2013 in Swedish football

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The 2013 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Sweden. The competitive year started with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 2 March. League competition started in early April with Allsvenskan on 31 March, Superettan on 6 April, Division 1 and lower men's leagues plus the Damallsvenskan on 13 April. Svenska Cupen ended with the final played at the national stadium Friends Arena on 26 May. Allsvenskan ended on 3 November, Superettan one day earlier on 2 November, Division 1 and lower men's leagues on 26 October and Damallsvenskan on 20 October. Qualification play-offs were held after the end of league play with the Allsvenskan play-offs being held on 7 and 10 November and the Superettan play-offs being held on 6 and 9 November. Svenska Supercupen was held on 10 November and was contested by the winner of Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. Sweden participated in qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Sweden also hosted UEFA Women's Euro 2013 between 10 and 28 July.

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2013Malmö FFWinners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2012–13IFK GöteborgWinners of Svenska Cupen
Swedish Super Cup Champions 2013Malmö FFWinners of Svenska Supercupen
Swedish Women's Champions 2013LdB FC MalmöWinners of Damallsvenskan

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level2013 AllsvenskanMalmö FF
2nd level2013 SuperettanFalkenbergs FF
3rd level2013 Swedish football Division 1 NorraIK Sirius
2013 Swedish football Division 1 SödraHusqvarna FF
National cup2012–13 Svenska CupenIFK Göteborg
Super cup2013 Svenska SupercupenMalmö FF
Women's 1st level2013 DamallsvenskanLdB FC Malmö

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
2013 Superettan2014 Allsvenskan Falkenbergs FFWinners
Örebro SKRunners-up
2013 Division 1 Norra2014 SuperettanIK SiriusWinners
2013 Division 1 SödraHusqvarna FFWinners
2013 Division 22014 Division 1 NorraSkellefteå FFWinners of group
Huddinge IFWinners of group
2014 Division 1 SödraMotala AIFWinners of group
IFK UddevallaWinners of group
Norrby IFWinners of group
Oskarshamns AIKWinners of group

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
2013 Allsvenskan2014 SuperettanÖsters IF15th team
Syrianska FC16th team
2013 Superettan2014 Division 1 SödraÖrgryte IS15th team
2014 Division 1 NorraIK Brage16th team
2013 Division 1 Norra2014 Division 2Sandvikens IF12th team
Selånger FK13th team
Eskilstuna City14th team
2013 Division 1 SödraTorslanda IK12th team
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo13th team
Karlstad BK14th team

International qualifications

Qualified for Enters Team Reason
2014–15 UEFA Champions League2nd qual. roundMalmö FFWinners of 2013 Allsvenskan
2014–15 UEFA Europa League2nd qual. roundAIKRunners-up of 2013 Allsvenskan
IF ElfsborgWinners of 2013–14 Svenska Cupen
1st qual. roundIFK Göteborg3rd team in 2013 Allsvenskan
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 FC RosengårdWinners of 2013 Damallsvenskan (as LdB FC Malmö)
Tyresö FFRunners-up of 2013 Damallsvenskan

Domestic results

National team fixtures and results

Sweden 1 – 1 North Korea
Fejzullahu 56' Report Hong Kum-Song 48'
Penalties
Svensson soccer ball with check mark
Majstorović soccer ball with check mark
Hysén soccer ball with check mark
P. Jansson soccer ball with check mark
4 – 1 soccer ball with red X Jang Kuk-Chol
soccer ball with red X Kang Kuk-Chol
soccer ball with check mark Kim Chol-Bom
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Sweden 3 – 0 Finland
Hysén 23'
Quaison 73'
Svensson 90'
Report

Sweden 2 – 3 Argentina
J. Olsson 17'
Elm 90+5'
Report Lustig 3' (o.g.)
Agüero 19'
Higuaín 23'
Attendance: 49,646

Sweden 0 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 49,436

Slovakia 0 – 0 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (Austria)

Sweden 1 – 0 North Macedonia
Kačaniklić 39' Report

Austria 2 – 1 Sweden
Alaba 26' (pen.)
Janko 32'
Report Elmander 82'
Attendance: 48,500

Sweden 2 – 0 Faroe Islands
Ibrahimović 35', 82' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 32,858
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)

Sweden 4 – 2 Norway
Ibrahimović 2', 28', 57'
Svensson 75'
Report Abdellaoue 38' (pen.)
Johansen 43'
Attendance: 13,438

Republic of Ireland 1 – 2 Sweden
Keane 21' Report Elmander 33'
Svensson 57'
Attendance: 49,500

Kazakhstan 0 – 1 Sweden
Report Ibrahimović 1'
Attendance: 24,000

Sweden 2 – 1 Austria
M. Olsson 56'
Ibrahimović 86'
Report Harnik 29'
Attendance: 49,416

Sweden 3 – 5 Germany
Hysén 6', 69'
Kačaniklić 42'
Report Özil 45'
Götze 53'
Schürrle 57', 66', 76'
Attendance: 49,251

Portugal 1 – 0 Sweden
Ronaldo 82' Report
Attendance: 61,467

Sweden 2 – 3 Portugal
Ibrahimović 68', 72' Report Ronaldo 50', 77', 79'
Attendance: 49,766
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain 9
2 Tobias Hysén Sweden IFK Göteborg 3
Anders Svensson Sweden IF Elfsborg 3
4 Johan Elmander Turkey Galatasaray
England Norwich City
2
Alexander Kačaniklić England Fulham 2
6 Rasmus Elm Russia CSKA Moscow 1
Erton Fejzullahu Sweden Djurgårdens IF 1
Jonas Olsson England West Bromwich Albion 1
Martin Olsson England Norwich City 1
Robin Quaison Sweden AIK 1

Own goals

Player Club Own goals Playing against
Sweden Mikael Lustig Scotland Celtic 1  Argentina

Swedish clubs' performance in Europe

Notes

References

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