2012 Svenska Supercupen (Swedish Super Cup 2012) was the 6th edition Svenska Supercupen annual football match that Helsingborg (league and cup double-champions) successfully defended against league runners-up AIK. The match was staged on 24 March 2012 at Olympia, Helsingborg. Svenska Supercupen is usually contested by the winners of the previous season's Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. However, Helsingborg won both titles in 2011, they faced the Allsvenskan runners-up AIK. This was the first match the two teams faced each other in Supercupen's existence: Helsingborgs third Supercupen appearance and AIKs second Supercupen appearance. This was the 2nd match involving a double champion team following a hiatus since 2010. Olympia hosted the final for the first time.
The match was broadcast live on TV4 Sport, of the TV4 Group. FIFA selected Markus Strömbergsson from Gävle as the match referee for the third consecutive game. Helsingborg won the match 2–0 after two goals from Dutch midfielder Rachid Bouaouzan. This was Helsingborgs second consecutive Supercupen title in the competition and fifth consecutive title in Swedish football.
Match facts
HELSINGBORGS IF: GK 30 Pär Hansson (c)RB 21 Christoffer AnderssonCB 3 Loret SadikuCB 4 Walid Atta LB 23 Erik WahlstedtRM 5 Daniel Nordmark CM 8 Ardian GashiCM 6 May MahlanguLM 13 Rachid BouaouzanFW 19 Alfreð Finnbogason FW 11 Thomas Sørum Substitutes:GK 1 Daniel AnderssonDF 15 Emil KrafthDF 16 Joseph Baffo DF 28 Jere UronenMF 2 Marcus BergholtzMF 7 Mattias Lindström FW 10 Álvaro Santos Manager: Conny Karlsson
AIK: GK 27 Ivan Turina RB 7 Helgi DaníelssonCB 6 Alexander Milošević CB 2 Niklas Backman LB 4 Nils-Eric JohanssonRM 11 Atakora Lalawelé CM 5 Robert Åhman Persson CM 28 Viktor Lundberg CM 8 Daniel Tjernström (c) LM 9 Martin Kayongo-MutumbaFW 22 Kwame Karikari Substitutes:GK 35 Lee BaxterDF 3 Per KarlssonDF 16 Martin LorentzsonMF 15 Robin Quaison MF 24 Daniel GustavssonMF 29 Gabriel Özkan FW 21 Pontus Engblom Manager: Andreas Alm
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mathias Klasenius, (Örebro) Per Brogevik (Kumla) Fourth official: Daniel Stålhammar (Landskrona)
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 2011 Allsvenskan 2011 Svenska Cupen
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