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Football in Sweden
Season2013
Men's football
AllsvenskanMalmö FF
SuperettanFalkenbergs FF
Division 1IK Sirius (Norra)
Husqvarna FF (Södra)
Svenska CupenIFK Göteborg
Svenska SupercupenMalmö FF
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The 2013 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Sweden. The competitive year started with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 2 March. League competition started in early April with Allsvenskan on 31 March, Superettan on 6 April, Division 1 and lower men's leagues plus the Damallsvenskan on 13 April. Svenska Cupen ended with the final played at the national stadium Friends Arena on 26 May. Allsvenskan ended on 3 November, Superettan one day earlier on 2 November, Division 1 and lower men's leagues on 26 October and Damallsvenskan on 20 October. Qualification play-offs were held after the end of league play with the Allsvenskan play-offs being held on 7 and 10 November and the Superettan play-offs being held on 6 and 9 November. Svenska Supercupen was held on 10 November and was contested by the winner of Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. Sweden participated in qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Sweden also hosted UEFA Women's Euro 2013 between 10 and 28 July.

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2013 Malmö FF Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2012–13 IFK Göteborg Winners of Svenska Cupen
Swedish Super Cup Champions 2013 Malmö FF Winners of Svenska Supercupen
Swedish Women's Champions 2013 LdB FC Malmö Winners of Damallsvenskan

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level 2013 Allsvenskan Malmö FF
2nd level 2013 Superettan Falkenbergs FF
3rd level 2013 Swedish football Division 1 Norra IK Sirius
2013 Swedish football Division 1 Södra Husqvarna FF
National cup 2012–13 Svenska Cupen IFK Göteborg
Super cup 2013 Svenska Supercupen Malmö FF
Women's 1st level 2013 Damallsvenskan LdB FC Malmö

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
2013 Superettan 2014 Allsvenskan Falkenbergs FF Winners
Örebro SK Runners-up
2013 Division 1 Norra 2014 Superettan IK Sirius Winners
2013 Division 1 Södra Husqvarna FF Winners
2013 Division 2 2014 Division 1 Norra Skellefteå FF Winners of group
Huddinge IF Winners of group
2014 Division 1 Södra Motala AIF Winners of group
IFK Uddevalla Winners of group
Norrby IF Winners of group
Oskarshamns AIK Winners of group

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
2013 Allsvenskan 2014 Superettan Östers IF 15th team
Syrianska FC 16th team
2013 Superettan 2014 Division 1 Södra Örgryte IS 15th team
2014 Division 1 Norra IK Brage 16th team
2013 Division 1 Norra 2014 Division 2 Sandvikens IF 12th team
Selånger FK 13th team
Eskilstuna City 14th team
2013 Division 1 Södra Torslanda IK 12th team
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 13th team
Karlstad BK 14th team

International qualifications

Qualified for Enters Team Reason
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 2nd qual. round Malmö FF Winners of 2013 Allsvenskan
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2nd qual. round AIK Runners-up of 2013 Allsvenskan
IF Elfsborg Winners of 2013–14 Svenska Cupen
1st qual. round IFK Göteborg 3rd team in 2013 Allsvenskan
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 FC Rosengård Winners of 2013 Damallsvenskan (as LdB FC Malmö)
Tyresö FF Runners-up of 2013 Damallsvenskan

Domestic results

2013 Allsvenskan

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AIK
BK Häcken
Helsingborgs IF
IF Elfsborg
IFK Norrköping
Malmö FF
Östers IF
Kalmar FF
Åtvidabergs FF
Djurgårdens IF
IFK Göteborg
IF Brommapojkarna
Gefle IF
Mjällby AIF
Syrianska FC
Halmstads BK
Locations of the 2013 Allsvenskan teams

Main article: 2013 Allsvenskan
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 30 19 6 5 56 30 +26 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 AIK 30 17 7 6 54 32 +22 58 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 30 16 6 8 49 31 +18 54 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4 Kalmar FF 30 14 10 6 35 26 +9 52
5 Helsingborgs IF 30 14 7 9 61 41 +20 49
6 IF Elfsborg 30 12 10 8 49 34 +15 46 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Djurgårdens IF 30 12 8 10 38 44 −6 44
8 Åtvidabergs FF 30 11 7 12 37 37 0 40
9 IFK Norrköping 30 11 6 13 45 47 −2 39
10 BK Häcken 30 10 7 13 37 41 −4 37
11 Mjällby AIF 30 10 6 14 46 47 −1 36
12 Gefle IF 30 7 13 10 34 42 −8 34
13 IF Brommapojkarna 30 8 8 14 33 54 −21 32 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[b]
14 Halmstads BK (O) 30 7 10 13 32 46 −14 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15 Östers IF (R) 30 6 10 14 27 43 −16 28 Relegation to Superettan
16 Syrianska FC (R) 30 3 5 22 26 64 −38 14
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ IF Elfsborg qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen.
  2. ^ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, IF Brommapojkarna received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.[1]

2013 Allsvenskan qualification play-offs

GIF Sundsvall1 – 1Halmstads BK
Sliper 2' Report Baldvinsson 57'
Norrporten Arena, Sundsvall
Attendance: 3,097
Referee: Johan Hamlin (Bro)
Halmstads BK2 – 1GIF Sundsvall
Boman 53', 57' Report Dibba 14'
Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 5,135
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Stockholm)

Halmstads BK won 3–2 on aggregate.

2013 Superettan

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Assyriska FF
Degerfors IF
GAIS
Hammarby IF
Ljungskile SK
Örgryte IS
Örebro SK
Ängelholms FF
Landskrona BoIS
Jönköpings Södra
Varbergs BoIS
IK Brage
Östersunds FK
IFK Värnamo
Falkenbergs FF
GIF Sundsvall
Location of the 2013 Superettan teams

Main article: 2013 Superettan
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Falkenbergs FF (C, P) 30 19 5 6 63 31 +32 62 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Örebro SK (P) 30 17 10 3 52 21 +31 61
3 GIF Sundsvall 30 16 10 4 54 35 +19 58 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Degerfors IF 30 14 10 6 52 41 +11 52
5 Hammarby IF 30 13 8 9 34 28 +6 47
6 Ängelholms FF 30 11 10 9 55 47 +8 43
7 GAIS 30 12 7 11 45 47 −2 43
8 Assyriska FF 30 12 6 12 42 44 −2 42
9 Ljungskile SK 30 12 3 15 34 31 +3 39
10 Östersunds FK 30 10 9 11 39 38 +1 39
11 Jönköpings Södra IF 30 11 5 14 39 44 −5 38
12 Landskrona BoIS 30 9 5 16 40 48 −8 32
13 Varbergs BoIS (O) 30 9 5 16 47 65 −18 32 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 IFK Värnamo (O) 30 7 10 13 30 51 −21 31
15 Örgryte IS (R) 30 5 13 12 23 40 −17 28 Relegation to Division 1
16 IK Brage (R) 30 2 6 22 21 59 −38 12
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2013 Superettan qualification play-offs

Dalkurd FF1 – 0IFK Värnamo
Sulaka 91' Report
Domnarvsvallen, Borlänge
Attendance: 1,420
Referee: Lars Olsson (Umeå)
IK Oddevold0 – 1Varbergs BoIS
Report Koroma 4'
Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla
Attendance: 1,479
Referee: Robert Daradic (Helsingborg)
IFK Värnamo5 – 1Dalkurd FF
Kamara 6', 8'
Kozica 38', 71', 79'		 Report Dauda Omeje 39'
Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo
Attendance: 1,480
Referee: Jim Petersson (Motala)

IFK Värnamo won 5–2 on aggregate.

Varbergs BoIS2 – 1IK Oddevold
Söderström 54'
Altemark Vanneryr 90'		 Report Selmani 15' (pen.)
Påskbergsvallen, Varberg
Attendance: 2,016
Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping)

Varbergs BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.

2013 Division 1 Norra

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IK Frej
Eskilstuna City
Sandvikens IF
Västerås SK
Dalkurd FF
IFK Luleå
Kristianstads FF
Skövde AIK
FC Trollhättan
Qviding
Karlstad BK
IF Sylvia
Selånger FK
Valsta Syrianska IK
Nyköpings BIS
Umeå FC
Vasalunds IF
AFC United
Husqvarna FF
Torslanda IK
IS Halmia
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
IK Oddevold
Utsiktens BK
IK Sirius
Trelleborgs FF
BK Forward
Lunds BK
Location of the 2013 Division 1 teams. Division 1 Norra are red dots while Division 1 Södra are green dots.

Main article: 2013 Division 1 (Swedish football)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IK Sirius (C, P) 26 21 5 0 79 16 +63 68 Promotion to Superettan
2 Dalkurd FF 26 15 5 6 48 25 +23 50 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 Nyköpings BIS 26 15 4 7 43 26 +17 49
4 BK Forward 26 10 11 5 45 28 +17 41
5 IFK Luleå 26 11 6 9 45 46 −1 39
6 Umeå FC 26 11 4 11 42 37 +5 37
7 Vasalunds IF 26 11 2 13 36 38 −2 35
8 IK Frej 26 10 5 11 30 39 −9 35
9 Valsta Syrianska IK 26 9 4 13 31 48 −17 31
10 AFC United 26 8 6 12 32 40 −8 30
11 Västerås SK 26 8 6 12 31 52 −21 30
12 Sandvikens IF (R) 26 7 6 13 31 45 −14 27 Relegation to Division 2
13 Selånger FK (R) 26 5 5 16 25 46 −21 20
14 Eskilstuna City (R) 26 4 5 17 30 62 −32 17
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2013 Division 1 Södra

Main article: 2013 Division 1 (Swedish football)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Husqvarna FF (C, P) 26 17 5 4 42 17 +25 56 Promotion to Superettan
2 IK Oddevold 26 14 7 5 49 29 +20 49 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 Trelleborgs FF 26 14 3 9 41 38 +3 45
4 IS Halmia 26 12 7 7 40 30 +10 43
5 Utsiktens BK 26 11 8 7 33 29 +4 41
6 FC Trollhättan 26 12 5 9 39 36 +3 41
7 IF Sylvia 26 10 8 8 44 41 +3 38
8 Qviding FIF 26 9 7 10 34 36 −2 34
9 Skövde AIK 26 9 6 11 34 36 −2 33
10 Lunds BK 26 9 5 12 46 41 +5 32
11 Kristianstads FF 26 9 4 13 38 43 −5 31
12 Torslanda IK (R) 26 6 5 15 24 39 −15 23 Relegation to Division 2
13 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (R) 26 6 5 15 30 56 −26 23
14 Karlstad BK (R) 26 4 5 17 25 48 −23 17
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2012–13 Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2012–13 Svenska Cupen

Quarter-finals

Helsingborgs IF0 – 1IFK Göteborg
Report Haglund 4'
Olympia, Helsingborg
Attendance: 4,031
Referee: Tobias Mattsson (Karlstad)
Falkenbergs FF0 – 1Örgryte IS
Report Wallén 50'
Växjö Tipshall, Växjö
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Malmö)
IFK Norrköping0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Djurgårdens IF
Report
Penalties
Þorvaldsson soccer ball with check mark
Telo soccer ball with check mark
Gerson soccer ball with check mark
Thelin soccer ball with check mark
Luts soccer ball with red X		 4 – 5 soccer ball with check mark Johansson
soccer ball with check mark Fejzullahu
soccer ball with check mark Jawo
soccer ball with check mark Oyal
soccer ball with check mark Arvidsson
Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)
Östers IF2 – 1IK Sirius
Persson 16'
Söderberg 76'		 Report Björkebaum 79'
Växjö Tipshall, Växjö
Attendance: 1,267
Referee: Bojan Pandzić (Gothenburg)

Semi-finals

Djurgårdens IF1 – 0Örgryte IS
Johansson 59' Report
Stockholm Stadion, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,126
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)
Östers IF1 – 4IFK Göteborg
Robledo 50' Report Hysén 9', 52'
Moberg Karlsson 69', 81'
Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 6,047
Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

Final

Main article: 2013 Svenska Cupen final
Djurgårdens IF1 – 1 (a.e.t.)IFK Göteborg
Amartey 52' Report Hysén 6'
Penalties
Jawo soccer ball with red X
Johansson soccer ball with check mark
Solignac soccer ball with red X
Nymann soccer ball with red X		 1 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Haglund
soccer ball with red X Bjärsmyr
soccer ball with check mark Dyrestam
soccer ball with check mark Farnerud
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 21,819
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

2013 Svenska Supercupen

Main article: 2013 Svenska Supercupen
Malmö FF3 – 2IFK Göteborg
Forsberg 42', 48'
Molins 90'		 Report Haglund 45'
Vibe 55'
Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,787
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

National team fixtures and results

Sweden 1 – 1 North Korea
Fejzullahu 56' Report Hong Kum-Song 48'
Penalties
Svensson soccer ball with check mark
Majstorović soccer ball with check mark
Hysén soccer ball with check mark
P. Jansson soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 1 soccer ball with red X Jang Kuk-Chol
soccer ball with red X Kang Kuk-Chol
soccer ball with check mark Kim Chol-Bom
700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Sweden 3 – 0 Finland
Hysén 23'
Quaison 73'
Svensson 90'		 Report
700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
Sweden 2 – 3 Argentina
J. Olsson 17'
Elm 90+5'		 Report Lustig 3' (o.g.)
Agüero 19'
Higuaín 23'
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,646
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
Sweden 0 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,436
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Slovakia 0 – 0 Sweden
Report
Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (Austria)
Sweden 1 – 0 North Macedonia
Kačaniklić 39' Report
Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 14,459
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Austria 2 – 1 Sweden
Alaba 26' (pen.)
Janko 32'		 Report Elmander 82'
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Sweden 2 – 0 Faroe Islands
Ibrahimović 35', 82' (pen.) Report
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 32,858
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)
Sweden 4 – 2 Norway
Ibrahimović 2', 28', 57'
Svensson 75'		 Report Abdellaoue 38' (pen.)
Johansen 43'
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 13,438
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Republic of Ireland 1 – 2 Sweden
Keane 21' Report Elmander 33'
Svensson 57'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Kazakhstan 0 – 1 Sweden
Report Ibrahimović 1'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
Sweden 2 – 1 Austria
M. Olsson 56'
Ibrahimović 86'		 Report Harnik 29'
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,416
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Sweden 3 – 5 Germany
Hysén 6', 69'
Kačaniklić 42'		 Report Özil 45'
Götze 53'
Schürrle 57', 66', 76'
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,251
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Portugal 1 – 0 Sweden
Ronaldo 82' Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 61,467
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Sweden 2 – 3 Portugal
Ibrahimović 68', 72' Report Ronaldo 50', 77', 79'
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,766
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain 9
2 Tobias Hysén Sweden IFK Göteborg 3
Anders Svensson Sweden IF Elfsborg 3
4 Johan Elmander Turkey Galatasaray
England Norwich City 		2
Alexander Kačaniklić England Fulham 2
6 Rasmus Elm Russia CSKA Moscow 1
Erton Fejzullahu Sweden Djurgårdens IF 1
Jonas Olsson England West Bromwich Albion 1
Martin Olsson England Norwich City 1
Robin Quaison Sweden AIK 1

Own goals

Player Club Own goals Playing against
Sweden Mikael Lustig Scotland Celtic 1  Argentina

Swedish clubs' performance in Europe

These are the results of the Swedish teams in European competitions during the 2013–14 season. (Swedish team score displayed first)

Team Contest Round Opponent 1st leg score* 2nd leg score** Aggregate score
IF Elfsborg UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round Latvia Daugava Daugavpils 7–1 4–0 W 11–1
Third qualifying round Scotland Celtic 0–1 0–0 L 0–1
UEFA Europa League Play-off round Denmark Nordsjælland 1–1 1–0 W 2–1
Group stage Belgium Standard Liège 1–1 3–1 None
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–1 0–4
Denmark Esbjerg 1–2 0–1
BK Häcken UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–2 1–0 W 3–2
Third qualifying round Switzerland Thun 1–2 0–1 L 1–3
Malmö FF UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Republic of Ireland Drogheda United 0–0 2–0 W 2–0
Second qualifying round Scotland Hibernian 2–0 7–0 W 9–0
Third qualifying round England Swansea City 0–4 0–0 L 0–4
Gefle IF UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Estonia Narva Trans 3–0 5–1 W 8–1
Second qualifying round Cyprus Anorthosis 0–3 4–0 W 4–3
Third qualifying round Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 0–2 L 0–3
IFK Göteborg UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Slovakia Trenčín 0–0 1–2 L 1–2
Tyresö FF UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 France Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 0–0 W 2–1
Round of 16 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 2–1 4–0 W 6–1
Quarterfinals Austria Neulengbach 8–1 0–0 W 8–1
Semifinals England Birmingham 0–0 3–0 W 3–0
Final Germany Wolfsburg 3–4 None
LdB FC Malmö UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Norway Lillestrøm 3–1 5–0 W 8–1
Round of 16 Germany Wolfsburg 1–2 1–3 L 2–5

* For group games in Europa League, score in home game is displayed
** For group games in Europa League, score in away game is displayed

Notes

  1. ^ "Bomben: BP till Europa League" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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