1953 Svenska Cupen

The 1953 Svenska Cupen was the 12th season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 26 July 1953 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 3–2 against IFK Norrköping before an attendance of 20,356 spectators.

1953 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Final positions
Champions	Malmö FF
Runner-up	IFK Norrköping

First round

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

Second round

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

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 19 July 1953.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Hammarby IF (D1)	4–1	Landskrona BoIS (D3)	4,383
2	IFK Norrköping (A)	5–1	Kalmar FF (D1)	4,199
3	IF Älgarna (D3)	1–6	Helsingborgs IF (A)	6,133
4	Malmö FF (A)	3–1	Degerfors IF (A)	10,188

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 22 and 23 July 1953.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Helsingborgs IF (A)	0–3	Malmö FF (A)	14,063
2	Hammarby IF (D1)	1–6	IFK Norrköping (A)	8,822

Final

The final was played on 26 July 1953 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
1	Malmö FF (A)	3–2	IFK Norrköping (A)	20,356

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Fotbollboken 1952-53 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1952.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-24.