2004 in Swedish football explained

The 2004 season in Swedish football, starting January 2004 and ending December 2004:

Events

• 19 May 2004: Valencia wins the UEFA Cup final against Marseille which was played on Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
• 22 June 2004: Sweden qualify for the quarterfinals of the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal after beating Bulgaria 5 - 0, drawing Italy 1 - 1 and in the final group stage game, playing 2 - 2 against Denmark, a result which ensured both Scandinavian teams a place in the final stage.
• 26 June 2004: The Netherlands knocks Sweden out of the European Championships as they win the penalty shootout after 0 - 0 in both full-time and extra time.
• 23 September 2004: IF Elfsborg ends IFK Göteborg's winning streak of seven consecutive won games starting August 3.
• 4 October 2004: IFK Göteborg celebrates its 100th birthday with a 2 - 0 win against Djurgårdens IF.
• 18 October 2004: The game between AIK and Hammarby IF is interrupted (and not started again until after 55 minutes) as AIK fans causes trouble on their part of Råsunda.
• 24 October 2004: Örgryte IS wins 3 - 0 against AIK, which means that AIK will be relegated to Superettan. The match was played with empty terraces due to the behaviour of the AIK supporters the previous round.
• 30 October 2004: Malmö FF wins their 15th title after passing Halmstads BK in the last round of Allsvenskan as they beat IF Elfsborg 1 - 0 while Halmstad, that would have taken the gold with a win, only managed to play 1 - 1 against IFK Göteborg.
• 8 November 2004: The licensing committee of the Swedish Football Association denies Örebro SK the licence needed (called Elitlicensen) to play in Allsvenskan due to the club's bad economy. Örebro SK immediately appeals against the decision.
• 11 November 2004: The first round of the first edition of Royal League is played. The four top teams from Sweden, Norway and Denmark compete to win the title Scandinavian Champions.
• 3 December 2004: Örebro SK's appeal is denied, and they will play in Superettan the 2005 season.

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 2004	Malmö FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2004	Djurgårdens IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 2004	Malmö FF
2nd level	Superettan 2004	BK Häcken
Cup	Svenska Cupen 2004	Djurgårdens IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Superettan 2004	Allsvenskan 2005	BK Häcken	Winners
		Gefle IF	2nd team
		Assyriska Föreningen	3rd team[1]
Division 2 2004	Superettan 2005	Degerfors IF	Winners of promotion play-off
		Ljungskile SK	Winners of promotion play-off
		Mjällby AIF	Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 2004	Superettan 2005	Örebro SK	Denied license
		AIK	13th team
		Trelleborgs FF	14th team
Superettan 2004	Division 2 2005	Enköpings SK	14th team
		IK Brage	15th team
		Friska Viljor FC	16th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
UEFA Champions League 2005 - 06	2nd qualifying round	Malmö FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 2005 - 06	2nd qualifying round	Halmstads BK	2nd team in Allsvenskan
		Djurgårdens IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005	1st round	IFK Göteborg	3rd team in Allsvenskan
Royal League 2004 - 05	Group stage	Malmö FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
		Halmstads BK	2nd team in Allsvenskan
		IFK Göteborg	3rd team in Allsvenskan
		Djurgårdens IF	4th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

Allsvenskan

See main article: article and 2004 Allsvenskan.

Superettan

See main article: article and 2004 Superettan.

2004 Svenska Cupen

Quarter-finals------------

Semi-finals----

Final

National team results

See main article: article.

References

Print

• Book: Alsiö . Martin . Frantz, Alf . Lindahl, Jimmy . Persson, Gunnar . 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken . Stroemberg Media Group . 2004 . Vällingby . 91-86184-59-8.
• Book: Andersson, Torbjörn . Kung fotboll: den svenska fotbollens kulturhistoria från 1800-talets slut till 1950 . 2002 . Brutus Östlings bokförlag Symposion . Eslöv . 91-7139-565-2.
• Book: Glanell . Tomas . Havik, Göran . Lindberg, Thomas . Persson, Gunnar . Ågren, Bengt . 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1 . Stroemberg Media Group . 2004 . Vällingby . 91-86184-59-8.
• Book: Jönsson . Ingemar . Josephson, Åke . IFK Göteborg 1904-2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker . IFK Göteborg . 2004 . Göteborg . 91-631-4659-2.
• Book: Jönsson, Åke . Fotboll: hur världens största sport växte fram . 2006 . Historiska media . Lund . 91-85377-48-1.
• Book: Nylin, Lars . Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder . Semic . 2004 . Sundbyberg . 91-552-3168-3.
• Persson . Lennart K. . Fotbollens uppkomst och tidiga utveckling i Sverige och Göteborg . Idrottsarvet: årets bok . 2002 . 31 - 69 . 2002 . 0283-1791.

Online

• Web site: Fakta och historik . . 2006 . 2007-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070403230021/http://www.aik.se/fotboll/historik/fotboll.html . 3 April 2007 . live .
• Web site: Glenning . Clas . Sweden final tables . 2006 . 2007-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018214744/http://geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/swedish_footballpage.htm . 2009-10-18 . dead .
• Web site: Repinski . Marek . Allsvenskan Just Nu . 2006 . 2007-03-21 . 2006-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060519090200/http://allsvenskan.just.nu/ . dead .
• Web site: SFS-Bolletinen . Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker . 2006 . 2007-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070407133325/http://www.bolletinen.se/ . 7 April 2007 . live .
• Web site: svenskfotboll.se . . 2006 . 2007-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070323000703/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/ . 23 March 2007 . live .

Notes and References

1. The Swedish Football Association licensing committee denied - after the season's end - Örebro SK the licence needed (Elitlicensen) to play in Allsvenskan the next season due to the club's economic situation and they were thus relegated to Superettan 2005. Assyriska Föreningen, although losing the qualification play-off, were promoted in their place as the 3rd team in Superettan.