2016 in Swedish football

Football in Sweden
Season	2016
Men's football
Allsvenskan	Malmö FF
Svenska Cupen	BK Häcken

The 2016 season was the 119th season of competitive football in Sweden. Sweden was participating in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after UEFA Euro 2016.^[1]

Domestic results

Men's football

2016 Allsvenskan

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	21	3	6	60	26	+34	66	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	AIK	30	17	9	4	52	26	+26	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	IFK Norrköping	30	18	6	6	59	37	+22	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	IFK Göteborg	30	14	8	8	56	47	+9	50
5	IF Elfsborg	30	13	9	8	58	38	+20	48
6	Kalmar FF	30	12	8	10	45	40	+5	44
7	Djurgårdens IF	30	14	1	15	48	47	+1	43
8	Östersunds FK	30	12	6	12	44	46	−2	42	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
9	Örebro SK	30	11	8	11	48	51	−3	41
10	BK Häcken	30	11	7	12	58	45	+13	40
11	Hammarby IF	30	10	9	11	46	49	−3	39
12	Jönköpings Södra IF	30	8	11	11	32	39	−7	35
13	GIF Sundsvall	30	7	9	14	38	54	−16	30
14	Helsingborgs IF (R)	30	8	5	17	34	52	−18	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Gefle IF (R)	30	6	9	15	34	56	−22	27	Relegation to the Superettan
16	Falkenbergs FF (R)	30	2	4	24	25	84	−59	10	Relegation to the Superettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Östersunds FK qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen.

2017 Allsvenskan playoffs

17 November 2016

18:30 (UTC+1)

Halmstads BK	1–1	Helsingborgs IF
Helstrup 85' (o.g.)	Report	Eriksson 74'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Attendance: 6,104

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sigtuna)

20 November 2016

13:30 (UTC+1)

Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Halmstads BK
Larsson 81'	Report	Mathisen 86' (pen.), 89'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 11,074

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

Halmstads BK won 3–2 on aggregate.

2016 Superettan

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	IK Sirius (C, P)	30	18	7	5	54	23	+31	61	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	AFC United (P)	30	18	7	5	50	20	+30	61	Promotion to Allsvenskan
3	Halmstads BK (O, P)	30	16	6	8	43	28	+15	54	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	Dalkurd FF	30	14	11	5	41	24	+17	53
5	Varbergs BoIS	30	14	6	10	33	37	−4	48
6	Åtvidabergs FF	30	13	5	12	53	53	0	44
7	Trelleborgs FF	30	10	10	10	39	35	+4	40
8	GAIS	30	9	12	9	45	36	+9	39
9	Örgryte IS	30	11	6	13	42	44	−2	39
10	IK Frej	30	9	11	10	38	42	−4	38
11	IFK Värnamo	30	8	11	11	35	40	−5	35
12	Degerfors IF	30	8	9	13	34	54	−20	33
13	Syrianska FC (O)	30	7	11	12	26	37	−11	32	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Assyriska FF (R)	30	6	10	14	36	47	−11	28	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
15	Ljungskile SK (R)	30	6	8	16	34	48	−14	26	Relegation to Division 1
16	Ängelholms FF (R)	30	4	8	18	22	57	−35	20	Relegation to Division 1

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2016 Superettan play-offs

9 November 2016

19:00 (UTC+1)

Norrby IF	2–0	Assyriska FF
Krasnici 70' Savolainen 79'	Report

Borås Arena, Borås

Attendance: 1,341

Referee: Patrik Eriksson (Gävle)

13 November 2016

17:00 (UTC+1)

Vasalunds IF	0–2	Syrianska FC
	Report	Mete 25', 63'

Skytteholms IP, Solna

Attendance: 957

Referee: Johan Krantz (Uppsala)

13 November 2016

15:00 (UTC+1)

Assyriska FF	2–2	Norrby IF
Genc 49' Konwea 88'	Report	Yarsuvat 11', 57'

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

Attendance: 1,032

Referee: Robert Daradic (Helsingborg)

Norrby IF won 4–2 on aggregate.

16 November 2016

19:00 (UTC+1)

Syrianska FC	3–1	Vasalunds IF
Mete 30' Arquin 42' Akintioye 73'	Report	Kabran 81'

Södertälje Fotbollsarena, Södertälje

Attendance: 1,824

Referee: Magnus Lindgren (Gothenburg)

Syrianska FC won 5–1 on aggregate.

National teams

Sweden men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2016

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6^[a]
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.

Win Draw Loss

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) Group stage	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden	Saint-Denis, France
18:00	Hoolahan 47'		Clark 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 73,419 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17) Group stage	Italy	1–0	Sweden	Toulouse, France
15:00	Éder 88'			Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 29,600 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

22 June 2016 (2016-06-22) Group stage	Sweden	0–1	Belgium	Nice, France
21:00			Nainggolan 84'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera, Nice Attendance: 34,011 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies and qualifications

Win Draw Loss

6 January 2016 Friendly	Sweden	1–1	Estonia	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:45 UTC+4	Ishak 70'	Report	Prosa 56'	Stadium: Armed Forces Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan (United Arab Emirates)

10 January 2016 Friendly	Finland	0–3	Sweden	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+4		Report	Salomonsson 45+1' (pen.) Hallberg 46' Kujović 59'	Stadium: Armed Forces Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Abdullah Al Ajel (United Arab Emirates)

24 March 2016 Friendly	Turkey	2–1	Sweden	Antalya, Turkey
20:45	Tosun 32' 81'	Report	Källström 55' Granqvist 74'	Stadium: New Antalya Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

29 March 2016 Friendly	Sweden	1–1	Czech Republic	Solna, Sweden
20:30	Berg 14'	Report	Vydra 26'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 18,745 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

30 May 2016 Friendly	Sweden	0–0	Slovenia	Malmö, Sweden
19:30		Report	Jokić 64' Kurtić 75' Krajnc 86'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadium Attendance: 16,925 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

5 June 2016 Friendly	Sweden	3–0	Wales	Solna, Sweden
16:00	Forsberg 40' Lustig 57' Guidetti 87'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 37,942 Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

6 September 2016 2018 WCQ	Sweden	1–1	Netherlands	Solna, Sweden
20:45	Berg 43'	Report (UEFA)	Sneijder 67'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 36,128 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

7 October 2016 2018 WCQ	Luxembourg	0–1	Sweden	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:45		Report (UEFA)	Lustig 58'	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 5,057 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

10 October 2016 2018 WCQ	Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria	Solna, Sweden
20:45	Toivonen 39' Hiljemark 45' Lindelöf 58'	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 21,777 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

11 November 2016 2018 WCQ	France	2–1	Sweden	Saint-Denis, France
20:45	Pogba 57' Payet 65'	Report (UEFA)	Forsberg 54'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

15 November 2016 Friendly	Hungary	0–2	Sweden	Budapest, Hungary
19:45		Report	Larsson 30' Kiese Thelin 67'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Sweden men's national under-23 football team

2016 Summer Olympics

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

4 August 2016 Group stage	Sweden	2–2	Colombia	Manaus, Brazil
18:00 (UTC–4)	Ishak 43' Ajdarević 62'	Report	Gutiérrez 17' Pabón 75'	Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Attendance: 29,996 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

7 August 2016 Group stage	Sweden	0–1	Nigeria	Manaus, Brazil
18:00 (UTC–4)		Report	Sadiq 40'	Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Attendance: 23,892 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

10 August 2016 Group stage	Japan	1–0	Sweden	Salvador, Brazil
19:00 (UTC–4)	Yajima 65'	Report		Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Friendlies

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	South Korea	3–2	Sweden	São Paulo, Brazil
20:00 (UTC-3)	Moon 38', 41' Ryu 54'	Report	Sema 26' Une Larsson 57'	Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Sweden men's national under-21 football team

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	10	7	3	0	24	7	+17	24	Final tournament
2	Spain	10	7	2	1	31	9	+22	23	Play-offs
3	Croatia	10	6	2	2	24	11	+13	20
4	Georgia	10	4	1	5	17	17	0	13
5	Estonia	10	1	1	8	3	26	−23	4
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	1	30	−29	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27) UEFA Under-21 2017	San Marino	0–2	Sweden	Serravalle, San Marino
19:30 (UTC+2)		Report (UEFA)	Fransson 37' Gustafson 81'	Stadium: San Marino Stadium Attendance: 244 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) UEFA Under-21 2017	Sweden	3–2	Georgia	Uddevalla, Sweden
19:30 (UTC+2)	Olsson 27' (pen.) Krafth 77' Larsson 90+5'	Report (UEFA)	Arabuli 35' Kiteishvili 89'	Stadium: Rimnersvallen Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) UEFA Under-21 2017	Croatia	1–1	Sweden	Koprivnica, Croatia
18:00 (UTC+2)	Perica 78'	Report (UEFA)	Cibicki 57'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 2,789 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

5 September 2016 (2016-09-05) UEFA Under-21 2017	Sweden	1–1	Spain	Malmö, Sweden
18:45 (UTC+2)	Merino 86' (o.g.)	Report (UEFA)	Deulofeu 50'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 4,454 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06) UEFA Under-21 2017	Estonia	0–3	Sweden	Pärnu, Estonia
17:00 (UTC+3)		Report (UEFA)	Dagerstål 9' Tanković 44' Asoro 53'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion Attendance: 607 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

10 October 2016 (2016-10-10) UEFA Under-21 2017	Sweden	4–2	Croatia	Trelleborg, Sweden
18:45 (UTC+2)	Wahlqvist 26' (pen.) Olsson 53' Hallberg 58' Strandberg 64'	Report (UEFA)	Perica 23' Benković 67'	Stadium: Vångavallen Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Sweden men's national under-17 football team

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Knockout stage
3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	France	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

6 May 2016 Group stage	England	1–2	Sweden	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Nelson 62'		Asoro 4', 59'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

9 May 2016 Group stage	Denmark	1–0	Sweden	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Buch Jensen 80+3'			Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)

12 May 2016 Group stage	Sweden	1–0	France	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Bergqvist 45'			Stadium: Azersun Arena Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

15 May 2016 Quarter-final	Sweden	0–1	Netherlands	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00	Simon Marklund 40+1' Anel Ahmedhodzic 44' Teddy Bergqvist 80'	Report	Wehrmann 43' Tahith Chong 62' Vente 80+1'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

Sweden women's national football team

2016 Summer Olympics

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Quarter-finals
2	China	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Win Draw Loss

3 August 2016 Group stage	Sweden	1-0	South Africa	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Fischer 76'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

6 August 2016 Group stage	Brazil	5–1	Sweden	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Beatriz 21', 86' Cristiane 24' Marta 44' (pen.), 80'	Report	Schelin 89'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Attendance: 43,384 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

9 August 2016 Group stage	China	0–0	Sweden	Brasília, Brazil
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Attendance: 7,648 Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)

12 August 2016 Quarter finals	United States	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Sweden	Brasília, Brazil
	Morgan 77'	Report	Blackstenius 61'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Attendance: 13,892 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
	Penalties
	Morgan Horan Lloyd Brian Press		Schelin Asllani Sembrant Seger Dahlkvist

16 August 2016 Semifinals	Brazil	0-0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Sweden	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Report		Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 70,454^[2] Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Marta Cristiane Andressa Alves Rafaelle Andressa		Schelin Asllani Seger Fischer Dahlkvist

19 August 2016 Final	Sweden	1–2	Germany	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Blackstenius 67'		=Marozsán 48' Sembrant 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 52,432 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Friendlies and qualifications

Win Draw Loss

26 January 2016 Friendly	Sweden	6–0	Scotland	Gothenburg, Sweden
	Dahlkvist 40' Eriksson 45' Jakobsson 45+1' Schelin 68' Hammarlund 78', 83'	Report		Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena Attendance: 1,241 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

2 March 2016 2016 OQT	Norway	0–1	Sweden	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Dahlkvist 3'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 401 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

5 March 2016 2016 OQT	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30	Seger 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

9 March 2016 2016 OQT	Netherlands	1–1	Sweden	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30	Miedema 5'	Report	Schough 45'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

8 April 2016 2017 ECQ	Slovakia	0–3	Sweden	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00		Summary	Appelqvist 27' Seger 55' Blackstenius 63'	Stadium: Národné Tréningové Centrum Attendance: 646 Referee: Eleni Lampadariou

2 June 2016 2017 ECQ	Poland	0–4	Sweden	Łódź
18:00	Sylwia Matysik 47' Anna Szymańska 60' Ewelina Kamczyk 81' Konsek 90+4'	Summary	Ilestedt 40' Schelin 60' Ericsson 64' Asllani 70' Rolfö 87' Samuelsson 90' Berglund 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion ŁKS Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Olga Zadinova

6 June 2016 2017 ECQ	Sweden	6–0	Moldova	Gothenburg, Sweden
17:45	Natalia Munteanu 34' (o.g.) Asllani 41' 61' Rolfö 48' 88' Berglund 90+3'	Summary		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,168 Referee: Craziella Pirratore

15 September 2016 2017 ECQ	Sweden	2–1	Slovakia	Gothenburg, Sweden
				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

20 September 2016 2017 ECQ

Denmark

2–0

Sweden

20 October 2016 Friendly	Sweden	7–0	Iran	Gothenburg, Sweden
18:45	Larsson 4' Eriksson 14', 24', 45+2' Schough 16', 33', 45'	Summary		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 1,736 Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

23 October 2016 Friendly	Norway	0–0	Sweden	Kristiansand, Norway
				Stadium: Sør Arena

Sweden women's national under-19 football team

2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	1	1	1	12	5	+7	4	Knockout stage
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
4	Papua New Guinea (H)	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Win Draw Loss

13 November 2016 Group stage	Sweden	0 - 2	North Korea	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
06:00		Summary	Hyang-sim 25' So-hyang 48'	Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Attendance: 4,944 Referee: Melissa Borjas

16 November 2016 Group stage	Papua New Guinea	0 - 6	Sweden	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
09:00		Summary	Blackstenius 8' 43' 58' 72' Kaneryd 75' Anvegård 82'	Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Referee: Aye Thein

20 November 2016 Group stage	Brazil	1 - 1	Sweden	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
09:00	Gabriela 31' Geyse 44' Daiane 51' Yasmim 90+1'	Summary	Blackstenius 14'	Stadium: PNG Football Stadium Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Qin Liang

References

^ "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
^ "Brazil vs. Sweden - Football Match Summary - August 16, 2016". ESPN FC. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.41688922718954-2] Östersunds FK qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen.

[table_hth_ITA0.20429434869638-3] Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.

[draw_format-1] "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.

[4] "Brazil vs. Sweden - Football Match Summary - August 16, 2016". ESPN FC. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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