2005–06 Royal League

The Royal League 2005-06 fixtures and results.

Rules

Initially, the twelve participating teams are placed into three groups with four clubs each. These face each other home and away. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter finals, along with the two best 3rd position-teams. From here on, the tournament is purely played as a two-legged knockout tournament, except from the final.

Bonuses

A wide variety of bonuses are paid in the Royal League 2005–06. A complete list is found below. All amounts are in Norwegian kroner.

Group stage

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

  1. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
  2. Total goals scored in all group matches.
  3. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  4. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  5. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  6. Draw.

Teams that clinched a spot in the quarter-finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from Royal League are indicated in italic type.

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Denmark FC Midtjylland 126330135+8
2. Sweden Hammarby IF 862221210+2
3. Norway Vålerenga IF 86222810-2
4. Norway IK Start 36033816-8
Thursday 24 November 18:00 Midtjylland 40 Vålerenga SAS Arena Att: 3,154
18:00 Start 24 Hammarby Odd Stadion Att: 639

Sunday 27 November

16:00

Vålerenga

31

Start

Ullevaal

Att: 2,940

Thursday 8 December

18:00

Start

11

Midtjylland

Odd Stadion

Att: 63
20:35 Hammarby 00 Vålerenga Söderstadion Att: 6,061

Sunday 11 December

15:55

Start

33

Vålerenga

Odd Stadion

Att: 429
Monday 12 December 19:00 Hammarby 22 Midtjylland Söderstadion Att: 6,104

Thursday 9 February

19:00

Midtjylland

41

Hammarby

SAS Arena

Att: 3,052

Sunday 12 February

13:30

Vålerenga

01

Midtjylland

Vallhall Arena

Att: 2,653
16:00 Hammarby 40 Start Södertälje Fotbollsarena Att: 4,153

Thursday 16 February

20:35

Midtjylland

11

Start

SAS Arena

Att: 3,370
20:35 Vålerenga 21 Hammarby Vallhall Arena Att: 2,178

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Norway Lillestrøm SK 10624063+3
2. Denmark FC Copenhagen 76141550
3. Denmark Brøndby IF 66132770
4. Sweden Kalmar FF 6613236-3
Thursday 10 November 20:35 Kalmar FF 11 Brøndby Fredriksskans Att: 4,540
Thursday 24 November 20:30 Lillestrøm 00 Copenhagen Åråsen Stadion Att: 2,289

Sunday 27 November

14:00

Lillestrøm

00

Kalmar FF

Åråsen Stadion

Att: 1,777

Thursday 8 December

18:00

Kalmar FF

02

Lillestrøm

Fredriksskans

Att: 3,002
20:35 Copenhagen 11 Brøndby Parken Att: 17,644

Sunday 11 December

16:00

Kalmar FF

10

Copenhagen

Fredriksskans

Att: 3,315
18:05 Brøndby 01 Lillestrøm Brøndby Stadion Att: 7,481

Thursday 9 February

20:35

Brøndby

12

Copenhagen

Brøndby Stadion

Att: 12,345

Sunday 12 February

16:00

Brøndby

20

Kalmar FF

Brøndby Stadion

Att: 7,851
16:00 Copenhagen 11 Lillestrøm Parken Att: 7,067

Thursday 16 February

20:35

Copenhagen

11

Kalmar FF

Parken

Att: 5,432
20:35 Lillestrøm 22 Brøndby Tønsberg Gressbane Att: 323

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Sweden Djurgårdens IF 10631287+1
2. Norway Lyn Oslo 8622276+1
3. Sweden IFK Göteborg 86222770
4. Denmark Aalborg BK 6613279-2
Thursday 24 November 19:00 Lyn 10 Göteborg Tønsberg Gressbane Att: 890
20:35 Aalborg 13 Djurgården Aalborg Stadion Att: 5,246

Sunday 27 November

16:00

Djurgården

01

Göteborg

Södertälje Fotbollsarena

Att: 2,238

Thursday 8 December

18:00

Göteborg

33

Aalborg

Ullevi

Att: 4,178
20:30 Lyn 12 Djurgården Ullevaal Att: 1,050

Sunday 11 December

15:00

Göteborg

13

Lyn

Ullevi

Att: 6,277
Tuesday 13 December 19:00 Djurgården 21 Aalborg Södertälje Fotbollsarena Att: 1,309

Thursday 9 February

19:00

Aalborg

21

Lyn

Aalborg Stadion

Att: 3,012

Sunday 12 February

16:00

Göteborg

20

Djurgården

Ullevi

Att: 3,349
16:00 Lyn 00 Aalborg Vallhall Arena Att: 1,040

Thursday 16 February

20:35

Aalborg

00

Göteborg

Aalborg Stadion

Att: 3,771
20:35 Djurgården 11 Lyn Södertälje Fotbollsarena Att: 1,244

3rd placed teams

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Sweden IFK Göteborg 86222770
2. Norway Vålerenga IF 86222810-2
3. Denmark Brøndby IF 66132770

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals, first leg


Thursday 23 February
18:00
Norway Lyn 13 Denmark Midtjylland
Theorin 45' Kærgård 9', 60'
Sørensen 11'

Thursday 23 February
18:30
Sweden Djurgården 21 Norway Vålerenga
Hysén 9', 67' Berre 82'
Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje
Attendance: 1,130
Referee: Mikael Svendsen (Denmark)

Thursday 23 February
20:35
Denmark Copenhagen 20 Sweden Hammarby
Santos 55'
Allbäck 56'
Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,011
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Thursday, February 23
20:35
Sweden Göteborg 00 Norway Lillestrøm
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,228
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Quarter-finals, second leg


Thursday, March 9
18:30
Denmark Midtjylland 10 Norway Lyn
Sørensen 54'
SAS Arena, Herning
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Midtjylland win 41 on aggregate

Copenhagen win 3–0 on penalties after playing 2–2 on aggregate

Thursday, March 9
20:35
Norway Vålerenga 1–3 Sweden Djurgården
Muri 49' Jonson 14'
Håkansson 25’
Hysén 80'
Djurgården win 5–2 on aggregate

Saturday, March 11
14:00
Norway Lillestrøm 20 Sweden Göteborg
Occean 10', 70'
Lillestrøm win 20 on aggregate

Semi-finals, first leg


Thursday, March 16
20:35
Denmark Copenhagen 31 Denmark Midtjylland
Silberbauer 13'
Ijeh 25'
Hangeland 73'
Reid 87'
Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 9,232
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Thursday, March 16
20:35
Sweden Djurgården 13 Norway Lillestrøm
Håkansson (pen) 77' Koren 19'
Andersson 68’
Storm (og) 86'

Semi-finals, second leg


Thursday, March 23
20:35
Denmark Midtjylland 04 Denmark Copenhagen
Ijeh 24', 43'
Silberbauer 32'
Kvist 62'
SAS Arena, Herning
Attendance: 5,285
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)
Copenhagen win 71 on aggregate

Sunday, March 26
15:30
Norway Lillestrøm 10 Sweden Djurgården
Koren (pen) 24'
Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm
Attendance: 4,301
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)
Lillestrøm win 41 on aggregate

Final


Thursday, April 9
20:35
Denmark Copenhagen 10 Norway Lillestrøm
Pimpong 89'
Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 13,617
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
2005-06 champions

FC Copenhagen
Second title

Top scorers

Goal scorer Team Goals
Sweden Tobias Hysén Djurgården 6
Denmark Klaus Kærgård Midtjylland 6
Sweden Petter Andersson Hammarby 4
Norway Morten Berre Vålerenga 4
Denmark Dennis Sørensen Midtjylland 4
Sweden Jeffrey Aubynn Hammarby 3
Nigeria Peter Ijeh Copenhagen 3
Sweden David Johansson Hammarby 3
Faroe Islands Todi Jónsson Start 3
Canada Olivier Occean Lillestrøm 3
Sweden Stefan Selakovic Göteborg 3
Norway Jo Tessem Lyn 3

See also