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2015-16 Svenska Cupen

2015–16 Svenska Cupen
Country  Sweden
Dates 9 June 2015 – 5 May 2016
Teams 112 (including qualifying)
96 (competition proper)
Champions BK Häcken
Runners-up Malmö FF
Matches played 119
Goals scored 430 (3.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jo Inge Berget
Paulinho
(7 goals)

The 2015–16 Svenska Cupen will be the 60th season of Svenska Cupen and the fourth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition.

The final was played on 5 May 2016 and contested between Malmö FF and BK Häcken at Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, with BK Häcken winning.

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

The only two associations of the Swedish District Football Associations that had a qualifying round were Dalarnas FF and Örebro Läns FF, with the teams from other districts being determined though district championships or by club ranking in 2014.

64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system will compete in this round. The round will be played between 9 June and 5 August 2015 with the majority of the fixtures played in early August. The number in brackets indicates what tier of Swedish football each team competed in during the 2015 season.































All teams from 2015 Allsvenskan and 2015 Superettan entered in this round, 32 teams in total, where they were joined by the 32 winners from round 1. The 32 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan were seeded and played against the 32 winners from round 1, the matches was played at the home venues for the unseeded teams. The 16 northernmost seeded teams were drawn against the 16 northernmost unseeded teams and the same with the southernmost teams.


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