2006 in Swedish football

Swedish Football 2006
Allsvenskan (Tier 1) Superettan (Tier 2) Division 1 (Tier 3) Division 2 (Tier 4) Division 3 (Tier 5) Svenska Cupen 2006 - Final

The 2006 season in Swedish football, starting January 2006 and ending December 2006:

Events

18 January 2006: The Swedish national team plays a friendly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia against the hosts, causing upset home in Sweden when it is revealed that no women are allowed at the stadium.
2 September 2006: The punishment for the clubs involved in the tumult at Söderstadion during the in the 53 minute abandoned match Hammarby IF–Djurgårdens IF played 28 September—when home fans stormed the pitch and shot fireworks from the stands—is decided by the Swedish Football Association; Hammarby IF loses the match 0–3 (the score when the match was abandoned), loses an extra three points, and are fined 200,000 SEK, Djurgårdens IF are fined 15,000 SEK.
5 November 2006: IF Elfsborg beat Djurgårdens IF 1–0 in the last matchday of 2006 Allsvenskan and become champions for the first time since 1961.
9 December 2006: The Swedish Football Association decides to increase the number of teams in Allsvenskan from 14 to 16—effective from the 2008 season—meaning that the 2007 season will see only one team being relegated from Allsvenskan while three teams will be automatically promoted from Superettan.^[1]

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 2006	IF Elfsborg	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2006	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 2006	IF Elfsborg
2nd level	Superettan 2006	Trelleborgs FF
3rd level	Division 1 Norra 2006	Enköpings SK
3rd level	Division 1 Södra 2006	IF Sylvia
Cup	Svenska Cupen 2006	Helsingborgs IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Superettan 2006	Allsvenskan 2007	Trelleborgs FF	Winners
		Örebro SK	2nd team
		IF Brommapojkarna	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 1 Norra 2006	Superettan 2007	Enköpings SK	Winners
Division 1 Norra 2006		IK Sirius	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 1 Södra 2006		IF Sylvia	Winners
Division 1 Södra 2006		Bunkeflo IF	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 2 2006	Division 1 Norra 2007	IFK Timrå	Winners of Norrland
		Skiljebo SK	Winners of Norra Svealand
		Gröndals IK	Winners of Östra Svealand
Division 2 2006	Division 1 Södra 2007	Skövde AIK	Winners of Mellersta Götaland
		Torslanda IK	Winners of Västra Götaland
		IFK Malmö	Winners of Södra Götaland

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 1 Norra 2006	Division 1 Södra 2007	Visby IF Gute	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 2006	Superettan 2007	BK Häcken	Losers of qualification play-off
		Östers IF	13th team
		Örgryte IS	14th team
Superettan 2006	Division 1 Norra 2007	Assyriska Föreningen	Losers of qualification play-off
	Division 1 Norra 2007	FC Väsby United	Losers of qualification play-off
	Division 1 Södra 2007	Qviding FIF	15th team
	Division 1 Norra 2007	Umeå FC	16th team
Division 1 Norra 2006	Division 2 2007	Robertsfors IK	12th team
		Anundsjö IF	13th team
		Kiruna FF	14th team
Division 1 Södra 2006	Division 2 2007	Myresjö IF	12th team
		IFK Hässleholm	13th team
		Lindome GIF	14th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
UEFA Champions League 2007–08	1st qualifying round	IF Elfsborg	Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 2007–08	1st qualifying round	AIK	2nd team in Allsvenskan
		Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen
		BK Häcken	UEFA Fair Play winners
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007	1st round	Hammarby IF	3rd team in Allsvenskan
Royal League 2006–07	Group stage	IF Elfsborg	Winners of Allsvenskan
		AIK	2nd team in Allsvenskan
		Hammarby IF	3rd team in Allsvenskan
		Helsingborgs IF	4th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

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

Allsvenskan 2006

Main article: Allsvenskan 2006

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IF Elfsborg	26	13	11	2	41	–	19	+22	50
2	AIK	26	13	10	3	46	–	23	+23	49
3	Hammarby IF	26	13	7	6	40	–	31	+9	43^[2]
4	Helsingborgs IF	26	11	9	6	44	–	34	+10	42
5	Kalmar FF	26	12	5	9	39	–	30	+9	41
6	Djurgårdens IF	26	11	7	8	31	–	25	+6	40
7	Malmö FF	26	10	8	8	43	–	39	+4	38
8	IFK Göteborg	26	9	9	8	39	–	36	+3	36
9	Gefle IF	26	8	7	11	28	–	39	-11	31
10	GAIS	26	5	12	9	25	–	33	-8	27
11	Halmstads BK	26	5	12	9	22	–	30	-8	27
12	BK Häcken	26	4	10	12	29	–	41	-12	22
13	Östers IF	26	4	7	15	19	–	46	-27	19
14	Örgryte IS	26	3	8	15	24	–	44	-20	17

Allsvenskan qualification play-off 2006

November 9, 2006	IF Brommapojkarna	2–0	BK Häcken	Söderstadion, Stockholm
				Söderstadion, Stockholm

November 12, 2006	BK Häcken	1–2	IF Brommapojkarna	Rambergsvallen, Gothenburg
				Rambergsvallen, Gothenburg

Superettan 2006

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Trelleborgs FF	30	19	9	2	48	–	13	+35	66
2	Örebro SK	30	17	7	6	56	–	28	+28	58
3	IF Brommapojkarna	30	18	3	9	53	–	43	+10	57
4	IFK Norrköping	30	15	9	6	55	–	30	+25	54
5	Landskrona BoIS	30	15	5	10	53	–	39	+14	50
6	Ljungskile SK	30	13	7	10	34	–	33	+1	46
7	Mjällby AIF	30	11	10	9	51	–	49	+2	43
8	GIF Sundsvall	30	11	7	12	42	–	33	+9	40
9	Falkenbergs FF	30	10	10	10	43	–	40	+3	40
10	Jönköpings Södra IF	30	9	11	10	37	–	59	-22	37
11	Degerfors IF	30	9	8	13	39	–	41	-2	35
12	Åtvidabergs FF	30	9	8	13	40	–	47	-7	35
13	Assyriska Föreningen	30	9	7	14	30	–	40	-10	34
14	FC Väsby United	30	8	8	14	34	–	47	-13	32
15	Qviding FIF	30	4	6	20	31	–	63	-32	18
16	Umeå FC	30	4	4	22	30	–	71	-41	16

Superettan qualification play-off 2006

October 25, 2006	Bunkeflo IF	0–0	Assyriska Föreningen	Malmö IP, Malmö
				Malmö IP, Malmö

October 29, 2006	Assyriska Föreningen	1–1	Bunkeflo IF	Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje
				Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

October 25, 2006	IK Sirius	1–1	FC Väsby United	Studenternas IP, Uppsala
				Studenternas IP, Uppsala

October 28, 2006	FC Väsby United	0–1	IK Sirius	Vilundavallen, Upplands Väsby
				Vilundavallen, Upplands Väsby

Division 1 Norra 2006

Norra

Södra

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Enköpings SK	26	17	4	5	53	–	36	+17	55
2	IK Sirius	26	17	3	5	62	–	24	+38	54
3	Västerås SK	26	14	7	5	62	–	26	+32	49
4	Vasalund/Essinge IF	26	13	7	6	49	–	30	+19	46
5	Visby IF Gute	26	12	7	7	53	–	45	+8	46
6	Syrianska FC	26	12	6	8	41	–	32	+9	42
7	Valsta Syrianska IK	26	10	8	8	39	–	34	+5	38
8	Bodens BK	26	7	12	7	35	–	32	+3	33
9	BK Forward	26	8	9	9	33	–	35	-2	33
10	Falu BS	26	6	9	11	31	–	38	-7	27
11	Östersunds FK	26	7	6	13	39	–	47	-8	27
12	Robertsfors IK	26	5	12	9	35	–	50	-15	27
13	Anundsjö IF	26	2	5	19	27	–	77	-50	11
14	Kiruna FF	26	1	7	18	18	–	67	-49	10

Division 1 Södra 2006

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IF Sylvia	26	16	6	4	56	–	27	+29	54
2	Bunkeflo IF	26	13	8	5	43	–	26	+17	47
3	Norrby IF	26	14	4	8	49	–	41	+8	46
4	Västra Frölunda IF	26	13	6	7	41	–	30	+11	45
5	Husqvarna FF	26	13	5	8	33	–	23	+10	44
6	Kristianstads FF	26	9	9	8	42	–	37	+5	36
7	FC Trollhättan	26	9	9	8	33	–	30	+3	36
8	Ängelholms FF	26	10	6	10	38	–	37	+1	36
9	Skärhamns IK	26	10	4	12	42	–	40	+2	34
10	IFK Värnamo	26	8	6	12	34	–	34	0	30
11	Carlstad United BK	26	8	5	13	28	–	41	-13	29
12	Myresjö IF	26	7	8	11	27	–	42	-15	29
13	IFK Hässleholm	26	6	3	17	26	–	56	-30	21
14	Lindome GIF	26	5	3	18	29	–	57	-28	18

Svenska Cupen 2006

Quarter-finals

August 3, 2006	Landskrona BoIS	2–3	Gefle IF	Landskrona IP, Landskrona
				Landskrona IP, Landskrona

August 3, 2006	Östers IF	2–0	FC Väsby United	Värendsvallen, Växjö
				Värendsvallen, Växjö

August 19, 2006	Helsingborgs IF	3–3 4–4 (aet) 9–7 (apen)	IF Elfsborg	Olympia, Helsingborg
				Olympia, Helsingborg

August 31, 2006	Kalmar FF	2–2 4–2 (aet)	IFK Norrköping	Fredriksskans, Kalmar
				Fredriksskans, Kalmar

Semi-finals

October 19, 2006	Helsingborgs IF	3–0	Östers IF	Olympia, Helsingborg
				Olympia, Helsingborg

October 19, 2006	Kalmar FF	1–1 1–1 (aet) 4–5 (apen)	Gefle IF	Fredriksskans, Kalmar
				Fredriksskans, Kalmar

Final

November 11, 2005	Gefle IF	0–2	Helsingborgs IF	Råsunda, Solna
				Råsunda, Solna

National team results

Main article: Sweden national football team 2006

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

"Fakta och historik". AIK Fotboll. 2006. http://www.aik.se/fotboll/historik/fotboll.html. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1256042988760080. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". http://allsvenskan.just.nu/. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
"SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2006. http://www.bolletinen.se/. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
"svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2006. http://www.svenskfotboll.se/. Retrieved 2007-03-21.

Notes

^ "16 lag i Allsvenskan 2008". Swedish Football Association. 2006-12-09. http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=895511. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
^ Hammarby IF were deducted three points for a tumult at Söderstadion against Djurgårdens IF.

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