2011 Danish Cup Final

2011 Danish Cup Final
Event 2010–11 Danish Cup
FC Nordsjælland FC Midtjylland
3 2
Date 22 May 2011 (2011-05-22)
Venue Parken, Copenhagen
Man of the Match Mikkel Thygesen
Referee Claus Bo Larsen[1]
Attendance 8,863[2]
Weather Rainy, 14 °C (57 °F)[3]

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,[4] 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.[5]

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 fB
Lost first leg (at home) 1 – 2
Won 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 FC
Won first leg (at home) 1 – 0
Drew second leg (away) 0 – 0
Advanced 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 date. 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.[6]

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.[4]

Match details

FC Nordsjælland was the designated home team for the match.

22 May 2011 (2011-05-22)
18:45 CEST (UTC+02)
FC Nordsjælland 3 – 2 FC Midtjylland
Lawan  16', 54'
Christensen  90+2' 		Thygesen  37', 72'
Parken
Attendance: 8,863
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen
FC Nordsjælland
FC Midtjylland
FC NORDSJÆLLAND (4–2–3–1):[2][7][8]
GK 1 Denmark Jesper Hansen
RB 4 Denmark Henrik Kildentoft
CB 31 Denmark Jores Okore
CB 5 Denmark Andreas Bjelland
LB 14 Costa Rica Bryan Oviedo
DM 18 United States Michael Parkhurst
DM 6 Ghana Enoch Kofi Adu  53'
RW 22 Denmark Andreas Laudrup  61'
AM 7 Denmark Nicolai Stokholm  12'
LW 9 Denmark Tobias Mikkelsen  79'
CF 9 Sweden Rawez Lawan
Substitutions:
20 Denmark Matti Lund Nielsen  53'
23 Denmark Morten Nordstrand  61'
15 Denmark Søren Christensen  79'
Manager:
Denmark Morten Wieghorst
FC MIDTJYLLAND (4–4–2):[2][7][8]
GK 1 Denmark Jonas Lössl
RB 21 Denmark Kasper Hansen
CB 32 Denmark Kristian Bak Nielsen  28'
CB 20 Croatia Kristijan Ipsa
LB 6 Denmark Jesper Juelsgård
RM 11 Denmark Danny Olsen  67'
CM 9 Denmark Jakob Poulsen
CM 43 Nigeria Izunna Uzochukwu
LM 36 Nigeria Rilwan Hassan  90+2'
CF 10 Denmark Mikkel Thygesen
CF 44 Nigeria Sylvester Igboun  14'
Substitutions:
24 Sweden Ken Fagerberg  90+5'  67'
8 Denmark Jonas Borring  90+2'
Manager:
Denmark Glen Riddersholm

Man of the Match (Pokalfighter):
Mikkel Thygesen (FC Midtjylland)

Assistant referees:
Niels Høg[1]
David Vang Andersen[1]
Fourth official:
Kenn Hansen[1]

Match rules:

Statistics

Overall[7][8]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.dbu.dk/turneringer_og_resultater/resultatsoegning/matchInfo.aspx?matchid=193853&poolid=108625
  2. 1 2 3 http://resol.dr.dk/pages/CompetitionPage.aspx?competitionid=296
  3. ↑ http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Copenhagen+weather+22+May+2011+18%3A45
  4. 1 2 http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/ekstrabladetcup/article1558673.ece
  5. ↑ http://www.haslund.info/danmark/pt/201011/fina.asp
  6. ↑ http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/Billetsalg/billetsalg_dbus_pokalfinaler.aspx
  7. 1 2 3 http://sportsresultater.tv2.dk/livestats/index.php?eventFK=1010949
  8. 1 2 3 http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/resultater/livesportoversigt/match/?extraid=1741619
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