Trelleborgs 2-1 Gefle 30th May 2009

Gefle were surpsringly beaten by Trelleborgs in a game that could've gone either way. But the win for Trelleborgs means they move into 5th while Gefle slip to 6th. All the goals came in the 1st half and it was Gefle who took the lead as early as the 4th minute when Amadou Jawo found the net. Peter Abelsson levelled on the 10th minute mark and Gefle had a couple of good chances before Paulinho gave Trelleborgs the lead on 43 minutes. Gefle can consider themselves unlucky here. 

Trelleborgs: Viktor Noring (g.k): Dennis Melander (C), Peter Abelsson, Rasmus Bengtsson, Max Fuxberg, Marcus Pode, Kristian Haynes, Magnus Andersson, Paulino Lopes Tavares, Andreas Drugge, Fredrik Jensen subs: Fredrik Persson (g.k), Daniel Jovanovic, Joakim Sjöhage, Marcus Falk-Olander, Yousef Fakhro

Gefle: Mattias Hugosson (g.k): Daniel Bernhardsson (C), Daniel Theorin, Omar Jawo, Andreas Dahlén, Jonatan Berg, Yannick Bapupa, Johannes Ericsson, Jonas Lantto, Amadou Jawo, Hans Berggren subs: Emil Hedvall (g.k), Jonathan Hellström, Alexander Gerndt, Marcus Hansson, Daniel Westlin

Venue: Vångavallen

Time: 16:00 CET

IFK Göteborg 4-0 IF Brommapojkarna 30th May 2009

IFK Göteborg moved top with this fantastic win over IF Brommapojkarna. A lovely sunny day in Göteborg saw a devastating 2nd half from the hosts. Pontus Wernbloom, on his final appearence for IFK Göteborg opened the scoring on 58 minutes. But they had to wait until 79 minutes when a breath-taking 3 minutes began. First Niklas Bärkroth got his 1st goal of the game before Stefan Selakovic made it 3-0 just seconds later and Niklas Bärkroth got his 2nd just 2 minutes afterwards. 

IFK Göteborg: Kim Christensen (g.k): Erik Lund, Mattias Bjärsmyr, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Hjalmar Jonsson (C), Gustav Svensson, Pontus Wernbloom, Sebastian Eriksson, Stefan Selakovic, Robin Söder, Tobias Hysén subs: Markus Sandberg (g.k), Nicklas Carlsson, Jakob Johansson, Daniel Alexandersson, Niklas Bärkroth

IF Brommapojkarna: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (g.k): Jon Persson (C), Richard Henriksson, Markus Karlsson, Kim Odelius, Gabriel Petrovic, Mauricio Albornoz, Dalil Benyahia, Miiko Albornoz, Joakim Runnemo, Olof Guterstam subs: Benny Lekström (g.k), Mikael Nilsson, Pär Asp, Sinan Ayranci, David Carlsson

Venue: Gamla Ullevi

Time: 16:00 CET

BK Häcken 1-1 Elfsborg 29th May 2009

Elfsborg surrendered the chance to go top after being held by BK Häcken. Elfsborg knew a win would've put them top while BK Häcken were also looking for the win to move further clear of the drop zone. In fact it was the hosts who took the lead when leading man Mathias Ranégie finished on 26 minutes. Elfsborg fought back and were level on 37 minutes thanks to a strike from Martin Ericsson. 

BK Häcken: Damir Mehic (g.k): Johan Lind, Mattias Östberg, Tom Söderberg, David Frölund, Dominic Chatto, Janne Saarinen (C), Jonas Henriksson, Erik Friberg, Paulo de Oliviera, Mathias Ranégie subs: Sebastian Frick (g.k), John Chibuike, Vinicius Lopes Souto, Marcus Jarlegren, Daniel Forsell

Elfsborg: Ante Covic (g.k): Johan Karlsson, Teddy Lucic, Martin Andersson (C), Mathias Florén, Helgi Danielsson, Daniel Nordmark, Stefan Ishizaki, Martin Ericsson, Emir Bajrami, Denni Avdic subs: Joakim Wulff (g.k), Johan Sjöberg, Anders Wikström, Joel Johansson, Elmin Kurbegovic

Venue: Rambergsvallen

Time: 19:00 CET

AIK 1-0 Hammarby 28th May 2009

AIK responded after losing away to Gefle earlier in the week by getting a vital win over rivals Hammarby. The win keeps AIK 4th while the defeat leaves Hammarby just 2 points ahead of the Play-off place. A real battle this with local bragging rights at stake and unsurprisingly it took just one goal to win. Saihou Jagne scored what was the winner just before half-time. Hammarby bought Nathan Paulse on to look for goals but couldn't breach the AIK defense. 

AIK: Daniel Örlund (g.k): Markus Jonsson, Per Karlsson, Nils-Eric Johansson, Patrik Bojent, Kenny Pavey, Jorge Ortiz, Daniel Tjernström (C), Gabriel Özkan, Saihou Jagne, Iván Obolo subs: Nicklas Bergh (g.k), Bojan Djordjic, Pierre Bengtsson, Pontus Engblom, Viktor Lundberg

Hammarby: Kristoffer Björklund (g.k): José Monteiro, Marcus Törnstrand, Igor Armas, Monday James, Fredrik Söderström, Mikkel Jensen (C), Simon Helg, Louay Chanko, Maic Sema, Freddy Söderberg subs: Johannes Hopf (g.k), Carlos Gaete Moggia, Sebastian Castro-Tello, Nathan Paulse, Haris Laitinen

Venue: Råsunda

Time: 20:00 CET

Sweden Focus!

This blog will be consentrating on the Swedish national teams in the month of June as the Allsvenskan packs up for the month. Details about Denmark and Malta for the Senior side and the Under 21 championships hosted by Sweden! 

Sweden Squad announced

The Sweden squad for the world cup qualifiers against Denmark and Malta next month. Sweden go into this double header of qualfiers on the back of two 0-0 draws in a row against Portugal home and away. Sweden are currently 4th in Group 1 out of 6 teams but have played the fewest games so far. So far unbeaten in the group Sweden are seven points behind leaders Denmark who have played a game more than Sweden. 

Goalkeepers: Eddie Gustafsson (Salzburg), Andreas Isaksson (PSV)

Defenders: Andreas Granqvist (FC Groningen), Petter Hansson (Rennes), Adam Johansson (IFK Göteborg), Daniel Majstorovic (AEK Athens), Olof Mellberg (Juventus), Mikeal Nilsson (Panathinikos)

Midfielders: Behrang Safari (Basel), Oscar Wendt (FC København), Daniel Andersson (Malmö), Kim Källström (Lyon), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal), Sebastien Larsson (Birmingham), Samuel Holmén (Brøndby), Rasmus Elm (Kalmar)

Forwards: Henrik Larsson (Helsingborgs), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan), Johan Elmander (Bolton), Viktor Elm (Heerenveen), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen), Markus Berg (FC Groningen)

Predictions Round 12

Lets go for all 8 right this weekend. The last before July. 

AIK v Hammarby: Draw

BK Häcken v Elfsborg: Elfsborg to win 0-2. 

Trelleborgs v Gefle: Gefle 0-1

IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna: IFK Göteborg 2-0

Örgryte v Djurgården: 1-1 draw 

Kalmar v Helsingborgs: I see a draw here

Halmstads v Örebro: Örebro 0-1 

Malmö v GAIS: Malmö 2-1 possibly.