2005 in Swedish football

Last updated March 26, 2024

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 v t e	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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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	Relegation to Superettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ 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

October 26, 2005

GAIS	2–1	Landskrona BoIS

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

October 30, 2005

Landskrona BoIS	0–0	GAIS

Landskrona IP, Landskrona

Superettan

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Allsvenskan
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

July 22, 2005

IFK Ölme	0–6	Djurgårdens IF

Brovallens IP, Kristinehamn

August 3, 2005

Assyriska Föreningen	1–1 2–2 (aet) 12–13 (apen)	IFK Norrköping

Tunavallen, Eskilstuna

August 4, 2005

IF Elfsborg	4–3	BK Häcken

Borås Arena, Borås

August 4, 2005

Åtvidabergs FF	0–0 1–1 (aet) 6–5 (apen)	GAIS

Kopparvallen, Åtvidaberg

Semi-finals

September 8, 2005

Åtvidabergs FF	1–0	IFK Norrköping

Kopparvallen, Åtvidaberg

September 22, 2005

Djurgårdens IF	2–1	IF Elfsborg

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Final

October 29, 2005

Djurgårdens IF	2–0	Åtvidabergs FF

Råsunda, Solna

National team results

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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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[table_note_res_GIF0.092949111523549-1] 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.

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