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2004–05 Royal League
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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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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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Vålerenga IF6510104+616Advanced to second group stage
2 Rosenborg BK6312109+110
3 Esbjerg fB621365+17
4 Djurgårdens IF6015513−81
Source:
Thu 11 Nov18:00Esbjerg0–1VålerengaEsbjerg IdrætsparkAtt: 2,773
20:30Rosenborg4–4DjurgårdenLerkendal stadionAtt: 7,925
Sat 20 Nov16:00Vålerenga3–2RosenborgUllevaalAtt: 11,535
Thu 2 Dec18:00Esbjerg1–2RosenborgEsbjerg IdrætsparkAtt: 3,230
20:00Vålerenga3–1DjurgårdenVallhall ArenaAtt: 4,307
Sun 5 Dec15:00Djurgården0–3EsbjergRåsunda stadionAtt: 2,209
Sat 12 Feb16:00Djurgården0–1VålerengaRåsunda stadionAtt: 5,281
16:00Rosenborg1–0EsbjergLerkendal stadionAtt: 4,771
Thu 17 Feb18:30Esbjerg1–0DjurgårdenEsbjerg IdrætsparkAtt: 2,473
20:30Rosenborg0–1VålerengaLerkendal stadionAtt: 7,270
Thu 24 Feb20:35Djurgården0–1RosenborgRåsunda stadionAtt: 1,268
20:35Vålerenga1–1EsbjergUllevaalAtt: 3,020

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 FC Copenhagen642081+714Advanced to second group stage
2 IFK Göteborg631263+310
3 Brøndby IF621379−27
4 Tromsø IL6024311−82
Source:
Thu 11 Nov18:00Brøndby3–2TromsøBrøndby StadionAtt: 11,450
20:00Göteborg0–1CopenhagenUlleviAtt: 5,711
Sat 20 Nov16:00Tromsø0–1GöteborgAlfheim StadionAtt: 3,595
Thu 2 Dec18:00Tromsø0–0CopenhagenAlfheim StadionAtt: 2,277
20:00Brøndby0–1GöteborgBrøndby StadionAtt: 12,826
Sun 5 Dec17:00Copenhagen1–1BrøndbyParkenAtt: 21,763
Sun 13 Feb15:00Göteborg3–0BrøndbyUlleviAtt: 7,301
17:05Copenhagen3–0 (f)TromsøParkenAtt: 6,587
Thu 17 Feb18:30Göteborg1–1TromsøUlleviAtt: 5,116
20:00Brøndby0–2CopenhagenBrøndby StadionAtt: 14,358
Thu 24 Feb20:00Copenhagen1–0GöteborgParkenAtt: 5,845
20:35Tromsø0–3 (f)BrøndbyNordlandshallenAtt: 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Malmö FF640298+112Advanced to second group stage
2 SK Brann631286+210
3 Halmstads BK622276+18
4 Odense BK6114711−44
Source:
Thu 11 Nov18:00Brann1–0HalmstadBrann StadionAtt: 11,762
18:00Malmö FF2–0OdenseMalmö stadionAtt: 6,265
Sat 20 Nov16:00Halmstad3–1Malmö FFÖrjans vallAtt: 1,407
Thu 2 Dec18:00Odense2–2HalmstadOdense StadionAtt: 3,124
20:30Brann4–1Malmö FFBrann StadionAtt: 6,509
Sun 5 Dec16:00Odense2–1BrannOdense StadionAtt: 3,025
Sat 12 Feb13:30Malmö FF2–0BrannMalmö stadionAtt: 3,896
13:30Halmstad2–1OdenseEyravallen (Örebro)Att: 86
Thu 17 Feb18:30Brann2–1OdenseVestlandshallenAtt: 3,500
Sat 19 Feb13:30Malmö FF1–0HalmstadMalmö stadionAtt: 3,086
Thu 24 Feb20:35Halmstad0–0BrannUllevi (Gothenburg)Att: 272
20:35Odense1–2Malmö FFOdense StadionAtt: 1,727

Second group stage

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 FC Copenhagen421154+17Advanced to final
2 Malmö FF42026606
3 Rosenborg BK411267−14
Source:
Thu 3 Mar20:35Copenhagen2–2RosenborgParkenAtt: 6,543
Thu 10 Mar20:35Rosenborg2–0Malmö FFLerkendal StadionAtt: 5,104
Thu 17 Mar20:35Malmö FF1–0CopenhagenMalmö stadionAtt: 5,391
Thu 14 Apr20:35Rosenborg0–1CopenhagenLerkendal StadionAtt: 7,390
Thu 28 Apr20:35Copenhagen2–1Malmö FFParkenAtt: 12,347
Thu 12 May20:35Malmö FF4–2RosenborgMalmö stadionAtt: 1,459

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 IFK Göteborg431073+410Advanced to final
2 Vålerenga IF41216605
3 SK Brann401326−41
Source:
Thu 10 Mar18:30Göteborg2–0BrannUlleviAtt: 4,072
Thu 17 Mar20:35Brann2–2VålerengaVestlandshallenAtt: 3,200
Sun 3 Apr16:00Vålerenga2–2GöteborgUllevaalAtt: 7,414
Thu 14 Apr20:35Göteborg2–1VålerengaUlleviAtt: 4,119
Thu 28 Apr20:30Vålerenga1–0BrannUllevaalAtt: 2,780
Thu 12 May18:00Brann0–1GöteborgBrann StadionAtt: 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.

26 May 200520.35 CEST (UTC+02)
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
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 10,216Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
IFK Göteborg
GK1 Bengt Andersson
DF16 Magnus Johansson 61'
DF14 Hjálmar Jónsson
DF3 Fredrik Risp
DF6 Adam Johansson
MF11 Samuel Wowoah 74' 81'
MF10 Niclas Alexandersson
MF4 Sebastian Johansson
MF9 Stefan Selakovic
FW19 Peter Ijeh
FW17 George Mourad
Substitutes
GK12 John Alvbåge
DF5 Mattias Bjärsmyr
MF18 Martin Smedberg
FW21 Marcus Berg
DF22 Oscar Wendt 81'
MF23 Andrés Vasquez
MF24 Jonatan Berg
Manager
Arne Erlandsen
F.C. Copenhagen
GK21 Balázs Rabóczki 46'
DF15 Peter Christiansen
DF16 Dan Thomassen 85'
DF2 Lars Jacobsen
MF9 Magne Hoseth
MF6 Tobias Linderoth
DF4 Bo Svensson
MF25 Hjalte Nørregaard 70'
MF8 Michael Silberbauer 38' 66'
FW7 Álvaro Santos 57'
FW10 Sibusiso Zuma
Substitutes
GK21 Benny Gall 46'
DF5 Janne Saarinen
DF17 Ole Tobiasen
MF24 Christian Traoré
MF26 Elrio van Heerden
FW27 Jesper Bech 66'
FW32 Peter Møller 57'
Manager
Hans Backe
 2004-05 champions 
FC Copenhagen

Top scorers

Goal scorerTeamGoals
Markus RosenbergMalmö FF7
Frode JohnsenRosenborg5
Thomas KahlenbergBrøndby5
Fredrik BerglundEsbjerg4
Steffen IversenVålerenga4
Charlie MillerBrann4
George MouradGöteborg4
Hjalte NørregaardCopenhagen4
Ståle StensaasRosenborg4
Afonso AlvesMalmö FF3
Karim EssediriTromsø IL3
Peter IjehGöteborg3
Preceded by—Royal League2004–05Succeeded by2005–06