2006 Danish Cup final

The 2006 Danish Cup final was the final and deciding match of the 2005–06 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday 11 May 2006 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and saw the 1st Division leaders Randers FC beat Superliga club Esbjerg fB after extra time.

2006 Danish Cup final

Event	2005–06 Danish Cup
Esbjerg Randers 0 1
Date	11 May 2006 (2006-05-11)
Venue	Parken, Copenhagen
Man of the Match	Carsten Fredgaard (Randers)
Referee	Kim Milton Nielsen
Attendance	23,825
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Randers have won the Cup on three previous occasions (1967, 1968 and 1973). As well as 1976, Esbjerg also won the Cup in 1964.

In the Superliga in 2005-06, Esbjerg finished sixth and in Viasat Sport Division is Randers currently leading.

Referee Kim Milton Nielsen officiated the match.

Road to Copenhagen

See also: 2005–06 Danish Cup

Esbjerg			Randers FC
		Third round		Sædding/Guldager IF [JS] A 13–0	Johansen 7, 70 Larsen 20 Rask 24, 27, 42, 51 Pedersen 26, 37 Sandberg 32, 60 Fabinho 80, 88
		Fourth round		AGF [SL] H 2–0	Sandberg 45 Hansen 66
Lyngby BK [1D] A 5–4p	-	Fifth round		AC Horsens [SL] H 2–0	Fabinho 15 Lundberg 87
B 1909 [2D] A 3–1	Berglund 1, 75 Klarström 54	Quarter finals		BK Frem [1D] H 3–0	Fabinho 50 da Silva 80 Johansen 85
Brøndby IF [SL] H 5–2	Zimling 11 Lucena 31 Hansen 33 (p) Berglund 80, 90	Semi finals First leg		AaB [SL] H 0–0	-
Brøndby IF [SL] A 0–1	-	Second leg		AaB [SL] A 1–1	Jakobsen 73 (og)

• Randers started in third round.
• Esbjerg started in fifth round.
• Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

Match facts

11 May 2006 (2006-05-11)

19:00 CEST

Esbjerg fB	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Randers FC
		Johansen 116'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 23,825

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

ESBJERG FB GK 16 Lars Winde (C) RB 2 Frank Hansen CB 3 Anders Møller Christensen  87' CB 17 Lars Christian Nielsen LB 13 Martin Jensen RM 25 Michaël Murcy  68' CM 6 Niki Zimling CM 21 Jerry Lucena LM 5 Anders Nøhr  81' FW 9 Njogu Demba-Nyrén FW 11 Fredrik Berglund Substitutes: GK 1 Jan Hoffmann DF 4 Kolja Afriyie  87' FW 8 Lasse Kryger  81' MF 15 Andreas Klarström  68' Manager: Troels Bech

RANDERS FC GK 1 Martin S. Jensen RB 8 Søren Pedersen CB 3 Ralf Pedersen(C) CB 5 John Sandberg LB 12 Jonas Damborg RM 7 Alex da Silva  71' CM 99 Stig Tøfting  75' CM 14 Kenneth Møller Pedersen LM 16 Carsten Fredgaard  110' FW 10 Karsten Johansen  101'  116' FW 23 Lars Larsen  77' Substitutes: GK 26 Mads Toppel FW 9 Jesper Christiansen  77' DF 13 Søren Holdgaard  110' MF 15 Rasmus Hansen  71' Manager: Lars Olsen

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 2 x 15 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Four named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

External links

• (in Danish) Match facts at Esbjerg fB
• (in Danish) Match facts at Haslund.info