2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season

F.C. Copenhagen won the Danish Superliga throphy and competed in UEFA Champions League in the season 2006-07. The championship was secured on 9 May 2007 after winning 1–0 at Brøndby Stadion against arch rivals Brøndby IF.

On August 23, Copenhagen qualified for the UEFA Champions League as the first Danish team since 1998 after eliminating Ajax 3–2 on aggregate. In the group stage, they finished last in their group despite earning seven points.

Copenhagen lost the finals in both the Royal League and Danish Cup against Brøndby and Odense Boldklub respectively.

Competitions

For the 2006–07 season, Copenhagen competed in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and Royal League.

Danish Superliga

In the Superliga they were at the winter break placed first, with only one defeat and four draws after 18 matches. Their biggest wins was with 3–0 against Viborg FF and Vejle Boldklub at Parken on respectively 22 and October 29.

The only autumn defeat was against Aalborg BK on August 27, where they lost 2–0 at Parken.

On 5 May 2007 they got their second defeat, again against Aalborg BK at Parken. That match ended 1–2. Their final loss was 19 days later against Esbjerg fB home with 1–2.

The championship was secured on May 9 after winning 1–0 at Brøndby Stadion against arch rivals Brøndby IF.

In season's last match, on 27 May, Copenhagen played a 0–0 draw against already-relegated Vejle at Vejle Stadion.

Danish Cup

See also 2006–07 Danish Cup

In the Danish Cup, Copenhagen began in the third round against Thisted FC at Lerpytter Stadion. Copenhagen won 4–1 on penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw after full time. Hjalte Nørregaard scored for FCK and Daniel Kristensen scored for Thisted.

In the fourth round, Copenhagen played at home against Esbjerg fB, winning 3–1. Former FCK player Jesper Bech scored for Esbjerg after four minutes, but Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte Nørregaard scored the three goals for FCK in front of 10,000 spectators at Parken Stadium.

In the quarter-finals, FC Midtjylland awaited at SAS Arena in Herning. After 90 minutes, the scoreline was 2–2, after FCK-goals by Fredrik Berglund and Dan Thomassen and in the extra time Brede Hangeland made it 3–2 for FCK.

In the semi finals the opponent was 1st Division leaders Lyngby Boldklub. The first match at Lyngby Stadion ended with a 3–2 win for FCK, where Berglund had scored twice, and Nørregaard score 6 minutes before full-time. The second leg at Parken was a display of skills as FCK won 4–0; Aílton José Almeida, Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte Nørregaard scored for FCK, while the goal for 2–0 was an own goal by Lyngby debutant Brian Hämäläinen.

In the final Odense Boldklub was waiting, and Michael Hemmingsen's troops showed that FCK still had a hangover after the championship was secured 8 days earlier. The match ended 1–2, although Atiba Hutchinson made it 1–0 for FCK after 15 minutes.

UEFA Champions League

Man Utd v FC Copenhagen

See also UEFA Champions League 2006-07

In the Champions League, FCK started in the 2nd qualifying round, where they faced Finnish MyPa. First match was played at Parken Stadium, and FCK won 2–0 after goals by André Bergdølmo, a penalty kick, and Michael Gravgaard. The return match were played at Saviniemi, and that match ended 2–2 after goals by Fredrik Berglund, Eero Peltonen (MyPa), Tobias Linderoth and Saku Puhakainen (MyPa). FCK went through to next round with 4–2 agg.

In the third qualifying round, Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam was waiting, but after a strong start, FCK lost 1–2 at home ground Parken Stadium, after goals by Ajax's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (twice) and FCK's Brede Hangeland. In the return match at Amsterdam ArenA on August 23 FC Copenhagen turned the tie around by defeating Ajax 0–2, including an own goal by Thomas Vermaelen, and thereby qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 3–2 aggregate scoreline.

The draw was made on August 24 and FCK came out of the hat in Group F along with Manchester United, Benfica & Celtic.

The first group stage match were against Benfica at Parken Stadium. That match ended with a 0–0 draw. The second match were played at Celtic Park against Celtic, who won 1–0. The goal was scored on a penalty kick. In the third match they played, they lost 3–0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. They however went on to beat Manchester United 1–0 in the fourth match, thanks to a Marcus Allbäck goal. Copenhagen lost their hope on further European matches at Estádio da Luz against Benfica where the match was closed after only 16 minutes where Benfica came in front 2–0, in a match that ended 3–1. Allbäck scored Copenhagen's goal in the 89th minute.

Their most successful and least important match was the last, where they beat Celtic by 3 to 1 at Parken, after goals by Atiba Hutchinson, Jesper Grønkjær and Marcus Allbäck.

Royal League

See also Royal League 2006-07

In the group stage F.C. Copenhagen were in group 2 with the archrivals Brøndby IF, Swedish Hammarby IF and Norwegian Lillestrøm S.K. in the group 2. FCK won three matches and FCK qualified for the quarter finals, where they met IF Elfsborg.

The match ended 1–2 at Borås Arena after goals by Hjalte Nørregaard and Michael Silberbauer. In the semi finals, FCK drew the Swedish team, Helsingborgs IF, who was without their big star Henrik Larsson. The match was played at Parken and FCK won 3–1. Fredrik Berglund score twice in the first 15 minutes and Aílton José Almeida scored the game's last goal in the 32nd minute.

F.C. Copenhagen lost in the 2007 Royal League Final, after Martin Ericsson scored on a penalty shoot for Brøndby at Brøndby Stadion. This was the only goal in the quite boring final. For the first time, FCK did not win the Royal League.

Squads

The following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC København in the 2006-07 season.

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jesper Christiansen 2 DF Lars Jacobsen 3 DF Niclas Jensen (bought from Fulham) 4 MF Hjalte Nørregaard 5 DF Brede Hangeland 6 MF Tobias Linderoth (captain) 7 FW Aílton José Almeida (bought from Örgryte) 8 MF Michael Silberbauer 9 FW Fredrik Berglund 10 FW Jesper Grønkjær 11 FW Marcus Allbäck 13 Atiba Hutchinson 14 DF Michael Gravgaard (vice-captain) 15 DF André Bergdølmo (sold to Strømsgodset) 16 DF Dan Thomassen 17 DF Oscar Wendt

No. Position Player 19 MF Jacob Neestrup (U squad) 20 MF Razak Pimpong (sold to Viking) 21 GK Thomas Villadsen 22 MF Morten Bertolt 23 MF William Kvist 24 MF Jeppe Brandrup 25 DF Jamil Fearrington (contract cancelled) 26 DF Nikolaj Hansen 27 MF Martin Bernburg (sold to Nordsjælland) 28 MF Martin Bergvold (sold to Livorno) 29 FW Lasse Qvist (from youth squad) 30 MF Mads Laudrup (U squad) 31 GK Benny Gall 33 MF Şaban Özdoğan (U squad) 41 GK Nathan Coe (bought from PSV Eindhoven)

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Martin Jacobsen GK Lee Langeveldt DF Rasmus Bogh DF Jamil Fearrington DF Mike Hansen DF Bongumusa Mthethwa DF Peter Piil DF Nicklas Svendsen DF Casper Windfeld MF Mathias Gravesen

No. Position Player MF Mads Laudrup MF Stefan Monberg (sold to Fremad Amager) MF Jacob Neestrup MF Kim Tandrup MF Kenneth Thinter FW Kenneth Beck FW Fosu Boateng FW Erton Fejzullahu (on loan at Mjällby) FW Lasse Qvist (now first team)

Transfers

Players In

Players out

Results

Results for F.C. Copenhagen for season 2006-2007.

NOTE: scores are written FCK first

Key:

• DSL = Danish Superliga
• DC = Danish Cup
• CLQ = UEFA Champions League Qualifier
• CLF = UEFA Champions League Group F
• RLB = Royal League Group B
• RL4 = Royal League Quarter final
• RLS = Royal League Semi final
• F = Friendly match

Report explanation

• FCK in Danish
• UEFA in English

Player statistics

No.	Player	Apps (as sub)	Goals	Yellows	Reds
1	Jesper Christiansen	59	0	2	0
2	Lars Jacobsen	53	0	4	0
3	Niclas Jensen	19	0	3	0
4	Hjalte Nørregaard	40 (6)	9	7	0
5	Brede Hangeland	57 (3)	3	5	0
6	Tobias Linderoth	43	4	13	1
7	Álvaro Santos	5 (1)	3	0	0
7	Aílton José Almeida	18 (5)	8	3	0
8	Michael Silberbauer	46 (8)	15	9	0
9	Fredrik Berglund	42 (15)	18	2	0
10	Jesper Grønkjær	38 (2)	7	7	1
11	Marcus Allbäck	39 (4)	18	5	0
13	Atiba Hutchinson	58 (2)	7	5	0
14	Michael Gravgaard	56 (1)	5	6	0
15	André Bergdølmo	12 (3)	2	1	0
16	Dan Thomassen	17 (13)	3	0	0
17	Oscar Wendt	36 (7)	2	4	0
19	Jacob Neestrup	0 (2)	0	0	0
20	Razak Pimpong	7 (19)	0	2	0
21	Thomas Villadsen	2	0	0	0
22	Morten Bertolt	2 (9)	1	1	0
23	William Kvist	26 (34)	2	5	0
24	Jeppe Brandrup	5 (11)	1	0	0
25	Jamil Fearrington	1 (2)	0	0	0
26	Nikolaj Hansen	3 (4)	0	0	0
27	Martin Bernburg	2 (5)	0	0	0
28	Martin Bergvold	10 (16)	4	1	0
29	Lasse Qvist	1 (5)	1	0	0
30	Mads Laudrup	0 (5)	0	0	0
31	Benny Gall	2 (2)	0	0	0
33	Şaban Özdoğan	0 (2)	0	0	0
41	Nathan Coe	0	0	0	0
--	Kim Tandrup	1	0	0	0
--	Thomas Christiansen	0 (1)	0	0	0
--	Kenneth Beck	0 (1)	0	0	0
--	Erton Fejzullahu	0 (1)	0	0	0

Honours

• The Autumn Profile (2006): Michael Gravgaard
• The Golden Goalie (2006): Jesper Christiansen
• Profile of the year in the Superliga (2006): Michael Gravgaard
• Superliga Player of the Year (2006): Tobias Linderoth
• Best Swedish Midfielder (2006): Tobias Linderoth
• Best Swedish Forward (2006): Marcus Allbäck
• Player of the Year (2006–07): Jesper Grønkjær
• Team of the Year (2006): Jesper Christiansen, Lars Jacobsen and Michael Gravgaard

See also

• Danish Superliga 2006-07
• Danish Cup 2006-07
• UEFA Champions League 2006-07
• Royal League 2006-07