Copenhagen FilesCopenhagen FilesTagged log of news about Copenhagen football epitome, FC Copenhagen. Plus some musings, statistics, probability assessments and notes on upcoming opponents.
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UEFA Cup group stage draw
2007-10-09 13:46:00 Group B 1. Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 2. FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 3. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 4. FC København (DEN) 5. Aberdeen FC (SCO)UEFA.com / Past masters meet in group stage, Daily Record / Dons get Atletico, Lokomotiv, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen. More About: Uefa , Uefa cup , Stage , Group , Draw
Possible UEFA Cup opponents
2007-10-05 15:18:00 Our coefficient of 19.129 puts us in fourth seeding layer. Meaning next week one team from each of the following pots will end up in the same UEFA Cup group as us. Pot 1: Villarrea, Bayern München, AZ Alkmaar, Panathinaikos, FC Basel, Girondins Bordeaux, Bayer Leverkusen, Anderlecht. Pot 2: Tottenham Hotspur, Lokomotiv Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg, Sparta Praha, AEK Athens, Hamburger, Bolton More About: Uefa , Uefa cup
We're in the UEFA Cup
2007-10-05 00:36:00 As of writing this, when I Google for articles on tonight's game vs Lens, zero (0) turns up. I can't have that so here we go: The FC København vs RC Lens UEFA Cup qualification game from the perspective of a Copenhagener. Buying the ticket I felt realistically hopeful we'd progress. Drawing 1-1 at home in the first of two games like these is hard to turn around for a aggregate win; it's only More About: Uefa , Uefa cup
Brøndby at UEFA.com
2007-09-27 11:17:00 Usually, I leave Brøndby alone. But today they made news at UEFA.com... Rivals' pity highlights Brøndby gloom: "There is no doubt the ongoing rivalry between Brøndby and us has been good for both clubs financially, and for Danish football in general," [club director Dan Hammer says,] "If Brøndby's crisis goes on for too many more seasons we will have to find a new rival, and that will take time." More About: Uefa
Papin comment
2007-09-21 21:54:00 Lens will probably have to do without Julien Sable [against Toulouse] who injured his ankle against Copenhagen. "It's a little sprain and it should not be too serious," said Papin to Lequipe "It will be sorted in the next few days." Papin was pleased with the display against Copenhagen, if not the result. He said: "I only regret the first five minutes. We are confident in our play and we More About: Comment
2 x 1-0 & G-14
2007-09-16 14:54:00 Both us and RC Lens won our league games Saturday by 1-0 home, both scoring at about 2/3s of the game played into the 2nd half. FC København - AC Horsens 1-0 57' Morten Nordstrand Lens - Nancy 1-0 71' Aruna Dindane Aruna Dindane scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot on 70 minutes Source: Sporting Life - NANCY SLIP TO FIRST DEFEAT Nancy coach Pablo Correa said: "We have the
International performances 12th of September
2007-09-13 23:02:00 Fans arrived singing songs of protest but left with a feeling of promise as Canada and Costa Rica played to an entertaining 1-1 draw on "Black Wednesday" at the National Soccer Stadium in Toronto. Source: Soccer News Black Wednesday's silver lining - sportsnet.ca The hosts were quickly into their stride at the Sparta Stadium, Libor Sionko's shot deflecting wide but a breakthrough was not long in More About: International , Performances , September , Perform
Hangeland thought he'd be playing with Newcastle
2007-09-09 20:24:00 Norwegian newspaper VG Nett says Brede Hangeland was Man of the Match in Moldova - Norway yesterday. And Brede talks about how he had his bags packed for a move to Newcastle when FC København turned down the offer of about 4 million €. Enjoy if you can read Norwegian. Source: VG Nett / Hangeland: - Følte jeg var nær en overgang More About: Thought
International performances 8th of September
2007-09-09 13:27:00 San Marino - Czech Republic 0 - 3 San Marino far from disgraced themselves here, holding the Czech Republic to a (relatively) narrow victory in Serravalle - even after going down to ten men. Source: Goal.com - Euro 2008 - San Marino Sink To Czech Republic Late Show The Czech Republic picked up the expected win in San Marino which consolidated second place in UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying Group D More About: International , Performances , September , Perform
Last weekend's league games
2007-09-05 01:26:00 02/09 2007: Nice - Lens 50' Bakari Kone, Nice 1-0 81' Aruna Dindane, Lens misses penalty Akalé - Dindane Monterrubio - Sablé - Kovasevic - Demont Ramos - Coulibaly - Hilton - Laurenti Runje 02/09 2007: FC København - Randers FC 14' Jesper Grønkjær 1-0 Allbäck - Nordstrand Grønkjær - Nørregaard - Würtz - Silberbauer More About: Games , League
UEFA Cup opponent: RC Lens
2007-08-31 16:14:00 RC Lens (FRA) v FC København (DEN) Sources: uefa.com - UEFA Cup, Fortune smiles on English sides - Yahoo! Eurosport. RC Lens has an impressive UEFA coefficient of 51.706 - compare that to Benfica's 67.149. This season's Le Championnat results have so far been less than impressive though: Bordeaux-Lens 1-0, Lens-Paris SG 0-0, Lens-Valenciennes 0-0 and Strasbourg-Lens 2-1. Probably in part More About: Uefa , Uefa cup
Goodbye Champions League. Hello UEFA Cup
2007-08-30 10:47:00 SL Benfica stood firm in the face of a tide of pressure from FC København as Kostas Katsouranis' first-half goal proved enough to secure a 3-1 aggregate victory for the Portuguese outfit, and a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Source: uefa.com - Battling Benfica deny København. The hosts had started best, chalking up several chances in the first 15 minutes and looked the stronger More About: Uefa , Uefa cup
Atiba Hutchinson interview
2007-08-28 23:45:00 The official FC København webpage has published a short video of two very short interviews with Hjalte Nørregaard (in Danish) and Atiba Hutch inson talking about their expectations and the team tactics for tomorrow's game against Benfica. ...and contrary to what they try to make you believe the video does not require Windows Media Player ;-) But just click the image and watch the video. More About: Interview
Benfica home preview
2007-08-28 03:26:00 The 1st leg away was a 2-1 defeat to Benfica . A loss but not too bad. While FC København hasn't exactly impressed since then, Benfica seems to have gotten into a bit of trouble: Star players leaving, most defenders injured, new coach and who knows what else. Yesterday Pedro Mantorras was ruled out for months due to a knee injury. José Camacho hasn't promised anyone a win - actually his latest More About: Preview , Home
0-0
2007-08-26 12:16:00 OB - FC København 0-0 ... Benfica - Guimaraes 0-0 It’s going to take more than just a few training sessions to set Benfica back on the right track ... Before the match returning tactician José Antonio Camacho reaffirmed his confidence and repeated his trust in budding star centre-back Miguel Vítor. The defender earned widespread applause with his solid work in defusing a slew of attacks by
Camacho speaks
2007-08-24 10:35:00 Camacho has until Wednesday to prepare his new team for their crucial return trip to Copenhagen following a weekend meeting with Vitória SC. "According to the chairman and the other coaches, the team needs more players and I cannot implement my philosophy in just one day," warned Camacho. "The team will have to work very hard [to beat København]. I need to get to know them 100 per cent but we More About: Mach
Benfica defense weakened further?
2007-08-22 18:58:00 Marcelo Kiremidjian, l'agent de Cleber Anderson, nous a confirmé l'information. « Normalement, sauf changement de dernière minute, c'est lui que Lyon a choisi », indique l'oeil de l'OL au Brésil, qui précise même que Cleber Anderson «arrivera ce soir (mercredi soir) ou demain (jeudi) matin à Lyon et passera sa visite médicale demain (jeudi) matin ». Source: L'EQUIPE.FR Football - Lyon choisit More About: Defense , Benfica
Santos raus
2007-08-20 14:45:00 Benfica have sacked coach Fernando Santo s after being held to a draw by promoted Leixoes in their opening league match of the season Source: Benfica sack coach Santos | Guardian Unlimited.
...0-0. Meanwhile in Portugal...
2007-08-20 13:58:00 Leixões - Benfica 1-1 ... The newly-promoted Leixonenses (a.k.a. Babies) – back in the first division after seventeen years trawling the lower reaches – managed to keep a valuable point towards their aim of ending the season in the Portuguese elite. Their Encarnado rivals therefore give early ground to both Sporting and FC Porto, also evincing a frustrating slowness in getting the ball up More About: Portugal
Benfica news and... "notícia"?
2007-08-16 23:17:00 Costa pathos With so many players having their careers guided by agents and motivated by cold-blooded, cool-headed monetary considerations and advertising contracts we rarely get to see a player whose hot-blooded love for a club continues to gush uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart. It may be old school but it’s a lesson that Rui Costa continues to deliver in style. Source: Goal.com - More About: News , Benfica
Eagle 2, Lion 1
2007-08-15 09:20:00 A late Rui Costa goal ensured SL Benfica took the advantage from the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie against FC København. uefa.com / Rui Costa breaks København hearts Canadian international Atiba Hutchinson scored in a losing cause Tuesday as FC Copenhagen was beaten 2-1 by Portugal's Benfica in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. More About: Lion , Eagle
Preview(s): Benfica away
2007-08-14 10:51:00 It’s a case of déjà vu in the Portuguese capital as Benfica attempt to bring home the bacon with a win against the great Danes. Goal.com - Match Preview - CL Qualifying Preview: SL Benfica - FC Copenhagen There is no denying that Benfica looks to be more formidable of the two and with the advantage of the home ground and above all the partisan fans, we can expect a better showing with the need
From Esbjerg to Benfica
2007-08-12 15:24:00 In yesterday's 5-2 win I missed the last goalSporting Life / COPENHAGEN MAKE THEIR MOVE. Today, YouTube is my friend... Tuesday night we'll be tuning in to the transmission from Portugal - with the weird comfort of risking little and the realistic hopes of winning everything. Here is some recent reading matter on Benfica : Benfica Coach Fernando Santos is beginning to define how Benfica 2007-8
Reactions to the Jerusalem elimination
2007-08-08 15:32:00 Kale, for the second time in a week, found only air, and Allback silenced about 20,000 Beitar fans at Teddy with an easy touch into the net. Source: Haaretz / Great Danes top Beitar at Teddy A fabulous pass by Idan Tal sent in Alvarez on the right who pushed into the penalty area and passed to Itzhaki to slot home on the hour mark. Source: Soccer: Jerusalem Post / Betar Jerusalem's European More About: Elimination , React , Reaction , Mina
Don Ø: "I am one of the three most famous people in Denmark"
2007-08-07 08:39:00 'Don't forget, we beat Man. United' "In Canada nobody knows me." - Atiba Hutchinson. Schum: I'm certain we will progress "I'm certain that if we play at our regular level we will progress" - Jerusalem coach Itzhak Schum Plus The Last Word: Schum-Spiegel effect could make it happen if you really need it all. (But I'm beginning to think they are horribly naive. They talk about getting past us More About: People , Famous , Denmark
Jerusalem warm-up: Ståle and Grønkjær talks
2007-08-06 05:21:00 "We spoke a lot about the Beitar fans' fanaticism, but this is soccer and we are professionals. An enthusiastic crowd is good for the home team, but we will be focusing on the match. I am more worried about the heat and the weather than I am about the crowd." - Ståle Solbakken. "We need to score in the away match, that is the key. The moment that we score, Beitar will have to get three." - More About: Jerusalem
Champions Legaue qualification 3rd round opponent: Benfica
2007-08-03 12:20:00 If we make it past Beitar Jerusalem. The Benfica guys, I think? Everyone hurrying out the door as soon as the show was over. An interesting detail about Benfica is they just signed US wonderboy Freddy Adu: AP / U.S. Teen Star Adu Joins Benfica. See all match-ups at UEFA.com. More About: Champions , Round , Champion , Qualification
Possible transfers: Wamberto and Hysen
2007-08-02 12:10:00 Swedish Tobias Hysén [Wikipedia | Tran sfermarkt] is leaving Sunderland for IFK Göteborg or FC København or a Norwegian club. Brazilian Wamberto [Wikipedia | Transfermarkt] is training with the team next week. More About: Transfers , Ossi
Yesterday's game
2007-08-01 06:53:00 UEFA.com / Allbäck keeps København afloat Haaretz.com / Narrow loss in Copenhagen for Beitar Also, I posted an article about the demonstration at my Newsvine column: Boycott Israel demonstration at UEFA Champions League qualifier. More About: Game
Expected lineups: FC København vs Beitar Jerusalem
More articles from this author:2007-07-31 14:02:00 Wild guesses could be more like it, but here we go: Beitar Jerusalem (4-5-1): T Tamuz M Zandberg - D Boateng - I Tal - G Alberman - B Itzhaki Y Ziv - A Benado - S Gershon - C Alvarez T Kale FC København (4-4-2): M Allbäck - M Nordstrand J Grønkjær - M Silberbauer - R Würtz - A Hutchinson N Jensen - M Gravgaard - B Hangeland - W Kvist J Christiansen Kick-off in six hours. It More About: Eita , Lineup 1, 2 |
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