# 2021 in Swedish football

The 2021 season was the 124th season of competitive football in Sweden. The men's team failed to qualify for the World Cup 2022, and the women's team qualified for the Women's World Cup 2023.

## Domestic results
### Men's football
#### 2021 Allsvenskan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 53 | |
| 6 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 47 | |
| 7 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 44 | |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Mjällby AIF | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 38 | |
| 10 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | IK Sirius | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 37 | |
| 12 | BK Häcken | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 36 | |
| 13 | Degerfors IF | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 34 | |
| 14 | Halmstads BK (R) | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Örebro SK (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 18 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 16 | Östersunds FK (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 14 | Relegation to Superettan |

#### 2021 Superettan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | IFK Värnamo (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 59 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall (P) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 53 | Promotion to Allsvenskan |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF (O, P) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 48 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Norrby IF | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 48 | |
| 5 | Östers IF | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 46 | |
| 6 | Landskrona BoIS | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 44 | |
| 7 | Trelleborgs FF | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Örgryte IS | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 41 | |
| 9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 40 | |
| 10 | IK Brage | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 38 | |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 36 | |
| 13 | Akropolis IF (R) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | GAIS (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Vasalunds IF (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 26 | Relegation to Ettan |
| 16 | Falkenbergs FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to Ettan |

### Women's football
#### 2021 Damallsvenskan

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Rosengård (C) | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 10 | +44 | 57 | Qualification to Champions League second round |
| 2 | BK Häcken | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 13 | +40 | 47 | Qualification to Champions League second round |
| 3 | Kristianstads DFF | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Champions League first round |
| 4 | Eskilstuna United DFF | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 35 | |
| 5 | Vittsjö GIK | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 32 | |
| 6 | Linköpings FC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Hammarby | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 31 | |
| 8 | KIF Örebro DFF | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 30 | |
| 9 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 21 | |
| 10 | AIK | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 20 | |
| 11 | Piteå IF | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 16 | |
| 12 | Växjö DFF (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 33 | −26 | 11 | Relegation to Elitettan |

#### 2021 Elitettan

2021 Elitettan

## National teams
### Sweden men's national football team
#### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

#### World Cup 2022 Qualifying

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Spain | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 19 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Sweden | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to play-offs | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Greece | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Georgia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 5 | Kosovo | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

##### Matches
#### Euro 2020
##### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

##### Matches

Group Stage
Round of 16