F.C. Copenhagen season 2006-07

Infobox Football club season
club = F.C. Copenhagen

season = 2006-07
manager = flagicon|NOR Ståle Solbakken
chairman = flagicon|DNK Flemming Østergaard
league = Danish Superliga
league result = 1st
cup1 = Danish Cup
cup1 result = Runner-up
cup2 = UEFA Champions League
cup2 result = 4th in group stage
cup3 = Royal League
cup3 result = Runner-up
league topscorer = flagicon|SWE Marcus Allbäck (11)
season topscorer = flagicon|SWE Fredrik Berglund (18)
highest attendance = 40,463 (vs flagicon|DNK Brøndby IF, 1 October 2006
lowest attendance = 6,642 (vs flagicon|SWE Helsingborgs IF, 8 March 2007
FCK won the Danish Superliga throphy and competed in UEFA Champions League in the season 2006-07. The championship was secured on May 9 after winning 1-0 at Brøndby Stadion against arch rivals Brøndby IF.

On August 23 they qualified for the UEFA Champions League as the first Danish team since 1998, after knocking out Dutch Ajax Amsterdam with 3-2 agg. In the group stage they ended last, although they collected 7 point.

FCK lost the finals in both the Royal League and Danish Cup against respectively Brøndby IF and Odense Boldklub.

Competitions

This season F.C. Copenhagen played in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and Royal League.

Danish Superliga

:"See also: Danish Superliga 2006-07"In the Superliga they were at the winter break placed first, with only one defeat and four draws after 18 matches. Their biggest wins was with 3-0 against Viborg FF and Vejle Boldklub at Parken on respectively 22 and October 29.

The only autumn defeat was against Aalborg Boldspilklub on August 27, were they lost 2-0 at Parken.

On May 5 2007 they got their second defeat, again against AaB at Parken. That match ended 1-2. They final loose was 19 days later against Esbjerg fB home with 1-2.

The championship was secured on May 9 after winning 1-0 at Brøndby Stadion against arch rivals Brøndby IF.

In the last match on May 27, FCK played a 0-0 draw against relegated Vejle at Vejle Stadion.

Danish Cup

:"See also Danish Cup 2006-07"In the Cup, FCK began in the third round against Thisted FC at Lerpytter Stadion. F.C. Copenhagen won 4-1 on penalty shootout, after 1-1 at full time. Hjalte Nørregaard scored for FCK and Daniel Kristensen scored for Thisted.

In the fourth round FCK played at home against Esbjerg fB and it was a 3-1 victory for Copenhagen. Former FCK player Jesper Bech scored for Esbjerg after four minutes, but Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte Nørregaard scored the three goals for FCK in front of 10.000 spectators at Parken Stadium.

In the quarter finals FC Midtjylland waited at SAS Arena in Herning. After 90 minutes the scoreline was 2-2, after FCK-goals by Fredrik Berglund and Dan Thomassen and in the extra time Brede Hangeland made it 3-2 for FCK.

In the semi finals the opponent was 1st Division leaders Lyngby Boldklub. The first match at Lyngby Stadion ended with a 3-2 win for FCK, where Berglund had scored twice, and Nørregaard score 6 minutes before full time. The second leg at Parken was a display of skills as FCK won 4-0; Aílton José Almeida, Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte Nørregaard scored for FCK, while the goal for 2-0 was an own goal by Lyngby debutant Brian Hämäläinen.

In the final Odense Boldklub was waiting, and Michael Hemmingsen's troops showed that FCK still had a hangover after the championship was secured 8 days earlier. The match ended 1-2, although Atiba Hutchinson made it 1-0 for FCK after 15 minutes.

UEFA Champions League

:"See also UEFA Champions League 2006-07"In the Champions League, FCK started in the 2nd qualifying round, where they faced Finnish MyPa. First match was played at Parken Stadium, and FCK won 2-0 after goals by André Bergdølmo, a penalty kick, and Michael Gravgaard. The return match were played at Saviniemi, and that match ended 2-2 after goals by Fredrik Berglund, Eero Peltonen (MyPa), Tobias Linderoth and Saku Puhakainen (MyPa). FCK went through to next round with 4-2 agg.

In the third qualifying round, Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam was waiting, but after a strong start, FCK lost 1-2 at home ground Parken Stadium, after goals by Ajax's Klaas Jan Huntelaar (twice) and FCK's Brede Hangeland. In the return match at Amsterdam ArenA on August 23 FC Copenhagen turned the tie around by defeating Ajax 0-2, including an own goal by Thomas Vermaelen, and thereby qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 3-2 aggregate scoreline.

The draw was made on August 24 and FCK came out of the hat in Group F along with Manchester United, Benfica & Celtic.

The first group stage match were against SL Benfica at Parken Stadium. That match ended with a 0-0 draw. The second match were played at Celtic Park against Celtic, who won 1-0. The goal was scored on a penalty kick. In the third match they played, they lost 3-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. They however went on to beat Manchester United 1-0 in the fourth match, thanks to a Marcus Allbäck goal. Copenhagen lost their hope on further European matches at Estádio da Luz against Benfica where the match was closed after only 16 minutes where Benfica came in front 2-0, in a match that ended 3-1. Allbäck scored Copenhagen's goal in the 89th minute.

Their most successful and least important match was the last ,where they beat Celtic by 3 to 1 at Parken, after goals by Atiba Hutchinson, Jesper Grønkjær and Marcus Allbäck.

Royal League

:"See also Royal League 2006-07"In the group stage F.C. Copenhagen were in group 2 with the archrivals Brøndby IF, Swedish Hammarby IF and Norwegian Lillestrøm S.K. in the group 2. FCK won three matches and FCK qualified for the quarter finals, where they met IF Elfsborg.

The match ended 1-2 at Borås Arena after goals by Hjalte Nørregaard and Michael Silberbauer. In the semi finals, FCK drew the Swedish team, Helsingborgs IF, who was without their big star Henrik Larsson. The match was played at Parken and FCK won 3-1. Fredrik Berglund score twice in the first 15 minutes and Aílton José Almeida scored the game's last goal in the 32^nd minute.

F.C. Copenhagen lost in the 2007 Royal League Final, after Martin Ericsson scored on a penalty shoot for Brøndby at Brøndby Stadion. This was the only goal in the quite boring final. For the first time, FCK did not win the Royal League.

quads

The following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC København in the 2006-07 season.

First team

Reserve team

Transfers

Players In

Key:
*DSL = Danish Superliga
*DC = Danish Cup
*CLQ = UEFA Champions League Qualifier
*CLF = UEFA Champions League Group F
*RLB = Royal League Group B
*RL4 = Royal League Quarter final
*RLS = Royal League Semi final
*F = Friendly match

Report explanation

* [http://www.fck.dk FCK] in Danish
* [http://www.uefa.com UEFA] in English

Player statistics

Honours

*The Autumn Profile (2006): Michael Gravgaard
*The Golden Goalie (2006): Jesper Christiansen
*Profile of the year in the Superliga (2006): Michael Gravgaard
*Superliga Player of the Year (2006): Tobias Linderoth
*Best Swedish Midfielder (2006): Tobias Linderoth
*Best Swedish Forward (2006): Marcus Allbäck
*Player of the Year (2006-07): Jesper Grønkjær

*Team of the Year (2006): Jesper Christiansen, Lars Jacobsen and Michael Gravgaard

ee also

*Danish Superliga 2006-07
*Danish Cup 2006-07
*UEFA Champions League 2006-07
*Royal League 2006-07