# 2023–24 Svenska Cupen

The 2023–24 Svenska Cupen was the 68th season of the Svenska Cupen and the twelfth season with the current format. The winners qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. A total of 96 clubs entered the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.
Malmö FF won the cup on 1 May 2024, defeating Djurgårdens IF 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 1–1 draw. Since they qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team of the 2023 Allsvenskan.

## Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Match date |
| Initial rounds | Round 1 | 23 May – 2 July 2023 |
| Initial rounds | Round 2 | 16 – 24 August 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 17 – 19 February 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 24 – 26 February 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 2 – 4 March 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-final | 9/10 March 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-final | 16/17 March 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 1 May 2024 |

## Teams

| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues participating in this round |
| Round 1 | 96 | 64 | 0 | 64 | Division 1 (18 teams) Division 2 (28 teams) Division 3 (10 teams) Division 4 (7 teams) Division 5 (1 team) |
| Round 2 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | Allsvenskan (16 teams) Superettan (16 teams) Division 1 (13 teams) Division 2 (11 teams) Division 3 (5 teams) Division 4 (3 teams) |
| Group stage | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | Allsvenskan (16 teams) Superettan (14 teams) Division 1 (1 team) Division 2 (1 team) |

## Round 1

64 clubs from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Allsvenskan (tier 1) | Superettan (tier 2) | Ettan (tier 3) | Division 2 (tier 4) | Division 3 (tier 5) | Division 4 (tier 6) | Division 5 (tier 7) | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 28 / 28 | 10 / 10 | 7 / 7 | 1 / 1 | 96 / 96 |

### Matches
## Round 2

64 clubs will compete in this round. The 32 winners from Round 1, 16 teams from the Allsvenskan and 16 teams from the Superettan
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Allsvenskan (tier 1) | Superettan (tier 2) | Ettan (tier 3) | Division 2 (tier 4) | Division 3 (tier 5) | Division 4 (tier 6) | Division 5 (tier 7) | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 13 / 18 | 11 / 28 | 5 / 10 | 3 / 7 | 0 / 1 | 64 / 96 |

### Matches
## 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 were unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2023 season. All teams in the group stage play each other once, the highest-ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower play two home matches.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Allsvenskan (tier 1) | Superettan (tier 2) | Ettan (tier 3) | Division 2 (tier 4) | Division 3 (tier 5) | Division 4 (tier 6) | Division 5 (tier 7) | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 14 / 16 | 1 / 18 | 1 / 28 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 1 | 32 / 96 |

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MFF | ÖIF | VAR | IFKL |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Östers IF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | | | | | 5–0 |
| 3 | Varbergs BoIS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | | | 1–4 | | |
| 4 | IFK Luleå | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | | 0–8 | | 0–4 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DEG | IFE | GAIS | ÖIS |
| 1 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | IF Elfsborg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | | 2–2 | | 2–0 | |
| 3 | GAIS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | | | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Örgryte IS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | | 3–2 | | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFB | BKH | ÖFK | LAN |
| 1 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | BK Häcken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Östersunds FK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Landskrona BoIS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | | 3–2 | | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIF | IFKG | SAIK | NUFC |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | | | | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Skövde AIK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Nordic United FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | | 0–5 | 3–4 | | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HBK | IFKV | TFF | HIF |
| 1 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | IFK Värnamo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | | 0–1 | | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Trelleborgs FF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | | | | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | | | 0–1 | | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIK | ÖSK | KFF | GEF |
| 1 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| 2 | Örebro SK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | | | | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Kalmar FF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | | 1–1 | | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Gefle IF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | | | 1–2 | | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAIF | VSK | GIF |
| 1 | Mjällby AIF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Västerås SK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | | | | 1–1 |
| 4 | GIF Sundsvall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | | | | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKN | IKS | IKB | UBK |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | IK Sirius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | | 2–2 | | | 2–0 |
| 3 | IK Brage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | | | 0–0 | | |
| 4 | Utsiktens BK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | | | | 1–3 | |

## Knockout stage

The eight group winners from the group stage entered the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals. The top four group winners overall were seeded in the quarter-final draw, each facing one of the bottom four group winners (unseeded in the draw) at home.

### Qualified teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 4 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Seeded in quarter-final draw |
| 2 | 1 | Malmö FF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Seeded in quarter-final draw |
| 3 | 3 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Seeded in quarter-final draw |
| 4 | 7 | Mjällby AIF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Seeded in quarter-final draw |
| 5 | 6 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Unseeded in quarter-final draw |
| 6 | 5 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Unseeded in quarter-final draw |
| 7 | 2 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 | Unseeded in quarter-final draw |
| 8 | 8 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Unseeded in quarter-final draw |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 March 2024 – Stockholm | 9 March 2024 – Stockholm | | | |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 0 | | | |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 0 | 16 March 2024 – Halmstad | 16 March 2024 – Halmstad | | |
| Halmstads BK (a.e.t.) | 1 | 16 March 2024 – Halmstad | 16 March 2024 – Halmstad | |
| Halmstads BK (a.e.t.) | 1 | Halmstads BK | 0 | |
| 10 March 2024 – Malmö | 10 March 2024 – Malmö | | Halmstads BK | 0 | |
| 10 March 2024 – Malmö | 10 March 2024 – Malmö | Malmö FF | 4 | |
| Malmö FF | 5 | Malmö FF | 4 | |
| Malmö FF | 5 | | | | 1 May 2024 – Malmö | 1 May 2024 – Malmö |
| IFK Norrköping | 2 | | | | 1 May 2024 – Malmö | 1 May 2024 – Malmö |
| IFK Norrköping | 2 | | | | Malmö FF (p) | 1 (4) |
| 9 March 2024 – Hällevik | 9 March 2024 – Hällevik | | | | | Malmö FF (p) | 1 (4) |
| 9 March 2024 – Hällevik | 9 March 2024 – Hällevik | | | | Djurgårdens IF | 1 (1) |
| Mjällby AIF | 1 | | | | Djurgårdens IF | 1 (1) |
| Mjällby AIF | 1 | 17 March 2024 – Stockholm | 17 March 2024 – Stockholm | | | |
| AIK | 3 | 17 March 2024 – Stockholm | 17 March 2024 – Stockholm | | | |
| AIK | 3 | AIK | 1 (2) | | | |
| 10 March 2024 – Stockholm | 10 March 2024 – Stockholm | | AIK | 1 (2) | | | |
| 10 March 2024 – Stockholm | 10 March 2024 – Stockholm | Djurgårdens IF (p) | 1 (3) | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 3 | Djurgårdens IF (p) | 1 (3) | |
| Degerfors IF | 0 | | | |