Svenska Supercupen 2012, ''Swedish Super Cup 2012'', was the 6th

Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

, an annual

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match contested by the winners of the previous season's

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and

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

competitions. The match was played at

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, on 24 March 2012, and was contested by

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winners

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and runners-up

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. AIK qualified for the cup as Allsvenskan runners-up since Helsingborg won both the league and Svenska Cupen in

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. The match was Helsingborgs third appearance and AIKs second in Svenska Supercupen since its creation. Olympia hosted the final for the first time and the two clubs played against each other for the first time in the cup's history. The match was broadcast live on

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, a channel belonging to the

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. FIFA listed Markus Strömbergsson from

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was the referee for the match for the third consecutive time. Helsingborg won the match 2–0 after two goals from Dutch midfielder

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. This was Helsingborgs second consecutive title in the competition and fifth consecutive title in Swedish football.

Match facts

MATCH OFFICIALS *Assistant referees: **Mathias Klasenius, (

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) **Per Brogevik (

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) *Fourth official: Daniel Stålhammar (

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) 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.

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Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of ...

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