February	20:35	Copenhagen	1–1	Kalmar FF	Parken	Att: 5,432
	20:35	Lillestrøm	2–2	Brøndby	Tønsberg Gressbane	Att: 323

Group 3

Thursday 24 November	19:00	Lyn	1–0	Göteborg	Tønsberg Gressbane	Att: 890
	20:35	AaB	1–3	Djurgården	Aalborg Stadion	Att: 5,246
Sunday 27 November	16:00	Djurgården	0–1	Göteborg	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Att: 2,238
Thursday 8 December	18:00	Göteborg	3–3	AaB	Ullevi	Att: 4,178
	20:30	Lyn	1–2	Djurgården	Ullevaal	Att: 1,050
Sunday 11 December	15:00	Göteborg	1–3	Lyn	Ullevi	Att: 6,277
Tuesday 13 December	19:00	Djurgården	2–1	AaB	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Att: 1,309
Thursday 9 February	19:00	AaB	2–1	Lyn	Aalborg Stadion	Att: 3,012
Sunday 12 February	16:00	Göteborg	2–0	Djurgården	Ullevi	Att: 3,349
	16:00	Lyn	0–0	AaB	Vallhall Arena	Att: 1,040
Thursday 16 February	20:35	AaB	0–0	Göteborg	Aalborg Stadion	Att: 3,771
	20:35	Djurgården	1–1	Lyn	Södertälje Fotbollsarena	Att: 1,244

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Second leg

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Midtjylland win 4–1 on aggregate

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Copenhagen win 3–0 on penalties after playing 2–2 on aggregate

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Djurgården win 5–2 on aggregate

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Lillestrøm win 2–0 on aggregate

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Semi-finals

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Second leg

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Copenhagen win 7–1 on aggregate

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Lillestrøm win 4–1 on aggregate

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Final

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Top scorers

Goal scorer	Team	Goals
Template:Flagicon Tobias Hysén	Djurgården	6
Template:Flagicon Klaus Kærgård	Midtjylland	6
Template:Flagicon Petter Andersson	Hammarby	4
Template:Flagicon Morten Berre	Vålerenga	4
Template:Flagicon Dennis Sørensen	Midtjylland	4
Template:Flagicon Jeffrey Aubynn	Hammarby	3
Template:Flagicon Peter Ijeh	Copenhagen	3
Template:Flagicon David Johansson	Hammarby	3
Template:Flagicon Todi Jónsson	Start	3
Template:Flagicon Olivier Occean	Lillestrøm	3
Template:Flagicon Stefan Selakovic	Göteborg	3
Template:Flagicon Jo Tessem	Lyn	3

Preceded by 2004–05

Royal League 2005–06

Succeeded by 2006–07