2022 Danish Cup Final
# 2022 Danish Cup Final

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

OB is appearing in its 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, will be competing in its 6th final.

The winner of the final will earn an automatic berth into the playoff round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.

## 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

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

| OB | OB | Round | Midtjylland | Midtjylland |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
| Bye | Bye | First round | Bye | Bye |
| FC Roskilde | 1–2 (A) | Second round | Bye | 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

| Odense | Midtyjlland |
| - | - |

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. |
