The 2010 Svenska Cupen final took place on 13 November 2010 at Söderstadion in Stockholm. The match was contested by Superettan side Hammarby IF and Allsvenskan side Helsingborgs IF. Hammarby, who had never won the cup, appeared in the final for the first time since 1983.Svenska Cupen Helsingborg's most recent appearance had been four years earlier in 2006, when they won their third cup title.

A late strike in the 80th minute by Rasmus Jönsson secured the cup title for Helsingborg and ended a very successful season for the Scanian team. A week before, they had also finished runners-up in Allsvenskan.

Road to the Final Hammarby IFHelsingborgs IFVärmdö IF [D2]A2-3 (aet)Holmqvist 72'Hallenius 90'Holmqvist 91'Second roundTrelleborgs FF [AS]H3-1Helg 4'Helg 54'Bojassen 80'Third roundHammarby TFF [D1]A1-3Makondele 28'Jönsson 58', 60'IF Elfsborg [AS]H3-1Castro-Tello 8'Furuseth Olsen 68'Castro-Tello 70'Fourth roundBK Häcken [AS]H2-1Lindström 89'Sundin 90'+4IF Brommapojkarna [AS]H2-2 (AET), 5-4 (p)Castro-Tello 23'Hallenius 45'Quarter finalsAIK [AS]A1-1 (AET), 3-4 (p)Lindström 41'Kalmar FF [AS]H2-2 (AET), 4-3 (p)Törnstrand 32'Castro-Tello 43'Semi finalsMjällby AIF [AS]H2-0Sundin 63'Holgersson 79' Helsingborgs IF entered the tournament in the third round. Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

Match details

GK 40 Johannes Hopf RB 2 David Johansson CB 27 Marcus Törnstrand CB 3 José Monteiro (c) LB 25 Fadi Malke RM 15 Petter Furuseth Olsen CM 4 Christian Traoré CM 10 Andreas Dahl LM 23 Maic SemaFW 9 Sebastian Castro-Tello FW 18 Max Forsberg Substitutes:DF 6 Patrik Gerrbrand MF 8 Fredrik SöderströmDF 13 Isak DahlinFW 16 Tobias HolmqvistMF 26 Simon Helg GK 30 George MoussanFW 36 Christer Gustafsson Manager: Roger Franzén GK 30 Pär HanssonRB 21 Christoffer Andersson CB 24 Marcus Nilsson CB 26 Joel Ekstrand LB 14 Erik EdmanRM 19 Rasmus Jönsson CM 6 May MahlanguCM 10 Marcus Lantz (c)LM 21 Rachid Bouaouzan FW 9 Erik Sundin FW 18 Alexander Gerndt Substitutes:GK 1 Oscar Berglund DF 5 Hannu Patronen MF 7 Mattias Lindström MF 8 Ardian Gashi FW 11 Rafael PorcellisDF 23 Erik Wahlstedt DF 27 Johan Eiswohld Manager: Conny Karlsson MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Joakim Flink (Karlskrona) Mirce Popovski (Gothenburg) Fourth official: Per Melin (Solna)MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also 2010 Svenska Cupen

References

External links Svenska Cupen at svenskfotboll.se