2003 in Swedish football

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The 2003 season in Swedish football started in January 2003 and ended in December 2003.

Honours[edit]

Official titles[edit]

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2003 Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2003 IF Elfsborg Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions[edit]

Level Competition Team
1st level Allsvenskan 2003 Djurgårdens IF
2nd level Superettan 2003 Kalmar FF
Cup Svenska Cupen 2003 IF Elfsborg

Promotions, relegations and qualifications[edit]

Promotions[edit]

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Superettan 2003 Allsvenskan 2004 Kalmar FF Winners
Trelleborgs FF 2nd team
Division 2 2003 Superettan 2004 Friska Viljor FC Winners of promotion play-off
GAIS Winners of promotion play-off
IK Brage Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations[edit]

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 2003 Superettan 2004 Östers IF 13th team
Enköpings SK 14th team
Superettan 2003 Division 2 2004 IFK Malmö 14th team
BK Forward 15th team
IF Sylvia 16th team

International qualifications[edit]

Qualified for Enters Team Reason
UEFA Champions League 2004–05 2nd qualifying round Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 2004–05 2nd qualifying round Hammarby IF 2nd team in Allsvenskan
IF Elfsborg Winners of Svenska Cupen
1st qualifying round Östers IF UEFA Fair Play winners
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 1st round Malmö FF 3rd team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results[edit]

Allsvenskan[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 26 19 1 6 62 26 +36 58 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hammarby IF 26 15 6 5 50 30 +20 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Malmö FF 26 14 6 6 50 23 +27 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Örgryte IS 26 14 3 9 42 40 +2 45
5 AIK 26 11 6 9 39 34 +5 39
6 Helsingborgs IF 26 11 5 10 35 36 −1 38
7 IFK Göteborg 26 10 7 9 37 28 +9 37
8 Örebro SK 26 10 7 9 29 33 −4 37
9 Halmstads BK 26 11 3 12 41 37 +4 36
10 IF Elfsborg 26 9 7 10 29 34 −5 34 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
11 Landskrona BoIS 26 8 8 10 26 39 −13 32
12 GIF Sundsvall (O) 26 3 10 13 25 43 −18 19 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 Östers IF[b] (R) 26 3 8 15 31 56 −25 17 UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to Superettan
14 Enköpings SK (R) 26 3 5 18 22 59 −37 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:
  1. ^ Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.
  2. ^ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

2003 Allsvenskan qualification play-off[edit]

BK Häcken1–2GIF Sundsvall
GIF Sundsvall(ag) 0–1BK Häcken

Superettan[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kalmar FF (C, P) 30 21 4 5 51 28 +23 67 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Trelleborgs FF (P) 30 18 6 6 63 33 +30 60
3 BK Häcken 30 18 3 9 56 40 +16 57 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Åtvidabergs FF 30 13 9 8 47 37 +10 48
5 Västra Frölunda 30 14 6 10 47 40 +7 48
6 IF Brommapojkarna 30 13 6 11 41 41 0 45
7 Café Opera United 30 11 8 11 53 48 +5 41
8 Gefle IF 30 11 7 12 46 51 −5 40
9 IFK Norrköping 30 10 9 11 47 49 −2 39
10 Assyriska FF 30 12 3 15 47 53 −6 39
11 Boden 30 10 9 11 43 50 −7 39
12 Västerås SK 30 10 7 13 44 48 −4 37
13 Falkenbergs FF 30 10 4 16 37 44 −7 34
14 IFK Malmö (R) 30 10 3 17 42 58 −16 33 Relegation to Division 2
15 BK Forward (R) 30 7 5 18 45 63 −18 26
16 IF Sylvia (R) 30 4 7 19 34 60 −26 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

2003 Svenska Cupen[edit]

Quarter-finals



Semi-finals

Final

National team results[edit]

References[edit]

Print

  • Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (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; Havik, Göran; Lindberg, Thomas; Persson, Gunnar; Ågren, Bengt, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
  • Jönsson, Ingemar; Josephson, Åke, eds. (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.

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