2004–05 Royal League

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Vålerenga IF	16	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6
2. Rosenborg BK	10	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1
3. Esbjerg fB	7	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1
4. Djurgårdens IF	1	6	0	1	5	5	13	-8

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. FC Copenhagen	14	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7
2. IFK Göteborg	10	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3
3. Brøndby IF	7	6	2	1	3	7	9	-2
4. Tromsø IL	3	6	0	2	4	3	11	-8

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Malmö FF	12	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1
2. SK Brann	10	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2
3. Halmstads BK	8	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1
4. Odense BK	4	6	1	1	4	7	11	-4

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. FC Copenhagen	7	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
2. Malmö FF	6	4	2	0	2	6	6	0
3. Rosenborg BK	4	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. IFK Göteborg	10	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
2. Vålerenga IF	5	4	1	2	1	6	6	0
3. SK Brann	1	4	0	1	3	2	6	-4

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

Main article: 2005 Royal League Final

Göteborg v Copenhagen

Thu, 26 May 20:35

Göteborg	1–1	Copenhagen
Mourad 31'		Nørregaard 18'

Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,216 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Copenhagen win 12–11 on penalties

2004-05 champions
FC Copenhagen

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	3
Peter Ijeh	Göteborg	3

See also

• 2004-05 Royal League statistics