# 2003 in Swedish football

The 2003 season in Swedish football started in January 2003 and ended in December 2003.

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| Swedish Champions 2003 | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 2003 | IF Elfsborg | Winners of Svenska Cupen |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 2003 | Djurgårdens IF |
| 2nd level | Superettan 2003 | Kalmar FF |
| Cup | Svenska Cupen 2003 | IF Elfsborg |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Superettan 2003 | Allsvenskan 2004 | Kalmar FF | Winners |
| Superettan 2003 | Allsvenskan 2004 | Trelleborgs FF | 2nd team |
| Division 2 2003 | Superettan 2004 | Friska Viljor FC | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 2003 | Superettan 2004 | GAIS | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 2003 | Superettan 2004 | IK Brage | Winners of promotion play-off |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Allsvenskan 2003 | Superettan 2004 | Östers IF | 13th team |
| Allsvenskan 2003 | Superettan 2004 | Enköpings SK | 14th team |
| Superettan 2003 | Division 2 2004 | IFK Malmö | 14th team |
| Superettan 2003 | Division 2 2004 | BK Forward | 15th team |
| Superettan 2003 | Division 2 2004 | IF Sylvia | 16th team |

### International qualifications

| Qualified for | Enters | Team | Reason |
| UEFA Champions League 2004–05 | 2nd qualifying round | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 2004–05 | 2nd qualifying round | Hammarby IF | 2nd team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 2004–05 | 2nd qualifying round | IF Elfsborg | Winners of Svenska Cupen |
| UEFA Cup 2004–05 | 1st qualifying round | Östers IF | UEFA Fair Play winners |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 | 1st round | Malmö FF | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 | |
| 5 | AIK | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 39 | |
| 6 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 38 | |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 37 | |
| 8 | Örebro SK | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 37 | |
| 9 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 36 | |
| 10 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 11 | Landskrona BoIS | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 32 | |
| 12 | GIF Sundsvall (O) | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 19 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Östers IF (R) | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 17 | UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to Superettan |
| 14 | Enköpings SK (R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 14 | Relegation to Superettan |
* ↑ Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.
* ↑ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

### Superettan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kalmar FF (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 67 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | Trelleborgs FF (P) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 60 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | BK Häcken | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 57 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Åtvidabergs FF | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 48 | |
| 5 | Västra Frölunda | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 48 | |
| 6 | IF Brommapojkarna | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 45 | |
| 7 | Café Opera United | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 41 | |
| 8 | Gefle IF | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 40 | |
| 9 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 39 | |
| 10 | Assyriska FF | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 39 | |
| 11 | Boden | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 39 | |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | |
| 13 | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 34 | |
| 14 | IFK Malmö (R) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 33 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 15 | BK Forward (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 26 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 16 | IF Sylvia (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 19 | Relegation to Division 2 |