Swedish Football 2011 2011 in Swedish football The 2011 season in Swedish football, started in January 2011 and will end in December 2011.- Official titles :- Competitions :- Promotions :- Relegations :- International qualifications :- 2011 Allsvenskan :...
Allsvenskan 2011 Allsvenskan The 2011 Allsvenskan, part of the 2011 Swedish football season, was the 87th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The preliminary 2011 fixtures were released on 15 December 2010. The season began on 2 April 2011 and ended on 23 October 2011...  (Tier 1) Superettan 2011 Superettan * 1 Correct as of end of 2010 Superettan season-Personnel and kits:Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules...  (Tier 2) Division 1 2011 Division 1 Statistics of Division 1 of Swedish football in 2011.-Norra:-Södra:...  (Tier 3) Division 2 2011 Division 2 Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 in season 2011.-Norrland 2011:-Norra Svealand 2011:-Södra Svealand 2011:-Norra Götaland 2011:-Västra Götaland 2011:-Södra Götaland 2011:-Footnotes:...  (Tier 4) Division 3 2011 Division 3 Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 in season 2011.-Norra Norrland 2011: 1. Assi IF 22 16 3 3 62-21 51 Promoted 2. Kiruna FF 22 14 6 2 51-16 48 Promotion Playoffs...  (Tier 5) Division 4 2011 Division 4 For the lower tier of Swedish League Division 4, see 2011 Division 4 .Statistics of Swedish football Division 4 in season 2011. There are also 5 divisions that form a lower tier of Division 4 that feed into the Halland and Småland Elit divisions in Division 4.-Blekinge 2011: 1. Ronneby BK ...  (Tier 6) Division 5 2011 Division 5 (Part 1) For the second part of Swedish League Division 5, see 2011 Division 5 .Statistics of Swedish football Division 5 in season 2011. This is Part 1 which covers Blekinge, Bohuslän, Dalarna, Dalsland, Gestrikland, Gotland, Göteborg, Halland, Hälsingland, Jämtland-Härjedalen, Medelpad, Norrbotten, Skåne...  (Tier 7) 2011 Svenska Cupen 2011 Svenska Cupen The 2011 Svenska Cupen was the 56th season of Svenska Cupen, the main Swedish football Cup. It began on 5 March 2011 with the first match of the Preliminary Round and ended on 5 November with the Final. Helsingborgs IF won the cup after beating Kalmar FF 3–1 in the final, Helsingborg were also the... – Final 2011 Svenska Cupen Final -External links:* at svenskfotboll.se...

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues

League system

A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport, usually with a system of promotion and relegation between consecutive levels of the hierarchy. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions the further down the pyramid one descends...

 for club football in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association

Swedish Football Association

The Swedish Football Association is the governing body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues — Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women — and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA...

 and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels. Below those five levels, additional regional levels numbered six to ten exist but these lower leagues are controlled by the regional associations

Swedish District Football Associations

The District Football Associations are the local governing bodies of association football in Sweden. District FAs exist to govern all aspects of local football in their defined areas, providing grassroots support to the Swedish Football Association by promoting and administering football, futsal...

 and not by the nationwide association. There is, however, promotion and relegation to and from all levels.

Current system

The table below shows how the current system works. For each division, its Swedish name and number of clubs is given. It is not certain that each division is a feeder of teams to the division that lie directly above it and relegates teams to the divisions that lie directly below it, even though this usually is the case. The system used was new for the 2006 season

2006 in Swedish football

The 2006 season in Swedish football, starting January 2006 and ending December 2006:- Events :* 18 January 2006: The Swedish national team plays a friendly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia against the hosts, causing upset home in Sweden when it is revealed that no women are allowed at the stadium.* 2...

 and onwards; the new feature being the additional two Division 1 series on the 3rd level, pushing down Division 2 and Division 3 a level on the ladder.
In the 2007 season, the Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

 was expanded from 14 clubs to 16 and so - for that season - only one team was relegated from the top division and three teams were promoted from Superettan

Superettan

Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

. This differed from the usual system, in which two teams are directly relegated, replaced by the top teams from the second division, Superettan, and one team goes to the relegation/promotion playoff versus the third positioned team in Superettan.

The Swedish Football union, SFF, Svenska Fotbollsförbundet, has a good site at http://svenskfotboll.se/.
And so do the Swedish Elite Football Society, Föreningen Svensk Elitfotboll, at http://www.svenskelitfotboll.se/.

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Allsvenskan Allsvenskan Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan... 16 clubs
2	Superettan Superettan Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1.... 16 clubs
3	Division 1 Norra Division 1 Norra Division 1 Norra is one of two leagues of the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 14 Swedish football teams... 14 clubs						Division 1 Södra Division 1 Södra Division 1 Södra is one of two leagues in the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 14 Swedish football teams. Division 1 Södra had status as one of the official second level leagues from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000... 14 clubs
4	Division 2 Norrland 12 clubs		Division 2 Norra Svealand 12 clubs		Division 2 Östra Svealand 12 clubs		Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 12 clubs		Division 2 Västra Götaland 12 clubs		Division 2 Södra Götaland 12 clubs
5	Division 3 Norra Norrland 12 clubs	Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 12 clubs	Division 3 Södra Norrland 12 clubs	Division 3 Norra Svealand 12 clubs	Division 3 Östra Svealand 12 clubs	Division 3 Västra Svealand 12 clubs	Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 12 clubs	Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 12 clubs	Division 3 Nordvästra Götaland 12 clubs	Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 12 clubs	Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland 12 clubs	Division 3 Södra Götaland 12 clubs
6–10	Division 4 through Division 8 are divisions administered by the various regional football associations.

Women's leagues structure

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Damallsvenskan Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ladies' all-Swedish, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred as to the women's Allsvenskan, this term being used alone to refer to the men's division.... 12 clubs
2	Swedish Ladies Football Division 1 Swedish Ladies Football Division 1 Division 1 is the second level in the league system of Swedish Ladies football and comprises 2 sections with 12 football teams in each.-Div 1 Norrettan:*AIK FF*Bollstanäs SK*Danmarks IF*Gideonsbergs IF*Gustafs GoIF*Kvarnsvedens IK*Rågsveds IF... Norrettan 12 clubs						Swedish Ladies Football Division 1 Swedish Ladies Football Division 1 Division 1 is the second level in the league system of Swedish Ladies football and comprises 2 sections with 12 football teams in each.-Div 1 Norrettan:*AIK FF*Bollstanäs SK*Danmarks IF*Gideonsbergs IF*Gustafs GoIF*Kvarnsvedens IK*Rågsveds IF... Söderettan 12 clubs
3–6	Swedish Ladies Football Division 2-5 several divisions