2019 Danish Cup Final

2019 Danish Cup Final
Event	2018–19 Danish Cup
	Midtjylland won 4–3 on penalties
Date	17 May 2019
Venue	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Man of the Match	Gustav Wikheim (Midtjylland)
Referee	Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen
Attendance	31,340

The 2019 Danish Cup final was played on 17 May 2019 between FC Midtjylland and Brøndby IF at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, a neutral ground. The final is the culmination of the 2018–19 Danish Cup, the 65th season of the Danish Cup.

Brøndby IF appeared in their 10th Danish Cup final (third consecutive) and were the defending title-holders. FC Midtjylland had never won a Danish Cup title before the match, being four times the runners-up. The winner of the final earned themselves a place in at least the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

FC Midtjylland won the final after a penalty shoot-out and earned their first ever Danish Cup title.[1]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
FC Midtjylland	4 (2003, 2005, 2010, 2011)
Brøndby IF	9 (1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018)

Venue

All Cup Finals except the 1991 final (Odense Stadium) and 1992 final (Aarhus Idrætspark) have been played in the Copenhagen Sports Park (1955–1990), or Parken Stadium (1993–present)

Background

Brøndby is competing in its third consecutive final, losing to F.C. Copenhagen in 2017 and capturing the title over Silkeborg IF in 2018. FC Midtjylland is appearing in its fifth final, losing all four if its previous appearances. The two teams have previously met in the 2003 and 2005 finals, and the teams share an equal 1-1-1 record during the regular season of the 2018–19 Danish Superliga.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

FC Midtjylland		Round	Brøndby IF
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Bye		Second round	Bye
Dalum IF	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Third round	Hillerød	4–1 (A)
Copenhagen	2–0 (H)	Fourth round	Marienlyst	4–1 (A)
Kolding	2–0 (A)	Quarterfinals	Vendsyssel	2–0 (A)
Odense BK	4–0 (H)	Semifinals	Aalborg BK	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

17 May 2019

20:00

FC Midtjylland (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Brøndby IF (1)
K. Hansen 6'	Report	Kaiser 21'
Penalties
Poulsen Thychosen Dal Hende Mabil Scholz	4–3	Kaiser Jung Wilczek Radošević Halimi

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 31,340

Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

Midtjylland

Brøndby IF



GK	1	Jesper Hansen
DF	2	Kian Hensen	94'
DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko
DF	4	Marc Dal Hende
DF	14	Alexander Scholz
DF	24	Mads Døhr Thychosen
MF	7	Jakob Poulsen (c)	50'
MF	3	Tim Sparv
MF	88	Gustav Wikheim	106'
MF	10	Evander	66'
FW	33	Paul Onuachu	100' 31'
Substitutes:
MF	38	Frank Onyeka	66'
DF	20	Rasmus Nicolaisen	94'
FW	26	Artem Dovbyk	100'
MF	11	Awer Mabil	106'
DF	6	Joel Andersson
GK	31	Mikkel Andersen
MF	36	Rilwan Hassan
Coach:
Kenneth Andersen


GK	1	Marvin Schwäbe
DF	23	Paulus Arajuuri
DF	3	Anthony Jung
DF	6	Hjörtur Hermannsson
MF	7	Dominik Kaiser
MF	22	Josip Radošević
MF	10	Hany Mukhtar	115'
FW	20	Kamil Wilczek (c)	120'
FW	14	Kevin Mensah
MF	12	Simon Hedlund	74'
FW	11	Mikael Uhre	63'
Substitutes:
FW	18	Nikolai Laursen	63'
MF	12	Simon Tibbling	74' 120'
MF	21	Lasse Vigen	115'
MF	5	Besar Halimi	120'
GK	16	Benjamin Bellot
DF	4	Benedikt Röcker
DF	2	Jens Martin Gammelby
Coach:
Martin Retov

Assistant referees:
Ole Kronlykke
Niels Høg

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References

Thomas, Josh (17 May 2019). "Mabil helps Midtjylland break Danish Cup drought". Goal.com.

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[1] Thomas, Josh (17 May 2019). "Mabil helps Midtjylland break Danish Cup drought". Goal.com.

Danish Cup
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