1980 in Swedish football

Swedish Football
1980

Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Division 2 (Tier 2)
Division 3 (Tier 3)
Svenska Cupen 1979-80
- Final

The 1980 season in Swedish football, starting January 1980 and ending December 1980:

Contents

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 1980 Östers IF Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 1979–80 Malmö FF Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level Allsvenskan 1980 Östers IF
2nd level Division 2 Norra 1980 AIK
Division 2 Södra 1980 Örgryte IS
Cup Svenska Cupen 1979–80 Malmö FF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Division 2 Norra 1980 Allsvenskan 1981 AIK Winners
Division 2 Södra 1980 Örgryte IS Winners
Division 3 1980 Division 2 Norra 1981 Ope IF Winners of qualification play-off
Flens IF Winners of qualification play-off
Spånga IS 2nd in qualification play-off
Karlslunds IF 2nd in qualification play-off
Division 3 1980 Division 2 Södra 1981 Västra Frölunda IF Winners of qualification play-off
Trelleborgs FF 2nd in qualification play-off

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 1980 Division 1 Södra 1981 Landskrona BoIS 13th team
Mjällby AIF 14th team
Division 2 Norra 1980 Division 3 1981 BK Forward 12th team
IF Brommapojkarna 13th team
Hudiksvalls ABK 14th team
Division 2 Södra 1980 Division 3 1981 IFK Kristianstad 12th team
Kalmar AIK 13th team
Nyköpings BIS 14th team

Domestic results

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football#Legend.

Allsvenskan 1980

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Östers IF 26 13 11 2 41 – 16 +25 37
2 Malmö FF 26 13 9 4 37 – 22 +15 35
3 IFK Göteborg 26 12 10 4 45 – 26 +19 34
4 IK Brage 26 12 9 5 29 – 18 +11 33
5 Hammarby IF 26 11 8 7 49 – 31 +18 30
6 IF Elfsborg 26 8 12 6 32 – 26 +6 28
7 IFK Sundsvall 26 8 10 8 31 – 37 -6 26
8 Halmstads BK 26 8 9 9 32 – 28 +4 25
9 Kalmar FF 26 8 8 10 25 – 33 -8 24
10 IFK Norrköping 26 7 8 11 25 – 39 -14 22
11 Åtvidabergs FF 26 5 11 10 29 – 37 -8 21
12 Djurgårdens IF 26 7 7 12 24 – 37 -13 21
13 Landskrona BoIS 26 5 7 14 26 – 46 -20 17
14 Mjällby AIF 26 3 5 18 18 – 47 -29 11

Division 2 Norra 1980

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AIK 26 18 5 3 60 – 19 +41 41
2 Örebro SK 26 16 6 4 52 – 14 +38 38
3 Vasalunds IF 26 12 9 5 39 – 30 +9 33
4 Karlstads BK 26 14 4 8 32 – 31 +1 32
5 Västerås SK 26 13 5 8 45 – 40 +5 31
6 IFK Västerås 26 9 9 8 35 – 30 +5 27
7 IFK Eskilstuna 26 9 9 8 32 – 32 0 27
8 Degerfors IF 26 9 7 10 37 – 39 -2 25
9 GIF Sundsvall 26 6 11 9 28 – 34 -6 23
10 Gefle IF/Brynäs 26 7 8 11 29 – 36 -7 22
11 Sandvikens IF 26 6 10 10 25 – 34 -9 22
12 BK Forward 26 4 9 13 26 – 44 -18 17
13 IF Brommapojkarna 26 6 4 16 35 – 55 -20 16
14 Hudiksvalls ABK 26 2 6 18 26 – 63 -37 10

Division 2 Södra 1980

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Örgryte IS 26 12 7 7 45 – 32 +13 31[1]
2 GAIS 26 13 5 8 35 – 22 +13 31
3 IFK Malmö 26 11 9 6 30 – 25 +5 31
4 Grimsås IF 26 11 7 8 29 – 24 +5 29
5 Helsingborgs IF 26 10 8 8 33 – 23 -10 28
6 BK Häcken 26 12 4 10 39 – 31 +8 28
7 Jönköpings Södra IF 26 11 6 9 34 – 31 +3 28
8 IS Halmia 26 11 5 10 30 – 28 +2 27
9 Karlskrona AIF 26 10 7 9 27 – 29 -2 27
10 IFK Hässleholm 26 8 9 9 26 – 33 -7 25
11 IK Sleipner 26 8 8 10 26 – 30 -4 24
12 IFK Kristianstad 26 9 6 11 28 – 36 -8 24
13 Kalmar AIK 26 1 14 11 12 – 32 -20 16
14 Nyköpings BIS 26 5 5 16 20 – 38 -18 15

Svenska Cupen 1979–80

Final
June 1, 1980
 Malmö FF 3–3
4–3 (apen)		 IK Brage Råsunda, Solna

National team results

April 29, 1980
Friendly
№ 563
 Sweden  1–5  Soviet Union Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 10,613
Referee: White (England)
Nordgren 24' Andreyev 7', 25'
Gavrilov 17'
Chelebadze 39' (p)
Fedorenko 85'
May 7, 1980
Nordic Championship 1978–80
№ 564
 Sweden  0–1  Denmark Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 20,179
Referee: Bjørnestad (Norway)
Steffensen 13'
May 22, 1980
Nordic Championship 1978–80
№ 565
 Finland  0–2  Sweden Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,189
Referee: Nielsen (Denmark)
Nordgren 6'
Sjöberg 31'
June 18, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 566
 Sweden  1–1  Israel Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 24,711
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Ramberg 35' Damti 80'
July 17, 1980
Friendly
№ 567
 Sweden  1–1  Iceland Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 10,690
Referee: Månsson (Denmark)
Backe 80' Þorbjörnsson 87'
August 20, 1980
Friendly
№ 568
 Hungary  2–0  Sweden Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
Bild 73' (og)
Burcsa 80'
September 10, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 569
 Sweden  0–1  Scotland Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 39,831
Referee: Wöhrer (Austria)
Strahan 72'
September 24, 1980
Friendly
№ 570
 Bulgaria  2–3  Sweden 9 Septembri Stadion, Burgas
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Göksel (Turkey)
Tzvetkov 32'
Markov 49'		 Ramberg 72'
Ohlsson 74'
Holmgren 85'
October 15, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 571
 Northern Ireland  3–0  Sweden Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ponnet (Belgium)
Brotherston 24'
McIlroy 28'
J.Nicholl 37'
November 12, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 572
 Israel  0–0  Sweden Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Courtney (England)

References

Print
  • Alsiö, Martin (ed.); Frantz, Alf (ed.), Lindahl, Jimmy (ed.) & Persson, Gunnar (ed.) (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8. 
  • Andersson, Torbjörn (2002). Kung fotboll: den svenska fotbollens kulturhistoria från 1800-talets slut till 1950. Eslöv: Brutus Östlings bokförlag Symposion. ISBN 91-7139-565-2. 
  • Glanell, Tomas (ed.); Havik, Göran (ed.), Lindberg, Thomas (ed.), Persson, Gunnar (ed.) & Ågren, Bengt (ed.) (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8. 
  • Jönsson, Ingemar (ed.); Josephson, Åke (ed.) (2004). IFK Göteborg 1904-2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker. Göteborg: IFK Göteborg. ISBN 91-631-4659-2. 
  • Jönsson, Åke (2006). Fotboll: hur världens största sport växte fram. Lund: Historiska media. ISBN 91-85377-48-1. 
  • Nylin, Lars (2004). Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder. Sundbyberg: Semic. ISBN 91-552-3168-3. 
  • Persson, Lennart K. (2002). "Fotbollens uppkomst och tidiga utveckling i Sverige och Göteborg". Idrottsarvet: årets bok (2002): 31–69. ISSN 0283-1791. 
Online

Notes

  1. ^ Since both GAIS and Örgryte had the same goaldifference at the end of the season, the team that would have the promotion spot had to be decided through most goals scored. Thus, Örgryte was promoted.
National teams
League system - Men
League system - Ladies
Cup competitions
List of champions · List of men's clubs · List of women's clubs · List of venues · Records  · Derbies  · List of competitions (defunct)