Picture gallery: Friendly vs Esbjerg fB

Result: 5-1 win. Best goal probably the first timed kick for 4-1 by Diouf. He played a good game as did Delaney and Nordstrand; Toutouh and Claudemir not so much. Nice weather, minus two degrees.

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Manager Carsten Vagn Jensen and director Anders Hørsholt.

Nordstrand.

Nordstrand.

Bengtsson.

Toutouh.

Nordstrand.

Thomsen and Sigurdsson.

Claudemir, Delaney, Nordstrand.

Delaney, Thomsen.

Nordstrand.

Nordstrand, Toutouh.

Thomsen, Claudemir, Wiland, Sigurdsson, Diouf.

Bengtsson.

Nordstrand.

Diouf.

Bengtsson (and Sigurdsson?)

Toutouh.

Zohore, Bengtsson, Toutouh, Claudemir.

Diouf (and Thomsen in the far back)

Nordstrand.

Diouf.

Zohore, Nordstrand.

Bengtsson.

Ottesen, Gamboa.

Gamboa.

Gamboa, Bolaños.

Nordstrand.

Break.

Pre-season analysis: Superliga squad values and chances graphed

Alright, season starts tomorrow. Here is a chart of approximate squad transfer values (blue columns, from transfermarkt.de), championship winning chances (red connected dots, from betbrain.com) and relegation risks (orange connected dots, from betbrain.com).



Since the above interactive graph will change if sources change, here is a screenshot taken on publishing day:

Danish Superliga 2010/11: final standings analysis, championship videos (updated)

Final standings w/significance marked

#	Club	W	D	L	GF	GA	CS	NG
1	FC København	25****	6*	2****	77****	29****	13***	2**
2	OB	16	7	10	55	41	9	6
3	Brøndby IF	13	12	8	52	39	8	5
4	FC Midtjylland	13	10	10	50	42	11	6
5	Silkeborg	10	13	10	43	49	6	7
6	FC Nordsjælland	10	9	14	38	50	7	11
7	SønderjyskE	11	6*	16	32	46	8	12
8	Lyngby	10	8	15	42	52	9	6
9	AC Horsens	9	10	14	29	40	11	15**
10	AaB	8	11	14	38	48	8	14*
11	Randers FC	6	16***	11	41	48	8	10
12	Esbjerg fB	7	12	14	36	49	5**	9

Yellow + red cards

Brøndby IF	49*
Silkeborg	48
SønderjyskE	46
OB	46
Randers FC	44
FC Midtjylland	43
AC Horsens	42
AaB	42
FC Nordsjælland	42
Lyngby	40
Esbjerg	35*
FC København	30****

Evaluation of winter break graphical league table

Actual finishing points marked with green crosses. It appears the guesstimates were pretty good!

Beach ball tifo

Championship celebrations


Handicap league table
FC København would have won the championship even if each game had begun with a free goal for the opponent, a 0-1 handicap in each match!
+-----+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+-------+ 
| # | Club | M | W | D | L | P | Score | 
+-----+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+-------+ 
| 1 | København | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 77-62 | 
| 2 | OB | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 58-41 | 
| 3 | Brøndby | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 55-39 | 
| 4 | Midtjylland | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 53-42 | 
| 5 | Silkeborg | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 46-49 | 
| 6 | SønderjyskE | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 35-46 | 
| 7 | Lyngby | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 45-52 | 
| 8 | Horsens | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 32-40 | 
| 9 | Nordsjælland | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 41-50 | 
| 10 | AaB | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 41-48 | 
| 11 | Esbjerg | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 39-49 | 
| 12 | Randers | 33 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 35 | 44-48 | 
+-----+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+-------+
(This magnificent statistic is done by ougar.)

Champions League 2010

Very nice Champions League campaign including these three Copenhagen memories:

København - Rubin 1-0

København - Barcelona 1-1

København - Panathinaikos 3-1

#    Clubs            W    D    L    F    A   +/-   Pts
1    FC Barcelona     4    2    0   14    3   11    14
2    FC København     3    1    2    7    5    2    10
3    FC Rubin Kazan   1    3    2    2    4   -2     6
4    Panathinaikos    0    2    4    2   13  -11     2


Ludicrous dominance in Danish league with 19 points lead to #2. Lost count of the number of records broken:

Danish league: round 8 status, round 9 preview

Eight rounds and 48 games of 33 rounds and 198 matches have been played. Or almost a quarter of the season which might be as good a time to sum up as any. Plus: tomorrow, Sunday 19 September 2010, 18:00 CET, FC Copenhagen plays Brøndby IF in the so called "New Firm"; the match that Danish fans used to put up with the rest of the shoddy season for.

Round 8 status

FC Copenhagen (København / FCK) have taken the lead alone: Unbeaten. 6 wins. 20 points. Numbers that speak for themselves? Not yet, really.

Round 9 preview

19-09-2010 18:00 FC København-Brøndby: IF 0.47 0.30 0.23; always unpredictable but logic says 2-1 or something similar.

Read the full article with status on the whole league and previews of the entire 9th round at Footbo.

Sibusisu Zuma, yours truly, Bayern vs Inter at McGrath's and the World Cup

It's Sibusiso Zuma to the left ;-)

We both happened to enjoy a beer and this season's Champions League final, Bayern vs Inter, at McGrath's, "The South African Bar", at Østerbrogade close to Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Friendly guy talking to many people and happy to recollect the good old days of beating Brøndby.

McGrath's has multiple big screens, is regularly packed for Champions League games - and has "BAFANA BAFANA" painted across the wall. Probably a nice place to watch South Africa's World Cup games! Sells several brands of beer, both bottled and from keg. Half a liter of draft Guiness was about € 6.5, bottled Danish Carlsberg about € 3.5.

Speaking of the World Cup neither Zuma nor I will go. But from FC København three players will: Jesper Grønkjær, Jesper Christiansen (as one of three reserve goalies) and William Kvist. Plus three former FC København players: Lars Jacobsen, Christian Poulsen and Michael Silberbauer.