Danish_Cup

Danish Cup
Founded	1954; 70 years ago
Region	Denmark
Number of teams	108
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	F.C. Copenhagen (9th title)
Most successful club(s)	F.C. Copenhagen; AGF (9 titles)
Television broadcasters	DR; TV3 Sport
Website	pokalturnering.dk
	2023–24 Danish Cup

Danish Cup

Official top knock-out football tournament in Denmark

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.

Quick Facts Founded, Region ...

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

The 2003/04 season finale between F.C. Copenhagen and AaB in Parken Stadium.

Each 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

The teams are not seeded, but the lowest placed team from the previous season will always get the home pitch advantage.

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Vanløse played in tier 2 at the time.

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Played in front of a limited number of spectators because of governmental restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"Tidligere vindere". pokalturnering.dk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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"Pokalvindere". dbu.dk. Danish FA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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"Pokalfightere 1955-2020". pokalturnering.dk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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"Pokalfightere". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish FA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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Season	Final^[1]^[2]
Season	Winner (title no.)	Score	Runner-up	Man of the Match (Pokalfighter)^[3]^[4]	Stadium	Attendance
Landspokalturneringen
1954–55	AGF	4 – 0	Aalborg Chang	Aage Rou Jensen, AGF	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	10,300
1955–56	Frem	1 – 0	AB	Bent Jørgensen, Frem	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	23,000
1956–57	AGF (2)	2 – 0	Esbjerg fB	John Amdisen, AGF	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	25,800
1957–58	Vejle	3 – 2	KB	Knud Herbert Sørensen, Vejle	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	28,600
1958–59	Vejle (2)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	AGF	Erling Sørensen, Vejle	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	33,000
1958–59	Vejle (2)	Replay: 1 – 0	AGF	—	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	17,700
1959–60	AGF (3)	2 – 0	Frem Sakskøbing	Vagn Hansen, Frem Sakskøbing	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	17,500
1960–61	AGF (4)	2 – 0	KB	John Amdisen, AGF	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	33,500
1961–62	B 1909	1 – 0	Esbjerg fB	Bruno Eliasen, B 1909	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	18,000
1962–63	B 1913	2 – 1	Køge	Hans Andersen, Køge	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	10,900
1963–64	Esbjerg fB	2 – 1	Odense KFUM	Carl Bertelsen, Esbjerg fB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	24,500
1964–65	AGF (5)	1 – 0	KB	Frank Johansen, KB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	18,600
1965–66	AaB	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	KB	Leif Skov, AaB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	18,600
1966–67	Randers Freja	1 – 0	AaB	Jørgen Rasmussen, Randers Freja	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	13,700
1967–68	Randers Freja (2)	3 – 1	Vejle	Per Gaardsøe, Randers Freja	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	15,200
1968–69	KB	3 – 0	Frem	Flemming Pedersen, KB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	18,500
1969–70	AaB (2)	2 – 1	Lyngby	Carsten Aagaard, Lyngby	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	18,200
1970–71	B 1909 (2)	1 – 0	Frem	Arno Hansen, B 1909	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	23,700
1971–72	Vejle (3)	2 – 0	Fremad Amager	Tonny Hartvig Nielsen, Fremad Amager	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	20,200
1972–73	Randers Freja (3)	2 – 0	B 1901	Helge Vonsyld, Randers Freja	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	21,800
1973–74	Vanløse IF^{[n 1]}	5 – 2	OB	Per Bartram, OB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	20,000
1974–75	Vejle (4)	1 – 0	Holbæk B&I	Niels Tune, Holbæk B&I	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	26,300
1975–76	Esbjerg fB (2)	2 – 1	Holbæk B&I	Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Esbjerg fB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	23,500
1976–77	Vejle (5)	2 – 1	B 1909	Henning Andersen, B 1909	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	13,100
1977–78	Frem (2)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Esbjerg fB	Erik Jespersen, Esbjerg fB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	12,700
		Replay: 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)		—	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	1,800
		Replay: 1 – 1 (a.e.t., 5 – 4 pen.)		—	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	2,300
1978–79	B 1903	1 – 0	Køge	Peter Poulsen, Køge	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	9,800
1979–80	Hvidovre IF	5 – 3	Lyngby	Michael Christensen, Hvidovre IF	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	23,500
1980–81	Vejle (6)	2 – 1	Frem	Poul Erik Østergaard, Vejle	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	17,500
1981–82	B 93	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	B 1903	Ole Pedersen, B 93	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	7,600
1981–82	B 93	Replay: 1 – 0	B 1903	—	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	5,300
1982–83	OB	3 – 0	B 1901	Morten Donnerup, OB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	7,700
1983–84	Lyngby	2 – 1	KB	Bo Fosgaard, KB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	25,800
1984–85	Lyngby (2)	3 – 2	Esbjerg fB	Henrik Nielsen, Esbjerg fB	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	9,200
1985–86	B 1903 (2)	2 – 1	Ikast fS	Sigurd Kristensen, Ikast fS	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	5,600
1986–87	AGF (6)	3 – 0	AaB	Karsten Christensen, AGF	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	6,300
1987–88	AGF (7)	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Brøndby IF	Troels Rasmussen, AGF	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	20,000
1988–89	Brøndby IF	6 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Ikast fS	Klaus Granlund, Ikast fS	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	11,600
Giro Cup
1989–90	Lyngby (3)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	AGF	Henrik Larsen, Lyngby	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	8,600
1989–90	Lyngby (3)	Replay: 6 – 1	AGF	—	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	2,000
1990–91	OB (2)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	AaB	Keld Bordinggaard, OB	Odense Stadion, Odense	13,212
1990–91	OB (2)	Replay: 0 – 0 (a.e.t., 4 – 3 pen.)	AaB	—	Odense Stadion, Odense	4,554
1991–92	AGF (8)	3 – 0	B 1903	Bo Harder, AGF	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus	20,000
1992–93	OB (3)	2 – 0	AaB	Søren Thorst, AaB	Parken, Copenhagen	9,023
1993–94	Brøndby IF (2)	0 – 0 (a.e.t., 3 – 1 pen.)	Næstved IF	Jørgen Juul Jensen, Næstved IF	Parken, Copenhagen	27,069
1994–95	F.C. Copenhagen	5 – 0	AB	Carsten V. Jensen, F.C. Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	20,536
1995–96	AGF (9)	2 – 0	Brøndby IF	Stig Tøfting, AGF	Parken, Copenhagen	36,103
Compaq Cup
1996–97	F.C. Copenhagen (2)	2 – 0	Ikast fS	Lars "Mini" Hansen, Ikast fS	Parken, Copenhagen	17,368
1997–98	Brøndby IF (3)	4 – 1	F.C. Copenhagen	John "Faxe" Jensen, Brøndby IF	Parken, Copenhagen	41,044
1998–99	AB	2 – 1	AaB	René Henriksen, AB	Parken, Copenhagen	25,113
DONG Cup
1999–2000	Viborg	1 – 0	AaB	Arek Onyszko, Viborg FF	Parken, Copenhagen	18,098
2000–01	Silkeborg IF	4 – 1	AB	Jan Michaelsen, AB	Parken, Copenhagen	14,743
2001–02	OB (4)	2 – 1	F.C. Copenhagen	Lars Jacobsen, OB	Parken, Copenhagen	28,481
2002–03	Brøndby IF (4)	3 – 0	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Dalgas, Brøndby IF	Parken, Copenhagen	32,660
2003–04	F.C. Copenhagen (3)	1 – 0	AaB	Hjalte Bo Nørregaard, F.C. Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	38,095
Landspokalturneringen
2004–05	Brøndby IF (5)	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FC Midtjylland	Johan Elmander, Brøndby IF	Parken, Copenhagen	35,716
2005–06	Randers FC	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Esbjerg fB	Carsten Fredgaard, Randers FC	Parken, Copenhagen	23,825
2006–07	OB (5)	2 – 1	F.C. Copenhagen	Johan Absalonsen, OB	Parken, Copenhagen	30,013
2007–08	Brøndby IF (6)	3 – 2	Esbjerg fB	Samuel Holmén, Brøndby IF	Parken, Copenhagen	33,154
Ekstra Bladet Cup
2008–09	F.C. Copenhagen (4)	1 – 0	AaB	Thomas Augustinussen, AaB	Parken, Copenhagen	29,249
2009–10	FC Nordsjælland	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	FC Midtjylland	Nicolai Stokholm, FC Nordsjælland	Parken, Copenhagen	18,856
2010–11	FC Nordsjælland (2)	3 – 2	FC Midtjylland	Mikkel Thygesen, FC Midtjylland	Parken, Copenhagen	14,646
DBU Pokalen
2011–12	F.C. Copenhagen (5)	1 – 0	AC Horsens	Bryan Oviedo, FC Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	21,963
2012–13	Esbjerg fB (3)	1 – 0	Randers FC	Magnus Lekven, Esbjerg fB	Parken, Copenhagen	26,194
2013–14	AaB (3)	4 – 2	F.C. Copenhagen	Rasmus Thelander, AaB	Parken, Copenhagen	27,824
2014–15	F.C. Copenhagen (6)	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FC Vestsjælland	Thomas Delaney, F.C. Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	24,095
2015–16	F.C. Copenhagen (7)	2 – 1	AGF	William Kvist, F.C. Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	35,828
2016–17	F.C. Copenhagen (8)	3 – 1	Brøndby IF	Stephan Andersen, F.C. Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	32,140
2017–18	Brøndby IF (7)	3 – 1	Silkeborg IF	Simon Jakobsen, Silkeborg IF	Parken, Copenhagen	31,027
Sydbank Pokalen
2018–19	FC Midtjylland	1 – 1 (a.e.t., 4 – 3 pen.)	Brøndby IF	Gustav Wikheim, FC Midtjylland	Parken, Copenhagen	31,430
2019–20	SønderjyskE	2 – 0	AaB	Anders K. Jacobsen, SønderjyskE	Esbjerg Stadion, Esbjerg	1,750^{[n 2]}
2020–21	Randers FC (2)	4 – 0	SønderjyskE	Mathias Greve, Randers FC	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus	7,981^{[n 2]}
2021–22	FC Midtjylland (2)	0 – 0 (a.e.t., 4 – 3 pen.)	OB	Ayo Simon Okosun, OB	Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby	23,328
Pokalen
2022–23	F.C. Copenhagen (9)	1 – 0	AaB	Diogo Gonçalves, F.C. Copenhagen	Parken, Copenhagen	34,937

Team	#	Titles	#	Runners-up
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	3	1959, 1990, 2016
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
Frem	2	1956, 1978	3	1969, 1971, 1981
FC Midtjylland	2	2019, 2022	4	2003, 2005, 2010, 2011
B 1903	2	1979, 1986	2	1982, 1992
B 1909	2	1962, 1971	1	1977
Randers FC	2	2006, 2021	1	2013
FC Nordsjælland	2	2010, 2011	0
KB	1	1969	5	1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1984
AB	1	1999	3	1956, 1995, 2001
Silkeborg IF	1	2001	1	2018
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

Danish_Cup

Danish Cup

Format

The participants

Until 2005/06

From 2006/07

From 2021/22

Finals

Results by team

Footnotes

References

External links

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Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Region	Denmark
Number of teams	108
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	F.C. Copenhagen (9th title)
Most successful club(s)	F.C. Copenhagen AGF (9 titles)
Television broadcasters	DR TV3 Sport
Website	pokalturnering.dk
2023–24 Danish Cup