1980 in Swedish football

The 1980 season in Swedish football, starting January 1980 and ending December 1980:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1980	Östers IF	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 1979–80	Malmö FF	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1980	Östers IF
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1980	AIK
	Division 2 Södra 1980	Örgryte IS
Cup	Svenska Cupen 1979–80	Malmö FF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1980	Allsvenskan 1981	AIK	Winners
Division 2 Södra 1980		Örgryte IS	Winners
Division 3 1980	Division 2 Norra 1981	Ope IF	Winners of qualification play-off
		Flens IF	Winners of qualification play-off
		Spånga IS	2nd in qualification play-off
		Karlslunds IF	2nd in qualification play-off
Division 3 1980	Division 2 Södra 1981	Västra Frölunda IF	Winners of qualification play-off
		Trelleborgs FF	2nd in qualification play-off

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1980	Division 1 Södra 1981	Landskrona BoIS	13th team
		Mjällby AIF	14th team
Division 2 Norra 1980	Division 3 1981	BK Forward	12th team
		IF Brommapojkarna	13th team
		Hudiksvalls ABK	14th team
Division 2 Södra 1980	Division 3 1981	IFK Kristianstad	12th team
		Kalmar AIK	13th team
		Nyköpings BIS	14th team

Domestic results

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football § Legend.

Allsvenskan 1980

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Östers IF	26	13	11	2	41	–	16	+25	37
2	Malmö FF	26	13	9	4	37	–	22	+15	35
3	IFK Göteborg	26	12	10	4	45	–	26	+19	34
4	IK Brage	26	12	9	5	29	–	18	+11	33
5	Hammarby IF	26	11	8	7	49	–	31	+18	30
6	IF Elfsborg	26	8	12	6	32	–	26	+6	28
7	IFK Sundsvall	26	8	10	8	31	–	37	-6	26
8	Halmstads BK	26	8	9	9	32	–	28	+4	25
9	Kalmar FF	26	8	8	10	25	–	33	-8	24
10	IFK Norrköping	26	7	8	11	25	–	39	-14	22
11	Åtvidabergs FF	26	5	11	10	29	–	37	-8	21
12	Djurgårdens IF	26	7	7	12	24	–	37	-13	21
13	Landskrona BoIS	26	5	7	14	26	–	46	-20	17
14	Mjällby AIF	26	3	5	18	18	–	47	-29	11

Division 2 Norra 1980

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	AIK	26	18	5	3	60	–	19	+41	41
2	Örebro SK	26	16	6	4	52	–	14	+38	38
3	Vasalunds IF	26	12	9	5	39	–	30	+9	33
4	Karlstads BK	26	14	4	8	32	–	31	+1	32
5	Västerås SK	26	13	5	8	45	–	40	+5	31
6	IFK Västerås	26	9	9	8	35	–	30	+5	27
7	IFK Eskilstuna	26	9	9	8	32	–	32	0	27
8	Degerfors IF	26	9	7	10	37	–	39	-2	25
9	GIF Sundsvall	26	6	11	9	28	–	34	-6	23
10	Gefle IF/Brynäs	26	7	8	11	29	–	36	-7	22
11	Sandvikens IF	26	6	10	10	25	–	34	-9	22
12	BK Forward	26	4	9	13	26	–	44	-18	17
13	IF Brommapojkarna	26	6	4	16	35	–	55	-20	16
14	Hudiksvalls ABK	26	2	6	18	26	–	63	-37	10

Division 2 Södra 1980

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Örgryte IS	26	12	7	7	45	–	32	+13	31 [1]
2	GAIS	26	13	5	8	35	–	22	+13	31
3	IFK Malmö	26	11	9	6	30	–	25	+5	31
4	Grimsås IF	26	11	7	8	29	–	24	+5	29
5	Helsingborgs IF	26	10	8	8	33	–	23	-10	28
6	BK Häcken	26	12	4	10	39	–	31	+8	28
7	Jönköpings Södra IF	26	11	6	9	34	–	31	+3	28
8	IS Halmia	26	11	5	10	30	–	28	+2	27
9	Karlskrona AIF	26	10	7	9	27	–	29	-2	27
10	IFK Hässleholm	26	8	9	9	26	–	33	-7	25
11	IK Sleipner	26	8	8	10	26	–	30	-4	24
12	IFK Kristianstad	26	9	6	11	28	–	36	-8	24
13	Kalmar AIK	26	1	14	11	12	–	32	-20	16
14	Nyköpings BIS	26	5	5	16	20	–	38	-18	15

Svenska Cupen 1979–80

Final

June 1, 1980

Malmö FF	3–3 4–3 (apen)	IK Brage

Råsunda, Solna

National team results

April 29, 1980
Friendly
№ 563

Sweden	1–5	Soviet Union
Nordgren 24'		Andreyev 7', 25' Gavrilov 17' Chelebadze 39' (p) Fedorenko 85'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 10,613

Referee: White (England)

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May 7, 1980
Nordic Championship 1978–80
№ 564

Sweden	0–1	Denmark
		Steffensen 13'

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 20,179

Referee: Bjørnestad (Norway)

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May 22, 1980
Nordic Championship 1978–80
№ 565

Finland	0–2	Sweden
		Nordgren 6' Sjöberg 31'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 9,189

Referee: Nielsen (Denmark)

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June 18, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 566

Sweden	1–1	Israel
Ramberg 35'		Damti 80'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 24,711

Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

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July 17, 1980
Friendly
№ 567

Sweden	1–1	Iceland
Backe 80'		Þorbjörnsson 87'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Attendance: 10,690

Referee: Månsson (Denmark)

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August 20, 1980
Friendly
№ 568

Hungary	2–0	Sweden
Bild 73' (og) Burcsa 80'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Linemayr (Austria)

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September 10, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 569

Sweden	0–1	Scotland
		Strahan 72'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 39,831

Referee: Wöhrer (Austria)

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September 24, 1980
Friendly
№ 570

Bulgaria	2–3	Sweden
Tzvetkov 32' Markov 49'		Ramberg 72' Ohlsson 74' Holmgren 85'

9 Septembri Stadion, Burgas

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Göksel (Turkey)

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October 15, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 571

Northern Ireland	3–0	Sweden
Brotherston 24' McIlroy 28' J.Nicholl 37'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ponnet (Belgium)

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November 12, 1980
1982 World Cup qualification
№ 572

Israel	0–0	Sweden

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Courtney (England)

Notes

1. Since both GAIS and Örgryte had the same goaldifference at the end of the season, the team that would have the promotion spot had to be decided through most goals scored. Thus, Örgryte was promoted.

References

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