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 May2008 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

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date = May 1, 2008 CEST
time = 15:00
team1 = Brøndby IF
score = 3 – 2
team2 = Esbjerg fB | goals1 = Holmén goal|15
von Schlebrügge goal|69
Retov goal|85
goals2 = Rieks goal|62 goal|79
stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
attendance = 33,154
referee = Claus Bo Larsen

Football line-up
hometeam = BRØNDBY IF
home1pos = GK | home1no = 16 | home1nat = DNK | home1player = Stephan Andersen
home2pos = RB | home2no = 32 | home2nat = DNK | home2player = Anders Randrup
home3pos = CB | home3no = 5 | home3nat = ENG | home3player = Mark Howard
home4pos = CB | home4no = 18 | home4nat = SWE | home4player = Max von Schlebrügge
home5pos = LB | home5no = 21 | home5nat = DNK | home5player = Thomas Rasmussen
home6pos = DM | home6no = 20 | home6nat = ISL | home6player = Stefán Gíslason (c)
home7pos = RM | home7no = 6 | home7nat = SWE | home7player = Samuel Holmén
home8pos = LM | home8no = 7 | home8nat = DNK | home8player = Kasper Lorentzen | home8sub = suboff|73
home9pos = AM | home9no = 9 | home9nat = DNK | home9player = Martin Retov
home10pos = CF | home10no = 10 | home10nat = SWE | home10player = Martin Ericsson
home11pos = CF | home11no = 28 | home11nat = ZAM | home11player = Chris Katongo | home11sub = suboff|88
home12pos = GK | home12no = 30 | home12nat = DNK | home12player = Michael Tørnes
home13pos = MF | home13no = 8 | home13nat = DNK | home13player = Kim Daugaard | home13sub = subon|88
home14pos = MF | home14no = 25 | home14nat = DNK | home14player = Tobias Mikkelsen | home14sub = subon|73
home15pos = DF | home15no = 29 | home15nat = DNK | home15player = Daniel Wass
homemannat = DNK | homeman = Tom Køhlert
awayteam = ESBJERG FB
away1pos = GK | away1no = 16 | away1nat = DNK | away1player = Lars Winde (c)
away2pos = RB | away2no = 2 | away2nat = DNK | away2player = Frank Hansen
away3pos = CB | away3no = 20 | away3nat = NOR | away3player = Kristian Flittie Onstad
away4pos = CB | away4no = 21 | away4nat = SWE | away4player = Fredrik Björck
away5pos = LB | away5no = 15 | away5nat = SWE | away5player = Andreas Klarström
away6pos = RM | away6no = 31 | away6nat = DNK | away6player = Søren Rieks | away6card = yel|50 | away6sub = suboff|90
away7pos = CM | away7no = 7 | away7nat = DNK | away7player = Jesper Jørgensen
away8pos = CM | away8no = 14 | away8nat = DNK | away8player = Martin Vingaard
away9pos = LM | away9no = 10 | away9nat = BRA | away9player = Thiago Pinto Borges | away9sub = suboff|46
away10pos = CF | away10no = 11 | away10nat = DNK | away10player = Jesper Bech
away11pos = CF | away11no = 25 | away11nat = FRA | away11player = Michaël Murcy | away11sub = suboff|46
away12pos = GK | away12no = 1 | away12nat = USA | away12player = Tally Hall
away13pos = MF | away13no = 6 | away13nat = DNK | away13player = Niki Zimling | away13sub = subon|46
away14pos = DF | away14no = 13 | away14nat = DNK | away14player = Kevin Conboy | away14sub = subon|90
away15pos = FW | away15no = 22 | away15nat = DNK | away15player = Jesper Lange | away15card = yel|90+4 | away15sub = subon|46
awaymannat = DNK | awayman = Troels Bech
momnat = SWE | manofthematch = Samuel Holmén
assref1nat = DNK | assref1 = Bill René Hansen
assref2 = Ole V. Hansen
4refnat = DNK | 4ref = Lars Christoffersen

Road to Copenhagen

* Both sides entered the competition in its second round.
* Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

ee also

*Danish Cup 2007-08 for details of the current competition.