Svenska Supercupen

Svenska Supercupen, Swedish Super Cup, was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season.[1]

Svenska Supercupen
Founded2007
Abolished2015
Number of teams2
Most successful club(s)Helsingborgs IF
Malmö FF (2 titles)
WebsiteSvenska Supercupen

In the event of a club winning the double (as AIK did in 2009 and Helsingborg in 2011) the runner up of the Allsvenskan would take part. In 2011, Helsingborgs IF became the first team to have won Svenska Supercupen and not being the defending Allsvenskan champions. The winner of Svenska Supercupen received a prize money of 250,000 SEK.[2]

The 2015 match, which became the last edition, was played on 8 November at Nya Parken, Norrköping where league winners IFK Norrköping competed against cup winners IFK Göteborg. IFK Norrköping won the match 3–0.

History

Founded in 2007, the first six editions was played in March, before the start of the season. However, because Svenska Cupen changed into an autumn-spring format in 2012, Svenska Supercupen was moved to November to avoid collision with the Svenska Cupen group stage in March. Because of this, the 2012 Allsvenskan champions, IF Elfsborg never got the chance to compete even though the Swedish Football Association had plans of letting IF Elfsborg face the 2012 Allsvenskan runners-up BK Häcken in the spring of 2013.[3]

The combination of cold weather and high ticket prices has had a negative effect on attendance. Even though the match is played at the home stadium of the Allsvenskan champion, attendance has hovered around 2,000 although 10,362 attended the 2011 edition which was more than the cumulative attendance until that year. It remains to be seen if this was a result of the fixture being a Skåne derby or an increase in interest in the fixture. Svenska Cupen has experienced similar problems with attendance.

List of winners
Key
Winners also won the Swedish championship during the same season
Winners also won Svenska Cupen during the same season
Winners won both the Swedish championship and Svenska Cupen during the same season
(aet) After extra time
(pen.) Penalty shoot-out
(number of cup wins) A running tally of the total number of cup titles won by each club is kept in brackets.
Season Winner Result Runners-up Venue Attendance Winning team qualified as winner of
2007 IF Elfsborg (1) 1–0 Helsingborgs IF Borås Arena 1,240 2006 Allsvenskan Champion
2008 IFK Göteborg (1) 3–1 Kalmar FF Ullevi 1,643 2007 Allsvenskan Champion
2009 Kalmar FF (1) 1–0 IFK Göteborg Fredriksskans 2,305 2008 Allsvenskan Champion
2010 AIK (1) 1–0 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 2,537 2009 Allsvenskan Champion & 2009 Svenska Cupen Champion
2011 Helsingborgs IF (1) 2–1Malmö FF Swedbank Stadion 10,362 2010 Svenska Cupen Champion
2012 Helsingborgs IF (2) 2–0 AIK Olympia 5,590 2011 Allsvenskan Champion & 2011 Svenska Cupen Champion
2013 Malmö FF (1) 3–2 IFK Göteborg Swedbank Stadion 2,787 2013 Allsvenskan Champion
2014 Malmö FF (2) 2–2 (aet)
5–4 (pen.)		 IF Elfsborg Malmö Stadion 1,266 2014 Allsvenskan Champion
2015 IFK Norrköping (1) 3–0 IFK Göteborg Nya Parken 2,662 2015 Allsvenskan Champion

Performances

Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Cup-winning years Years as runners-up
Helsingborgs IF 2 1 2011, 2012 2007
Malmö FF 2 1 2013, 2014 2011
IFK Göteborg 1 4 2008 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015
Kalmar FF 1 1 2009 2008
AIK 1 1 2010 2012
IF Elfsborg 1 1 2007 2014
IFK Norrköping 1 – 2015 –

Total cup wins by city
City Won Clubs
Helsingborg 2 Helsingborgs IF (2)
Malmö 2 Malmö FF (2)
Borås 1 IF Elfsborg (1)
Gothenburg 1 IFK Göteborg (1)
Kalmar 1 Kalmar FF (1)
Norrköping 1 IFK Norrköping (1)
Stockholm 1 AIK (1)

Total cup wins by county
County Won Clubs
Skåne 4 Helsingborgs IF (2), Malmö FF (2)
Västra Götaland 2 IFK Göteborg (1), IF Elfsborg (1)
Kalmar 1 Kalmar FF (1)
Stockholm 1 AIK (1)
Östergötland 1 IFK Norrköping (1)

See also

References
  1. "Premiär för Supercupen i vår" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. "Hareide inför supercupen: "Betydelse för svensk fotboll"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. "Cupmästare saknas – Elfsborg kan få möta Häcken i supercupen" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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