2008–09 F.C. Copenhagen season

F.C. Copenhagen

2008-09 season
Chairman	Flemming Østergaard
Manager	Ståle Solbakken
Danish Superliga	Winners
Danish Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Morten Nordstrand (16) All: Morten Nordstrand (20)
Highest home attendance	32,856 (vs Randers FC, 31 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance	6,916 (vs Nordvest FC, 28 April 2009)
Average home league attendance	18,967
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club F.C. Copenhagen. It also lists all matches that F.C. Copenhagen played in the 2008-09 season.

Events

• 2 April: Forward Marcus Allbäck agrees a 1½ year contract with Swedish club Örgryte IS, meaning he will leave FCK on a free transfer on 1 July.^[1]
• 26 May: Midfielder Michael Silberbauer joins FC Utrecht on a free transfer.^[2]
• 26 May: Assistant coach Peter Nielsen stops.^[3]
• 4 June: Bård Wiggen signs as new assistant coach.^[4]
• 6 July: Captain Michael Gravgaard is sold to FC Nantes for DKK 29,000,000^[5][6]
• 8 July: Midfielder Morten Bertolt is sold to SønderjyskE for DKK 1,000,000.^[7]
• 14 July: It was published that midfielder Thomas Kristensen will join FCK on 1 January on a free transfer.^[8]
• 15 July: F.C. Copenhagen and FC Nordsjælland agrees on a transfer fee for Thomas Kristensen, so he can transfer immediately.^[9]
• 18 July: Forward César Santin is bought from Kalmar FF for DKK 15,000,000. He will join on 24 July.^[10]
• 25 July: Defender Peter Larsson is bought from Halmstads BK for DKK 15,000,000.^[11]
• 28 July: Goalkeeper Johan Wiland is bought from IF Elfsborg. He will join the club 1 January 2009.^[12]
• 22 December: Midfielder Martin Vingaard is bought from Esbjerg fB for DKK 7,000,000.^[13]
• 12 January: Forward Dame N'Doye is bought from OFI Crete for DKK 15,000,000.^[14]
• 14 January: Midfielder Mads Laudrup is sold to Herfølge Boldklub.^[15]

Players

Squad information

This section show the squad as currently, considering all players who are confirmedly moved in and out (see section Players in / out).

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Christiansen (VC1)	38	EU	2005	195	0	2012	Undisclosed
2	RB		Pospech	37	EU	2008 (Winter)	65	5	2011	DKK 14m
3	LB		N. Jensen (VC2)	42	EU	2007 (Winter)	209	10	2009	Free
4	CM		Nørregaard	35	EU	2006	258	31	2010	Free
5	CB		Laursen (captain)	40	EU	2008 (Winter)	51	0	2011	Undisclosed
6	DM		Würtz	33	EU	2007	33	0	2012	DKK 7m
7	CF		Ailton	32	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	97	29	2011	DKK 22m
8	CM		Kvist (VC3)	31	EU	2004	182	10	2012	Youth system
9	CF		Nordstrand	33	EU	2007	84	32	2012	DKK 15m
10	LW		Grønkjær	39	EU	2006	87	14	2010	DKK 15m
11	LW		Santin	35	Non-EU	2008	43	16	2013	DKK 15m
12	CB		Larsson	32	EU	2008	11	0	2013	DKK 15m
13	CM		Hutchinson	33	Non-EU	2006 (Winter)	170	26	2010	DKK 8m
14	SS		N'Doye	31	EU	2009 (Winter)	16	5	2013	DKK 15m
15	CB		Antonsson	35	EU	2007	47	2	2011	Undisclosed
16	CM		Kristensen	33	EU	2008	44	1	2012	Undisclosed
17	LB		Wendt	31	EU	2006	116	2	2010	DKK 6m
18	CF		Junior	40	Non-EU	2008 (Winter)	29	15	2010	Undisclosed
20	AM		Vingaard	31	EU	2009 (Winter)	16	3	2012	DKK 8m
21	GK		Wiland	35	EU	2009 (Winter)	3	0	2014	DKK 8m
24	RW		Sionko	39	EU	2007	77	12	2011	Free
25	CB		Zanka	26	EU	2007	53	3	2012	Undisclosed
26	CB		Hansen	29	EU	2006	5	0	2008	Youth system
27	DM		Neestrup	28	EU	2007	3	0	2009	Youth system
28	CM		Laudrup	27	EU	2007	5	0	2009	Youth system
29	RB		D. Jensen	27	EU	2008	4	0	2011	Youth system
30	CB		Albrechtsen	26	EU	2008	1	0	2010	Youth system
41	GK		Coe	32	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	5	0	2009	Undisclosed

• Last updated: 31 May
• Source: F.C. Copenhagen, players' Wikipedia articles, SJAT.com (for contract endings)
• Ordered by squad number.

Squad stats

				Total			UEFA Cup		Danish Superliga		Danish Cup
No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Christiansen	45	45		11		31		3
2	RB		Pospěch	46	46	3	12	1	29	2	5
15	CB		Antonsson	28	28	1	5	1	19		4
5	CB		Laursen	37	39		8		28		3
17	LB		Wendt	45	46	2	12		31	2	3
8	CM		Kvist	37	47	7	12	1	29	4	6	2
4	CM		Nørregaard	46	48	3	12	1	32	1	4	1
16	CM		Kristensen	37	44	1	12	1	26		6
13	CM		Hutchinson	47	48	7	12	1	33	6	3
11	LW		Santin	37	43	16	9	5	32	11	2
7	CF		Aílton	29	42	18	9	3	29	11	4	4
9	CF		Nordstrand	28	42	20	9	3	29	16	4	1
24	RW		Sionko	19	37	5	9	1	23	4	5
25	CB		Zanka	25	34		10		20		4
18	CF		Júnior	5	18	11	6	6	9	3	3	2
14	SS		N'Doye	7	16	5	2		11	2	3	3
20	AM		Vingaard	6	16	3	2	2	12	1	2
10	LW		Grønkjær	10	14	3	1		13	3
3	LB		N. Jensen	9	14	1	3		7		4	1
12	CB		Larsson	10	12		2		8		2
41	GK		Coe	3	4		1		2		1
29	RB		D. Jensen		4		1		1		2
6	DM		Würtz		3		2		1
21	GK		Wiland	3	3				1		2
26	MF		Delaney	1	2						2
30	CB		Albrechtsen		1		1
28	CM		Laudrup		1						1
22	CM		Özdoğan		1						1
26	CB		Hansen
27	DM		Neestrup

Last updated: 31 May
Source: FCK.dk
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
0 shown as blank

Players in / out

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
29	RB		D. Jensen	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2011	Youth system	FCK.dk
30	CB		Albrechtsen	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2010	Youth system	FCK.dk
22	CM		Bertolt	24	EU	Viborg FF	End of loan	Summer	2009	n/a	FCK.dk
16	CM		Kristensen	25	EU	Nordsjælland	Transfer	Summer	2012	Undisclosed	FCK.dk
11	LW		Santin	27	Non-EU	Kalmar FF	Transfer	Summer	2013	DKK 15,000,000	FCK.dk
12	CB		Larsson	24	EU	Halmstads BK	Transfer	Summer	2013	DKK 15,000,000	FCK.dk
21	GK		Wiland	27	EU	IF Elfsborg	Transfer	Winter	2013	DKK 8,000,000	FCK.dk
20	AM		Vingaard	23	EU	Esbjerg fB	Transfer	Winter	2012	DKK 8,000,000	FCK.dk
14	SS		N'Doye	23	EU	OFI	Transfer	Winter	2013	DKK 15,000,000	FCK.dk

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	CF		Allbäck	34	EU	Örgryte IS	Contract ended	Summer	Free	OIS.se
8	RM		Silberbauer	26	EU	Utrecht	Contract ended	Summer	Free	FC-Utrecht.nl
29	CF		Qvist	21	EU	Lyngby Boldklub	Contract ended	Summer	Free	Lyngby-Boldklub.dk
14	CB		Gravgaard	30	EU	Nantes	Transfer	Summer	DKK 29,000,000	FCNA.fr
22	CM		Bertolt	24	EU	SønderjyskE	Transfer	Summer	DKK 1,000,000	SoenderjyskE.dk
26	CB		Hansen	21	EU	Frem	Contract ended	Winter	Free	BKFrem.dk
28	CM		Laudrup	19	EU	Herfølge Boldklub	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	HB.dk
6	DM		Würtz	25	EU	Vejle B	Loan	Winter	n/a	Vejle-Boldklub.dk
18	FW		Júnior	32	Non-EU	Nordsjælland	Loan	Winter	n/a	FCN.dk
41	GK		Coe	24	Non-EU	Örgryte IS	Loan	Winter	n/a	OIS.se

Last updated: 14 March

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ståle Solbakken
Assistant manager	Bård Wiggen
Goalkeeping coach	Per Wind
Fitness coach	Anders Storskov
Chief scout	Lars Højer

Last updated: 17 June
Source: F.C. Copenhagen

Kit

Supplier: Kappa
Sponsor(s): Carlsberg

Home Domestic

Away Domestic

Home Europe

Away 1 Europe

Away 2 Europe

Source: FCK.dk

Other information

Chairman	Flemming Østergaard
Sport director	Carsten V. Jensen
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Parken (34,098* / 105x68 m)

Last updated: 17 June
Source: F.C. Copenhagen and Parken Stadium

*During rebuilt

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Danish Superliga	—	—	1st	21 July	31 May
UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	—	Round of 32	17 July	26 February
Danish Cup	Third round	—	Final	27 September	21 May

Last updated: 24 May
Source: Competitions

Danish Superliga

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	23	5	5	67	26	+41	74	14	2	1	42	14	+28	9	3	4	25	12	+13

Last updated: 31 May.
Source: Danish Football Association

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D

Last updated: 31 May.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	TV	Report
1	17 July	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	AR	Cliftonville	4 – 0	–
2	21 July	Danish Superliga	1	H	Esbjerg fB	1 – 0	TV 2 Sport
3	27 July	Danish Superliga	2	A	Randers FC	1 – 1	TV3+
4	31 July	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	H	Cliftonville	7 – 0	TV3+
5	4 August	Danish Superliga	3	A	SønderjyskE	1 – 1	TV 2 Sport
6	10 August	Danish Superliga	4	A	AGF	1 – 0	TV3+
7	14 August	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	H	Lillestrøm	3 – 1	TV3+
8	17 August	Danish Superliga	5	H	Midtjylland	3 – 1	TV 2 Sport
9	28 August	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	A	Lillestrøm	4 – 2	Kanal 5
10	31 August	Danish Superliga	6	A	Brøndby	0 – 1	TV3+
11	18 September	UEFA Cup	First round	A	FC Moscow	2 – 1	TV3+
12	21 September	Danish Superliga	8	H	AaB	3 – 0	TV3+
13	24 September	Danish Superliga	7	H	Nordsjælland	2 – 1	TV 2 Sport
14	27 September	Danish Cup	Third round	A	Vestsjælland	0 – 4	TV3+
15	2 October	UEFA Cup	First round	H	FC Moscow	1 – 1	TV3+
16	6 October	Danish Superliga	9	A	Vejle B	3 – 0	TV 2 Sport
17	18 October	Danish Superliga	10	A	Horsens	1 – 0	TV3+
18	23 October	UEFA Cup	Group stage	H	Saint-Étienne	1 – 3	TV3+
19	26 October	Danish Superliga	11	H	OB	0 – 0	TV3+
20	30 October	Danish Cup	Fourth round	A	Næstved BK	3 – 0	TV 2 Sport
21	2 November	Danish Superliga	12	A	Vejle B	1 – 1	TV3+
22	6 November	UEFA Cup	Group stage	A	Valencia	1 – 1	La Sexta
23	9 November	Danish Superliga	13	H	SønderjyskE	4 – 0	TV 2 Sport
24	12 November	Danish Cup	Fifth round	A	Lyngby Boldklub	0 – 0 (4-2 pen.)	TV3+
25	16 November	Danish Superliga	14	A	Midtjylland	0 – 3	TV3+
26	23 November	Danish Superliga	15	H	AGF	2 – 1	TV3+
27	30 November	Danish Superliga	16	A	AaB	1 – 3	TV3+
28	4 December	UEFA Cup	Group stage	H	Rosenborg	1 – 1	TV3+
29	7 December	Danish Superliga	17	H	Horsens	5 – 2	TV3+
30	17 December	UEFA Cup	Group stage	A	Club Brugge	1 – 0	TV3+
31	19 February	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	H	Manchester City	2 – 2	TV3+
32	26 February	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	A	Manchester City	1 – 2	TV3+
33	2 March	Danish Superliga	18	A	Brøndby	1 – 0	TV 2 Sport
34	7 March	Danish Superliga	19	A	Randers FC	3 – 0	TV3+
35	15 March	Danish Superliga	20	H	Esbjerg fB	0 – 2	TV 2 Sport
36	22 March	Danish Superliga	21	H	OB	2 – 1	TV3+
37	4 April	Danish Superliga	22	A	Nordsjælland	3 – 0	TV3+
38	8 April	Danish Superliga	23	A	SønderjyskE	2 – 1	TV3+
39	13 April	Danish Superliga	24	H	Vejle B	4 – 1	TV3+
40	16 April	Danish Cup	Semi finals	A	Nordvest FC	4 – 0	TV3+
41	19 April	Danish Superliga	25	A	AGF	0 – 1	TV3+
42	22 April	Danish Superliga	26	H	Midtjylland	2 – 1	TV3+
43	25 April	Danish Superliga	27	A	Horsens	2 – 0	TV3+
44	28 April	Danish Cup	Semi finals	H	Nordvest FC	2 – 1	TV3+
45	3 May	Danish Superliga	28	H	AaB	3 – 0	TV3+
46	9 May	Danish Superliga	29	H	Nordsjælland	3 – 1	TV3+
47	13 May	Danish Superliga	30	A	OB	2 – 3	TV3+
48	17 May	Danish Superliga	31	H	Brøndby	4 – 0	TV3+
49	21 May	Danish Cup	Final	N	AaB	1 – 0	TV3+
50	24 May	Danish Superliga	32	A	Esbjerg fB	1 – 0	TV3+
51	31 May	Danish Superliga	33	H	Randers FC	3 – 3	TV3+

Last updated: 31 May
Source: FCK.dk
¹F.C. Copenhagen goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of F.C. Copenhagen.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Scorers	GD
1^2	28 June	Scandlines Invitation	HR	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 - 0	Aílton 25' Nordstrand 36' (pen.)	2
2	2 July	—	HR	Lyngby Boldklub	3 - 1	Nørregaard 3' Júnior 25' Aílton 64'	2
3	8 July	Austrian tour	N	Wisła Kraków	1 - 1	Laursen 2'	0
4	12 July	Austrian tour	N	Hertha BSC	0 - 0		0
5	19 August	Anniversary match	A	Taarbæk IF	8 - 0	Delaney 6' Kristensen 14' Aílton 42' Aílton 43' Christiansen 50' Delaney 53' Aílton 55' Christiansen 88'	8
6	10 October	—	HR	Trelleborgs FF	5 - 0	Aílton 4 Laudrup 1	5
7	26 November	—	H	Frem	6 - 0	Timm 25' Júnior 31' Júnior 49' Erdem 53' Christiansen 80' Júnior 85'	6
8	27 January	—	HR	Malmö FF	4 - 1	Nordstrand 29' Vingaard 30' Vingaard 85' Santin 89'	3
9	1 February	Spain tour	N	Dynamo Moscow	1 - 0	Santin 9'	1
10	4 February	Spain tour	AR	Cartagena	2 - 0	Nordstrand 78' Sionko 82'	2
11	11 February	—	HR	Lyngby Boldklub	4 - 0	Aílton 19' Santin (p.) 38' Nørregaard 55' N'Doye 68'	4
12	14 February	—	HR	Stabæk	4 - 3	Santin 6' Santin (p.) 13' Kristensen (p.) 58' Vingaard 78'	1
13	21 February	—	H	Helsingborgs IF	5 - 2	Nordstrand (p.) 22' Nordstrand (p.) 58' Nordstrand 61' Nordstrand 63' Nordstrand 88'	3
14	26 March	—	HR	Nordsjælland	0 - 3

Last updated: 26 March
Source: F.C. Copenhagen
¹F.C. Copenhagen goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of F.C. Copenhagen.
² TV: TV3+
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

References

1. FCK.dk | Marcus i mål
2. FC-Utrecht.nl | Michael Silberbauer tekent contract voor drie jaar
3. FCK.dk | Peter Nielsen stops as assistant coach
4. FCK.dk | Ny assistent på plads i F.C. København
5. FCK.dk | Michael Gravgaard solgt til Nantes
6. Sporten.dk | Gravgaard til Nantes
7. FCK.dk | Morten Bertolt skifter til SønderjyskE
8. FCK.dk | Thomas Kristensen til FCK ved årsskiftet
9. FCK.dk | TK skifter med øjeblikkelig virkning
10. FCK.dk | Brasiliansk profil til F.C. København
11. FCK.dk | Peter Larsson til F.C. København
12. FCK.dk | Svensk landsholdsmålmand til F.C. København
13. FCK.dk | Martin Vingaard til F.C. København
14. FCK.dk | Dame N'Doye til F.C. København
15. FCK.dk | Mads Laudrup skifter til Herfølge

External links

• F.C. Copenhagen official website