The Royal League 2004–05 was the first season of the Scandinavian
Royal League football
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tournament. Play started on 11 November 2004, and ended in a final between
FC Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklu ...
and
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...
on 26 May 2005, with Copenhagen winning the title in a
penalty shootout
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.
Bonuses
All prize money amounts are in
Norwegian kroner
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.
*1st group stage
**Qualification (for the tournament itself) - 1,250,000 NOK
**Win - 250,000 NOK
**Draw - 150,000 NOK
*2nd group stage
**Qualification (for the 2nd group stage) - 1,500,000 NOK
**Win - 500,000 NOK
**Draw - 250,000 NOK
*Final
**Win (final champion) - 3,000,000 NOK
**Draw (final runner-up) - 1,000,000 NOK
This would give a team with a perfect record throughout the tournament a total of 7,750,000 NOK.
First group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Second group stage
Group 1
Group 2
Final
The final was between
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...
and
F.C. Copenhagen. The match was played on May 26, 2005 on
Ullevi Stadium in
Gothenburg
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.
Top scorers
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2004–05
2004–05 in Danish football
2004 in Swedish football
2005 in Swedish football
2004 in Norwegian football
2005 in Norwegian football