The Danish Cup (Danish: Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
Founded | 1954 |
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Region | |
Number of teams | 108 |
Qualifier for | UEFA Europa League |
Current champions | Silkeborg IF (2nd title) |
Most successful club(s) | F.C. Copenhagen AGF (9 titles) |
Television broadcasters | DR TV3 Sport |
Website | pokalturnering.dk |
The winner will qualify for the UEFA Europa League tournament the following year, where they (as of the 2009–10 season) will enter in the third qualifying round.
The final traditionally takes place on Kristi Himmelfarts Dag (The Ascension) and it is always played in the Danish national stadium Parken. However in the 1991 and 1992 seasons the final had been rescheduled to Odense Stadion and Århus Stadion respectively due to the renovation of Parken. Furthermore, in 2011, because Ascension Thursday fell on 2 June and an international match date was already allotted for this date, the Danish Cup final was played two weeks earlier on 22 May, which coincided with the annual Copenhagen Marathon.
The clubs with the most finals appearances is FCK and AaB with 13 finals each, having won 9 and 3 respectively.
Attention has been brought to the fact that the final on most occasions unpractically is played before the last rounds of the league, which can open up for speculation in the benefit of losing league games at the end of the season especially for the cup runner-up if the winner is heading for the league championship. Recently former AaB player David Nielsen claimed in his autobiography that after losing the cup final in 2004 to FC Copenhagen, he deliberately missed opportunities to score against them when AaB and FC Copenhagen met in the final league match because FCK would win the championship (and thereby the double) and land AaB in the UEFA Cup as losing cup finalists.
Format
editEach club may only have one team in the tournament (their first team). If a match (except one of the two-legged semifinals, except if the 2nd match's result gives an aggregate tie, including the away goals rule) ends in a tie, two fifteen-minute extra time periods will be played, with penalty kicks if the tie remains after the extra time.
The participants
editThe teams are not seeded, but the lowest placed team from the previous season will always get the home pitch advantage.
Until 2005–06
edit- 1st round, 64 teams
- 48 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations.
- 16 teams from the 2nd division (all teams)
- 2nd round, 32+8 teams
- 32 teams from the 1st round (winners)
- 8 teams from the 1st division (9th–16th placed)
- 3rd round, 20+8 teams
- 20 teams from the 2nd round
- 6 teams from the 1st division (3rd–8th placed)
- 2 teams from the Superliga (11th–12th, the relegated teams which are now in the 1st division)
- 4th round, 14+6 teams
- 14 teams from the 3rd round
- 4 teams from the Superliga (7th–10th)
- 2 teams from the 1st division (1st–2nd, the promoted teams which are now in the Superliga)
- 5th round, 10+6 teams
- 10 teams from the 4th round
- 6 teams from the Superliga (1st–6th)
- Quarterfinals, 8 teams
- 8 teams from the 5th round
– and so on until the finals.
From 2006–07
edit- 1st round, 88 teams
- 48 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations.
- 28 teams from the 2nd divisions (all teams)
- 12 teams from the 1st division (5th–16th placed)
- 2nd round, 44+12 teams
- 44 teams from the 1st round (winners)
- 4 teams from the 1st division (1st–4th placed)
- 8 teams from the Superliga (5th–12th placed).
- 3rd round, 28+4 teams
- 28 teams from the 2nd round
- 4 teams from the Superliga (1st–4th placed)
- 4th round, 16 teams
- 16 teams from the 3rd round
- Quarterfinals, 8 teams
- 8 teams from the 4th round
– and so on until the finals.
From 2021–22
edit- 1st round, 92 teams
- 56 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations.
- 12 teams from the 3rd divisions
- 12 teams from the 2nd divisions
- 12 teams from the 1st division
- 2nd round, 46+6 teams
- 46 teams from the 1st round (winners)
- 6 teams from the Superliga (5th–12th placed).
- 3rd round, 26+6 teams
- 26 teams from the 2nd round
- 6 teams from the Superliga (1st–6th placed)
- 4th round, 16 teams
- 16 teams from the 3rd round
- Quarterfinals, 8 teams
- 8 teams from the 4th round
– and so on until the finals.
Finals
editResults by team
editTeam | # | Titles | # | Runners-up |
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F.C. Copenhagen | 9 | 1995, 1997, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2007, 2014 |
AGF | 9 | 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1996 | 4 | 1959, 1990, 2016, 2024 |
Brøndby IF | 7 | 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2018 | 4 | 1988, 1996, 2017, 2019 |
Vejle | 6 | 1958, 1959, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981 | 1 | 1968 |
OB | 5 | 1983, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2007 | 2 | 1974, 2022 |
AaB | 3 | 1966, 1970, 2014 | 10 | 1967, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2020, 2023 |
Esbjerg fB | 3 | 1964, 1976, 2013 | 6 | 1957, 1962, 1978, 1985, 2006, 2008 |
Lyngby | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1990 | 2 | 1970, 1980 |
Randers Freja | 3 | 1967, 1968, 1973 | 0 | |
FC Midtjylland | 2 | 2019, 2022 | 4 | 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 |
Frem | 2 | 1956, 1978 | 3 | 1969, 1971, 1981 |
B 1903 | 2 | 1979, 1986 | 2 | 1982, 1992 |
Silkeborg IF | 2 | 2001, 2024 | 1 | 2018 |
Randers FC | 2 | 2006, 2021 | 1 | 2013 |
B 1909 | 2 | 1962, 1971 | 1 | 1977 |
FC Nordsjælland | 2 | 2010, 2011 | 0 | |
KB | 1 | 1969 | 5 | 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1984 |
AB | 1 | 1999 | 3 | 1956, 1995, 2001 |
SønderjyskE | 1 | 2020 | 1 | 2021 |
Viborg | 1 | 2000 | 0 | |
B 93 | 1 | 1982 | 0 | |
Hvidovre IF | 1 | 1980 | 0 | |
Vanløse IF | 1 | 1974 | 0 | |
B 1913 | 1 | 1963 | 0 | |
Ikast fS | 0 | 3 | 1986, 1989, 1997 | |
B 1901 | 0 | 2 | 1973, 1983 | |
Køge BK | 0 | 2 | 1963, 1979 | |
Holbæk B&I | 0 | 2 | 1975, 1976 | |
FC Vestsjælland | 0 | 1 | 2015 | |
AC Horsens | 0 | 1 | 2012 | |
Næstved IF | 0 | 1 | 1994 | |
Fremad Amager | 0 | 1 | 1972 | |
Odense KFUM | 0 | 1 | 1964 | |
Frem Sakskøbing | 0 | 1 | 1960 | |
Aalborg Chang | 0 | 1 | 1955 |
Footnotes
edit- ^ Vanløse played in tier 2 at the time.
- ^ a b Played in front of a limited number of spectators because of governmental restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
edit- ^ "Tidligere vindere". pokalturnering.dk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Pokalvindere". dbu.dk. Danish FA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Pokalfightere 1955-2020". pokalturnering.dk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Pokalfightere". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Silkeborg-profil er årets pokalfighter". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links
edit- Page on the website of the DBU Archived 2015-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Cup at UEFA
- Denmark - List of Cup Finals, RSSSF.com
- Danish Cup summary(SOCCERWAY)