2014 in Swedish football
# 2014 in Swedish football

The 2014 season was the 117th season of competitive football in Sweden. The competitive started with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 1 March. League competition started late March and early April with Allsvenskan on 30 March, Superettan on 6 April, Damallsvenskan on 13 April and Division 1 on 20 April. Svenska Cupen ended with the final on 18 May. Damallsvenskan ended on 19 October, Allsvenskan and Division 1 ended on 1 November, Superettan one day later on 2 November and lower men's leagues on the weekend before. Qualification play-offs were held after the end of league play with the Allsvenskan and Superettan play-offs being held on 6 and 9 November. Svenska Supercupen was held on 9 November and was contested by the winner of Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. Sweden participated in qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2016.

## Honours

### Men's football

**Official titles**

| Title | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| Swedish Champions 2014 | Malmö FF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 2013–14 | IF Elfsborg | Winners of Svenska Cupen |
| Swedish Super Cup Champions 2014 | Malmö FF | Winners of Svenska Supercupen |

**Competitions**

| Level | Competition | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1st level | 2014 Allsvenskan | Malmö FF |
| 2nd level | 2014 Superettan | Hammarby IF |
| 3rd level | 2014 Swedish football Division 1 Norra | AFC United |
| 3rd level | 2014 Swedish football Division 1 Södra | Utsiktens BK |
| National cup | 2013–14 Svenska Cupen | IF Elfsborg |
| Super cup | 2014 Svenska Supercupen | Malmö FF |

### Women's football

**Official titles**

| Title | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| Swedish Champions 2014 | FC Rosengård | Winners of Damallsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 2013–14 | Linköpings FC | Winners of Svenska Cupen |

**Competitions**

| Level | Competition | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1st level | 2014 Damallsvenskan | FC Rosengård |
| 2nd level | 2014 Elitettan | Mallbackens IF |
| National cup | 2013–14 Svenska Cupen | Linköpings FC |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications

### Men's football

**Promotions**

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2014 Superettan | 2015 Allsvenskan | Hammarby IF | Winners |
| 2014 Superettan | 2015 Allsvenskan | GIF Sundsvall | Runners-up |
| 2014 Division 1 Norra | 2015 Superettan | AFC United | Winners |
| 2014 Division 1 Norra | 2015 Superettan | IK Frej | Play-off winners |
| 2014 Division 1 Södra | 2015 Superettan | Utsiktens BK | Winners |
| 2014 Division 2 | 2015 Division 1 Norra | Piteå IF | Winners of group |
| 2014 Division 2 | 2015 Division 1 Norra | Akropolis IF | Winners of group |
| 2014 Division 2 | 2015 Division 1 Norra | Södertälje FK | Winners of group |
| 2014 Division 2 | 2015 Division 1 Norra | Carlstad United BK | Winners of group |
| 2014 Division 2 | 2015 Division 1 Södra | FC Höllviken | Winners of group |
| 2014 Division 2 | 2015 Division 1 Södra | Eskilsminne IF | Winners of group |

**Relegations**

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2014 Allsvenskan | 2015 Superettan | Mjällby AIF | 15th team |
| 2014 Allsvenskan | 2015 Superettan | IF Brommapojkarna | 16th team |
| 2014 Superettan | 2015 Division 1 Södra | Östers IF | Play-off losers |
| 2014 Superettan | 2015 Division 1 Södra | Landskrona BoIS | 15th team |
| 2014 Superettan | 2015 Division 1 Södra | Husqvarna FF | 16th team |
| 2014 Division 1 Norra | 2015 Division 2 | IF Sylvia | 12th team |
| 2014 Division 1 Norra | 2015 Division 2 | Valsta Syrianska IK | 13th team |
| 2014 Division 1 Norra | 2015 Division 2 | Skellefteå FF | 14th team |
| 2014 Division 1 Södra | 2015 Division 2 | FC Trollhättan | 12th team |
| 2014 Division 1 Södra | 2015 Division 2 | Skövde AIK | 13th team |
| 2014 Division 1 Södra | 2015 Division 2 | IFK Uddevalla | 14th team |

**International qualifications**

| Qualified for | Enters | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015–16 UEFA Champions League | 2nd qual. round | Malmö FF | Winners of 2014 Allsvenskan |
| 2015–16 UEFA Europa League | 1st qual. round | IFK Göteborg | Runners-up of 2014 Allsvenskan |
| 2015–16 UEFA Europa League | 1st qual. round | AIK | 3rd team of 2014 Allsvenskan |
| 2015–16 UEFA Europa League | 1st qual. round | TBD | Winners of 2014–15 Svenska Cupen |

## Domestic results

### Men's football

**2014 Allsvenskan**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 56 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AIK | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | BK Häcken | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 46 | |
| 6 | Örebro SK | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 46 | |
| 7 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 43 | |
| 8 | Åtvidabergs FF | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 43 | |
| 9 | Helsingborgs IF | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 39 | |
| 10 | Halmstads BK | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 39 | |
| 11 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 39 | |
| 12 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 36 | |
| 13 | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 33 | |
| 14 | Gefle IF (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Mjällby AIF (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 16 | IF Brommapojkarna (R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 69 | −41 | 12 | Relegation to Superettan |

* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning 2014–15 Svenska Cupen.
* ↑ IF Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth-placed team since IFK Göteborg, winners of the 2014–15 Svenska Cupen, already qualified based on league position.

**2014 Allsvenskan qualification play-offs**

Gefle IF won 4–1 on aggregate.

**2014 Superettan**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hammarby IF (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 27 | +41 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall (P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 61 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Ljungskile SK | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 60 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 52 | |
| 5 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 45 | |
| 6 | IK Sirius | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 43 | |
| 7 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 40 | |
| 8 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 39 | |
| 9 | IFK Värnamo | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 39 | |
| 10 | Syrianska FC | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 37 | |
| 11 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 35 | |
| 12 | Ängelholms FF | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 35 | |
| 13 | Östers IF (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Assyriska FF (O) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Landskrona BoIS (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 16 | Husqvarna FF (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 22 | Relegation to Division 1 |

**2014 Superettan qualification play-offs**

IK Frej won 5–3 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Assyriska FF won on away goals.

**2014 Division 1**

**Norra**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AFC United (C, P) | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 58 | Promotion to Superettan |
| 2 | IK Frej (O, P) | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 55 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Dalkurd FF | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 54 | |
| 4 | IK Brage | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 51 | |
| 5 | Vasalunds IF | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | |
| 6 | BK Forward | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 37 | |
| 7 | Nyköpings BIS | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 35 | |
| 8 | Huddinge IF | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Umeå FC | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 33 | |
| 10 | IFK Luleå | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Västerås SK | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 24 | |
| 12 | IF Sylvia (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 23 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 13 | Valsta Syrianska IK (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 22 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 14 | Skellefteå FF (R) | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 72 | −44 | 19 | Relegation to Division 2 |

**2014 Division 1**

**Södra**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Utsiktens BK (C, P) | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 55 | Promotion to Superettan |
| 2 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 48 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Lunds BK | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 44 | |
| 4 | Motala AIF | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 44 | |
| 5 | IK Oddevold | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 41 | |
| 6 | Norrby IF | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 36 | |
| 7 | IS Halmia | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 36 | |
| 8 | Qviding FIF | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 35 | |
| 9 | Oskarshamns AIK | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 34 | |
| 10 | Kristianstads FF | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 34 | |
| 11 | Trelleborgs FF | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 32 | |
| 12 | FC Trollhättan (R) | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 32 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 13 | Skövde AIK (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 19 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 14 | IFK Uddevalla (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 59 | −36 | 15 | Relegation to Division 2 |

### Women's football

**2014 Damallsvenskan**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Rosengård (C, Q) | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 17 | +45 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League Round of 32 |
| 2 | KIF Örebro DFF (Q) | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 42 | Qualification to Champions League Round of 32 |
| 3 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 39 | |
| 4 | Linköpings FC | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 38 | |
| 5 | Kristianstads DFF | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 31 | |
| 6 | Umeå IK | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 27 | |
| 7 | Eskilstuna United DFF | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 26 | |
| 8 | Vittsjö GIK | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 23 | |
| 9 | Piteå IF | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 21 | |
| 10 | AIK | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 48 | −35 | 14 | |
| 11 | Jitex BK (R) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 61 | −55 | 0 | Relegation to Elitettan |
| – | Tyresö FF (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn and relegation to Division 2 |

* ↑ On 5 June 2014, Tyresö FF withdrew from the league due to lack of players and financial reasons, and was relegated to the fourth-tier league Division 2. Tyresö had at that time played eight matches, which were then nullified and deleted from the table, and stood at place 9 of 12. As a result, only one other team was relegated to Elitettan at the end of the season.

## Men's national team fixtures and results

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 |
| 2 | Erton Fejzullahu | Djurgårdens IF | 2 |
| 2 | Ola Toivonen | Rennes | 2 |
| 2 | Erkan Zengin | Eskişehirspor | 2 |
| 5 | Jimmy Durmaz | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 5 | Guillermo Molins | Malmö FF | 1 |
| 5 | Robin Quaison | AIK | 1 |

## Swedish clubs' performance in Europe

These are the results of the Swedish teams in European competitions during the 2014–15 season. (Swedish team score displayed first)

### Men's football

| Team | Contest | Round | Opponent | 1st leg score* | 2nd leg score** | Aggregate score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malmö FF | UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | Ventspils | 0–0 | 1–0 | W 1–0 |
| Malmö FF | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | Sparta Prague | 2–4 | 2–0 | W 4–4 (ag) |
| Malmö FF | UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | Red Bull Salzburg | 1–2 | 3–0 | W 4–2 |
| Malmö FF | UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Atlético Madrid | 0–2 | 0–5 | None |
| Malmö FF | UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Juventus | 0–2 | 0–2 | None |
| Malmö FF | UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Olympiacos | 2–0 | 2–4 | None |
| IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Inter Baku | 0–1 | 1–0 | W 5–4 (ap) |
| IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | FH | 4–1 | 1–2 | W 5–3 |
| IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | Rio Ave | 2–1 | 0–1 | L 2–2 (ag) |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Linfield | 0–1 | 2–0 | W 2–1 |
| AIK | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | Astana | 1–1 | 0–3 | L 1–4 |
| IFK Göteborg | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Fola Esch | 0–0 | 2–0 | W 2–0 |
| IFK Göteborg | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Győr | 3–0 | 0–1 | W 3–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | Rio Ave | 0–1 | 0–0 | L 0–1 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | VPS | 1–2 | 2–0 | W 3–2 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Crusaders | 4–0 | 1–1 | W 5–1 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | Torino | 0–3 | 0–4 | L 0–7 |

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

### Women's football

| Team | Contest | Round | Opponent | 1st leg score | 2nd leg score | Aggregate score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Rosengård | UEFA Women's Champions League | Round of 32 | Ryazan VDV | 3–1 | 2–0 | W 5–1 |
| FC Rosengård | UEFA Women's Champions League | Round of 16 | Fortuna Hjørring | 2–1 | 2–0 | W 4–1 |
| FC Rosengård | UEFA Women's Champions League | Quarter-finals | Wolfsburg | | | |
| Linköpings FC | UEFA Women's Champions League | Round of 32 | Liverpool | 1–2 | 3–0 | W 4–2 |
| Linköpings FC | UEFA Women's Champions League | Round of 16 | Zvezda Perm | 5–0 | 0–3 | W 5–3 |
| Linköpings FC | UEFA Women's Champions League | Quarter-finals | Brøndby | | | |

## Fotbollsgalan

Fotbollsgalan is the annual award ceremony held by the Swedish Football Association to present individual awards for both men's and women's football. The award ceremony was held on 10 November 2014 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm after the end of the domestic season. The nominations for the 2014 season were officially announced on 20 October 2014. Only the general awards are presented here, for league specific awards, see the articles 2014 Allsvenskan and 2014 Damallsvenskan respectively. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text.

Guldbollen

* Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain)

Diamantbollen

* Lotta Schelin (Lyon)

Referees of the year

* Pernilla Larsson (Ladies)
* Jonas Eriksson (Men)

Goal of the year

* Magnus Eriksson (Malmö FF)

Fotbollskanalen's honorary award

* Tommy Svensson
