2012 in Swedish football

Football in Sweden
Season	2012
Men's football
Allsvenskan	IF Elfsborg
Superettan	Östers IF
Division 1	Östersunds FK (Norra); Örgryte IS (Sodra)
Svenska Supercupen	Helsingborgs IF

Season2012

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

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

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Superettan 2012	Allsvenskan 2013	Östers IF	Winners
		IF Brommapojkarna	Runners-up
		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
		Valsta Syrianska IK	Winners of group
		Nyköpings BIS	Winners of group
	Division 1 Södra 2013	Husqvarna FF	Winners of group
		Torslanda IK	Winners of group
		IS Halmia	Winners of group

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 2012	Superettan 2013	GIF Sundsvall	Play-off losers
		Örebro SK	15th team
		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
		Akropolis IF	13th team
		Enköpings SK	14th team
Division 1 Södra 2012		IK Sleipner	12th team
		Norrby IF	13th team
		IK Gauthiod	14th team

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
	2nd qual. round	IFK Göteborg	Winners of 2012–13 Svenska Cupen
	1st qual. round	Malmö FF	3rd team in 2012 Allsvenskan

Official titles

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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^[b]
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

Pos	Team v t e	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	40	+21	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

Pos	Team v t e	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
14	Enköpings SK (R)	26	2	2	22	19	67	−48	8

Pos	Team v t e	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
14	IK Gauthiod (R)	26	7	2	17	35	53	−18	23

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