The 2006–07 Royal League fixtures and results. Rules 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 quarter-finals, along with the two best third placed teams. As opposed to the previous edition of the tournament, the knock-out stages are played as single legs. In the quarter-final draw, teams from the same group or the same country are, as far as possible, not paired together.
Bonuses Prize money for the tournament are paid like this: Qualification for the tournament itself: 1,000,000 DKK Qualification for the quarter finals, through the first place of the group: 600,000 DKK through the second place of the group: 300,000 DKK through the third place of the group: 150,000 DKK (no bonus is given for third-place finishers that do not qualify) Match bonuses Group phase victory: 125,000 DKK Group phase draw: 62,500 DKK Quarter-final victory: 350,000 DKK Semi-final victory: 400,000 DKK Final victory (Royal League champion): 2,000,000 DKK Final loss (Royal League runner-up): 500,000 DKK
Spectator bonuses Another potential 8 million DKK are up for grabs through two separate spectator bonuses:
Bonus no. 1 pays a maximum of 6.3 million DKK total, based on the average home attendance in the Royal League compared against the clubs' average attendance in their respective league: An average of more than 60% pays 525,000 DKK More than 55% pays 450,000 DKK More than 50% pays 375,000 DKK More than 45% pays 225,000 DKK More than 40% pays 150,000 DKK More than 35% pays 75,000 DKK
Bonus no. 2 distributes 1.7 million DKK between clubs in relation to a club's average home attendance in the Royal League. A certain average gives a certain amount of shares: An average of more than 5,000 spectators gives the club 4 shares out of the 1.7 million total More than 6,000 spectators gives 8 shares More than 7,000 spectators gives 12 shares More than 8,000 spectators gives 16 shares More than 9,000 spectators gives 24 shares More than 10,000 spectators gives 32 shares After the tournament, the money will be distributed in relation to how many shares the different clubs have.
Group stage
The group stage started the week following the last day of the Norwegian and Swedish championships (5 November), and was scheduled to end 10 December. However, some group matches were moved to February due to the participation of FC Copenhagen in UEFA Champions League, and that of Odense BK in the UEFA Cup.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order: Goal difference in all group matches. Goals scored in all group matches. Goals scored in all away group matches. Draw. Group 1
Thu 9 November19:30Rosenborg1–3BrannLerkendal stadionAtt: 5,755Sun 19 November16:00Helsingborg3–1RosenborgOlympiaAtt: 4,412Sun 26 November15:00Brann2–2HelsingborgBrann StadionAtt: 3,53517:00Odense5–3RosenborgFionia ParkAtt: 2,858Sun 3 December13:55Brann1–1OdenseBrann StadionAtt: 2,43218:00Rosenborg0–0HelsingborgLerkendal stadionAtt: 4,618Thu 7 December19:00Helsingborg1–0OdenseOlympiaAtt: 2,43019:30Brann3–2RosenborgBrann StadionAtt: 3,152Sun 10 December15:55Rosenborg0–1OdenseLerkendal stadionAtt: 4,10616:00Helsingborg2–2BrannÖsterås IP (Hässleholm)Att: 2,944Sun 18 February15:00Odense3–0HelsingborgFionia ParkAtt: 3,726Sun 25 February15:00Odense3–2BrannFionia ParkAtt: 3,004
Group 2
Sat 18 November15:00Hammarby1–1LillestrømSöderstadionAtt: 5,399Thu 23 November18:55Hammarby2–3BrøndbySöderstadionAtt: 4,443Sun 26 November15:00Lillestrøm2–0HammarbyÅråsen StadionAtt: 1,981Thu 30 November18:55Brøndby3–1HammarbyBrøndby StadionAtt: 4,96619:30Lillestrøm1–0CopenhagenÅråsen StadionAtt: 2,161Sun 3 December16:00Copenhagen0–1LillestrømParkenAtt: 7,149Thu 7 December18:55Lillestrøm1–1BrøndbyÅråsen StadionAtt: 1,447Sun 10 December18:00Brøndby1–1LillestrømBrøndby StadionAtt: 5,54620:00Hammarby1–2CopenhagenSöderstadionAtt: 4,108Sun 11 February17:00Copenhagen0–1BrøndbyParkenAtt: 17,019Sun 18 February17:00Brøndby1–3CopenhagenBrøndby StadionAtt: 18,496Sun 25 February17:00Copenhagen4–0HammarbyParkenAtt: 7,139
Group 3
Sun 12 November13:30Elfsborg4–0AIKBorås ArenaAtt: 3,375Sun 19 November16:00Vålerenga2–1ElfsborgBislett stadionAtt: 3,058Thu 23 November19:00Vålerenga1–0ViborgBislett stadionAtt: 2,040Sun 26 November15:00Viborg2–2ElfsborgViborg StadionAtt: 3,35816:00AIK1–1VålerengaRåsunda stadionAtt: 4,512Thu 30 November19:00AIK1–1ViborgRåsunda stadionAtt: 3,453Sat 2 December16:00Elfsborg1–0ViborgBorås ArenaAtt: 3,608Sun 3 December16:00Vålerenga4–2AIKBislett stadionAtt: 3,269Thu 7 December19:00AIK1–1ElfsborgRåsunda stadionAtt: 6,22119:00Viborg2–2VålerengaViborg StadionAtt: 2,786Sun 10 December15:00Viborg1–2AIKViborg StadionAtt: 2,75716:00Elfsborg2–3VålerengaBorås ArenaAtt: 5,605
3rd placed teams
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers Goal scorerTeamGoals Martin EricssonBrøndby6 Jan-Derek SørensenVålerenga6 Fredrik BerglundCopenhagen4 Morten FevangOdense4 Øyvind StorflorRosenborg4 Denni AvdicElfsborg3 Kim ChristensenOdense3 Samuel HolménElfsborg3 Erik HusekleppBrann3 Olivier KarekeziHelsingborg3 Luton SheltonHelsingborg3 Michael SilberbauerCopenhagen3 M. Waade MyklebustLillestrøm3 David WilliamsBrøndby3
References
External links Official site