2020 in Swedish football

Football in Sweden
Season	2020
Men's football
Allsvenskan	Malmö FF
Svenska Cupen	IFK Göteborg

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.

Domestic results

Men's football

2020 Allsvenskan

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to Superettan

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:

^ Hammarby IF qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen.

2021 Allsvenskan play-offs

9 December 2020

18:00 (UTC+1)

Jönköpings Södra IF	1–3	Kalmar FF
Lowe 3'	Report	Lowe 11' (o.g.) Ring 19' Herrem 55'

Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

13 December 2020

13:00 (UTC+1)

Kalmar FF	1–0	Jönköpings Södra IF
Fröling 80'	Report

Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar

Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

2020 Superettan

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Allsvenskan
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	Qualification to relegation play-offs
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	Relegation to Ettan

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

9 December 2020

18:00 (UTC+1)

Landskrona BoIS	2–0	Dalkurd FF
L. Olsson 25' Petersson 51'	Report

Landskrona IP, Landskrona

Referee: Per Melin

13 December 2020

15:00 (UTC+1)

Dalkurd FF	1–1	Landskrona BoIS
Holm 46'	Report	F. Olsson 80'

Nya Studenternas, Uppsala

Referee: Victor Wolf

Landskrona BoIS won 3–1 on aggregate.

9 December 2020

18:00 (UTC+1)

IF Brommapojkarna	1–1	Trelleborgs FF
Fallenius 82'	Report	Safiu 89'

Grimsta IP, Stockholm

Referee: Granit Maqedonci

13 December 2020

15:00 (UTC+1)

Trelleborgs FF	1–1 (a.e.t.)	IF Brommapojkarna
Håkansson 26'	Report	Nilsson 90+2'
Penalties
Camara Jönsson E. Andersson Björkén Safiu	4–1	Haglund Arvidsson Sandberg Magnusson

Vångavallen, Trelleborg

Referee: Fredrik Klitte

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

National teams

Sweden men's national football team

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Group A3

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^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)	Lindelöf 90+4'	Report	Upamecano 2' Mbappé 41'	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)	Svensson 14' 44'	Report	Ronaldo 45', 72' Guerreiro 56' Félix 86'	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)	Kovačić 2' Vlašić 31' Brozović 45' Kramarić 84'	Report	Berg 66' Larsson 90+4'	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)	B. Silva 21' Jota 44', 72', 52' Fernandes 85'	Report	Ekdal 36' Olsson 57' Jansson 61' Berg 79'	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)	Kulusevski 36' Danielson 45+2' Ekdal 86'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 35' Brekalo 68' Danielson 81' (o.g.)	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)	Giroud 16', 59' Pavard 36' Coman 90+4'	Report	Claesson 4' Olsson 28' Quaison 88' Larsson 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

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

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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	Final tournament
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

Win Draw Loss

14 April 2020 (2020-04-14) 2021UWEQ	Sweden	8–0	Hungary	Gothenburg, Sweden
18:00 (UTC+2)	Hurtig 11', 69' Seger 55' Anvegård 59', 64', 72' Eriksson 67' Ilestedt 71' Hammarlund 83' Sembrant 90'	Report	Németh 38' Bíró 41' Turányi 51'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 0 Referee: Rebecca Welch

9 June 2020 (2020-06-09) 2021UWEQ	Iceland	1–1	Sweden	Reykjavík, Iceland
(UTC)	Jensen 61'	Report	Anvegård 33'	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

Win Draw Loss

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

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.40203583724892-1] Hammarby IF qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen.

[table_hth_CRO0.61974353744636-2] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

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2020 in Swedish football

Domestic results

Men's football

2020 Allsvenskan

2021 Allsvenskan play-offs

2020 Superettan

2021 Superettan play-offs

National teams

Sweden men's national football team

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Group A3

Friendlies

Sweden women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group F

2020 Algarve Cup

References

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