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2004–05 Royal League

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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)

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.

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 Norway Vålerenga IF 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6 16 Advanced to second group stage
2 Norway Rosenborg BK 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10
3 Denmark Esbjerg fB 6 2 1 3 6 5 +1 7
4 Sweden 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 Denmark FC Copenhagen 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14 Advanced to second group stage
2 Sweden IFK Göteborg 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10
3 Denmark Brøndby IF 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
4 Norway 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 Sweden Malmö FF 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 Advanced to second group stage
2 Norway SK Brann 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
3 Sweden Halmstads BK 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
4 Denmark 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 Denmark FC Copenhagen 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Advanced to final
2 Sweden Malmö FF 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
3 Norway 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 Sweden IFK Göteborg 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 Advanced to final
2 Norway Vålerenga IF 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
3 Norway 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.

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


 2004-05 champions 
FC Copenhagen

Top scorers

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