The Scandinavian membership, who’ve gained a joint-record 15 top-flight titles since being fashioned by a merger in 1992, will not be unfamiliar foes for United.
We performed FCK, because the Danish giants are sometimes referred to of their homeland, twice within the 2006/07 group stage, prevailing 3-0 at Previous Trafford by objectives from Paul Scholes, John O’Shea and Kieran Richardson, earlier than succumbing to a shock 1-0 defeat at Parken Stadium a fortnight later.
We additionally confronted Copenhagen within the 2019/20 Europa League quarter-final, a one-legged affair performed on impartial floor in Cologne, Germany because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Bruno Fernandes penalty in extra-time settled that tie, though the Danes have had virtually an entire squad overhaul since then, with solely defender Nicolai Boilesen and midfielder Rasmus Falk remaining from the 21-man squad they named again in August 2020.
