2020 in Swedish football

The 2020 season was the 123rd season of competitive football in Sweden. The men's team participated UEFA Euro 2020 as well as in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, and the women's team qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021.

Football in Sweden
Season2020
Men's football
AllsvenskanMalmö FF
Svenska CupenIFK Göteborg
← 2019 Sweden 2021 →

Domestic results

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Men's football

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2020 Allsvenskan

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 30 17 9 4 64 30 +34 60 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 12 15 3 49 38 +11 51 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 BK Häcken 30 12 13 5 45 29 +16 49
4 Djurgårdens IF 30 14 6 10 48 33 +15 48
5 Mjällby AIF 30 13 8 9 48 44 +4 47
6 IFK Norrköping 30 13 7 10 60 46 +14 46
7 Örebro SK 30 12 6 12 37 41 −4 42
8 Hammarby IF 30 10 11 9 47 47 0 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
9 AIK 30 10 9 11 30 33 −3 39
10 IK Sirius 30 9 11 10 43 51 −8 38
11 Varbergs BoIS 30 10 7 13 45 44 +1 37
12 IFK Göteborg 30 7 13 10 35 41 −6 34
13 Östersunds FK 30 8 9 13 27 46 −19 33
14 Kalmar FF (O) 30 6 10 14 30 49 −19 28 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Helsingborgs IF (R) 30 5 11 14 33 48 −15 26 Relegation to Superettan
16 Falkenbergs FF (R) 30 5 9 16 33 54 −21 24
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

2021 Allsvenskan play-offs

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Jönköpings Södra IF1–3Kalmar FF
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Kalmar FF1–0Jönköpings Södra IF
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Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

2020 Superettan

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Halmstads BK (C, P) 30 21 5 4 61 18 +43 68 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Degerfors IF (P) 30 19 6 5 64 30 +34 63
3 Jönköpings Södra IF 30 18 5 7 52 34 +18 59 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Östers IF 30 15 6 9 41 36 +5 51
5 Akropolis IF 30 10 15 5 44 39 +5 45
6 GIF Sundsvall 30 12 7 11 53 48 +5 43
7 Västerås SK 30 11 6 13 40 44 −4 39
8 IK Brage 30 11 6 13 38 44 −6 39
9 AFC Eskilstuna 30 11 4 15 36 49 −13 37
10 GAIS 30 9 9 12 30 41 −11 36
11 Norrby IF 30 8 10 12 39 41 −2 34
12 Örgryte IS 30 9 6 15 34 43 −9 33
13 Trelleborgs FF (O) 30 8 8 14 33 41 −8 32 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Dalkurd FF (R) 30 6 11 13 33 42 −9 29
15 Umeå FC (R) 30 5 12 13 25 47 −22 27 Relegation to Ettan
16 Ljungskile SK (R) 30 5 8 17 24 50 −26 23
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2021 Superettan play-offs

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Landskrona BoIS2–0Dalkurd FF
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Referee: Per Melin
Dalkurd FF1–1Landskrona BoIS
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Referee: Victor Wolf

Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.


IF Brommapojkarna1–1Trelleborgs FF
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Referee: Granit Maqedonci
Trelleborgs FF1–1 (a.e.t.)IF Brommapojkarna
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Penalties
4–1
Referee: Fredrik Klitte

2–2 on aggregate. Trelleborgs FF won 4–1 on penalties.

National teams

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Sweden men's national football team

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2020–21 UEFA Nations League

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Group A3
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   France 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 16 Qualification for Nations League Finals
2   Portugal 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13
3   Croatia 6 1 0 5 9 16 −7 3[a]
4   Sweden (R) 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3[a] Relegation to League B
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 1 Sweden   0–1   France Solna, Sweden
20:45 (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Szymon Marciniak
8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 2 Sweden   0–2   Portugal Solna, Sweden
20:45 (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Danny Makkelie
9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) 3 Croatia   2–1   Sweden Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 2,020
Referee:   John Beaton
12 October 2020 (2020-10-12) 4 Portugal   3–0   Sweden Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Srđan Jovanović
12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) 5 Sweden   2–1   Croatia Solna, Sweden
20:45 (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Daniel Siebert
15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 6 France   4–2   Sweden Saint-Denis, France
20:45 (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Aleksei Kulbakov

Friendlies

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9 January 2020 (2020-01-09) Sweden   1–0   Moldova Doha, Qatar
20:00 (UTC+3) Larsson   32' Report Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Saoud Al Athbah (Qatar)
12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) Sweden   1–0   Kosovo Doha, Qatar
17:45 (UTC+3) Hedlund   75' Report Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari (Qatar)
11 November 2020 Denmark   2–0   Sweden Brøndby, Denmark
19:30 UTC+1 Wind   61'
Bah   74'
Report Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Attendance: 141
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Sweden women's national football team

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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

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Group F
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 8 7 1 0 40 2 +38 22 Final tournament
2   Iceland 8 6 1 1 25 5 +20 19
3   Slovakia 8 3 1 4 7 19 −12 10
4   Hungary 8 2 1 5 11 20 −9 7
5   Latvia 8 0 0 8 2 39 −37 0
Source: UEFA

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14 April 2020 (2020-04-14) 2021UWEQ Sweden   8–0   Hungary Gothenburg, Sweden
18:00 (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Rebecca Welch
9 June 2020 (2020-06-09) 2021UWEQ Iceland   1–1   Sweden Reykjavík, Iceland
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Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Ivana Martinčić
17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) 2021UWEQ Sweden   v   Latvia Göteborg, Sweden
(UTC+2) Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) 2021UWEQ Sweden   v   Iceland Göteborg, Sweden
(UTC+2) Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
4 June 2020 (2020-06-04) 2021UWEQ Slovakia   v   Sweden Trnava, Slovakia
(UTC+2) Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium

2020 Algarve Cup

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4 March 2020 (2020-03-04) Qualification Germany   1–0   Sweden Faro, Portugal
16:30 (UTC) Huth   34' Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 5-8th place semi-finals Sweden   1–2   Denmark Lagos, Portugal
14:30 (UTC) Hurtig   11' Report S. Larsen   56'
Christiansen   90+3'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Lagos
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) 7th place game Portugal   0–2   Sweden Faro, Portugal
20:00 (UTC) Report Jakobsson   45+2'
Rolfö   51'
Stadium: Estádio Algarve

References

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