2011 Danish Cup Final

2011 Danish Cup Final

Event	2010–11 Danish Cup
FC Nordsjælland FC Midtjylland 3 2
Date	22 May 2011 (2011-05-22)
Venue	Parken, Copenhagen
Man of the Match	Mikkel Thygesen
Referee	Claus Bo Larsen
Attendance	8,863
Weather	Rainy, 14 °C (57 °F)

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, 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.

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 date. 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.

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.

Match details

FC Nordsjælland was the designated home team for the match.

FC Nordsjælland v FC Midtjylland

22 May 2011 (2011-05-22) 18:45 CEST (UTC+02)

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

Parken Attendance: 8,863 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

FC Nordsjælland

FC Midtjylland

FC NORDSJÆLLAND (4–2–3–1): 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): 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 David Vang Andersen Fourth official: Kenn Hansen

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

	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