The Swedish Football Association have organized a nationwide knock-out cup competition known as Svenska Cupen for 68 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 Malmö FF, who beat Djurgårdens IF in the 2024 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 16 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 22 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 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. |
Season | Winners | Result | Runners-up | Venue | Attendance |
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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 |
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.
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.
City | Won | Clubs |
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Malmö | 16 | Malmö FF (16) |
Stockholm | 14 | AIK (8), Djurgårdens IF (5), Hammarby IF (1) |
Gothenburg | 13 | IFK Göteborg (8), BK Häcken (3), 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) |
There have been 19 winners of Svenska Cupen, from nine counties. The most successful county is Skåne with 22 titles divided between four clubs.
County | Won | Clubs |
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Skåne | 23 | Malmö FF (16), Helsingborgs IF (5), Råå IF (1), Landskrona BoIS (1) |
Västra Götaland | 16 | IFK Göteborg (8), IF Elfsborg (3), BK Häcken (3), 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) |
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