2008 in Swedish football

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

Honours

Official titles
Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2008Kalmar FFWinners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2008IFK GöteborgWinners of Svenska Cupen
Swedish Super Cup Champions 2008IFK GöteborgWinners of Supercupen

Competitions
Level Competition Team
1st levelAllsvenskan 2008Kalmar FF
2nd levelSuperettan 2008Örgryte IS
3rd levelDivision 1 Norra 2008Syrianska FC
Division 1 Södra 2008FC Trollhättan
CupSvenska Cupen 2008IFK Göteborg
Super CupSupercupen 2008IFK Göteborg

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions
Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Superettan 2008Allsvenskan 2009Örgryte ISWinners
BK Häcken2nd team
IF BrommapojkarnaWinners of qualification play-off
Division 1 Norra 2008Superettan 2009Syrianska FCWinners
Vasalunds IFWinners of qualification play-off
Division 1 Södra 2008Superettan 2009FC TrollhättanWinners
Division 2 2008Division 1 2009Karlslunds IFWinners of group
Kristianstads FFWinners of group
IK OddevoldWinners of group
Skellefteå FFWinners of group
IK SleipnerWinners of group
Syrianska IF KerburanWinners of group

Relegations
Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 2008Superettan 2009Ljungskile SKLosers of qualification play-off
GIF Sundsvall15th team
IFK Norrköping16th team
Superettan 2008Division 1 2009IF Limhamn BunkefloLosers of qualification play-off
Enköpings SK15th team
Degerfors IF16th team
Division 1 Norra 2008Division 2 2009Ersboda SK12th team
Falu FK13th team
Bodens BK14th team
Division 1 Södra 2008Division 2 2009IFK Malmö12th team
Norrby IF13th team
Skärhamns IK14th team

International qualifications
Qualified for Enters Team Reason
UEFA Champions League 2009–101st qual. roundKalmar FFWinners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Europa League 2009–103rd qual. roundIFK GöteborgWinners of Svenska Cupen
2nd qual. roundIF Elfsborg2nd team in Allsvenskan
1st qual. roundHelsingborgs IF3rd/4th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

Allsvenskan
Main article: 2008 Allsvenskan
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalmar FF (C) 30 20 4 6 70 32 +38 64 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 19 6 5 49 18 +31 63 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Helsingborgs IF 30 16 6 8 54 41 +13 54 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 AIK 30 12 9 9 36 32 +4 45
6 Malmö FF 30 12 8 10 51 46 +5 44
7 Örebro SK 30 11 9 10 36 39 −3 42
8 Halmstads BK 30 11 8 11 41 38 +3 41
9 Hammarby IF 30 11 8 11 44 51 −7 41
10 Trelleborgs FF 30 9 13 8 33 31 +2 40
11 GAIS 30 9 11 10 30 36 −6 38
12 Djurgårdens IF 30 9 9 12 30 41 −11 36
13 Gefle IF 30 7 7 16 33 42 −9 28
14 Ljungskile SK (R) 30 6 6 18 23 52 −29 24 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R) 30 5 7 18 26 54 −28 22 Relegation to Superettan
16 IFK Norrköping (R) 30 4 8 18 31 58 −27 20
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifyingeRound of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
  2. Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

2008 Allsvenskan qualification play-off
IF Brommapojkarna0–0Ljungskile SK
Attendance: 2,072
Ljungskile SK1–1IF Brommapojkarna
Wålemark  48' Haglund  45+3'
Attendance: 2,828

Superettan
Main article: 2008 Superettan
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Örgryte IS (C, P) 30 17 6 7 57 32 +25 57 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 BK Häcken (P) 30 15 10 5 58 28 +30 55
3 IF Brommapojkarna (O, P) 30 16 6 8 45 29 +16 54 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Assyriska FF 30 15 7 8 49 35 +14 52
5 Ängelholms FF 30 14 9 7 51 33 +18 51
6 Åtvidabergs FF 30 14 8 8 43 37 +6 50
7 Falkenbergs FF 30 12 8 10 43 38 +5 44
8 Mjällby AIF 30 12 7 11 44 36 +8 43
9 FC Väsby United 30 11 6 13 38 36 +2 39
10 Qviding FIF 30 9 11 10 39 41 −2 38
11 Landskrona BoIS 30 10 8 12 36 44 −8 38
12 IK Sirius 30 8 9 13 38 53 −15 33
13 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (R) 30 5 11 14 26 48 −22 26 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 Jönköpings Södra IF (O) 30 5 11 14 26 50 −24 26
15 Enköpings SK (R) 30 8 2 20 37 70 −33 26 Relegation to Division 1
16 Degerfors IF (R) 30 5 9 16 27 47 −20 24
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2008 Superettan qualification play-off
Östers IF2–1Jönköpings Södra IF
Jönköpings Södra IF3–0Östers IF
Vasalunds IF0–0IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo1–4Vasalunds IF

2008 Division 1 Norra
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Syrianska FC (C, P) 26 17 8 1 44 16 +28 59 Promotion to Superettan
2 Vasalunds IF (O, P) 26 15 6 5 57 26 +31 51 Promotion Playoffs
3 Västerås SK 26 16 3 7 59 36 +23 51
4 Gröndal 26 15 5 6 49 33 +16 50
5 Umeå FC 26 13 2 11 43 38 +5 41
6 Valsta Syrianska IK 26 10 6 10 41 40 +1 36
7 BK Forward 26 10 4 12 46 49 −3 34
8 Syrianska Botkyrka IF 26 8 7 11 26 35 −9 31
9 IF Sylvia 26 9 3 14 41 56 −15 30
10 Östersunds FK 26 7 8 11 30 36 −6 29
11 IK Brage 26 6 8 12 35 43 −8 26
12 Ersboda (R) 26 7 4 15 48 67 −19 25 Relegation to Division 2
13 Falu FK (R) 26 7 3 16 31 49 −18 24
14 Boden (R) 26 5 7 14 27 53 −26 22
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2008 Division 1 Södra
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Trollhättan (C, P) 26 14 7 5 41 26 +15 49 Promotion to Superettan
2 Östers IF 26 14 3 9 54 33 +21 45 Promotion Playoffs
3 Carlstad United BK 26 13 6 7 43 37 +6 45
4 Malmö Anadolu 26 13 5 8 53 38 +15 44
5 Skövde AIK 26 12 6 8 54 39 +15 42
6 Motala AIF 26 11 6 9 41 46 −5 39
7 IFK Värnamo 26 11 5 10 31 31 0 38
8 Västra Frölunda 26 8 11 7 45 41 +4 35
9 Lindome 26 8 8 10 36 33 +3 32
10 Torslanda IK 26 8 8 10 40 45 −5 32
11 Husqvarna FF 26 8 4 14 29 35 −6 28
12 IFK Malmö (R) 26 8 3 15 38 63 −25 27 Relegation to Division 2
13 Norrby IF (R) 26 8 2 16 38 52 −14 26
14 Skärhamn (R) 26 7 4 15 27 61 −34 25
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2008 Svenska Cupen
Main article: 2008 Svenska Cupen
Quarter-finals
IFK Norrköping2–2 (a.e.t.)Enköpings SK
Penalties
4–5
GIF Sundsvall2–3IFK Göteborg
Valsta Syrianska IK0–4Hammarby IF
IF Elfsborg2–4Kalmar FF
Semi-finals
Hammarby IF0–1 (a.e.t.)Kalmar FF
Enköpings SK0–3IFK Göteborg
Final
Kalmar FF0–0 (a.e.t.)IFK Göteborg
Penalties
Rydström
Johansson
V. Elm
Sobralense
Lindberg 		4–5 Alexandersson
Christensen
Sigurðsson
Jónsson
Wernbloom
Attendance: 7,158

2008 Supercupen
Final
IFK Göteborg3–1Kalmar FF
Wallerstedt  24'  82'
Jónsson  67'		 Santin  87'
Nya Ullevi, Göteborg
Attendance: 1,643

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.
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