2004–05 Royal League

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The Royal League 2004–05 was the first season of the Scandinavian Royal League football tournament. Play started on 11 November 2004, and ended in a final between FC Copenhagen and IFK Göteborg on 26 May 2005, with Copenhagen winning the title in a penalty shootout.

2004–05 Royal League
Ullevi in Gothenburg hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates11 November 2004 – 26 May 2005
Teams12 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsDenmark Copenhagen (1st title)
Runners-upSweden IFK Göteborg
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored120 (2.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Markus Rosenberg (7 goals)

Bonuses

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All prize money amounts are in Norwegian kroner.

  • 1st group stage
    • Qualification (for the tournament itself) - 1,250,000 NOK
    • Win - 250,000 NOK
    • Draw - 150,000 NOK
  • 2nd group stage
    • Qualification (for the 2nd group stage) - 1,500,000 NOK
    • Win - 500,000 NOK
    • Draw - 250,000 NOK
  • Final
    • Win (final champion) - 3,000,000 NOK
    • Draw (final runner-up) - 1,000,000 NOK

This would give a team with a perfect record throughout the tournament a total of 7,750,000 NOK.

First group stage

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Location of teams of the 2004–05 Royal League group stage.
  Blue: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Green: Group C.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vålerenga IF 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6 16 Advanced to second group stage
2   Rosenborg BK 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10
3   Esbjerg fB 6 2 1 3 6 5 +1 7
4   Djurgårdens IF 6 0 1 5 5 13 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]
Thu 11 Nov 18:00 Esbjerg 0–1 Vålerenga Esbjerg Idrætspark Att: 2,773
20:30 Rosenborg 4–4 Djurgården Lerkendal stadion Att: 7,925

Sat 20 Nov

16:00

Vålerenga

3–2

Rosenborg

Ullevaal

Att: 11,535

Thu 2 Dec

18:00

Esbjerg

1–2

Rosenborg

Esbjerg Idrætspark

Att: 3,230
20:00 Vålerenga 3–1 Djurgården Vallhall Arena Att: 4,307

Sun 5 Dec

15:00

Djurgården

0–3

Esbjerg

Råsunda stadion

Att: 2,209

Sat 12 Feb

16:00

Djurgården

0–1

Vålerenga

Råsunda stadion

Att: 5,281
16:00 Rosenborg 1–0 Esbjerg Lerkendal stadion Att: 4,771

Thu 17 Feb

18:30

Esbjerg

1–0

Djurgården

Esbjerg Idrætspark

Att: 2,473
20:30 Rosenborg 0–1 Vålerenga Lerkendal stadion Att: 7,270

Thu 24 Feb

20:35

Djurgården

0–1

Rosenborg

Råsunda stadion

Att: 1,268
20:35 Vålerenga 1–1 Esbjerg Ullevaal Att: 3,020

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   FC Copenhagen 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14 Advanced to second group stage
2   IFK Göteborg 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10
3   Brøndby IF 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
4   Tromsø IL 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2
Source: [citation needed]
Thu 11 Nov 18:00 Brøndby 3–2 Tromsø Brøndby Stadion Att: 11,450
20:00 Göteborg 0–1 Copenhagen Ullevi Att: 5,711

Sat 20 Nov

16:00

Tromsø

0–1

Göteborg

Alfheim Stadion

Att: 3,595

Thu 2 Dec

18:00

Tromsø

0–0

Copenhagen

Alfheim Stadion

Att: 2,277
20:00 Brøndby 0–1 Göteborg Brøndby Stadion Att: 12,826

Sun 5 Dec

17:00

Copenhagen

1–1

Brøndby

Parken

Att: 21,763

Sun 13 Feb

15:00

Göteborg

3–0

Brøndby

Ullevi

Att: 7,301
17:05 Copenhagen 3–0 (f) Tromsø Parken Att: 6,587

Thu 17 Feb

18:30

Göteborg

1–1

Tromsø

Ullevi

Att: 5,116
20:00 Brøndby 0–2 Copenhagen Brøndby Stadion Att: 14,358

Thu 24 Feb

20:00

Copenhagen

1–0

Göteborg

Parken

Att: 5,845
20:35 Tromsø 0–3 (f) Brøndby Nordlandshallen Att: 811
Tromsø twice lost 0–3 by forfeit for fielding an ineligible player against Copenhagen (originally 2–2) and against Brøndby (originally 2–4).

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Malmö FF 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 Advanced to second group stage
2   SK Brann 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
3   Halmstads BK 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
4   Odense BK 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4
Source: [citation needed]
Thu 11 Nov 18:00 Brann 1–0 Halmstad Brann Stadion Att: 11,762
18:00 Malmö FF 2–0 Odense Malmö stadion Att: 6,265

Sat 20 Nov

16:00

Halmstad

3–1

Malmö FF

Örjans vall

Att: 1,407

Thu 2 Dec

18:00

Odense

2–2

Halmstad

Odense Stadion

Att: 3,124
20:30 Brann 4–1 Malmö FF Brann Stadion Att: 6,509

Sun 5 Dec

16:00

Odense

2–1

Brann

Odense Stadion

Att: 3,025

Sat 12 Feb

13:30

Malmö FF

2–0

Brann

Malmö stadion

Att: 3,896
13:30 Halmstad 2–1 Odense Eyravallen (Örebro) Att: 86

Thu 17 Feb

18:30

Brann

2–1

Odense

Vestlandshallen

Att: 3,500
Sat 19 Feb 13:30 Malmö FF 1–0 Halmstad Malmö stadion Att: 3,086

Thu 24 Feb

20:35

Halmstad

0–0

Brann

Ullevi (Gothenburg)

Att: 272
20:35 Odense 1–2 Malmö FF Odense Stadion Att: 1,727

Second group stage

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   FC Copenhagen 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Advanced to final
2   Malmö FF 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
3   Rosenborg BK 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Source: [citation needed]
Thu 3 Mar 20:35 Copenhagen 2–2 Rosenborg Parken Att: 6,543

Thu 10 Mar

20:35

Rosenborg

2–0

Malmö FF

Lerkendal Stadion

Att: 5,104

Thu 17 Mar

20:35

Malmö FF

1–0

Copenhagen

Malmö stadion

Att: 5,391

Thu 14 Apr

20:35

Rosenborg

0–1

Copenhagen

Lerkendal Stadion

Att: 7,390

Thu 28 Apr

20:35

Copenhagen

2–1

Malmö FF

Parken

Att: 12,347

Thu 12 May

20:35

Malmö FF

4–2

Rosenborg

Malmö stadion

Att: 1,459

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   IFK Göteborg 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 Advanced to final
2   Vålerenga IF 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
3   SK Brann 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Thu 10 Mar 18:30 Göteborg 2–0 Brann Ullevi Att: 4,072

Thu 17 Mar

20:35

Brann

2–2

Vålerenga

Vestlandshallen

Att: 3,200

Sun 3 Apr

16:00

Vålerenga

2–2

Göteborg

Ullevaal

Att: 7,414

Thu 14 Apr

20:35

Göteborg

2–1

Vålerenga

Ullevi

Att: 4,119

Thu 28 Apr

20:30

Vålerenga

1–0

Brann

Ullevaal

Att: 2,780

Thu 12 May

18:00

Brann

0–1

Göteborg

Brann Stadion

Att: 1,813

Final

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The final was between IFK Göteborg and F.C. Copenhagen. The match was played on May 26, 2005 on Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg.

 
IFK Göteborg
GK 1   Bengt Andersson
DF 16   Magnus Johansson   61'
DF 14   Hjálmar Jónsson
DF 3   Fredrik Risp
DF 6   Adam Johansson
MF 11   Samuel Wowoah   74'   81'
MF 10   Niclas Alexandersson
MF 4   Sebastian Johansson
MF 9   Stefan Selakovic
FW 19   Peter Ijeh
FW 17   George Mourad
Substitutes
GK 12   John Alvbåge
DF 5   Mattias Bjärsmyr
MF 18   Martin Smedberg
FW 21   Marcus Berg
DF 22   Oscar Wendt   81'
MF 23   Andrés Vasquez
MF 24   Jonatan Berg
Manager
  Arne Erlandsen
 
F.C. Copenhagen
GK 21   Balázs Rabóczki   46'
DF 15   Peter Christiansen
DF 16   Dan Thomassen   85'
DF 2   Lars Jacobsen
MF 9   Magne Hoseth
MF 6   Tobias Linderoth
DF 4   Bo Svensson
MF 25   Hjalte Nørregaard   70'
MF 8   Michael Silberbauer   38'   66'
FW 7   Álvaro Santos   57'
FW 10   Sibusiso Zuma
Substitutes
GK 21   Benny Gall   46'
DF 5   Janne Saarinen
DF 17   Ole Tobiasen
MF 24   Christian Traoré
MF 26   Elrio van Heerden
FW 27   Jesper Bech   66'
FW 32   Peter Møller   57'
Manager
  Hans Backe


 2004-05 champions 
FC Copenhagen

Top scorers

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Goal scorer Team Goals
  Markus Rosenberg Malmö FF 7
  Frode Johnsen Rosenborg 5
  Thomas Kahlenberg Brøndby 5
  Fredrik Berglund Esbjerg 4
  Steffen Iversen Vålerenga 4
  Charlie Miller Brann 4
  George Mourad Göteborg 4
  Hjalte Nørregaard Copenhagen 4
  Ståle Stensaas Rosenborg 4
  Afonso Alves Malmö FF 3
  Karim Essediri Tromsø IL 3
  Peter Ijeh Göteborg 3
Preceded by
Royal League
2004–05
Succeeded by
2005–06