2004 in Swedish football
# 2004 in Swedish football

The 2004 season in Swedish football, starting January 2004 and ending December 2004:

## Events

* 19 May 2004: Valencia wins the UEFA Cup final against Marseille which was played on Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
* 22 June 2004: Sweden qualify for the quarterfinals of the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal after beating Bulgaria 5–0, drawing Italy 1–1 and in the final group stage game, playing 2–2 against Denmark, a result which ensured both Scandinavian teams a place in the final stage.
* 26 June 2004: The Netherlands knocks Sweden out of the European Championships as they win the penalty shootout after 0–0 in both full-time and extra time.
* 23 September 2004: IF Elfsborg ends IFK Göteborg's winning streak of seven consecutive won games starting August 3.
* 4 October 2004: IFK Göteborg celebrates its 100th birthday with a 2–0 win against Djurgårdens IF.
* 18 October 2004: The game between AIK and Hammarby IF is interrupted (and not started again until after 55 minutes) as AIK fans causes trouble on their part of Råsunda.
* 24 October 2004: Örgryte IS wins 3–0 against AIK, which means that AIK will be relegated to Superettan. The match was played with empty terraces due to the behaviour of the AIK supporters the previous round.
* 30 October 2004: Malmö FF wins their 15th title after passing Halmstads BK in the last round of Allsvenskan as they beat IF Elfsborg 1–0 while Halmstad, that would have taken the gold with a win, only managed to play 1–1 against IFK Göteborg.
* 8 November 2004: The licensing committee of the Swedish Football Association denies Örebro SK the licence needed (called Elitlicensen) to play in Allsvenskan due to the club's bad economy. Örebro SK immediately appeals against the decision.
* 11 November 2004: The first round of the first edition of Royal League is played. The four top teams from Sweden, Norway and Denmark compete to win the title Scandinavian Champions.
* 3 December 2004: Örebro SK's appeal is denied, and they will play in Superettan the 2005 season.

## Honours

### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| Swedish Champions 2004 | Malmö FF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 2004 | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Svenska Cupen |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 2004 | Malmö FF |
| 2nd level | Superettan 2004 | BK Häcken |
| Cup | Svenska Cupen 2004 | Djurgårdens IF |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications

### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Superettan 2004 | Allsvenskan 2005 | BK Häcken | Winners |
| Superettan 2004 | Allsvenskan 2005 | Gefle IF | 2nd team |
| Superettan 2004 | Allsvenskan 2005 | Assyriska Föreningen | 3rd team |
| Division 2 2004 | Superettan 2005 | Degerfors IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 2004 | Superettan 2005 | Ljungskile SK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 2004 | Superettan 2005 | Mjällby AIF | Winners of promotion play-off |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Allsvenskan 2004 | Superettan 2005 | Örebro SK | Denied license |
| Allsvenskan 2004 | Superettan 2005 | AIK | 13th team |
| Allsvenskan 2004 | Superettan 2005 | Trelleborgs FF | 14th team |
| Superettan 2004 | Division 2 2005 | Enköpings SK | 14th team |
| Superettan 2004 | Division 2 2005 | IK Brage | 15th team |
| Superettan 2004 | Division 2 2005 | Friska Viljor FC | 16th team |

### International qualifications

| Qualified for | Enters | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| UEFA Champions League 2005–06 | 2nd qualifying round | Malmö FF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 2005–06 | 2nd qualifying round | Halmstads BK | 2nd team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 2005–06 | 2nd qualifying round | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Svenska Cupen |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005 | 1st round | IFK Göteborg | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |
| Royal League 2004–05 | Group stage | Malmö FF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Royal League 2004–05 | Group stage | Halmstads BK | 2nd team in Allsvenskan |
| Royal League 2004–05 | Group stage | IFK Göteborg | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |
| Royal League 2004–05 | Group stage | Djurgårdens IF | 4th team in Allsvenskan |

## Domestic results

### Allsvenskan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Djurgårdens IF | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Kalmar FF | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 37 | |
| 7 | GIF Sundsvall | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 34 | |
| 8 | Örebro SK (R) | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 33 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 9 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 32 | |
| 10 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 30 | |
| 11 | Landskrona BoIS | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 30 | |
| 12 | Örgryte IS (O) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | AIK (R) | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 25 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 14 | Trelleborgs FF (R) | 26 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 55 | −37 | 13 | Relegation to Superettan |

* ↑ Djurgården qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2004.
* ↑ After the 2004 season, The Swedish FA licensing committee denied Örebro the licence needed to play in Allsvenskan the next season due to the club's economic situation and they were thus relegated to Superettan 2005. Assyriska Föreningen were promoted in place of Örebro.

### Superettan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | BK Häcken (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 65 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Gefle IF (P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 58 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Assyriska FF (P) | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 54 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 50 | |
| 5 | Östers IF | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 50 | |
| 6 | GAIS | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Åtvidabergs FF | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 48 | |
| 8 | Västerås SK | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 44 | |
| 9 | Café Opera United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 40 | |
| 10 | IF Brommapojkarna | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Västra Frölunda | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 29 | |
| 13 | Boden | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 28 | |
| 14 | Enköpings SK (R) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 15 | IK Brage (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 16 | Friska Viljor (R) | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 20 | Relegation to Division 2 |

* ↑ Assyriska FF lost the promotion play-offs against Örgryte but were promoted nonetheless since Örebro were relegated due to their Allsvenskan licence being revoked for financial reasons.
