2005 in Swedish football

The 2005 season in Swedish football, starting January 2005 and ending December 2005:

Events

  • 26 May 2005: IFK Göteborg loses the historical first final of the Royal League against FC København after 1–1 in full-time and 26 penalties in the shoot-out.
  • 6 June 2005: AFC Ajax signs Malmö FF's Markus Rosenberg, the transfer being concluded when Ajax offered approximately 5.3 million Euros for Rosenberg, who joined the Dutch club July 4.
  • 13 June 2005: Around 30 AIK fans starts a fight on Gamla Ullevi before the start of the game in Superettan against GAIS.
  • 23 August 2005: Malmö FF are beaten twice (0–1, 0–3) by Swiss team FC Thun in the second qualification round to the UEFA Champions League. Discussions about the bad standard of Swedish club football take place.
  • 12 October 2005: The Swedish national team secures a place in the 2006 FIFA World Cup by winning 3-1 against Iceland.
  • 17 October 2005: Djurgårdens IF wins their 11th national championship in the second last round of Allsvenskan by drawing against Örgryte IS while IFK Göteborg lost against Hammarby IF.
  • 24 October 2005: IF Elfsborg announce that as an apology for their "unacceptable" performance they will repay the admission fees and travelling expenses of the approximately 200 fans who travelled to Stockholm and witnessed their 8–1 thrashing by Djurgårdens IF on the last day of the season.
  • 29 October 2005: Djurgårdens IF manages to win "the double" by beating Åtvidabergs FF in the final of Svenska Cupen.
  • 9 December 2005: The final draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup took place, Sweden being drawn to play Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay and England.

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2005 Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2005 Djurgårdens IF Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level Allsvenskan 2005 Djurgårdens IF
2nd level Superettan 2005 AIK
Cup Svenska Cupen 2005 Djurgårdens IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Superettan 2005 Allsvenskan 2006 AIK Winners
Östers IF 2nd team
GAIS Winners of qualification play-off
Division 2 2005 Superettan 2006 Jönköpings Södra IF Winners of promotion play-off
Qviding FIF Winners of promotion play-off
Umeå FC Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 2005 Superettan 2006 Landskrona BoIS Losers of qualification play-off
GIF Sundsvall 13th team
Assyriska Föreningen 14th team
Superettan 2005 Division 1 2006 Bodens BK 14th team
Västerås SK 15th team
Västra Frölunda IF 16th team

International qualifications

Qualified for Enters Team Reason
UEFA Champions League 2006–07 2nd qualifying round Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 2006–07 1st qualifying round IFK Göteborg 2nd team in Allsvenskan
Åtvidabergs FF Runners-up of Svenska Cupen
Gefle IF UEFA Fair Play winners
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 1st round Kalmar FF 3rd team in Allsvenskan
Royal League 2005–06 Group stage Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
IFK Göteborg 2nd team in Allsvenskan
Kalmar FF 3rd team in Allsvenskan
Hammarby IF 4th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

Allsvenskan

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 26 16 5 5 60 26 +34 53 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg 26 14 7 5 38 22 +16 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Kalmar FF 26 11 10 5 36 21 +15 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Hammarby IF 26 12 7 7 43 30 +13 43
5 Malmö FF 26 12 5 9 38 27 +11 41
6 Helsingborgs IF 26 12 3 11 32 38 −6 39
7 IF Elfsborg 26 10 7 9 35 43 −8 37
8 BK Häcken 26 11 3 12 29 29 0 36
9 Örgryte IS 26 10 5 11 37 38 −1 35
10 Halmstads BK 26 9 5 12 38 38 0 32
11 Gefle IF 26 9 4 13 27 33 −6 31 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
12 Landskrona BoIS (R) 26 8 6 12 26 44 −18 30 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 GIF Sundsvall (R) 26 6 7 13 31 46 −15 25 Relegation to Superettan
14 Assyriska FF (R) 26 4 2 20 17 52 −35 14
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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, Gefle received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

2005 Allsvenskan qualification play-off

GAIS2–1Landskrona BoIS
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Superettan

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 AIK (C, P) 30 19 7 4 56 27 +29 64 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Östers IF (P) 30 17 4 9 48 36 +12 55
3 GAIS (O, P) 30 14 10 6 52 35 +17 52 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 Ljungskile SK 30 13 11 6 41 29 +12 50
5 Örebro SK 30 12 9 9 40 32 +8 45
6 IF Brommapojkarna 30 13 5 12 48 42 +6 44
7 IFK Norrköping 30 12 8 10 44 40 +4 44
8 Falkenbergs FF 30 11 8 11 38 43 −5 41
9 FC Väsby United 30 11 6 13 32 40 −8 39
10 Åtvidabergs FF 30 9 11 10 36 32 +4 38
11 Trelleborgs FF 30 9 9 12 34 34 0 36
12 Mjällby AIF 30 9 8 13 44 49 −5 35
13 Degerfors IF 30 9 7 14 31 36 −5 34
14 Boden (R) 30 9 5 16 28 48 −20 32 Relegation to Division 1
15 Västerås SK (R) 30 7 6 17 35 62 −27 27
16 Västra Frölunda (R) 30 7 4 19 32 54 −22 25
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

2005 Svenska Cupen

Quarter-finals
IFK Ölme0–6Djurgårdens IF
Brovallens IP, Kristinehamn
Assyriska Föreningen1–1
2–2 (aet)
12–13 (apen)		IFK Norrköping
Åtvidabergs FF0–0
1–1 (aet)
6–5 (apen)		GAIS
Semi-finals
Final

National team results

References

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.

Online

  • "Fakta och historik". AIK Fotboll. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  • Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  • Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  • "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  • "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2006. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
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