| UEFA | |
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| Founded | 18 December 1904; 120 years ago (1904-12-18) |
| Headquarters | Solna |
| FIFA affiliation | 21 May 1904 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1954 |
| President | Simon Åström |
| Website | svenskfotboll |
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TheSwedish Football Association[1] (Swedish:Svenska Fotbollförbundet,SvFF) is the governing and body offootball inSweden. It organises thefootball leagues –Allsvenskan for men andDamallsvenskan for women – and themen's andwomen's national teams. It is based inSolna and is a founding member of bothFIFA andUEFA. SvFF is supported by 24district organisations.
Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) (English: Swedish Football Association[1]) was founded inStockholm on 18 December 1904[2] and is the sports federation responsible for the promotion and administration of organised football in Sweden and also represents the country outside Sweden. SvFF is affiliated to theSwedish Sports Confederation (RF) and theFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) andUnion of European Football Associations (UEFA).
In 2009 there were 3,359 clubs affiliated to the Swedish Football Association with a total of more than a million members, of whom about 500,000 were active players. Together, they accounted for almost one third of the total Swedish sports movement activities.[3]
SvFF administers the Swedish men's respectively women's national football teams, other football teams andleagues including theAllsvenskan andSuperettan. The motto of Swedish football – "one club in every village, football for all" – is reflected in the democratic constitution of Swedish football. All football competition in the nation is arranged by the SvFF and its 24 district organisations. The clubs are voting members at the annual meetings of the district organisations. The district organisations and the elite clubs are entitled to vote at the F.A.'s general meeting.[4]
SvFF was the sole owner of Sweden's national stadium, theRåsunda Stadium inSolna, from 1999 until it was replaced in 2012 byFriends Arena, located about 1 kilometer away and also in Solna. SvFF is the lead partner in the consortium that owns the current stadium, and maintains its offices there (as it did at the prior stadium).[4]
The Swedish Football Association Football Gala is held annually in November since 2005. It includes the award for the best male player (Guldbollen) and female players (Diamantbollen).
SvFF had a turnover 2008 of 554 MSEK.[4]
Karl-Erik Nilsson was the President between March 2012 and March 2023. He was replaced byFredrik Reinfeldt, formerPrime Minister of Sweden.[5][6] On 22 March 2025 Simon Åström, former chairman ofSEF, was elected after the nominating committee supported Åström's candidacy and Reinfeldt chose to not stand for re-election.[7]
The first Swedish national football championship was played in 1896 but it was 7 years later in 1903 that theRiksidrottsförbundet was formed which was to be the precursor to the Svenska Fotbollförbundet. The new organisation had a football and hockey section (hockey being the term forbandy at that time and notice hockey orfield hockey). In 1904 Sweden was one of 7 nations that foundedFIFA.[8] It also introduced ice hockey to Sweden in 1920, before the 1922 establishment of theSwedish Ice Hockey Association. Before the 1925 establishment of theSwedish Bandy Association, the Swedish Football Association also administered organized bandy in Sweden.
In 1906, the name Svenska Fotbollförbundet (Swedish Football Association) was officially accepted and the following year SvFF was officially voted into FIFA. On 12 July 1908, Sweden's first international match was played in which Norway were defeated 11–3 inGothenburg. However the Olympics were a disappointment for Sweden, losing 1–12 to England and 0–2 to the Netherlands.[8]
Svenska Fotbollförbundet is responsible for organising the following competitions:
Swedish football is built on a singlepyramid league system. While the SvFF administers the top leagues, the 24 district or regional associations administers youth football and the lower-tier leagues fromDivision 4 (men) and Division 3 (women), respectively, and further below.[9]
The 24 district organisations are as follows:[10]
the official web site of the Swedish Football Association
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