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 September 2006: The punishment for the clubs involved in the tumult at Söderstadion during the in the 53 minute abandoned match Hammarby IF–Djurgårdens IF played 28 September—when home fans stormed the pitch and shot fireworks from the stands—is decided by the Swedish Football Association; Hammarby IF loses the match 0–3 (the score when the match was abandoned), loses an extra three points, and are fined 200,000 SEK, Djurgårdens IF are fined 15,000 SEK.
* 5 November 2006: IF Elfsborg beat Djurgårdens IF 1–0 in the last matchday of 2006 Allsvenskan and become champions for the first time since 1961.
* 9 December 2006: The Swedish Football Association decides to increase the number of teams in Allsvenskan from 14 to 16—effective from the 2008 season—meaning that the 2007 season will see only one team being relegated from Allsvenskan while three teams will be automatically promoted from Superettan.cite web |title= 16 lag i Allsvenskan 2008 |publisher=Swedish Football Association |date=2006-12-09 |url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=895511 |accessdate=2006-12-09]

Honours

Official titles

League transfers

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 2006

click-fixed|link=AIK Fotboll|

click-fixed|link=Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|

click-fixed|link=IF Elfsborg|

click-fixed|link=GAIS|

click-fixed|link=Gefle IF|

click-fixed|link=IFK Göteborg|

click-fixed|link=Halmstads BK|

click-fixed|link=Hammarby IF|

click-fixed|link=Helsingborgs IF|

click-fixed|link=BK Häcken|

click-fixed|link=Kalmar FF|

click-fixed|link=Malmö FF|

click-fixed|link=Örgryte IS|

click-fixed|link=Östers IF|

Division 1 Södra 2006

Svenska Cupen 2006

;Quarter-finalsfootballbox
date = August 3, 2006
team1 = Landskrona BoIS
score = 2–3
team2 = Gefle IF
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Landskrona IP, Landskrona----footballbox
date = August 3, 2006
team1 = Östers IF
score = 2–0
team2 = FC Väsby United
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Värendsvallen, Växjö----footballbox
date = August 19, 2006
team1 = Helsingborgs IF
score = 3–3
4–4 (aet)
9–7 (apen)
team2 = IF Elfsborg
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Olympia, Helsingborg----footballbox
date = August 31, 2006
team1 = Kalmar FF
score = 2–2
4–2 (aet)
team2 = IFK Norrköping
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Fredriksskans, Kalmar

;Semi-finalsfootballbox
date = October 19, 2006
team1 = Helsingborgs IF
score = 3–0
team2 = Östers IF
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Olympia, Helsingborg----footballbox
date = October 19, 2006
team1 = Kalmar FF
score = 1–1
1–1 (aet)
4–5 (apen)
team2 = Gefle IF
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Fredriksskans, Kalmar

;Finalfootballbox
date = November 11, 2005
team1 = Gefle IF
score = 0–2
team2 = Helsingborgs IF
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Råsunda, Solna

National team results

footballbox
date = January 18, 2006
Friendly
№ 864
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 = Haidar 70'
goals2 = Svensson 32'
stadium = Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: al-Amri (Saudi Arabia)----footballbox
date = January 23, 2006
Friendly
№ 865
team1 = fb-rt|JOR
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mulla (United Arab Emirates)----footballbox
date = March 1, 2006
Friendly
№ 866
team1 = fb-rt|IRL
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 = Duff 36'
Keane 48'
Miller 71'
goals2 =
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 44,109
Referee: Ledentu (France)----footballbox
date = May 25, 2006
Friendly
№ 867
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|FIN
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 25,754
Referee: Gilewski (Poland)----footballbox
date = June 2, 2006
Friendly
№ 868
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Larsson 32'
goals2 = Suazo 51'
stadium = Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 34,735
Referee: Stark (Germany)----footballbox
date = June 10, 2006
2006 World Cup group stage
№ 869
team1 = fb-rt|TRI
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 62,959
Referee: Maidin (Singapore)----footballbox
date = June 15, 2006
2006 World Cup group stage
№ 870
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|PAR
goals1 = Ljungberg 89'
goals2 =
stadium = Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)----footballbox
date = June 20, 2006
2006 World Cup group stage
№ 871
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Allbäck 51'
Larsson 90'
goals2 = Cole 34'
Gerrard 85'
stadium = RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)----footballbox
date = June 24, 2006
2006 World Cup round of 16
№ 872
team1 = fb-rt|GER
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 = Podolski 4', 12'
goals2 =
stadium = Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Simon (Brazil)----footballbox
date = August 16, 2006
Friendly
№ 873
team1 = fb-rt|GER
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 = Schneider 4'
Klose 8', 44'
goals2 =
stadium = Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Farina (Italy)----footballbox
date = September 2, 2006
Euro 2008 qualification
№ 874
team1 = fb-rt|LVA
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 = Källström 37'
stadium = Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ceferin (Slovenia)----footballbox
date = September 6, 2006
Euro 2008 qualification
№ 875
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|LIE
goals1 = Allbäck 1', 70'
Rosenberg 89'
goals2 = Frick 27'
stadium = Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 17,735
Referee: Banari (Moldavia)----footballbox
date = October 7, 2006
Euro 2008 qualification
№ 876
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|ESP
goals1 = Elmander 10'
Allbäck 82'
goals2 =
stadium = Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 33,086
Referee: Bennett (England)----footballbox
date = October 11, 2006
Euro 2008 qualification
№ 877
team1 = fb-rt|ISL
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 = Viðarsson 6'
goals2 = Källström 8'
Wilhelmsson 59'
stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 8,725
Referee: Gilewski (Poland)----footballbox
date = November 15, 2006
Friendly
№ 878
team1 = fb-rt|SWE
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|CIV
goals1 =
goals2 = Drogba 37'
stadium = Stade Omnisports Léon Bollée, Le Mans
Attendance: 3,871
Referee: Fautrel (France)

References

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

;Online
*cite web |title=Fakta och historik |publisher=AIK Fotboll |date=2006 |url=http://www.aik.se/fotboll/historik/fotboll.html |accessdate=2007-03-21
*cite web |last=Glenning |first=Clas |title=Sweden final tables |date=2006 |url=http://www.geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/swedish_footballpage.htm |accessdate=2007-03-21
*cite web |last=Repinski |first=Marek |title=Allsvenskan Just Nu |date=2006 |url=http://allsvenskan.just.nu/ |accessdate=2007-03-21
*cite web |title=SFS-Bolletinen |publisher=Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker |date=2006 |url=http://www.bolletinen.se/ |accessdate=2007-03-21
*cite web |title=svenskfotboll.se |publisher=Swedish Football Association |date=2006 |url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/ |accessdate=2007-03-21

Notes

Football seasons in Sweden
-5year=2001
-4year=2002
-3year=2003
-2year=2004
-1year=2005
0year=2006
1year=2007
2year=2008
3year=2009
4year=2010
5year=2011