1996 Svenska Cupen Final
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The 1996 Svenska Cupen final took place on 23 May 1996 at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

. The match was contested by Allsvenskan sides AIK
AIK Fotboll
AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...

 and Malmö FF
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

. AIK played their first final since 1985 and their 10th final in total, Malmö FF played their first final since 1989 and their 17th final in total. A golden goal
Golden goal
The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...

 in extra time
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...

 secured AIKs fifth cup title.

Road to the Final

AIK Round Malmö FF
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Nacka FF 2–1 Round 1 Kungsbacka BI
Kungsbacka IF
Kungsbacka IF is a Swedish football club located in Kungsbacka.-Background:Kungsbacka IF currently plays in Division 4 Halland Elit which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Tingbergsvallen in Kungsbacka....

1–0
Syrianska FC
Syrianska FC
Syrianska Football Club, known as Syrianska FC and Suryoye , is a Swedish professional football club from Södertälje, a city south of Stockholm, Sweden. The club was formed in 1977, by Syriac immigrants as Suryoyo Sportklubb...

10–0 Round 2 Norrby IF
Norrby IF
Norrby IF is a Swedish football club from Borås. The club was founded April 27, 1927.-Background:The club's best achievement was being promoted to Allsvenskan , after winning the second division in 1955...

2–1
Älvsjö AIK
Älvsjö AIK FF
Älvsjö AIK FF is a Swedish football club located in Älvsjö within Stockholm Municipality.-Background:Älvsjö AIK was formed on the 23rd May 1915. The first and largest section of the newly formed club was football. Other sports played included bandy, ice hockey and floorball...

4–0 Round 3 Group Stage IFK Värnamo
IFK Värnamo
IFK Värnamo is a Swedish football club located in Värnamo. The club is currently playing in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swedish national team in World Cup '94 USA....

1–0
Visby IF Gute 4–0 Round 3 Group Stage Kalmar AIK 4–0
Spårvägens FF
Spårvägens FF
Spårvägens FF is a Swedish football club located in Skarpnäck in the southern part of Stockholm.-Background:Spårvägens FF is part of Spårvägens GoIF, a sports club that was founded in 1919 by employees of Stockholm's Spårvägar. The club formed a football section in 1969...

0–0 (a.e.t.
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...

) (4–5 pen)
Round 3 Group Stage Göteborgs FF
Göteborgs FF
Göteborgs FF is a Swedish football club located in Gothenburg.-Background:Göteborgs Fotbollförening was founded on 20 August 1897 and is located in Gothenburg. The club is two times runners-up in Svenska Mästerskapet which decided the Swedish Champions in early Swedish football...

5–0
GIF Sundsvall
GIF Sundsvall
GIF Sundsvall is a Swedish football club located in the city of Sundsvall. The club, formed on 25 August 1903, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club is affiliated to Medelpads Fotbollförbund.- History :...

2–1 (a.e.t.
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...

)
Round 4 Halmstads BK
Halmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...

1–1 (a.e.t.
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...

) (3–2 pen)
Örgryte IS
Örgryte IS
Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After...

2–1 Quarter-finals Östers IF
Östers IF
Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed 20 April 1930 , is currently playing in the second Swedish league called Superettan. In 1968, Öster won Allsvenskan as newcomers. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund...

2–1 (a.e.t.
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...

)
Hammarby IF
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Fotboll is a Swedish football club based in Johanneshov - just south of Södermalm, the southernmost district of Stockholm city centre...

1–0 Semi-finals IF Brommapojkarna
IF Brommapojkarna
IF Brommapojkarna, also called BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is the largest football club in Europe in terms of the number of active teams of all ages - in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players....

3–1

Match details


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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> AIK:
GK   Magnus Hedman
Magnus Hedman
Magnus Carl Hedman is a Swedish former football goalkeeper. He played 58 matches for the Sweden national football team, and represented his country at two FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments....

RB   Pär Millqvist
CB   Patrick Englund
CB   Johan Mjällby
Johan Mjällby
Johan Mjällby is a Swedish former footballer. He made his debut for the national team in 1997, and played 49 matches and scored 4 goals as a defender or midfielder. Mjällby was the team captain during the 2002 World Cup. He also took part in Euro 2000 and Euro 2004...

LB   Gary Sundgren
Gary Sundgren
Kari Juhani "Gary" Sundgren is a retired Swedish footballer who played mostly for AIK Fotboll, as a defender .-Club career:...

RM   Krister Nordin
Krister Nordin
Hans Krister Nordin is a Swedish former professional football player, who played the bulk of his career with Swedish club AIK Fotboll in the Allsvenskan championship. He played two matches for the Sweden national under-21 football team.Born in Stockholm, Nordin started playing football with local...

CM   Thomas Lagerlöf 
CM   Ola Andersson
LM   Marco Ciardi
FW   Pascal Simpson
Pascal Simpson
Pascal "Pagge" Simpson is a former Swedish football striker who had played for AIK and FC Copenhagen. He was part of the AIK squad that won the Swedish championship in 1992, its first such championship in 55 years. Simpson contributed significantly to the win...

FW   Dick Lidman 
Substitutes:
FW   Patrik Fredholm  
MF   Mattias Johansson 
Manager:
  Erik Hamrén
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> MALMÖ FF: | GK   Jonnie Fedel
Jonnie Fedel
Jonnie Fedel is a former Swedish footballer and now manager who is currently goalkeeping coach for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan. He has played for Malmö FF almost his entire career.-External sources:*...

RB   Jörgen Ohlsson
Jörgen Ohlsson
Jörgen Ohlsson is a Swedish former footballer.-Career:Ohlsson came to Malmö FF from local club Bara at 15 years of age in 1987. To gain experience he was sent on loan to IFK Trelleborg with other young Malmö players. When he returned to Malmö FF in 1992 he took a spot in the startíng eleven and...

CB   Christian Karlsson LB   Jonas Wirmola
Jonas Wirmola
Jonas Wirmola is a Swedish former football defender who is currently assistant manager for Halmstads BK.- External links :*...

RM   Niclas Nylen CM   Daniel Andersson CM   Anders Andersson CM   Joakim Persson
Joakim Persson
Joakim Persson, , is a former Swedish footballer, who last played for Landskrona.-Club career:Persson began his career as a youth-team player with Högaborgs before moving to Malmö FF in 1992. He made his professional debut in a Swedish Cup game against Landskrona in 1994.Persson moved to the...

LM   Jens Fjellström
Jens Fjellström
Jens Fjellström is a Swedish former footballer and current football commentator.-Career:Fjellström started his career at local Umeå club Gimonäs CK. After the bigger clubs noticed his skills he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. He remained at Djurgården for five seasons before moving to...

FW   Niclas Kindvall
Niclas Kindvall
Niclas Kindvall is a retired Swedish football player. He is the son of Ove Kindvall.-External links:...

  FW   Greger Andrijevski  Substitutes: FW   Patrik Olsson   FW   Yksel Osmanovski
Yksel Osmanovski
Yksel Osmanovski is a former Swedish football forward....

  DF   Tommy Jönsson
Tommy Jönsson
Tommy Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, who played as defender and retired in 2010.-Career:He started his career in the club GIF Nike and at the age of 16 moved to Malmö FF, where he played for 6 years, in 1998 he decided to go to Halmstads BK and have played there ever since.Since 2003...

Manager:   Rolf Zetterlund
Rolf Zetterlund
Rolf Zetterlund is a former Swedish footballer and football manager.He played for Atvidabergs FF, Sandvikens IF, AIK and IK Brage. He obtained the Swedish Football player of the year award the same he retired as a player, in 1980, at the age of 38...


MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
    • Mikael Nilsson (Stora Höga
      Stora Höga
      Stora Höga is a locality situated in Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 2,553 inhabitants in 2005.Stora Höga is part of the Jörlanda parish in Stenungsund, and is situated between a railroad station originally known as Vallen. The Vallen railroad station later changed its...

      )
    • Peter Mertlin (Gothenburg
      Gothenburg
      Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

      )

MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Golden goal rule.

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