2008 in Swedish football

Swedish Football 2008
Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Superettan (Tier 2)
Division 1 (Tier 3)
Division 2 (Tier 4)
Division 3 (Tier 5)
Svenska Cupen 2008 - Final

The 2008 season in Swedish football, starting January 2008 and ending December 2008:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 2008	Kalmar FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2008	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Svenska Cupen
Swedish Super Cup Champions 2008	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Supercupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 2008	Kalmar FF
2nd level	Superettan 2008	Örgryte IS
3rd level	Division 1 Norra 2008	Syrianska FC
3rd level	Division 1 Södra 2008	FC Trollhättan
Cup	Svenska Cupen 2008	IFK Göteborg
Super Cup	Supercupen 2008	IFK Göteborg

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Superettan 2008	Allsvenskan 2009	Örgryte IS	Winners
		BK Häcken	2nd team
		IF Brommapojkarna	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 1 Norra 2008	Superettan 2009	Syrianska FC	Winners
Division 1 Norra 2008	Superettan 2009	Vasalunds IF	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 1 Södra 2008	Superettan 2009	FC Trollhättan	Winners
Division 2 2008	Division 1 2009	Karlslunds IF	Winners of group
		Kristianstads FF	Winners of group
		IK Oddevold	Winners of group
		Skellefteå FF	Winners of group
		IK Sleipner	Winners of group
		Syrianska IF Kerburan	Winners of group

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 2008	Superettan 2009	Ljungskile SK	Losers of qualification play-off
		GIF Sundsvall	15th team
		IFK Norrköping	16th team
Superettan 2008	Division 1 2009	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	Losers of qualification play-off
		Enköpings SK	15th team
		Degerfors IF	16th team
Division 1 Norra 2008	Division 2 2009	Ersboda SK	12th team
		Falu FK	13th team
		Bodens BK	14th team
Division 1 Södra 2008	Division 2 2009	IFK Malmö	12th team
		Norrby IF	13th team
		Skärhamns IK	14th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
UEFA Champions League 2009–10	1st qual. round	Kalmar FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Europa League 2009–10	3rd qual. round	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Svenska Cupen
	2nd qual. round	IF Elfsborg	2nd team in Allsvenskan
	1st qual. round	Helsingborgs IF	3rd/4th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

2008 Allsvenskan 2008

Main article: 2008 Allsvenskan


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kalmar FF !Kalmar FF (C)	30	20	4	6	70	32	+38	64	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg !IF Elfsborg (Q)	30	19	6	5	49	18	+31	63	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	IFK Göteborg !IFK Göteborg (Q)	30	15	9	6	50	26	+24	54	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ¹
4	Helsingborgs IF !Helsingborgs IF (Q)	30	16	6	8	54	41	+13	54	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	AIK !AIK	30	12	9	9	36	32	+4	45
6	Malmö FF !Malmö FF	30	12	8	10	51	46	+5	44
7	Örebro SK !Örebro SK	30	11	9	10	36	39	−3	42
8	Halmstads BK !Halmstads BK	30	11	8	11	41	38	+3	41
9	Hammarby IF !Hammarby IF	30	11	8	11	44	51	−7	41
10	Trelleborgs FF !Trelleborgs FF	30	9	13	8	33	31	+2	40
11	GAIS !GAIS	30	9	11	10	30	36	−6	38
12	Djurgårdens IF !Djurgårdens IF	30	9	9	12	30	41	−11	36
13	Gefle IF !Gefle IF	30	7	7	16	33	42	−9	28
14	Ljungskile SK !Ljungskile SK (Q)	30	6	6	18	23	52	−29	24	Relegation Playoffs
15	GIF Sundsvall !GIF Sundsvall (R)	30	5	7	18	26	54	−28	22	Relegation to Superettan
16	IFK Norrköping !IFK Norrköping (R)	30	4	8	18	31	58	−27	20	Relegation to Superettan

Updated to games played on 9 November 2008.
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹IFK Göteborg won the Svenska Cupen 2008 competition, thereby qualifying for the Third Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2009-10.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2008 Allsvenskan qualification play-off

IF Brommapojkarna v Ljungskile SK

November 13, 2008
19:00 CET (UTC+01)

IF Brommapojkarna	0–0	Ljungskile SK

Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,072
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

Ljungskile SK v IF Brommapojkarna

November 16, 2008
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Ljungskile SK	1–1	IF Brommapojkarna
Wålemark 48'		Haglund 45+3'

H.A. Bygg Arena, Ljungskile
Attendance: 2,828
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

2008 Superettan

Main article: 2008 Superettan


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Örgryte IS !Örgryte IS (P)	30	17	6	7	57	32	+25	57	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	BK Häcken !BK Häcken (P)	30	15	10	5	58	28	+30	55	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	IF Brommapojkarna !IF Brommapojkarna (Q)	30	16	6	8	45	29	+16	54	Promotion Playoffs
4	Assyriska FF !Assyriska FF	30	15	7	8	49	35	+14	52
5	Ängelholms FF !Ängelholms FF	30	14	9	7	51	33	+18	51
6	Åtvidabergs FF !Åtvidabergs FF	30	14	8	8	43	37	+6	50
7	Falkenbergs FF !Falkenbergs FF	30	12	8	10	43	38	+5	44
8	Mjällby AIF !Mjällby AIF	30	12	7	11	44	36	+8	43
9	FC Väsby United !FC Väsby United	30	11	6	13	38	36	+2	39
10	Qviding FIF !Qviding FIF	30	9	11	10	39	41	−2	38
11	Landskrona BoIS !Landskrona BoIS	30	10	8	12	36	44	−8	38
12	IK Sirius !IK Sirius	30	8	9	13	38	53	−15	33
13	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo !IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (Q)	30	5	11	14	26	48	−22	26	Relegation Playoffs
14	Jönköpings Södra IF !Jönköpings Södra IF (Q)	30	5	11	14	26	50	−24	26	Relegation Playoffs
15	Enköpings SK !Enköpings SK (R)	30	8	2	20	37	70	−33	26	Relegation to Division 1
16	Degerfors IF !Degerfors IF (R)	30	5	9	16	27	47	−20	24	Relegation to Division 1

Updated to games played on 25 October 2008.
Source: Tabell och resultat - Superettan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2008 Superettan qualification play-off

Östers IF v Jönköpings Södra IF

October 29, 2008

Östers IF	2–1	Jönköpings Södra IF

Värendsvallen, Växjö

Jönköpings Södra IF v Östers IF

November 2, 2008

Jönköpings Södra IF	3–0	Östers IF

Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping

Vasalunds IF v IF Limhamn Bunkeflo

October 29, 2008

Vasalunds IF	0–0	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo

Skytteholms IP, Solna

IF Limhamn Bunkeflo v Vasalunds IF

November 2, 2008

IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	1–4	Vasalunds IF

Malmö IP, Malmö

2008 Division 1 Norra

Norra

Södra


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Syrianska FC !Syrianska FC (P)	26	17	8	1	44	16	+28	59	Promotion to Superettan
2	Vasalunds IF !Vasalunds IF	26	15	6	5	57	26	+31	51	Promotion Playoffs
3	Västerås SK !Västerås SK	26	16	3	7	59	36	+23	51
4	Gröndal !Gröndal	26	15	5	6	49	33	+16	50
5	Umeå FC !Umeå FC	26	13	2	11	43	38	+5	41
6	Valsta Syrianska IK !Valsta Syrianska IK	26	10	6	10	41	40	+1	36
7	BK Forward !BK Forward	26	10	4	12	46	49	−3	34
8	Syrianska Botkyrka IF !Syrianska Botkyrka IF	26	8	7	11	26	35	−9	31
9	IF Sylvia !IF Sylvia	26	9	3	14	41	56	−15	30
10	Östersunds FK !Östersunds FK	26	7	8	11	30	36	−6	29
11	IK Brage !IK Brage	26	6	8	12	35	43	−8	26
12	Ersboda !Ersboda (R)	26	7	4	15	48	67	−19	25	Relegation to Division 2
13	Falu FK !Falu FK (R)	26	7	3	16	31	49	−18	24
14	Boden !Boden (R)	26	5	7	14	27	53	−26	22

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2008 Division 1 Södra


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Trollhättan !FC Trollhättan (P)	26	14	7	5	41	26	+15	49	Promotion to Superettan
2	Östers IF !Östers IF	26	14	3	9	54	33	+21	45	Promotion Playoffs
3	Carlstad United BK !Carlstad United BK	26	13	6	7	43	37	+6	45
4	Malmö Anadolu !Malmö Anadolu	26	13	5	8	53	38	+15	44
5	Skövde AIK !Skövde AIK	26	12	6	8	54	39	+15	42
6	Motala AIF !Motala AIF	26	11	6	9	41	46	−5	39
7	IFK Värnamo !IFK Värnamo	26	11	5	10	31	31	0	38
8	Västra Frölunda !Västra Frölunda	26	8	11	7	45	41	+4	35
9	Lindome !Lindome	26	8	8	10	36	33	+3	32
10	Torslanda IK !Torslanda IK	26	8	8	10	40	45	−5	32
11	Husqvarna FF !Husqvarna FF	26	8	4	14	29	35	−6	28
12	IFK Malmö !IFK Malmö (R)	26	8	3	15	38	63	−25	27	Relegation to Division 2
13	Norrby IF !Norrby IF (R)	26	8	2	16	38	52	−14	26
14	Skärhamn !Skärhamn (R)	26	7	4	15	27	61	−34	25

2008 Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2008 Svenska Cupen

Quarter-finals

IFK Norrköping v Enköpings SK

July 10, 2008

IFK Norrköping	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Enköpings SK

	Penalties
	4–5

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

GIF Sundsvall v IFK Göteborg

July 10, 2008

GIF Sundsvall	2–3	IFK Göteborg

Norrporten Arena, Sundsvall

Valsta Syrianska IK v Hammarby IF

July 24, 2008

Valsta Syrianska IK	0–4	Hammarby IF

Midgårdsvallen, Märsta

IF Elfsborg v Kalmar FF

August 7, 2008

IF Elfsborg	2–4	Kalmar FF

Borås Arena, Elfsborg

Semi-finals

Hammarby IF v Kalmar FF

August 21, 2008

Hammarby IF	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Kalmar FF

Söderstadion, Stockholm

Enköpings SK v IFK Göteborg

August 28, 2008

Enköpings SK	0–3	IFK Göteborg

Enavallen, Enköping

Final

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg

September 21, 2008
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Kalmar FF	0–0 (a.e.t.)	IFK Göteborg

	Penalties
Rydström Johansson V. Elm Sobralense Lindberg	4–5	Alexandersson Christensen Sigurðsson Jónsson Wernbloom

Fredriksskans, Kalmar
Attendance: 7,158
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt

2008 Supercupen

Main article: 2008 Supercupen

Final

IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF

March 22, 2008
16:00 CET (UTC+01)

IFK Göteborg	3–1	Kalmar FF
Wallerstedt 24' 82' Jónsson 67'		Santin 87'

Nya Ullevi, Göteborg
Attendance: 1,643
Referee: Martin Hansson

National team results

Main article: Sweden national football team 2008

Notes

References

Online

"svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.

Football in Sweden

Swedish Football Association District Football Associations

National teams	Men's U-21 U-19 U-17 Women's U-19 U-17

League system - Men	Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 North South Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8

League system - Women	Damallsvenskan Elitettan Women's Division 1 Women's Division 2 Women's Division 3 Women's Division 4 Women's Division 5 Women's Division 6

Cup competitions	Svenska Cupen Svenska Supercupen Svenska Cupen (women) Svenska Supercupen (women)

List of champions List of Svenska Cupen winners List of men's clubs List of women's clubs List of venues Records Derbies Europe Europe (women) List of competitions defunct

Seasons in Swedish football

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