FM2005: 2007/8 Season Brøndby IF

[Northwood_DK]

2007/8 Season Brøndby IF

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Intro: Short presentation of the dynasty and the three first years (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=39053)

2007/8 Season: Northwood in Europe with Brøndby IF (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?p=790931#post790931)

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[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 1 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Big names ready for BIF Cup
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Like the three previous years Brøndby have this year again decided to host their own mini cup-tournament before the start of the regular season. Unlike the previous years where it has been difficult to get big teams to come to Denmark to play, this year have been a lot different. With Brøndby good results in last years champions league some of the world’s best teams was suddenly available this summer. Therefore it’s possible for Brøndby this year to announce some huge names among the teams that will play in the BIF Cup the 7July-8july in Brøndby stadium. The line-up for the 2007 BIF Cup will look like this:

Barcelona
Chelsea
Monaco
Brøndby

Brøndby will play Barcelona in the first match while Monaco will go up against Chelsea. The two winners will go on to play in the final the next day while the losers will play for 3rd place.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 2 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Transfer rumours
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Onside.dk can today confirm that Brøndby have put in an offer of £1mil for AGFs DM Leon Andreasen. No other details about the offer have yet been made available. Leon Andreasen would take over as the BIF defensive midfielder from 33-year old Kim Daugaard if the transfer goes true. Other Danish clubs is expected to join the hunt of the promising midfielders’ services in the days to come. That could very well drive up the price and make Leon Andreasen the most expensive player sold between two Danish clubs.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 4 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: FC København joins the hunt
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FC København (FCK) today decided to join the hunt for AGFs defensive midfielder Leon Andreasen. They did it by raising Brøndbys offer from £1mil to £2.3mil. Its unsure if Brøndby can match that offer with a total transfer budget of only £3mil.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Thomas Northwood offered the US job.
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A spokesperson from the Brøndby (BIF) front office today confirmed that the US Football Association have offered BIF manager Thomas Northwood the job as manager for the US national team. The job became available when Bruce Arena was fired after the loss in the final of the Confederation Cup.
No other details were made available but it’s assumed that if he takes the job he will also keep his current possession with BIF. Questions have already been raised among the Brøndby fans if the travel activity needed in this job would have a negative effect on Northwood’s work in Brøndby.
No comments have yet been released from Thomas Northwood.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 6 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Transfer rumours
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Brøndby IF have today decided to double the bid on DM Leon Andreasen from £1mil to £2mil. Its still £300.000 less then the FC København offer but Brøndby still hopes to have a chance to secure the service from the popular player. This can look like a huge gamble for Brøndby as they commit more then half their transfer budget on this one player.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby IF web page
Headline: Today’s results
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BIF Cup Semi Final 1:
Brøndby – FC Barcelona 1-0 / (0-0)
Brøndby opened the new season against mighty Barcelona and once again made headlines. After a goalless first half Brøndby took the lead after 58minuts play when Baca goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand fumbled a cross from Morten Skoubo over the line for an own goal. In the remaining half hour Barcelona presses on to get the equalizing goal with Brøndby being dangerous on counterattacks. Barcelona never got the goal and Brøndby is now ready for the final in the 3rd BIF Cup. It has to be mentioned that Barcelona rested some of their biggest stars in this game and only played them for 45 minutes. That don’t take anything away from Brøndbys win and they also won the shots stats 14-8.
Brøndby Game MVP: GK Karim Zaza (rating: 8)

BIF Cup Semi Final 2:
Monaco – Chelsea 2-2p / (1-1)
In the other semi final, Chelsea needed penalties to get past Monaco. They will play Brøndby in the final tomorrow evening, while Barcelona and Monaco will play for 3rd place.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby Manager Thomas Northwood
Headline: Thomas Northwood turn down the US
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In an interview with a Danish newspaper Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood confirms that he have turned down the job offer from the US national team. He stated his limited knowledge of American soccer and the amount of travelling necessary as the main reasons to turn down the job. He went on to say that he still had ambitions about taking over a national team if an opening would turn up in the future.
Northwood’s reputation in Europe has been growing after the Brøndby teams’ performance last year in the Champions League and the three straight league titles. It’s rumoured that several clubs in England and central Europe is interested in taking Thomas Northwood away from Brøndby to see what he could do with a bigger transfer budget.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby IF web page
Headline: Today’s results
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BIF Cup 3rd place game:
Monaco – FC Barcelona 0-0p / (0-0)
The match for 3rd place was not much to see. The two teams took it as a light training and finished without any of the teams was able to score. In the following penalty shootout Monaco showed most skills and took home 3rd place in the BIF Cup in front of Barcelona.


BIF Cup Final:
Brøndby – Chelsea 0-0p / (0-0)
A stunning 31.717 showed up to watch the final between Brøndby and Chelsea. That’s just 20 persons short of the stadium record set back in 2006 when Brøndby played FC København for the title. It was a close match with chances to score the deciding goal for both teams. Eidur Gudjohnsen had the biggest chances for Chelsea and for Brøndby Peter Grandlund came closest. After 90 minutes the match was still tied at 0-0 and penalty’s was needed. No less then 9 players from each team was needed before Andreas Hinkel was able to decide the game to Chelsea’s advantage.
Brøndby Game MVP: GK Dimitar Dimitrov (rating: 8)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 9 / 7 / 2007
Sources: AGF home page
Headline: Leon wants to move to Brøndby
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Leon Andreasen has today asked the AGF board to accept the transfer offer from Brøndby. The reason he prefers Brøndby in front of FC København is the chance he will get in Brøndby to play in the Champions League. Leon will travel to Brøndby during the week and try to agree on a personal contract that will make him Brøndby player before the season kicks off next week.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 / 7 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Villa upgrade
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EPL winners Aston Villa have started to upgrade before the upcoming games in the champions league. They do it by buying Ajax’s young attacker Daniël de Ridder for £10.25mil. This could be something of a gamble as de Ridder has only scored 21 goals for Ajax over the last four seasons.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 12 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Leon Andreasen ready for Brøndby
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Leon Andreasen have today signed a three year contract with Brøndby. BIF will pay AGF £2mil for the 24 year old midfielder. He will make £10.500 pr month in Brøndby and will be expected to take place in the defensive midfield this season. The player has 1 international cap for Denmark and was voted 3rd best player in the Danish league in the 2006/7 season.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 15 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Bet24
Headline: Odds for SAS ligaen 07/08
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Bet24 have released the odds for the upcoming season in the Danish SAS liga.
Brøndby is favourite to take the title for a fourth straight time with FC København and AaB following close behind.
Brøndby 5/4
FC København 6/4
AaB 8/1

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 16 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: New Brazilian player in Brøndby
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With the signing of 20 year old Wellington from Fortaleza Brøndby now got three Brazilians players on the roster. Striker Wellington will start out in the reserves team and is a long term investment for Brøndby. Here he will team up with fellow Brazilian Jaja who arrived in Brøndby back in 2004/5. Jackson is the last Brazilian on the Brøndby roster and he has spent his time in Denmark as a backup for the first team.
Brøndby also inform that they have not been able to agree on new contracts with Morten Skoubo and Martin Retov. Both players have contract ending within the next year but the high wage demands from the players makes it difficult for Brøndby. Hopefully the two parts can find a solution soon as the two key players will be very hard for Brøndby to replace.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 16 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Online.dk
Headline: Transfer bid for young Brøndby star
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Monaco have made an offer for young Brøndby player Azoulay Yohan. The offer is worth £1.8mil plus a procreates of future sales.
Azoulay Yohan arrived in Brøndby on a free transfer last year and is regarded on of the biggest talents in Danish football right now. He is only 19 years old but has already played in 1 U-21 game for France.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 17 / 7 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Former Brøndby player on the move
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Former Brøndby attacker and Swedish international Johan Elmander is once again on the move. He was sold from Brøndby to Leicester back in the 2005/6 season for £900K. After only 1 ½ year with the team he is on the move again. This time the price is £6.5mil and his new destination is Southampton. The big Swede fits in much better in England then in Denmark where he had a hard time getting playing time in the first team.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 17 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Online.dk
Headline: Today’s results
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Danish Super Cup Final:
Brøndby – FC Midtjylland 1-0 / (1-0)
This year Super Cup between League winner Brøndby and Cup winner FC Midtjylland was played on the Danish national stadium “Parken” in front of 41605 spectators. And for the 3rd year in a row it’s Brøndby who can raise the trophy in the end. The game was decided by a goal by Leon Andreasen with a long shot in his debut for Brøndby.
Brøndby was awarded £90.000 for the win.
Brøndby Game MVP: AMF Thomas Kahlenberg (rating: 10)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 17 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby say no to Monaco
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Brøndby have decided to turn down the offer from Monaco on young France attacker Azoulay Yohan. Manager Thomas Nordskov says it was the unclear situation around Morten Skoubos contract that made him decide not to sell. If Skoubo decides to leave the club and Brøndby also sell Yohan the club could find themselves with very few goal scores left on the roster.
Northwood say that Yohan is still very young and will get his chance in the future but for now he will have to honour his contract with Brøndby.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 18 / 7 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Draw for Champions League
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UEFA has completed the draw for the second qualifying round to the Champions League. Brøndby was among the seeded teams and was drawn against SK Tirana from Albania. The first mach will be played in Tirana 25/7 with the return leg in Brøndby 1/8. The winner will go on to the 3rd and final qualifying round before the main tournament begins.

[daedalus]

I'm likin' it. Hopefully, you keep with the dynasty. :)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 20 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: A closer look at the Brøndby 2007/8 roster
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Onside.dk have taken a in-depth look at the Brøndby 2007/8 roster the day before the new season kicks off.

Position
Name
Nat
Age
Player info
Value

GK
Dimitar Dimitrov
BUL
19
Arrived before this season from Pirin (Bulgaria) and have a lot to learn. Hopefully his services will not be needed this season.
£230K

GK
Karim Zaza
MAR
32
Zaza is the Marrocon national keeper and have been the first choice for Brøndby since day one. Had his best season in 06/07 when he finished the season with an avg rating of 7.43
£950K

D RC
Dan Anton Johansen
DEN
27
A rock in the central defends for the last three seasons. Will likely take over the role as captain when Per Nilsen decides to retire.
£950K

D C
Daniel Agger
DEN
22
An up and coming player. His time will come and he has already played 120 games for Brøndby despit his young age.
£700K

D C
Per Nielsen
DEN
33
Per Nilsen is Mr. Brøndby. Has played a record 378 games for the team. He is the captain and the leader of the defensive line. He is 33 years old and will soon have to be replaced.
£500K

D/DM RL
David Marek
SWE
28
Curently unhappy with his role in Brøndby. Unlikley it will change much this season unless th team gets injury problem.
£95K

D/DM RC
Sebastian Svärd
DEN
24
Was original under contract with Arsenal but brought to Brøndby for £600k. Will have to look for a place in the defensive line this season.
£230K

D/DM L
Asbjørn Sennels
DEN
28
Have not had any competition on the DL in the last three seasons. Have also managed to get 5 national games for Denmark.
£900K

D/DM C
Leon Andreasen
DEN
24
Brøndbys biggest transfer yet when he was brought inn before the start of this season. He takes over from Kim Daugaard as the player who does the hard work on the defensive midfield.
£1M

DM RLC
Stefan Schmidt
DEN
31
Only started 14 games the last three seasons. Will not see much playingtime in the first team this season either.
£45K

DM LC
Jackson
BRA
25
Jackson was the first new player Brøndby brought when Thomas Northwood took over as manager. Have turned out a lot better then expected.
£95K

DM C
Niki Zimling
DEN
22
Zimling have been a frekvent guest on the Danish U-teams the last years. Only 22 he will get his chance in Brøndby in a few years.
£80K

M RC
Martin Retov
DEN
27
One of the best players the last three years. Questionabel if Brøndby have money to renew his contract.
£1.2M

M LC
Jesper Mikkelsen
DEN
26
Have not gotten many chances but have done well the few times he have started.
£95K

M C
Kim Daugaard
DEN
33
Has played his entire career in Brøndby and done a good job. But at age 33 his time is soon up. Will spend the most of this season on the bench behind Leon Andreasen.
£110K

M C
Mads Laudrup
DEN
18
Mads is too young to be on the first team already but his last name buy him some extra credit. We keep him in the first team and give him a bit of playing time now and then and hope he will develop like the rest of his family.
£130K

M C
Kostas Valancauskas
LTU
20
A new face this season in Brøndby. Very young but have already played two national games for Lithauen.
£475K

AM R
Jonas Kamper
DEN
24
Have gotten very little playing time and is not happy about it. Unlikley he will move ahead of Retov and will spend another year as backup.
£900K

AM L
Bashkim Ziberi
DEN
22
A free transfer from FC Nordsjæland before the 06/07 season. Have a fair chance to start this season as AML.
£875K

AM LC
Diego Cochas
ARG
27
Came before last season on a free transfer from River (Argentina). Still need to show that he has what it takes to be a first team player.
£120K

AM C
Thomas Kahlenberg
DEN
24
Brøndbys most valuable player right now. It’s just a question of time before a big club in Europe takes him away from Danish football.
£1.8M

F RC
Babis Stefanidis
SWE
26
Have had a hard time breaking in to the BIF first team. His contract is running out soon and its not yet decided if he will get another chance.
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F LC
Martin Beck Andersen
DEN
23
Have been on loan to other clubs the previous years but the time might be right for Martin B Andersen to finaly get a chance with the Brøndby first team.
£100K

F LC
Peter Graulund
DEN
30
Brought back to Brøndby after a few years around Europe when Johan Elmander left for England. Proberly over the top but we like to give him a second chance.
£825K

F LC
Marc Olsen
DEN
21
Danish U-21 player who have been around a few years already. Have played in 23 first team games over the last three years but still need a break true.
£300K

F LC
Azoulay Yohan
FRA
19
The biggest young prospect currently in Brøndby. Was picked up on a free transfer but have already been noticed around Europe.
£1.2M

S C
Germán Denis
ARG
25
New in Brøndby. Have scored 44 goals the last two seasons and have had an average rating of 7.46. A gamble we hope can turn out fine.
£500K

S C
Morten Skoubo
DEN
27
A goal machine. Have scored 101 goals in the three FM seasons with Brøndby. Unfortunately BIF don’t have the money to give him a new contract!!!
£1.4M

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 22 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndbys starting 11 for the first game of the season
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The Brøndby front office early today announced the names of the 11 players selected to start in the very first game of the regular season against FC København. They will most likely line up in the 4-3-1-2 formation they have used with great success since Thomas Northwood took over the club. That will make the starting line-up look like this:

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| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
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| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S4 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
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[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 22 / 7 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 1/33:
Brøndby – FC København 3-3 / (2-0)
The teams open the season with the 12th match between the two teams. Brøndby got off to the best possible start with a goal after just 4 minutes of play when Martin Retov scored on a fast break. After 21 minutes Azoulay Yohan showed why he is expected to be the next big star in Brøndby Stadium when he finished off a Brøndby attack with a perfect shot for the second Brøndby goal of the day. 2-0 was also the score at halftime. In the second half Brøndby quickly found themselves under pressure and it only took FC København (FCK) 7 minutes to get back within one goal. Jesper Bech was the goal score for FCK. It only took them 12 minutes to get the next and the two teams were even again. With only 9 minutes to play it looked like Azoulay Yohan would be the deciding factor when he put Brøndby back on top with his second goal of the day. But FCK came back once again. In OT Alvaro Santos scored the 6th goal of the day to tie the game at 3-3.
Brøndby Game MVP: Thomas Kahlenberg (rating: 9)

Other results:
AB – Sønderjyske 4 -1
AaB – Frem 4 - 0
FC Nordsjæland – Esbjerg 1 – 1

Injuryes:
DR Allan Olesen – Out 5 days with shoulder injury

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 22 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Danish Football Union (DBU)
Headline: Thomas Northwood to take over Denmark
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In a press release the gowning body of Danish Football (DBU) confirm that they are in contact with Brøndby and Thomas Northwood regarding the possibility for Northwood taking over the Danish national team. After Denmark was knocked out already in the early stages of last years world championship in Germany
Thomas Northwood was earlier this month offered the job as manager for the American national team but turned down the job. This time around most commentators expect Northwood to take the job. He has an in-depth knowledge of Danish football and has shown that he can produce results after winning the national title for three years in a row with Brøndby.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 22 / 7 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Ibrahimovic moves back to Italy
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to Italy to play for Inter in the coming season. He comes from Villarreal with a price tag of £13.25mil. That’s more then the double of what they paid Juventus for the Swedish international 18 month ago.

[Northwood_DK]

Side note:
In real life Real Madrid have just put in an offer for £48mil for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Zlatan who was the man behind Juventus winning the Italian league this week will not go anywhere according to Juve.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/may/italnews220505.html

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 23 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Thomas Northwood say “YES” to Denmark
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Brøndby today confirmed that success-manager Thomas Northwood have said yes to take over the Danish national team from today’s date. He will remain manager for Brøndby. Denmark is currently in the hunt for a place in the European Championship in group 7 together with Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary and Faroe Islands. After the first five games in the grope Denmark is tied with Turkey on first place with 10 points. The next mach is 1/9 home against Hungary.

[atatange1]

I have a couple questions. What is your financial situation like? How difficult is it to get players to come to Brondby?

[Northwood_DK]

I have a couple questions. What is your financial situation like? How difficult is it to get players to come to Brondby?

After our “success” in last years CL our transfer budget moved up from £1mil to £3.8mil. The problem is our boards view on wages. The highest paid player now is Martin Retov with a weekly wage of £15.200. Some of our key players will need new contract but we will likely have to let them go because we can only offer them £20.000.

We can get players from Scandinavia to sign with us but it’s almost impossible to get any established players from Europe to come to Denmark and play. We have to try to pick up prospects and hope they turn in to good players.


| General Finances | |
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| Transfer Budget (Season) | £3,865,591 |
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| Transfer Budget (Remaining) | £369,128 |
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| % of transfer revenue made available | 75% |
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| Sponsors | 3 year deal at £33.72K per season. Ends 2010 |
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| Loans Outstanding | £16M - Bank (£110K/per month until 19.9.2025) |
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[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 25 / 7 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League qual round 2, Leg 1:
SK Tirana – Brøndby 3-3 / (1-2)
Two minutes was all it took for Brøndby to get the first goal (scored by Morten Skoubo). After 17 minutes SK Tirana were awarded a penalty when Karim Zaza pushed another player inside the box and the score was back to level. Azoulay Yohan joined in 3 minutes later to make it 1-2 and that lasted until halftime. Once again Brøndby started out fast and got the 3rd goal of the day after 4 minutes in the second half. For some reason Brøndby then completely stopped playing football and SK Tirana took full advantage. They scored 2 goals in the last half hour of play and the game finished
3-3.
Brøndby Game MVP: Bashkim Ziberi (rating: 8)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 27 / 7 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Draw for Champions League
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UEFA have completed the draw for the 3rd and final qualifying round to the Champions League. The winner from the SK Tirana – Brøndby match was also in the draw but none of the teams was seeded. That meant that an unlucky draw can put them up against teams as ManU, Valencia, Milan or Roma.

When the draw was finished Brøndby found them self drawn against Greek champions Panathinaikos AO.

We expect a comment on the draw from the Brøndby front office later today.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 27 / 7 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Comment on Champions league draw
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Brøndbys manager Thomas Northwood today talked with the press about yesterdays Champions League (CL) draw. Northwood said that he was satisfied with the draft but it would take hard work to get past the Greek team. Panathinaikos AO have played in the group stage in the CL the last three years but never made it to the knock-out rounds.
Northwood also expressed his disappointment in the performance by the team in the first game against SK Tirana. He pointed out that it’s unforgivable to allow 3 goals in a CL game and that the team now has put themselves under an unnecessary pressure before the return game.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 27 / 7 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Leeds request for Moffa
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Leeds who just returned to the best English league this season have sent a request to Brøndby for Matteo Moffa. Brøndby picked up Moffa Padova back in 2005/6 for £1.2mil but he have had a troubled time in Denmark ever since. He have only started 6 games for the team and have been more known for his tendency to not show up for practise then his achievement of the field. He was been fined several times and currently finds himself in the Brøndby reserve team.

With the request from Leeds it’s expected that Brøndby will try to cut their losses and get rid of Moffa for any price

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 29 / 7 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 2/33:
Brøndby – FC Nordsjæland 0-0 (0-0)
The first 45 minutes was totally dominated by Brøndby. They won the first half’s shot statistic 15-1 but were unable to get the ball over the line for the goal. The trend continued in the second half when FC Nordsjæland did not have a single shot on goal. Skoubo had the leave the field with a minor injury and was replaced by Peter Grandlund but to no help. Brøndby had a total of 23 shots but had to settle for 0-0 in the end.
For the second week in a row Brøndby have to leave the field with just one point. Despite only having two points after the two first games Brøndby is still 3rd in the table. Only two teams (AB and AaB) have maximum 6 points after the first two games.
Brøndby Game MVP: AML Bashkim Ziberi (rating: 8)
Other results:
AGF – OB 0-0
Esbjerg – Aab 1-2
Silkeborg – FC København 0-0
Sønderjyske – FC Midtjylland 1-1

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 30 / 7 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Leeds say no to Moffa
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It looks like Brøndby tried to squeeze the lemon a bit to much when they asked Leeds to pay £325.000 for midfielder Matteo Moffa. Leeds has confirmed that they are no longer interested. Several other clubs have decided to give Moffa and extra look after Leeds showed interest. Italian clubs Foggia, Padova and Cittadella have together with Danish club Vejle showed interest.

[Desnudo]

I like the formatting of your posts. It's also always nice to read stories not involving the bigger leagues.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 1 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby Board
Headline: Board confidence update
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Despite Brøndbys shaky start to the season with only two points in the first two league games the board is still delighted with the performance of manager Thomas Northwood.

[Northwood_DK]

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Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for SK Tirana game
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Brøndby have released the 11 names for the starting line-up for tonight’s important Champions League game against SK Tirana. It’s without any surprises (DR Allan Olesen have returned from his injury) and is identical to the one that started the FC Nordsjæland game.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S4 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| S5 | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| S6 | Germán Denis | S C |
| S7 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 1 / 8 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League qual round 2, Leg 2:
Brøndby - SK Tirana 8-0 / (5-0)
This game was decided after 17 minutes of play. That was all it took Brøndby to score 3 goals. Brøndby was totally dominant and had 17 shots on target against Tiranas only 1. This was proberly the best performance ever by a Brøndby team and no less then 4 players finished the game with a rating of 10. The goal was scored by Per Nilsen (1), Thomas Kahlenberg (2), Morten Skoubo (2) and Azoulay Yohan (3).
The 8-0 win is also a new Brøndby record (single game goals).
Brøndby is now ready for the 3rd round game against Panathinaikos AO. The first leg will be played 8/8 in Brøndby.
Brøndby Game MVP: FC Azoulay Yohan (rating: 10)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 2 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Rosenborg with bid for Brøndby player
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Norwegian champions Rosenborg have today made a bid for Brøndby’s Jonas Andre Holberg. Jonas is only 20years old and arrived in Brøndby from Steinkjer (Norway) for £18K after the 2005 season. He has spend all his time in the reserves team and have still to get his first start in the Brøndby first team. He is under contract with Brøndby until jul08. He is a very rough talent but definitely have potential. Rosenborg is willing to pay £150K plus 30% of the next sale for the player.
Brøndby have decided to turn down the offer.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 2 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby physio
Headline: Thomas Kahlenberg injured
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Thomas Kahlenberg will be out for a week with a shoulder injury picked up during today’s training session. Kahlenberg will not be available for the next league game against Silkeborg coming up in just 3 days. Their is also fear that he might miss the first leg of the CL mach against Greek team Panathinaikos AO.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 2 / 8 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: New interest for Moffa
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After Brøndby turned down the price from £325.000 to £300.000, five clubs showed new interest in the player. If he is sold from Brøndby for that price the club will loss more then £1mil. Considering the problems Brøndby have had with the player and his lack of success, Brøndby will likely be willing to pay that price.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 3 / 8 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Spanish clubs spends big money
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After buying Frank Lampard from Chelsea for £23mil and Cristiano Ronaldo from ManU for £20mil in the 05/06 season, Valencia once again takes out the wallet and spends big money in the transfer marked. This time they pick up forward Javier Ernesto Chevanton from Barcelona for the price of £32.5mil. The 26year old player from Uruguay has played in Barcelona for two seasons after arriving from Monaco for £10.25mil.
Spanish club Real Madrid also added a new player to the roster. Two weeks before the Spanish league kicks off manager Benito Floro spend £14.25mil on a new defensive midfielder. His name is Philipp Lahm and he has played 9 internationals for Germany and arrives from Bayern M. The signing is announced only hours after Zinedine Zidane tells the world press about his plans to retire after this season.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for Silkeborg game
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Thomas Kahlenberg is still a few days from being recovered from his shoulder injury. Therefore Brøndby has to make a few changes before today’s game. Jonas Kamper has complained about little playing time but will get his chance today as he takes over the AMC from Kahlenberg. That also gives Diego Cochas his first selection of the year. He will start on the bench.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S4 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 8 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 3/33:
Silkeborg – Brøndby 1-1 / (1-0)
The first goal comes after 35 minutes when Karim Zaza pushes the ball straight out to an opponent who can score easily. In the second half Silkeborg does nothing but defend without Brøndby being able to crack them open. With 10 minuets left of the game, Thomas Northwood pulls out a defender and replace him with a 3rd attacker Peter Graulund. 2 minuets in to overtime Brøndby gets their 10th corner of the day. Jonas Kamper aims for the first goalpost where he finds Morten Skoubo who heads the ball in to the net. That’s his 135th goal in his career and it secures Brøndbys 3rd tie in the 3 games.
Brøndby Game MVP: Morten Skoubo (rating: 8)

Other results:
FC København – AGF 0-0
OB – Sønderjyske 1-2
AB – Esbjerg 1-0
AaB – Nordsjæland 2-0
FC Midtjylland – Frem 2-1

Team of the week: Morten Skoubo and Per Nielsen

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 8 / 2007
Sources: UKSoccerNews.com
Headline: Community Shields
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In the game between English league and cup winners, Liverpool takes home the price after two goals by Ivica Olic. Juan Pablo Angle scored once for Aston Villa. That’s the 13th time Liverpool wins the Community Shields. That ties ManU for most wins.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 8 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Moffa finished in Brøndby
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Brøndby and Foggia today decided to a deal for midfielder Matteo Moffa. He will leave Brøndby after three seasons in Brøndby. In that period he have only started 6 games for the Danish champions. Moffa has previous been in Milan, Novara, Padova and now Foggia. The price of £300.000 is a long way from the £1.2mil Brøndby paid to get him to Denmark and it gets even bigger when Padova gets their 25% form the sell-on clause in the last contract.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for first leg of Panathinaikos AO game
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No big surprises from the Brøndby front office. The starting 11 is the same as in weekends 1-1 game against Silkeborg. Thomas Kahlenberg will not be ready and his place will once again be taken by Jonas Kamper. Brøndby will need a win if they want to have any chance to advance in this year tournament.


| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| S4 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S5 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S6 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S7 | German Denis | S C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 8 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League qual round 3, Leg 1:
Brøndby - Panathinaikos AO FT 1-1 / ( HT 0-0)
Brøndby was the dominant team in the first half of the game. They had a total of 11 shots in the first half but only 5 of them was on target and most was from fare outside the arrear. In the other end of the field Karim Zaza only had one shot to look after in the first 45 minutes of play.
In the second half the audience of 27529 had to wait until the 75th minute for the first goal. Leon Andreasen sends a high ball in to the penalty arrear where Peter Graulund was held down. Penalty Brøndby. Dan Anton Johanson made no mistakes and put Brøndby up 1-0. Brøndby continued to press on to get the important second goal but the tactic backfired 10 minutes later. Panathinaikos AO took full advantage of one of Brøndbys weak spots, when they challenged Per Nielsen on speed. He was chanceless against Dimitriadis and he made no mistake one-on-one with Karim Zaza. 1-1.
Brøndby had a few more chances and won the shot-statistic 19-2 but the final result was 1-1.
Not a great result for Brøndby. They now have to travel to Greece and win (or draw 2-2 or more). This is of cause not impossible but Panathinaikos AO must be considered huge favourites after tonight’s result.
Brøndby Game MVP: Per Nielsen (rating: 8)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 9 / 2007
Sources: AGF Fans Homepage
Headline: Stefanidis moves to AGF?
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Rumours on the AGF Fans homepage today claims that Brøndbys Babis Stefanidis is on the way to Aarhus. The Swedish U-international have been in Brøndby for 4 years but have since his debut season in 04/05 not been able to secure a spot in the first team and was not yet been able to get a new contract. He will not cost AGF anything if he decides to sign the contract.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 9 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Trash-talk once again
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Once again before a Brøndby – AaB game the two managers have a hard time keeping their mouth closed. Again this time it was AaBs manager Erik Hamren who started the “show” with a comment about Brøndby not being good enough to win the title this year. That’s more or less his standard comment in front of every Brøndby – AaB game. Brøndbys GM Northwood normally doesn’t talk a lot in the press but it didn’t take him long to firer back at Hamren this time and his response was not very polite. He told the press that he was not sure if Hamren was good enough to coach in the top level and that he was not the type of manager he wanted in the game.
This will hardly calm down the hype before the game where Brøndby needs to win after finishing the three first games with three ties and only three points. AaB on the other hand is off to great start with three wins and nine points.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 10 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for AaB game
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Thomas Kahlenberg is still not ready and Jonas Kamper have not impressed in the two last games. That gives Argentine Diego Cochas a chance as the attacking midfielder this week.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Diego Cochas | AM R |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S4 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 / 8 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Arsenal upgrades on offence
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After just one round in the EPL Arsenal make a huge upgrade of their offends. Its former Tottenham attacker Jermain Defoe who will now be the new player next to Thierry Henry. He cost the London club £17.25mil.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 / 8 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 4/33:
Brøndby - AaB FT 2-0 / (HT 0-0)
After the war of words in the media it was time to settle it all on the field and it was Brøndby all the way. Martin Retov was the big player in this game scoring the first goal himself cleaning up after Skoubo after a fast break. Retov was the brain behind the second goal, setting Skoubo up for the easy tap-in. 28226 watched Brøndby take 17 shots against AaB 9, and Brøndby is now back in the hunt.
Brøndby Game MVP: Martin Retov (rating: 9)

Other results:
Esbjerg – FC Midtjyland 0 – 2
FC Nordsjæland – AB 0 – 2
Frem – OB 0 – 0
Sønderjyske – FC København 0 – 0
AGF – Silkeborg 1 - 0

Team of the week: Bashkim Ziberi

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 12 / 9 / 2007
Sources: AGF Fans Homepage
Headline: Stefanidis is a no-go
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Babis Stefanidis today denied all talks about leaving Brøndby for AGF when he signed a new 3-year contract with BIF. He stated his good relationship and opportunity to learn from Morten Skoubo as the main reason to stay in Brøndby. With his future now settled in Brøndby its expected that he will get a bit more playing time in the months to come.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 15 / 9 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Maxi returns to Europe
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After a failed attempt to make an impact in European football back in 2004/5, Argentinean striker Maxi Lopez has decided to return to Europe and Spanish football. In 2004/5 He quickly returned to South America and River after a short visit to Barcelona where he never played a single mach. This time he travels to Deportivo on a 3-year contract. He will join Freddy Adu on top of the Deportivo attack.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 18 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for AGF game
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Thomas Kahlenberg is back and that moves Diego Cochas back on the bench. After signing his new contract Babis Stefanidis is selected among the 15 players ready for the game for the first time this year. Brøndby will hope to get away from this match with a minimum of trouble as the second the of the champions league game is coming up just three days after the AGF game. This will also be the first time Leon Andreasen is back in Aarhus after moving to Brøndby this summer.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S4 | Diego Cochas | AM R |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 19 / 8 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 5/33:
AGF - Brøndby FT 0-3 / (HT 0-2)
Brøndby got the easy win they were looking for in Aarhus. It took just 5 minutes for Martin Retov to get the first goal. Azoulay Yohan scored a second in the 27th minute after Morten Skoubos second assist of the day. After that Brøndby went on cruise-control and just controlled the rest of the game. Leon Andreasen got a goal against his old team in the start of the second half when he out-jumped the AGF defends on a corner and headed the ball in to the corner of the goal. Thomas Kahlenberg was also back with a bang winning man of the mach. He had six key passes and also got an assist.
Brøndby Game MVP: Thomas Kahlenberg (rating: 9)

Other results:
AB – AaB 3-3
FC Midtjylland – FC Nordsjæland 1-0
OB – Esbjerg 2-0
Silkeborg – Sønderjyske 1-1
FC København – Frem 2 - 0

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 20 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for second leg of Panathinaikos AO game
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18 Brøndby players was ready in Kastrup Airport (Copenhagen) this morning to board the plane to Greece for without a question the most important Brøndby game of the season. Not because Brøndby has any hope of winning the Champions League title but for the financial aspect. If Brøndby manages to squeeze past Panathinaikos AO they will be guaranteed an income of more then £5mil this season in price money and TV-revenue. That’s more then double the amount Brøndby can normally expect to earn in a single season.
Defends is the same as the previous games and Thomas Kahlenberg is be back from injury as AMC. German Denis and Daniel Agger will be added as substitutes together with an extra goalkeeper (Dimitrov). Peter Graulund is also out and replaced by Babis Stefanidis who just signed a new contract earlier this week.
Brøndby will start out in the 4-3-1-2 formations but with Panathinaikos AO having the away-goal from the first leg, Brøndby will have to score a goal if they want to move ahead. Expect them to switch to 3-3-1-3 if necessary.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| S4 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S5 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| S6 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S7 | German Denis | S C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 21 / 9 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: More big transfers
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The big clubs in Europe keep spending big money before they have to announce the list of the 25 players ready to play in the Champions League. Today Chelsea used another £30mil on top of the £93mil from last season. The new player in Stamford Bridge is Dutch attacking midfielder Wesley Sneijder. He went from Ajax to Valencia back in 2004/5 and was named in the “Team of the season” in Spain last season. Now he moves to England to play his football in London.
The other big transfer of the day is journey-man Javier Saviola and this time he sets a new transfer record. He came back to Barcelona after the loan to Monaco in 2004/5 only to be sold to Inter for £23mil. In Inter he only got 14 games (7 goals) before he moved to the other big Milano club AC Milan. They paid £33mil to get him. That’s 44 games ago and now he is on the move again. The buyer is Barcelona!!! They now pay more then double the price the got for him back in 2005/6. The price is an amazing £53mil with a monthly wage to the player of £170.000. That’s still a long way from the £425.000 Joaquin and Zambrotta is paid weakly with their current contracts.

[Northwood_DK]

Side note:
I must say that I really don’t like this Saviola transfer. The rapid moves is acceptable but unlikely, but for him to return to his original club for more then double the amount he was sold for in the first place is just not happening. I cannot say I have ever seen this happen in real life. It of cause happens that players return to their original club after a short time, but that is normally when they bust and the re-buy price is never bigger then the original transfer.
This was the first “mistake” by the game I noticed in 15 hours of play so I guess I can live with it.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 22 / 8 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League qual round 3, Leg 2:
Panathinaikos AO - Brøndby FT 1-1 / (HT 1 – 0)
In a must win game for Brøndby they were off to a bad start when MR Martin Retov had to leave the field already after 21 minutes with a minor injury. He was replaced by Jonas Kamper. After 32 minutes it got a lot worse. A harmless free kick by Panathinaikos in to the penalty arrear was fumbled over the goal line by Karim Zaza for an own goal. Now Brøndby needed a goal just to tie and get extra-time. They stayed in their normal 4-3-1-2 formation until the 59th minute. At that time manager Thomas Northwood decided it was time to gamble and changed formation to 3-3-1-3. Defender Asbjoern Sennels was taken off the field and replaced by attacker Babis Stefanidis. Morten Skoubo was also taken off (with a small injury) and German Denis replaced him up in front. The reward of the gamble came after 71 minutes of play. A free kick from midfield was sent in to the Panathinaikos penalty arrear. The cleanse felt to Leon Andreasen who took the shot from 30yds out between friends and enemies and it went in all the way down in the right bottom corner of the goal. 1-1 and the two teams were back to even. Brøndby changed back to their normal formation for the remaining of the game and nothing much happened in the last 15 minutes of play. Panathinaikos had the biggest chances in the first half of extra time without getting the all important goal. In the second half of extra time Panathinaikos suddenly found themselves under pressure when they had a man shown his second yellow card and was reduced to jus 10 men. They changed formation to only have one attacker and Brøndby took advantage and moved back to playing with 3 attackers in the last 5 minutes. It didn’t help any and the game was to be decided by penalties.
Five players from each team and if no winner is found 1 player from each team until a winner is found. The same player can not kick twice.
Brøndby won the draw and decide to kick first.

Dan Anthon Johansen (penalty rating: 15) takes the first kick.
Starts his run-up and scores without problem

Brøndby 1 – Panathinaikos 0
Konstantinou (penalty rating: 16) is first out for Panathinaikos and he make no mistakes.
Brøndby 1 – Panathinaikos 1
Next up for Brøndby is Babis Stefanidis (penalty rating: 12). His second nationality is Greek but he shows no sign of the pressure and puts Brøndby back in front.
Brøndby 2 – Panathinaikos 1
Dimitriadis (penalty rating: 15) is solid as a rock and Karim Zaza is not even close to saving the ball.
Brøndby 2 – Panathinaikos 2
German Denis (penalty rating: 12) is next on the spot for Brøndby. He only takes two steps back and delivers a weak shot. Saved!!
Brøndby 2 – Panathinaikos 2
Panathinaikos South African defender Nasief Morris (penalty rating: 8) gives the Greek the lead for the second time today and adds pressure on Brøndby.
Brøndby 2 – Panathinaikos 3
Bashkim Ziberi (penalty rating: 11) must score for Brøndby to have a chance of coming back and puts the ball in the middle of the goal when the keeper dives early.
Brøndby 3 – Panathinaikos 3
This looks like a mistake from Panathinaikos. Defensive midfielder Papadimitriou shows why he only has a penalty rating of 2. Zaza has no problem saving his attempt.
Brøndby 3 – Panathinaikos 3
Jonas Kamper (penalty rating: 13) puts the pressure back on Panathinaikos with a goal on the 5th and final penalty.
Brøndby 4 – Panathinaikos 3
Panathinaikos biggest star Emmanuel Olisadebe (penalty rating: 14) now must score or the game will be over. But he shows why he is the highest paid player in Greek football and score safely.
Brøndby 4 – Panathinaikos 4
Its now one player from each team until a winner is found. The 12.000 spectator is getting full value for their money.
Thomas Kahlenberg (penalty rating: 8) steps up first for Brøndby. He shows why clubs around the world has started to take notice of him and puts Brøndby back on top.
Brøndby 5 – Panathinaikos 4
Konstantinidis (penalty rating: 3) now must score to keep Panathinaikos in the game. He steps up and…..

Blast the ball over the bar.

BRØNDBY WINS.

Brøndby moves on to the group stage of the Champions League with a 7-6 win after extra time and penalties.

[Northwood_DK]

Side note:
It’s a long time since I have been talking to my screen but this game was a real roller-coaster ride and had me screaming at the small dots running around in 2-D on my screen. From the early goal by Panathinaikos AO, the surprise equalizer, overtime, the red card, the missed penalty, the save by Zaza and finally the joy of victory.
Now I remember why I love CM/FM…………

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 23 / 8 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Champions League groups stage draw
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Brøndby has been awarded £2.7mil after qualifying to the group stage of the Champions League. That helped the club move in to positive numbers for the season and gives them a hope to reach last years fine result of £8.4mil in plus.

In the draw Brøndby was put in Group A together with three well known teams in European football. The draw looks like this:

Real Madrid
Brøndby
Paris SG
Dinamo Kiev

The first round will be played 11/9 when Real Madrid’s star players will visit Brøndby.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 23 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Brøndby sign new AMC
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With the Danish transfer deadline coming up in just one week, Brøndby today decided to upgrade their roster before the upcoming Champions League. The new player added to the Brøndby team is Algerian international Mehdi Guerrouad. He comes from Danish second division club Viborg with a price tag of £250k.
Experts around Danish football see this as the first move by Brøndby to preparer for the departure of Thomas Kahlenberg. He got one year left on his contract and has already announced that he is not interested in renewing it. That will force Brøndby to try to sell him in the near future if the want to get any money for him. Selling him look like an easy task with clubs like Lazio, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Everton already showing interest.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 24 / 8 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: Inter wins Euro Super Cup
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The Champions League winners Inter today won the Euro Super Cup 3-1 over UEFA Cup winners Real Madrid. In the game played in Monaco, Raul scored the first goal but the day all belonged to Inter superstar Adriano. He scored two goals himself and also had an assist.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 25 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for AB game
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No changes to the team that have started the last two weeks with great success. New signing Mehdi Guerrouad will need some extra time with his new team-mates before he is ready to take a place in the first team. The opponent AB leads the league after 5 rounds with four wins and one tie.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S4 | Diego Cochas | AM R |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 26 / 8 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 6/33:
Brøndby - AB FT 4-0 / (HT 2-0)
There has never been scored less then three goals in any match between these two teams and today was no exception. Brøndby played a flawless game today and gave AB their first loss of the season. Yohan got the first goal after 10 minutes when he scored on a loss ball after a Skoubo shot. In the 29th minute it was Skoubos own turn to get on the score sheet. With a move seen hundreds of time before on Brøndby stadium, Kahlenberg made the perfect pass up true the middle of the opponents defends and Skoubo had no problem scoring. In the 59th minute Yohan got his second of the day and it was one of the best goals seen in Brøndby this season. A half volley from 30yds out to the upper right hand corner. The last goal of the game was a long shot by Leon Andreasen. After only getting three points in the three first games, Brøndby have now made 9 points in the last three games with a 9-0 score record.
Brøndby Game MVP: Thomas Kahlenberg (rating: 10)

Other results:
FC Norsjælland – OB 0-0
AaB – FC Midtjylland 3-1
Esbjerg – FC København 1-0
Frem – Silkeborg 1-0
Sønderjyske – AGF 3-1

Team of the week: Karim Zaza, Leon Andreasen and Per Nilsen

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 27 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Standing after 6 weeks of play
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With the first six weeks of play completed its time to take a look at the standing. FC Nordsjælland came up from the second best division this year, and still has to win a match this year but with three draws they are still only 1 point behind the rest of the pack. Three teams only got four points after six games. Silkeborg is the only other team without a win and Frem is the other team promoted from the lower league. In the top four teams have opened up a small gap. AB is a bit of a surprise but the other three teams is all expected to be in the top. Brøndby is the only team without a loss this year.

| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | AaB | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 |
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| 2nd | | AB | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 |
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| 3rd | | Brøndby | | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 12 |
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| 4th | | FC Midtjylland | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5th | | SønderjyskE | | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6th | | FC København | | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7th | | OB | | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8th | | AGF | | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9th | | Silkeborg | | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10th | | Esbjerg fB | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
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| 11th | | Frem | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12th | | FC Nordsjælland | | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 28 / 9 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: More transfers
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Ashley Cole is lost to English football. Arsenal decided to let him go when Inter offered £18.5mil for the talented left defender.
With the purchase of Saviola for more then £50mil Barcelona had to sell some players to get some cash. That coasted Samuel Etoó his job. He will not be to upset when he sees his new pay check from Chelsea of £240.000 pr month. That’s close to $5mil pr year.
Real Madrid picked up one of the brightest young stars of European football when they paid Zaragoa £16.25mil for Portuguese midfielder Tiago.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 28 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for FC Midtjylland game
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Brøndby is forced to make a few changes before tomorrow’s game. Thomas Kahlenberg was injured in training today and will be out for a week with a sprained wrist. Diego Cochas will move back in as AMC and Mehdi Cuerrouad will get his first taste of Brøndby first team football from the bench. On the bench Daniel Agger replaces Sebastian Svärd.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Diego Cochas | AM R |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Daniel Agger | DC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S4 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 29 / 8 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 7/33:
Brøndby – FC Midtjylland FT 4-0 / (HT 1-0)
Again Brøndby got off to a fast start when Skoubo used his speed and scored on a counterattack after just 6 minutes. That was the only goal in the first half but the fans only had to wait 15 sec for the first goal of the second half. Five passes was all it took before Diego Cochas got his first goal for Brøndby. That broke FC Midtjylland completely and Brøndby got two more easy goals by Retov and Dan Anton Johansen (penalty) before full time. When the game was over FC Midtjylland had not had a single shot at goal.
After today’s game Brøndby finds themselves back on the top of Danish football one point clear of the field. They continued their hot-run with the second 4-0 win in just three days and can now look back on four wins in a row before going on a mini-break because of international games coming up.
Brøndby Game MVP: Martin Retov (rating: 10)

Other results:
AB – OB 0-0
AaB – FC København 0-1
Esbjerg – AGF 0-1
FC Nordsjælland – Silkeborg 1-1
Frem – Sønderjyske 2-2

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 31 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: crises in Brøndby front office?
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Brøndbys manager Thomas Northwood had a hard time hiding this disappointment when he talked to Onside.dk just minutes after he left the meeting with the Brøndby board. The emergency meeting was called after it was clearer the Morten Skoubo once again had turned down a contract offer from Brøndby due to the low basic wage offered by the club. Skoubo asks for close to £36.000 pr month while the Brøndby board only will allow £22.000 and after tonight’s meeting it was clear that they had no intentions to change their mind. Brøndby will risk loosing some of their key players in the months to come if they don’t agree to sign new contracts soon. Its unknown if Northwood will give the board an ultimatum or try to work out deals with the players inside today’s financial structure.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Danish Football Union (DBU)
Headline: Thomas Northwood’s first games with Denmark
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The two first games for Denmark under new manager Thomas Northwood ended with a win and a draw. Northwood was very conservative picking out his team but had to make some tough choices when a lot Denmark’s best attackers were hit by injury. Three Brøndby players were selected and Dan Anthon Johansen got his two first internationals.
The first of the two games was a home game against Hungary. It was an ugly game with 11 yellow and 2 red cards but none of the teams managed to score a goal. Denmark was the only team with shots on goal (10) but none of them got over the line.
The second game was an away game against Slovakia and a must win if Denmark still wanted to have a chance to qualify. Northwood was saved by Fulham attacking midfielder Claus Jensen who scored two times. Claus Jensen was not even selected in the team of 25 players travelling to the mach but was added later when another played was out to injury.
Denmark’s have temporarily taken over the lead in group 7 from Turkey. Denmark has 14 points, one more point then the Turks but also a game more played. Denmark’s next game will be in one month against Faeroe Islands.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for Frem game
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Just three days before the biggest game ever in Brøndby against Real Madrid, the players have to focus on the domestic league and newly promoted Frem. Thomas Kahlenberg has recovered from his injury but is still not fit for fight and the Brøndby team has decided to spare him to the Real game. Some of the Brøndby players are already starting to feel the hard program. They have played 15 games already and will have to play 40 more before the season is over. Thomas Northwood will have to find a way to rest some key players soon.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Diego Cochas | AM R |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Daniel Agger | DC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S4 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 9 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 8/33:
Frem - Brøndby FT 0-4 / (HT 0-2)
For the 3rd time in a row Brøndby got away with a 4-0 win. Frem got of to the best start and was awarded a penalty after just 10 minutes of play when Allan Olesen stopped a Frem player in the penalty arrear. Karim Zaza took a gamble and remained standing in the middle of that goal and could easily save the poor taken penalty. After that it was all Brøndby. Morten Skoubo got the first goal after 16 minutes with the help from Yohan on another Brøndby-fast break. Just before halftime Martin Retov pressed a Frem defender to make an own-goal to make it 2-0 at half time. Brøndby used all their three subs early in the second half to try to give some key players some rest before the Wednesdays meeting with Real Madrid. That worked out fine as both Daniel Agger and Mehdi Guerrouad scored a goal.
Brøndby now suddenly finds them self back on the top of Danish football league. A strange turn of events considering the poor start to the season.
Brøndby Game MVP: Allan Olesen (rating: 9)

Other results:
FC København – AB 4-3
AGF – Nordsjælland 1-0
OB – Midtjylland 2-0
Silkeborg – AaB 0-2
Sønderjyske – Esbjerg 1-1

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 10 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby Fans Homepage
Headline: A closer look at Real Madrid
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The Spanish titleholders don’t need any presentation. They have upgraded for £46mil before this season but still have well known names as Beckham, Carlos, Raul, and Zidane on their roster. Joaquin and Xabi Alonso are the new stars in Madrid. Brøndby is chanceless in the two matches against a Real Madrid team that could play their backups and still be heavy favourites. For many of the Brøndby players this will be the only time they will ever play on this big a stage. If Brøndby can not expect to get a win on the field against Real Madrid, they will be laughing all the way to the bank. It will be a surprise if Brøndby don’t set a new audience and audience revenue record when Real comes to town.
Expected Real Madrid starting line-up:

| -----------------------------------|
| GK | Gianluca Curci |
| DR | P Lahm |
| DL | P Evra |
| DC | Pablo |
| DC | V Kompany |
| MR | Joaquin |
| ML | D Stankovic |
| MC | Tiago |
| MC | Xabi Alonso |
| FC | Raul |
| FC | F Morientes |
| -----------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for Group A game against Real Madrid
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Only a few surprises were to be found in the Brøndby line-up for the game against mighty Real Madrid. On the field Thomas Kahlenberg gets back in his first game since 26/8 and Babis Stefanidis takes the place of second attacker next to Morten Skoubo. Azoulay Yohan have had a great start to the season but has looked very tired on the practise field the last few days and the 19year old player is just not in a physical shape to start today’s mach. He will start the game on the bench. Of the 18 Brøndby players ready for tonight’s game 7 of them is not Danish.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| S4 | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| S5 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S6 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S7 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 / 8 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League Group A Round 1:
Brøndby – Real Madrid FT 1-2 / (HT 1 – 1)
The 31262 on the stands feared the worst when Fernando Morientes scored already after 1:04 on a well executed attack. Luckily Brøndby didn’t panic and managed to pull back even after just 17 minutes on a long shot by Martin Retov. The rest of the half was one long press by the Madrid team but they never managed to get the second goal. Brøndby started the second half by pulling Morten Skoubo and Bashkim Ziberi out, who both had had days against the solid opponents. They were replaced by Azoulay Yohan and Diego Cochas. The game was decided after 55 minutes when Morients got his second of the day when he scored on his own rebound from a header on a cross from Stankovic. Brøndby was never close in the remaining 35 minutes of the game and Real winning the shots-stat 25-6 gives a good picture of the game.
In the other game in the group PSG won 2-1 over Ukrainian Dinamo Kiev.
Brøndby Game MVP: Per Nielsen (rating: 8)

[Northwood_DK]

Side note:
http://www.brondby.com/upload/biffile_u1ov0kezuj8c54u2rdmk_34689.jpg
Brøndby today won the Danish championship with a convincing 7-0 at home over Herfølge.
Johan Elmander(15 min.) 1 - 0
Thomas Kahlenberg(20 min.) 2 - 0
Per Nielsen(37 min.) 3 - 0
Daniel Agger(45 min.) 4 - 0
Martin Retov(50 min.) 5 - 0
Thomas Kahlenberg(52 min.) 6 - 0
Morten Skoubo(84 min.) 7 – 0

They are now 11 points clear with just three round left to play. This was the first championship for Brøndby since 2002 and their 10th overall. It was also their first win with former Danish international Michael Laudrup as manager.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 12 / 8 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: New Brøndby record
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Everybody knew it would be difficult for Brøndby to get a win on the field against Real Madrid but they still came away with something from the game. £575.000 is a new gate receipts record in Brøndby. The old record of £525.000 was from last year when Liverpool visited in the second knockout round in the UEFA-cup. 31626 was also the highest attendance this season but not a new Brøndby record. The record is from the 2005/6 season when 31733 showed up at Brøndby stadium to see the league match against FC København. That was just 15 persons short of a complete sell-out. The average attendance to a Brøndby game has increased from 20085 in 2004/5 to 23568 after the two first month of play this year.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 15 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for SønderjyskeE game
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The biggest challenge for this game was to refocus on the domestic league after the big game against Real Madrid. Daniel Agger will replace Asbjørn Sennels on DL for his first start of the season. Sennels will not be among the 15 players selected for today’s game and will get some much needed rest. Another player who will not get playing time his week is Peter Garulund. Complains to manager Thomas Northwood during the week was not enough to convince him to move Graulund in to the starting line-up. A play who took another approach to the problem of not being in the first team this week was Diego Cochas. This week he has announced that he is prepared to wait for a first team opportunity in Brøndby if necessary. The will stay patient and work hard and hope that is enough to take him in to the first team. He was rewarded with a place on the bench for this week’s game.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S4 | David Marek | D/DM RL |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 16 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Politiken.dk
Headline: Kahlenberg to stay in Brøndby?
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Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood was cornered by a journalist from Danish newspaper Politiken before today’s game against SønderjyskeE. The question was once again about Thomas Kahlenberg and his future in Brøndby. With clubs like Atletico Madrid, Parma, Lazio and Newcastle showing interest Thomas Northwood said that he would be surprised if Kahlenberg decided to stay.
The player in question was not available for a comment but has earlier announced his joy playing for Brøndby and has said not to have any immediate plans for the future. Thomas Kahlenberg is once again looking to have an excellent season and currently have an average rating of 8.46.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 16 / 9 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 9/33:
SønderjyskeE - Brøndby FT 1-3 / (HT 0-1)
If Thomas Kahlenberg was aware of the comment from manager Thomas Northwood before the start of the game is unknown but it only took him 1:11 to get everyone’s attention on the field. A long pass from Allan Olesen opened up the SønderjyskeE defends completely and Thomas Kahlenberg could easily score his first league goal of the season. In the second half Brøndby pulled an injured Martin Retov and a tired Morten Skoubo off the field and replaced them with Babis Stefanidis and David Marek. It only took Stefanidis 14 minutes to start paying off for his new contract. He scored with a header on a cross from just Marek. The next goal came just 3 minutes later and once again it was Stefanidis. Jackson was given some playing time instead of Leon Andreasen but he could not prevent Sønderjyske from getting a goal with just 10 minutes left to play. This was the first domestic league goal scored on Brøndby and Karim Zaza in 584 minutes of play!!! The last team to score a goal on Brøndby was Silkeborg back at 5/8
Brøndby Game MVP: Thomas Kahlenberg (rating: 10)

Other results:
OB – AaB 0-0
AGF – Frem 5-0
FC Midtjylland – AB 4-1
Silkeborg – Esbjerg 1-0
FC København – FC Nordsjælland 1-1

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 18 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for OB game
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With only three days between games the hard schedule has now started to show on the Brøndby players. Martin Retov is unavailable after picking up a shoulder injury that will keep him out of the game for a week. Dan Anthon Johansen will play despite needing a rest but Asbjørn Sennels is still not ready. Azoulay Yohan will also have to rest this week. That will give some new players a chance to show they deserve a place in the first team. Mehdi Guerrouad will get his first start ever for Brøndby after his move from Viborg. He will be the AM R this week. With two goals in three minutes after coming on as a substitute last week Babis Stefanidis also gets a chance to start a game. On the bench David Marek is found again this week but this time together with debutant Wellington. He was promoted last week after some strong games for the reserves and will now get a chance to show his stuff in the big league.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Wellington | S C |
| S4 | David Marek | D/DM RL |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 19 / 9 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 10/33:
Brøndby – OB FT 0-0 / (HT 0-0)
For the first time since 29/7 Brøndby had to leave the field without scoring a goal. The two teams only managed a total of four shots on goal all match. Brøndby had the biggest chances in the first half while OB came close in the second half on some free kicks. Diego Cochas, David Marek and Wellington all got playing time this week without making a difference.
Brøndby Game MVP: Karim Zaza (rating: 8)

Other results:
AB – Silkeborg 2-3
AaB – AGF 0-1
Esbjerg – Frem 4-2
FC Midtjylland – FC København 0-0
FC Nordsjælland – SønderjyskeE 0-0

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 20 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Brøndby buy another young prospect
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Brøndby today confirms the transfer of young talented forward Martin Svensson from NykøbingFA. Brøndby pays £18.000 for the 18year young player who looks like a player with a great potential. Despite his young age he already has a finishing rating of 19 and he will be ready for his new club 1/1/08.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 22 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for Esbjerg game
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Once again Brøndby have to move around players due to injury and fatigue. Sennels is back but Dan Anton Johansen is now listed as not fit for match and they will have to go to the bench. Both Martin Retov and Azoulay Yohan are back in the starting line-up and Wellington gets one more chance.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Wellington | S C |
| S4 | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|


Side Note:
I have a policy not to start a player if his condition is rated lower then 90. Only key-players in very important games will make me change that rule. In some cases I keep them on the bench for a late appearance but prefer to let them rest completely.
I also just received the player-tracker Frogman have made (Thanks Frogman and sorry about your dynasty) and found a lot of players on the reserve and U-18 that deserves a chance in the first team in the months to come.

[FrogMan]

I also just received the player-tracker Frogman have made (Thanks Frogman and sorry about your dynasty) and found a lot of players on the reserve and U-18 that deserves a chance in the first team in the months to come.
no problem, and don't be sorry, I'll get over it, I guess... If that darn RAM can only arrive soon and start a new career. I can't get into the current temporary career, knowing I'll dump it to the garbage can very soon...

About the spreadsheet, yeah, it's not only good to track players' long term skill changes, but it also helped me a lot in the past in seeing who comes out of the group and who has potential. It can really give you a better "whole team" view...

FM

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 23 / 9 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 10/33:
Brøndby – Esbjerg FT 0-0 / (HT 0-0)
After scoring 15 goal in four games in the national league Brøndby have now played two games in a row without scoring a single goal. That didn’t happen one single time last season. This time Brøndby pressed for the goal most of the match with 13 shots but only three on goals. Esbjerg didn’t produce must (only 3shots all game) but had the game MVP in keeper Rune Pedersen. Wellington and Diego Cochas both got 45 minutes of play but didn’t manage to rise above the mass. Despite only getting two points in the last two games Brøndby is still in first place in the league.
Brøndby Game MVP: Per Nielsen (rating: 8)

Other results:
FC København – OB 2-0
AGF – AB 2-3
Frem – Nordsjælland 0-1
SønderjyskeE – AaB 1-3
Silkeborg – FC Midtjylland 0-2

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 25 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby Fans Homepage
Headline: A closer look at Dinamo Kiev
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Dinamo Kiev played in the champions league in the 04/05 and 06/07 season but have still not made it thru the first group stage. In the 04/05 season they made it all the way to the UEFA Cup quarterfinal. The team from Ukraine has a love for South American players and currently have five under contract. Four Brazilian players with Diego Rincon the best-known name. They also have a player from Colombia on their roster be he will not play this week due to injury. If Brøndby wants to have any chance to make it to the next round in the Champions League this season they must get at least 1 point in this game. The bookmakers have Dinamo Kiev as favourites.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 25 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for CL Group A game against Dinamo Kiev
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For the second game in a row Brøndby has to make major changes in the starting line-up. Leon Andreasen is not in any shape to start this game and will be sidelined. That will give Brazilian midfielder Jackson his first start of the season. The biggest blow to Brøndbys winning chances is that Morten Skoubo will miss his first start of the season. He has not been scoring that frequently this season but his is still Brøndbys top guy up front. It’s a surprise that young Wellington gets another chance in this important a game as he has not accomplish much in the two games he has played this season. Brøndby must not loss this game. If the end up with 0 points after two games it will be almost impossible for them to finish second in the group and advance and the third place to get in to the UEFA cup will also be difficult to get.

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| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Jackson | DM LC |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Wellington | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| S2 | Leon Andreasen | D/DM L |
| S3 | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| S4 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S5 | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| S6 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S7 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 26 / 9 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League Group A Round 2:
Dinamo Kiev - Brøndby FT 1-1 / (HT 1 – 0)
12.000 of the 16.000 seat was full when Andriy Shevchenkos old club played its first home game in this years Champions League. They just had to wait 15 minutes for the first goal. The Brøndby defends was caught sleeping after a corner and leaves Maxim Shatskikh unmarked in the penalty arrear and he has no problem scoring. Dinamo has the ball most of the time in the first half and is moving it around a lot faster then Brøndby but the score remains 1-0 after 45 minutes of play. In the second half the paten is the same but Brøndby now manage to get in a few dangerous counterattacks. After 63 minutes Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood decided to top the team and made three substitutions. Dan Anton Johanes had an awful day and was taken off together with Jackson and Yohan. That made room for Daniel Agger, Leon Andreasen and Morten Skoubo to come in and try to make a difference. After 80 minutes of play that was just what happened. Brøndby got a corner and it was taken by Leon Andreasen. He found Skoubo in the arrear and he powered in a header to tie the game again. Both team had chances to win the match in the last 10 minutes but the final score remained 1-1.
In the second game of the group, Real Madrid destroyed ParisSG 5-0.
Brøndby Game MVP: Thomas Kahlenberg and Allan Olesen (rating: 8)

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Date: 28 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: A closer look at finance
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Brøndby was rewarded £100.000 for the draw in Champions League against Dinamo Kiev. They still have to generate another £10mil if they want to better the result from 2006 when they had a total income of £19.8mil. On the expense side Brøndby it looks like the club is spending a little more money this year. £7.8 mil has already gone out and that only leaves £3.5mil before they reach last years spending. It’s the £3.5mil spend on new players and sign on fees together with close to £1mil in tax money that have ran up this costs this year. Brøndby is still looking to make a profit this year (currently £1.5mil) but the £8.4mil from last year looks like a difficult target.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 29 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for FC København game
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In Denmark the games between these two teams is just as important as the Real Madrid – Barcelona derby in Spain, the old-firm Celtic-Rangers in Scotland, PSV-Ajax in Holland and ManU-Arsenal in England. This is the match between the two biggest and most ambitious clubs in Danish football. There is just 30 minutes between the two clubs stadiums with FC København playing their home games on the Danish national stadium (Parken) in the centre of Copenhagen. The two teams have already played each other 13 times with Brøndby winning 4, 6 ties and 3 wins to FC København. Three of the last four games have finished in a tie. Brøndby can for the first time in a few weeks start the game with their expected best line-up. The only player missing from the “normal” line-up is Asbjørn Sennels who need a rest. His replacement Daniel Agger has shown good improvement the last few weeks and looks like the player who can fill in for Per Nielsen the day he decided to retire. This is the 3rd home game for Brøndby in a row and with only 2 points in the two first games they need a win now. FC København is looking shape this season and has only lost one game.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DL | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| S2 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| S3 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S4 | Jackson | DM LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 30 / 9 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 11/33:
Brøndby – FC København FT 0-1 / (HT 0-0)
A record 31735 showed up for the derby and that’s a new Brøndby record and just 13 short of a sell-out. That was not a surprise as their have been more then 30.000 to all the previous five Brøndby home games against FC København. The average attenence for Brøndby is around 21.000.
It looked like a tie game for a long time. Both teams had chances but it was also clearer that they both knew their opponents strengths and weaknesses and didn’t allow many chances. The game was decided on a fantastic long shot in to the top left corner from 35yds out. Unluckily for Brøndby it was Norwegian international and FC København playmaker Magne Hoseth who got the goal after 78 minutes of play. Brøndby had a shot on the post by Martin Retov in the remaining 12 minutes but they didn’t come any closer then that and had to leave the field for the 4th time in a row without a victory. Brøndbys longest streak without winning is from 2005/6 when they went 7 games without winning a game.
Brøndby Game MVP: Per Nielsen (rating: 8)

Other results:
Frem – AaB 1-3
AGF – FC Midtjylland 5-1
Esbjerg – FC Nordsjælland 0-0
Silkeborg – OB 1-1
SønderjyskeE – AB 4-2

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Date: 1 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby change policy
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Brøndby today announced that they have decided to change their player policy. From having 31 players in the first team Brøndby will cut the first team down to 23 players. Instead of having 8 players in the first team that have still not started a single game this season they are now moved down to the reserve team and will get a chance to get some valuable match practice.
The players affected by this change of policy are:

GK Dimitar Dimitrov
He is still the backup keeper to Karim Zaza but will now have a chance to see some action in the reserves team. Brøndby is only allowed to have four substitutes in the Danish league and don’t use one for a keeper therefore Dimitrov is currently only active (on the bench) in Champions Leagues games.

DM Stefan Schmidt
Came from AaB the year Thomas Northwood took over as manager in Brøndby and have never been a first team regular. Have only started 14 games in four seasons and have still not been selected for a single mach this year.

M LC Jesper Mikkelsen
Has never showed his potential in Brøndby and has requested a transfer. Maybe a visit to the reserves can get him back on track.

M C Kostas Valancauskas
A young player who came to Brøndby before this season. Will need to develop a lot to get back in the first team.

F L Martin Beck Andersen
Have been away from Brøndby on loan the two previous years but this year he have to compete with players like Skoubo, Yohan, Stefanidis, Wellington and Graulund for a spot in the first team. Right now he is not even close and will get al lot more out of playing in the reserves team.

F LC Marc Olsen
Another young attacker with little chance of getting playing time in the first team.

M C Kim Daugaard
The 33 year old midfielder is currently injured and have this season lost his place in the first team to Leon Andreasen. He got lots of routine but it’s unlikely he will play a major role in Brøndby first team again.

When Wellington recovers from injury one more player will moved down. That leaves 23 (+1 injured9 players in the first team.

The reserve team players a reserves team tournament together with 11 other teams. They are currently second after 7 round of play with three wins, four ties and no losses.

The Brøndby first team will after today look like this:


| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Morale | Form | Con | Apps | Gls | Av Rat |
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| GK | | Karim Zaza | GK | Okay | 7-8-7-7-7 | 100% | 19 | - | 7.21 |
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| DR | | Allan Olesen | D R | Superb | 8-7-7-8-7 | 80% | 18 | - | 7.44 |
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| DC | | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC | Very Poor | 7-8-6-5-7 | 83% | 18 | 2 | 7.11 |
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| DC | | Per Nielsen | D C | Superb | 8-7-8-7-7 | 83% | 18 | 1 | 7.33 |
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| DL | | Daniel Agger | D C | Good | 8-7-7-7-7 | 82% | 4 (4) | 1 | 7.13 |
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| - | Unh | David Marek | D/DM RL | Good | 8-7-7-7-6 | 100% | 0 (3) | - | 6.67 |
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| - | Unh | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC | Very Good | 8-7-7-7-6 | 100% | 2 (3) | - | 7.00 |
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| S1 | Unh | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L | Okay | 7-8-7-7-7 | 90% | 16 | - | 7.38 |
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| MC | | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C | Okay | 7-7-7-7-7 | 61% | 18 (1) | 4 | 7.42 |
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| S4 | Fgn | Jackson | DM LC | Good | 7-7-7-7-7 | 95% | 1 (7) | - | 6.88 |
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| - | Wnt | Niki Zimling | DM C | Very Good | 6-8-8-6-7 | 100% | 0 (1) | - | 7.00 |
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| MR | Yel | Martin Retov | M RC | Good | 7-7-7-7-6 | 73% | 18 | 5 | 7.28 |
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| - | | Mads Laudrup | M C | Superb | 6-7-6-7-6 | 100% | - | - | - |
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| ML | Unh | Jonas Kamper | AM R | Superb | 7-6-7-7-7 | 100% | 2 (4) | - | 6.83 |
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| - | | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L | Very Poor | 8-7-7-7-7 | 90% | 19 | 1 | 7.58 |
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| S3 | Fgn | Diego Cochas | AM LC | Poor | 7-7-7-7-7 | 82% | 3 (6) | 1 | 7.22 |
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| AMC | Wnt | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C | Okay | 10-7-7-8-7 | 70% | 14 | 3 | 8.36 |
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| - | | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC | Good | 7-7-7-7 | 100% | 1 (2) | 1 | 7.00 |
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| S2 | | Babis Stefanidis | F RC | Good | 7-7-8-7-7 | 83% | 2 (7) | 2 | 7.11 |
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| - | Unh | Peter Graulund | F LC | Superb | 7-8-7-7-7 | 100% | 0 (6) | - | 7.17 |
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| FC | Wnt | Azoulay Yohan | F LC | Very Poor | 7-7-6-7-5 | 85% | 17 (1) | 9 | 7.33 |
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| FC | | Morten Skoubo | S C | Okay | 6-7-7-7-7 | 68% | 18 (1) | 9 | 7.32 |
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| - | Fgn | Germán Denis | S C | Superb | 7-7-7-7 | 100% | 0 (2) | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Inj | Wellington | S C | Very Poor | 7-8-7-7-7 | 67% | 1 (2) | - | 7.00 |
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Date: 2 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Martin Retov contract
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Brøndby now only got three months to find a way to get Martin Retov to sign a new contract. His current contract is set to expire 31/12 and he will be free to leave Brøndby stadium without Brøndby getting any kind of compensation. Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood have tried several times to get a new get a new deal done but have not been able to meet the plays wage demands. It looks like it will be Jonas Kamper who will take over as MR when Retov despairs.

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Date: 2 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for FC Nordsjælland game
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Brøndby has nominated the 15 players for their first league game after the change of policy. For the first time in the last month Brøndby have a chance to start with the expected strongest line-up. In the four previous games between the two teams Brøndby have still not lost a game and they will have to hope for their 3rd win if the want to stay in touch with the top of the league.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S2 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| S3 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S4 | Jackson | DM LC |
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Date: 3 / 10 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 12/33:
FC Nordsjælland - Brøndby FT 0-0 / (HT 0-0)
It’s now 377 since Brøndby have scored in a league game. The first half hour of play was dominated by FC Nordsjælland who was close to get a goal several times. Mads Junker will was the biggest sinner for the home team. In the second half Brøndby took over the game but most of the chances was from long shots. Azoulay Yohan had a chance to win the game for Brøndby with just 10 minutes left but didn’t manage to score on the rebound from Nordsjælland keeper Lars Winde. With just three shots on goal from Brøndby al game they now drop to 3rd place in the standing. Due to international games Brøndby will now have 11 days before the next league game to get back in shape.
Brøndby Game MVP: Karim Zaza (rating: 8)

Other results:
AB – Frem 0-2
AaB – Esbjerg 2-0
FC København – Silkeborg 2-0
FC Midtjylland – Sønderjyske 1-3
OB – AGF 1-1

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: The press still wondering about Kahlenberg
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On Brøndbys weekly press conference most questions was once again about Thomas Kahlenberg and his future in Brøndby. Last time manager Thomas Northwood was asked this question he answered very honest that he didn’t think Kahlenberg would stay in Brøndby for long. Kahlenberg didn’t like that comment and was upset with his manager for a few days. This time Northwood picked his word more carefully and refused to answer the question direct. He did confirm that Brøndby has raised the asking price for Kahlenberg to £7.5mil.
Kahlenberg is expected to be on the bench when Denmark with manager Thomas Northwood tomorrow play home against Faeroe Islands in a must win game to stay in the hunt for a place in next years Euro-08

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 6 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Danish Football Union (DBU)
Headline: Denmark with record win
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It didn’t take new manager Thomas Northwood long to work his magic on the Danish national team. Faroe Islands might not be a very strong opponent but a 7-0 win is still a superb result. Faroe Islands was put under constant pressure and never had a shot on goal while Denmark scored on 7 of 12 shots on goal. Jon Dahl Tomasson started the party after just 8 minutes and Claus Jensen (2) and Dan Anton Johansen both scored before halftime to make it 4-0. In the second half the goals was scored by Martin Laursen Christian Poulsen and one more by Claus Jensen. Four Danish players finished the game with a prefect 10 rating.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Danish Football Union (DBU)
Headline: Denmark ready for Euro08
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With the excellent win yesterday over Faroe Islands Denmark is now ready for Euro 2008 in Austria/Switzerland. That was clear after Turkey lost to Slovakia and lost the chance to go past Denmark in the final standing. Together with the two host nations and Denmark five more teams is ready after yesterday’s games. The five teams is all big European football nations:

Teams ready for Euro-08:
Austria
Switzerland
Denmark
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
Spain

England, Portugal and the Czech Rep also looks in good shape to make it but will have to wait four more days until the last matches of the group is played.

Denmark has played all eight group games and only has two away friendly games remaining this year against Ireland and Argentina.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Brøndby success in the national team
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Four Brøndby players was selected in the Danish 25 man squad and two of them got playing time. Dan Anton Johansen played an excellent game as right defender and scored his first international goal on a penalty after 42 minutes of play. After the game he thanked Thomas Northwood in the press for the chance to play at this level. Thomas Kahlenberg came on as a sub after 60 minutes and played a good game. That was his 6th appearance on the national team.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 10 / 10 / 2007
Sources: DBU
Headline: Two Brøndby players in Danish U-19 team
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Two of Brøndby`s up and comings stars have been selected in the Danish U-19 team for the game against Israel 13 October. Mads Laudrup is son of Brøndby’s former manager Michael Laudrup. He had a few starts on the Brøndby first team last season but has not been close to a start this season. He still have shown good progress and have increased 22 Frogman-points* in the last 12 months. The other player selected is the younger brother of Brøndby first team player Daniel Agger. 18 year old Nicolaj Agger have been in the reserve squad the last year and have still not been in the first team squad. If his development continue that will soon change as he has already improved 16 Frogman-points in just a year. They will not be able to play for Brøndby in the Champions League game against ParisSG.
* Frogman points= the “Total change” for a player when rated in the excellent FMreport by Frogman.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Change of plans with short notice
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Just three days before Brøndby`s SAS league meeting with Silkeborg the game have been propound. The new day for the game is 28th November and the reason for the new day is due to international call-ups. This will give Brøndby a few extra days to prepare for the Champions League game against ParisSG 17/10. It looks like that Karim Zaza will not make it home from international duties to play in the Champions League game. 17 year old Jakob Ibsen from the U-18 team have been told to standby as backup for Dimitar Dimitrov.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 11 /10 / 2007
Sources: WorldSoccer.com
Headline: A look around European football
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The big leagues around Europe have now all been playing for a few weeks and its time to take a look around and see who is hot and not.

England:
Arsenal, Chelsea and Manu are all right on the tail of the surprise team in English football this season. Blackburn Rovers has a 6th place from the 2002/3 as the best result the last 10 years. Now they find themselves on top of the Premier division with 20 points after 9 games. Blackburn’s Lucas Neill has been the big surprise this year and Nicolas Anelka has found his second youth after the move from Manchester City to Everton.

Spain:
In Spain the top team after six rounds is Valencia with five wins and a tie. The big story is the failure of the two big teams. Barcelona Have not had much success with their new 4-2-3-1 formation and fined themselves in 7th place. For Real Madrid it’s even worse. After 6 rounds they have still not won a game and is 3rd last in the league with just four points. Benito Floro will soon be looking for a new job if something not happening soon.

Italy:
In Italy its business as usual. After just six rounds Milan is already three points clear on top of the league. The surprise is that their closest rival is Messina. They lead the pack with Roma, Inter and Juventus just behind.

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Date: 11 / 10 / 2007
Sources: DBU
Headline: Danish friendly games cancelled
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It was today confirmed that the Danish national team under manager Thomas Northwood will not go ahead and play the scheduled friendly against Wales. The reason is Wales’s game against Ireland for one of the final spots in Euro-08. Wales surprised a lot of people when they finished second in group 1 behind Holland but in front of winners of the 2004 championship Greece. The other three games between second place teams where the winner will get to play in the championship are between Romania-Russia, Czech Republic- Turkey and Sweden-Norway. The winners of the doubleheader will join the following team in Euro-08 in Austria/Switzerland:

Austria – Co-host
Switzerland – Co-host
Bulgaria
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Croatia – Best second place team

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 16 / 9 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for CL Group A game against Paris SG
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The Brøndby players have had two weeks to rest and prepare for this home game against Paris SG. Hopefully that means that all players are ready for fight cause they need to play up to therir best to have a chance against big favourites PSG. Brøndby will be without their normal keeper Karim Zaza. He is back home in Morocco to play World Cup qualifiers. That gives Dimitar Dimitrov the chance to prove his worth. 17 year old Jakob Ibsen from the Brøndby U-18 team will be backup. The four players in the backline are not changed and Daniel Agger is together with Jackson the defensive backups on the bench. Midfield is Leon Andreasen, Ziberi, and Retov and of cause Kahlenberg with Cochas and Kamper ready to step in if necessary. Skoubo and Yohan are on top with Germàn Denis and Stefanidis on the bench.
The two teams also played each other in last years champions league group stage. PSG won the game in Paris and got a point in Brøndby with a 0-0 game.

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| GK | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM L |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
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| S1 | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| S2 | Jackson | DM LC |
| S3 | Jakob Ibsen | GK |
| S4 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| S5 | Germàn Denis | S C |
| S6 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S7 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
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Date: 17 / 10 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League Group A Round 3:
Brøndby - ParisSG FT 4-2 / (HT 2 – 1)
Close to 29.000 turned up for Brøndbys second home game in this year Champions League. They saw Brøndby get unlucky after just 12 minutes. A harmless long shot deflected off Dan Anthon Johansen and went over Zaza for an early PSG goal. Just four minutes later Brøndby got back to level after Dan Anton got the chance in the other end on a Brøndby penalty. Leon Andreasen had to go off after just 20 minutes of play with an injury and was replaced by Daniel Agger. 5 minutes later Skoubo made the perfect pass to Kahlenberg that scored easily. 2-1 to Brøndby was also the result at half time after a PSG shot on the post in the last minute. In the second half PSG worked hard to get the equalizer and in the 72nd minute they were rewarded. ParisSG took a quick free kick and before Brøndby had time to react, Reinaldo had put the ball in the goal. With just 4 minutes left to play the game was decided. This time the roles were reversed when Kahlenberg was the man behind the perfect pass to Morten Skoubo. He fired the ball from the edge of the box into the top right corner. Manager Northwood changed formation and took attacking midfielder Kahlenberg out and replaced him with a defensive player Jackson. Just 4 minutes later Morten Skoubo got his second goal of the day and Brøndbys fourth when he and Jonas Kamper hit ParisSG on a perfect counter attack.
Real Madrid also won 4-2 home over Dinamo Kiev.
Brøndby Game MVP: Thomas Kahlenberg (rating: 9)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 18 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby got keeper trouble
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Brøndby received £220.000 from UEFA for their win over PSG in the Champions league. It was Brøndbys 3rd win in the Champions League. Last year the won both games against Glasgow Rangers. In other good news for Brøndby, Nicolaj Agger and Mads Laudrup was selected for the Danish under 19s team. Nicolaj is the younger brother of Brøndby first team player Daniel Agger and the son of Brøndby scout Arne Agger. But it was not just good news after yesterdays win. Karim Zaza returned injured from the Morocco’s World Cup qualifier against Tanzania and will be out for two weeks. Second keeper Dimitar Dimitrov injured himself in training today and will also be out of the game against league leaders AaB in just three days. Brøndby got at total of 9 keepers under contract but the once healthy to play are all under 20 years old.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 19 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for AaB game
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Hopeful Brøndby can bring some momentum from the ParisSG game in to this match because it will really be needed. AaB tops the league in front of FC København with Brøndby now trailing in 3rd.
With both Zaza and Dimitrov out with injury Brøndby turn to 17year old Jakob Ibsen as goalkeeper in this important game. He has been doing very well in the u-18 team and looks like the best option. He will get lots of help from his four defenders. They have a total of 965 league games between them. Dan Anton Johansen will have to start on the bench due to his poor condition. The midfield is in strongest condition but the attack is brand new. Both Skoubo and Yohan have not recovered from the CL game and need to rest. Stefanidis and Denis will be the new but untested duo upfront for Brøndby.
AaB manager was as usual out criticising Thomas Northwood and Brøndby in the press before the game but this time GM Northwood did not give any official response.

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| GK | Jakob Ibsen | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| MC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM C |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| FC | Germàn Denis | S C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| S2 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| S4 | David Marek | D/DM RL |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 20 / 10 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 13/33:
AaB - Brøndby FT 2-1 / (HT 1-0)
This was not pretty and it was not only Brøndbys fault. Referee Knud Erik Fisker has to take his part of the blame for this strange game. It was not a hard played game but still Fisker took up the cards 13 times. 11 yellows and two red cards and a penalty were the result. Asbjørn Sennels got two yellow cards in just three minutes (the second was for a simple obstruction) and was the first player sent off after just a half hour of play. An already tired Brøndby team now had to play for one hour with just 10 players. Manager Northwood pulled out an attacker (Denis) and brought in a new defender( When Fisker rewarded AaB a penalty in the last minute of the first half it became even tougher for Brøndby. In the second half Brøndby got the goal after 10 minutes of play. Ziberi scored his first goal in the league this season to tie the game. Brøndby now spend all their time defending and hoping to get away with one point but that was out of the question when AaBs Kasper Risgård scored his team’s second goal after 73 minutes. Nothing much happened in the rest of the game except from Knud Erik Fisker who had to get the last word. He pulled up the second red card of the day in the 90th minute. This time it was AaB player Kristian Bak Nilsen who had to take an early bath.
Brøndby Game MVP: Leon Andreasen (rating: 8)

Other results:
AB – FC Nordsjælland 2-0
FC København – Sønderjyske 2-0
FC Midtjylland – Esbjerg 2-0
OB – Frem 5-1
Silkeborg – AGF 1-1

Side note:
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This is once again very close to real life. Knud Erik Fisker is a real character in Danish football. When he is the reff you can always expect lots of strange cards, penalties and other wired decisions. More often then not he has to explain/defend his rulings after the game. He is always in the centre of attention, not a good thing for a referee.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 21 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Sennels out and Cochas missing
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After his red card in yesterdays game Asbjørn Sennels has been given a one mach ban. That means that he has to sit out Brøndbys first game in the Danish Cup. Brøndby will enter the tournament in the 5th round when 16 teams remains. Leon Andreasen and Thomas Kahlenberg is also expected to sit out that mach due to poor condition.
Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood also hade to deal with Diego Cochas today. He was a no-show at today’s practise and was given a fine of one weeks pay (£900) by the club. He accepted the fine. The Argentinean attacking midfielder is frustrated that he is only used as backup player and thinks that a player of his calibre deserves more respect.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 23 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for Ølstykke game
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Together with the other top teams in the Danish league Brøndby enters the Danish Cup with just 16 teams remaining. The opponent Ølstykke finds themselves in the middle of the second best division in Denmark after being relegated from the best league after last season. The two teams played each other three times in the 2006/7 season with Brøndby winning all games with a total goal difference of 12-0. Ølstykkes first game in the Cup was in the 4th round where the won 2-1 over Nivå-Kokkedal.
Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood have never paid much attention to the cup and the same looks to be the case this season. Most of the players selected to start this game is backup players that will get a chance to prove themselves while the regular starters will get some much needed rest.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | David Ousted | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DL | David Marek | D/DM RL |
| DMC | Niki Zimling | DM C |
| MR | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| ML | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| AMC | Nicolaj Agger | AM/F RC |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| FC | Germàn Denis | S C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S2 | Leon Anderasen | D/DM C |
| S3 | Mads Laudrup | M C |
| S4 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 23 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Yohan out with injury
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Arguably the biggest talent in Danish football today, Azoulay Yohan will be out for two weeks. He damaged his shoulder in training today and will be out for 2 weeks. That will keep him out of Brøndbys next Champions League game against PSG in Paris in seven days. Yohan is under contract with Brøndby for another two years but with clubs like Dortmund, Schalke04, Lyon, Leverkusen and Bochum already showing interest he can be lost for Danish football a lot sooner then that.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 24 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Danish Cup, 5th round
Headline: Today’s results
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Danish Cup, 5th round
Ølstykke - Brøndby PT 1-3 / FT 1-1 / (HT 1-1)
After just 10 minutes of play everything looked to go Brøndbys way. Ølstykke had already been reduced to 10 men after two yellow cards to Lauth and Dan Anton Johansen had scored on a long shot from 25 yards out. Brøndby had a few more chances before Ølstykke scored on their only shot in the first half after a defends mistake by Daniel Agger. In the second half Brøndby had a shooting gallery but Ølstykkes keeper had a great game and kept the goal shot. Overtime did not produce a winner and Brøndby was in a penalty shootout for the second time of the season. Brøndbys young keeper David Ousted showed some of his great reflexes and saved 3 of Ølstykkes 4 first tries. With goal from Stefanidis, Kamper and Zimling Brøndby was ready for the 6th round of the Danish Cup.
Brøndby Game MVP: Dan Anton Johansen (rating: 8)

Other teams ready for 6th round:
FC København
Esbjerg
OB
Hvidovre
NAF
AaB
Vejle

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 25 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Danish Football Union (DBU)
Headline: Danish Cup Quarterfinal Draw
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All the winners of the 5th round of the Danish Cup was all rewarded £1.000 for the win and was then entreat into the quarterfinal draw.

Esbjerg – FC København
Hvidovre – Vejle
OB – AaB
NFA – Brøndby

Three teams outside the Danish top division entered the draw. One of them will be among the final-4 as Hvidovre and Vejle will play each other. NFA from the second best division will have a hard time against Danish Champions Brøndby, while OB will play AaB for the 12th time in four years and FCK will travel to Esbjerg.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 26 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for AGF game
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Brøndby will play AGF in their first home game in the league in a month. Dimitrov is back in the goal and the rest of the team is also back after most of the players have got seven days of rest. Niki Zimling will be among the 15 selected for only the second time this year.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DMC | Leon Andreasen | D/DM L |
| MR | Martin Retov | M RC |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Germàn Denis | S C |
| S2 | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| S3 | Niki Zimling | DM C |
| S4 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 27 / 10 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 14/33:
Brøndby - AGF FT 1-0 / (HT 0-0)
AGF came out in a surprisingly offensive formation against Brøndby. It didn’t help them much in the first half where Brøndby had a lot of chances to get the first goal. When AGF changed to a more defensive formation in the second half Brøndby also decided to change style and only play with three defenders. Dan Anton Johansen left the field and German Denis came on as the 3rd attacker. Morten Skoubo had a bad day and was replaced in the 66th minute. Just two minutes later Brøndby got rewarded. Stefanidis scored his 3rd goal of the season after an excellent executed counterattack by Brøndby.
Brøndby finally got another win in the league and now find them selves in 3rd place in the league.
Brøndby Game MVP: Babis Stefanidis (rating: 8)

Other results:
Frem – FC København 2-4
AaB – AB 4-0
Esbjerg – OB 0-0
FC Nordsjæland – FC Midtjylland 2-0
SønderjyskeE – Silkeborg 1-1

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 28 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Same old question
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Once again was Brøndbys manager Thomas Northwood bombarded with questions about the future of Thomas Kahlenberg when he answered question after the league win over AGF. And once again Thomas Northwood declined to comment. It was mostly the same clubs watching him in today’s game as it has been the last months but today Inters scout Pietro Gatto was also present.
Thomas Kahlenbergs contract with Brøndby expires 31/12-08.
Brøndby also gave the latest news on Leon Andreasens injury. He hurt himself in the game against AGF and is out for 3-5 days. With a neck injury it’s doubtful if he will get ready for Brøndbys next champions League game this Wednesday in Paris.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 28 / 10 / 2007
Sources: BT.dk
Headline: Jonas Kamper happy with role
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In a interview with Danish newspaper BT, Jonas Kamper today told that he is happy with his current role in Brøndby and is prepared to fight for his first team opportunity. He has seen a bit more playing time in the last couple of weeks and most people expect him to replace Martin Retov as AMR when his contract expires in a few months. Kamper played 32 first team games for Brøndby in the 2003/4 season under manager Michael Laudrup, but have never been a regular under Thomas Northwood and have only started 33 games in four seasons.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 29 / 10 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for ParisSG game
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Karim Zaza is back in training but is still not ready to start. He will be on the bench with Dimitrov getting his 3rd start. With Leon Andreasen out Brøndby need a new DMC for this game. The choice surprisingly fell on Sebastian Svärd. He has not played much this season but have worked hard in practise and have improved 16 Frogman points. Jonas Kamper is getting more and more playing time and Skoubo and Stefanidis now start to know each others game.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Dimitar Dimitrov | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DMC | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| MR | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Morten Skoubo | S C |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Karim Zaza | GK |
| S2 | Martin Retov | M RC |
| S3 | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| S4 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S5 | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| S6 | David Marek | D/DM RL |
| S7 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 30 / 10 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: Today’s results
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Champions League Group A Round 3:
ParisSG - Brøndby FT 2-0 / (HT 1 – 0)
Stefanidis has the first chance after just 3 minutes when Brøndby caught PSG on a fast break. After 13 minutes PSG gets a lucky goal when a long shot from Modeste M`Bami hits Allan Olesen and completely fools Dimitrov in the goal. After 38 minutes PSG changes from an attacking formation to a lot more defensive 4-5-1.
At halftime Brøndby changes formation and decides to only have three players in the defends. With PSG only having one attacker that should not be a problem and out goes Allan Olesen after a bad day at work. He is replaced by attacker Peter Graulund. Jonas Kamper goes out with an injury and is replaced with Martin Retov. The formation change gives Brøndby a few more chances in the start of the second half. After 60 minutes of play Brøndby shots themselves in the foot. A huge mistake by Asbjørn Sennels is punished effetely by PSG for their second goal of the day. Brøndby has full control of the ball when Sennels dribbles as the last man and losses the ball to a PSG player who can score easily. The last half hour PSG just controls the game and Brøndby only manage to be dangerous on a few corners and free kicks.
In the other game in the group Real Madrid secures their spot in the next round with a win in Kiev. 1-0 on a goal by Roque Santa Cruz was enough. Santa Cruz came to Real last season from Bayern Munich for £20mil.
Brøndby Game MVP: Bashkim Ziberi (rating: 7)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 1 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Comment from the Board
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Despite the loss to Paris SG in the Champions league yesterday and some shaky results in the Danish League the Brøndby Board still have full confidence in Thomas Northwood as manager and is very pleased with his performance.
The injury Jonas Kamper picked up in the game will only keep him out for three days and he looks to be ready for the game against SønderjyskeE 4/11.
Three players Brøndby will have to try to rest in that game is Morten Skoubo, Thomas Kahlenberg and Dan Anton Johansen. They all look very tired and will be in need of a rest soon. With games in the Royal League also starting up this month expect all three players to rest against SønderjyskeE.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 3 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Royal League
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The managers from the best clubs in Scandinavia was today gathered in Copenhagen to complete the draw for the 4th season of the Royal League. The competition is open for the four best team in the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish league last season. The teams qualified for this year’s tournament is:

Norway:
Rosenborg (Norwegian champions)
Bodø Glimt
Vålerenga
Start

Sweden:
Halmstad (Swedish champions)
Djurgården
Elfsborg
Ôrgryte

Denmark:
Brøndby (Danish champions and title defenders)
FC København
FC Midtjylland
AaB

The teams is divided in to three groups with four teams in each with the # 1 and 2 team from each country being in the same group and every group having at least one team from each country. The two best teams from the three groups will go on to the second group stage with two groups with three teams in each. The winner of that group will meet each other in the final next may. Each team qualified has revived £85.000 for participating.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 3 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Royal League the draw
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Brøndby was drawn in group C of this years Royal League together with FC København, Start (from Norway) and Örgryte (from Sweden). The first game will be played in just 5 days and is a home game against Danish rivals FC København. Both the Swedish and Norwegian teams have just finished their regular seasons and can now completely concentrate on this tournament, while the Danish teams still got four round left to play before the have completed the first half of their domestic league and can go on Christmas holiday.

The other two groups look like this:

Group A:
Rosenborg
Bodø Glimt
AaB
Elfsborg

Group B:
Halmstad
Djurgården
Vålerenga
FC Midtjylland

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 3 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for SønderjyskeE game
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Sønderjyske have been in the top Danish division for the last three years but have still not won against Brøndby in seven attempts (5-2-0). With the Royal League game against FCK coming up in just four days and already a lot of tired players in the line-up this game looks like a good opportunity to rest a few starters. Dan Anton Johansen will be rested as he is one of four Brøndby players ready to travel with Denmark to Argentina to play a friendly 10/11. The other Brøndby players ready for that mach is Thomas Kahlenberg, Martin Retov and Leon Andreasen. All those players will be rested. Both Karim Zaza and Azoulay Yohan are back and will play this week.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Daniel Agger | D C |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DMC | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| MR | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| ML | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| AMC | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| FC | Azoulay Yohan | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Leon Andreasen | D/DM L |
| S2 | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| S3 | Martin Retov | M RC |
| S4 | Germàn Denis | S C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 4 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Goal.com
Headline: Northwood living in a dream world
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One of the major English newspapers today used a full page making fun of successful Brøndby manager Thomas Northwood. The reason was a comment made by the manager on a press conference earlier this week when Mr Northwood confirmed that they were looking for a way to bring back Johan Absalonsen to Brøndby stadium. Absalonsen was one of the young stars of the Brøndby team Thomas Northwood took over and has made Danish champions three year in a row. The 22 year old player moved to Chelsea last year on a free transfer after his contract with Brøndby ran out. In Chelsea he has had a hard time getting in to the first team and have spend all of this season in the reserves team. Several other teams are also looking to offer the player first team football with Monaco, Everton and Blackburn being the biggest names. But with an asking price of £3.7mil the player is most likely out of Brøndbys reach but a trade might be an option. Its also questionable if the player is willing to move back to Danish football.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 4 / 11 / 2007
Sources: SAS ligaens web page
Headline: Today’s results
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Round 15/33:
Brøndby - SønderjyskeE FT 2-0 / (HT 0-0)
Brøndby was in full control for the first 45 minutes of play but without scoring. The biggest chance was for Jonas Kamper who had a shot stopped on the goal line after 32 minutes of play. In the second half it was all about Babis Stefanidis. After 5 minutes of play he was pushed in the back in the penalty arrear after a long throw-in. The referee pointed at the spot and Stefanidis stepped up and made no mistake. Just three minutes later he got his second of the day. He got it on a spectacular bicycle kick that went inn from a tight angle. Unluckily he also managed to injure himself when scoring the goal and had to leave the field. He received a standing ovation when he was replaced by Germàn Denis. Brøndby had no problem controlling the rest of the game for three important points.
Brøndby Game MVP: Babis Stefanidis (rating: 9)

Other results:
AaB – OB 1-1
AB – FC Midtjylland 2-0
Esbjerg – Silkeborg 0-0
Frem – AGF 2-2
FC Nordsjælland – FC København 0-0

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 5 / 11 / 2007
Sources: BT.dk
Headline: Niki Zimling sign new contract
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One of Brøndbys future young stars Niki Zimling today decided to sign a new contract with Brøndby. He is now under contract with the club until 2010. Niki is only 22 years old but look to be the player that can take over from Leon Andreasen the day he decides to leave Danish football. Niki have already played 17 games for the Danish U21 team. He will together with Daniel Agger and Sebastian Svärd be the cornerstone in the Brøndby defends in the near future. Both Agger and Svärd is currently looking over new contract offers from Brøndby that will tie them to the club until 2010 and is expected to sign in the near future.
Brøndby only have four other first team players with contracts expiring next year. The major concern is of cause Skoubo and Kahlenberg but also Graulund and Marek will be out of contract in 2008.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Brøndby line-up for FC København Nordic League game
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The first game as title defenders in this year Royal League will be against FC København. The game is played just four days after the last league game and three days before Denmark’s international friendly against Argentina. For that reason Brøndby have to be a bit creative when picking the starting 11 for this match. It’s always nice to do well in a tournament but the Royal League offers very little to play for besides being able to call your self the best team in Scandinavia. The price money is small. A draw in the Royal league will give each team £8000 in price money while a draw in the champions league group play pays £100.000. Most important it won’t give you a place in the European tournaments.
Therefore Brøndby will give some of their backup players a chance in these games and try to give them some valuable playing time.

| --------------------------------------------------------|
| GK | Karim Zaza | GK |
| DR | Allan Olesen | D R |
| DC | Dan Anton Johansen | D RC |
| DC | Per Nielsen (c) | D C |
| DL | Asbjørn Sennels | D/DM L |
| DMC | Niki Zimling | DM C |
| MR | Jonas Kamper | AM R |
| ML | Diego Cochas | AM LC |
| AMC | Thomas Kahlenberg | AM C |
| FC | Babis Stefanidis | F RC |
| FC | Peter Graulund | F LC |
| --------------------------------------------------------|
| S1 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| S2 | Martin Retov | M RC |
| S3 | Bashkim Ziberi | AM L |
| S4 | Mehdi Guerrouad | AM/F RC |
| S5 | Germàn Denis | S C |
| S6 | Sebastian Svärd | D/DM RC |
| S7 | Daniel Agger | D C |
| --------------------------------------------------------|

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 7 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Brøndby front office
Headline: Morten Skoubo injured
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Brøndbys top attacker Morten Skoubo was injured today in practise and will be out for about a week. He was not planed t play in the Royal League game tomorrow but its still another small blow to Brøndbys plans to defend the national title once again. He is expected to be ready for the next Royal League games against Norwegian Start 17/11 but will most likely be rested until the Champions League game against Real Madrid 21/11.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 11 / 2007
Sources: TV Danmark web page
Headline: Today’s results Royal League
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First Phase:
Brøndby – FC København FT 1-1 / (HT 1-0)
A little more then 22.000 turned up for the first game in this years Royal League. They saw Babis Stefanidis continue his good form scoring his fourth goal in four games when he placed a free kick in the left corner after 29 minutes of play. After the goal FC København totally took over the game and Magne Hoseth and Alvaro Santos both had big chances. In the second half Brøndby gave the chance to a few more “new” players putting Mehdi Guerrouad, Germàn Denis and Sebastian Svärd on the field. It didn’t help change the match picture and FC København finally got their equalizer in the 76minute after a massive press. Brøndby did have two nice chances in overtime on long shots but the final score was 1-1.
Brøndby Game MVP: Babis Stefanidis (rating: 7)

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 8 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Onside.dk
Headline: Royal League press conference
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After the 1-1 draw in the first game in the Royal League Brøndby was rewarded £8.000 in price money. Brøndby also confirmed that Dan Anton Johansen, Asbjørn Sennels and Thomas Kahlenberg will need a rest soon. Sennels will not practise with the team this week. The questions from the press were as usual about Thomas Kahlenbergs future in the club and Manager Northwood declined to comment as usual. After the press conference Thomas Northwood went straight to the airport together with Leon Andreasen, Thomas Kahlenberg, Dan Anton Johansen and Martin Retov to meet up with the rest of the Danish national team and travel to Buenos Aires to play a friendly against Argentina.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 10 / 11 / 2007
Sources: Danish Football Union (DBU)
Headline: Friendly match against Argentina
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Denmark’s friendly against Argentina was played today in front of close to 50.000 people. They saw two teams using this game as a practise match. Both teams was hit hard by injury from before and also decided to rest most of their star players or give them limited playing time. The Danish team was clearly handicapped by the long journey to Argentina and didn’t manage a shot on goal all match. Both teams used all their 6 substitutes and Denmark gave debut to 21-year-old Kasper Schmeichel in the second half. He came on at halftime but only got 7 minutes of play before he had the leave the field injured. The Manchester City player will be out for 2 months. The game was decided after 65 minutes when Christian D Ledesma scored from 25yds out. This was Denmark’s last national game this year.

[Northwood_DK]

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Date: 10 / 11 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: European championship qualifying
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8 teams is still looking to secure one of the 4 final spots in the European championship next year. They meet today for the first leg of the playoff with the return game to be played in just four days.

Czech Rep – Turkey
1-1
The away team Turkey took the lead after 25 minutes on a counterattack. Just 4 minutes later Milan Baros was the man behind the equaliser. Right before halftime Turkey was reduced to 10 men when H Murat was sent off. The Czech didn’t take advantage and the game ended 1-1. Turkey has the advantage before the home game in four days.

Ireland – Wales
4-1
Ireland almost booked their ticket for the championship with a 4-1 win at home over Wales. Two goals by Jon Macken and Robbie Keane give them the huge advantage.

Romania – Russia
0-3
A strong away win for Russia. Much will have to go wrong for them not finish this up at home in a few days.

Norway –Sweden
2-1
Sweden got of to a fantastic start with a goal after just 2 minutes. It was Inter attacker Zlatan Ibrahimovic who made the entire Norwegian defends look foolish. In the 20th minute the game took a new twist when Andreas Isaksson was sent off for a professional foul. Norwegian Morten Gamst Pedersen scored on the penalty. He was also the man who decided the game with his second goal of the game in the 82nd minute. A small advantage to Norway but Sweden will go thru with a 1-0 win at home due to the away-goal.

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Date: 14 / 11 / 2007
Sources: UEFA.com
Headline: European championship qualifying
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The eight teams only got four days to get ready for the final chapter in this years European qualifying tournament.

Wales - Ireland
0-1
1-5 Ireland ready for Euro-08
It only took Ireland and Jon Macken 8 minutes to get the first goal and take the last bit of hope away from Wales. Wales never had a shot on goal and Ireland is travelling to Switzerland /Austria.

Russia – Romania
1-3
4-3 Russia ready for Euro-08
Russia came close to loosing it all at home but a late goal saved the day and sends them to Euro-08.

Turkey - Czech Rep
1-0
2-1 Turkey ready for Euro-08
Milan Baros missed a penalty in the game that send the Czech Rep out of Euro-08. They needed a win but when they went on an all-out-attack in the last minutes of the game, Turkey scored on the counterattack and decided the game.

Sweden – Norway
1-1
2-3 Norway ready for Euro-08
Former Brøndby player Johan Elmander gave Sweden the lead after 49 minutes of play. This result would be enough to take Sweden to the championship. But 15 minutes later the game was decided when Trond Olsen from VfB Stuttgart scored the decisive goal for Norway. This sends Sweden heads out before the real tournament even starts and Norway a chance to finally make a difference in a major championship.