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
	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
		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

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	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg (Q)	30	19	6	5	49	18	+31	63	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	IFK Göteborg (Q)	30	15	9	6	50	26	+24	54	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
4	Helsingborgs IF (Q)	30	16	6	8	54	41	+13	54	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
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 (Q)	30	6	6	18	23	52	−29	24	Relegation Playoffs
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

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

2008 Superettan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Örgryte IS (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 (Q)	30	16	6	8	45	29	+16	54	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 (Q)	30	5	11	14	26	48	−22	26	Relegation Playoffs
14	Jönköpings Södra IF (Q)	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

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

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2008 Division 1 Norra

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Syrianska FC (P)	26	17	8	1	44	16	+28	59	Promotion to Superettan
2	Vasalunds IF	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:
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 (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:
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 Svenska Cupen

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

2008 Supercupen

Final

National team results

Notes

References

Online

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

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