2010–11 Danish Cup

The 2010–11 Danish Cup was the 57th season of the Danish football cup competition. For the third year, the sponsor of the competition was Ekstra Bladet, a daily newspaper, who signed a 3-year contract with the Danish Football Association (DBU) in 2008, making the official name Ekstra Bladet Cup 2010–11.^[1]

2010–11 Danish Cup

DBU Pokalen (The DBU Cup)
Tournament details
Country	Denmark
Final positions
Champions	FC Nordsjælland
Runner-up	FC Midtjylland
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The competition opened on 9 August 2010 with the First Round and concluded on 22 May 2011 with the Final at the Parken Stadium.^[2]

First round

In this round entered 96 teams. There were 48 matches in the First Round, taking place between 9 and 17 August 2010.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Egen UI 0–1 BK Marienlyst 2 Frederikshavn fI 1–4 Hobro IK 3 Hirtshals BK 3–1 Birkelse IF 4 Ringkøbing IF 2–1 Tjørring IF 5 Aarhus Fremad 1–2 Brabrand IF 6 Viborg Søndermarken IK 0–2 Skive IK 7 Bredstrup-Pjedsted IF 0–9 Kolding FC 8 KFUM's BK Odense 0–10 Varde IF 9 Ringe BK 0–4 Aabenraa BK 10 DSIO Odense 1–5 FC Fyn 11 BK Frem Sakskøbing 2–5 Næstved BK 12 Herlufsholm GF 0–1 Lolland-Falster Alliancen 13 Elite 3000 Fodbold 4–3 Akademisk Boldklub 14 Gentofte-Vangede IF 0–3 Nordvest FC 15 Helsinge fB 1–6 Hellerup IK 16 Brønshøj BK 7–1 Allerød FK 17 Frederiksberg Alliancen 2000 3–4 BK Fremad Valby 18 Avedøre IF 4–1 BK Søllerød-Vedbæk 19 IF Lyseng 0–1 IK Skovbakken 20 Aars IK 0–2 Blokhus FC 21 Gladsaxe-Hero BK 5–3 Boldklubben 1973 Herlev 22 Stenløse BK 2–1 BK Avarta 23 Virum-Sorgenfri BK 1–4 Vanløse IF 24 Fremad Amager 0–1 Hvidovre IF

Tie no Home team Score Away team 25 AB Tårnby 0–1 NB Bornholm 26 Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold 1–3 Svebølle B&IF 27 Herlev IF 0–4 Boldklubben 1908 28 Frederiksberg BK 2–1 BK Skjold 29 IF Skjold Birkerød 3–2 FC Roskilde 30 Døllefjelde-Musse 0–12 FC Vestsjælland 31 FC Broby 5–6 ØB 32 Næsby BK 2–3 FC Fredericia 33 Funder GF 2–6 Viby IF 34 Lemvig GF 2–4 Odder IGF 35 Aalborg Chang 1–3 Thisted FC 36 Skagen IK 1–4 FC Hjørring 37 Bjerringbro IF 1–6 FC Skanderborg 38 Kjellerup 0–2 Viborg FF 39 Otterup B&IK 2–3 Vejle Boldklub 40 Kværndrup BK 2–4 FC Svendborg 41 Nakskov BK 0–5 HB Køge 42 Kastrup BK 5–3 Greve Fodbold 43 Glostrup FK 0–2 Boldklubben af 1893 44 Holstebro BK 1–4 Aarhus Gymnastikforening 45 Grindsted GIF 2–4 Lystrup IF 46 Bolbro G&IF 6–4 Vinding SF 47 Jægersborg BK 3–0 Boldklubben Frem 48 Tuse IF 3–2 Værløse BK

Second round

The clubs who placed 5–10 in the 2009–10 Superliga – AaB, Midtjylland, Nordsjælland, Silkeborg, SønderjyskE and Randers – as well as the top two clubs from the 2009–10 First Division – Horsens and Lyngby – received a bye into the second round. These matches were played from 24 to 26 August 2010.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 49 NB Bornholm 0–1 Hellerup IK 50 Tuse IF 0–2 Boldklubben af 1893 51 IF Skjold Birkerød 1–4 Brønshøj BK 52 Blokhus FC 0–3 AaB 53 Hirtshals BK 2–4 Skive IK 54 Bolbro G&IF 0–5 FC Hjørring 55 Ringkøbing IF 0–3 Viborg FF 56 ØB 1–3 Thisted FC 57 Lystrup IF 0–5 Varde IF 58 Aabenraa BK 1–4 Hobro IK 59 BK Marienlyst 2–1 Boldklubben 1908 60 Svebølle B&IF 2–4 HB Køge 61 Avedøre IF 3–1 (a.e.t.) Lolland-Falster Alliancen 62 Gladsaxe-Hero BK 0–1 Næstved BK

Tie no Home team Score Away team 63 Viby IF 0–0 (3–2 p) Kolding FC 64 Odder IGF 0–1 Aarhus Gymnastikforening 65 IK Skovbakken 1–4 Randers 66 Brabrand IF 1–4 Horsens 67 Elite 3000 Fodbold 1–3 FC Vestsjælland 68 Kastrup BK 2–2 (4–3 p) Stenløse BK 69 Jægersborg BK 0–1 Hvidovre IF 70 BK Fremad Valby 2–5 Nordvest FC 71 Frederiksberg BK 2–3 (a.e.t.) FC Svendborg 72 FC Fredericia 4–0 SønderjyskE 73 FC Fyn 0–1 Lyngby 74 Vejle Boldklub 2–4 (a.e.t.) Silkeborg 75 FC Skanderborg 1–3 Midtjylland 76 Vanløse IF 0–5 Nordsjælland

Third round

The top four teams from the 2008–09 Superliga – Copenhagen, OB, Brøndby and Esbjerg – received a bye into the third round. These matches took place on 22, 23 and 29 September 2010.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
B.93	0–5	Silkeborg
Viby	1–4	Copenhagen
Hobro	0–1	Viborg
Brønshøj	0–1	Hvidovre
Varde	4–2	Brøndby
Avedøre	2–3	Midtjylland
Svendborg	0–3	Esbjerg
Marienlyst	0–2	OB
Kastrup	1–2	Lyngby
Nordvest	1–5	Randers
Vestsjælland	2–6	Horsens
Næstved	0–1	AaB
AGF	6–3	Skive
Hellerup	1–2	Fredericia
Thisted	1–3	HB Køge
Hjørring	0–1	Nordsjælland

Fourth round

The sixteen winners in Round 3 took part in Round 4. The draw occurred on 25 September 2010. The matches took place between 26 and 28 October 2010.^[3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Viborg	1–1 (4–5 p)	AaB
Copenhagen	2–4	Horsens
Esbjerg	2–0	Silkeborg
OB	2–3	Nordsjælland
HB Køge	0–4	Midtjylland
Fredericia	1–2	Randers
Hvidovre	2–2 (4–5 p)	Lyngby
Varde	0–1	AGF

Quarter-finals

The eight winners from the previous round competed in this round. These matches took place between 9 and 11 November 2010.

AaB v Esbjerg fB

9 November 2010	AaB	0–2	Esbjerg fB	Aalborg
19:00		Report	Lange 83' Mehl 85'	Stadium: Energi Nord Arena Referee: Peter Rasmussen

AGF Aarhus v FC Midtjylland

10 November 2010	AGF Aarhus	0–1	FC Midtjylland	Aarhus
18:30		Report	Igboun 40'	Stadium: Atletion Referee: Henrik Nystrup Kragh

Randers FC v Lyngby BK

11 November 2010	Randers FC	3–0	Lyngby BK	Randers
18:00	Sane 1', 87' Cramer 83'	Report		Stadium: Essex Park Randers Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

AC Horsens v FC Nordsjælland

11 November 2010	AC Horsens	0–1	FC Nordsjælland	Horsens
20:00		Report	Kildentoft 16'	Stadium: CASA Arena Horsens Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard

Semi-finals

The four winners from the Quarter Finals will compete in this round. This round will be played as a two-legged tie. The legs will be played on 27 April and 4 May 2011.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Nordsjælland	1–0	Randers FC	1–0	0–0
FC Midtjylland	3–3 (5–4 p)	Esbjerg fB	1–2	2–1

First leg

FC Midtjylland v Esbjerg fB

27 April 2011	FC Midtjylland	1–2	Esbjerg fB	Herning
18:00	Hvilsom 68'	Report	Janssen 28' Lange 53' (pen.)	Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Jakob Kehlet

FC Nordsjælland v Randers FC

28 April 2011	FC Nordsjælland	1–0	Randers FC	Farum
18:00	Lawan 31'	Report		Stadium: Farum Park Referee: Anders Hermansen

Second leg

Randers FC v FC Nordsjælland

4 May 2011	Randers FC	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	FC Nordsjælland	Randers
18:00				Stadium: Essex Park Randers Referee: Henning Jensen

Esbjerg fB v FC Midtjylland

5 May 2011	Esbjerg fB	1–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (4–5 p)	FC Midtjylland	Esbjerg
18:00	Bechmann Timm 90+1'		Thygesen 58' Hassan 60'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Referee: Michael Svendsen
	Penalties
	Lange Karlsen Vendelbo Bechmann Timm Conboy		Bak Nielsen Juelsgård Kristensen Albæk Igboun Poulsen

Final

Further information on this match: 2011 Danish Cup final

The final was played on 22 May 2011.^[3]

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

22 May 2011 (2011-05-22)

18:45 CEST (UTC+02)

Parken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 8,863

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

References

1. Wadland, Jacob (2008-06-19). "Ekstra Bladet sponsor for pokalturneringen" [Ekstra Bladet sponsor for Cup] (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
2. "Nordsjælland retain Danish Cup". UEFA.com. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
3. "Spilleterminer 2010/11" [2010–11 Schedule] (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.

External links

• Official results at Danish FA official website