2004–05 Royal League Explained

Tourney Name:	Royal League
Year:	2004–05
Size:	300px
Dates:	11 November 2004 – 26 May 2005
Num Teams:	12
Associations:	3
Champion Other:	Copenhagen
Count:	1
Second Other:	IFK Göteborg
Matches:	49
Goals:	120
Top Scorer:	Markus Rosenberg (7 goals)
Nextseason:	2005–06

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

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

Group A

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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

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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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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

Group 1

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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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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

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

Top scorers

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