2008 Danish Cup Final

The 2008 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the Danish Cup 2007-08. It took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Brøndby IF, the Superliga number 9 of the day, met the then number 8 Esbjerg fB.

Brøndby had won the Cup on five previous occasions (1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2005), while Esbjerg took the trophy in 1964 and 1976, but lost the final in 2006 to Randers FC.

Referee Claus Bo Larsen officiated the match.

Match details

May 1, 2008 CEST
15:00
 Brøndby IF 3 – 2 Esbjerg fB Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 33,154
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen
Holmén  15'
von Schlebrügge  69'
Retov  85'		 Rieks  62'  79'
Brøndby IF
Esbjerg fB
BRØNDBY IF
GK 16 Stephan Andersen
RB 32 Anders Randrup
CB 5 Mark Howard
CB 18 Max von Schlebrügge
LB 21 Thomas Rasmussen
DM 20 Stefán Gíslason (c)
RM 6 Samuel Holmén
LM 7 Kasper Lorentzen 73'
AM 9 Martin Retov
CF 10 Martin Ericsson
CF 28 Chris Katongo 88'
Substitutes
GK 30 Michael Tørnes
MF 8 Kim Daugaard 88'
MF 25 Tobias Mikkelsen 73'
DF 29 Daniel Wass
Manager
Tom Køhlert
ESBJERG FB
GK 16 Lars Winde (c)
RB 2 Frank Hansen
CB 20 Kristian Flittie Onstad
CB 21 Fredrik Björck
LB 15 Andreas Klarström
RM 31 Søren Rieks 50' 90'
CM 7 Jesper Jørgensen
CM 14 Martin Vingaard
LM 10 Thiago Pinto Borges 46'
CF 11 Jesper Bech
CF 25 Michaël Murcy 46'
Substitutes
GK 1 Tally Hall
MF 6 Niki Zimling 46'
DF 13 Kevin Conboy 90'
FW 22 Jesper Lange 90+4' 46'
Manager
Troels Bech
Man of the Match
Samuel Holmén
Assistant referees
Bill René Hansen
Ole V. Hansen
Fourth official
Lars Christoffersen

Road to Copenhagen

Brøndby IF Esbjerg fB
Allerød FK [DS]
A
4-1		 Williams 6
Lorentzen 10
Madsen 45, 69		 Second round Vanløse IF [2D]
A
2-0		 Lekic 32
Demba-Nyrén 48
Silkeborg IF [1D]
A
2-1		 Retov 47
T. Rasmussen 88		 Third round Værløse BK [2D]
A
4-1		 Jørgensen 31 (pen.), 59 (pen.)
Demba-Nyrén 68
Bech 74
OB [SL]
A
1-0		 Lorentzen 119 Fourth round Herfølge BK [1D]
A
1-0		 Zimling 103
Randers FC [SL]
H
2-1		 Gislason 50
Duncan Rasmussen 58		 Quarter finals Skive IK [1D]
A
4-0		 Lange 13, 88
Bech 44
Murcy 60
FC Midtjylland [SL]
H
3-0		 Katongo 34, 73
Holmén 63		 Semi finals
First leg		 F.C. Copenhagen [SL]
A
1-0		 Murcy 66
FC Midtjylland [SL]
A
2-0		 Katongo 10
von Schlebrügge 80		 Second leg F.C. Copenhagen [SL]
H
2-2		 Bech 104
Lange 119

See also

Seasons
1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12
Finals
1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012