2012–13 Svenska Cupen

Teams

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2012–13 Svenska Cupen qualifying rounds

The only one of the Swedish District Football Associations that had a qualifying round was Dalarnas FF, the other ones decided their teams in other ways. The first round commenced on 3 March 2012 and the final was contested on 22 May 2012.

Round 1

64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round. The round was played between 3 June and 5 August 2012 with the majority of the fixtures played in early August. Harkness Mbaroodi Sowe Wiklundh Haddad Karlsson Portocarrero Linares Petersson Widahl Magnusson Glaad Grönevik Rendin Eriksson Nicklasson Lantz Vahlgren Bagger Abed-Al-Mouti Almqvist Gil Thorisson Johansson Emanuelsson Silfverberg Folkesson Dzafic Ahmet Sammar Zlotea Ahmeti Enarsson Björk

• Malm
• Pers
• Forsberg
• Jatko Vukojevic Genc Eid Sollander Jansson Nordin Perman Gidlund

Gustafsson Stillmark Wallén Nilsson Nobell Sandberg Larsson

• Nielsen
• Bergström
• Conradsson
• Eriksson
• Waldemarsson
• Gunnarsson
• Andersson
• Xaba

Round 2

All teams from 2012 Allsvenskan and 2012 Superettan entered in this round, 32 teams in total, where they were joined by the 32 winners from round 1. The 32 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan were seeded and played against the 32 winners from round 1, the matches were played at the home venues for the unseeded teams. The fixtures were drawn on 6 August 2012 and the round was initially scheduled to be played between 16 and 20 August 2012, however three fixtures were postponed to later dates due to clashes with Allsvenskan and European cup play.

Skoglund Käck Nyström Ayrancı Adelstam Schuler Törnstrand Draganov Hamzeh Alushaj Yildirim
Radonić Söderberg Bergholtz Wihlborg Felić Hegeland Touma Brändén Mourad Wrele Boman Steindórsson Karlsson da Silva Rosa Torres Zaldivar Funes Piñones Arce Lindner Mårtensson Hyseni Laitinen Makdessi Ćatović

Agardius Þorvaldsson Gunnarsson Mårtensson Irineu de Souza
Noajnas
Bahtiri Faltsetas Bernhardsson Malmborg E. Larsson Portin Dibba Hopkins Mikaelsson Iglicar Staaf Sjöhage Prodell Lycén Vukojević Claesson Abdulrahman Ericsson Tornblad Olsson Hämäläinen Nymann Eriksson Dauda Salomonsson Sobralense Bärkroth Moberg Karlsson Gerzić Farnerud Sipuri Berglund Rantie Figueiredo Elm Hedlund Hiljemark

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 groups and the 16 remaining winners were unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams were decided by league position in the 2012 season. All teams in the group played each other once, the highest ranked teams from the previous rounds and lower tier teams had the right to play two home matches. The group stage was played in March 2013. The draw for the group stage was held on 13 November 2012.

Tie-breaking criteria and key

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings

1. superior goal difference
2. higher number of goals scored
3. result between the teams in question
4. higher league position in the 2012 season

Group 1

Nilsson Mobaeck Rohdén Jørgensen B. Andersson Björkebaum Abdulrahman Gustafsson Lans
Nilsson

Group 2

A. Wede Claesson Mohammed Johansson Sköld El Kabir

Group 3

Kamara Velić Kroon Söderberg Pavey Persson Johansson Eriksson

Group 4

Magyar Lindström E. Karlsson
Leinar Svärd Rojas

Group 5

Ekenberg Nyman Wiklander Telo Nilsson
Tkacz

Group 6

Dahlberg Lindström C. Andersson Bedoya Dahlberg Santos

Group 7

Funes Allansson Romarinho Moldskred Kapčević

Group 8

Pettersson Prodell Fjällström Winka Solignac Fejzullahu Kangaskolkka Gojani

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

Bracket

|4 April – Norrköping|IFK Norrköping|0 (4)|Djurgårdens IF (p)|0 (5) |3 April – Växjö|Falkenbergs FF|0|Örgryte IS|1 |4 April – Växjö|Östers IF|2|IK Sirius|1 |3 April – Helsingborg|Helsingborgs IF|0|IFK Göteborg|1 |1 May – Stockholm|Djurgårdens IF|1|Örgryte IS|0 |1 May – Växjö|Östers IF|1|IFK Göteborg|4 |26 May – Solna|Djurgårdens IF|1 (1)|IFK Göteborg (p)|1 (3)

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 3 and 4 April 2013 and consisted of the eight teams that won their respective group in the previous round. The four best group winners were entitled to play the match at their home venue. The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 17 March 2013, with IK Sirius from Division 1 remaining as the lowest-ranked team.

Telo
Gerson
Thelin
Luts Fejzullahu Jawo Oyal Arvidsson Söderberg

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 1 May 2013 and consisted of the four winners from the quarter-finals. The teams drawn first were the home teams. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 8 April 2013, with Örgryte IS from Superettan remaining as the lowest-ranked team.

Moberg Karlsson

Final

Main article: 2013 Svenska Cupen final

The final was played on 26 May 2013 at Friends Arena, Solna. The home team was designated through a draw.

Johansson Solignac Nymann Bjärsmyr Dyrestam Farnerud

References

References

1. "Top Scorers". Soccerpunter.
2. "Årsplan 2013". The Swedish Football Association.
3. "Föreskrifter för Svenska Cupen, herrar, 2012/2013". The Swedish Football Association.
4. "Spelprogram – Kval Svenska Cupen, Herrar". The Swedish Football Association.
5. (13 November 2012). "Svenska Cupens gruppspel lottat". The Swedish Football Association.
6. (17 March 2013). "Kvartsfinalklart i Svenska cupen". The Swedish Football Association.
7. (8 April 2013). "Svenska cupens semifinaler lottade". The Swedish Football Association.