Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. Subsequently known as MoDo AIK, MoDo Fotboll, MoDo FF/Domsjö IF and. The first association to administer a Swedish national football tournament was Svenska Idrottsförbundet, founded 1895 in Gothenburg, the dominating football town in Sweden, at the time. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Pos Team. Allsvenskan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈâlːˌsvɛnːskan]; English: the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, English: the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. Clubs from the three largest cities in Sweden, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö have held the title the majority of the seasons, 78 in total, but there is also an example of a very small municipality being able to field a club capable of winning the title, as Åtvidabergs FF from Åtvidaberg held the title twice, in 1972 and 1973. The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Women's Champions League or its predecessor, the UEFA Women's Cup. The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the European Cup. The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Cup. The Sweden women's national football team was once leading in the development of women's football and won the unofficial European Championships in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, however, it won a silver in the 2003 World Cup. The tournament was played until 1925 when the first national league, Allsvenskan, was started. In the late 1890s, the IFK associations began playing football, and by 1901, the first Kamratmästerskap (IFK championship) in football was arranged. Allsvenskan has not been suspended any season since its start. The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first European player to reach 100 international goals after scoring twice in Portugal's 2-0 win over 10-man Sweden. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Å Ä Ö, "Swedish Football Tables – List of final tables", "SFS-Bolletinen – Matcher i Svenska Cupen", "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_football_clubs_in_Sweden&oldid=946597094, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Also known as Arameiska-Syrianska Botkyrka IF. Division Södra Svealand, 2. We would like your feedback, please fill in our survey. Some years, it was played spring-autumn-spring due to various reasons, and other years it was not played at all due to economical trouble. This is a list of football clubs in Sweden, for women's football clubs, see the list of women's football clubs in Sweden. The national cup Svenska Cupen is played by all 32 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan and 64 teams from the lower divisions. [1] Below Division 3 are several lower leagues, in some areas going all the way down to the ninth level, (Division 7), or in the case of Upplands FF, the tenth level (Division 8), overseen by regional football associations. Sweden's male national team has pledged to play the remainder of their matches this year without pay. The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Europa League. The team has been fairly successful with one 2nd place in the 1958 World Cup, two third places (1950 and 1994) and a victory in the 1948 Summer Olympics. The team has been fairly successful with one 2nd place in the 1958 World Cup, two third places (1950 and 1994) and a victory in the 1948 Summer Olympics. 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Sweden live football table: Cup Group 1, Cup Group 2, Cup Group 3, Cup Group 4, Cup Group 5, Cup Group 6, Cup Group 7, Cup Group 8, Allsvenskan, Superettan, 1. Football has grown since and there is currently around 3,300 clubs with 32,700 teams and with one million members, whereof about half a million are active players, altogether. Source: Svenskfotboll (in Swedish) Sweden national under-21 football team. The Sweden national football team played its first international football match in 1908 against Norway. Previously known as Assyriska Rinkeby IF and Rinkeby AIF. Division South, 2. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country. Club names are current, not necessarily those used when a club competed in a given season. In men's football, IFK Göteborg won the UEFA Cup twice, 1982 and 1987, and Malmö FF lost the European Cup final in 1979.
The first international club match was played in 1890 and the first match with modern rules was played two years later in 1892. Previous lineup from Sweden vs Portugal on Wednesday 14th October 2020.
Despite being a relatively small country population-wise, both the men's and women's national teams and the club teams have gained rather large success from time to time.