1996–97 Svenska Cupen

1996-97 Svenska Cupen

Country	Sweden
Teams	554
Champions	AIK
Runners-up	IF Elfsborg
Matches played	553
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Svenska Cupen 1996-97 was the forty-second season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 29 May 1997 with the Final held in Borås. AIK won 2-1 against IF Elfsborg before an attendance of 9,547 spectators. Group matches introduced in the previous year's competition were abandoned and Division 4 clubs again entered the competition in large numbers.

Preliminary round 1

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Heds IF (WC)	2–6	IK Sturehov (D4)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Preliminary round 2

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IK Sturehov (D4)	4–2	Skogstorps GoIF (D4)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

First round

Delsbo IF v Djurgårdens IF

22 August 1996	Delsbo IF	1 – 14	Djurgårdens IF

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Eskilstuna Södra FF (D4)	1–2	IK Sturehov (D4)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Second round

Piteå IF v Djurgårdens IF

25 September 1996	Piteå IF	v	Djurgårdens IF

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IK Sturehov (D4)	1–0 (gg)	Gideonsbergs IF (D3)

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Third round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IK Sturehov (D4)	2–1 (gg)	Hertzöga BK (D1)	400

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Fourth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IK Sturehov (D4)	1–5	AIK (A)	1,148

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Fifth round

The 8 matches in this round were played between 10 April and 24 April 1997.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Kalmar FF (D1)	0–1	IF Elfsborg (D1)	423
2	AIK (A)	3–0	IFK Norrköping (A)	2,244
3	IFK Karlshamn (D2)	1–7	Hammarby IF (D1)	1,200
4	Örgryte IS (A)	2–0	Mjällby AIF (D1)	331
5	Kalmar AIK (D2)	3–2 (gg)	BK Häcken (D1)	221
6	Gefle IF (D1)	0–0 (p. 4–2)	IFK Göteborg (A)	4,726
7	Umeå FC (A)	0–0 (p. 3–5)	Örebro SK (A)	1,514
8	Spårvägens FF (D1)	0–0 (p. 4–5)	Motala AIF (D1)	38

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 8 May 1997.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Hammarby IF (D1)	0–2	AIK (A)	8,543
2	Gefle IF (D1)	2–1	Örebro SK (A)	3,512
3	Kalmar AIK (D2)	1–6	Örgryte IS (A)	815
4	IF Elfsborg (D1)	2–0	Motala AIF (D1)	971

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 15 May 1997.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Örgryte IS (A)	0–0 (p. 5–6)	AIK (A)	1,215
2	IF Elfsborg (D1)	3–0	Gefle IF (D1)	1,510

Final

The final was played on 29 May 1997 in Borås.

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
1	IF Elfsborg (D1)	1–2	AIK (A)	9,547