2018 Svenska Cupen final

Event	2017–18 Svenska Cupen
Djurgårdens IF Malmö FF 3 0
Date	10 May 2018
Venue	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
Referee	Bojan Pandžić
Attendance	25,123
Weather	Clear 17 °C (63 °F) 48% humidity[1]

The 2018 Svenska Cupen final was played on 10 May 2018 between Djurgårdens IF and Malmö FF at Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, the home ground of Djurgårdens IF, determined in a draw on 21 March 2018 after the semi-finals.^[2] The final was the culmination of the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen, the 62nd season of Svenska Cupen and the sixth season with the current format.

Djurgården won their fifth Svenska Cupen title after defeating Malmö 3–0, earning themselves a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

Venue

Since the 2014–15 season, the venue for the Svenska Cupen final is decided in a draw between the two finalists. The draw for the final was held on 21 March 2018 at the annual pre-season kick-off meeting in Stockholm and decided that the final would be played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, the home venue of Djurgårdens IF. This was the first cup final to be hosted at the venue and the second consecutive final to be played on artificial turf.

Background

The Allsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and Malmö FF contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Since Malmö were qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and Djurgården were qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League through their positions in the 2017 Allsvenskan, Sweden's fourth European place was given to BK Häcken as the 4th team of the 2017 Allsvenskan. Djurgården was given a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League since they won the final.

Djurgården played their first final since 2013 and their ninth in total. Malmö played their first final since 2016 and their 19th in total. Both clubs lost in their previous final appearances. Having met in 1951, 1975, and 1989, this was the fourth final to contest the two clubs. Malmö had won all of the prior meetings in the final of the competition. The 1989 final was notably the last time Malmö won the competition, Djurgården had last won a cup title in 2005. The clubs faced each other twice in Allsvenskan prior to the cup final, at Tele2 Arena on 18 April where Djurgården won 3–0, and at Stadion on 3 May where Malmö won 1–0.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Match

Details

10 May 2018 (2018-05-10)

15:00

Djurgårdens IF	3–0	Malmö FF
Une Larsson 17' Mrabti 47' Ring 81'	Report

Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

Attendance: 25,123

Referee: Bojan Pandžić

Djurgårdens IF

Malmö FF

GK 1 Andreas Isaksson RB 4 Jacob Une Larsson CB 3 Marcus Danielsson CB 13 Jonas Olsson (c) LB 22 Felix Beijmo  81' RM 11 Jonathan Ring CM 23 Fredrik Ulvestad CM 6 Jesper Karlström  37' LM 9 Haris Radetinac  78' FW 24 Tino Kadewere  90' FW 10 Kerim Mrabti  24'  70' Substitutes: GK 30 Tommi Vaiho DF 5 Niklas Gunnarsson  81' MF 7 Dženis Kozica  70' MF 8 Kevin Walker  78' MF 18 Edward Chilufya FW 19 Yura Movsisyan FW 20 Aliou Badji Manager: Özcan Melkemichel

GK 27 Johan Dahlin RB 2 Eric Larsson  78'  79' CB 24 Lasse Nielsen  90' CB 17 Rasmus Bengtsson LB 4 Behrang Safari  14' RM 8 Arnór Ingvi Traustason  37' CM 6 Oscar Lewicki CM 7 Fouad Bachirou LM 5 Søren Rieks  31'  69' FW 9 Markus Rosenberg (c) FW 10 Carlos Strandberg Substitutes: GK 29 Fredrik Andersson DF 3 Egzon Binaku  14' FW 11 Alexander Jeremejeff  79' MF 20 Bonke Innocent MF 22 Isak Ssewankambo DF 31 Franz Brorsson MF 32 Mattias Svanberg  71'  69' Manager: Magnus Pehrsson

Assistant referees: Daniel Wärnmark Stefan Hallberg Fourth official: Glenn Nyberg

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

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