2019–20Danish Cup

DBU Pokalen (The DBU Cup)
Parken Stadium hosted the final
Tournament details
Country	Denmark
Teams	102
Final positions
Champions	SønderjyskE (1st title)
Runners-up	AaB
UEFA Europa League	SønderjyskE
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The2019–20 Danish Cup, also known asSydbank Pokalen, was the 66th season of theDanish Cup competition. The winners of the tournament,SønderjyskE, in winning their first major championship in club history, earned qualification into the second qualifying round of the2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

In the first round, there 88 teams participated, coming from all levels of competition. Eight additional teams joined in round two and the top six teams from the2018-19 Danish Superliga entered the 3rd round.^[1]

The draw date and matchdays for the 2019–20 Sydbank Pokalen were as follows:^[2]
First Round Draw – July 2, 2019
First Round – August 6–8, 2019
Second Round Draw – August 15, 2019
Second Round – September 3–5, 2019
Third Round – September 24–26, 2019
Fourth Round – October 29–31, 2019
Quarterfinals – March 3–5, 2020
Semifinals – April 22–23, 2020
Final – May 21, 2020

102 teams will compete for theDanish Cup. All teams from the top three divisions in 2018–19 were automatically entered while lower division teams played qualifying matches to enter the competition.^[3]

In the first round of the tournament the teams were divided into a West and East pool. In the West Pool, 46 teams participated, divided into two groups, "Funen / Southern Jutland" and " Middle / North Jutland". The East Pool consisted of 42 teams and was divided into the "Zealand 1" and "Zealand 2" groups.

The draw was held on Friday, 2 July 2019.^[4]

The draw was held on 15 August 2019.

There were

• 44 teams from the 1st round (winners)
• 4 teams from the1st division (1st–4th placed)
• 8 teams from theSuperliga (5th–12th placed)

The draw was held on 12 September 2019.

There were

• 28 teams from the 2nd round (winners)
• 4 teams from the3F Superliga (1st–4th placed)

The draw was held after the match Fremad Amager-FC Midtjylland, 26 September 2019.

There were 16 winners from the previous round.

FC Fredericia (2) vSilkeborg IF (1)

11 October 2019	FC Fredericia (2)	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Silkeborg IF (1)	Monjasa Park,Fredericia
18:30	Holvad 7, 23'Ritter 90+2'		Lesniak 42' Schwartz 61, 103' Heimer 90+3'	Attendance: 948

Brøndby IF (1) vSønderjyskE (1)

30 October 2019	Brøndby IF (1)	0–1	SønderjyskE (1)	Brøndby Stadion,Brøndby
18:00 (20:00 postponed)			Lieder 84'	Attendance: 6,582

Viby IF (4) vRanders FC (1)

30 October 2019	Viby IF (4)	0–2	Randers FC (1)	Cepheus Park Randers,Randers
19:00	Mattias Pedersèn 70'  89'		Riis Jakobsen 66' Jørgensen 85' (o.g.) Kamara 70'	Attendance: 1,649

F.C. København (1) vFC Nordsjælland (1)

31 October 2019	F.C. København (1)	4–1	FC Nordsjælland (1)	Telia Parken,København
17:30	Bendtner 24' Daramy 66, 75' Sotiriou 66'	FCK Summary	Rasmussen 2'	Attendance: 9,238

AGF (1) vOB (1)

31 October 2019	AGF (1)	1–0	OB (1)	Ceres Park,Aarhus
20:15	Ankersen 86'			Attendance: 3,160

Fremad Amager (2) vAC Horsens (1)

6 November 2019	Fremad Amager (2)	0–3	AC Horsens (1)	Sundby Idrætspark,København
18:00			Ludwig 39' Andreasen 58' Therkildsen 74'	Attendance: 2,019

AB (3) vEsbjerg fB (1)

6 November 2019	AB (3)	1–2	Esbjerg fB (1)	Gladsaxe Stadium,Søborg
18:00	Rohde 37'		Yuriy Yakovenko 89'Sørensen 90'

HB Køge (2) vAaB (1)

27 November 2019	HB Køge (2)	0–3	AaB (1)	Capelli Sport Stadion,Køge
18:00			Abildgaard 24' Fossum 59' van Weert 86'

Esbjerg fB (1) vAGF (1)

3 March 2020Quarterfinals	Esbjerg fB (1)	1–4	AGF (1)	Blue Water Arena,Esbjerg
18:30	Erceg 32' Kauko 58'	AGF Report	Bundu 11' 28' Blume 63' 87' Amini 72'	Attendance: 3,134 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

AaB (1) vF.C. København (1)

4 March 2020Quarterfinals	AaB (1)	2–0	F.C. København (1)	Nordjyske Arena,Aalborg
18:30	Thelander 15' Olsen 23' Ross 43' (Olsen) Klitten 49' (Kusk) Fossum 71' Ahlmann 78'	FCK Highlights	Santos 18' Bartolec 75'	Attendance: 7,739 Referee: Jens Maae

Randers FC (1) vSønderjyskE (1)

5 March 2020Quarterfinals	Randers FC (1)	1–2	SønderjyskE (1)	Cepheus Park Randers,Randers
17:45	Greve 5' Lauenborg 40' Kehinde 70'	Horsens Highlights	Bah 44' Jacobsen 67' Ólafsson 82' Frederiksen 89' 90+5'	Attendance: 1,919 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen

AC Horsens (1) vSilkeborg IF (1)

5 March 2020Quarterfinals	AC Horsens (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7p)	Silkeborg IF (1)	CASA Arena Horsens,Horsens
20:00	Frantsen 22' (Hanson) Okosun 88' Thorsen 90+2' Andreasen 103'		Ibsen 65' Madsen 71' (Crone) Lesniak 73' Brumado 85' Vallys 120'	Attendance:Horsens Referee: Jakob Kehlet
	Penalties
	Andreasean Okosun Jeppe Kjær Drost Mašović Jacobsen Thorsen Ludwig Therkildsen		Holten Lind Gertsen Hagelskjær Madsen Carstensen Vallys Møller Lesniak

SønderjyskE (1) vAC Horsens (1)

10 June 2020Semi-finals	SønderjyskE (1)	2–1	AC Horsens (1)	Sydbank Park,Haderslev
18:00	Ekani 51' Eskesen 63' (Bah) Jónsson 81' Jacobsen 89'	AC Horsens Report	Okosun 53' (Prip)	Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

AaB (1) vAGF (1)

10 June 2020Semi-finals	AaB (1)	3–2	AGF (1)	Aalborg Portland Park
20:45	Fossum 35' (van Weert) 54' Andersen 50' (Pallesen) Ross 90+3' Olsen 90+6'	AaB Report	Blume 77' (Hvidt) Helenius 90' (Þorsteinsson) Backman 90+3' Þorsteinsson 90+3'	Attendance: 280 Referee: Sandi Putros

SønderjyskE (1) vAaB (1)

1 July 2020Final	SønderjyskE (1)	2–0	AaB (1)	Blue Water Arena,Esbjerg
20:00	Eskesen 23'  65' Jónsson 32' Jacobsen 45+5' 56' Bah 46' Jakobsen 49' Banggaard 75'		Okore 13' Christensen 21' Ross 71'	Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt

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