2007–08 in Danish football

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The 2007-08 season in Danish football, starting July 2007 and ending June 2008.

Club results

Domestic honours

Competition Details Winner
SAS Ligaen 2007-08 AaB
Danish Cup 2007-08 Brøndby IF
Viasat Sport Divisionen 2007-08 Vejle B
2nd Division East 2007-08 FC Roskilde
2nd Division West 2007-08 Thisted FC

European participation

For the first time since the 2002-03 season, the Danish clubs had obtained enough UEFA coefficient points to qualify the third-place finisher of the Danish Superliga 2006-07 for the UEFA Cup. Prior to this, only the second-place finisher would qualify, alongside the Danish Cup winner and the occasional Intertoto qualifier.

Team Eligibility Competition Result[1]
F.C. Copenhagen 2006-07 Superliga winner UEFA Champions League 2007-08 Eliminated by S.L. Benfica in 2nd qualifying round
UEFA Cup 2007-08 4th place in Group B
FC Midtjylland 2nd in 2006-07 Superliga UEFA Cup 2007-08 Eliminated by Lokomotiv Moscow in 1st round
AaB 3rd in 2006-07 Superliga UEFA Cup 2007-08 4th place in Group G
OB 2006-07 Cup winner UEFA Cup 2007-08 Eliminated by Sparta Prague in 1st round

National team

Players

The following players appeared for Denmark during the 2007-08 season. All caps and goals are tallied for the 2007-08 season only.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Thomas Sørensen (1976-06-12)June 12, 1976 9 0 England Aston Villa
1GK Jesper Christiansen (1978-04-24)April 24, 1978 2 0 Denmark Copenhagen
2DF Martin Laursen (1977-07-26)July 26, 1977 7 1 England Aston Villa
2DF William Kvist (1985-02-24)February 24, 1985 6 0 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen
2DF Per Krøldrup (1979-07-31)July 31, 1979 6 0 Italy Fiorentina
2DF Ulrik Laursen (1976-02-28)February 28, 1976 5 1 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen[a]
2DF Niclas Jensen (1974-08-17)August 17, 1974 5 0 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen
2DF Chris Sørensen (1977-07-27)July 27, 1977 5 0 Denmark OB
2DF Thomas Helveg (1971-06-24)June 24, 1971 4 0 Denmark OB
2DF Thomas Rasmussen (1977-04-16)April 16, 1977 4 0 Denmark Brøndby IF
2DF Michael Gravgaard (1978-04-03)April 3, 1978 3 0 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen
2DF Daniel Agger (1984-12-12)December 12, 1984 3 0 England Liverpool
2DF Lars Jacobsen (1979-09-20)September 20, 1979 2 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
2DF Anders Møller Christensen (1977-07-26)July 26, 1977 2 0 Denmark OB
2DF Kasper Bøgelund (1980-10-08)October 8, 1980 1 0 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
2DF Brian Priske (1977-05-14)May 14, 1977 1 0 Belgium Club Brugge
2DF Anders Randrup (1988-07-16)July 16, 1988 1 0 Denmark Brøndby IF
3MF Thomas Kahlenberg (1983-03-20)March 20, 1983 8 1 France AJ Auxerre
3MF Christian Poulsen (1980-02-28)February 28, 1980 8 1 Spain Sevilla FC
3MF Leon Andreasen (1983-04-23)April 23, 1983 7 0 England Fulham[b]
3MF Daniel Jensen (1979-06-25)June 25, 1979 6 0 Germany Werder Bremen
3MF Kenneth Perez (1974-08-29)August 29, 1974 5 0 Netherlands Ajax[c]
3MF Martin Vingaard (1985-03-20)March 20, 1985 2 1 Denmark Esbjerg fB
3MF Rasmus Würtz (1983-09-18)September 18, 1983 2 0 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen
3MF Simon Poulsen (1984-10-07)October 7, 1984 2 0 Denmark FC Midtjylland
3MF Mikkel Beckmann (1983-10-24)October 24, 1983 2 0 Denmark Lyngby BK
3MF Thomas Kristensen (1983-04-17)April 17, 1983 2 0 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
3MF Martin Retov (1980-05-05)May 5, 1980 2 0 Denmark Brøndby IF
3MF Jan Kristiansen (1981-08-04)August 4, 1981 1 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
3MF Esben Hansen (1981-08-10)August 10, 1981 1 0 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
3MF Niki Zimling (1985-04-19)April 19, 1985 1 0 Denmark Esbjerg fB
3MF Mikkel Thygesen (1984-10-22)October 22, 1984 1 0 Denmark FC Midtjylland
3MF Thomas Augustinussen (1981-03-20)March 20, 1981 1 0 Denmark AaB
4FW Dennis Rommedahl (1978-07-22)July 22, 1978 11 1 Netherlands Ajax
4FW Nicklas Bendtner (1988-01-16)January 16, 1988 10 4 England Arsenal
4FW Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976-08-29)August 29, 1976 9 5 Spain Villarreal CF
4FW Jesper Grønkjær (1977-08-12)August 12, 1977 5 0 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen
4FW Martin Jørgensen (1975-10-06)October 6, 1975 5 0 Italy Fiorentina
4FW Peter Løvenkrands (1980-01-29)January 29, 1980 3 0 Germany Schalke 04
4FW Morten Nordstrand (1983-06-08)June 8, 1983 3 2 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen
3MF Dennis Sørensen (1981-05-24)May 24, 1981 2 0 Germany Energie Cottbus
4FW Søren Larsen (1981-09-06)September 6, 1981 1 0 Germany Schalke 04

Friendly matches

For all-time list, see List of Denmark national football team results.

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

August 22, 2007 Denmark  0 – 4  Republic of Ireland NRGi Park, Aarhus
20:00 Report Keane 29' 40'
Long 54' 66'		 Attendance: 17,331
Referee: Thomas Einweller (Austria)
February 6, 2008 Slovenia  1 – 2  Denmark Športni Park, Nova Gorica
20:00 Novakovic 37' Report Tomasson 30'
Bendtner 62'		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)
March 26, 2008 Denmark  1 – 1  Czech Republic SAS Arena, Herning
20:15 Bendtner 26' Report Koller 42' Attendance: 10,476
Referee: Thomasz Mikulski (Poland)
May 29, 2008 Netherlands  1 – 1  Denmark Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:00 van Nistelrooy 29' Report Poulsen 55' Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
June 1, 2008 Poland  1 – 1  Denmark Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
16:00 Zurawski soccer ball with red X
Krzynowek 42'		 Report Vingaard 27' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Philippe Kalt (France)

European Championship qualifiers

Denmark competed in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group F.

September 8, 2007 Sweden  0 – 0  Denmark Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm
20:30 Report Attendance: 33,082
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
September 12, 2007 Denmark  4 – 0  Liechtenstein NRGi Park, Aarhus
20:00 Nordstrand 3' 36'
M. Laursen 12'
Tomasson 18'		 Report Attendance: 20,005
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
October 13, 2007 Denmark  1 – 3  Spain NRGi Park, Aarhus
20:00 Tomasson 88' Report Raúl Tamudo 14'
Sergio Ramos 40'
Albert Riera 89'		 Attendance: 19,849
Referee: Michel Lubos (Slovakia)
October 17, 2007 Denmark  3 – 1  Latvia Parken, Copenhagen
20:00 Tomasson 7'
U. Laursen 27'
Rommedahl 90'		 Report Gorkšs 80' Attendance: 19,004
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
November 17, 2007 Northern Ireland  2 – 1  Denmark Windsor Park, Belfast
19:45 Feeney 52'
Healy 80'		 Report Bendtner 51' Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
November 21, 2007 Denmark  3 – 0  Iceland Parken, Copenhagen
20:00 Report Bendtner 34'
Tomasson 44'
Kahlenberg 59'		 Attendance: 15,393
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

Notes

  1. ^ Began the 2007-08 season with Denmark OB.
  2. ^ Began the 2007-08 season with Germany Werder Bremen.
  3. ^ Began the 2007-08 season with Netherlands PSV Eindhoven.

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup 2007-08". Rsssf.com. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-08-01.