1996–97 Svenska Cupen

1996-97 Svenska Cupen
Country  Sweden
Teams 554
Champions AIK
Runners-up IF Elfsborg
Matches played 553

Svenska Cupen 1996-97 was the forty-second 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.[1] Group matches introduced in the previous year's competition were abandoned and Division 4 clubs again entered the competition in large numbers.

Preliminary round 1

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Heds IF (WC) 2–6 IK Sturehov (D4)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Preliminary round 2

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 IK Sturehov (D4) 4–2 Skogstorps GoIF (D4)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Eskilstuna Södra FF (D4) 1–2 IK Sturehov (D4)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 IK Sturehov (D4) 1–0
(gg) 		Gideonsbergs IF (D3)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Third round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 IK Sturehov (D4) 2–1
(gg) 		Hertzöga BK (D1) 400

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Fourth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 IK Sturehov (D4) 1–5 AIK (A) 1,148

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Fifth round

The 8 matches in this round were played between 10 April and 24 April 1997.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Kalmar FF (D1) 0–1 IF Elfsborg (D1) 423
2 AIK (A) 3–0 IFK Norrköping (A) 2,244
3 IFK Karlshamn (D2) 1–7 Hammarby IF (D1) 1,200
4 Örgryte IS (A) 2–0 Mjällby AIF (D1) 331
5 Kalmar AIK (D2) 3–2 (gg) BK Häcken (D1) 221
6 Gefle IF (D1) 0–0
(p. 4–2)		 IFK Göteborg (A) 4,726
7 Umeå FC (A) 0–0
(p. 3–5)		 Örebro SK (A) 1,514
8 Spårvägens FF (D1) 0–0
(p. 4–5)		 Motala AIF (D1) 38

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 8 May 1997.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Hammarby IF (D1) 0–2 AIK (A) 8,543
2 Gefle IF (D1) 2–1 Örebro SK (A) 3,512
3 Kalmar AIK (D2) 1–6 Örgryte IS (A) 815
4 IF Elfsborg (D1) 2–0 Motala AIF (D1) 971

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 15 May 1997.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Örgryte IS (A) 0–0
(p. 5–6)		 AIK (A) 1,215
2 IF Elfsborg (D1) 3–0 Gefle IF (D1) 1,510

Final

The final was played on 29 May 1997 in Borås.

Tie no Team 1 Score Team 2 Attendance
1[1] IF Elfsborg (D1) 1–2 AIK (A) 9,547

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Svensk Fotboll - Historia - Svenska Cupens finaler 1941 - Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-11-08.

References

  • Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
  • Fotbollboken 1998 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1998.
  • "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  • "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-08.