The Swedish Football Association have organized a nationwide knock-out cup competition known as Svenska Cupen for 60 years, first between 1941 and 1953 and then again from 1967 to present day. There have been a few years in these two periods when cup competition has not been held. The present cup holders are Östersunds FK, who beat IFK Norrköping in the 2017 final. It involves professional and amateur clubs of all standards playing against each other, creating the possibility for "minnows" to become "giant-killers" by eliminating top clubs from the tournament. 13 teams have reached the final while playing in a lower division, however two of these reached the final unhindered during the 1948 tournament when no first tier teams competed. All of the second tier teams have lost in the final except for Råå IF in 1948 and Degerfors IF in 1992–93, both of whom faced second tier opposition.

Malmö FF have a record 15 cup titles, followed by AIK who have eight titles. Malmö FF is also the club who have won most consecutive titles and the record of appearing in the most finals, they won three consecutive titles between 1972 and 1975 and having appeared in 18 finals. AIK have finished as runners-up for a record of eight times. Örebro SK are the team to have appeared in the most finals without winning the cup title, they have appeared and lost in two finals, their latest final was in 2015.

Winners

Key
† Winners also won the Swedish championship during the same season
‡ Team was playing outside the top division of the national league
(aet) After extra time
(pen.) Penalty shoot-out
(number of cup wins) A running tally of the total number of cup titles won by each club is kept in brackets.

1941–1953

Season Winners Result Runners-up Venue Attendance
1941 Hälsingborgs IF (1)† 3–1 IK Sleipner Råsunda 10,763
1942 GAIS (1) 2–1 IF Elfsborg Råsunda 10,013
1943 IFK Norrköping (1)† 0–0
Replay: 5–2 		AIK Råsunda
Idrottsparken 		22,478
19,595
1944 Malmö FF (1)† 4–3 (aet) IFK Norrköping Råsunda 35,087
1945 IFK Norrköping (2)† 4–1 Malmö FF Råsunda 31,896
1946 Malmö FF (2) 3–0 Åtvidabergs FF† Råsunda 15,173
1947 Malmö FF (3) 3–2 AIK Råsunda 26,705
1948 Råå IF (1)‡ 6–0 BK Kenty‡ Olympia 9,852
1949 AIK (1) 1–0 Landskrona BoIS Råsunda 14,718
1950 AIK (2) 3–2 Hälsingborgs IF Råsunda 15,154
1951 Malmö FF (4)† 2–1 Djurgårdens IF Råsunda 20,267
1952 – Not held – – –
1953 Malmö FF (5)† 3–2 IFK Norrköping Råsunda 20,339

1967–Present

Season Winners Result Runners-up Venue Attendance
1967 Malmö FF (6)† 2–0 IFK Norrköping Idrottsparken 11,707
1968 – Not held – – –
1968–69 IFK Norrköping (3) 1–0 AIK Råsunda 7,832
1969–70 Åtvidabergs FF (1) 2–0 Sandvikens IF‡ Studenternas IP 3,110
1970–71 Åtvidabergs FF (2) 3–2 Malmö FF Malmö Stadion 7,544
1971–72 Landskrona BoIS (1) 0–0 (aet)
Replay: 3–2 		IFK Norrköping Idrottsparken
Landskrona IP 		2,111
9,686
1972–73 Malmö FF (7) 7–0 Åtvidabergs FF Stadsparksvallen 6,016
1973–74 Malmö FF (8)† 2–0 Östers IF Örjans Vall 4,227
1974–75 Malmö FF (9)† 1–0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö Stadion 6,913
1975–76 AIK (3) Match 1: 1–1
Match 2: 3–0 		Landskrona BoIS Landskrona IP
Råsunda 		3,340
1,715
1976–77 Östers IF (1) 1–0 Hammarby IF Söderstadion 7,818
1977–78 Malmö FF (10) 2–0 (aet) Kalmar FF Strandängen 4,813
1978–79 IFK Göteborg (1) 6–1 Åtvidabergs FF Råsunda 9,457
1979–80 Malmö FF (11) 5–5 (aet)
4–3 (pen.) 		IK Brage‡ Råsunda 6,172
1980–81 Kalmar FF (1) 4–0 IF Elfsborg Råsunda 2,245
1981–82 IFK Göteborg (2)† 3–2 Östers IF Råsunda 13,859
1982–83 IFK Göteborg (3)† 1–0 Hammarby IF Råsunda 13,245
1983–84 Malmö FF (12) 1–0 Landskrona BoIS Olympia 7,810
1984–85 AIK (4) 1–1 (aet)
3–2 (pen.) 		Östers IF Råsunda 4,888
1985–86 Malmö FF (13)† 2–1 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 11,656
1986–87 Kalmar FF (2) 2–0 GAIS‡ Råsunda 8,740
1987–88 IFK Norrköping (4) 3–1 Örebro SK‡ Råsunda 5,046
1988–89 Malmö FF (14) 3–0 Djurgårdens IF Råsunda 7,526
1989–90 Djurgårdens IF (1) 3–0 BK Häcken‡ Råsunda 3,357
1990–91 IFK Norrköping (5) 4–1 Östers IF Råsunda 1,858
1991 IFK Göteborg (4)† 3–2 (aet) AIK Råsunda 2,151
1991–92 – Not held – – –
1992–93 Degerfors IF (1)‡ 3–0 Landskrona BoIS‡ Ullevi 5,078
1993–94 IFK Norrköping (6) 4–3 (aet) Helsingborgs IF Ullevi 4,021
1994–95 Halmstads BK (1) 3–1 AIK Ullevi 4,889
1995–96 AIK (5) 1–0 (aet) Malmö FF Ullevi 2,745
1996–97 AIK (6) 2–1 IF Elfsborg‡ Ryavallen 9,547
1997–98 Helsingborgs IF (2) Match 1: 1–1
Match 2: 1–1
3–0 (pen.) 		Örgryte IS Ullevi
Olympia 		2,559
13,092
1998–99 AIK (7) Match 1: 1–0
Match 2: 0–0 		IFK Göteborg Råsunda
Ullevi 		9,171
13,853
1999–2000 Örgryte IS (1) Match 1: 2–0
Match 2: 0–1 		AIK Råsunda
Ullevi 		7,771
5,013
2000–01 IF Elfsborg (1) 1–1 (aet)
9–8 (pen.) 		AIK Stadsparksvallen 6,634
2002 Djurgårdens IF (2)† 1–0 (aet) AIK Råsunda 33,727
2003 IF Elfsborg (2) 2–0 Assyriska FF‡ Råsunda 10,280
2004 Djurgårdens IF (3) 3–1 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 9,417
2005 Djurgårdens IF (4)† 2–0 Åtvidabergs FF‡ Råsunda 11,613
2006 Helsingborgs IF (3) 2–0 Gefle IF Råsunda 3,379
2007 Kalmar FF (3) 3–0 IFK Göteborg Fredriksskans 6,877
2008 IFK Göteborg (5) 0–0 (aet)
5–4 (pen.) 		Kalmar FF Fredriksskans 7,158
2009 AIK (8)† 2–0 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 24,365
2010 Helsingborgs IF (4) 1–0 Hammarby IF‡ Söderstadion 12,357
2011 Helsingborgs IF (5)† 3–1 Kalmar FF Olympia 9,513
2012 – Not held – – –
2012–13 IFK Göteborg (6) 1–1 (aet)
3–1 (pen.) 		Djurgårdens IF Friends Arena 21,819
2013–14 IF Elfsborg (3) 1–0 Helsingborgs IF Friends Arena 3,423
2014–15 IFK Göteborg (7) 2–1 Örebro SK Gamla Ullevi 16,761
2015–16 BK Häcken (1) 2–2 (aet)
6–5 (pen.) 		Malmö FF Swedbank Stadion 22,302
2016–17 Östersunds FK (1) 4–1 IFK Norrköping Jämtkraft Arena 8,369
2017–18 Djurgårdens IF (5) 3–0 Malmö FF Tele2 Arena 25,123
2018–19 BK Häcken (2) 3–0 AFC Eskilstuna Bravida Arena 4,958
2019–20 IFK Göteborg (8) 2–1 (aet) Malmö FF Gamla Ullevi 0
2020–21 Hammarby IF (1) 0–0 (aet)
5–4 (pen.) 		BK Häcken Tele2 Arena 0
2021–22 Malmö FF (15) 0–0 (aet)
4–3 (pen.) 		Hammarby IF Tele2 Arena 25,567
2022–23 BK Häcken (3) 4–1 Mjällby AIF Strandvallen

Performances

Performance by club

Cup titles won by club (%)

  Malmö FF – 14 (22%)
  AIK – 8 (12%)
  IFK Göteborg – 8 (12%)
  IFK Norrköping – 6 (9%)
  Helsingborgs IF – 5 (8%)
  Djurgårdens IF – 5 (8%)
  Kalmar FF – 3 (5%)
  IF Elfsborg – 3 (5%)
  Other clubs – 13 (20%)

For a list of clubs which have won the double of cup and league championship during the same season, see List of Swedish football champions.

19 clubs have won Svenska Cupen. 23 clubs have been runners-up, and of these eight clubs are yet to win a cup final. Four of the 19 cup-winning clubs have never lost the competition's deciding game, but none of these have played in more than one final.

Total cup wins by club
Club Winners Runners-up Cup-winning years Years as runners-up
Malmö FF 15 6 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1967, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2021–22 1945, 1970–71, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20
AIK 8 8 1949, 1950, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2009 1943, 1947, 1968–69, 1991, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002
IFK Göteborg 8 5 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1991, 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019–20 1985–86, 1998–99, 2004, 2007, 2009
IFK Norrköping 6 5 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72, 2016–17
Djurgårdens IF 5 4 1989–90, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2017–18 1951, 1974–75, 1988–89, 2012–13
Helsingborgs IF 5 3 1941, 1997–98, 2006, 2010, 2011 1950, 1993–94, 2013–14
Kalmar FF 3 3 1980–81, 1986–87, 2007 1977–78, 2008, 2011
IF Elfsborg 3 3 2000–01, 2003, 2013–14 1942, 1980–81, 1996–97
Åtvidabergs FF 2 4 1969–70, 1970–71 1946, 1972–73, 1978–79, 2005
BK Häcken 2 2 2015–16, 2018–19 1989–90, 2020–21
Landskrona BoIS 1 4 1971–72 1949, 1975–76, 1983–84, 1992–93
Östers IF 1 4 1976–77 1973–74, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1990–91
Hammarby IF 1 4 2020–21 1976–77, 1982–83, 2010, 2021–22
GAIS 1 1 1942 1986–87
Örgryte IS 1 1 1999–2000 1997–98
Råå IF 1 – 1948 –
Degerfors IF 1 – 1992–93 –
Halmstads BK 1 – 1994–95 –
Östersunds FK 1 – 2016–17 –
Örebro SK – 2 – 1987–88, 2014–15
IK Sleipner – 1 – 1941
BK Kenty – 1 – 1948
Sandvikens IF – 1 – 1969–70
IK Brage – 1 – 1979–80
Assyriska FF – 1 – 2003
Gefle IF – 1 – 2006
AFC Eskilstuna – 1 – 2018–19

Total cup wins by city

The 19 title-winning clubs have come from a total of 13 cities. The most successful cities are Malmö and Stockholm. All of Malmö's titles have been won by Malmö FF, while AIK, Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF have won the title from Stockholm.

Total cup wins by city
City Won Clubs
Malmö 15 Malmö FF (15)
Stockholm 14 AIK (8), Djurgårdens IF (5), Hammarby IF (1)
Gothenburg 12 IFK Göteborg (8), BK Häcken (2), GAIS (1), Örgryte IS (1)
Norrköping 6 IFK Norrköping (6)
Helsingborg 6 Helsingborgs IF (5), Råå IF (1)
Kalmar 3 Kalmar FF (3)
Borås 3 IF Elfsborg (3)
Åtvidaberg 2 Åtvidabergs FF (2)
Landskrona 1 Landskrona BoIS (1)
Växjö 1 Östers IF (1)
Degerfors 1 Degerfors IF (1)
Halmstad 1 Halmstads BK (1)
Östersund 1 Östersunds FK (1)

Total cup wins by county

There have been 19 winners of Svenska Cupen, from nine counties. The most successful county is Skåne with 22 titles divided between four clubs.

Total cup wins by province
County Won Clubs
Skåne 22 Malmö FF (15), Helsingborgs IF (5), Råå IF (1), Landskrona BoIS (1)
Västra Götaland 15 IFK Göteborg (8), IF Elfsborg (3), BK Häcken (2), GAIS (1), Örgryte IS (1)
Stockholm 14 AIK (8), Djurgårdens IF (5), Hammarby IF (1)
Östergötland 8 IFK Norrköping (6), Åtvidabergs FF (2)
Kalmar 3 Kalmar FF (3)
Kronoberg 1 Östers IF (1)
Örebro 1 Degerfors IF (1)
Halland 1 Halmstads BK (1)
Jämtland 1 Östersunds FK (1)

Footnotes

References

External links

Svenska Cupen
UEFA members national football cups
Football in Sweden
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