F.C. Copenhagen season 2007-08
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| F.C. Copenhagen | |
| Season 2007-08 | |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Ståle Solbakken |
| Chairman |  Flemming Østergaard |
| League | Danish Superliga |
| Final league position | 3rd |
| Danish Cup | Semifinals |
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round |
| UEFA Cup | 4th in Group B |
| Top goalscorer | League: Morten Nordstrand (9) All:  Marcus Allbäck, Morten Nordstrand (12) |
| Highest home attendance | 39,711 (vs  S.L. Benfica, 29 August 2007) |
| Lowest home attendance | 14,071 (vs Viborg FF, 28 July 2007) |
FCK competed in the 2007-08 season in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
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[edit] Competitions
In this season, F.C. Copenhagen participated in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
[edit] Danish Superliga
- See also: Danish Superliga 2007-08
FCK's Superliga campaign began on 2007-07-18, when they played away at Farum Park against FC Nordsjælland. The match was equal, but in the added time of the second half, substituted Issey Nakajima-Farran scored the winning goal for the home team.[1]
The second match was also away, against the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners, AaB. This time FCK also were down with a goal, but in the 75th minute, Brede Hangeland made it equal, 1-1.[1]
After the unsuccessful beginning followed 7 victories and 4 draws before losing home to Randers FC on 2007-10-28. After a massive pressure from FCK, Kenneth Møller Pedersen scored on penalty kick for Randers in the end of first half, and although FCK had the most of the play, they were not able to score in the game.[1]
FCK ended the autumn with 2 victories and 2 drawed matches, and when they drawed against local rivals Brøndby IF in the last match of the autumn,[1] took AaB the leading position of the league from FCK, who spend the winter placed 2nd.[2]
In the autumn Copenhagen has been criticised for not scoring enough goals,[3] when they were only able to score 23 times in 18 fights. That means 7 teams have scored more goals than FCK, who is equal with Brøndby IF on the ninth place.[4]
The spring season began on 2008-03-16 with a 4-1 victory against Lyngby Boldklub at Lyngby Stadion.
The spring was disappointing for FCK as they lost 5 matches and drew two matches. A period from March 31 to April 27 was without any victories for the defending champions.
On May 15 was AaB guaranteed the championship. At the time was Copenhagen placed 2nd. Three days later waited the New Firm derby against Brøndby away from home. When FCK lost this match 1-2 and FC Midtjylland won 3-2 against AGF, Midtjylland took over the 2nd place.
FCK could still get the silver medal, if they won the last match of the season against Lyngby, while Midtjylland lost points against FC Nordsjælland. Although Copenhagen won 3-1, FC Midtjylland also won 3-0, and FCK ended with the bronze medals.
[edit] Danish Cup
- See also: Danish Cup 2007-08
In the Danish Cup started FCK in third round. Here they drew FC Fredericia from the 1st Division. The match was played on 2007-09-26 at Fredericia Ny Stadion. Aílton scored the first goal of the match after just 4 minutes, but only 14 minutes later made Fredericia's Rasmus Katholm it equal again. In second half Libor Sionko showed his qualities with two goals, which determinated the match.[1]
In the fourth round draw, came the 2nd Division West side Varde IF up from the hat. This match was played on 2007-10-31 at Sydbank Stadion, where the most of Varde's stores closed, so the inhabitants could go to football. In the first half showed FCK their strength with 4 goals in 34 minutes, which determinated the match.[1]
On 2008-03-08 will FCK faced the 1st Division team Næstved BK. This match was disfigured by spectator riots in the first half. The match on the pitch ended 2-0 to Copenhagen after two Brazilian goals by Aílton Almeida and José Júnior.
In the semi finals drew Copenhagen Esbjerg fB. The first match at Parken EfB won 1-0 on a goal by Michaël Murcy in the 2nd half.
In the 2nd leg scored Mathias "Zanka" for Copenhagen, in a match FCK dominated. In the extra time scored Jesper Bech for Esbjerg and Jesper Grønkjær for FCK. In the last minute of the extra time score Jesper Lange the goal, that sent EfB to the final. Manager Ståle Solbakken was so fustrated that he kicked to a some water bottles, which lead to exclusion from the bench and a ban in the next Superliga match.
[edit] UEFA Champions League
- See also: UEFA Champions League 2007-08
In the UEFA Champions League was FCK seedet in the second qualifying round,[5] where there campaign started. Here they drew Israeli Beitar Jerusalem. In the first match at Parken Stadium on 2007-07-31 won FCK 1-0 on a goal in the ninth minutes, by Marcus Allbäck, called the "international goalscorer", because of his many important goals in European matches.[1][6]
In the return match at Teddy Stadium was exiting as Barak Yitzhaki scored for the home team, so the aggregate goal score was 1-1 as the 90 minutes had passed. This meant that the clash were going in extra time and again showed Allbäck his international strength as he scored the winning goal after just 7 minutes.[1]
In the third qualifying round was S.L. Benfica drawn. FCK played also against Benfica in the 2006-07 season in the Champions League group stage. This time started FCK away at Estádio da Luz, but in defiance of a good effort Rui Costa did the evil to the Danes, when he scored twice, while Atiba Hutchinson scored for FCK.[1]
To qualify for the group stage Copenhagen needed a 1-0 win at home in the second leg. FCK played a fabulous match, but when Kostas Katsouranis scored after 17 minutes for Benfica, was the European dream ended.[1] By way of consolation entered the Danish champions the UEFA Cup first round.
[edit] UEFA Cup
- See also: UEFA Cup 2007-08
F.C. Copenhagen entered the first round of the UEFA Cup as the best of the unseeded teams.[7] Ironical they drew the team with the highest UEFA coefficient of the possible teams, RC Lens.[8] The battle started on 2007-09-19 at Stade Félix-Bollaert and after just 5 minutes of play scored Marcus Allbäck an important away goal. Lens pressed the rest of the game and in second half scored Aruna Dindane for the home team to the score 1-1.[1]
In the second leg scored Éric Carrière after just 14 minutes of play for RC Lens, but with fight, will and high morale succeeded FCK in coming back in the game by a Marcus Allbäck scoring in second half, and in the extra time scored Jesper Grønkjær on a penalty kick, after captain Michael Gravgaard was shown the red card.[1]
In the group stage were FCK in group B with Panathinaikos FC, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Atlético Madrid and Aberdeen F.C.[9] The match against Panathinaikos was played at Parken Stadium and although the big expectations to the home team, won the Greeks on a goal by Dame N'Doye. In the matched missed Hjalte Nørregaard a penalty kick.[1]
The second match was away against Lokomotiv Moscow at Lokomotiv Stadium, who came to the group stage by knocking out fellow Danes, FC Midtjylland. In the match were Copenhagen dominating, but the victory was only secured by a penalty goal by Morten Nordstrand.[1]
The last home match were against mighty Atlético Madrid, which showed quality as they won 2-0 against F.C. Copenhagen. After the match confessed the players of FCK that Atlético was at least one class better than themselves.[1]
Although FCK only had scored a single goal in three matches could they qualify for the round of 32 by a draw against Aberdeen. The match at Pittodrie Stadium were a terrible experience for the Copenhagen players and fans, as they in second half were played out and lost 4-0.[1] Especially Mikael Antonsson, who played instead of banned Brede Hangeland, were vilified after the match, as he were involved in all 4 goals - one of them were an own goal.[citation needed]
FCK ended fourth in the group,[10] and as in the Superliga were they criticized for not scoring enough goals - 1 goal in 4 matches - and it was a penalty kick.[3] F.C. Copenhagen were sent out of Europe.
[edit] Squads
The following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC København in the 2007-08 season.
[edit] First team
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[edit] Reserve team
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[edit] Transfers
[edit] Players In
| Date | No. | Player | From | Comments | Link |
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| 2007-06-18 | 28 | Mads Laudrup | Youth player - now first team player | [1] | |
| 2007-06-20 | 27 | Jacob Neestrup | Youth player - now first team player | [2] | |
| 2007-06-21 | 15 | Mikael Antonsson |  Panathinaikos |
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| 2007-06-26 | 25 | Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen | B.93 | [4] | |
| 2007-07-06 | 9 | Morten Nordstrand | Nordsjælland | [5] | |
| 2007-07-06 | 6 | Rasmus Würtz | AaB | [6] | |
| 2007-07-28 | 24 | Libor Sionko |  Rangers |
[7] | |
| 2008-01-23 | 2 | Zdeněk Pospěch |  Sparta Prague |
[8] | |
| 2008-01-31 | 18 | José Júnior | Malmö |
[9] | |
| 2008-01-31 | 5 | Ulrik Laursen | OB | [10] |
[edit] Players out
| Date | No. | Player | To | Comments | Link |
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| 2007-06-12 | 6 | Tobias Linderoth |  Galatasaray |
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| 2007-07-01 | 2 | Lars Jacobsen |  Nürnberg |
end of contract | [12] |
| 2007-07-01 | 16 | Dan Thomassen | Vålerenga |
end of contract | [13] |
| 2007-07-01 | 21 | Thomas Villadsen |  Emmen |
end of contract | [14] |
| 2007-07-01 | 24 | Jeppe Brandrup | Randers | end of contract | [15] |
| 2007-07-01 | 31 | Benny Gall | stopped career | [16] | |
| 2007-07-08 | 9 | Fredrik Berglund | Elfsborg |
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| 2008-01-07 | 22 | Morten Bertolt | Viborg | on loan | [18] |
| 2008-01-18 | 5 | Brede Hangeland |  Fulham |
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[edit] Results
Results for F.C. Copenhagen for season 2007-2008.
NOTE: scores are written FCK first
Key:
- DSL = Danish Superliga
- DC = Danish Cup
- CLQ = UEFA Champions League Qualifier
- UC1 = UEFA Cup 1st Round
- UCB = UEFA Cup Group B
- F = Friendly match
[edit] Report explanation
[edit] Player statistics
| No. | Player | Apps (as sub) |
Goals |
YC |
RC |
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| 1 | Jesper Christiansen |
51 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Zdeněk Pospěch |
20 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Niclas Jensen |
32 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Hjalte Nørregaard |
39 (15) | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Brede Hangeland |
32 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Ulrik Laursen |
16 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Rasmus Würtz |
34 (5) | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 |  Aílton José Almeida |
18 (29) | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Michael Silberbauer |
39 (9) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Fredrik Berglund |
0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Morten Nordstrand |
35 (12) | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Jesper Grønkjær |
37 (5) | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Marcus Allbäck |
39 (7) | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 |  Atiba Hutchinson |
47 (7) | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Michael Gravgaard |
41 (1) | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Mikael Antonsson |
21 (6) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Oscar Wendt |
37 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | José Júnior |
10 (6) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Frederik Vang Larsen |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Morten Bertolt |
1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | William Kvist |
52 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Libor Sionko |
33 (13) | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen |
14 (15) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Nikolaj Hansen |
1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Jacob Neestrup |
2 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Mads Laudrup |
2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Lasse Qvist |
0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 |  Nathan Coe |
8 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | Jacob Albrechtsen |
0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | Thomas Christensen |
0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- |  Garra Dembélé |
0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | Danni Jensen |
1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- |  Bongomusa Mthethwa |
0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | Kim Tandrup |
0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | Saban Özdogan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Honours
- Profile of the Year in the Superliga (2007): Jesper Grønkjær[11]
- Superliga Player of the Year (2007): Jesper Grønkjær[12]
- Manager of the Year (2007): Ståle Solbakken[12]
- The Autumn Profile (2007): Jesper Grønkjær[13]
- Danish Goalkeeper of the Year (2007): Jesper Christiansen[14]
- Team of the Year (Denmark) (2007): Jesper Christiansen, Jesper Grønkjær, Morten Nordstrand[15]
- Team of the Year (Norway) (2007): Brede Hangeland[16]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Kalender (Autumn 2007) (Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Danish Superliga 2007/2008 evolution. Football Lineups. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ a b "jakob" (2007-12-23). FC København: Relativt skuffende (Danish). Bold.dk. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Superligaen 2007/2008 - stillingen (Efterår) (Danish). Netsuperligaen.dk. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ København consider Beitar challenge. UEFA (2007-06-29). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Allbäck: Underordnet om jeg scorer (Danish). Bold.dk (2007-08-14). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Kassies, Bert. Seeding in the UEFA Cup 2007/2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Hopefuls to learn first round fate. UEFA (2007-08-31). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Past masters meet in group stage. UEFA (2007-10-09). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ UEFA Cup - Standings - Group B. UEFA. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Grønkjær vandt valget: Årets Profil i SAS-Ligaen (Danish). Spillerforeningen (2007-11-11). Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ a b Schou Nielsen, Pia (2007-11-12). Rommedahl årets bedste (Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ Færch Kvist, Thomas (2007-11-29). Grønkjær er Efterårets Profil (Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ Larsen, Niels Jørgen (2007-12-28). Det Gyldne Bur til Jesper Christiansen (Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ Simon Poulsen er stjerneskuddet på Årets Hold (Danish). Spillerforeningen (2007-11-12). Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ Bang-Udesen, Jesper (2007-11-12). Hangeland på Årets Hold (Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
[edit] See also
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