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Royal League
Sport	Football
Founded	2004
No. of teams	12
Country	Denmark  Norway  Sweden
Current champions	F.C. Copenhagen

The Royal League is an annual Scandinavian football tournament, starting after the end of the regular domestic seasons of Norway and Sweden. Denmark, however, are in mid-season when the tournament starts. The four best-placed teams in the football leagues of Denmark, Norway and Sweden participate in the tournament. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Royal League 2006-07 fixtures and results. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (442x636, 34 KB) This is a logo of a sports team. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // On January 28, International Olympic Committee Vice-President Kim Un-yong is arrested on charges of corruption in Seoul. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

The first season of the tournament started on November 11, 2004, and ended in a final between IFK Göteborg and F.C. Copenhagen on May 26, 2005, with F.C. Copenhagen winning the title in a penalty shootout. The Royal League 2004-05 was the first season of the Scandinavian Royal League football tournament. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The final in Royal League 2004-05 season was between IFK Göteborg and FC København. ... IFK Göteborg is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Penalty shootouts (officially referred to as kicks from the penalty mark) are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a draw in a game of association football. ...

The second season started on November 10, 2005, and ended in a final between F.C. Copenhagen and Lillestrøm S.K. on April 6, 2006, with F.C. Copenhagen winning the title in the last minutes. The Royal League 2005-06 fixtures and results. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... The final in Royal League 2005-06 season will be between either FC København or FC Midtjylland and either DjurgÃ¥rdens IF or Lillestrøm S.K.. The match will be played on April 6, 2006 in Denmark. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian football club from the town of Lillestrøm. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rules

• From 2006-07: The twelve participating teams are placed into three groups of four clubs each. The teams of each group face each other home and away. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarterfinals, along with the two best 3rd placed teams. As opposed to the previous edition of the tournament, the knock-out stages are played as single legs, with the team having the best group stage record earning home advantage.

• 2005-06: The twelve participating teams will initially be placed into three groups. In each group each team will play against the other three teams, home and away. Then the two best-placed teams of each group, and the two best third-placed teams will play quarterfinals. From here on the rest of the tournament will be played in a knockout-system. The teams will play quarterfinals and semifinals both at home and away, while there will only be played one final.

• 2004-05: The twelve participating teams will initially be placed into three groups. The two best-placed teams from each country will be placed in the same group, while the two other teams will be placed in the two other groups. In each group each team will play against the other three teams, home and away. Then the two best-placed teams of each group will randomly be placed into two new groups. The three teams of each new group will play each other, home and away. The final will be played between the winners of each group.

Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue
2006-07 Details		Details
2005-06 Details	F.C. Copenhagen	1-0 Details	Lillestrøm S.K.	Parken, Copenhagen
2004-05 Details	F.C. Copenhagen	1-1, 12-11 pen Details	IFK Göteborg	Ullevi, Gothenburg

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal League 2006-07 fixtures and results. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal League 2005-06 fixtures and results. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... The final in Royal League 2005-06 season will be between either FC København or FC Midtjylland and either DjurgÃ¥rdens IF or Lillestrøm S.K.. The match will be played on April 6, 2006 in Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian football club from the town of Lillestrøm. ... The Parken Stadium is a football stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal League 2004-05 was the first season of the Scandinavian Royal League football tournament. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... Penalty shootouts (officially referred to as kicks from the penalty mark) are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a draw in a game of association football. ... The final in Royal League 2004-05 season was between IFK Göteborg and FC København. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... IFK Göteborg is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. ... The empty west stand of Ullevi during a friendly between IFK Göteborg and Hammarby IF. Ullevi or Ullevi Stadium, formerly named Nya Ullevi, meaning New Ullevi, to distinguish it from Gamla Ullevi, is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Gothenburg (Swedish:  ) ) is a city and municipality in the province Västergötland on the west-coast of Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ...

Results by country

Country	Winners	Runners-up
Denmark	2	0
Norway	0	1
Sweden	0	1

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External links

• Royal League official web pages
• Royal League Newsportal