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

Contents 1 Events 2 Honours 2.1 Official titles 2.2 Competitions 3 Promotions, relegations and qualifications 3.1 Promotions 3.2 Relegations 3.3 International qualifications 4 Domestic results 4.1 Allsvenskan 2008 4.2 Superettan 2008 4.3 Division 1 Norra 2008 4.4 Division 1 Södra 2008 4.5 Svenska Cupen 2008 4.6 Supercupen 2008 5 National team results 6 Notes 7 References

[edit] Events

[edit] Honours

[edit] Official titles

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Promotions, relegations and qualifications

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
		Not yet decided	UEFA Fair Play winners

[edit] Domestic results

[edit] Allsvenskan 2008

P	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	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	Helsingborg  (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	30	11	9	10	36	39	−3	42
8	Halmstad	30	11	8	11	41	38	+3	41
9	Hammarby	30	11	8	11	44	51	−7	41
10	Trelleborg	30	9	13	8	33	31	+2	40
11	GAIS	30	9	11	10	30	36	−6	38
12	Djurgården	30	9	9	12	30	41	−11	36
13	Gefle	30	7	7	16	33	42	−9	28
14	Ljungskile  (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 2009
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: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd 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; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Superettan 2008

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Örgryte  (P)	30	17	6	7	57	32	+25	57	Promotion to Allsvenskan 2009
2	Häcken  (P)	30	15	10	5	58	28	+30	55
3	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	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	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	Enköping  (R)	30	8	2	20	37	70	−33	26	Relegation to Division 1 2009
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: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Division 1 Norra 2008

Teams
Arameiska-Syrianska KIF
Bodens BK
IK Brage
Ersboda SK
Falu FK
BK Forward
Gröndals IK
IF Sylvia
Syrianska FC
Umeå FC
Valsta Syrianska IK
Vasalunds IF
Västerås SK
Östersunds FK

[edit] Division 1 Södra 2008

Teams
Carlstad United BK
Husqvarna FF
Lindome GIF
Malmö Anadolu BI
IFK Malmö
Motala AIF
Norrby IF
Skärhamns IK
Skövde AIK
Torslanda IK
FC Trollhättan
IFK Värnamo
Västra Frölunda IF
Östers IF

[edit] Svenska Cupen 2008

2008-09-21	Kalmar FF	0 – 0 (4 – 5 pen.)	IFK Göteborg	Fredriksskans, Kalmar

[edit] Supercupen 2008

Final

March 22, 2008	IFK Göteborg	3–1	Kalmar FF	Nya Ullevi, Göteborg Attendance: 1,643 Referee: Martin Hansson
	Wallerstedt 24', 82' Jónsson 67'		Santin 87'

[edit] National team results

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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