2004–05 Royal League

2004–05 Royal League
	Ullevi in Gothenburg hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	11 November 2004 – 26 May 2005
Teams	12 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Copenhagen (1st title)
Runners-up	IFK Göteborg
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	120 (2.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Markus Rosenberg (7 goals)
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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.

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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.

Location of teams of the 2004–05 Royal League group stage.

Blue: Group A;

Red: Group B;

Green: Group C.

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...

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	Advanced to second group stage
3	Esbjerg fB	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7
4	Djurgårdens IF	6	0	1	5	5	13	−8	1

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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

More information Pos, Team ...

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	Advanced to second group stage
3	Brøndby IF	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	Tromsø IL	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2

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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	Advanced to second group stage
3	Halmstads BK	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Odense BK	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

More information IFK Göteborg, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...

IFK Göteborg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Copenhagen
Mourad 31'		Nørregaard 18'
Penalties
M. Johansson Mourad Alexandersson Ijeh Selakovic Wendt A. Johansson Jónsson S. Johansson Andersson Risp M. Johansson Mourad	10 – 11	Nørregaard Christiansen Hoseth Jacobsen Svensson Thomassen Bech Zuma Linderoth Møller Gall Hoseth Nørregaard

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26 May 2005

20.35 CEST (UTC+02)

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 10,216

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

More information IFK Göteborg, Substitutes ...

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

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2004-05 champions
FC Copenhagen

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More information Goal scorer, Team ...

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

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Preceded by —	Royal League 2004–05	Succeeded by 2005–06

2004–05 Royal League

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group 1

Group 2

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Bonuses

First group stage

Second group stage

Final

Top scorers