2011 Danish Cup final

2011 Danish Cup final
Event	2010–11 Danish Cup
Date	22 May 2011
Venue	Parken, Copenhagen
Man of the Match	Mikkel Thygesen
Referee	Claus Bo Larsen
Attendance	8,863
Weather	Rainy, 14 °C (57 °F)
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The 2011 Danish Cup final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2010–11 Danish Cup. It was played on 22 May 2011 at 18:45 CEST,^[4] between FC Nordsjælland and FC Midtjylland, the same two teams who competed in last year's final, with FC Nordsjælland emerging victorious once again, 3–2.^[5]

Route to the final

As both teams had finished between 5th and 10th in the previous season's Superliga, both teams entered in the second round of the competition.

FC Nordsjælland	Round	FC Midtjylland
FC Skanderborg (away) Won 3 – 1	Second round	Vanløse IF (away) Won 5 – 0
FC Hjørring (away) Won 1 – 0	Third round	Avedøre IF (away) Won 3 – 2
OB (away) Won 3 – 2	Fourth round	HB Køge (away) Won 4 – 0
AC Horsens (away) Won 1 – 0	Quarter-final	AGF (away) Won 1 – 0
Esbjerg fB Lost first leg (at home) 1 – 2 Won second leg (away) 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Advanced with 3 – 3 on aggregate after winning 5 – 4 on penalties	Semi-final (two legs)	Randers FC Won first leg (at home) 1 – 0 Drew second leg (away) 0 – 0 Advanced with 1 – 0 on aggregate

Pre-match

Traditionally, the Danish Cup Final is played on Ascension Day, a public holiday in Denmark, but the date 2 June was occupied by an international match. Furthermore, the new match date of 22 May, set by the Danish FA and accepted by the Superliga clubs, coincided with the 2011 Copenhagen Marathon which meant that the area surrounding Parken was closed until 15:00, forcing the later starting time of 18:00.^[6]

For the first time in Danish Cup history, the same two teams were to play the final two years in a row, Nordsjælland beat Midtjylland 2–0 after extra time in last year's final.

Match

The match was originally scheduled for 18:00 CEST, but 30 minutes prior to kick-off the match was postponed 45 minutes because of a risk of lightning.^[4]

Match details

FC Nordsjælland was the designated home team for the match.

22 May 2011

18:45 CEST (UTC+02)

FC Nordsjælland	3–2	FC Midtjylland
Lawan 16', 54' Christensen 90+2'		Thygesen 37', 72'

Parken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 8,863

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

FC Nordsjælland

FC Midtjylland


FC NORDSJÆLLAND (4–2–3–1):^[2]^[7]^[8]
GK	1	Jesper Hansen
RB	4	Henrik Kildentoft
CB	31	Jores Okore
CB	5	Andreas Bjelland
LB	14	Bryan Oviedo
DM	18	Michael Parkhurst
DM	6	Enoch Kofi Adu		53'
RW	22	Andreas Laudrup		61'
AM	7	Nicolai Stokholm	12'
LW	9	Tobias Mikkelsen		79'
CF	9	Rawez Lawan
Substitutions:
	20	Matti Lund Nielsen		53'
	23	Morten Nordstrand		61'
	15	Søren Christensen		79'
Manager:
Morten Wieghorst


FC MIDTJYLLAND (4–4–2):^[2]^[7]^[8]
GK	1	Jonas Lössl
RB	21	Kasper Hansen
CB	32	Kristian Bak Nielsen	28'
CB	20	Kristijan Ipsa
LB	6	Jesper Juelsgård
RM	11	Danny Olsen		67'
CM	9	Jakob Poulsen
CM	43	Izunna Uzochukwu
LM	36	Rilwan Hassan		90+2'
CF	10	Mikkel Thygesen
CF	44	Sylvester Igboun	14'
Substitutions:
	24	Ken Fagerberg	90+5'	67'
	8	Jonas Borring		90+2'
Manager:
Glen Riddersholm

Man of the Match (Pokalfighter):
Mikkel Thygesen (FC Midtjylland)

Assistant referees:
Niels Høg^[1]
David Vang Andersen^[1]
Fourth official:
Kenn Hansen^[1]

Match rules:

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if scores level
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
7 substitutes named, of which three may be used

Statistics

Overall^[7]^[8]

	FCN	FCM
Goals scored	3	2
Corner kicks	2	7
Fouls committed	6	14
Offsides	3	2
Yellow cards	1	3
Red cards	0	0

References

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[DBUreport-1] "FC Nordsjælland - FC Midtjylland".

[DRresults-2] "DR sporten". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

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[5] "www.haslund.info - Pokalturneringen 2010/2011 - Finale". Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

[DBUbilletsalg-6] "DBU Pokalen/3F Cup - billetsalg". Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

[TV2liveupdate-7] "TV 2 Sporten". Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.

[EBliveupdate-8] "Ekstra Bladet - kamp". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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