The 2022–23 Svenska Cupen was the 67th season of the Svenska Cupen and the eleventh season with the current format. The winners of the competition will secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2022–23 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2022 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.
Round dates The schedule of the competition is as follows.
PhaseRoundMatch dateInitial roundsRound 115 June – 30 July 2022Round 230 August – 1 September 2022Group stageMatchday 118/19 February 2023Matchday 225/26 February 2023Matchday 34/5 March 2023Knockout stageQuarter-final11/12 March 2023Semi-final18/19 March 2023Final18 May 2023
Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Leagues participating in this round Round 1 96 64 0 64 Division 1 (22 teams)Division 2 (36 teams)Division 3 (6 teams) Round 2 64 64 32 32 Allsvenskan (16 teams)Superettan (16 teams) Group stage 32 32 32 0
Round 1 64 clubs from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round.
Matches
Round 2 64 teams compete in this round: 32 winners from Round 1 and the 32 teams from the 2022 Allsvenskan and 2022 Superettan.
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 went unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2022 season. All teams in the group stage played each other once, the highest-ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower played two home matches.
Qualified teams
Seeded AIK (1) BK Häcken (1) Degerfors IF (1) Djurgårdens IF (1) GIF Sundsvall (1) Hammarby IF (1) Helsingborgs IF (1) IFK Göteborg (1) IFK Norrköping (1) IK Sirius (1) Kalmar FF (1) Malmö FF (1) Mjällby AIF (1) Varbergs BoIS (1) Halmstads BK (2) IF Brommapojkarna (2)
Unseeded Dalkurd FF (2) IK Brage (2) Jönköpings Södra IF (2) Landskrona BoIS (2) Norrby IF (2) Skövde AIK (2) Trelleborgs FF (2) Utsiktens BK (2) Västerås SK (2) Örebro SK (2) Östersunds FK (2) FC Trollhättan (3) GAIS (3) Oskarshamns AIK (3) IFK Luleå (4) Onsala BK (4)
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Knockout stage
The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals will be made on March 6, 2023.
Qualified teams
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Linus Lyck IK Tord4 Amar MuhsinHelsingborgs IF3 David BerntssonOnsala BK3 Romain GallMalmö FF Trimi Makolli FC Stockholm Internazionale Pontus Nordenberg Nykopings BIS Paul Nyman Västra Frölunda IF Patriot SejdiuMalmö FF
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