| Svenska Cupen | |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 9 June 2021 – 26 May 2022 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Num Teams: | 96 |
| Defending Champions: | Hammarby IF |
| Champions: | Malmö FF |
| Runner-Up: | Hammarby IF |
| Matches: | 119 |
| Goals: | 404 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Veljko Birmančević (7 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Svenska Cupen is the 66th season of the Svenska Cupen and the tenth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2021–22 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2021 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.[1]
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Match date |
|---|---|---|
| Initial rounds | Round 1 | 9 June - 10 July 2021 |
| Round 2 | 17 August - 20 October 2021 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 19 - 21 February 2022 |
| Matchday 2 | 26 - 28 February 2022 | |
| Matchday 3 | 5 - 7 March 2022 | |
| Knockout stage | Quarter Final | 12 - 14 March 2022 |
| Semi Final | 19 - 20 March 2022 | |
| Final | 26 May 2022 |
| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues participating in this round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 64 | 0 | 64 | Division 1 (22 teams) Division 2 (32 teams) Division 3 (6 teams) Division 4 (4 teams) | ||
| 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | Allsvenskan (16 teams) Superettan (16 teams) | ||
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
First round matches were played between 9 June and 10 July. 64 clubs from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round.
64 teams competed in this round: 32 winners from Round 1 and the 32 teams from the 2021 Allsvenskan and 2021 Superettan.
The group stage was drawn on 5 December 2021. The 32 winners from round 2 were divided into eight groups of four teams. The 16 highest ranked winners from the previous rounds were seeded to the top two positions in each group and the 16 remaining winners went unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2021 season. All teams in the group stage played each other once, the highest-ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower played two home matches.
Akropolis IF withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Norrby IF.[2]
The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was made on March 7, 2022.[3]
See main article: 2022 Svenska Cupen final.
