2012–13 Danish Cup

The 2012–13 Danish Cup was the 59th season of the Danish Cup competition. It was the second season since its rebranding as the DBU Pokalen (The DBU Cup). The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

2012–13 Danish Cup

DBU Pokalen (The DBU Cup)
Tournament details
Country	Denmark
Final positions
Champions	Esbjerg fB
Runners-up	Randers FC
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Overview

Round	Matches	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Teams entering at this round
First round 14-16, 22 August 2012	48	108	96	48a	48	First Division (16 clubs), Second Divisions (32 clubs), Regional qualification (48 clubs)
Second round 28–29 August, 4, 11–12 September 2012	28	60	56	48	8	Superliga (8 clubs – places 5-10 from 2011–12 Superliga and places 1-2 from 2011–12 1st Division)
Third round 25–26 September, 3, 24 October 2012	16	32	32	28	4	Superliga (4 clubs – places 1–4)
Fourth round 31 October, 1, 7–8 November 2012	8	16	16	16	0
Quarter-finals	4	8	8	8	0
Semi-finals	2	4	4	4	0
Final	1	2	2	2	0

^ From regional qualification

First round

96 teams were drawn into the first round - 16 teams from the First Division, 32 teams from the Second Divisions and 48 clubs from regional qualification. Matches were played on 14-16 and 22 August 2012.^[1]

Home team Score Away team CSC 1–3 AB Tårnby Østerbro 0–1 NB Bornholm Gug Boldklub 0–2 Lindholm IF Hadsund 3–4 FC Hjørring IK Aalborg Freja 6–2 Frederikshavn fI Borbjerg GU 1–4 Lystrup IF DGL 2000 1–3 Aarhus Fremad Vatanspor 2–3 Kjellerup IF Allesø GF 0–3 BK Marienlyst Egebjerg IF 0–3 FC Sønderborg Morud IF 1–0 Marstal IF/Rise SIF Søhus Stige 0–2 Varde IF Fløng/Hedehusene 0–1 IF Føroyar Lundtofte 0–6 Frederikssund IK Avedøre IF 5–4 B 1908 BSV 3–1 FC Roskilde Nakskov BK 0–9 HB Køge Sydalliancen 3–2 Frem Sakskøbing Tuse IF 1–4 Herlufsholm GF Svebølle BI 5–2 Næsby BK B 93 4–0 BK Avarta LFA 1–5 FC Vestsjælland FC Amager 2–7 HIK Jægersborg BK 1–4 Hvidovre IF

Home team Score Away team Nordvestmors BK 1–4 Skive IK Hjørring Frem 0–9 Blokhus FC Odder IGF 1–5 Viborg FF FC Djursland 2–3 Skovbakken IK Ringkøbing IF 3–2 Brabrand IF Tjørring IF 0–4 Viby IF Aalborg Chang 3–0 FC Fredericia Esbjerg IF 92 3–2 FC Fyn Sædding/Guldager IF 0–1 FC Svendborg Tved BK 0–5 Aarup BK Ubberud IF 0–13 Vejle Boldklub Kolding FC Sydvest 05 3–4 Otterup B&IK Femhøj IF 0–1 Vanløse IF Vallensbæk IF 1–0 Allerød FK Virum-Sorgenfri BK 0–2 Rishøj BK FC Helsingør 3–0 Herlev IF IF Skjold Birkerød 2–4 SC Egedal Kalundborg GB 1–1 (1–2 p) Nordvest FC Ringsted IF 1–4 Næstved BK Thisted FC 2–3 Hobro IK BGA 1–6 Lyngby BK Skjold 2–0 AB BK Heimdal 4–10 Ledøje-Smørum Fremad Amager 1–4 Brønshøj BK

Second round

The teams who finished in positions 5–10 in last season's Superliga and the two promoted teams from last season's First Division entered the competition in the second round. The matches were played on 28–29 August, 4, 11–12 September.^[2]

Home team Score Away team Hobro IK 1–4 SønderjyskE Ringkøbing IF 1–2 Aarhus Fremad Esbjerg IF 92 3–3 (4–2 p) Lindholm IF BK Marienlyst 2–3 Rishøj BK Ledøje-Smørum 0–1 Hvidovre IF Nordvest FC 1–2 Brøndby NB Bornholm 0–1 OB Herlufsholm GF 0–3 Brønshøj BK IK Aalborg Freja 0–1 Randers FC Sønderborg 1–2 FC Fredericia Kjellerup IF 1–7 FC Hjørring Viby IF 2–0 Skive IK FC Helsingør 4–4 (7–8 p) FC Vestsjælland Frederikssund IK 0–3 BSV

Home team Score Away team Sydalliancen 0–4 Lyngby Avedøre IF 0–1 Næstved BK AB Tårnby 1–7 HB Køge Viborg FF 1–1 (10–11 p) Esbjerg FC Svendborg 0–2 Silkeborg IF Lystrup IF 1–9 Blokhus FC Morud IF 1–3 Otterup B&IK Aarup BK 1–3 Vejle Boldklub Kolding BK Skjold 0–2 Svebølle BI Skovbakken IK 0–3 AaB Vallensbæk IF 1–1 (5–6 p) B 93 IF Føroyar 0–4 HIK Varde IF 1–4 AGF

Third round

The teams who finished in positions 1–4 in last season's Superliga entered the competition in the third round. The matches were played on 25–26 September, 3 and 24 October.^[3]

Home team Score Away team Vanløse IF 1–0 BSV Svebølle BI 1–3 (a.e.t.) Nordsjælland Næstved BK 1–2 Randers Aarhus Fremad 0–3 AGF Rishøj BK 0–1 Midtjylland Viby IF 1–6 Lyngby Blokhus FC 0–1 Silkeborg IF B 93 0–3 Brøndby

Home team Score Away team Hvidovre IF 3–7 OB Vejle Boldklub Kolding 3–1 FC Vestsjælland FC Fredericia 0–3 FC Copenhagen Brønshøj BK 1–3 AaB Otterup B&IK 2–3 AC Horsens Esbjerg IF 92 0–3 Esbjerg HIK 3–2 HB Køge FC Hjørring 0–4 SønderjyskE

Fourth round

The matches are being played on 31 October, 1, 7 and 8 November.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SønderjyskE	0–3	FC Copenhagen
Vanløse IF	0–3	OB
Lyngby	3–2	AGF
Nordsjælland	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Midtjylland
Vejle Boldklub Kolding	0–1	Randers
HIK	0–4	AC Horsens
Brøndby	3–0	Silkeborg IF
Esbjerg	0–0 (4–2 p)	AaB

Quarter-finals

Lyngby v Esbjerg

28 November 2012	Lyngby	1–2	Esbjerg	Lyngby
19:00	Perdedaj 74'	Report	Fabricius 35' Knudsen 47'	Stadium: Lyngby Stadion Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Michael Johansen

Brøndby v FC Copenhagen

28 November 2012	Brøndby	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Copenhagen	Copenhagen
20:30	Jensen 92'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 13,652 Referee: Kenn Hansen

Randers v Midtjylland

29 November 2012	Randers	2–1	Midtjylland	Randers
19:00	Schwartz 48' Fischer 61'	Report	Andersson 43'	Stadium: AutoC Park Randers Attendance: 3,704 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

OB v AC Horsens

5 December 2012	OB	2–4 (a.e.t.)	AC Horsens	Odense
17:45	Johansson 12' Høegh 82'	Report	Bjerregaard 3' Spelmann 5' (pen.), 112' (pen.) Kryger 98'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 2,442 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Randers	4–2	AC Horsens	1–0	3–2
Brøndby	2–4	Esbjerg	1–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Brøndby v Esbjerg

13 March 2013	Brøndby	1−1	Esbjerg	Copenhagen
18:15	J. Larsen 74' (pen.)	Report	Toutouh 33'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadion Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Randers v AC Horsens

10 April 2013	Randers	1−0	AC Horsens	Randers
18:00	Brock-Madsen 52'	Report		Stadium: AutoC Park Randers Attendance: 6,178 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Second leg

AC Horsens v Randers

17 April 2013	AC Horsens	2–3 (2–4 agg.)	Randers	Horsens
18:15	Takyi 26' Toft 30'	Report	Spelmann 29' (o.g.) Schwartz 56' Boya 80'	Stadium: Forum Horsens Stadion Attendance: 7,371 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Esbjerg v Brøndby

18 April 2013	Esbjerg	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Brøndby	Esbjerg
20:30	Braithwaite 79', 103' Lange 117'	Report	Rommedahl 22'	Stadium: Blue Water Arena Attendance: 8,870 Referee: Henning Jensen

Final

Further information on this match: 2013 Danish Cup final

9 May 2013 (2013-05-09)

15:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Randers FC	0–1	Esbjerg fB
		Toutouh 55'

Parken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 26,194

Referee: Kenn Hansen