2003 in Swedish football

The 2003 season in Swedish football started in January 2003 and ended in December 2003.

## Honours

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### Official titles

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Swedish Champions 2003 | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2003 | IF Elfsborg | Winners of Svenska Cupen

### Competitions

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1st level | Allsvenskan 2003 | Djurgårdens IF
2nd level | Superettan 2003 | Kalmar FF
Cup | Svenska Cupen 2003 | IF Elfsborg

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications

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### Promotions

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Promoted from  | Promoted to  | Team  | Reason

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Superettan 2003 | Allsvenskan 2004 | Kalmar FF | Winners
Trelleborgs FF | 2nd team
Division 2 2003 | Superettan 2004 | Friska Viljor FC | Winners of promotion play-off
GAIS | Winners of promotion play-off
IK Brage | Winners of promotion play-off

### Relegations

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Allsvenskan 2003 | Superettan 2004 | Östers IF | 13th team
Enköpings SK | 14th team
Superettan 2003 | Division 2 2004 | IFK Malmö | 14th team
BK Forward | 15th team
IF Sylvia | 16th team

### International qualifications

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UEFA Champions League 2004–05 | 2nd qualifying round | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 2004–05 | 2nd qualifying round | Hammarby IF | 2nd team in Allsvenskan
IF Elfsborg | Winners of Svenska Cupen
1st qualifying round | Östers IF | UEFA Fair Play winners
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 | 1st round | Malmö FF | 3rd team in Allsvenskan

## Domestic results

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### Allsvenskan

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Main article: 2003 Allsvenskan

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1  | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 26  | 19  | 1  | 6  | 62  | 26  | +36  | 58  | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2  | Hammarby IF | 26  | 15  | 6  | 5  | 50  | 30  | +20  | 51  | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3  | Malmö FF | 26  | 14  | 6  | 6  | 50  | 23  | +27  | 48  | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4  | Örgryte IS | 26  | 14  | 3  | 9  | 42  | 40  | +2  | 45  |
5  | AIK | 26  | 11  | 6  | 9  | 39  | 34  | +5  | 39
6  | Helsingborgs IF | 26  | 11  | 5  | 10  | 35  | 36  | −1  | 38
7  | IFK Göteborg | 26  | 10  | 7  | 9  | 37  | 28  | +9  | 37
8  | Örebro SK | 26  | 10  | 7  | 9  | 29  | 33  | −4  | 37
9  | Halmstads BK | 26  | 11  | 3  | 12  | 41  | 37  | +4  | 36
10  | IF Elfsborg | 26  | 9  | 7  | 10  | 29  | 34  | −5  | 34  | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
11  | Landskrona BoIS | 26  | 8  | 8  | 10  | 26  | 39  | −13  | 32  |
12  | GIF Sundsvall (O) | 26  | 3  | 10  | 13  | 25  | 43  | −18  | 19  | Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13  | Östers IF[b] (R) | 26  | 3  | 8  | 15  | 31  | 56  | −25  | 17  | UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to Superettan
14  | Enköpings SK (R) | 26  | 3  | 5  | 18  | 22  | 59  | −37  | 14  | Relegation to Superettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.
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, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

### 2003 Allsvenskan qualification play-off

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October 30, 2003

BK Häcken| 1–2| GIF Sundsvall

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?, Gothenburg

November 2, 2003

GIF Sundsvall| (ag) 0–1| BK Häcken

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### Superettan

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Main article: 2003 Superettan

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1  | Kalmar FF (C, P) | 30  | 21  | 4  | 5  | 51  | 28  | +23  | 67  | Promotion to Allsvenskan
2  | Trelleborgs FF (P) | 30  | 18  | 6  | 6  | 63  | 33  | +30  | 60
3  | BK Häcken | 30  | 18  | 3  | 9  | 56  | 40  | +16  | 57  | Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4  | Åtvidabergs FF | 30  | 13  | 9  | 8  | 47  | 37  | +10  | 48  |
5  | Västra Frölunda | 30  | 14  | 6  | 10  | 47  | 40  | +7  | 48
6  | IF Brommapojkarna | 30  | 13  | 6  | 11  | 41  | 41  | 0  | 45
7  | Café Opera United | 30  | 11  | 8  | 11  | 53  | 48  | +5  | 41
8  | Gefle IF | 30  | 11  | 7  | 12  | 46  | 51  | −5  | 40
9  | IFK Norrköping | 30  | 10  | 9  | 11  | 47  | 49  | −2  | 39
10  | Assyriska FF | 30  | 12  | 3  | 15  | 47  | 53  | −6  | 39
11  | Boden | 30  | 10  | 9  | 11  | 43  | 50  | −7  | 39
12  | Västerås SK | 30  | 10  | 7  | 13  | 44  | 48  | −4  | 37
13  | Falkenbergs FF | 30  | 10  | 4  | 16  | 37  | 44  | −7  | 34
14  | IFK Malmö (R) | 30  | 10  | 3  | 17  | 42  | 58  | −16  | 33  | Relegation to Division 2
15  | BK Forward (R) | 30  | 7  | 5  | 18  | 45  | 63  | −18  | 26
16  | IF Sylvia (R) | 30  | 4  | 7  | 19  | 34  | 60  | −26  | 19

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

### 2003 Svenska Cupen

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Quarter-finals

August 7, 2003

Assyriska Föreningen| 4–1| IFK Göteborg

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Bårsta IP, Södertälje

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August 7, 2003

Väsby IK| 1–4| IF Elfsborg

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Vilundavallen, Upplands Väsby

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August 28, 2003

Halmstads BK| 2–1| Trelleborgs FF

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Örjans Vall, Halmstad

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October 2, 2003

Djurgårdens IF| 2–1| AIK

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Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Semi-finals

September 25, 2003

Halmstads BK| 0–4| IF Elfsborg

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Örjans Vall, Halmstad

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October 16, 2003

Djurgårdens IF| 0–4| Assyriska Föreningen

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Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Final

November 1, 2003

IF Elfsborg| 2–0| Assyriska Föreningen

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Råsunda, Solna

## National team results

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Main article: Sweden national football team 2003

## References

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Print

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

Online

* "Fakta och historik". AIK Fotboll. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
* Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
* Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
* "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
* "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2006. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.

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2003 in Swedish football

« 2002

2004 »

| League competitions|

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* Allsvenskan
* Superettan
* Division 2
* Division 3

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Women|

* Damallsvenskan

Cup competitions|

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* Svenska Cupen (Final)

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* Svenska Cupen

European competitions|

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* Champions League ('02–'03, '03–'04)
* UEFA Cup ('02–'03, '03–'04)

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* Champions League ('02–'03, '03–'04)

Club season articles

Allsvenskan|

* AIK
* Djurgårdens
* Enköpings
* Elfsborg
* IFK Göteborg
* Halmstad
* Hammarby
* Helsingborg
* Landskrona
* Malmö FF
* GIF Sundsvall
* Örebro
* Örgryte
* Östers

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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points