F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

won the

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trophy and competed in

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in the season 2006-07. The championship was secured on 9 May 2007 after winning 1–0 at Brøndby Stadion against

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Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

. On August 23, Copenhagen qualified for the

as the first Danish team since 1998 after eliminating

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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 The Royal League was an annual Scandinavian football tournament held three times between teams from the three Scandinavian monarchies (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway), starting after the end of the regular domestic seasons of Norway and Sweden. Denm ...

and

Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

against Brøndby and

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

respectively.

Competitions

For the 2006–07 season, Copenhagen competed in the

and

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 Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

and

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

Parken Parken Stadium, also known simply as Parken and as Telia Parken (2014–2020), is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (''Inner Østerbro'') district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990 to 1992. The stadium, which features a retractable ...

on respectively 22 and October 29. The only autumn defeat was against

Aalborg BK Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but curre ...

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 Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

home with 1–2. The championship was secured on May 9 after winning 1–0 at Brøndby Stadion against

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

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Vejle at

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Danish Cup

:''See also

2006–07 Danish Cup The 2006–07 Danish Cup was the 53rd version of the Danish Cup. The tournament was won by Odense Boldklub who defeated F.C. Copenhagen at May 17 in Parken Stadium. It was OB's fifth title of the tournament. The winner qualified for UEFA Cup quali ...

'' In the Danish Cup, Copenhagen began in the third round against

Thisted FC Thisted Fodbold Club () is an association football club based in the town of Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1989, it is shortly known as ...

at Lerpytter Stadion. Copenhagen won 4–1 on penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw after full-time.

Hjalte Nørregaard Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born 8 April 1981) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen. As a player, he played as a midfielder and spent most of h ...

scored for FCK and Daniel Kristensen scored for Thisted. In the fourth round, Copenhagen played at home against

, winning 3–1. Former FCK player

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scored for Esbjerg after four minutes, but

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and Hjalte Nørregaard scored the three goals for FCK in front of 10,000 spectators at Parken Stadium. In the quarter-finals,

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

awaited at

SAS Arena The MCH Arena is an association football stadium situated in the south of Herning, Denmark, that is part of MCH Messecenter Herning complex and owned by MCH Group A/S. It has been the home ground of FC Midtjylland since March 2004. An integrated p ...

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and in the extra time

Brede Hangeland Brede Paulsen Hangeland (born 20 June 1981) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He began his career with Viking, where he won the Norwegian Cup in 2001. In 2006, he moved to Copenhagen, and went on to ...

made it 3–2 for FCK. In the semi-finals the opponent was 1st Division leaders

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

. The first match at

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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

was a display of skills as FCK won 4–0;

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, 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 Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

was waiting, and

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's troops showed that FCK still had a hangover after the championship was secured 8 days earlier. The match ended 1–2, although

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made it 1–0 for FCK after 15 minutes.

UEFA Champions League

:''See also

2006–07 UEFA Champions League The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan ...

'' In the Champions League, FCK started in the 2nd qualifying round, where they faced

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MyPa. First match was played at

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, and FCK won 2–0 after goals by

André Bergdølmo André Bergdølmo (born 13 October 1971) is a Norwegian former football defender. He was capable of playing in all defensive positions on the field, and while most often taking up a position on the left side, his favourite was that of right full ...

, a penalty kick, and

Michael Gravgaard Michael Julius Gravgaard (born 3 April 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began his career at Randers Freja. During his stay at Viborg FF he occasionally played as a forward. With Copenhagen he won th ...

. The return match were played at Saviniemi, and that match ended 2–2 after goals by

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(MyPa),

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and Saku Puhakainen (MyPa). FCK went through to next round with 4–2 agg. In the third qualifying round,

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side

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was waiting, but after a strong start, FCK lost 1–2 at home ground Parken Stadium, after goals by Ajax's

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Huntelaar played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan, before joining S ...

(twice) and FCK's

. In the return match at

Amsterdam ArenA The Johan Cruyff Arena ( nl, Johan Cruijff Arena ; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of football club AFC Ajax since its opening. Built from 1993 to 1996 ...

on August 23 FC Copenhagen turned the tie around by defeating Ajax 0–2, including an own goal by

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, 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

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, Benfica &

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. 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

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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

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. They however went on to beat Manchester United 1–0 in the fourth match, thanks to a

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goal. Copenhagen lost their hope on further European matches at

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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

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and Marcus Allbäck.

Royal League

:''See also

2006–07 Royal League The 2006–07 Royal League fixtures and results. Rules The twelve participating teams are placed into three groups of four clubs each. The teams of each group face each other home and away. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter- ...

'' In the group stage F.C. Copenhagen were in group 2 with the archrivals Brøndby IF,

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Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

and

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Lillestrøm S.K. Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...

in the

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. FCK won three matches and FCK qualified for the

quarter finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

, where they met

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

. The match ended 1–2 at

Borås Arena The Borås Arena is a football stadium in Borås, Sweden. It is the home ground of IF Elfsborg and Norrby IF and was opened in 2005. Borås Arena has an artificial turf pitch, GreenFields MX by GreenFields, and has a capacity of 16,200. Both clubs ...

after goals by

and

Michael Silberbauer Michael Silberbauer (born 7 July 1981) is a Danish football manager and former professional player. He is currently the manager of FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie. Silberbauer played more than a 100 games for each Danish club Aalborg BK and ...

. In the semi-finals, FCK drew the Swedish team,

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...

, who was without their big star

Henrik Larsson Edward Henrik Larsson (born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player, formerly an assistant manager of Barcelona. Playing as a striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Hels ...

. The match was played at

and FCK won 3–1.

score twice in the first 15 minutes and

scored the game's last goal in the 32nd minute. F.C. Copenhagen lost in the 2007 Royal League Final, after

Martin Ericsson Martin Kjell Henrik Ericsson (born 4 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented IK Brage, IFK Göteborg, Aalborg BK, Brøndby IF, IF Elfsborg, and BK Häcken during a career that spann ...

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

Reserve team

Transfers

Players In

Players out

Competition statistics

Danish Superliga

Classification

Results summary

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

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in

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UEFA
in

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Royal League
in: **

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...

0-0 FCK:

**FCK 1-1 Brøndby: Danish **

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1-0 FCK:

**Brøndby 1-2 FCK: Danish **FCK 1-1 Lillestrøm: Danish **FCK 1-1 Kalmar: Danish **FCK 2-0 Hammarby: Danish **Hammarby 2-3 FCK: Swedish **FCK 3-1

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: Danish **Midtjylland 0-4 FCK: Danish **FCK 1-0 Lillestrøm: Danish-->

Player statistics

Honours

*The Autumn Profile (2006):

*The Golden Goalie (2006): Jesper Christiansen *Profile of the year in the Superliga (2006):

*Superliga Player of the Year (2006):

*Best Swedish Midfielder (2006):

*Best Swedish Forward (2006):

*Player of the Year (2006–07):

*Team of the Year (2006): Jesper Christiansen,

Lars Jacobsen Lars Christian Jacobsen (born 20 September 1979) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a right back and current assistant coach of HB Køge. Club career Odense Boldklub Born and raised in Odense, Funen, Jacobsen started his ...

and