Football Journey

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Sweden the Cup

Cup:
Åtvidabergs FF  - Malmö FF  3-2

No double for Malmo FF.

Atvidabergs FF won second consecutive Cup.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Sweden II Division

II Division – 4 groups, the winners going to promotional tournament and the top 2 in it were promoted

Norrland

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Sandvikens IF 22 16 4 2 65 16 +49 36 Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan

2 IFK Holmsund 22 14 2 6 52 29 +23 30

3 Domsjö IF 22 13 2 7 41 21 +20 28

4 Brynäs IF 22 8 9 5 43 30 +13 25

5 GIF Sundsvall 22 11 3 8 45 35 +10 25

6 Kubikenborgs IF 22 11 3 8 33 28 +5 25

7 Skellefteå AIK 22 9 7 6 38 35 +3 25

8 Ljusdals IF 22 10 4 8 30 28 +2 24 Relegation to Division 3

9 Sandåkerns SK 22 9 3 10 30 34 −4 21

10 Lycksele IF 22 2 7 13 14 45 −31 11

11 Bodens BK 22 2 3 17 19 65 −46 7

12 Timrå IK 22 3 0 19 22 64 −42 6

Svealand

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 IF Saab 22 14 4 4 44 16 +28 32 Playoffs for promotion

2 IK Sirius 22 14 3 5 45 21 +24 31

3 IK Sleipner 22 11 6 5 42 24 +18 28

4 Nyköpings BIS 22 12 3 7 33 27 +6 27

5 Älvsjö AIK 22 11 2 9 32 31 +1 24

6 IFK Eskilstuna 22 9 5 8 36 31 +5 23

7 IF Brommapojkarna 22 9 5 8 38 36 +2 23

8 IK Brage 22 8 4 10 37 41 −4 20 Relegation

9 Södertälje SK 22 7 5 10 43 43 0 19

10 IFK Stockholm 22 6 5 11 33 40 −7 17

11 IF Vesta 22 3 7 12 22 41 −19 13

12 Råsunda IS 22 2 3 17 12 66 −54 7

Norra Götaland

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 GAIS 22 19 0 3 72 28 +44 38 Playoffs for promotion

2 Jönköpings Södra IF 22 13 2 7 55 39 +16 28

3 IFK Göteborg 22 12 2 8 42 30 +12 26

4 Skövde AIK 22 12 2 8 44 38 +6 26

5 IFK Arvika 22 8 6 8 27 33 −6 22

6 KB Karlskoga 22 8 5 9 36 37 −1 21

7 Skogens IF 22 9 3 10 32 35 −3 21

8 Grimsås IF 22 7 7 8 23 29 −6 21 Relegation

9 Västra Frölunda IF 22 9 2 11 32 38 −6 20

10 Degerfors IF 22 6 6 10 29 37 −8 18

11 Hovås IF 22 3 6 13 28 49 −21 12

12 Karlstads BK 22 4 3 15 19 46 −27 11

Södra Götaland

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Halmstads BK 22 14 5 3 41 20 +21 33 Playoffs for promotion

2 Perstorps SK 22 10 7 5 60 27 +33 27

3 IFK Malmö 22 10 7 5 28 21 +7 27

4 IS Halmia 22 9 7 6 40 29 +11 25

5 IFK Trelleborg 22 11 2 9 34 31 +3 24

6 Kalmar FF 22 8 7 7 30 32 −2 23

7 Blomstermåla IK 22 8 6 8 32 38 −6 22

8 Varbergs BoIS 22 6 7 9 29 37 −8 19 Relegation

9 Gnosjö IF 22 7 4 11 28 42 −14 18

10 Helsingborgs IF 22 6 6 10 29 44 −15 18

11 Nybro IF 22 5 5 12 33 42 −9 15

12 Gunnarstorps IF 22 4 5 13 28 49 −21 13

Allsvenskan promotion playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion

1 GAIS 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Promotion to Allsvenskan

Standing from left: Lars Holmsten, Roland Fransson, Ulf Alexandersson, Jan Ryding, Jerker Jönsson, Ingvar Andersson, Rune Petersson, Bengt-Göran Svensson, Gert Håkansson, Sylve Bengtsson.
Front: Lars-Erik Larsson, Lars-Göran Carlsson, Kenneth Larsson, Lars Nordin, Thomas Eriksson, Lennart Alexandersson, Tommy Södergren.

2 Halmstads BK 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3

3 Sandvikens IF 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2

4 IF Saab 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Sweden I Division

Sweden. Ranked 23^rd by UEFA. First Division – last 2 relegated.


Malmö FF.....................22  12  6  4   46-22   30  (+24)
Åtvidabergs FF...............22  10  8  4   43-20   28  (+23)
IFK Norrköping...............22   8 10  4   23-15   26  (+ 8)
Djurgårdens IF...............22  11  4  7   32-27   26  (+ 5)
Örgryte IS...................22   6 10  6   29-28   22  (+ 1)
Landskrona BoIS..............22   5 12  5   22-25   22  (- 3)
AIK..........................22   8  6  8   26-38   22  (-12)
Örebro SK....................22   7  7  8   20-25   21  (- 5)
Back row from left:  Stig Svensson, Göran Hagberg, Lars Olof Gunnskog, Björn Andersson, Mats Nordenberg, Karl Axel Blomqvist, Leif Blom, Jan Ivar Bergqvist, Tommy Svensson, Anders Linderoth, Vilmos Varszegi.
Crouching: Leif Franson, Björn Gustavsson, Harry Bild, Tord Ljunggren, John Lindau, Jan Mattsson. 
Östers IF....................22   5 10  7   26-24   20  (+ 2)
Hammarby IF..................22   6  7  9   22-27   19  (- 5)
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IF Elfsborg..................22   6  2 14   20-34   14  (-14)
IFK Luleå....................22   4  6 12   20-44   14  (-24)
9^th title for Malmo FF.

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Switzerland the Cup

Cup:

 Servette FC                  2-0 FC Lugano

Servette won their 3^rd Cup, waiting for it since 1949. Standing from left: Desbiolles, Nemeth, Martin, Perroud, Trainer Snella, Wegmann, Burgdorfer, Dörfel, Morgenegg, Masseur Arnold

Front: Olivier, Guyot, Barlie, Tinturier, Bosson, Marchi, Heutschi, Kurz

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Switzerland II Division

Nationalliga B. Top 2 promoted. 

1  FC St.-Gallen                   26   18   5   3   55  24   41
2  FC Grenchen                     26   18   3   5   53  21   39
3  Neuchâtel Xamax FC              26   13   5   8   46  32   31
4  FC Mendrisiostar                26    9  10   7   28  27   28
5  Brühl St.-Gallen                26   11   5  10   45  42   27
6  FC Aarau                        26    7  13   6   28  31   27
7  Etoile Carouge FC               26    9   8   9   43  43   26
8  FC Monthey                      26    9   7  10   44  42   25
9  FC Chiasso                      26    6  11   9   24  36   23
10 FC Wettingen                    26    8   6  12   47  48   22
11 Vevey-Sports                    26    8   6  12   27  41   22
12 FC Martigny-Sports              26    8   6  12   26  42   22
13 Young Fellows Zürich            26    7   4  15   30  35   18
14 Urania Genève-Sports            26    3   7  16   23  55   13

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Switzerland I Division

Switzerland – ranked 22^nd.

Nationalliga A

1  FC Basel                        26   18   6   2   67  26   42
2  Grasshopper Club Zürich         26   20   2   4   59  21   42
3  FC Lugano                       26   11   9   6   50  34   31
4  Lausanne-Sports                 26   12   6   8   51  43   30


5  FC Zürich                       26   11   6   9   41  42   28
6  FC Winterthur                   26   11   5  10   36  38   27
7  Servette FC Genève              26    8  10   8   39  36   26
Standing from left: Henri Skiba (Trainer), Willy Allemann, Hansueli Havenith, Lambertus Theunissen, Ulrich Guggisberg, Walter Eichenberger, Willy Vögeli, Peter Anderegg, Tony Hug, Walter Müller, 
Bottom: Jean-Claude Bruttin, Ernst Schmocker, Walter Lehmann, Otto Messerli, Hans Bosshard, Walter Widmer, Christian Winiger, Heinz Rebmann, Charles Kvicinsky
8  BSC Young Boys Bern             26   10   6  10   43  46   26
9  FC La Chaux-de-Fonds            26    9   6  11   46  47   24
10 FC Biel-Bienne                  26    6   9  11   32  43   21
11 FC Luzern                       26    8   4  14   39  48   20     
12 FC Sion                         26    5   9  12   32  46   19
13 FC Fribourg                     26    6   7  13   35  63   19      
14 AC Bellinzona                   26    1   7  18   24  61    9

Championship Playoff:

Grasshoppers- FC Basel 4-3 aet


Relegation Playoff:
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FC Sion-FC Fribourg 1-0  
Grasshopper won their 16^th title, but first one since 1956. It was difficult victory – in decisive extra match and only in overtime – and perhaps a bit unfair, for their finished second in the regular season.