2015–16 Svenska Cupen

2015–16 Svenska Cupen

Country	Sweden
Dates	9 June 2015 – 5 May 2016
Teams	112 (including qualifying) 96 (competition proper)
Champions	BK Häcken
Runners-up	Malmö FF
Matches played	119
Goals scored	430 (3.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jo Inge Berget Paulinho (7 goals)[1]
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The 2015–16 Svenska Cupen will be the 60th season of Svenska Cupen and the fourth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.^[2]

A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition.^[2][3]

The final was played on 5 May 2016^[4] and contested between Malmö FF and BK Häcken at Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, with BK Häcken winning.^[5]

Teams[]

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
	112	18	none	18	Division 1 (3 teams) Division 2 (4 teams) Division 3 (2 teams) Division 4 (8 teams) Division 5 (1 team)
Round 1	96	64	2	62	Division 1 (17 teams) Division 2 (25 teams) Division 3 (10 teams) Division 4 (10 teams)
Round 2	64	64	32	32	Allsvenskan Superettan
Group stage	32	32	32	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Round and draw dates[]

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[2][3][4]

Phase	Round	Draw date and time	Match date
Initial rounds	Round 1		5 August 2015 (latest)
	Round 2	7 August 2015[6]	19–20 August 2015
Group stage	Matchday 1	26 November 2015, 12:00 CET[7]	20–21 February 2016
	Matchday 2		27–28 September 2016
	Matchday 3		5–6 March 2016
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	7 March 2016[8]	13 March 2016
	Semi-finals	8 March 2016[9]	20 March 2016
	Final	21 March 2016[9]	5 May 2016

Qualifying rounds[]

The only two associations of the Swedish District Football Associations that had a qualifying round were Dalarnas FF and Örebro Läns FF, with the teams from other districts being determined though district championships or by club ranking in 2014.

Round 1[]

64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system will compete in this round. The round will be played between 9 June and 5 August 2015 with the majority of the fixtures played in early August.^[2][10] The number in brackets indicates what tier of Swedish football each team competed in during the 2015 season.

Round 2[]

All teams from 2015 Allsvenskan and 2015 Superettan entered in this round, 32 teams in total, where they were joined by the 32 winners from round 1. The 32 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan were seeded and played against the 32 winners from round 1, the matches was played at the home venues for the unseeded teams. The 16 northernmost seeded teams were drawn against the 16 northernmost unseeded teams and the same with the southernmost teams.^[2]

The draw was made on 7 August 2015.^[11] The second round will be played on 19 and 20 August 2015, but some matches may be moved to a later date depending on participation in 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.^[2][10] The number in brackets indicates what tier of Swedish football each team competed in during the 2015 season. and Torstorps IF were the lowest-ranked teams in this round, competing in Division 4, the sixth tier of Swedish football.

Group stage[]

The 32 winners from round 2 will be divided into eight groups of four teams. The 16 highest ranked winners from the previous rounds will be seeded to the top two positions in each groups and the 16 remaining winners will be unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2015 season. All teams in the group stage play each other once, the highest ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower have the right to play two home matches. The draw was held on 26 November 2015.^[12] The group stage will begin on 20 February and concluded on 6 March 2016.^[4]

All times listed below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).^{[nb 1]}

Tie-breaking criteria and key[]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings^[2]

1. Superior goal difference
2. Higher number of goals scored
3. Result between the teams in question
4. Higher league position in the 2015 season

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IFKN	JSIF	ÖFK	AFC
1	IFK Norrköping	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	4–0	—
2	Jönköpings Södra IF	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4			—	—	1–0	0–1
3	Östersunds FK	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3			—	—	—	3–0
4	AFC United	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3			0–1	—	—	—

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HBK	IFKG	IKF	DEG
1	Halmstads BK	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	2–0	3–0
2	IFK Göteborg	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5			3–0	—	—	1–1
3	IK Frej	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2			—	1–1	—	—
4	Degerfors IF	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2			—	—	1–1	—

Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AIK	FFF	VAR	TIF
1	AIK	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	2–1	2–1	—
2	Falkenbergs FF	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4			—	—	1–1	—
3	Varbergs BoIS	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4			—	—	—	1–0
4	Tenhults IF	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0			0–6	0–2	—	—

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KFF	IFE	AFF	IFKV
1	Kalmar FF	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	3–1	2–1
2	IF Elfsborg	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4			0–1	—	3–2	—
3	Assyriska FF	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3			—	—	—	1–0
4	IFK Värnamo	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1			—	3–3	—	—

Group 5[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MFF	IKS	GIFS	ÄFF
1	Malmö FF	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	2–1	4–0	—
2	IK Sirius	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4			—	—	—	1–1
3	GIF Sundsvall	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3			—	0–1	—	1–0
4	Ängelholms FF	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1			1–4	—	—	—

Group 6[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HAM	SFC	DIF	LSK
1	Hammarby IF	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	0–0	—	4–2
2	Syrianska FC	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7			—	—	1–0	—
3	Djurgårdens IF	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3			1–3	—	—	2–1
4	Ljungskile SK	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0			—	0–1	—	—

Group 7[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BKH	FCT	GIF	BP
1	BK Häcken	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	4–0	0–0
2	FC Trollhättan	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4			2–6	—	2–1	—
3	Gefle IF	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3			—	—	—	4–2
4	IF Brommapojkarna	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2			—	1–1	—	—

Group 8[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIF	ÖSK	BKF	GAIS
1	Helsingborgs IF	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	—	3–1
2	Örebro SK	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5			—	—	—	3–1
3	BK Forward	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4			0–1	2–2	—	—
4	GAIS	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0			—	—	1–5	—

Knockout stage[]

Qualified teams[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	3	AIK	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Seeded in Quarter-final draw
2	5	Malmö FF	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
3	4	Kalmar FF	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
4	7	BK Häcken	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
5	1	IFK Norrköping	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Unseeded in Quarter-final draw
6	6	Hammarby IF	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
7	8	Helsingborgs IF	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
8	2	Halmstads BK	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6

Bracket[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 March – Kalmar
	Kalmar FF (p)	0 (5)
					19 March – Kalmar
	Helsingborgs IF	0 (4)
					Kalmar FF	2
	13 March – Malmö
					Malmö FF	3
	Malmö FF	1
									5 May – Malmö
	IFK Norrköping	0
									Malmö FF	2 (5)
	15 March – Solna
									BK Häcken (p)	2 (6)
	AIK	1 (2)
					20 March – Stockholm
	Hammarby IF (p)	1 (4)
					Hammarby IF	2
	12 March – Gothenburg
					BK Häcken	3
	BK Häcken	1
	Halmstads BK	0

Quarter-finals[]

The quarter-finals consists of the eight teams that won their respective group in the previous round and the four best group winners were seeded and drawn against the other four group winners, with the seeded teams entitled to play the match at their home venue.^[2] Halmstads BK are the only team in the quarter-finals that will not play in the top tier, Allsvenskan, for the 2016 season as they will play in the second tier, Superettan.

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 7 March^[13] and the quarter-final matches were played on 12, 13 and 15 March 2016.

Semi-finals[]

The semi-finals consist of the four winners from the quarter-finals. The draw will be a free draw and the first drawn team in each pairing play the match at their home venue.^[2]

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 8 March^[9] and the semi-final matches be played on 19 and 20 March 2016.

Final[]

The final will be played on 5 May 2016.^[4] The home team was determined with a draw held on 21 March.^[2][5]

Top scorers[]

As of 20 March 2016^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jo Inge Berget	Malmö FF	7
	Paulinho	BK Häcken
3	Erik Björndahl	BK Forward	5
4	Sebastian Andersson	Djurgårdens IF	4
	Alexander Jeremejeff	BK Häcken
	Nahom Girmai Netabay	Kristianstads FF
	Victor Sköld	IFK Göteborg

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official site (in Swedish)