2012 in Swedish football

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

Football in Sweden
Season2012
Men's football
AllsvenskanIF Elfsborg
SuperettanÖsters IF
Division 1Östersunds FK (Norra)
Örgryte IS (Sodra)
Svenska SupercupenHelsingborgs IF
← 2011 2013 →

Honours

Official titles
Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2012IF ElfsborgWinners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Super Cup Champions 2012Helsingborgs IFWinners of Svenska Supercupen

Competitions
Level Competition Team
1st levelAllsvenskan 2012IF Elfsborg
2nd levelSuperettan 2012Östers IF
3rd levelDivision 1 Norra 2012Östersunds FK
Division 1 Södra 2012Örgryte IS
Super CupSupercupen 2012Helsingborgs IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions
Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Superettan 2012Allsvenskan 2013Östers IFWinners
IF BrommapojkarnaRunners-up
Halmstads BKPlay-off winners
Division 1 Norra 2012Superettan 2013Östersunds FKWinners
Division 1 Södra 2012Örgryte ISWinners
Division 2 2012Division 1 Norra 2013Selånger FKWinners of group
Valsta Syrianska IKWinners of group
Nyköpings BISWinners of group
Division 1 Södra 2013Husqvarna FFWinners of group
Torslanda IKWinners of group
IS HalmiaWinners of group

Relegations
Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 2012Superettan 2013GIF SundsvallPlay-off losers
Örebro SK15th team
GAIS16th team
Superettan 2012Division 1 Södra 2013Trelleborgs FF15th team
Division 1 Norra 2013Umeå FC16th team
Division 1 Norra 2012Division 2 2013Syrianska IF Kerburan12th team
Akropolis IF13th team
Enköpings SK14th team
Division 1 Södra 2012IK Sleipner12th team
Norrby IF13th team
IK Gauthiod14th team

International qualifications
Qualified for Enters Team Reason
UEFA Champions League 2013–142nd qual. roundIF ElfsborgWinners of 2012 Allsvenskan
UEFA Europa League 2013–142nd qual. roundBK HäckenRunners-up of 2012 Allsvenskan
IFK GöteborgWinners of 2012–13 Svenska Cupen
1st qual. roundMalmö FF3rd team in 2012 Allsvenskan

Domestic results

2012 Allsvenskan
Locations of the 2012 Allsvenskan teams
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
3 Malmö FF 30 16 8 6 49 33 +16 56 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen.
  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.[1]

2012 Allsvenskan qualification play-offs
Halmstads BK3 – 0GIF Sundsvall
Magyar  59'
Steindórsson  62'
Antonsson  72'		 Report
Attendance: 5,839
GIF Sundsvall4 – 3Halmstads BK
Helg  29', 81'
Holster  42'
 76' (o.g.)		 Report Steindórsson  33' (pen.)
Baldvinsson  68'
Boman  78'
Attendance: 1,832

Halmstads BK won 6–4 on aggregate.

2012 Superettan
Location of the 2012 Superettan teams
Pos Team 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
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
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
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2012 Superettan qualification play-offs
BK Forward0 – 0Falkenbergs FF
Report
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Dragan Banjac (Haninge)
Falkenbergs FF2 – 1BK Forward
 Report  14' (o.g.)
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Helsingborg)

Falkenbergs FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lunds BK0 – 2IFK Värnamo
Report
Attendance: 1,888
Referee: Magnus Ahlsén (Linköping)
IFK Värnamo2 – 2Lunds BK
 Report
  • Jönsson  77'
  • Björkén  85'
Attendance: 1,778

IFK Värnamo won 4–2 on aggregate.

2012 Division 1 Norra
Pos Team 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 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
14 Enköpings SK (R) 26 2 2 22 19 67 −48 8
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2012 Division 1 Södra
Pos Team 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 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
14 IK Gauthiod (R) 26 7 2 17 35 53 −18 23
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2012 Supercupen
Main article: 2012 Svenska Supercupen
Final
Helsingborgs IF2–0AIK
Bouaouzan  58', 70' Report
Olympia, Helsingborg
Attendance: 5,590

National team fixtures and results
Sweden 2–0 Bahrain
Hysén  58' (pen.)
Hiljemark  81'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Banjar Al Dosari (Qatar)
Qatar U23 0–5 Sweden
Report Durmaz  50'
Claesson  60'
Hysén  69', 90+2'
Thern  84'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ali Sabah Adday (Iraq)
Croatia 1–3 Sweden
Olsson  44' (o.g.) Report Ibrahimović  13' (pen.)
Larsson  47', 69'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Sweden 3–2 Iceland
Ibrahimović  2'
Toivonen  14'
Wilhelmsson  77'		 Report Sigþórsson  26'
Jónasson  90+4'
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 14,379
Sweden 2–1 Serbia
Toivonen  23'
Ibrahimović  52' (pen.)		 Report Subotić  27'
Attendance: 20,691
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Ukraine 2–1 Sweden
Shevchenko  55', 62' Report Ibrahimović  52'
Attendance: 64,290
Sweden 2–3 England
Johnson  49' (o.g.)
Mellberg  59'		 Report Carroll  23'
Walcott  64'
Welbeck  78'
Attendance: 64,640
Sweden 2–0 France
Ibrahimović  54'
Larsson  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 63,010
Sweden 0–3 Brazil
Report Damião  32'
Pato  84', 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,781
Sweden 1–0 China PR
Elmander  47' Report
Olympia, Helsingborg
Attendance: 9,073
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Sweden 2–0 Kazakhstan
Elm  37'
Berg  90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 20,414[2]
Faroe Islands 1–2 Sweden
Baldvinsson  57' Report Kačaniklić  65'
Ibrahimović  75'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 5,079
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Germany 4–4 Sweden
Klose  8', 15'
Mertesacker  39'
Özil  56'		 Report Ibrahimović  62'
Lustig  64'
Elmander  76'
Elm  90+3'
Attendance: 72,369
Sweden 4–2 England
Ibrahimović  20', 77', 84', 90+1' Report Welbeck  35'
Caulker  38'
Attendance: 49,967

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
Third qualifying round Śląsk Wrocław 3–0 3–1 W 6–1
Play-off round Celtic 0–2 0–2 L 0–4
UEFA Europa League Group stage Twente 2–2 3–1 None
Hannover 96 1–2 2–3
Levante 1–3 0–1
AIK UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round FH 1–1 1–0 W 2–1
Third qualifying round Lech Poznań 3–0 0–1 W 3–1
Play-off round CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–0 W 2–1
Group stage PSV Eindhoven 1–0 1–1 None
Napoli 1–2 0–4
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–3 0–4
IF Elfsborg UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Floriana 8–0 4–0 W 12–0
Second qualifying round Dacia Chişinău 0–1 2–0 W 2–1
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
Second qualifying round Osijek 3–1 3–0 W 6–1
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

Notes
  1. "Europaspel för Gefle". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/11/europe/wc-qualifying-europe/sweden/kazakhstan/1227481/

References
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