2022–23 Svenska Cupen Explained

Svenska Cupen
Year:2022–23
Dates:15 June 2022 – 18 May 2023
Country:Sweden
Num Teams:96
Defending Champions:Malmö FF
Winners:BK Häcken
Second:Mjällby AIF
Matches:119
Goals:407
Scoring Leader:Linus Lyck
Amar Muhsin
(4 goals each)
Prev Season:2021–22
Next Season:2023–24
Updated:18 May 2023

The 2022–23 Svenska Cupen was the 67th season of the Svenska Cupen and the eleventh season with the current format. The winners of the competition will secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2022–23 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2022 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.[1]

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

PhaseRoundMatch date
Initial roundsRound 115 June – 30 July 2022
Round 230 August – 1 September 2022
Group stageMatchday 118/19 February 2023
Matchday 225/26 February 2023
Matchday 34/5 March 2023
Knockout stageQuarter-final11/12 March 2023
Semi-final18/19 March 2023
Final18 May 2023

Teams

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 (36 teams)
Division 3 (6 teams)
64 64 32 32 Allsvenskan (16 teams)
Superettan (16 teams)
32 32 32 0

Round 1

64 clubs from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round.

Matches

Round 2

64 teams compete in this round: 32 winners from Round 1 and the 32 teams from the 2022 Allsvenskan and 2022 Superettan.

Group stage

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 2022 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.

Qualified teams

Seeded:
Unseeded

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Knockout stage

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals will be made on March 6, 2023.[2]

Final

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Linus LyckIK Tord4
Amar MuhsinHelsingborgs IF
3 David BerntssonOnsala BK3
Romain GallMalmö FF
Trimi MakolliFC Stockholm Internazionale
Pontus NordenbergNykopings BIS
Paul NymanVästra Frölunda IF
Patriot SejdiuMalmö FF

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swedish Cup Men 2022–23 . The Swedish Football Association . sv.
  2. Web site: Game Dates . Svenskfotboll.se . sv.