2002 in Swedish football

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The 2002 season in Swedish football, starting January 2002 and ending December 2002:

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 2002 Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 2002 Djurgårdens IF Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level Allsvenskan 2002 Djurgårdens IF
2nd level Superettan 2002 Östers IF
Cup Svenska Cupen 2002 Djurgårdens IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Superettan 2002 Allsvenskan 2003 Östers IF Winners
Enköpings SK 2nd team
Division 2 2002 Superettan 2003 Bodens BK Winners of promotion play-off
Falkenbergs FF Winners of promotion play-off
BK Forward Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 2002 Superettan 2003 IFK Norrköping 13th team
Kalmar FF 14th team
Superettan 2002 Division 2 2003 IK Brage 14th team
Ängelholms FF 15th team
Mjällby AIF 16th team

International qualifications

Qualified for Enters Team Reason
UEFA Champions League 2003–04 2nd qualifying round Djurgårdens IF Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 2003–04 Qualifying round Malmö FF 2nd team in Allsvenskan
AIK Runners-up of Svenska Cupen
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003 1st round Örgryte IS 3rd team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

Allsvenskan

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 26 16 4 6 51 33 +18 52 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Malmö FF 26 14 4 8 52 32 +20 46 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Örgryte IS 26 12 8 6 49 38 +11 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Helsingborgs IF 26 10 8 8 38 38 0 38
5 AIK 26 9 10 7 35 38 −3 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
6 Halmstads BK 26 8 12 6 35 28 +7 36
7 Örebro SK 26 9 8 9 32 39 −7 35
8 GIF Sundsvall 26 8 9 9 29 35 −6 33
9 Hammarby IF 26 8 8 10 43 42 +1 32
10 IF Elfsborg 26 8 8 10 25 31 −6 32
11 Landskrona BoIS 26 8 6 12 41 39 +2 30
12 IFK Göteborg (O) 26 8 4 14 25 39 −14 28 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 IFK Norrköping (R) 26 6 9 11 37 40 −3 27 Relegation to Superettan
14 Kalmar FF (R) 26 6 6 14 20 40 −20 24
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. ^ AIK qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen runners-up 2002.

2002 Allsvenskan qualification play-off

Superettan

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Östers IF (C, P) 30 16 6 8 61 35 +26 54 Promotion to Allsvenskan
2 Enköpings SK (P) 30 15 7 8 55 43 +12 52
3 Västra Frölunda 30 14 9 7 54 33 +21 51 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 BK Häcken 30 14 9 7 52 33 +19 51
5 Assyriska FF 30 12 9 9 36 27 +9 45
6 Café Opera United 30 12 8 10 48 45 +3 44
7 IFK Malmö 30 12 6 12 34 34 0 42
8 Västerås SK 30 12 5 13 49 49 0 41
9 Trelleborgs FF 30 10 9 11 42 41 +1 39
10 Åtvidabergs FF 30 9 10 11 31 50 −19 37
11 Gefle IF 30 9 8 13 45 47 −2 35
12 IF Brommapojkarna 30 9 8 13 40 52 −12 35
13 IF Sylvia 30 9 8 13 37 55 −18 35
14 IK Brage (R) 30 8 10 12 49 55 −6 34 Relegation to Division 2
15 Ängelholms FF (R) 30 9 7 14 29 45 −16 34
16 Mjällby AIF (R) 30 8 5 17 42 60 −18 29
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2002 Svenska Cupen

Final
Djurgårdens IF0–0
1–0 (agg)
AIK

National team results

References

Print

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