2005–06 In Danish Football

The 2005-06 season in Danish football, starting July 2005 and ending June 2006:

Events

* 13 July 2005: Brøndby IF won the League Cup at Brøndby Stadion. FC København ended second, and FC Midtjylland third.
* 19 July 2005: The Superliga kicks off.
* 28 July 2005: Esbjerg fB (who qualified by fair play) beats Estonian FC Flora Tallinn 7-2 agg. in the first qualifying round in the UEFA Cup.
* 30 July 2005: The 1st Division kicks off.
* 3 August 2005: Brøndby IF beats Georgian FC Dinamo Tbilisi 5-1 agg. in the second qualifying round in the UEFA Champions League.
* 5 August 2005: The 2nd Division West kicks off.
* 6 August 2005: The 2nd Division East kicks off.
* 24 August 2005: Brøndby IF are beaten by Dutch AFC Ajax 3–5 agg. in the third qualifying round in the UEFA Champions League.
* 25 August 2005: FC København beats Welch Carmarthen Town F.C. 4-0 agg., FC Midtjylland beats Faorese B36 Tórshavn 4-3 agg. and Esbjerg fB are beaten by Norwegian Tromsø IL 1-1 (2–3 p.) All this in the UEFA Cup's second qualifying round.
* 3 September 2005: The Danish national team can't reach the first place in their qualification group. Ukraine have clinched it. Now their target is the second place.
* 29 September 2005: Brøndby IF beats Swiss FC Zürich 3-2 agg., FC København are beaten by German Hamburger SV 1–2 agg. (after a very controversial refereeing performance by British Matthew Messias, giving eight yellow cards, two of those leading to a sending off, and a third direct red card, all in the last ten minutes, and giving HSV a 92nd-minute penalty kick, later called "a joke" in German press – had HSV not scored, FCK would have proceeded to the group phase) and FC Midtjylland are beaten by the holding UEFA Cup-champions, Russian CSKA Moscow. All this in the UEFA Cup first round.
* 12 October 2005: The Danish national team is now definitely out of the FIFA World Cup 2006, since Turkey beat Albania.
* 27 October 2005: The Danish Football Association no longer searches for a friendly match in November, since Ireland cancelled.
* 10 November 2005: Royal League kicks off.
* 7 December 2005: Yearly awards by the players association:
**''2005 Danish Superliga profile'': Michael Gravgaard, FC København
**''2005 Danish 1st Division profile'': Henrik Toft, Vejle Boldklub
**''2005 Danish 2nd Division West profile'': Rene Svendsen, Hobro IK
**''2005 Danish 2nd Division East profile'': Gilberto Macena, Holbæk B&I
**''2005 team of the year'': Jesper Christiansen ( FCK), Michael Gravgaard ( FCK), Daniel Agger (BIF), Lars Jacobsen ( FCK), Allan K. Jepsen ( AaB), Thomas Kahlenberg (Auxerre), Christian Poulsen (Schalke 04), Martin Retov (BIF), Søren Larsen (FC Schalke 04), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Stuttgart), Morten Rasmussen ( AGF).
**''2005 talent of the year'': Daniel Agger, Brøndby IF
* 15 December 2005: Brøndby IF played the last game in their UEFA Cup group B against Palermo. After only 1 victory (against M. Petach-Tikva) and 1 draw (against Espanyol) in four games, Brøndby ended 4th in the group.
* 28 December 2005: Yearly awards by Sports Confederation of Denmark:
**''2005 Danish footballer of the year'': Christian Poulsen, FC Schalke 04
**''2005 best goal in the Superliga'': Álvaro Santos, FC København against SønderjyskE on 28 October
* 2 January 2006: ''2005 Goalie of the year'': Jesper Christiansen, FC København
* 1 February 2006: The Danish league national team won the Hong Kong-tournament Carlsberg Cup, after winning 3–1 against South Korea.
* 13 February 2006: FC Midtjylland qualified for the quarter-finals in Royal League with 3 victories (against Vålerenga, Hammarby and Vålerenga) and 2 draws (against Start and Hammarby).
* 16 February 2006: Brøndby IF, FC København, FC Midtjylland and AaB played the last games in their Royal League groups. Brøndby's was against Lillestrøm. After only 1 victory (against Kalmar) and 3 draws (against Kalmar, FCK and Lillestrøm) in six games, Brøndby ended 3rd in the group, but they didn't qualify for the quarter-finals. FCK's last game was against Kalmar. FCK had also only won 1 game (against Brøndby), but with 4 draws (against Lillestrøm, Brøndby, Lillestrøm and Kalmar), they ended 2nd in the group and qualified for the quarter-finals. AaB's match was against Gothenburg. AaB had, just like Brøndby, won only 1 match (against Lyn) and played 3 draws (against Gothenburg, Lyn and Gothenburg). They ended last in the group and neither qualified for the quarter-finals. Midtjylland's last match was a 1–1 draw against Start.
* 9 March 2006: FC København and FC Midtjylland played their last quarter finals in Royal League. The match ended with a 4–0 win to FCK, and they went through to the final – 7–1 on agg.
* 6 April 2006: FC København won the 2006 Royal League Final 1–0 against Lillestrøm at Parken Stadium.
* 29 April 2006: Aarhus GF relegated from the Superliga
* 4 May 2006: SønderjyskE relegated from the Superliga
* 7 May 2006: FC København won the Danish Superliga 2005-06.
* 11 May 2006: Randers FC won the Danish Cup 2005-06 after a 1–0 win against Esbjerg fB in the final at Parken Stadium.
* 14 May 2006: Last round in the Superliga.
* 14 May 2006: Brønshøj BK relegated from the 1st Division.
* 14 May 2006: BK Avarta relegated from the 2nd Division East.
* 27 May 2006: BK Skjold relegated from the 1st Division.
* 5 June 2006: Last round in the 2nd Divisions were played.
* 5 June 2006: Esbjerg 2 won the Danish 2nd Division West 2005-06.
* 5 June 2006: Næstved BK won the Danish 2nd Division East 2005-06.
* 5 June 2006: Aarhus Fremad promoted to the Danish 1st Division.
* 5 June 2006: Værløse BK relegated from the 2nd Division East-
* 5 June 2006: Kalundborg GB relegated from the 2nd Division West.
* 10 June 2006: First playoff match, between the runners-up in the 2nd Divisions, Holbæk B&I and Thisted FC were played. Thisted won 3–0.
* 11 June 2006: Vejle BK won the Danish 1st Division 2005-06.
* 17 June 2006: Thisted FC promoted to the Danish 1st Division, in spite of losing the second playoff match against Holbæk B&I 0–2.
* 18 June 2006: Last round in the 1st Division.

National team results

* Denmark scores first

Key
* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* N = Neutral site match
* LT = League team (non-official)
* F = Friendly
* WCQ2 = FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying, European Zone Group 2
* CC = Carlsberg Cup

Honours

See also

* 2005–06 Danish Superliga season
* 2005–06 Danish 1st Division season
* 2005–06 Danish 2nd Divisions - East/West
* 2005–06 Danish Cup season

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Seasons in Danish football