Sweden Women Clubs Ranked - 1988 to 2024

Sweden led the way in women's football with the creation of a professional league, the Damallsvenskan in 1988. That led to success in Europe for the top Swedish clubs. As other nations have followed suit, Sweden hasn't been able to replicate that success but still has a strong domestic competition.

First, to clarify some of the club's changes. Kopparbergs/Landvetters became Kopparbergs/Göteberg and then finally BK Häcken FF, all of the history that is here is under the latter. 

FC Rosengård was Malmö FF Dam and then LdB FC Malmö. It merged with FC Rosengård and took the Rosengård name. All the history is here is listed under the FC Rosengård as it is the same club in various forms. Malmö FF was reformed as a club in 2019 just to confuse matters. 

Älvsjö AIK merged with Djurgårdens IF but are kept separate here. The reason is they both played against each other until 2002 so the records up until then are kept apart. Älvsjö was by far the more successful of the two but after a couple of seasons after the merger where their names were both used, they took the name Djurgårdens IF in 2007 and all points since the merger are here credited to Djurgårdens.

To the right are the top six club sides. 'Swe' is for points accrued in the domestic league and 'Tot' adds European success. 

The Malmö based FC Rosengård is well ahead of second placed Umeå IK, based in the north of Sweden. Linköpings FC is third with its success coming more recently. The other three were mentioned above.

How are points allocated? Damallsvenskan (Division 1) gets 6,3,2 and 1 point for the top four. The Svenska Cupen (Cup) 4 and 2 for the finalists. The European Champions League is 8, 4 and 2 for the top four, depending on where they finish. 

The Damallsvenskan, or first division, is shown to the left. FC Rosengård has consistently been a top performer whereas Umeå IK was successful around the early 2000's only. Djurgårdens IF fell away after 2007 but in contrast, BK Häcken's points have come since then. 

The Svenska Cupen is like many cup competitions, the knock out format means it is less predictable. Certain clubs have enjoyed success for periods of time but not on a prolonged basis. BK Häcken has been in the last four cup finals, although it did only win one of them.   

The Champions League was first played in the 2001/02 season. This coincided with Umeå IK being at its strongest and they were in five finals, winning twice. Djurgårdens IF and Tyresö FF have both been losing finalists once. Swedish clubs have not made it to the semi final stage since 2013/14. 

All put together, the clubs are below. The grand total is shown for each club on the left, then on the right they are divided into regions with a ranking number (Rk), which gives their place compared to all the other clubs in their region.

The regional coverage is well spread. The South leads from Stockholm. The less populated North does well, with Central Sweden and Gothenburg also providing solid contributions. Capital cities are normally strong in sport but not so much here.