Founded | 1954 |
---|---|
Region | Denmark |
Number of teams | 108 |
Qualifier for | UEFA Europa Conference League |
Current champions | F.C. Copenhagen (9th title) |
Most successful club(s) | F.C. Copenhagen AGF (9 titles) |
Television broadcasters | DR TV3 Sport |
Website | pokalturnering.dk |
2023–24 Danish Cup |
The Danish Cup (Danish : Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will qualify for the UEFA Europa League tournament the following year, where they (as of the 2009–10 season) will enter in the third qualifying round.
The final traditionally takes place on Kristi Himmelfarts Dag (The Ascension) and it is always played in the Danish national stadium Parken. However in the 1991 and 1992 seasons the final had been rescheduled to Odense Stadion and Århus Stadion respectively due to the renovation of Parken. Furthermore, in 2011, because Ascension Thursday fell on 2 June and an international match date was already allotted for this date, the Danish Cup final was played two weeks earlier on 22 May, which coincided with the annual Copenhagen Marathon.
The clubs with the most finals appearances is FCK and AaB with 13 finals each, having won 9 and 3 respectively.
Attention has been brought to the fact that the final on most occasions unpractically is played before the last rounds of the league, which can open up for speculation in the benefit of losing league games at the end of the season especially for the cup runner-up if the winner is heading for the league championship. Recently former AaB player David Nielsen claimed in his autobiography that after losing the cup final in 2004 to FC Copenhagen, he deliberately missed opportunities to score against them when AaB and FC Copenhagen met in the final league match because FCK would win the championship (and thereby the double) and land AaB in the UEFA Cup as losing cup finalists.
The Danish FA sanctioned nation-wide cup tournament has been sponsored since the 1990.
Each club may only have one team in the tournament (their first team). If a match (except one of the two-legged semifinals, except if the 2nd match's result gives an aggregate tie, including the away goals rule) ends in a tie, two fifteen-minute extra time periods will be played, with penalty kicks if the tie remains after the extra time.
The teams are not seeded, but the lowest placed team from the previous season will always get the home pitch advantage.
– and so on until the finals.
– and so on until the finals.
– and so on until the finals.
Team | # | Titles | # | Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|
F.C. Copenhagen | 9 | 1995, 1997, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2007, 2014 |
AGF | 9 | 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1996 | 3 | 1959, 1990, 2016 |
Brøndby IF | 7 | 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2018 | 4 | 1988, 1996, 2017, 2019 |
Vejle | 6 | 1958, 1959, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981 | 1 | 1968 |
OB | 5 | 1983, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2007 | 2 | 1974, 2022 |
AaB | 3 | 1966, 1970, 2014 | 10 | 1967, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2020, 2023 |
Esbjerg fB | 3 | 1964, 1976, 2013 | 6 | 1957, 1962, 1978, 1985, 2006, 2008 |
Lyngby | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1990 | 2 | 1970, 1980 |
Randers Freja | 3 | 1967, 1968, 1973 | 0 | |
Frem | 2 | 1956, 1978 | 3 | 1969, 1971, 1981 |
FC Midtjylland | 2 | 2019, 2022 | 4 | 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 |
B 1903 | 2 | 1979, 1986 | 2 | 1982, 1992 |
B 1909 | 2 | 1962, 1971 | 1 | 1977 |
Randers FC | 2 | 2006, 2021 | 1 | 2013 |
FC Nordsjælland | 2 | 2010, 2011 | 0 | |
KB | 1 | 1969 | 5 | 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1984 |
AB | 1 | 1999 | 3 | 1956, 1995, 2001 |
Silkeborg IF | 1 | 2001 | 1 | 2018 |
SønderjyskE | 1 | 2020 | 1 | 2021 |
Viborg | 1 | 2000 | 0 | |
B 93 | 1 | 1982 | 0 | |
Hvidovre IF | 1 | 1980 | 0 | |
Vanløse IF | 1 | 1974 | 0 | |
B 1913 | 1 | 1963 | 0 | |
Ikast fS | 0 | 3 | 1986, 1989, 1997 | |
B 1901 | 0 | 2 | 1973, 1983 | |
Køge BK | 0 | 2 | 1963, 1979 | |
Holbæk B&I | 0 | 2 | 1975, 1976 | |
FC Vestsjælland | 0 | 1 | 2015 | |
AC Horsens | 0 | 1 | 2012 | |
Næstved IF | 0 | 1 | 1994 | |
Fremad Amager | 0 | 1 | 1972 | |
Odense KFUM | 0 | 1 | 1964 | |
Frem Sakskøbing | 0 | 1 | 1960 | |
Aalborg Chang | 0 | 1 | 1955 |
Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is Nature Energy Park. OB's clubhouse is located in Ådalen near Odense River.
DBU Jutland is the local governing body for association football and futsal in Jutland, Denmark. They are responsible for the governance and development of men's and women's football at all levels in the region. DBU Jutland is a member of the Union of Local Football Associations in Denmark under the Danish Football Association (DBU) and National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF). The headquarters is located in Tilst in the western part of Aarhus. Clubs situated in Jutland and surrounding areas, covering the postal codes between 6000-9999, can be accepted as members of DBU Jutland. In 2019, the football association consisted of 903 clubs and 162,268 members with IF Lyseng being the largest club membership-wise. Founded on 1 December 1895, it is the oldest regional football association under the Danish FA, and was originally created as a counterpart to the Danish FA. The association kept its original name, Jyllands Boldspil-Union (JBU), until 1 February 2011, where it was changed to its current name, DBU Jylland.
KBUs Pokalturnering was a Danish regional knockout association football competition contested annually from 1910 to 1953 by clubs that were members of the regional football association Copenhagen FA (KBU). Organised by and named after KBU, the competition rules has varied from being open to all Copenhagen clubs and being a closed tournament (1920–1946) reserved only for the highest ranking clubs, and as a consequence the number of participants have varied greatly throughout its history. For the first 10 seasons, between 7 and 13 teams participated until a fixed number of 8 teams was introduced from 1920 until 1946. When both the Sommerpokalturneringen and the KBUs B-Pokalturnering, both featuring the lower ranking KBU teams, were discontinued after their 1946 edition, the Copenhagen FA again allowed lower ranking clubs to participate in the association's primary cup competition, increasing the number of teams to 52. For the most part, the competition took place in the fall season and since the 1913 edition culminating in a final played at Københavns Idrætspark that saw large attendance figures and generated much media coverage.
The 2003–04 Danish Cup was the 50th season of the Danish Cup. The final was played on 20 May 2004.
The 2002–03 Danish Cup was the 49th season of the Danish Cup. The final was played on 29 May 2003.
The 2001–02 Danish Cup was the 48th season of the Danish Cup. The final was played on 9 May 2002.
The 2011 Danish Cup final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2010–11 Danish Cup. It was played on 22 May 2011 at 18:45 CEST, between FC Nordsjælland and FC Midtjylland, the same two teams who competed in last year's final, with FC Nordsjælland emerging victorious once again, 3–2.
The 2012–13 Danish Cup was the 59th season of the Danish Cup competition. It was the second season since its rebranding as the DBU Pokalen. The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.
The 2014–15 Danish Cup was the 61st season of the Danish Cup competition. It was the fourth season since its rebranding as the DBU Pokalen. The winner of the competition qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
Battle of Jutland is the football rivalry between two of the oldest clubs in Danish football history, Aalborg BK and Aarhus GF.
The 2019–20 Danish Cup, also known as Sydbank Pokalen, was the 66th season of the Danish Cup competition. The winners of the tournament, SønderjyskE, in winning their first major championship in club history, earned qualification into the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.
The 2020 Danish Cup final was played on 1 July 2020 between SønderjyskE and AaB at Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2019–20 Danish Cup, the 66th season of the Sydbank Pokalen. Originally scheduled to be played in May, the final was delayed due to the COVID-19 shutdown through Europe.
DBU Zealand is the local governing body for association football and futsal on Zealand, Denmark. They are responsible for the governance and development of men's and women's football at all levels in the region. DBU Zealand is a member of the Union of Local Football Associations in Denmark under the Danish Football Association (DBU) and National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF). The headquarters is located in Himmelev in the northern part of Roskilde. Clubs situated on Zealand and surrounding areas, covering the postal codes between 3000-3699 and 4000–4999, respectively, can be accepted as members of DBU Zealand. In 2017 the football association consisted of 370 clubs and 86,132 members with Brøndby IF being the largest club membership-wise. Founded on 14 September 1902, it is the second oldest regional football association under the Danish FA and kept its original name, Sjællands Boldspil-Union (SBU), until 1 February 2011, where it was changed to its current name, DBU Sjælland.
The 2020–21 Danish Cup, also known as Sydbank Pokalen, was the 67th season of the Danish Cup competition.
The 1926 JBUs Pokalturnering was the 3rd edition of the regional tournament, JBUs Pokalturnering, the highest senior cup competition organised by the Jutland FA (JBU). The tournament was held in the third and fourth quarter of 1926 with Aalborg BK as the defending cup champions. The season was launched on 22 August 1926 with the first round, embraced five cup rounds and concluded on 21 November 1926 with the cup final. A total of 29 clubs participated in the cup tournament, which was the same number of teams as the previous season.
The 2021 Danish Cup final was played on 13 May 2021 between SønderjyskE and Randers FC at Ceres Park, Aarhus, a neutral ground. Randers captured their second title in team history in the culmination of the 2020–21 Danish Cup, the 67th season of the Sydbank Pokalen.
Hatting/Torsted IF is a Danish football club based in Horsens. It was founded in 1992 as a merger between Hatting IF (1889) and Torsted IF (1964). It plays in the DBU Jutland Series 2 in the seventh tier of the Danish football league system.
The 2021–22 Danish Cup, also known as Sydbank Pokalen, is the 68th season of the Danish Cup competition. The winner is qualified for the Europa League play-off round.
The 2022–23 Danish Cup, also known as Pokalen, was the 69th season of the Danish Cup competition. F.C. Copenhagen took the tournament, securing its 9th Cup with a 1–0 win over AaB and qualifying for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
The 2023–24 Danish Cup, also known as Oddset Pokalen, is the 70th season of the Danish Cup competition. The Winner will qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round.