2008 Danish Cup final

The 2008 Danish Cup final was the final and deciding match of the 2007–08 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday, 1 May 2008 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Brøndby IF, the Superliga number 9 of the day, met the then number 8 Esbjerg fB.

2008 Danish Cup final

Event	2007–08 Danish Cup
Brøndby Esbjerg 3 2
Date	1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)
Venue	Parken, Copenhagen
Man of the Match	Samuel Holmén (Brøndby)
Referee	Claus Bo Larsen
Attendance	33,154

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.

Road to Copenhagen

Brøndby IF			Esbjerg fB
Allerød FK [DS] A 4–1	Williams 6 Lorentzen 10 Madsen 45, 69	Second round		Vanløse IF [2D] A 2–0	Lekic 32 Demba-Nyrén 48
Silkeborg IF [1D] A 2–1	Retov 47 T. Rasmussen 88	Third round		Værløse BK [2D] A 4–1	Jørgensen 31 (pen.), 59 (pen.) Demba-Nyrén 68 Bech 74
OB [SL] A 1–0	Lorentzen 119	Fourth round		Herfølge BK [1D] A 1–0	Zimling 103
Randers FC [SL] H 2–1	Gislason 50 Duncan Rasmussen 58	Quarter finals		Skive IK [1D] A 4–0	Lange 13, 88 Bech 44 Murcy 60
FC Midtjylland [SL] H 3–0	Katongo 34, 73 Holmén 63	Semi finals First leg		F.C. Copenhagen [SL] A 1–0	Murcy 66
FC Midtjylland [SL] A 2–0	Katongo 10 von Schlebrügge 80	Second leg		F.C. Copenhagen [SL] H 2–2	Bech 104 Lange 119

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

Match details

1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)

15:00 CEST

Brøndby IF	3–2	Esbjerg fB
Holmén 15' von Schlebrügge 69' Retov 85'		Rieks 62', 79'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 33,154

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

Brøndby IF

Esbjerg fB

BRØNDBY IF GK 16 Stephan Andersen RB 32 Anders Randrup CB 5 Mark Howard CB 18 Max von Schlebrügge LB 21 Thomas Rasmussen (c) DM 20 Stefán Gíslason RM 6 Samuel Holmén LM 7 Kasper Lorentzen  73' AM 9 Martin Retov FW 10 Martin Ericsson FW 28 Chris Katongo  88' Substitutes: GK 30 Michael Tørnes MF 8 Kim Daugaard  88' MF 25 Tobias Mikkelsen  73' DF 29 Daniel Wass Manager: Tom Køhlert

ESBJERG FB GK 16 Lars Winde (c) RB 2 Frank Hansen CB 20 Kristian Flittie Onstad CB 21 Fredrik Björck LB 15 Andreas Klarström RM 31 Søren Rieks  50'  90' CM 7 Jesper Jørgensen CM 14 Martin Vingaard LM 10 Thiago Pinto Borges  46' FW 11 Jesper Bech FW 25 Michaël Murcy  46' Substitutes: GK 1 Tally Hall DF 6 Niki Zimling  46' MF 13 Kevin Conboy  90' FW 22 Jesper Lange  90+4'  46' Manager: Troels Bech

Man of the Match (Pokalfighter): Samuel Holmén (Brøndby IF) Assistant referees: Bill René Hansen Ole V. Hansen Fourth official: Lars Christoffersen

Match rules: 90 minutes. 2 x 15 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Four named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also

• 2007–08 Danish Cup for details of the current competition.