Svenska cupen is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan together with 64 teams from lower tiers of the league system. The winners qualify for the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League. The winner is awarded the Gustaf VI Adolf cup.
Svenska Supercupen, Swedish Super Cup, was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season.
The 1947 Svenska Cupen was the seventh season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 24 August 1947 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 3–2 against AIK before an attendance of 26,705 spectators.
The 1948 Svenska Cupen was the eighth season of the main Swedish football Cup and for the first time was not competed for by Allsvenskan clubs, because of the Summer Olympics in London. The final was between two third division clubs and was held on 25 July 1948 at Olympia, Helsingborg. Råå IF won 6–0 against BK Kenty before an attendance of 9,852 spectators.
The 1949 Svenska Cupen was the ninth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 24 July 1949 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. AIK won 1–0 against Landskrona BoIS before an attendance of 14,718 spectators.
The 1994–95 Svenska Cupen was the 40th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 25 May 1995, with the final held in Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg. Halmstads BK won 3–1 against AIK before an attendance of 4,889 spectators.
The 1995–96 Svenska Cupen was the 41st season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 23 May 1996 with the final held in Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg. AIK won 1-0 against Malmö FF before an attendance of 2,745 spectators. A different format was used for the competition with the number of teams entered reduced by almost half compared with the previous year and the third round was run on a group basis.
The 1996–97 Svenska Cupen was the 42nd season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 29 May 1997 with the final held in Borås. AIK won 2–1 against IF Elfsborg before an attendance of 9,547 spectators. Group matches introduced in the previous year's competition were abandoned and Division 4 clubs again entered the competition in large numbers.
The 1993–94 Svenska Cupen was the 39th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition started on 29 April 1993 and was concluded on 12 May 1994 with the final held in Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg. IFK Norrköping won 4–3 against Helsingborgs IF before an attendance of 4,021 spectators.
The 1967 Svenska Cupen was the 13th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 1 November 1967 with the final, held at Idrottsparken, Norrköping. Malmö FF won 2–0 against IFK Norrköping before an attendance of 11,707 spectators.
The 1968–69 Svenska Cupen was the 14th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 23 June 1969 with the final, held at Råsunda, Solna. IFK Norrköping won 1–0 against AIK before an attendance of 7,832 spectators.
The 1969–70 Svenska Cupen was the 15th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 28 May 1970 with the final, held at Studenternas IP, Uppsala. Åtvidabergs FF won 2–0 against Sandvikens IF before an attendance of 3,110 spectators.
The 2013 Svenska Cupen final was played on 26 May 2013. The match was played at the national stadium Friends Arena in Solna which was completed in November 2012 and hosted the final for the first time. The final made its return to Solna for the first time since 2009 and it was also the first time since 2006 that the final was played at a neutral venue. The final was the culmination of the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen, and the first time since 2001 that the final was held in springtime. Allsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and IFK Göteborg contested the 2013 final. In Sweden the match was televised live on SVT.
The 1970–71 Svenska Cupen was the 16th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 30 June 1971 with the final, held at Malmö Stadion, Malmö. Åtvidabergs FF won 3–2 against Malmö FF before an attendance of 7,544 spectators.
Svenska Supercupen 2013, Swedish Super Cup 2013, was the 7th Svenska Supercupen, an annual football match held by the winners of the previous season's Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen competitions. This marked the first time that the cup was held after the end of the standard league season. The match was played at Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, on 10 November 2013, and was played by the 2013 Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF and the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen champions IFK Göteborg. The match was IFK Göteborg's fourth and Malmö FF's second appearance in the competition. The two clubs played against each other for the first time in the cup's history and it was the second time that the competition was hosted at Swedbank Stadion.
The 2013–14 Svenska Cupen was the 58th season of Svenska Cupen and the second season with the current layout.
The 2012–13 Svenska Cupen was the 57th season of Svenska Cupen and the first season since 2000–01 to be held according to the fall-spring season format. The season also reintroduced a group stage, the first since 1995–96.
The 2014 Svenska Cupen final was played on 18 May 2014 at the national stadium Friends Arena in Solna, which hosted the final for the second time. The stadium is the home of the Sweden national football team and Allsvenskan club AIK. The final made its return to Solna for the second consecutive year. The final was the culmination of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen.
The 2014–15 Svenska Cupen is the 59th season of Svenska Cupen and the third season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, unless they have already qualified for European competition, in which case the qualification spot will go to another team, determined by a number of factors.
The 2016 Svenska Cupen final was played on 5 May 2016. The match was played at Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, the home ground of Malmö FF, determined in a draw on 21 March 2016 after the semi-finals. The final was the culmination of the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.
