2009–10 Danish Cup

The 2009–10 Danish Cup was the 56th season of the Danish football cup competition. For the second year, the sponsor of the competition was Ekstra Bladet, a daily newspaper, who signed a 3-year contract with the Danish Football Association (DBU) in 2008, making the official name Ekstra Bladet Cup 2009–10.^[1]

The competition opened on 8 August 2009 with the First Round and concluded in May 2010 with the Final, held at Parken Stadium.

In this round entered 95 teams. Due to the odd number of clubs, one club, FC Fyn, received a bye to the Second Round. There were 47 matches in the First Round, taking place between 8–19 August 2009.

The clubs who placed 5–10 in the 2008–09 Superliga – Randers, AGF, AaB, Nordsjælland, Esbjerg, SønderjyskE – as well as the top two clubs from the 2008–09 First Division – Herfølge, who was merged with another club to form Køge for the 2009–10 season, and Silkeborg – received a bye into the second round.

Frem v HB Køge

26 August 2009	Frem	0–3	HB Køge	Copenhagen
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Leliūga 15' Nielsen 26' Ake 71'	Stadium: Valby Idrætspark Referee: Anders Clement-Hermansen

Fyn v AaB

26 August 2009	Fyn	1–3	AaB	Odense
19:00 UTC+2	Jensen 79'	Report	Holm 4' Kristensen 36' Schwartz 84'	Stadium: Odense Atletik Stadion Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

The top four teams from the 2008–09 Superliga – Copenhagen, OB, Brøndby, and Midtjylland – received a bye into the third round.

Lyngby v Esbjerg

1 October 2009	Lyngby	1–2	Esbjerg	Lyngby
19:00 UTC+2	A. Sørensen 41'	Report	T. Janssen 76' J. Jörgensen 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Referee: Emil Laursen

The sixteen winners in Round 3 took part in Round 4. The draw occurred on 25 September 2009. The matches took place on 28 October 2009.^[2]

The draw for the Quarter-final round took place on 30 October 2009. Hobro IK from the Danish 2nd Division (3rd tier) is the lowest ranked team left at this stage.

HB Køge v OB

8 April 2010	HB Køge	1–3	OB	Køge
16:00 CET		Report	H. Hansen 23' Utaka 60', 81'	Stadium: SEAS-NVE Park

Silkeborg v Nordsjælland

8 April 2010	Silkeborg	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Nordsjælland	Silkeborg
18:00 CET	S. Pedersen 43'	Report	Larsen 88' (o.g.) Granskov 105' Stokholm 112'	Stadium: Silkeborg Stadion

Vejle v SønderjyskE

8 April 2010	Vejle	2–1	SønderjyskE	Vejle
19:00 CET	Borre 55' Nielsen 63'	Report	Frederiksen 6'	Stadium: Vejle Stadion

Hobro v Midtjylland

8 April 2010	Hobro	1–2	Midtjylland	Hobro
20:00 CET		Report	Collins 55', 59'	Stadium: Hobro Stadion

The sixth round, the semi-finals, are played as a two-legged tie. The legs were played on 21, 22, 28 and 29 April 2010.^[2]

The final was played on 13 May.^[2]

13 May 2010 (2010-05-13)

17:00 CEST

FC Nordsjælland	2–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Midtjylland
Stokholm 97' Fetai 106'	Report

Parken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 18,856

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

• Official results at Danish FA official website