2011 Svenska Cupen final

The 2011 Svenska Cupen final was a football match held at Olympia, Helsingborg on 5 November 2011. The match was the final of the 2011 Svenska Cupen and was played between Helsingborgs IF and Kalmar FF.

2011 Svenska Cupen final

Event	2011 Svenska Cupen
Helsingborgs IF Kalmar FF 3 1
Date	5 November 2011
Venue	Olympia, Helsingborg
Referee	Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
Attendance	9,513
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Goals from Álvaro Santos, May Mahlangu and Christoffer Andersson saw Helsingborgs IF, the defending champions, win the match 3–1 to retain the trophy. Erik Israelsson scored for Kalmar FF.

Background

Helsingborgs IF had reached the final of the Svenska Cupen on six previous occasions and had won the trophy five times. They were the defending champions after defeating Hammarby IF 1–0 in the final at Söderstadion in Stockholm. The only previous time they had finished as runners-up was in 1994 when they lost 4–3 after sudden death extra time to IFK Norrköping in the final.^[1]

Kalmar FF had reached the final of the Svenska Cupen on five previous occasions and had won the trophy three times. Their last appearance in the final in 2008 had finished goalless but they lost on penalties to IFK Göteborg. That had been a replay of the final from the year before in which Kalmar FF had also faced IFK Göteborg. However, on that occasion, Kalmar had won 3–0 to lift the trophy.^[1]

Road to the final

Helsingborgs IF

In the third round, Helsingborgs IF required extra time to defeat Landskrona BoIS 4–2 after the match had finished 1–1 in 90 minutes. They then defeated Trelleborgs FF 2–1 in the fourth round. They faced IF Elfsborg in the quarter-finals and won 2–0 before defeating Örebro SK 3–1 in the semi-finals to advance to the final.^[2]

Kalmar FF

Kalmar FF began the competition with a 1–0 win against IK Sirius in the third round. They then defeated IFK Norrköping 2–0 in the fourth round. After a 1–1 draw after extra time in their quarter-final, Kalmar FF defeated Malmö FF 4–3 on penalties to advance to the semi-finals. They then reached the final by beating IFK Göteborg 4–3 after extra time.^[2]

Helsingborgs IF		Round	Kalmar FF
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Landskrona BoIS	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Round 3	IK Sirius	1–0
Trelleborgs FF	2–1	Round 4	IFK Norrköping	2–0
IF Elfsborg	2–0	Quarter-finals	Malmö FF	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 pen)
Örebro SK	3–1	Semi-finals	IFK Göteborg	4–3 (a.e.t.)

Match details

5 November 2011

15:30

Helsingborgs IF	3–1	Kalmar FF
Santos 26' Mahlangu 55' Andersson 80' (pen.)	[3]	Israelsson 45'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 9,513

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

Helsingborg

Kalmar

HELSINGBORG: GK 30 Pär Hansson (c) DF 21 Christoffer Andersson DF 23 Erik Wahlstedt DF 24 Erlend Hanstveit DF 15 Marcus Holgersson DF 16 Joseph Baffo  61' MF 13 Rachid Bouaouzan MF 8 Ardian Gashi  63' MF 6 May Mahlangu FW 10 Álvaro Santos  80' FW 11 Thomas Sørum  68' Substitutes: MF 7 Mattias Lindström  61' FW 9 Erik Sundin  68' DF 5 Hannu Patronen  83' GK 1 Daniel Andersson FW 3 Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson MF 18 Jørgen Skjelvik MF 28 Simon Thern Manager: Conny Karlsson

KALMAR: GK 1 Petter Wastå  80' DF 5 Tobias Carlsson DF 9 Stefan Larsson DF 2 Markus Thorbjörnsson DF 23 Mattias Johansson MF 8 Henrik Rydström(c) MF 12 Daniel Sobralense  39'  86' MF 25 Tobias Eriksson MF 4 Erik Israelsson  33' FW 17 Daniel Mendes  82' FW 19 Ricardo Santos  81' Substitutes: FW 34 Måns Söderqvist  81' FW 11 Abiola Dauda  82' DF 6 Paulus Arajuuri MF 7 Kristoffer Fagercrantz DF 18 Johan Bertilsson DF 26 Emin Nouri GK 99 Etrit Berisha Manager: Nanne Bergstrand

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Peter Vesterholm (Årsta) Daniel Gustavsson (Mantorp) Fourth official: Kristoffer Karlsson (Gothenburg)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2011 Svenska Cupen