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

Events

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Honours

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Official titles

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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

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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

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Promotions

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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

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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

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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

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Allsvenskan

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Main article: 2008 Allsvenskan
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 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 19 6 5 49 18 +31 63 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Helsingborgs IF 30 16 6 8 54 41 +13 54 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[b]
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 (R) 30 6 6 18 23 52 −29 24 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
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
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
  2. ^ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

2008 Allsvenskan qualification play-off

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IF Brommapojkarna0–0Ljungskile SK
Attendance: 2,072
Ljungskile SK1–1IF Brommapojkarna
Wålemark 48' Haglund 45+3'
Attendance: 2,828

Superettan

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Main article: 2008 Superettan
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Örgryte IS (C, 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 (O, P) 30 16 6 8 45 29 +16 54 Qualification to 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 (R) 30 5 11 14 26 48 −22 26 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 Jönköpings Södra IF (O) 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
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

2008 Superettan qualification play-off

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Östers IF2–1Jönköpings Södra IF
Jönköpings Södra IF3–0Östers IF
Vasalunds IF0–0IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo1–4Vasalunds IF

2008 Division 1 Norra

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Syrianska FC (C, P) 26 17 8 1 44 16 +28 59 Promotion to Superettan
2 Vasalunds IF (O, P) 26 15 6 5 57 26 +31 51 Qualification to 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: 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

2008 Division 1 Södra

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Trollhättan (C, P) 26 14 7 5 41 26 +15 49 Promotion to Superettan
2 Östers IF 26 14 3 9 54 33 +21 45 Qualification to 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: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2008 Svenska Cupen

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Main article: 2008 Svenska Cupen
Quarter-finals
IFK Norrköping2–2 (a.e.t.)Enköpings SK
Penalties
4–5
GIF Sundsvall2–3IFK Göteborg
Valsta Syrianska IK0–4Hammarby IF
IF Elfsborg2–4Kalmar FF
Semi-finals
Hammarby IF0–1 (a.e.t.)Kalmar FF
Enköpings SK0–3IFK Göteborg
Final
Kalmar FF0–0 (a.e.t.)IFK Göteborg
Penalties
Rydström soccer ball with check mark
Johansson soccer ball with check mark
V. Elm soccer ball with check mark
Sobralense soccer ball with check mark
Lindberg soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Alexandersson
soccer ball with check mark Christensen
soccer ball with check mark Sigurðsson
soccer ball with check mark Jónsson
soccer ball with check mark Wernbloom
Attendance: 7,158

2008 Supercupen

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Main article: 2008 Supercupen
Final
IFK Göteborg3–1Kalmar FF
Wallerstedt 24' 82'
Jónsson 67'		 Santin 87'
Attendance: 1,643

National team results

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Main article: Sweden national football team 2008

Notes

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References

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Online

  • "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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