2011 in Swedish football

Football in Sweden
Season	2011
Men's football
Allsvenskan	Helsingborgs IF
Superettan	Åtvidabergs FF
Division 1	Umeå FC (Norra); Varbergs BoIS (Södra)
Svenska Cupen	Helsingborgs IF
Svenska Supercupen	Helsingborgs IF

The 2011 season in Swedish football, started in January 2011 and ended in December 2011.

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 2011	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2011	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen
Swedish Super Cup Champions 2011	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Supercupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 2011	Helsingborgs IF
2nd level	Superettan 2011	Åtvidabergs FF
3rd level	Division 1 Norra 2011	Umeå FC
3rd level	Division 1 Södra 2011	Varbergs BoIS
Cup	Svenska Cupen 2011	Helsingborgs IF
Super Cup	Supercupen 2011	Helsingborgs IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Superettan 2011	Allsvenskan 2012	Åtvidabergs FF	Winners
Superettan 2011	Allsvenskan 2012	GIF Sundsvall	Runners-up
Division 1 Norra 2011	Superettan 2012	Umeå FC	Winners
Division 1 Södra 2011	Superettan 2012	Varbergs BoIS	Winners
Division 2 2011	Division 1 Norra 2012	Östersunds FK	Winners of group
		Enköpings SK	Winners of group
		Eskilstuna City FK	Winners of group
		Sandvikens IF	Runners-up of group Replaced IFK Klagshamn
	Division 1 Södra 2012	Utsiktens BK	Winners of group
	Division 1 Södra 2012	IK Gauthiod	Winners of group

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 2011	Superettan 2012	Trelleborgs FF	15th team
Allsvenskan 2011	Superettan 2012	Halmstads BK	16th team
Superettan 2011	Division 1 Norra 2012	Västerås SK	15th team
Superettan 2011	Division 1 Södra 2012	Qviding FIF	16th team
Division 1 Norra 2011	Division 2 2012	Valsta Syrianska IK	12th team
		Bodens BK	13th team
		Hammarby TFF	14th team
Division 1 Södra 2011		FC Rosengård	12th team
		Husqvarna FF	13th team
		Motala AIF	14th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
UEFA Champions League 2012–13	2nd qual. round	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Europa League 2012–13	2nd qual. round	AIK	Runners-up of Allsvenskan
	1st qual. round	IF Elfsborg	3rd team in Allsvenskan
	1st qual. round	Kalmar FF	Runners-up of Svenska Cupen

Domestic results

2011 Allsvenskan

Locations of the 2011 Allsvenskan teams

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Helsingborgs IF (C)	30	18	9	3	55	27	+28	63	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	AIK	30	18	4	8	46	27	+19	58	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	IF Elfsborg	30	18	3	9	52	32	+20	57	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
4	Malmö FF	30	15	9	6	37	30	+7	54
5	GAIS	30	16	3	11	47	34	+13	51
6	BK Häcken	30	14	7	9	52	32	+20	49
7	IFK Göteborg	30	13	6	11	42	34	+8	45
8	Kalmar FF	30	13	5	12	39	34	+5	44	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
9	Gefle IF	30	10	11	9	31	39	−8	41
10	Mjällby AIF	30	12	4	14	33	39	−6	40
11	Djurgårdens IF	30	10	6	14	36	40	−4	36
12	Örebro SK	30	11	3	16	36	45	−9	36
13	IFK Norrköping	30	9	7	14	32	49	−17	34
14	Syrianska FC (O)	30	8	4	18	27	44	−17	28	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Trelleborgs FF (R)	30	7	4	19	39	64	−25	25	Relegation to Superettan
16	Halmstads BK (R)	30	3	5	22	24	58	−34	14	Relegation to Superettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c AIK qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as they received the qualifying spot reserved for the winner of 2011 Svenska Cupen, as cup winner Helsingborg were already qualified to the UEFA Champions League through winning Allsvenskan. Kalmar FF, Svenska Cupen runners-up 2011, qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

2011 Allsvenskan qualification play-off

27 October 2011

19:20

Ängelholm	2–1	Syrianska FC
Andersson 53' Blomberg 79'	Report	Ijeh 50'

Ängelholms IP, Ängelholm

Attendance: 1,609

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

30 October 2011

17:20

Syrianska FC	3–1	Ängelholm
Barsom 53' Arneng 66' Bennhage 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Andersson 58'

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

Attendance: 4,273

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

Syrianska FC won 4–3 on aggregate.

2011 Superettan

Location of the Superettan 2011 teams

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Åtvidabergs FF (C, P)	30	18	3	9	58	31	+27	57	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	GIF Sundsvall (P)	30	16	7	7	61	29	+32	55	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	Ängelholms FF	30	15	8	7	47	40	+7	53	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	Östers IF	30	14	8	8	40	28	+12	50
5	Degerfors IF	30	14	6	10	53	44	+9	48
6	IF Brommapojkarna	30	14	5	11	50	38	+12	47
7	Falkenbergs FF	30	14	3	13	50	43	+7	45
8	Ljungskile SK	30	12	6	12	48	39	+9	42
9	Assyriska FF	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41
10	Landskrona BoIS	30	11	8	11	36	39	−3	41
11	Hammarby IF	30	11	7	12	37	40	−3	40
12	Jönköpings Södra IF	30	12	4	14	47	53	−6	40
13	IFK Värnamo (O)	30	10	9	11	43	51	−8	39	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	IK Brage (O)	30	7	10	13	30	50	−20	31	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
15	Västerås SK (R)	30	7	7	16	39	66	−27	28	Relegation to Division 1
16	Qviding FIF (R)	30	1	8	21	17	63	−46	11	Relegation to Division 1

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2011 Superettan qualification play-off

29 October 2011

15:00

Sylvia	1–3	Brage
Nyman 54'	Report	Åkervall 10', 53' Jevtushenko 44'

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Attendance: 1,180

Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Gothenburg)

5 November 2011

15:00

Brage	4–2	Sylvia
Åkervall 10' (pen.), 50', 83' Faltsetas 57'	Report	Roxström 75', 85'

Domnarvsvallen, Borlänge

Attendance: 2,319

Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

Brage won 7–3 on aggregate.

30 October 2011

16:00

Väsby United	0–2	IFK Värnamo
	Report	Andronic 24' Kozica 29'

Skytteholms IP, Solna

Attendance: 674

Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping)

6 November 2011

15:00

IFK Värnamo	1–0	Väsby United
Zlojutro 22'	Report

Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo

Attendance: 1,952

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

IFK Värnamo won 3–0 on aggregate.

2011 Division 1

Norra

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Umeå FC (C, P)	26	15	6	5	43	27	+16	51	Promotion to Superettan
2	FC Väsby United	26	15	5	6	51	26	+25	50	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	IK Sirius	26	14	8	4	44	20	+24	50
4	Dalkurd FF	26	14	7	5	51	35	+16	49
5	BK Forward	26	9	11	6	45	37	+8	38
6	Vasalunds IF	26	9	10	7	44	36	+8	37
7	Karlstad BK	26	9	6	11	36	39	−3	33
8	IK Frej	26	8	8	10	36	29	+7	32
9	Syrianska IF Kerburan	26	9	5	12	35	51	−16	32
10	IFK Luleå	26	7	9	10	26	38	−12	30
11	Akropolis IF	26	7	8	11	32	36	−4	29
12	Valsta Syrianska IK (R)	26	8	4	14	37	47	−10	28	Relegation to Division 2
13	Boden (R)	26	4	8	14	29	54	−25	20
14	Hammarby Talang (R)	26	5	3	18	27	61	−34	18

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Södra

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Varbergs BoIS (C, P)	26	16	6	4	56	27	+29	54	Promotion to Superettan
2	IF Sylvia	26	16	1	9	54	33	+21	49	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	Örgryte IS	26	14	5	7	49	32	+17	47
4	IK Oddevold	26	12	5	9	40	39	+1	41
5	Lunds BK	26	11	6	9	35	26	+9	39
6	Kristianstads FF	26	9	10	7	46	38	+8	37
7	IK Sleipner	26	11	4	11	36	50	−14	37
8	Norrby IF	26	11	2	13	39	38	+1	35
9	FC Trollhättan	26	10	4	12	45	45	0	34
10	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	26	9	7	10	38	41	−3	34
11	Skövde AIK	26	9	6	11	31	42	−11	33
12	FC Rosengård (R)	26	7	7	12	34	40	−6	28	Relegation to Division 2
13	Husqvarna FF (R)	26	7	3	16	23	48	−25	24
14	Motala AIF (R)	26	5	4	17	31	58	−27	19

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2011 Svenska Cupen

Quarter-finals

15 June 2011

19:00

Kalmar FF	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Malmö FF
Dauda 51'	Report	Nazari 64'
Penalties
Rydström Eriksson Thorbjörnsson Santos Berisha	4–3	Larsson Ricardinho Durmaz Figueiredo Mutavdžić

Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar

Attendance: 3,689

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Hässleholm)

15 June 2011

19:00

Åtvidabergs FF	0–3	Örebro SK
	Report	Wikström 45' Wirtanen 88' Staf 90'

Kopparvallen, Åtvidaberg

Attendance: 2,016

Referee: Johan Hamlin (Bro)

21 July 2011

19:00

Falkenbergs FF	2–3	IFK Göteborg
Översjö 20' E. Johansson 21'	Report	54' Svensson 71' Hysén 90' Selaković

Falkenbergs IP, Falkenberg

Attendance: 3,018

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Hässleholm)

29 September 2011

21:00

Helsingborgs IF	2–0	IF Elfsborg
Andersson 42' Thern 75'	Report

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 5,236

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Hässleholm)

Semi-finals

14 September 2011

18:30

IFK Göteborg	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Kalmar FF
Söder 71' Stiller 90', 112'	Report	Israelsson 12', 102' Nouri 32' Carlsson 118'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 7,145

Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

29 October 2011

14:00

Örebro SK	1–3	Helsingborgs IF
Paulinho 84'	Report	Santos 13' Haginge 62' (o.g.) Bouaouzan 77'

Behrn Arena, Örebro

Attendance: 2,754

Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

Final

5 November 2011

15:30

Helsingborgs IF	3–1	Kalmar FF
Santos 26' Mahlangu 55' Andersson 80' (pen.)	Report	45' Israelsson

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 9,513

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

2011 Supercupen

Final

19 March 2011
15:30 CET

Malmö FF	1–2	Helsingborg IF
Figueiredo 16'	Report	Nilsson 2' Sundin 90'

Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 10,362

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

National team fixtures and results

19 January 2011

17:00 UTC+2
Friendly
№ 930

Botswana	1–2	Sweden
Mogorosi 47'	Report	Gerndt 31' Svensson 74'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 2,000

22 January 2011

17:00 UTC+2
Friendly
№ 931

South Africa Development	1–1	Sweden
Mabunda 10'	Report	Hysén 30'

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

8 February 2011

19:00 UTC+2
Friendly
№ 932

Cyprus	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Hysén 26' Berg 45'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

9 February 2011

20:30 UTC+2
Friendly
№ 933

Sweden	1–1	Ukraine
Elmander 7'	Report	Dević 20' (pen.)
Penalties
Granqvist Källström Larsson Eriksson Lustig Bajrami	4–5	Kravets Tymoshchuk Aliyev Morozyuk Rotan Konoplyanka

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

29 March 2011

19:00 UTC+2
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 934

Sweden	2–1	Moldova
Lustig 30' Larsson 82'	Report	Suvorov 90+2'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 25,544

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

3 June 2011

21:30 UTC+3
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 935

Moldova	1–4	Sweden
Bugaiov 61'	Report	Toivonen 11' Elmander 30', 58' Gerndt 88'

Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

7 June 2011

20:00 UTC+2
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 936

Sweden	5–0	Finland
Källström 11' Ibrahimović 31', 35', 53' Bajrami 83'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 32,128

Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

10 August 2011

21:00 UTC+3
Friendly
№ 937

Ukraine	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Hysén 90+2'

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

2 September 2011

19:45 UTC+2
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 938

Hungary	2–1	Sweden
Szabics 44' Rudolf 90'	Report	Wilhelmsson 60'

Puskás Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

6 September 2011

20:30 UTC+2
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 939

San Marino	0–5	Sweden
	Report	Källström 63' Wilhelmsson 70', 90+3' Olsson 80' Hysén 88'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,946

Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

7 October 2011

19:15 UTC+3
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 940

Finland	1–2	Sweden
Toivio 73'	Report	Larsson 8' M. Olsson 52'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 23,257

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

11 October 2011

20:15 UTC+2
Euro 2012 qualification
№ 941

Sweden	3–2	Netherlands
Källström 14' S. Larsson 52' (pen.) Toivonen 53'	Report	Huntelaar 23' Kuyt 50'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 33,069

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

11 November 2011

20:15 UTC+1
Friendly
№ 942

Denmark	2–0	Sweden
Bendtner 34' Krohn-Dehli 80'	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 18,057

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

15 November 2011

20:00 (UTC)
Friendly
№ 943

England	1–0	Sweden
Barry 23'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 48,876

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Swedish clubs' performance in Europe

These are the results of the Swedish teams in European competitions during the 2011–12 season. (Swedish team score displayed first)

Team	Contest	Round	Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score**	Aggregate score
Malmö FF	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	HB Tórshavn	2–0	1–1	W 3–1
		Third qualifying round	Rangers	1–0	1–1	W 2–1
		Play-off round	Dinamo Zagreb	1–4	2–0	L 3–4
	UEFA Europa League	Group stage	AZ	0–0	1–4	None
			Metalist Kharkiv	1–4	1–3
			Austria Wien	1–2	0–2
Helsingborgs IF	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Bnei Yehuda	0–1	3–0	W 3–1
Helsingborgs IF	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Standard Liège	0–1	1–3	L 1–4
IF Elfsborg	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Fola Esch	4–0	1–1	W 5–1
		Second qualifying round	Sūduva Marijampolė	1–1	3–0	W 4–1
		Third qualifying round	Aalesund	0–4	1–1	L 1–5
BK Häcken	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Käerjéng 97	1–1	5–1	W 6–2
		Second qualifying round	Honka	1–0	2–0	W 3–0
		Third qualifying round	Nacional	0–3	2–1	L 2–4
Örebro SK	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Sarajevo	0–0	0–2	L 0–2