2005 in Swedish football
# 2005 in Swedish football

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 |
| Superettan 2005 | Allsvenskan 2006 | Östers IF | 2nd team |
| Superettan 2005 | Allsvenskan 2006 | GAIS | Winners of qualification play-off |
| Division 2 2005 | Superettan 2006 | Jönköpings Södra IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 2005 | Superettan 2006 | Qviding FIF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 2005 | Superettan 2006 | 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 |
| Allsvenskan 2005 | Superettan 2006 | GIF Sundsvall | 13th team |
| Allsvenskan 2005 | Superettan 2006 | Assyriska Föreningen | 14th team |
| Superettan 2005 | Division 1 2006 | Bodens BK | 14th team |
| Superettan 2005 | Division 1 2006 | Västerås SK | 15th team |
| Superettan 2005 | Division 1 2006 | 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 |
| UEFA Cup 2006–07 | 1st qualifying round | Åtvidabergs FF | Runners-up of Svenska Cupen |
| UEFA Cup 2006–07 | 1st qualifying round | 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 |
| Royal League 2005–06 | Group stage | IFK Göteborg | 2nd team in Allsvenskan |
| Royal League 2005–06 | Group stage | Kalmar FF | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |
| Royal League 2005–06 | Group stage | Hammarby IF | 4th team in Allsvenskan |

## Domestic results

### Allsvenskan

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 |

* ↑ 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.

### Superettan

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Västra Frölunda (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Division 1 |
