2012 in Swedish football
# 2012 in Swedish football

The 2012 season in Swedish football, started in January 2012 and ended in December 2012.

## Honours

### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| Swedish Champions 2012 | IF Elfsborg | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Super Cup Champions 2012 | Helsingborgs IF | Winners of Svenska Supercupen |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 2012 | IF Elfsborg |
| 2nd level | Superettan 2012 | Östers IF |
| 3rd level | Division 1 Norra 2012 | Östersunds FK |
| 3rd level | Division 1 Södra 2012 | Örgryte IS |
| Super Cup | Supercupen 2012 | Helsingborgs IF |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications

### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Superettan 2012 | Allsvenskan 2013 | Östers IF | Winners |
| Superettan 2012 | Allsvenskan 2013 | IF Brommapojkarna | Runners-up |
| Superettan 2012 | Allsvenskan 2013 | Halmstads BK | Play-off winners |
| Division 1 Norra 2012 | Superettan 2013 | Östersunds FK | Winners |
| Division 1 Södra 2012 | Superettan 2013 | Örgryte IS | Winners |
| Division 2 2012 | Division 1 Norra 2013 | Selånger FK | Winners of group |
| Division 2 2012 | Division 1 Norra 2013 | Valsta Syrianska IK | Winners of group |
| Division 2 2012 | Division 1 Norra 2013 | Nyköpings BIS | Winners of group |
| Division 2 2012 | Division 1 Södra 2013 | Husqvarna FF | Winners of group |
| Division 2 2012 | Division 1 Södra 2013 | Torslanda IK | Winners of group |
| Division 2 2012 | Division 1 Södra 2013 | IS Halmia | Winners of group |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Allsvenskan 2012 | Superettan 2013 | GIF Sundsvall | Play-off losers |
| Allsvenskan 2012 | Superettan 2013 | Örebro SK | 15th team |
| Allsvenskan 2012 | Superettan 2013 | GAIS | 16th team |
| Superettan 2012 | Division 1 Södra 2013 | Trelleborgs FF | 15th team |
| Superettan 2012 | Division 1 Norra 2013 | Umeå FC | 16th team |
| Division 1 Norra 2012 | Division 2 2013 | Syrianska IF Kerburan | 12th team |
| Division 1 Norra 2012 | Division 2 2013 | Akropolis IF | 13th team |
| Division 1 Norra 2012 | Division 2 2013 | Enköpings SK | 14th team |
| Division 1 Södra 2012 | Division 2 2013 | IK Sleipner | 12th team |
| Division 1 Södra 2012 | Division 2 2013 | Norrby IF | 13th team |
| Division 1 Södra 2012 | Division 2 2013 | IK Gauthiod | 14th team |

### International qualifications

| Qualified for | Enters | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| UEFA Champions League 2013–14 | 2nd qual. round | IF Elfsborg | Winners of 2012 Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Europa League 2013–14 | 2nd qual. round | BK Häcken | Runners-up of 2012 Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Europa League 2013–14 | 2nd qual. round | IFK Göteborg | Winners of 2012–13 Svenska Cupen |
| UEFA Europa League 2013–14 | 1st qual. round | Malmö FF | 3rd team in 2012 Allsvenskan |

## Domestic results

### 2012 Allsvenskan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IF Elfsborg (C) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | BK Häcken | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 56 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AIK | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 55 | |
| 5 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 52 | |
| 6 | Helsingborgs IF | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 50 | |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 39 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Åtvidabergs FF | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 37 | |
| 9 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 37 | |
| 10 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 37 | |
| 11 | Gefle IF | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 36 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 12 | Mjällby AIF | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 34 | |
| 13 | Syrianska FC | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 34 | |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Örebro SK (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 24 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 16 | GAIS (R) | 30 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 12 | Relegation to Superettan |

* 1 2 IFK Göteborg qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen.
* 1 2 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 IF received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

### 2012 Allsvenskan qualification play-offs

Halmstads BK won 6–4 on aggregate.

### 2012 Superettan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Östers IF (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 66 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | IF Brommapojkarna (P) | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Halmstads BK (O, P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 56 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 49 | |
| 5 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42 | |
| 6 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 41 | |
| 7 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 40 | |
| 8 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 39 | |
| 9 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 39 | |
| 10 | IK Brage | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 39 | |
| 11 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Falkenbergs FF (O) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 34 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | IFK Värnamo (O) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Trelleborgs FF (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 29 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Umeå FC (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 23 | Relegation to Division 1 |

### 2012 Superettan qualification play-offs

Falkenbergs FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

IFK Värnamo won 4–2 on aggregate.

### 2012 Division 1 Norra

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Östersunds FK (C, P) | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 53 | Promotion to Superettan |
| 2 | BK Forward | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 53 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | IK Sirius | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 52 | |
| 4 | Vasalunds IF | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 48 | |
| 5 | IK Frej | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Eskilstuna City | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 40 | |
| 7 | Västerås SK | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 36 | |
| 8 | Dalkurd FF | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 34 | |
| 9 | Sandvikens IF | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 34 | |
| 10 | IFK Luleå | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 31 | |
| 11 | FC Väsby United | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 30 | |
| 12 | Syrianska IF Kerburan (R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 70 | −36 | 24 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 13 | Akropolis IF (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 20 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 14 | Enköpings SK (R) | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 67 | −48 | 8 | Relegation to Division 2 |

### 2012 Division 1 Södra

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Örgryte IS (C, P) | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 61 | Promotion to Superettan |
| 2 | Lunds BK | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 56 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | IK Oddevold | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 52 | |
| 4 | Kristianstads FF | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 39 | |
| 5 | FC Trollhättan | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 36 | |
| 6 | Skövde AIK | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 35 | |
| 7 | IF Sylvia | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 31 | |
| 8 | Karlstad BK | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 30 | |
| 9 | Qviding FIF | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 30 | |
| 10 | Utsiktens BK | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 29 | |
| 11 | IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 28 | |
| 12 | IK Sleipner (R) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 28 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 13 | Norrby IF (R) | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 25 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 14 | IK Gauthiod (R) | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 23 | Relegation to Division 2 |

## Swedish clubs' performance in Europe

These are the results of the Swedish teams in European competitions during the 2012–13 season. (Swedish team score displayed first)

| Team | Contest | Round | Opponent | 1st leg score* | 2nd leg score** | Aggregate score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Helsingborgs IF | UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | The New Saints | 0–0 | 3–0 | W 3–0 |
| Helsingborgs IF | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | Śląsk Wrocław | 3–0 | 3–1 | W 6–1 |
| Helsingborgs IF | UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | Celtic | 0–2 | 0–2 | L 0–4 |
| Helsingborgs IF | UEFA Europa League | Group stage | Twente | 2–2 | 3–1 | None |
| Helsingborgs IF | UEFA Europa League | Group stage | Hannover 96 | 1–2 | 2–3 | None |
| Helsingborgs IF | UEFA Europa League | Group stage | Levante | 1–3 | 0–1 | None |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | FH | 1–1 | 1–0 | W 2–1 |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | Lech Poznań | 3–0 | 0–1 | W 3–1 |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 2–0 | W 2–1 |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Group stage | PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | 1–1 | None |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Group stage | Napoli | 1–2 | 0–4 | None |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Group stage | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–3 | 0–4 | None |
| IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Floriana | 8–0 | 4–0 | W 12–0 |
| IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Dacia Chişinău | 0–1 | 2–0 | W 2–1 |
| IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | Horsens | 1–1 | 2–3 | L 3–4 |
| Kalmar FF | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Cliftonville | 0–1 | 4–0 | W 4–1 |
| Kalmar FF | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Osijek | 3–1 | 3–0 | W 6–1 |
| Kalmar FF | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | Young Boys | 1–0 | 0–3 | L 1–3 |

* For group games in Europa League, score in home game is displayed ** For group games in Europa League, score in away game is displayed
