2022 Danish Cup final

The 2022 Danish Cup final was played on 26 May 2022 between OB and Midjylland at Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester, a neutral ground.^[1] The final match was the culmination of the 2021–22 Danish Cup, the 68th season of the Sydbank Pokalen.

2022 Sydbank Pokalen final

Event	2021–22 Danish Cup
OB Midjylland 0 0
After extra time Midtjylland won 4–3 on penalties
Date	26 May 2022
Venue	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester
← 2021 2023 →

OB appeared in their 7th Cup final, sporting a 5–1 record in cup finals. The club's last Cup title came in 2007. Midtjylland, the Cup winner in 2019 and a 4-times runner up, competed in their 6th final.

The winner of the final earned an automatic berth into the playoff round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.^[2]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
OB	6 (1974, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2007)
Midtjylland	5 (2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2019)

Venue

For just the fifth time in cup history, the final will be played in a venue other than the Copenhagen Sports Park (1955–1990), or Parken Stadium (1993–2019). Brøndby Stadium in Brøndbyvester will host the 2022 final. Odense Stadium hosted the 1991 final while the 1992 final was played at Aarhus Idrætspark.

Route to the final

Further information: 2021–22 Danish Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

OB		Round	Midtjylland
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Bye		First round	Bye
FC Roskilde	1–2 (A)	Second round	Bye
FC Helsingør	0–3 (A)	Third round	Kjellerup IF	0–5 (A)
FC Nordsjælland	1–4 (a.e.t) (A)	Fourth round	AaB	3–1 (a.e.t) (H)
Randers FC	3–2 (agg.) 0–2 (A) / 1–2 (H)	Quarterfinals	Brøndby IF	3–2 (agg.) 0–2 (A) / 1–2 (H)
SønderjyskE	5–1 (agg.) 1–2 (A) / 3–0 (H)	Semifinals	Vejle	4–1 (agg.) 0–1 (A) / 3–1 (H)

Match

Details

26 May 2022

15:00

OB (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Midtjylland (1)
Ivančević  48'	Report	Onyedika  67' Thychosen  72' Dreyer  105+3'
Penalties
Thomasen Okosun Jebali Kadrii Larsen	3–4	Dreyer Sviatchenko Sisto Onyedika Evander

Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 23,328

Referee: Sandi Putros

Odense

Midtyjlland

GK 13 Hans Christian Bernat RB 2 Nicholas Mickelson CB 5 Kasper Larsen CB 22 Mihajlo Ivančević  48' LB 16 Jørgen Skjelvik DM 6 Jeppe Tverskov  80' DM 20 Ayo Simon Okosun RM 11 Emmanuel Sabbi  103' AM 29 Mads Frøkjær-Jensen  74' LM 10 Sander Svendsen  68' ST 7 Issam Jebali Substitutes: GK 30 Sayouba Mandé DF 24 Robin Østrøm DF 25 Joel King MF 8 Jakob Breum  68' MF 14 Jens Jakob Thomasen  80' FW 9 Bashkim Kadrii  103' FW 15 Max Fenger  74' Coach: Andreas Alm

GK 31 David Ousted CB 14 Henrik Dalsgaard CB 5 Daniel Høegh  90+1' CB 73 Juninho  76' RM 6 Joel Andersson CM 17 Mads Døhr Thychosen  72'  96' CM 37 Raphael Onyedika  68' LM 10 Evander RF 18 Edward Chilufya  76' CF 36 Anders Dreyer  105+3' LF 45 Gustav Isaksen  63' Substitutes: GK 30 Jared Thompson DF 28 Erik Sviatchenko  90+1' DF 29 Paulinho  76' MF 7 Pione Sisto  63' MF 8 Max Meyer  76' MF 35 Charles  96' FW 53 Victor Lind Coach: Bo Henriksen

Assistant referees:

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[3]