2016–17 Svenska Cupen

2016–17 Svenska Cupen
Country  Sweden
Dates 3 August 2015 – May 2016
Teams 96 (competition proper)
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The 2016–17 Svenska Cupen will be the 61st season of Svenska Cupen and the fifth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, unless they have already qualified for European competition in the 2017–18 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2016 Allsvenskan.[1]

A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition.[1]

The first two rounds were scheduled to be played before 3 August and 24 August 2016 respectively.[2] The first round draw was announced on 21 April 2016,[3] and the draw for the second round was announced on 7 July 2016.[4]

The group stage will be played on the last two weekends in February 2017, and the last group stage round will be played on 5 and 6 March 2017. The following quarter-finals and semi-finals are scheduled to be played on the weekend of 12 March and 19 March 2017 respectively, before the tournament ends with the final on 13 or 14 April 2017.[5]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][2][5]

Phase Round Draw date and time Match date
Initial rounds Round 1 21 April 2016[3] 3 August 2016 (latest)
Round 2 7 July 2016[4] 24–25 August 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 TBD 18–19 February 2017
Matchday 2 25–26 February 2017
Matchday 3 4–5 March 2017
Knockout stage Quarter-finals TBD 12 March 2017
Semi-finals TBD 19 March 2017
Final TBD 13 or 14 April 2017

Qualifying rounds

The associations of the Swedish District Football Associations could choose to have qualifying rounds or having teams being determined through district championships or by club ranking in 2015.

Round 1

64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system will compete in this round. The matches will be played on 3 August 2016 at the latest.[1][2][3][6]

Round 2

All teams from 2016 Allsvenskan and 2016 Superettan enter in this round, 32 teams in total, where they will be joined by the 32 winners from round 1. The 32 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan were seeded and will play against the 32 winners from round 1, the matches will be played at the home venues for the unseeded teams. The 16 northernmost seeded teams were drawn against the 16 northernmost unseeded teams and the same with the southernmost teams.[1]

The draw for the second round was held on 7 July 2016,[4][7] and the matches will be played on 24 and 25 August 2016, but some matches may be moved to a later date depending on participation in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1][2][6] The number in brackets indicates what tier of Swedish football each team competed in during the 2016 season.

Group stage

The 32 winners from round 2 will be divided into eight groups of four teams. The 16 highest ranked winners from the previous rounds will be seeded to the top two positions in each groups and the 16 remaining winners will be unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams will be decided by league position in the 2016 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 have the right to play two home matches.[1]

The group stage will begin on 18 February and conclude on 5 March 2017.[2]

All times listed below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).[nb 1]

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings[1]

  1. Superior goal difference
  2. Higher number of goals scored
  3. Result between the teams in question
  4. Higher league position in the 2016 season

Qualified teams

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIK DFF GAIS KFC
1 AIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 Dalkurd FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 GAIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Kristianstad FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKN HBK ÖIS VFK
1 IFK Norrköping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 Halmstads BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Örgryte IS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Vänersborgs FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKG IKS ÄFF ASIF
1 IFK Göteborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 IK Sirius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Ängelholms FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Arameiska-Syrianska IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFE FFF IFKV YIK
1 IF Elfsborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 Falkenbergs FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 IFK Värnamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Ytterhogdals IK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KFF GIF TFF LAN
1 Kalmar FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 Gefle IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Trelleborgs FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Landskrona BoIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DIF HIF DEIF IFB
1 Djurgårdens IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 Helsingborgs IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Degerfors IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 IF Brommapojkarna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ÖFK HAM VAR NBIS
1 Östersunds FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 Hammarby IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Varbergs BoIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Nyköpings BIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ÖSK BKH ÅFF BKVN
1 Örebro SK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage —
2 BK Häcken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Åtvidabergs FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 BKV Norrtälje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18–19 February 2016. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals consist of the eight group winners from the previous round and the four best group winners will be seeded and drawn against the other four group winners, with the seeded teams entitled to play the match at their home venue.[1]

The matches is scheduled to be played on the weekend of 12 March 2017.[5]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals consist of the four winners from the quarter-finals. The draw will be a free draw and the first drawn team in each pairing play the match at their home venue.[1]

The matches is scheduled to be played on the weekend of 19 March 2017.[5]

Final

The final will be played on 13 or 14 April 2017 and the date will be confirmed after the quarter-finals.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ This is the time zone of Sweden during the winter when group stage is played.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Föreskrifter för Svenska Cupen, herrar och damer, 2016/2017" (PDF) (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Årsplan 2016". fogis.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Första omgången i cupen lottad". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Andra omgången i Svenska Cupen lottad". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Årsplan 2017". fogis.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Spelprogram – Svenska Cupen omg. 1-2, herrar" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Spelprogram Svenska Cupen". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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