2004–05 Royal League

History

For the 2004–05 Royal League tournament, the twelve participating teams were initially placed into three groups. The two best-placed teams from each country were placed in the same group, while the two other teams were placed in the other groups. In each group, each team played against the other three teams, once at home and once away. The two best-placed teams from each group would be randomly placed into two new groups. The three teams of each new group also played each other across two legs. The 2005 Royal League Final was contested on 26 May 2005, by Swedish team IFK Gothenburg and FC Copenhagen from Denmark. FC Copenhagen won the inaugural title following a penalty shootout.