2006–07 Royal League Explained

Tourney Name:	Royal League
Year:	2006–07
Size:	300px
Dates:	9 November 2006 – 15 March 2007
Num Teams:	12
Associations:	3
Champion Other:	Brøndby
Count:	1
Second Other:	Copenhagen
Matches:	43
Goals:	131
Top Scorer:	Martin Ericsson Jan-Derek Sørensen (6 goals each)
Prevseason:	2005–06

The 2006–07 Royal League fixtures and results.

Rules

The twelve participating teams are placed into three groups of four clubs each. The teams of each group face each other home and away. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals, along with the two best third placed teams. As opposed to the previous edition of the tournament, the knock-out stages are played as single legs. In the quarter-final draw, teams from the same group or the same country are, as far as possible, not paired together.

Bonuses

Prize money for the tournament are paid like this:

• Qualification for the tournament itself: 1,000,000 DKK
• Qualification for the quarter finals,
  • through the first place of the group: 600,000 DKK
  • through the second place of the group: 300,000 DKK
  • through the third place of the group: 150,000 DKK (no bonus is given for third-place finishers that do not qualify)
• Match bonuses
  • Group phase victory: 125,000 DKK
  • Group phase draw: 62,500 DKK
  • Quarter-final victory: 350,000 DKK
  • Semi-final victory: 400,000 DKK
  • Final victory (Royal League champion): 2,000,000 DKK
  • Final loss (Royal League runner-up): 500,000 DKK

Spectator bonuses

Another potential 8 million DKK are up for grabs through two separate spectator bonuses:^[1]

Bonus no. 1 pays a maximum of 6.3 million DKK total, based on the average home attendance in the Royal League compared against the clubs' average attendance in their respective league:

• An average of more than 60% pays 525,000 DKK
• More than 55% pays 450,000 DKK
• More than 50% pays 375,000 DKK
• More than 45% pays 225,000 DKK
• More than 40% pays 150,000 DKK
• More than 35% pays 75,000 DKK

Bonus no. 2 distributes 1.7 million DKK between clubs in relation to a club's average home attendance in the Royal League. A certain average gives a certain amount of shares:

• An average of more than 5,000 spectators gives the club 4 shares out of the 1.7 million total
• More than 6,000 spectators gives 8 shares
• More than 7,000 spectators gives 12 shares
• More than 8,000 spectators gives 16 shares
• More than 9,000 spectators gives 20 shares
• More than 10,000 spectators gives 24 shares

After the tournament, the money will be distributed in relation to how many shares the different clubs have.

Group stage

The group stage started the week following the last day of the Norwegian and Swedish championships (5 November), and was scheduled to end 10 December. However, some group matches were moved to February due to the participation of FC Copenhagen in UEFA Champions League, and that of Odense BK in the UEFA Cup.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

1. Goal difference in all group matches.
2. Goals scored in all group matches.
3. Goals scored in all away group matches.
4. Draw.

Group 1

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Thu 9 November	19:30	Rosenborg	1–3	Brann	Lerkendal stadion	Att: 5,755
Sun 19 November	16:00	Helsingborg	3–1	Rosenborg	Olympia	Att: 4,412
Sun 26 November	15:00	Brann	2–2	Helsingborg	Brann Stadion	Att: 3,535
	17:00	Odense	5–3	Rosenborg	Fionia Park	Att: 2,858
Sun 3 December	13:55	Brann	1–1	Odense	Brann Stadion	Att: 2,432
	18:00	Rosenborg	0–0	Helsingborg	Lerkendal stadion	Att: 4,618
Thu 7 December	19:00	Helsingborg	1–0	Odense	Olympia	Att: 2,430
	19:30	Brann	3–2	Rosenborg	Brann Stadion	Att: 3,152
Sun 10 December	15:55	Rosenborg	0–1	Odense	Lerkendal stadion	Att: 4,106
	16:00	Helsingborg	2–2	Brann	Österås IP (Hässleholm)	Att: 2,944
Sun 18 February	15:00	Odense	3–0	Helsingborg	Fionia Park	Att: 3,726
Sun 25 February	15:00	Odense	3–2	Brann	Fionia Park	Att: 3,004

Group 2

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Sat 18 November	15:00	Hammarby	1–1	Lillestrøm	Söderstadion	Att: 5,399
Thu 23 November	18:55	Hammarby	2–3	Brøndby	Söderstadion	Att: 4,443
Sun 26 November	15:00	Lillestrøm	2–0	Hammarby	Åråsen Stadion	Att: 1,981
Thu 30 November	18:55	Brøndby	3–1	Hammarby	Brøndby Stadion	Att: 4,966
	19:30	Lillestrøm	1–0	Copenhagen	Åråsen Stadion	Att: 2,161
Sun 3 December	16:00	Copenhagen	0–1	Lillestrøm	Parken	Att: 7,149
Thu 7 December	18:55	Lillestrøm	1–1	Brøndby	Åråsen Stadion	Att: 1,447
Sun 10 December	18:00	Brøndby	1–1	Lillestrøm	Brøndby Stadion	Att: 5,546
	20:00	Hammarby	1–2	Copenhagen	Söderstadion	Att: 4,108
Sun 11 February	17:00	Copenhagen	0–1	Brøndby	Parken	Att: 17,019
Sun 18 February	17:00	Brøndby	1–3	Copenhagen	Brøndby Stadion	Att: 18,496
Sun 25 February	17:00	Copenhagen	4–0	Hammarby	Parken	Att: 7,139

Group 3

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Sun 12 November	13:30	Elfsborg	4–0	AIK	Borås Arena	Att: 3,375
Sun 19 November	16:00	Vålerenga	2–1	Elfsborg	Bislett stadion	Att: 3,058
Thu 23 November	19:00	Vålerenga	1–0	Viborg	Bislett stadion	Att: 2,040
Sun 26 November	15:00	Viborg	2–2	Elfsborg	Viborg Stadion	Att: 3,358
	16:00	AIK	1–1	Vålerenga	Råsunda stadion	Att: 4,512
Thu 30 November	19:00	AIK	1–1	Viborg	Råsunda stadion	Att: 3,453
Sat 2 December	16:00	Elfsborg	1–0	Viborg	Borås Arena	Att: 3,608
Sun 3 December	16:00	Vålerenga	4–2	AIK	Bislett stadion	Att: 3,269
Thu 7 December	19:00	AIK	1–1	Elfsborg	Råsunda stadion	Att: 6,221
	19:00	Viborg	2–2	Vålerenga	Viborg Stadion	Att: 2,786
Sun 10 December	15:00	Viborg	1–2	AIK	Viborg Stadion	Att: 2,757
	16:00	Elfsborg	2–3	Vålerenga	Borås Arena	Att: 5,605

3rd placed teams

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Top scorers

Goal scorer	Team	Goals
Martin Ericsson	Brøndby	6
Jan-Derek Sørensen	Vålerenga	6
Fredrik Berglund	Copenhagen	4
Morten Fevang	Odense	4
Øyvind Storflor	Rosenborg	4
Denni Avdic	Elfsborg	3
Kim Christensen	Odense	3
Samuel Holmén	Elfsborg	3
Erik Huseklepp	Brann	3
Olivier Karekezi	Helsingborg	3
Luton Shelton	Helsingborg	3
Michael Silberbauer	Copenhagen	3
M. Waade Myklebust	Lillestrøm	3
David Williams	Brøndby	3

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: :: www.royalleague.com :: . 1 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928120324/http://int.royalleague.com/page.aspx?id=97 . 28 September 2007 . dead .