Damallsvenskan Round IX: Umeå's 55th in undefeated streak
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Petra Vaelma, Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Karolina Mats - Linda Blom (68 Heidi Matinlassi), Moa Eriksson (62 Julia Lyckberg), Anne Mäkinen, Katri Nokso-Koivisto - Emma Lindqvist (58 Annette Kent), Sanna Talonen,
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Sofia Simonsson, Jessica Juhlin, Madelene Wedin (68 Anna Lundin), Ingrid Bohlin (46 Danielle Wallander) - Nazanin Vaseghpanah - Freja Egerbrant
Goals: 1-0 Emma Lindqvist (40), 2-0 Heidi Matinlassi (79)
Attendance: 945
Bälinge were the better side and had a really good game in the beginning. They managed to convert their advantage when Emma Lindqvist scored from a Talonen pass and Heidi Matinlassi secured the win after Annette Kent beat two AIK defenders and fed her the ball.
There were 7 former or present Finnish national team players on the field and if Laura Kalmari hadn'ät been on the injury list there would have been eight. This is to my knowledge a kind of record for Damallsvenskan.
AIK: Förlust i Uppsala
Upsala Nya Tidning: Lindqvists efterlängtade fullträff
Falköping - Umeå IK 0 - 5 (0-2)
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck (85 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz (79 Cecilia Abrahamsson), Madeleine Tegström, Josefine Alfsson, Camilla Sanderheim (65 Therese Larsson), Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Johanna Frisk, Karolina Westberg, Maria Bergkvist (72 Emma Berglund) - Lisa Dahlqvist (60 Emmelie Konradsson), Lise Klaveness, Elaine - Ma Xiaoxu (46 June Pedersen), Madelaine Edlund, Marta,
Goals: 0-1 Marta (14), 0-2 Karolina Westberg (23), 0-3 Marta (49), 0-4 June Pedersen (52), 0-5 Marta (88)
Attendance: 5,037
Newcomers Falköping against Umeå could only end one way. Falköping started with a courageous high pressure, but were punished early by Marta, who throughout the whole match was even more excellent than usually. Karolina Westberg scored her third goal this season, again on a set piece. Coach Jeglert was satisfied with a secure win, but somewhat worried that the team didn't get more out of their dominance and had a tendency to fall in in Falköping's lower pace.
Västerbottens Folkblad: 5 000 åskådare såg UIK vinna med 5?0
Västerbottenskuriren: UIK-tåget går inte att stoppa
Falköping, that regulary draws about a thousand spectators to their home games, had made a big effort to make the Umeå match a major local event, and succeeded. Over 5,000 is a huge figure for the small countryside town with around 15,000 inhabitants.
All Damallsvenskan clubs rely a lot on volunteers, but a small town club like Falköping probably more than most. There is a story (video clip) from SVT and a slide-show from Göteborgsposten that gives you a nice view of a modest but determined club.
Hammarby - Sunnanå 1 - 1 (0-1)
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Malin Nykvist, Elin Sölveskog, Josefin Christensen, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson - Lousie Fors, Therese Sandström, Josefin Weijner (30 Therese Dahlberg) - Jessica Landström, Sara Johansson,
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund, Maria Nordbrandt, Mirjam Marklund, Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall, Alexandra Nilsson
Goals: 0-1 Maria Nordbrant (5), 1-1 Jessica Landström (73)
Attendance: 408
Sunnanå started good at Hammarby's arena Kanalplan, and Maria Nordbrant scored with a long high ball already after 5 minutes. The guests continued good, but couldn't profit from it and the longer the match went on the more they were pressed back. Hammarby fed Sara Johansson and Jessica Landström with long balls. This finally paid off when Sara Johansson recieved one of those and served Landström a perfect pass in the box. Both teams were rather disappointed with the result and thought they could have done better.
Hammarby: Hammarby Damfotboll - Sunnanå 1-1
Norra Västerbotten: En poäng till Sunnanå
Kif Örebro - Linköping 1 - 1 (0-0)
Örebro: Ingrid Ericson - Stina Segerström, Malin Nilsson, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Keeley Dowling (72 Caroline Näfver), Pavlina Scasna, Elin Magnusson, Sandra Linder (82 Hanna Pettersson), Emelia Erixon, Hodan Siid-Ahmed
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Frida Östberg, Sara Larsson, Faith Ikidi, Marie-Louise Skålberg - Maureen Mmadu (71 Petra Larsson), Caroline Seger, Maria Karlsson (71 Kosovare Asllani), Ann Westermark - Josefine Öqvist, Maria Aronsson
Goals: 1-0 Emelia Erixon (59), 1-1 Caroline Seger (64)
Attendance: 966
Neither of the coaches were very pleased with the match, even if Örebro's Holmlund had to admit that the draw against the star-loaded Linköping is another proof that they can challenge the top teams. None of the teams managed to create much in front and both coaches thought their teams were passive.
Örebro's young Emelie Erixon continues to score, this time assisted by Keeley Dowling who Holmlund still plays in the attack, and is now third in the goalscoring league, after Schelin and Marta but before big names like Hanna Ljungberg, Victoria Svensson and Asthildur Helgadottir. She silll didn't make the Sweden U21-selection and new U21 coach Lena Videkull admitted that Erixon has scored a lot the last matches, but that she is still is a too unevenplayer.
Nerikes Allehanda: Emelia nätade på nytt när KIF fick oavgjort, KIF spelade 1-1 mot Linköping, Holmlund gladdes över poängen - inte spelet
Expressen: Förbundskaptenens sågning: "Hon har haft flyt"
LDB FC Malmö - Qbik 7 - 0 (3-0)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Malin Levenstad, Emma Wilhelmsson, Lina Nilsson - Frida Nordin (46 Asthildur Helgadottir), Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar (46 Nanna Johansen) - Therese Lundin (64 Dora Stefansdottir), Manon Melis,
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis (60 Red card) - Charlotte Nygren, Amelie Rybeck, Iofema Dieke, Elin Ragnvaldsson (40 Elin Sandgren) - Rebecca Johnson (60 My Axelsson), Therése Björk, Jenny Hallstenson, Lisa Mellberg, Anna Nilsson - Jennifer Meier (46 Sanna Backman)
Goals: 1-0 Nilla Fischer (6), 2-0 Therese Lundin (30), 3-0 Manon Melis (31), 4-0 Asthildur Helgadottir (73), 5-0 Asthildur Helgadottir (79), 6-0 Nanna Johansen (83), 7-0 Dora Stefansdottir (89)
Attendance: 650
7-0, that is how good Malmö is, commented Qbik's coach Janne Jansson, who was fairly pleased with his team's performance, "much better than we played against Hammarby". Malmö was just as superior as the figures would suggest. There was a period in the middle of the match when Qbik managed to hold on to the ball, but then the excellent goalkeeper Maria Yatrakis got sent of the field for bringing down Manon Melis, who was alone with the keeper. Malmö's national team forward Therese Lundin made her come-back after a long injury period and scored, which should please national team coach Dennerby, who has picked her for the Euro qualifiers later this month.
Sydsvenskan: Lundin målskytt direkt i comebacken
Värmlands Folkblad: Qbik efter 0-7 mot Malmö: "Inte så svart ändå"
Damallsvenskan round IX: Schelin hat-trick defeats Djurgården
Göteborg: Sandra Bjurteg - Maria Nilsson, Maria Karlsson, Jenny Engwall, Elin Dahl Örn - Sofie Andersson (60 Johanna Almgren), Anna Andén (88 Lisa Ek), Salina Olsson, Camilla Schelin (40 Marlene Sjöberg) - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Sara Thunebro, Jane Törnqvist, Therese Brogårde, Kristin Bengtsson - Elin Ekblom, Ariane Hingst, Anna Hall, Victoria Svensson, Emma Lundh (63 Annemarie Norlin) - Linda Forsberg
Goals: 1-0 Lotta Schelin (64), 2-0 Lotta Schelin (66), 3-0 Lotta Schelin (85), 3-1 Linda Forsberg (89), 3-2 Ariane Hingst (93)
Attendance: 602
Djurgåden had the ball, had the play, created the opportunities, had 28-7 in shots on goal. But Göteborg had Lotta Schelin. Djurgården had 60 minutes of complete domination, including three goals waved off by the referee (two off-sides, one foul). In the 64th minute Marlene Sjöberg gave Schelin a long, perfectly addressed pass and Lotta ran away from her defenders and scored. Two minutes later it was Salina Olsson who found Schelin to make it 2-0 and Djurgården lost a lot of their steam. Göteborg now managed to get some time with the ball and Schelin could finnish her hat-trick and close the match five minutes from time, this time assisted by Sara Lindén. Djurgården didn't give up and scored twice in the closing minutes, but too little, too late.
Victoria Svensson was everywhere for Djurgården in the first half and Jane Törnqvist seemed to work her way back into the national team, but they had problems getting close to Göteborg's goal (where young substitute Sandra Bjurteg made a great debut, even if she had both the sideposts and the referee to help her out) and there were a lot of misdirected shots from distance. Besides the brilliant Lotta Schelin, sporting a brand new L8 tattoo on her forearm, Marlene Sjöberg made a big difference when she entered and Jenny Engwall is getting more and more indispensible in defense.
Aftonbladet: Hattrick av Lotta Schelin
Dagens Nyheter: Göteborg besegrade Djurgården
Expressen: "Kvinnliga Zlatan" sänkte Djurgården
Göteborgsposten: L8 sänkte Djurgården
SVT: match clip
TV4: prematch story about Djurgården's Ariane Hingst (Video clip)
Damallsvenskan Round VIII: AIK's first win
AIK - Falköpings KIK 2 - 0 (2-0)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Linda Lekander, Sanna Valkonen, Frida Höglund, Madelene Göras - Anna Lundin (65 Sofia Simonsson), Jessica Juhlin, Madelene Wedin, Ingrid Bohlin - Nazanin Vaseghpanah (83 Lina Hedqvist), Freja Egerbrant
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz (70 Josefin Alfsson), Madeleine Tegström, Camilla Sanderheim, Sofia Fröjdstedt (83 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Linnea Liljegärd, Cynthia Uwak
Goals: 1-0 Jessica Julin (16), 2-0 Nazanin Vaseghpanah (24)
Attendance: 564
If AIK was ever going to win a match this season, this was the best opportunity. Home match against the presumed weakest side in the league. But it wasn't easy. Falköping started strong and impressed, pressuring high in the midfield and a pacy attacking play. But AIK, with Valkonen and Höglund playing the main parts, defended skilfully. And after 15 minutes Nazanin Vaseghpanah escaped her defender and found team captain Jessica Julin with a pass. Julin who had been left unnoticed by Falköping's defense had no problems scoring. Less than 10 minutes later a similar defense error allowed Vaseghpanah to head in a cross from Anna Lundin. Falköping's strong attack with Sandra Krantz, Linnea Liljegärd and Cynthia Uwak continued to worry AIK, but Jessica Julin played a key role on the defensive midfield position to fend off the attacks.
Damfotboll.com: Efterlängtad seger för AIK
AIK: Efterlängtad seger
Djurgården - LDB FC Malmö 2 - 0 (1-0)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Kristin Bengtsson, Jane Törnqvist, , Therese Brogårde, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom (88 Anna Lagerberth), Ann-Marie Norlin, Anna Hall,Linda Forsberg - Emma Lundh (60 Sara Thunebro), Victoria Svensson
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Malin Levenstad, Emma Wilhelmsson, Lina Nilsson - Nanna Johansen (61 Dora Stefansdottir), Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Frida Nordin - Asthildur Helgadottir (81 Emelie Ölander), Emma Stålhammar (61 Manon Melis)
Goals: 1-0 Anna Hall (44), 2-0 Linda Forsberg (50)
Attendance: 783
The first half was an even affair, but not very well played. Both teams seemed stressed and made a lot of mistakes and passes were often off target. But close to the end of the first half Elin Ekblom managed to find Anna Hall with a good pass from her right side. Hall made no mistake and Djurgården could leave for halftime with a 1-0 lead and a discouraged Malmö team. And only five minutes in the second Djurgården could decide the match with a goal from Linda Forsberg, assisted by a nice cooperation from Djurgården's wingers Kristin Bengtsson and Elin Ekblom.
Those who watched the match said that Malmö seemed drained, more mentally than physically, by the Umeå match 4 days earlier and coach Pettersson was very disappointed with some of his players lack of dedication. Djurgården's Benny Persson was satisfied and looks forward to facing Umeå.
Dagens Nyheter: Djurgården hakar på i toppen
Sydsvenskan: Ny förlust för LDB FC Malmö
Linköpings FC - Bälinge 3 - 2 (1-2)
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Frida Östberg, Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Faith Ikidi - Maureen Mmadu, Caroline Seger, Petra Larsson (46 Ann Westermark), Maria Karlsson (74 Maria Aronsson) - Josefine Öqvist, Tiffeny Milbrett (58 Kosovare Asllani)
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Petra Vaelma, Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Karolina Mats - Linda Blom, Moa Eriksson (22 Mikaela Björklund, 58 Emma Lindqvist), Katri Nokso-Koivisto, Anne Mäkinen - Annette Kent (79 Nina Engström), Sanna Talonen,
Goals: 1-0 Maureen Mmadu (10), 1-1 Annette Kent (24), 1-2 Sanna Talonen (24), 2-2 Sara Larsson (62), 3-2 Josefine Öqvist (70)
Attendance: 527
Linköping got off to a great start with Mmadu's header from a set piece, but Bälinge came back almost immedeately. First Annette Kent headed in a Mäkinen free-kick and then Linda Blom gave Sanna Talonen a perfect pass behind Linköping's defense line. A semi-upset (defeating Linköping doesn't qualify as a real upset this season) seemed to be on it's way. But Linköping finally was rewarded for their dominance and Sara Larsson equalised as she pushed in a pass from Josefine Öqvist and then Öqvist could score herself, as she from 30 meters noticed Bälinge's goalie a bit off position. Still, not really satisfying play from Linköping according to coach Pettersson while Bälinge did their best performance so far this season, forwards Kent and Talonen singled out.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Josefine Öqvist sänkte Bälinge
Expressen: Jossans kanon sänkte Bälinge
Corren: Öqvists långskott gav tre poäng
Qbik - Hammarby IF 0 - 1 (0-1)
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg (60 Sanna Backman), Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson, Therése Lückner (41 Elin Ragnvaldsson), Charlotte Nygren, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren, Jennifer Meier, My Axelsson
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Malin Nykvist, Josefin Christensen, Elin Sölveskog, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson - Lousie Fors, Therese Sandström, Josefin Weijner (81 Andrea Comaneci) - Jessica Landström (85 Lisa Björkvik), Sara Johansson
Goals: 0-1 Sara Johansson (22)
Attendance: 406
Two sides that really needed a win met in Karlstad. A lot of the match was characterized by what you could call tennis - high balls bouncing back and forth from defense to defense. Qbik was creating a few opportunities in the beginning, but when Sara Johansson headed in a goal following a cornershot after a little bit more than 20 minutes, Hammarby also took over the match. Qbik lost much of their heart while Hammarby's defense made a good performance. Qbik lost three players to injuries; Ifeoma Dieke with a foot injury and Therese Lückner and Lisa Mellberg with knee problems.
Btw, I use the website damfakta.se for line-ups and match-stats. As far as I understand the site is managed by EFD, the association of Damallsvenskan clubs and should be accurate. But Qbik's Dieke has according to newspaper reports played at least two games for her new club now, including this, but is not to be found on the line-ups. Things like that really bothers my inner accountant.
Nya Wermlandstidningen: ?Nu måste vi ta några skrällpoäng?
Värmlands Folkblad: Ny förlust -läget allt mer prekärt för Qbik
Hammarby: Hammarby Damfotboll slog QBIK borta
Sunnanå SK - Kif Örebro 1 - 3 (1-1)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren (80 Maja Johansson), Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd, Rebecca Smith, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund (84 Emma Jonsson), Maria Nordbrandt, Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall, Alexandra Nilsson (60 Carina Holmberg)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Keeley Dowling, Elin Magnusson, Sandra Linder, Emelia Erixon, Marina Pettersson (46 Malin Nilsson), Hanna Pettersson (66 Hodan Siid-Ahmed)
Goals: 0-1 Emelia Erixon (9), 1-1 Alexandra Nilsson (32), 1-2 Elin Magnusson (56), 1-3 Emelia Erixon (87)
Attendance: 538
Örebro had to leave forward engine Pavlina Scasna at home, but made the surprising choice to let just returned defender Keeley Dowling take her place. Sunnanå made a strong performance, dominated midfield and didn't let Örebro much into the game. But Örebro took relly goo care of their opportunities and scored 3 goals on 3 chances according to a disappointed Sunnanå coach. Emelia Erixon is really hot at the moment (7 goals in the league so far) and national team coach Thomas Dennerby praised her - "She has been developng a lot and is really fast, one of the fastest in the league" - but didn't really sound like he seriously considered her for a national team spot.
Norra Västerbotten: Sunnanå blev blåst på mål mot Örebro
Nerikes Allehanda: Emelia och KIF tog första bortasegern
Expressen: Örebros skyttedrottning hyllas
Umeå IK - Kopparbergs/Göteborg 5 - 2 (4-0)
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Johanna Frisk, Karolina Westberg, Maria Bergkvist - Lisa Dahlqvist, Hanna Ljungberg (44 Madeleine Edlund), Lise Klaveness - Ma Xiaoxu (71 June Pedersen), Ramona Bachmann (79 Erika Karlsson), Marta
Göteborg: Maria Edman (65 -) - Jenny Engwall, Maria Nilsson, Lisa Ek (62 Anna Andén), Maria Karlsson (46 Elin Dahl Örn), Lotta Schelin, Sofie Andersson, Salina Olsson (62 Sofia Karlsson), Sara Lindén, Camilla Schelin, Marlene Sjöberg
Goals: 1-0 Marta (12), 2-0 Ma Xiaoxu (19), 3-0 Ma Xiaoxu (22), 4-0 Marta (31), 5-0 Karolina Westberg (79), 5-1 Sofia Karlsson (88), 5-2 Lotta Schelin (90)
Attendance: 2,046
Umeå started with a really great first half, showing off a speedy, aggressive and agile attack. After only 30 minutes they were 4 goals up, Marta and Ma scoring two each. Ma hadn't convinced before this game and can still look a bit sluggish, but now showed her quality as a goalscorer. After 40 minutes Hanna Ljungberg had to leave the pitch, bleeding from an eyebrow after heading into Göteborg's defender Marlene Sjöberg. After that Umeå slowed down and mostly wnet through the motions in the second half. Still Karolina Westberg could make it 5-0 after a set piece before Göteborg ran through a somewhat unfocused Umeå defense in the last minutes.
Göteborg didn't get the best preparation as a air traffic strike forced them to take the overnight train to Umeå and goalie Maria Edman walked off with an injury when coach Pringle already had used all his substitutions and had to use outfield player Camilla Schelin as replacement. But none of this really affected the outcome.
Umeå's forced rotation of their non-EU players this time gave Elaine the opportunity to rest in the stands. When coach Jeglertz was asked when he would rest Marta he answered: "We rested her in a cup match. I think that is enough rest for her." Marta is extremely important for Umeå. When the team works great she is the hub that everything moves around and when it doesn't work as good, like against Malmö, she is the one that still decides the match in Umeå's favour.
Aftonbladet: Hanna Ljungberg knockad blodig, Säkra Umeå slog kaxiga Göteborg
Expressen: Umeås stjärna lämnade planen blödande, Kritiserade stjärnorna vann UIK:s match
Göteborgsposten: Umeås roliga halvtimme
Västerbottens Folkblad: Marta slog till med högern, Ma, ma, Mia ? vilken show!
Västerbottenskuriren: Ljungberg slogs blodig, Stjärnorna gav svar på tal
Damallsvenskan Round VII: Lucky win for Umeå
And this might be the right time to explain some football fundamentals. The game is about scoring goals, and more precisely more goals than the other team. Nothing else is important unless it helps you score. Being good at football is being good at outscoring your opponent, there is no other way. Malmö created more, dominated midfield and made better passes against Umeå yesterday. But they were not a better team. The best team is the one that scores the most goals.
Hammarby IF - Djurgården 1 - 2 (0-1)
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Malin Nykvist, Josefin Christensen, Elin Sölveskog, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson - Lousie Fors, Therese Sandström, Josefin Weijner (73 Andrea Comaneci) - Sara Johansson, Anna Lindblom (46 Jessica Landström)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Jane Törnqvist, Therese Brogårde, Dorte Dalum Jensen, Elin Ekblom, Linda Forsberg (79 Ann-Marie Norlin), Kristin Bengtsson, Emma Lundh (87 Mia Jalkerud), Anna Hall, Victoria Svensson, Ariane Hingst
Goals: 0-1 Elin Ekblom (10), 0-2 Victoria Svensson (52), 1-2 Jessica Landström (85)
Attendance: 1,001
Ariane Hingst picked up a loose ball from Hammarby's defense ten minutes into the match and gave it to Elin Ekblom, who directly shot what might have been meant as cross but ended in net. Djurgården continued to dominate but hammarby managed to defend until another defensive mistake gave the ball to Victoria Svensson inside the penalty area. Hammarby started to get more offensive towards the end of the match, much thanks to Jessica Landström, and with only minutes left Sara Johansson outrun Jane Törnqvist, setting up Jessica Landgren who didn't have any problems making it 1-2. Hammarby continued to press against Djurgården's goal the remaining minutes, but Djurgården was never really threatened.
Dagens Nyheter: Djurgården tyngre än Bajen
Bälinge - Sunnanå 2 - 2 (1-2)
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Karolina Mats, Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Nina Engström - Linda Blom, Heidi Matinlassi (68 Moa Eriksson), Anne Mäkinen, Katri Nokso-Koivisto - Emma Lindqvist (68 Annette Kent), Sanna Talonen
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd, Rebecca Smith, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund, Maria Nordbrandt, Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall, Maja Johansson (80 Josefin Johansson)
Goals: 1-0 Sanna Talonen (1), 1-1 Kristina Wiklund (10), 1-2 Lina Johansson (12), 2-2 Katri Nokso-Koivisto (78)
Attendance: 499
Only seconds into the match, Bälinge's Sanna Talonen could profit from a mistake by Sunnanå's Rebecca Smith. After that the guests had a good period and they could almost run through Bälinge's defense at will. First Kicki Wiklund and then Lina Johansson went solo to score and Johansson even passed Bälinge's unlucky goalie Veronika Svensson. But in the second half Bälinge got more stability in their game, much thanks to Anne Mäkinen. Bälinge's Finnish winger Nokso-Koivisto equalised with a lucky goal that seemed like a pass, misjudged by Sunnanå's keeper. After that Bälinge pushed for a victory, but Sunnanå managed to fend them off.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Oavgjort på Studenternas
Norra Västerbotten: Var glada för poängen Sunnanå
Kif Örebro - Qbik 1 - 0 (1-0)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Marina Pettersson, Sandra Linder, Malin Nilsson, Ingrid Ericson - Elin Magnusson, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Caroline Näfver (62 Hoden Siid-Ahmed) - Pavlina Scasna,Emelia Erixon (71 Hanna Pettersson),
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg, Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson, Therése Lückner, Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren (46 ), Jennifer Meier (87 Julia Spetsmark)
Goals: 1-0 Emelia Erixon (23)
Attendance: 836
Had it not been for great goal-keeping by Maria Yatrakis the figures had been a lot more embarrasing for Qbik. It was play against one goal most of the match, but it took a penalty for Örebro to decide the match. And Yatrakis even saved that, but Örebro's Emelia Erixon (5 goals this season) was first on the rebound. Örebro's new coach Rikard Holmlund, leading his first home match in Damallsvenskan for several years, was fairly pleased with his team: "there were periods when we played really well."
Nerikes Allehanda: Emelias femte mål gav KIF Örebro tre poäng, Emelia skuggar stjärnorna i toppen
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Yatrakis räddade Qbiks heder
Värmlands Folkblad: Qbik under strecket
Kopparbergs/Göteborg - Falköpings KIK 5 - 1 (0-1)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Karlsson, Maria Nilsson, Jenny Engwall, Marlene Sjöberg - Camilla Schelin (81 Elin Dahl Örn), Salina Olsson, Lisa Ek (46 Anna Andén), Sofie Andersson (87 Frida Andersson) - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén,
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling (65 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz (90 Anna Larsson), Madeleine Tegström, Camilla Sanderheim, Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd, Cynthia Uwak (78 Josefine Alfsson)
Goals: 0-1 Linnea Linjegärd (12), 1-1 Lotta Schelin (50), 2-1 Sofie Andersson (55), 3-1 Lotta Schelin (62), 4-1 Camilla Schelin (4-1), 5-1 Lotta Schelin (84)
Attendance: 563
Falköping has over and over again showed that they can be difficult to break. In the first half they managed to frustrate Göteborg and shut out their usually dangerous attack and even got the lead after a direct free-kick by junior attacker Linnea Liljegärd. But something happened in Göteborg's locker-room at halftime ("We got a good telling-off", revealed Lotta Schelin). After 5 minutes Lotta Schelin scored on the rebound from a Sara Lindén penalty shot and 5 minutes later Sofie Andersson got lucky with a really long shot, when Falköping's players were standing still waiting for the whistle for a free-kick. Now in the lead Göteborg played with much more confidence and a couple of Schelin sisters cooperations resulted in two more goals before Lotta (now 9 goals in 7 matches) completed her hat-trick. Göteborg's fullback Marlene Sjöberg didn't have much problems neutralizing Falköping's Cynthia Uwak, who played her first match from start. Falköping's coach Krister Engström was very disappointed with the refereeing, which he claimed gave Göteborg their two first goals.
Göteborgsposten: Schelin toppar skytteligan
Linköpings FC - AIK 2 - 0 (0-0)
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Frida Östberg, Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Faith Ikidi - Maureen Mmadu, Caroline Seger, Petra Larsson (68 Ann Westermark), Maria Karlsson - Josefine Öqvist (80 Maria Aronsson), Tiffeny Milbrett (61 Kosovare Asllani)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Jessica Juhlin, Lina Hedqvist - Nazanin Vaseghpanah (70 Danielle Wallander), Freja Egerbrant, Ingrid Bohlin (73 Madelene Wedin) - Sofia Simonsson (60 Anna Lundin)
Goals: 1-0 Petra Larsson (63), 2-0 Josefine Öqvist (69)
Attendance: 796
Great play by AIK's goalkeeper Sofia Lundgren kept AIK in the match, but Linköping's numerous chances finally materialized. A 30 meter shot by Petra Larsson and just minutes later a Josefine Öqvist goal from a great pass by spirited substitute Kosovare Asllani. AIK showed up without injured Laura Kalmari.
Corren: Drömmål när LFC vann
LDB FC Malmö - Umeå 1 - 2 (0-1)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Lina Nilsson (78 Dora Stefansdottir), Emma Wilhelmsson, Malin Levenstad, Therese Jönsson - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar (74 Nanna Johansen) - Asthildur Helgadottir, Manon Melis (82 Nera Smajic)
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Johanna Frisk, Karolina Westberg, Maria Bergkvist - Elaine, Hanna Ljungberg, Lise Klaveness - Ramona Bachmann (64 Lisa Dahlqvist), Madelaine Edlund, Marta
Goals: 0-1 Ramona Bachman (31), 1-1 Lina Nilsson (58), 1-2 Own goal (71)
Attendance: 2,610
Match of the week: the two top sides, great crowd (actually a Malmö all-time high!), vocal fans from both sides, nice weather, entertaining and exciting play. Malmö owned the midfield with Sjögran and Fischer making players like Klaveness and Ljungberg (once again in her new Moström position) fairly unvisible and their teenage defense once again were playing tight and coordinated. Umeå still came through on the wings and were a lot more efficient in front of goal than Malmö. Both Helgadottir and Melis were probably brought on from the injury list a little premature and didn't look their best. Ramona Bachman (who was picked over Ma Xiaoxu, since coach Jeglertz gave priority to the wings, which he considered Malmö's weakest point) scored her first Damallsvenskan goal somewhat against the run of the play. After Lina Nilsson's equaliser, set up by a great performance by Therese Sjögran, Malmö almost camped on Umeå's half and created lots of opportunities. But the match was ultimately decided by, who else, Marta, who's dangerous pass in front of goal probably would have reached an Umeå player if Lina Nilsson hadn't made her failed attempt to clear it, an attempt that ended in an own goal. After that Malmö's players lost most of their energy and the game faded out. Umeå's Andrée Jeglertz praised Malmö and called his victory "lucky" while Malmö's Jörgen Pettersson stated that you have to score more than once with eight or nine great chances if you want to defeat Umeå.
Aftonbladet: Turlig seger för Umeå i seriefinalen
Dagens Nyheter: Självmål gav Umeå tre poäng
Expressen: Med en gnutta flax vann UIK med 2-1 i Malmö
Sydsvenskan: LDB-förlust efter självmål i toppmötet
SVT: pregame special about Ramona Bachman. Ramona can look pretty impressive on pitch, but here you can also see a slightly awkward teenager with braces. And of course the reporter has to make the poor immigrant speak Swedish. The match clip also has a Ramona angle to it.
You can always find match results and the current standings at http://www.damfakta.se/.
Damallsvenskan Round VI: Cynthia Uwak's Swedish debut
Djurgården - Kif Örebro 1 - 0 (0-0)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Sara Thunebro, Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom, Ariane Hingst (76 Linda Forsberg), Anna Hall, Kristin Bengtsson (60 Annemarie Norlin) - Emma Lundh, Victoria Svensson
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström (83 Marina Pettersson), Sandra Linder, Caroline Näfver - Malin Nilsson, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Elin Magnusson - Pavlina Scasna, Emelia Erixon (64 Hodan Siid-Ahmed)
Goals: 1-0 Victoria Svensson (56)
Attendance: 437
Rikard Holmlund return to Damallsvenskan was fairly successful in the first half, when his Örebro kept Djurgården at arms length, not allowing their first shot on goal until the 32nd minute, when Ariane Hingst's shot touched the woodwork. Djurgården started to get more out of their possession in the second half and Victoria Svensson (who turned 30 the day before) could finally score, heading in a cross from Elin Ekblom. All in all a decent Damallsvenskan match, that Djurgården maybe should have managed to get a bigger win. Rikard Holmlund commented his first match with Örebro "I hate to lose, but they were stronger today". National team coach Thomas Dennerby was present, watching a fairly large group of presumptive World Cup players, Swedish and foreign.
Dagens Nyheter: "Vickan" fixade festen själv
Nerikes Allehanda: Victoria sänkte KIF Örebro
Expressen: Holmlund inledde med förlust
Djurgården: report
Sunnanå SK - Linköpings FC 1 - 1 (1-1)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund, målvakt - Josefin Johansson, Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Rebecca Smith, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund (82 Emma Jonsson), Maria Nordbrandt (89 Maja Johansson), Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall, Alexandra Nilsson
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Frida Östberg, Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Faith Ikidi - Ann Westermark (67 Maja Krantz, 74 Marie-Louise Skålberg), Maureen Mmadu, Caroline Seger, Maria Karlsson (67 Maria Aronsson) - Josefine Öqvist, Tiffeny Milbrett
Goals: 1-0 Anna Bodén (1), 1-1 Maureen Mmadu (15)
Attendance: 354
4 points in six matches for pre-season championship contender Linköping. "They can definitely forget the gold now", commented TV4's Pontus Kåmark after the draw at Sunnanå. Sunnanå got the opening they could only wish for, when Anna Bodén scored from 25 meters less than a minute after kick-off. They continued to create scoring opportunities as Bodén and Frostevall in midfield fought down Linköping's Seger and Mmadu. Linköping still managed to equalize, Mmadu tapping in the ball from a free-kick. Then the cold, the rain and the wind began to drain the will and power from both teams and they both seemed satisfied to preserve their point.
Corren: Oavgjort ? en ny besvikelse för LFC
Norra Västerbotten: Poäng med mersmak för Sunnanå
Expressen: "Linköping kan glömma guldet nu"
Umeå IK - Hammarby 5 - 2 (1-2)
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Johanna Frisk, Karolina Westberg, Lisa Dahlqvist - Lise Klaveness, Elaine, Hanna Ljungberg - Ramona Bachmann (June Pedersen), Madelaine Edlund,Marta
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Malin Nykvist (88 Therese Dahlberg), Elin Sölveskog, Josefin Christensen, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson - Marijke Callebaut (41 Andrea Comaneci), Therese Sandström, Josefin Wejner (59 Anna Lindblom) - Sara Johansson, Jessica Landström
Goals: 0-1 Marijke Callebaut (5), 0-2 Own goal (9), 1-2 Hanna Ljungberg (19), 2-2 Marta (48), 2-3 Madelaine Edlund (60), 4-2 June Pedersen (68), 5-2 June Pedersen (90)
Attendance: 471
Umeå, where in particular the defense seemed unprepared for a real match, was caught napping by Hammarby. Two Hammarby goals in less than ten minutes and very close to a third, Sara Johansson and Belgian midfielder Marijke Callebaut cooperating on all three occasions. But Hammarby lost Callebaut to a hip injury and Umeå began, slowly, to gear up. Marta equalized with one of her trademark direct corner-kicks and after that the game was over for Hammarby. They continued to try to move forward, but had increasingly big problems fending off Umeå's attacks. In spite of being down two goals, there was never any real worry on Umeå's bench. "We made too many mistakes in the beginning of the match, but we knew they would get tired in the second half", said assistant coach Steve Galloway. Umeå's young Norwegian talent June Pedersen replaced Ramona Bachman and scored her first two Danmallsvenskan goals.
Expressen: Hammarby chockade UIK
Västerbottenskuriren: 5-2 till UIK trots chockstart
Västerbottens Folkblad: UIK vaknade ? och vände
SVT: video clip
TV4: match clip
AIK - Kopparbergs/Göteborg 0 - 2 (0-1)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Jessica Juhlin, Linda Lekander, Frida Höglund, Lina Hedqvist (63 Freja Egerbrant), Madelene Göras, Nazanin Vaseghpanah, Sofia Simonsson, Ingrid Bohlin, Sanna Valkonen, Laura Kalmari (11 Anna Lundin, 78 Danielle Wallander)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Karlsson, Maria Nilsson, Jenny Engwall, Marlene Sjöberg - Camilla Schelin (90 Catrin Johansson), Salina Olsson (83 Sofia Karlsson), Lisa Ek, Sofie Andersson (83 Elin Dahl Örn) - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén,
Goals: 0-1 Maria Karlsson (28), 0-2 Sara Lindén (73)
Attendance: 518
AIK was predicted to reach at least a mid-table position after their impressive pre-season signings, but after five matches they were at the bottom of the table with only two points and one goal. The match against Göteborg didn't change this. Defensively their game worked ok, but they completely lack the power and the dedication in front of goal that Göteborg showed when they forced in the first goal in a penalty zone shuffle. And just to make things worse, their only goalscorer so far, Finnish star Laura Kalmari, had to leave the field with a thigh muscle rupture.
Dagens Nyheter: AIK:s oflyt fortsätter
Göteborgsposten: Viktiga poäng för Göteborg
TV4: match clip
SVT: match clip
Falköpings KIK - LDB FC Malmö 0 - 4 (0-0)
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Charlotte Abrahamsson (74 Josefine Alfsson), Karin Neuman, Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz, Madeleine Tegström, Cecilia Abrahamsson (71 Cynthia Uwak), Camilla Sanderheim, Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Emma Wilhelmsson, Malin Levenstad, Dora Stefansdottir - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Lina Nilsson (80 Nera Smajic) - Emma Stålhammar, Manon Melis (57 Nanna Johansen),
Goals: 0-1 Emma Wilhelmsson (49), 0-2 Therese Sjögran (65), 0-3 Therese Sjögran (70), 0-4 Nanna Johansen (74)
Attendance: 1,070
Falköping has successfully played Örebro and Linköping at home and for quite some time it seemed like they would manage to repeat this with Malmö. A very determined defensive with 10 players on their own half at all times controlled the first half, slowing down Malmö and making them mostly play sideways in the midfield. But apparently the guests solved the problem during the half-time, because in the second half Malmö managed to tear through Falköping's defense. Nigerian star Cynthia Uwak made her long awaited Damallsvenskan debut, subbing in with 20 minutes left as a winger, but couldn't do much to change her team's fate. Malmö got their fourth forward on the injury list (joining Helgadottir, Lundin and Östman) when Manon Melis had to leave with a sprained foot. Uwak commented after the match that she was not impressed by Malmö's national team players "I can already see that it won't be hard to score on Caroline Jönsson". Maybe some kind of retaliation for Hanna Ljungberg's likewise unimpressed comments about Uwak's fellow Nigerians Mmadu and Ikidi after Umeå's win over Linköping?
Sydsvenskan: Storseger trots skadeproblem
Expressen: Attacken mot Caroline Jönsson
Qbik - Bälinge 2 - 2 (1-0)
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson (75 Elin Ragnvaldsson), Lisa Mellberg, Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson (87 Sanna Backman), Therése Lückner, Amelie Rybäck (69 Julia Spetsmark), Charlotte Nygren, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren, Jennifer Meier
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Karolina Mats, Annette Kent (75 Emma Lindkvist), Linda Blom, Heidi Matinlassi, Petra Vaelma, Katri Nokso-Koivisto, Sanna Talonen, Anne Mäkinen
Goals: 1-0 Therese Lückner (25), 1-1 Anette Kent (55), 1-2 Own goal (60), 2-2 Anne Mäkinen (62)
Attendance: 426
"Probably the worst first half the team has ever played", was Bälinge's coach's verdict and Qbik's Janne Jansson said that three of the four goals were goals that shouldn't occur in a premier division match. In other words, two teams that both had big problems getting their play to work and instead making lots of individual mistakes. They both seemed more scared of losing than eager to win.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Oavgjort för Bälinge mot Qbik
Värmlands Folkblad: Missarnas match på Tingvalla
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Qbik ? Bälinge 2-2
Damallsvenskan round V: Linköping finally wins
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Karolina Mats, Annette Kent, Linda Blom (67 Moa Eriksson), Heidi Matinlassi (80 Lisa Lantz), Petra Vaelma, Katri Nokso-Koivisto, Sanna Talonen, Anne Mäkinen
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Jane Törnqvist, Malin Engdahl, Therese Brogårde, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom, Linda Forsberg (60 Anna Hall), Ariane Hingst, Kristin Bengtsson - Emma Lundh, Victoria Svensson,
Goals: 0-1 Victoria Svensson (40), 1-1 Sanna Talonen (41)
Attendance: 628
Bälinge's defenders Lina Andersson and Linda Sembrant played a big role when Bälinge managed to draw Djurgården, as well as their Finnish attacker Sanna Talonen. Djurgården pressured hard in the second half, but Bälinge managed to stand up.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Talonen ordnade Bälingeskräll
Kif Örebro - Umeå IK 1 - 2 (0-1)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström (60 Malin Nilsson), Pavlina Scasna, Hodan Siid-Ahmed (65 Hanna Pettersson), Caroline Näfver, Elin Magnusson (79 -), Sandra Linder, Emelia Erixon
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Johanna Frisk, Karolina Westberg, Lisa Dahlqvist (74 June Pedersen), Ma Xiaoxu, Madelaine Edlund (86 Erika Karlsson), Lise Klaveness, Elaine Moura, Marta da Silva, Maria Bergkvist
Goals: 0-1 Ma Xiaoxu (13), 1-1 Emelia Erixon (52), 1-2 Marta (82)
Attendance: 3,627
Umeå conceded their first Damallsvenskan goal this season and almost also their first points. A late goal by Marta (who else?) saved the day for the champions, but Örebro were close not only in scoring but also in the play. they played close and aggressive and didn't give Umeå the space they are used to. Örebro's incoming coach Rikard Holmlund watched the match from the stands and was satisfied "but there are details to work on".
Nerikes Allehanda: KIF bjöd upp till kamp men Umeå vann ändå
Västerbottens Folkblad: Umeå IK nära att tappa poäng
TV4: match clip
Sunnanå - AIK 1 - 0 (1-0)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd, Rebecca Smith, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund (60 Carina Holmberg), Maria Nordbrandt, Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall (82 Johanna Lindahl), Alexandra Nilsson (68 Maja Johansson)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Jessica Juhlin, Linda Lekander, Frida Höglund, Madelene Göras, Sofia Simonsson (59 Lina Hedqvist), Ingrid Bohlin, Sanna Valkonen, Anna Lundin, Laura Kalmari (89 Madelene Wedin), Freja Egerbrant (59 Nazanin Vaseghpanah)
Goals: 1-0 Alexandra Nilsson (6)
Attendance: 501
A somewhat lucky win for Sunnanå. They got an early goal, but have to thank their experienced defense and AIK's notorious inability to score for their three points as AIK pressured against Sunnanå's goal most of the second half.
Norra Västerbotten: Sunnanå vann igen
Väösterbottens Folkblad: Sunnanå tog tredje raka
Hammarby IF - Falköpings KIK 4 - 2 (1-1)
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Therese Dahlberg, Malin Nykvist, Elin Sölveskog, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson - Marijke Callebaut, Therese Sandström, Andrea Comaneci (80 Matilda Agné) - Jessica Landström, Sara Johansson,
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck (61 red card), Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz, Madeleine Tegström, Josefine Alfsson, Camilla Sanderheim (69 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd
Goals: 0-1 Sandra Krantz (2), 1-1 Marijke Callebaut (27), 2-1 Therese Sandström (49), 2-2 Sandra Krantz (54), 3-2 Annica Svensson (61 PK), 4-2 Therese Sandtröm (84)
Attendance: 393
An entertaining match with plenty of both goodies and mistakes. Falköping's Sandra Krantz goal after less than 2 minutes, when she picks up a sloppy Hammarby pass and scores is a good example. The match is decided when Falköping's Elin Osbeck stops the ball with her hand and Hammarby gets a penalty kick.
Hammarby: report
LDB FC Malmö - Kopparbergs/Göteborg 4 - 1 (2-0)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Emma Wilhelmsson, Malin Levenstad, , Lina Nilsson - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer (81 Dora Stefansdottir), Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar - Asthildur Helgadottir, Manon Melis (60 Nanna Johansen)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Marlene Sjöberg, Jenny Engwall, Maria Nilsson, Maria Karlsson (82 Camilla Schelin) - Sofie Andersson, Lisa Ek, Salina Olsson (73 Anna Andén), Emelie Farfa - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén,
Goals: 1-0 Therese Jönsson (11), 2-0 Therese Sjögran (33), 3-0 Manon Melin (49), 3-1 Lotta Schelin (72), 4-1 Frida Nordin (91)
Attendance: 953
Göteborg has been touted as one of the presumtive top sides this season, but didn't show much of that against Malmö. Malmö soon conquered the midfield and their tight defense, ordered to never let anyone have to deal with Lotta Schelin alone, shut of Göteborg's dangerous attack. At the same time they have both speed and power in their attack. The picture changed a bit towards the end of the match, when Göteborg's coach Martin Pringle ordered a 3-5-2 formation to win back the midfield, while Malmö's defense started to tire from their power-draining tactics. Schelin managed to escape twice, scoring once and forcing a good save from Caroline Jönsson once.
Göteborgsposten: Göteborg hängde inte med Ldb
Sydsvenskan: LDB FC fortfarande obesegrat
Linköpings FC - Qbik 4 - 1 (2-0)
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Sara Larsson, Maria Karlsson (77 Maja Krantz), Charlotte Rohlin, Faith Ikidi, Frida Östberg, Josefine Öqvist (83 Kosovare Asllani), Ann Westermark (63 Tiffeny Milbrett), Maria Aronsson, Maureen Mmadu, Caroline Seger
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson (52 Julia Spetsmark), Lisa Mellberg, Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson (77 Therese Lückner), Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren (73 Sanna Backman), Jennifer Meier, My Axelsson
Goals: 1-0 Josefine Öqvist (9), 2-0 Maureen Mmadu (15), 2-1 Rebecca Johnson (59), 3-1 Josefine Öqvist (69), 4-1 Maria Aronsson (85)
Attendance: 503
Finally Linköping's first win. Mmadu and Ikidi impressed for Linköping as they played their old club Qbik. Linköping had the match in their hands most of the 90 minutes, but there were a period after Qbik's second half goal when the match could have taken a turn. But a combination between Mmadu, Milbrett and Öqvist, the best goal of the match, gave Linköping back the initiative.
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Mmadu och Ikidi var matchens lirare
Värmlands Folkblad: Bråk i fjol - nu sänkte Maureen Mmadu Qbik
Corren: Lättnad i LFC efter första segern
Linköping: pictures
And a couple of matches that complete the first and fourth rounds:
Umeå IK - Bälinge 7 - 1 (6-1)
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulson, Karolina Westberg, Johanna Frisk, Maria Bergkvist (Emma Berglund) - Elaine, Lisa Dahlqvist, Hanna Ljungberg (Lise Klaveness) - Marta, Madeleine Edlund, Ramona Bachmann (June Pedersen)
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson -Karolina Mats,Lina Andersson,Linda Sembrant,Petra Vaelma (54 Nina Engström) -Linda Blom,Anne Mäkinen,Heidi Matinlassi,Katri Nokso-Koivisto -Annette Kent (60 Emma Lindqvist), Sanna Talonen (69 Moa Eriksson)
Goals: 1-0 Hanna Ljungberg (4), 2-0 Hanna Ljungberg (11), 3-0 Hanna Ljungberg (15), 4-0 Marta (20 PK), 5-0 Hanna Ljungberg (28), 6-0 Marta (35 PK), 6-1 Annette Kent (45), 7-1 Marta (85)
Attendance: 996
Umeå changed back to their old successfull 4-3-3, now with Hanna Ljungberg in the old Malin Moström position. It worked better than expected. Hanna's cooperation with Marta in the attack worked great and the Brazilian forward set up 3 of Hanna's 4 goals. Bälinge's rather offensive tactics led to what their home town paper called "a tea-party in the penalty zone" and made it easier than neccesary for Umeå.
Upsala Nya Tidning: "Tebjudning i straffområdet"
Västerbottenskuriren: Umeå IK bjöd på målfyrverkeri
Västerbottens Folkblad: Ljungan bjöd på målfest ? som mittfältare
Sunnanå SK - Falköpings KIK 8 - 0 (4-0)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd, Rebecca Smith, Anna Bodén (67 Josefin Johansson), Kristina Wiklund, Maria Nordbrandt (60 Maja Johansson), Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall (46 Carina Holmberg), Alexandra Nilsson
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz, Madeleine Tegström, Josefine Alfsson (69 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Cecilia Abrahamsson (46 Linnea Liljegärd), Camilla Sanderheim (79 Rebecca Blennow), Sofia Fröjdstedt
Goals: 1-0 Lina Johansson (3), 2-0 Maria Nordbrandt (14), 3-0 Kristina Wiklund (21), 4-0 Lina Johansson (30), 5-0 Carina Holmberg (50), 6-0 Carina Holmberg (56), 7-0 Rebecca Smith (59), 8-0 Alexandra Nilsson (73)
Attendance: 475
Falköping, coming from two impressive home wins against Örebro and Linköping, were completely outplayed by an impressive Sunnanå.
Norra Västerbotten: Makalösa 8?0 för Sunnanå
Damallsvenskan round IV: Falköping wins again (!)
Falköpings KIK - KIF Örebro 2 - 0 (2-0)
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Terese Larsson (87 Sandra Krantz), Madeleine Tegström, Cecilia Abrahamsson (68 Josefine Alfsson), Camilla Sanderheim (78 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström, Sandra Linder, Caroline Näfver - Elin Magnusson, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström (78 Malin Nilsson), Hodan Siid-Ahmed (58 Hanna Pettersson) - Pavlina Scasna, Emelia Erixon
Goals: 1-0 Linnea Liljegärd (7 PK), 2-0 Linnea Liljegärd (42)
Attendance: 1,110
Falköping continues to impress at home. An early penalty goal gave them the upper hand against an Örebro team, that didn't look completly focused. Defensive failures set up both Falköping's goals and it took more than the first half before Örebro could take the predicted grip on the match. Then it was too late. Falköping backed down and was content to guard their lead. "I was never worried", said Falköping coach Krister Engström.
The small town Falköping probably hasn't much else to offer a Sunday afternoon, but the home crowds of over 1,000 in both their matches so far is impressing.
Aftonbladet: Nykomlingen fortsätter överraska
Falköpings KIK: 2-0-seger mot Örebro
Göteborgsposten: Falköping i finrummet
Damfotboll.com: Dags att ta Falköping på allvar
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC - Hammarby 6 - 0 (4-0)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Karlsson (73 Elin Dahl Örn), Maria Nilsson, Jenny Engwall (84 Sofia Karlsson), Marlene Sjöberg - Sofie Andersson (73 Camilla Schelin), Lisa Ek, Salina Olsson, Emelie Farfa - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén,
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Therese Dahlberg, Elin Sölveskog (46 Karolina Rinman), Anna Lindblom, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson, Malin Nykvist - Jessica Landström (46 Daniella Chamoun), Marijke Callebaut, Therese Sandström (65 Josefin Weijner) - Sara Johansson
Goals: 1-0 Lotta Schelin (11), 2-0 Sofie Andersson (19), 3-0 Emelie Farfa (24), 4-0 Sara Lindén (39), 5-0 Lotta Schelin (53), 6-0 Sara Lindén (58)
Attendance: 643
"This is the best 90 minutes we've played so far", commented Göteborg's coach Martin Pringle. Coming from the 3-0 defeat against Örebro, it was a determinated Göteborg that showed up. The defense, where Jenny Engwall now seems to have accostumed to her new role in the centre, didn't allow Hammarby's attack anything, the midfield won almost everything and the attack was swift and efficient. Göteborg's speedy wingers Farfa and Andersson tore apart Hammarby's defense and Schelin and Lindén up front got a lot of space. Schelin now seems to be back at her old self, scoring 2 and setting up 2.
Göteborgsposten: Göteborg krossade Hammarby
Qbik - Sunnanå SK 0 - 1 (0-0)
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg, Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson (68 Sanna Backman), Therése Lückner (46 Elin Sandgren), Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren, Elin Ragnvaldsson (90 Julia Spetsmark), Therése Björk, Jennifer Meier
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd. Rebecca Smith, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund (82 Emma Jonsson), Maria Nordbrandt, Lina Johansson, Sanna Frostevall (65 Carina Holmberg), Alexandra Nilsson (68 Maja Johansson)
Goals: 0-1 Carina Holmberg (90)
Attendance: 507
A match, that Sunnanå dominated while Qbik had big problems getting anything done against the guest's stoppers Marklund and Smith. Good defense by Qbik, and in particular by their keeper Yatrakis, still kept the score even until the last minutes. And Sunnanå isn't really that hot up front.. The deciding goal came after a corner-shot shuffle, where Yatrakis first seemed to have the ball under control and then not. She wanted a free-kick for being attacked by a Sunnanå player while holdning the ball, but the referee allowed the goal. Then her Greek temper, as she put it herself, kicked in. But her very vocal protests earned her nothing but a yellow card. Qbik's coach Jansson that the Sunnanå win wasn't unearned, but agreed with his keepers protests.
Norra Västerbotten: Årets första Sunnanåseger
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Grymt slut på Tingvalla
Värmlands Folkblad: Här rinner det över för Qbik...
AIK - LDB FC Malmö 0 - 0 (0-0)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Lina Hedqvist, Ingrid Bohlin, Jessica Juhlin, Sofia Simonsson (76 Madelene Wedin), Anna Lundin - Freja Egerbrant
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Emelie Ölander, Dora Stefansdottir, Therese Jönsson, Lina Nilsson - Frida Nordin (76 Nanna Johansen), Therese Sjögran, Nilla Fischer, Emma Stålhammar - Asthildur Helgadottir (82 Louise Östman), Manon Melis (90 Emma Herbring)
Attendance: 247
AIK, missing striker Laura Kalmari, showed up with a very defensive 4-5-1 and kept a very aggressive pressure on Malmö's attackers and midfield. The tactics worked, much with the help from great goalkeeping by Sofia Lundgren. Malmö's Atshildur Helgadottir had to leave ten minutes from the end with a hurting knee, but she will probably be fit again in time for the next match.
Sydsvenskan: LDB mållöst ? Asta knäskadad, Ingen fara med Asta
AIK: Mållöst på Skytteholm
Djurgården - Linköpings FC 2 - 1 (0-0)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Sara Thunebro (82 Malin Engdahl), Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom, Ariane Hingst (82 Ann-Marie Norlin), Linda Forsberg, Kristin Bengtsson - Emma Lundh (88 Anna Hall), Victoria Svensson,
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Marie-Louise Skålberg (90 Faith Ikidi), Frida Östberg - Ann Westermark, Maureen Mmadu, Tiffeny Milbrett, Caroline Seger - Maria Aronsson (54 Maja Krantz), Josefine Öqvist,
Goals: 1-0 Victoria Svensson (48), 1-1 Josefine Öqvist (54), 2-1 Emma Lundh (85)
Attendance: 734
Close to the end of the match it seemed like Linköping would earn their first point for the season. They had even been the best side for large parts of the match, with Caroline Seger and Josefine Öqvist looking good and forcing Bente Nordby in goal to great saves. Victoria Svensson's goal for Djurgården was soon followed by Josefine Öqvist's equaliser, where she dribbled through Djurgården's defense. But just 5 minutes from time, Linköping's defense lost guard of Emma Lundh at a free-kick and the young striker could convert Victoria Svensson's pass.
"This is so frustrating I can hardly explain it", sighed Linköping's coach Daniel Pettersson after the match. "We were playing a really great game, but it still didn't help."
Dagens Nyheter: Djurgården hittade målet till sist
Aftonbladet. LFC:s kris fortsätter
Corren: Ännu en förlust för LFC
Damallsvenskan round III: Umeå gives Linköping third straight defeat
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Marie-Louise Skålberg, Frida Östberg - Ann Westermark (74 Maria Karlsson), Caroline Seger, Petra Larsson (57 Faith Ikidi), Maureen Mmadu - Maria Aronsson (69 Tiffeny Milbrett), Josefine Öqvist
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Johanna Frisk, Karolina Westberg, Maria Bergkvist - Elaine Moura, Lisa Dahlqvist (58 Hanna Ljungberg), Lise Klaveness (78 June Pedersen), Marta da Silva - Ma Xiaoxu (88 Erika Karlsson), Madelaine Edlund
Goals: 0-1 Hanna Ljungberg (66), 0-2 Madelaine Edlund (87)
Attendance: 3,021
A tight first half, where none of the sides managed to create much was followed by more of the same in the second. Still, Umeå managed to get the necessary goals. A nice cooperation between Hanna Ljungberg and Madeleine Edlund made the first (the Swedish FA's site gives the goal to Ljungberg, so I'm sticking with that, even if it looks like it was edlund from the video. And from what Hanna says) and young Norwegian June Pedersen served Edlund a great cross to head in shortly before the end. In front of a big crowd, that could have deserved a better match, defenders Frisk and Westberg impressed most in Umeå while hard-working Öqvist and Östberg looked good for Linköping. There were also two casualties from the match - Linköping's Petra Larsson had to leave with a muscle rupture in the thigh and will be out of action for a few weeks while Umeå's successfull striker Madelaine Edlund crashed with Linköping goalie Jenny Olsson just before the final whistle and had to limp off the pitch.
"When Linköping are not doing good", Umeå coach André Jeglertz said, "they have problems finding a rhytm in their play. And I think you could notice that tey felt the pressure meeting us, coming from two defeats". Linköping's Daneil Pettersson agreed somewhat, all the talk about gold, even if it hasn't been by themselves, has put a pressure on the players that they've had problems coping with. But he still regarded the match against Umeå as a big step forward compared with last week against Falköping. This while Jeglertz found relief in that they won in spite of never playing really good.
Corren: Stryk igen ? och nu är LFC sist, Ny Larsson skadad
Aftonbladet: Linköpings kris fördjupad
Expressen: Carola Söberg fick sin revansch efter Womens Cup
Västerbottens Folkblad: Madelaine Edlund sänkte Linköping
Västerbottenskuriren: Matchhjälten missar finalen
SVT: match clip
TV4: match clip
Sunnanå - Djurgården 1 - 1 (0-0)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Rebecca Smith, Magdalena Esseryd - Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund, Maria Nordbrandt (86 Mirjam Marklund), Sanna Frostevall - Lina Johansson (75 Maja Johansson), Alexandra Nilsson (68 Carina Holmberg)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Sara Thunebro, Jane Törnqvist, Therese Brogårde, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom, Ariane Hingst, Anna Hall (68 Annemarie Norlin), Kristin Bengtsson - Victoria Svensson, Emma Lundh (75 Anna Lagerberth)
Goals: 0-1 Ariane Hingst (52), 1-1 Sanna Frostevall (79)
Attendance: 1,011
A disappointing result for Djurgården, that really thought they had the match in their hands. But scoring on Sunnanå can be a problem, the more when defenders Marklund and Smith has a good day. But finally Djurgården's pressure paid off Ariane Hingst could head in the ball, converting a Sara Thunebro corner-kick. But just 10 minutes from the end Sunnanå's fullback Sandra Berggren took an offensive run and managed to create her team's first corner. Anna Bodén placed the ball perfectly to a free-standing Sanna Frostevall.
Djurgården's coach Benny Persson was disappointed with the result: "We should have won this. We had three or four really good chances that we should have scored on", while Sunnanå celebrated the result like a win.
Norra Västerbotten: Hörnan gav skrällpoäng mot favoriten
Västerbottens Folkblad: Premiär som gav mersmak för Sunnanå
You can always find match results and the current standings at http://www.damfakta.se/.
Damallsvenskan round III: Örebro bounce back
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Caroline Näfver, Stina Segerström, Sandra Linder, Ingrid Ericson - Elin Magnusson, Marie Hammarström, Lena Andersson, Hodan Siid-Ahmed - Pavlina Scasna, Hanna Pettersson (66 Emelia Erixon)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Jenny Engwall, Maria Nilsson (76 Camilla Schelin), Maria Karlsson, Marlene Sjöberg - Sofie Andersson, Lisa Ek (67 Anna Andén), Salina Olsson, Emelie Farfa - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén
Goals: 1-0 Emelia Erixon (68), 2-0 Emelia Erixon (75), 3-0 Emelia Erixon (80)
Attendance: 785
Kif Örebro seemed to have recovered nicely from the pounding they recieved at Malmö a week ago. They were much tighter in defense and midfield, without really making any changes. Sara Linder in defense had been commissioned to shut out Göteborg's dangerous Lotta Schelin, who was not her usual self, still somewhat jet-lagged from her China trip last weekend. Örebro had the upper hand over a slow and uncreative Göteborg (injured Stensland visibly missing) most of the match, but didn't score until substitute forward Emelia Erixon came on with 25 minutes left. She ran through Göteborg's defense and scored three times in less than 15 minutes. She recieved good balls from Scasna and Näfver and was fast and accomplished enough to beat her defenders.
Nerikes Allehanda: Vilken succé Emelia!, Emelia Erixon blev matchhjälte (Video), pictures
Göteborgsposten: Göteborgs första förlust
Damallsvenskan round III: Helgadottir gives away hat-trick
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Petra Vaelma, Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Karolina Mats - Linda Blom, Heidi Matinlassi, Anne Mäkinen, Katri Nokso-Koivisto (89 Lisa Lantz) - Sanna Talonen, Annette Kent (68 Emma Lindqvist)
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Therese Larsson, Madeleine Tegström, Cecilia Abrahamsson, Camilla Sanderheim, Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd (86 Rebecka Blennow)
Goals: 1-0 Linda Blom (19), 2-0 Sanna Talonen (31)
Attendance: 616
Bälinge hadn't won a Damallsvenskan match since they played Sunnanå in June last year, a winless streak of 15 matches, so coach Zaine Söderlund was pleased and relieved after the final whistle. Falköping came from their surprise defeat of Linköping, but didn't have much to show for it in the first half. Bälinge's Mäkinen and Matinlassi dominated midfield and both goals came from well placed long passes. Linda Blom scored from a Petra Vaelma cross and Anne Mäkinen set up Sanna Talonen with a free kick. Veronika Svensson tended the goal for Bälinge in spite of her hurting finger, but didn't have much to do. In the second half Bälinge lost some of their forward movement and became more passive, something that could have proved fatal against a better team than Falköping.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Första segern för Bälinge
Hammarby - Malmö 1 - 3 (0-2)
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Therese Dahlberg (75 Karolina Rinman), Elin Sölveskog, Anna Lindblom, Annica Svensson - Jennie Jonsson, Malin Nykvist - Jessica Landström (80 Josefine Wejner), Lousie Fors (35 Therese Sandström), Marijke Callebaut - Sara Johansson
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Emma Wilhelmsson, Malin Levenstad (86 Red card), Lina Nilsson - Nanna Johansen (67 Dora Stefansdottir), Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Frida Nordin (80 Emma Herbring) - Asthildur Helgadottir, Manon Melis (45 Emma Stålhammar)
Goals: 0-1 Asthildur Helgadottir (25), 0-2 Asthildur Helgadottir (42 PK), 0-3 Therese Sjögran (54), 1-3 Annica Svensson (87 PK)
Attendance: 509
The first 20 minutes the match was a fairly open game, but then Malmö proved heavier, stronger and more efficient. The turning point was Asthildur Helgadottir's 1-0 header from a Frida Nordin corner-shot. Malmö took over the match and the hosts very rarely managed to threaten Malmö's goal. Hammarby's young midfielder Lollo Fors had to leave the field with a groin injury and late in the first half Malmö's Dutch striker Manon Melis was downed in the penalty area. Helgadottir scored on the penalty, but Melis had to leave with knee pains. In the second half Malmö continued to press back Hammarby and Helgadottir was attributed a third goal following a shuffle in the box. After the match Helgadottir said she hadn't touched the ball, and the goal was given to Therese Sjögran. Late in the game Malmö's young defender Malin Levenstad used more force than necessary to stop Sara Johansson in the penalty area and got a red card, a decision a more experienced defender probably wouldn't have made, being 3 goals up and just minutes from the end. Hammarby's Annica Svensson executed the penalty to give Hammarby a consolation goal.
Sydsvenskan: Asta avstod tredje målet
Hammarby: Hammarby Damfotboll - LdB FC (Malmö) 1-3
Qbik - AIK 2 - 1 (0-0)
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg, Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson, Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren, Elin Ragnvaldsson, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren (57 Sanna Backman), Jennifer Meier
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Jessica Juhlin, Lina Hedqvist (87 Danielle Wallander), Anna Lundin (90 Madeleine Wedin), Freja Egerbrant - Sofia Simonsson, Laura Kalmari
Goals: 0-1 Laura Kalmari (49), 1-1 Anna Nilsson (71), 2-1 Jennifer Meier (77)
Attendance: 468
Qbik dominated the first half, but had problems findning the goal. Instead the decision would come in the second half, where AIK was much better and got the first goal. But Qbik used their counters well, first Anna Nilsson and then Damallsvenskan's youngest player, 15 years old Sanna Backman, found German striker Jennifer Meier in front of an open goal.
Qbik's coach commented that the win was very important for the team, a team that had to wait almost the entire season for their first win last year.
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Allsvenskans yngsta frälste Qbik
Värmlands Folkblad: Qbik - inte längre ett gäng nollor, Nilsson fick jubla i ovan roll
Damallsvenskan round II: Falköping stuns Linköping
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Karin Neuman, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Therese Larsson (86 Josefin Alfsson), Madeleine Tegström, Cecilia Abrahamsson (76 Charlotte Abrahamsson), Camilla Sanderheim (90 Rebecca Blennow), Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd
Linköping: Maria Cederholm - Maria Lindström (59 Faith Ikidi), Charlotte Rohlin, Frida Östberg, Marie-Louise Skålberg (82 Maureen Mmadu) - Petra Larsson, Maja Krantz (68 Ann Westermark), Caroline Seger - Maria Aronsson, Tiffeny Milbrett, Josefine Öqvist
Goals: 1-0 Cecilia Abrahamsson (8), 2-0 Therese Larsson (14), 2-1 Frida Östberg (32)
Attendance: 1,404
Expressen: "Jossan" i tårar efter ny förlust
Corren: Bottennapp när LFC föll igen
Djurgården - Qbik 3 - 1 (0-0)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Sara Thunebro (82 Malin Engdahl), Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom, Ariane Hingst, Linda Forsberg, Kicki Bengtsson (75 Annemarie Norlin) - Emma Lundh (71 Anna Hall), Viktoria Svensson
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Lisa Mellberg (64 Sanna Backman), Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson (82 Julia Spetsmark), Therése Lückner, Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren, Elin Ragnvaldsson, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren, Jennifer Meier
Goals: 0-1 Own goal (53), 1-1 Kicki Bengtsson Bengtsson (56), 2-1 Sara Thunebro (64), 3-1 Own goal (68)
Attendance: 526
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Qbik höll i en halvlek
Göteborg - Bälinge 4 - 3 (1-2)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Karlsson, Maria Nilsson, Jenny Engwall, Marlene Sjöberg - Emmelie Farfa, Salina Olsson, Ingvild Stensland (42 Lisa Ek), Sofie Andersson - Sara Lindén, Lotta Schelin
Bälinge: Veronica Svensson (19 Sanna Åhman) - Petra Vaelma, Lina Andersson, Linda Sembrant, Nina Engström - Linda Blom, Anne Mäkinen, Heidi Matinlassi (64 Mikaela Björklund), Katri Nokso-Koivisto - Annette Kent, Sanna Talonen.
Goals: 0-1 Nina Engström (8), 1-1 Jenny Engwall (31), 1-2 Sanna Talonen (38), 2-2 Lotta Schelin (48 PK), 3-2 Salina Olsson (53), 4-2 Sara Lindén (70), 4-3 Linda Blom (75)
Attendance: 842
Göteborgsposten: Halvtidssnacket lyfte Göteborg
Hammarby - AIK 0 - 0 (0-0)
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Therese Dahlberg, Annica Svensson, Elin Sölveskog, Anna Lindblom (78 Karolina Rinman) - Malin Nykvist, Jennie Jonsson - Marijke Callebaut, Lollo Fors, Jessica Landström - Sara Johansson (78 Therese Sandström)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Lina Hedkvist (77 Anna Karlsson), Jessica Julin, Freja Egebrant (59 Madeleine Wedin), Danielle Wallander (84 Hanna Jöhnk) - Sofia Simonsson, Laura Kalmari
Attendance: 985
Dagens Nyheter: Mållöst i Stockholmsderbyt
Malmö - Kif Örebro 5 - 0 (2-0)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Emma Wilhelmsson, Malin Levenstad, Lina Nilsson (78 Emelie Ölander) - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar (70 Nanna Johansen) - Ásthildur Helgadóttir, Manon Melis (85 Cecilia Kotte)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström, Malin Nilsson, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Pavlina Scasna, Hodan Siid-Ahmed, Caroline Näfver, Elin Magnusson, Hanna Pettersson
Goals: 1-0 Manon Melis (11), 2-0 Asthildur Helgadottir (38), 3-0 Asthildur Helgadottir (52), 4-0 Manon Melis (64), 5-0 Therese Sjögran (83)
Attendance: 1,013
Sydsvenskan: Två mål av Melis i Malmödebuten
Nerikes Allehanda: KIF Örebro utspelat och nollat av Malmö, KIF till Malmö med "motvillig" tränare
Damallsvenskan round II: Hanna Ljungberg scores again
Umeå - Sunnanå 3 - 0 (2-0)
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulson, Karolina Westberg, Johanna Frisk, Maria Bergkvist - Lisa Dahlqvist (70 Emelie Konradsson), Elaine, Lise Klaveness, Marta - Madeleine Edlund (75 Erika Karlsson), Ma Xiaoxu (62 Hanna Ljungberg)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Sanna Frostevall, Magdalena Esseryd - Kicki Wiklund, Anna Bodén, Carina Holmberg (72 Rebecca Smith), Alexandra Nilsson (46 Maja Johansson) - Lina Johansson (65 Emma Jonsson), Maria Nordbrandt.
Goals: 1-0 Lise Klaveness (26), 2-0 Marta (38 PK), 3-0 Hanna Ljungberg (63)
Attendance: 2,549
The new Umeå hosted local competitors Sunnanå and looked a lot like the old Umeå, brushing off their rivals just like they've been for several years now. The match showed very clearly just how much a key player Marta has become since Malin Moström moved from the pitch to the stands. From her new midfield position she probably won't be scoring so much this year, but all goals today had Marta's sign on them. A perfect ball to Lise Klaveness' forehead made the first goal. Then Hanna Marklund had to use excessive force to stop Marta inside the penalty area, and Marta executed the penalty-kick herself. And finally she served Hanna Ljungberg, just seconds after the Sweden striker entred as a second half substitute, the ball in a can't miss-position.
In spite of Marta's huge impact, Moström and Mäkinen are visibly missing in a midfield, that seems less powerfull than before, in spite of being made up by 4 players instead of 3 last year. Ma Xiaoxu shows promise, but still hasn't gelled in to the team. So when Hanna Ljungberg should get her minutes, it was Ma who had to leave, not her lesser known forward colleague Edlund.
The nice spring weather drew a good crowd to the Gammliavallen arena. One can only hope the conditions will be as good next weekend, when Arsenal LFC will be guesting. And with Marta as good as she is now and Hanna Ljungberg scoring again, the conditions for a good Umeå performance are looking bright.
Svt: the match clip
Norran: Sunnanå föll i premiären
Västerbottenskuriren: Kassaskåpssäker seger för UIK i hemmapremiären
Västerbottens Folkblad: Marta bakom derbysegern
Damallsvenskan Première
AIK - Djurgården 0 - 3 (0-1)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Lina Hedkvist, Jessica Julin, Freja Egebrant (85 Anna Bohlin), Madeleine Wedin (69 Danielle Wallander) - Sofia Simonsson, Laura Kalmari
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Sara Thunebro, Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Dorte Dalum Jensen - Elin Ekblom, Anna Hall, Linda Forsberg, Annemarie Norlin (73 Anna Lagerberth) - Kicki Bengtsson, Victoria Svensson
Goals: 0-1 Victoria Svensson (40) , 0-2 Victoria Svensson (85), 0-3 Victoria Svensson (90)
Attendance: 1,263
In front of what is a new record home crowd for AIK's ladies, Djurgården showed that they in spite of AIK's ambitious signings still are better on as good as every position. Djurgården had problems getting their game, in particular their attack, to work in the first half, partly due to the alterations in the set-up they had to make, missing forward Emma Lundh (with Sweden U-19) and midfielder Ariane Hingst (with Germany) as they were. But Victoria Svenssonm, who was uncertain before the game, complaining over a sore foot, showed that she still is a world class finisher and Kicki Bengtsson, prepared to play anywhere but in goal, knows how to find her, setting up two of the goals. On the AIK side Laura Kalmari was dangerous, getting a goal disallowed for offside, Sanna Valkonen and Frida Höglund excellent in defense and Sofia Lundgren probably had more work than she usually had in a whole season with Umeå. Somewhat in contrast to the result, AIK was fairly pleased with their performance, the more since it is a new team while Djurgården's Benny Persson excused his team's performance with that it was a season opener. It will get better.
Dagens Nyheter: Victorias hattrick avgjorde derbyt
Aftonbladet: Hattrick av Svensson i derbyt
TV4: the match clip
Bälinge - The club formerly known as Malmö FF 0 - 1 (0-1)
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Petra Valelma, Linda Sembrant, Lina Andersson, Nina Engström - Linda Blom (64 Karolina Mats), Anne Mäkinen, Heidi Matinlassi, Katri Nokso-Koivisto - Sanna Talonen (90 Emma Lindqvist), Annette Kent
The club: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Dora Stefansdottir, Emma Wilhelmsson, Nera Smajic - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar (75 Nanna Johansen) - Asthildur Helgadottir, Therese Lundin (82 Lina Nilsson)
Goals: 0-1 Asthildur Helgadottir (6)
Attendance: 1,420
"It seems like the last day's turbulence in the club got to us at the field", commented a disappointed Malmö coach their narrow win. Malmö dominated the first half, when Bälinge's players seemed to have a big problems finding each other on the field, and Asthildur Helgadottir scored the winner in the penalty box shuffle that followed a Nera Smajic free-kick. Malmö's strong centre midfield with Sjögran and Fischer neutralised Bälinge's Mäkinen most of the time. But in the second half the game turned, with Bälinge pressuring against Malmö's goal. Bälinge's forward duo Talonen and Kent broke through the guest's defense more than once and Malmö's victory was only saved by some great goalkeeping from Caroline Jönsson. In the closing seconds of the match Bälinge's Annette Kent got the ball from Anne Mäkinen in a great position and everyone, including herself, thought it would be a goal. But Jönsson did a great save to tip it from the upper corner and out to a resultless cornerkick for Bälinge. Malmö's coach Pettersson was pleased with his team's attitude in the second half, they didn't play well but they kept fighting, while Bälinge's Zaine Söderlund was disappointed in the result and thought that his side should at least had one point.
Sydsvenskan: Premiärseger för nya klubben
Upsala Nya Tidning: Premiärförlust för Bälinge
TV4: the match clip
Kif Örebro - Hammarby 3 - 2 (2-1)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Caroline Näfver, Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström, Sandra Linder - Hodan Siid-Ahmed (64 Emilia Erixon), Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Elin Magnusson - Pavlina Scasna, Hanna Pettersson
Hammarby: Katarin Wicksell - Therese Dahlberg, Annica Svensson, Elin Sölveskog, Anna Lindblom (79 Karolina Rinman) - Malin Nykvist, Jennie Jonsson (73 Lisa Björkvik) - Marijke Callebaut, Therese Sandström, Jessica Landström (73 Josefin Wejner) - Sara Johansson
Goals: 1-0 Elin Magnusson (15), 1-1 Sara Johansson (17), 2-1 Pavlina Scasna (25) , 3-1 Hanna Pettersson (55), 3-2 Marijke Callebaut (64)
Attendance: 965
With a brilliant Pavlina Scasna, Örebro had the necessary edge in the beginning of the match, creating lots of scoring opportunities. The match lost some of it's intensity as the time went, but Marijke Callebaut's direct free-kick in the 64th minute brought the intensity back in the match and the finish was a thrill, with Sara Johansson almost equalising in extratime.
More than anything else, this was Pia Sundhage's farewell match to Kif Ötrebro, and her players did their best to make it a farewell on a high note (literally a high note, as you will be aware if you check out the video clip). A visibly moved Sundhage got a big send-off before going to China for her new job as assistant national team coach.
Nerikes Allehanda: Pia Sundhage: "Det känns så skönt", video clip
Aftonbladet: Pia Sundhage avslutade med seger och solosång
Linköping - Göteborg 1 - 2 (1-1)
Linköping: Maria Cederholm - Marie-Louise Skålberg, Sara Larsson (10 Ann Westermark), Lotta Rohlin, Maria Karlsson - Maja Krantz, Frida Östberg, Caroline Seger - Tiffeny Milbrett, Maria Aronsson, Josefine Öqvist
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Karlsson, Maria Nilsson, Jenny Engwall, Marlene Sjöberg - Emmelie Farfa, Ingvild Stensland, Salina Olsson, Sofie Andersson (76 Lisa Ek) - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén (85 Anna Andén)
Goals: 0-1 Lotta Schelin (12), 1-1 Maria Aronsson (16) , 1-2 Lotta Schelin (56)
Attendance: 783
An already from the beginning handicapped Linköping (long-time injury victims Hedvig Lindahl and Anna-Kaisa Rantanen missing) lost another key player when Sara Larsson limped off the pitch after only 10 minutes. The remaining Linköping defense had huge problems with Göteborg's Lotta Schelin and midfielders Stensland and Olsson won the battle with Linköping's Seger. Linköping had several chances to even the score, but both Öqvist and Milbrett missed good opportunities. Göteborg's defense is supposed to be their weakest link, but last minute signee Jenny Engwall, in an unaccustomed centre defense position, helped a lot.
Corren: Förlust i premiären för LFC
Göteborgsposten: Schelin fixade premiärsegern, Jenny hittade rätt direkt
Svt: the match clip
Qbik - Umeå IK 0 - 4 (0-1)
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg, Jenny Hallstenson, Therése Lückner - Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren, Elin Ragnvaldsson, Therése Björk - Elin Sandgren, Jennifer Meier
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Maria Bergkvist (70 June Pedersen), Karolina Westberg, Johanna Frisk, Anna Paulson - Marta, Lise Klaveness, Lisa Dahlkvist, Elaine (80 Emelie Konradson) - Madelaine Edlund, Ma Xiaoxu (77 Hanna Ljungberg)
Goals: 0-1 Karolina Westberg (14), 0-2 Ma Xiaoxu (63), 0-3 Lise Klaveness (81), Madeleine Edlund (90)
Attendance: 1,380
Nobody had seriously expected anything else than the safe win for Umeå against favoured for relegation Qbik that it turned out to be. But Qbik were happy with keeping the score down in the first and with their first 20 second half minutes, when they actually were challening Umeå. Umeå, as usual, upped the score in the last minutes of the match when their superior strength and stamina settled the game. In Qbik goalkeeper Maria Yatrakis got most of the praise, but coach Janne Jansson pointed out that "she has to be this good in every match if we're going to avoid relegation". Umeå's Jeglertz was happy with the cooperation between forwards Ma and Edlund and that his defense managed to contain Qbik's counter attacks. And of course that Hanna Ljungberg played in a match for the first time in 5 months.
Värmlands Folkblad: Yatrakis bäst på plan : Man måste ju försöka kriga,
Västerbottens Folkblad: Xiaoxu hittade målet direkt
Svt: the match clip
Match-day 22: Qbik wins and stays
Bälinge: Christina Lundholm - Heidi Mattinlassi (Karolina Mats), Lina Andersson, Fanta Cooper, Nera Smajic - Anna Bergendahl (Emilia Appelqvist), Mikaela Björklund, Mona Nayib (Maria Thuré), Kirsten Karniski - Minna Mustonen, Julianne Sitch
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Nilsson, Sofia Dammström, Frida Höglund, Camilla Schelin - Emmelie Farfa, Jessica Julin, Salina Olsson, Maria Karlsson - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén
Goals: 0-1 Lotta Schelin (7), 0-2 Lotta Schelin (11), 1-2 Lina Andersson (13), 1-3 Lotta Schelin (22), 2-3 Julianne Sitch (50), 2-4 Sara Lindén (53), 2-5 Salina Olsson (89), 2-6 Lotta Schelin (94 PK)
Attendance: 458
Four goals from Lotta Schelin took her past Victoria Svensson, Asthildur Helgadottir and Mafrta in the goal-scoring list to make her the scoring queen of the season with 21 goals. Schelin once again showed her importance for her team when she played a major patrt in 5 of their 6 goals. Bälinge, where Minna Mustonen was really dangerous in the attack, kept up fairly good with the visitors at least the first half of the match, but visibly missed their regular goalkeeper Maja Åström.
Göteborgsposten: Schelin vann skytteligan efter hattrick
Hammarby - Linköping 3 - 0 (1-0)
Hammarby: Camilla Halonen - Annica Svensson, Karolina Rinman, Josefin Christensen, Elin Härén - Louise Fors (86 Caitlin Fisher), Therese Sandström, Jennie Jonsson, Marijke Callebaut, Jessica Landström - Emma Lundh (83 Lisa Björkvik)
Linköping:
Goals: 1-0 Marijke Callebaut (7), 2-0 Louise Fors (46), 3-0 Marijke Callebaut (73)
Attendance: 305
After a couple of really disasterous matches (against Qbik and Mallbacken), Hammarby got their act together and defeated newly crowned cup winners Linköping. Hammarby started with a defensive 4-5-1, but pretty soon took command over a surprisingly pale and inefficient Linköping, that maybe still were celebrating their cup win. Milbrett and Öqvist had several chances good opportunities and should have scored, but their missed opportunities reflected their teams performance. If Linköping had won, they would have passed by Djurgården, who were losing at Sunnanå, and won the 2nd place and a possible UEFA Cup spot next fall (that is, if Umeå wins the whole thing and Sweden gets a second team in the competition). But not even that was enough get the players really interested.
Corren: LFC får vänta på Europacupspel
Jitex - Kif Örebro 0 - 3 (0-1)
Jitex: Kristin Luckenbill - Jenny Ringquist (58 Sofia Skog), Sophia Lindorsson, Amelie Rybeck, Caroline Lindblad - Therese Björk (70 Linda Fyhr), Malin Normelli, Amelie Olausson, Emma Herbring - Katie Eriksson (70 Therese Bjurenlind), Sara Sjöstedt
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Caroline Näfver, Keeley Dowling, Stina Segerström, Ingrid Ericsson - Emelia Erixon, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Elin Magnusson (65 Hodan Siid-Ahmed) - Sandra Persson (79 Malin Nilsson), Pavlina Scasna
Goals: 0-1 Sandra Persson (33), 0-2 Emilia Erixon (54), 0-3 Pavlina Scasna (69)
Attendance: 512
There had been some speculation before the match, if Pia Sundhage really wanted to kick her former club Jitex out of Damallsvenskan. The match put an end to that kind of speculations. Örebro has been on a roll lately and didn't have much problems with Jitex. Dowling and Segerström in centre defense were flawless and Pavlina Scasna excelled in the attack.
Nerikes Allehanda: KIF skickade ner Jitex
Göteborgsposten: Sundhage skickade ned Jitex
Malmö FF - Umeå IK 0 - 4 (0-2)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Lina Nilsson, Therese Jönsson (Malin Levenstad), Emma Wilhelmsson, Dora Stefansdottir - Frida Nordin (Johanna Rosén), Therese Sjögran, Nilla Fischer, Emma Stålhammar - Asthildur Helgadottir, Therese Lundin
Umeå: Sofia Lundgren - Anna Paulsson (79 Emma Berglund), Karolina Westberg, Sanna Valkonen, Maria Bergkvist (65 Johanna Frisk) - Lisa Dahlqvist, Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Anna Sjöström, Hanna Ljungberg (60 Lise Klaveness), Marta
Goals: 0-1 Hanna Ljungberg (39), 0-2 Anna Sjöström (39), 0-3 Marta (47), 0-4 Lise Klaveness (68)
Attendance: 2,170
Malmö kept up with Umeå the first 30 minutes and even had the best scoring chances. The two quick Umeå goals within a minute killed the match. Even if Malmö even after that managed to fight back, Umeå dominated and showed why they are one of the best teams in the world. Faster play, better movement in the team, better delivered and better recieved passes - a great team machine but also better individual skills on almost every player, not just Marta (who was in an extraordinary form). For the first time you could hear a Malmö coach using the phrase "a valuable experience" after an Umeå match.
Sydsvenskan: MFF:s sämsta placering sedan 1985
SVT: Hanna Ljungberg interview (video)
Qbik - Mallbacken 2 - 0 (1-0)
Qbik:
Mallbacken:
Goals: 1-0 own goal (12), 2-0 Linda Gull (86)
Attendance: 2,726
A big crowd came to watch the relegation deciding derby. Both teams knew what was at stake and it marked the play. Qbik's first goal came from a missed clearance of a Jennifer Meier cross. Mallbacken pressed for an equaliser (and needed a winning goal too, to avoid relegation), but great play from Maria Yatrakis in goal saved the day for Qbik. That, and substitute Linda Gull's late goal from a Jennifer Meier assist.
Värmlands Folkblad: QBIKS EFTERLÄNGTADE SEGERGLÄDJE..., ...OCH MALLBACKENS BITTRA TÅRAR
SVT: match clip
Sunnanå - Djurgården/Älvsjö 3 - 2 (2-1)
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund – Kicki Wiklund, Hanna Marklund, Rebecca Smith, Sandra Berggren - Maria Nordbrandt (87 Johanna Lindahl ), Magdalena Esseryd (70 Lina Johansson ), Sanna Frostevall, Carina Holmberg, Anna Bodén (87 Carolina Marklund ) – Madeleine Edlund
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Kristin Bengtsson, Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, SaraThunebro - Katrine Pedersen (68 Anna Hall), Linda Fagerström, Dorte Dalum Jensen, Elin Ekblom - Laura Österberg Kalmari, Victoria Svensson
Goals: 1-0 Madelene Edlund (12), 2-0 Madelene Edlund (25), 2-1 Sara Thunebro (37), 2-2 Laura Kalmari (75), 3-2 Rebecca Smith (79)
Attendance: 304
Djurgården had decided to keep Pedersen and Dalum Jensen with the team, instead of letting them join Denmark's national team on a tournament in Korea, because the last match would decide the second place in the league. And Djurgården were everywhere and won almost everything, except the goalscoring. Just like the Malmö match the weekend before, they had huge problems converting attacks to goals. Instead Sunnanå could score on fast counters, where Edlund showed both her speed and shooting skills. Finally Sara Thunebro managed to score on a direct free-kick and Laura Kalmari head in a beautifull pass from Kicki Bengtsson to equalise. But only minutes later Rebecca Smith (who had been great in defense the whole match) scored the final goal on a pass from Madelene Edlund. Still, Hammarby's victory over Linköping saved the day and the second place for Djurgården.
Norra Västerbotten: Smiths minnesvärda mål sänkte Djurgården
Match-day 21: Mallbacken trash Hammarby to grab last chance in relegation struggle
Djurgården/Älvsjö - Malmö FF 1 - 1 (0-1)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Kristin Bengtsson, Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Sara Thunebro (79 Anna Hall) - Katrine Pedersen, Linda Fagerström, Dorte Dalum Jensen (66 Anne-Marie Norlin), Elin Ekblom - Laura Österberg Kalmari, Victoria Svensson
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Jenny Engwall, Malin Levenstad, Dora Stefansdottir, Lina Nilsson - Emma Stålhammar (66 Nanna Johansen), Therese Sjögran, Nilla Fischer, Frida Nordin - Asthildur Helgadottir, Therese Lundin
Goals: 1-0 Therese Lundin (30), 1-1 Elin Ekblom (90)
Attendance: 1,317
Umeå IK - Qbik 6 - 0 (5-0)
Umeå: Johanna Baecklund - Emma Berglund, Karolina Westberg (46 Erika Karlsson), Johanna Frisk, Maria Bergkvist - Lisa Dahlqvist (55 June Pedersen), Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Anna Sjöström, Lise Klaveness, Marta (70 Johanna Andersson)
Qbik:
Goals: 1-0 Marta (14), 2-0 Maria Bergkvist (24), 3-0 Malin Moström (27), 4-0 Anna Sjöström (36), 5-0 Lise Klaveness (38), 6-0 Marta (72)
Attendance: 503
Mallbacken - Hammarby 4 - 1 (2-0)
Mallbacken:
Hammarby:
Goals: 1-0 Erla Arnardottir (9), 2-0 Helena Nilsson (19), 3-0 Jenny Monsén (58), 4-0 Helena Nilsson (79), 4-1 Emma Lundh (90)
Attendance: 781
Kif Örebro - Bälinge 3 - 1 (2-1)
Örebro:
Bälinge:
Goals: 1-0 Keeley Dowling (16), 1-1 Minna Mustonen (35), 2-1 Own goal (40), 3-1 Lena Andersson (56)
Attendance: 489
Kopparbergs/Göteborg - Sunnanå 1 - 0 (0-0)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Maria Nilsson, Sofia Dammström, Frida Höglund, Marlene Sjöberg - Camilla Schelin, Lisa Ek, Salina Olsson, Sofie Andersson - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén
Sunnanå:
Goals: 1-01 Lisa Ek (67)
Attendance: 235
Linköping - Jitex 4 - 0 (1-0)
Linköping: Hedvig Lindahl - Frida Östberg, Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Karin Lindström -Ann Westermark (74 Sandra Landberg), Anna-Kaisa Rantanen, Caroline Seger, Maria Karlsson (81 Lotta Runesson) - Tiffeny Milbrett (74 Petra Larsson), Maria Aronsson
Jitex: Kristin Luckenbill - Jenny Ringquist, Sophia Lindorsson, Amelie Rybeck, Caroline Lindblad - Therese Björk, Malin Normelli (59 Kajsa Tornfalk), Amelie Olausson, Leah Robinson - Katie Eriksson (45 Linda Fyhr), Sara Sjöstedt (59 Sofia Skog)
Goals: 1-0 Maria Aronsson (30), 2-0 Maria Aronsson (53), Maria Aronsson (76), 4-0 Anna-Kaisa Rantanen (91)
Attendance: 868
Match-day 20: Qbik grabs first win
Umeå IK - Djurgården/Älvsjö 2 - 1 (1-1)
Umeå: Sofia Lundgren - Johanna Frisk, Sanna Valkonen, Karolina Westberg, Anna Paulson - Anne Mäkinen, Malin Moström, Elaine - Marta, Hanna Ljungberg, Anna Sjöström
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Kristin Bengtsson, Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Sara Thunebro - Katrine Pedersen, Linda Fagerström, Anne-Marie Norlin (67 Dorte Dalum Jensen), Elin Ekblom - Laura Kalmari(46 Anna Hall), Victoria Svensson
Goals: 0-1 Victoria Svensson (23), 1-1 Malin Moström (41), 1-2 Marta (46)
Attendance: 1,908
Västerbottens Folkblad: Marta på spelhumör
Västerbottenskuriren: 19:e segermatchen - tacka Marta för det
SVT: video clip
Bälinge - Linköpings FC 1 - 5 (0-2)
Bälinge: Christina Lundholm - Carolina Mats, Lina Andersson, Fanta Cooper, Nera Smajic - Maria Thuré, Linda Sembrant, Anna Bergendal, Kacey White - Minna Mustonen, Julianne Sitch
Linköping: Hedvig Lindahl - Frida Östberg, Sara Larsson (72 Emma Claesson), Charlotte Rohlin, Maria Karlsson - Josefine Öqvist (80 Petra Larsson), Anna-Kaisa Rantanen, Caroline Seger, Ann Westermark (72 Karin Lindström) - Tiffeny Milbrett, Maria Aronsson
Goals: 0-1 Tiffeny Milbrett (26), 0-2 Josefine Öqvist (29), 1-2 Anna Bergendahl (47), 1-3 Maria Aronsson (51), 1-4 Josefine Öqvist (53), 1-5 Maria Aronsson (90)
Attendance: 477
Upsala Nya Tidning: Jossan tvåmålsskytt mot Bälinge
Corren: Ingen fortsättning i LFC för Karlsson
Malmö FF - Kopparbergs/Göteborg 3 - 0 (1-0)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Lina Nilsson, Malin Levenstad, Dóra Stefánsdóttir, Jenny Engwall - Frida Nordin, Therese Sjögran, Nanna Johansen, Emma Stålhammar - Therese Lundin, Ásthildur Helgadóttir (84 Linda Blom)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Marlene Sjöberg, Frida Höglund, Sofia Dammström, Maria Nilsson - Sofie Andersson (60 Frida Thydén), Jessica Julin (60 Lisa Ek), Salina Olsson, Camilla Schelin (88 Rebecca Ljungdahl) - Sara Lindén, Lotta Schelin
Goals: 1-0 Jenny Engwall (6), 2-0 Asthildur Helgadottir (48), 3-0 Asthildur Helgadottir (71)
Attendance: 550
Sydsvenskan: MFF:s Asta i skytteligans topp, Jenny plockade ner landslagsstjärna
Qbik - Hammarby IF 2 - 1 (1-0)
Qbik:
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Annica Svensson, Linda Forsberg, Karolina Rinman, Elin Härén (71 Caitlin Fisher) - Louise Fors, Therese Sandström, Jennie Jonsson, Marijke Callebaut - Emma Lundh (80 Daniella Chamoun), Jessica Landström
Goals: 1-0 Anna Nilsson (12), 2-0 Anna Nilsson (84), 2-1 Louise Fors (90)
Attendance: 425
In their 20th Damallsvenskan match this season, Qbik finally managed to win. Anna Nilsson could pick up a misdirected kick from Hammarby's goalie Katarina Wicksell and score already 12 minutes from start. The early goal gave Qbik courage and even if Hammarby had most of the possession, Qbik created more forward. But mostly it was fighting to defend the lead for Qbik. Anna Nilsson could late in the game put in the insurance goal on a rebound from a Rebecca Jonsson shot and without that insurance Hammarby's late goal would have meant Qbik's 10th draw. Instead it became their first victory, enormously important in the relegation struggle.
Värmlands Folkblad: Äntligen, Nilsson!, Väntan över: "Vi hade rätta flytet"
Hammarby:
Match-day 20: Jitex defeats Mallbacken in relegation struggle
Jitex - Mallbacken 1 - 0 (1-0)
Jitex: Kristin Luckenbill - Sophia Lindorsson, Emma Herbring, Amelie Rybeck, Caroline Lindblad - Therese Björk, Malin Normelli, Amelie Olausson, Leah Robinson (88 Kajsa Tornfalk) - Katie Eriksson (85 Therese Bjurenlind), Sara Sjöstedt (74 Sofia Skog)
Mallbacken:
Goals: 1-0 Amelie Olausson (25)
Attendance: 612
Both teams knew the match could be decisive in the relegation struggle, and it showed. It was two nervous teams that walked on the pitch and it wasn't really the beautiful game they played. A lot of long balls without any address and missed passes from both teams. Mallbacken still managed to get a grip on the match during the first half, but it was Jitex that scored. Katie Eriksson - Jitex untiring attacker - ran through Mallbacken's defense and fired a shot that Carola Söberg in goal couldn't hold. Jitex midfielder Amelie Olausson got a shot on it that hit both goalposts before it landed in goal. Olausson played only her second match this season. The 30 year old, who is the club's fitness trainer, had decided to quit playing after contributing to Jitex promotion last year but been persuaded by the coaches to return to the field. After the goal the match turned and Jitex had most of the scoring chances, including a penalty kick from Leah Robinson, that goalie Söberg caught.
Göteborgsposten: Tränaren avgjorde för Jitex
Damfotboll.com: Jitex kan andas ut – en vecka till!
Värmlands Folkblad: Förlorade ödesmatchen
Sunnanå - Kif Örebro 0 - 2 (0-2)
Sunnanå:
Örebro:
Goals: 1-0 Marie Hammarström (63), 2-0 Louise Östman (70)
Attendance: 247
KIF Örebro has never lost to Sunnanå during the 4 years they've played in Damallsvenskan. Not this time either. Sunnanå, missing Hanna Marklund to a yellow card suspension, played a tough physical game but had problems getting anything done in their offensive third of the field. Örebro's Marie Hammarström and Pavlina Scasna made the difference. Hammarström scored directly from a free-kick and Scasna was instrumental in the fast counter Örebro started after a Sunnanå corner-kick and made it an easy finish for Louise Östman.
Damfotboll.com: KIF Örebro förlängde fyrårig svit
Norra Västerbotten Kega upprörd efter ny Sunnanåförlust
Nerikes Allehanda: KIF Örebro slog Sunnanå
Match day 19: Mallbacken grabs point in relegation battle
KIF Örebro DFF - Malmö FF DFF 0 - 0 (0-0)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericsson, Keeley Dowling, Stina Segerström, Caroline Näfver - Emelia Erixon, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Hodan Siid-Ahmed (73 Louise Östman) - Pavlina Scasna, Sandra Persson
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Lina Nilsson, Malin Levenstad, Therese Jönsson, Lina Rehov (65 Dora Stefansdottir) - Nanna Johansen, Therese Sjögran, Nilla Fischer, Frida Nordin (71Emma Stålhammar) - Therese Lundin, Ásthildur Helgadóttir
Attendance: 615
With Jenny Engwall out on yellow card suspension, Malmö had to field yet another teenager in defense, Lina Rehov. Still, the defense did their job well (much thanks to Caroline Jönsson, though) but Malmö's much more merited midfielders got outplayed by Örebro's Lena Andersson and Marie Hammarström. Malmö produced very little forward while Örebro's Scasna once again showed how dangerous she is up front. Örebro's Sundhage was pleased with her team's first ever point against Malmö, while Malmö's Jörgen Petersson thought that his midfield played more nervous and cautious than usual, partly because of the young defense line. He also repeated what he has said several times before; people are having too high expectations on his team, paying more attention to the club's name than to the young and unexperienced squad. A player like Malin Levenstad, 17 years old who had never started for the first team before this season, is replacing Denise Reddy, who had hundreds of matches in Damallsvenskan.
Sydsvenskan: MFF fick bara en poäng mot Örebro
Nerikes Allehanda: KIF Örebro tog poäng mot Malmö FF, pictures (loads of Scasna pictures, but ok, she is good)
Kopparbergs/Göteborg - Umeå IK 2 - 3 (2-3)
Göteborg: Maria Edman - Marlene Sjöberg, Frida Höglund, Sofia Dammström, Maria Nilsson - Sofie Andersson (70 Lisa Ek), Jessica Julin, Salina Olsson, Emmelie Farfa (35 Rebecca Ljungdahl) - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén
Umeå: Sofia Lundgren - Anna Paulson, Johanna Frisk, Sanna Valkonen, Emma Berglund - Anne Mäkinen, Malin Moström, Lisa Dahlqvist (50 Elaine) - Anna Sjöström (60 Marta), Hanna Ljungberg (46 Erika Karlsson), Lise Klaveness
Goals: 0-1 Lisa Dahlqvist (18), 0-2 Hanna Ljungberg (23), 1-2 Sara Lindén (27), 1-3 Malin Moström (33), 2-3 Sara Lindén (44)
Attendance: 2,483
The inauguration of Kopparbergs/Göteborg's new home arena, Valhalla, attracted soccer profiles, local celebrities, a lot of youth teams and enough regular punters to make the small arena look almost sold out. Umeå took control of the match from the start, and when Hanna Ljungberg scored a typical Hanna Ljungberg goal (set up be Lise Klaveness) making it 0-2 already after some 20 minutes you could hear a big sigh from the crowd "Oh no, not one of those games again". But Göteborg tried to be patient, hold on to the ball when they got it and build their attacks carefully. It paid off when Sara Lindén managed to reduce both to 1-2 and 2-3, partly maybe because of a somewhat unexperienced Umeå defense (Maria Bergkvist injured and Karolina Westberg with a virus was missing). In the second half Göteborg even managed to create more situations in front of goal than Umeå did. "Unnecessary exciting", commented Umeå's coach André Jeglertz. It also seems like Umeå is matching their players very carefully in Damallsvenskan: 45 minutes Hanna Ljungberg and 30 minutes Marta seems almost like just enough exercise to keep them in shape for the UEFA cup matches.
The match was originally planned to be televised. But Umeå's early championship win made TV4, that owns the broadcasting rights, schedule a more interesting promotion-struggle match from the men's second tier. The network offered to show the match, if they could move kick-off 2 hours. Göteborg declined, since it by then wasn't possible to change everything around the inauguration ceremony.
Göteborgsposten: Umeå först att vinna på Valhalla
Västerbottenskuriren: UIK fortsätter segersviten
Västerbottens Folkblad: Onödigt spännande när UIK tog ny seger
Djurgården/Älvsjö - QBIK 7 - 0 (2-0)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Kristin Bengtsson, Jane Törnqvist, Therese Brogårde, Sara Thunebro - Linda Fagerström, Katrine Pedersen, Anne-Marie Norlin, Elin Ekblom - Victoria Svensson, Laura Österberg Kalmari
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Charlotte Nygren, Faith Ikidi, Yinka Kudaisi, Ann-Sofie Halvarsson - Elin Sandgren, Maureen Mmadu, Rebecca Jonsson, Jenny Hallstenson - Anna Nilsson, Jennifer Meier
Goals: 1-0 Victoria Svensson (18), 2-0 Laura Kalmari (23), 3-0 Ann-Marie Norlin (46), 4-0 Sara Thunebro (73), 5-0 Victoria Svensson (80), 6-0 Victoria Svensson (88), 7-0 Victoria Svensson (89)
Attendance: 362
Djurgården was in an extraordinary good mood and out-played Qbik over 90 minutes. Qbik didn't have a single shot on goal in the entire match. Still, partly helped by good work from Maria Yatrakis in goal, they were only two goals down after the first half and came out to the second determined to work their way back inte the game. But it only took Victoria Svensson 30 seconds to find Anne-Marie Norlin unmarked by Yatrakis left goal-post. After that, Djurgården continued to play a fast, aggressive game and Victoria Svensson sealed the match with a 10 minute hat-trick against a very tired Qbik.
Dagens Nyheter: Victoria Svensson fyramålsskytt
Värmlands Folkblad: Qbik krossades av Djurgården
Djurgården/Älvsjö: pictures
Hammarby IF - Jitex BK 4 - 0 (0-0)
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Annica Svensson, Linda Forsberg, Elin Sölveskog, Karolina Rinman - Louise Fors (79 Elin Härén), Therese Sandström, Jennie Jonsson, Marijke Callebaut - Emma Lundh (64 Jessica Landström), Sara Johansson (71 Caitlin Fisher)
Jitex: Kristin Luckenbill - Sophia Lindorsson, Emma Herbring (66 Linda Fyhr), Amelie Rybeck, Caroline
Lindblad - Therese Björk, Leah Robinson, Amelie Olausson (86 Kajsa Tornfalk), Sofia Skog - Stacey
Stocco (55 Therese Bjurenlind), Sara Sjöstedt
Goals: 1-0 Emma Lundh 1-0 (54), 2-0 Sara Johansson (59), 3-0 Jessica Landström (68), 4-0 Jennie Jonsson (89)
Attendance: 272
After a rather uneventfull first half with a lot of playing mistakes from both sides, Hammarby was the team that came out more aggressive and determined in the second. Emma Lundh, one of Hammarby's teenage talents, scored her first Damallsvenskan goal after great foot-work in the panalty area, leaving two defenders behind her. After Sara johansson made it 2-0, Hammarby dominated the match with a long row of attacks.
Hammarby: Hammarby vann över Jitex med 4-0
Linköpings FC - Sunnanå SK 2 - 0 (0-0)
Linköping: Hedvig Lindahl - Frida Östberg, Marie-Louise Skålberg, Charlotte Rohlin, Maria Karlsson - Anna-Kaisa Rantanen, Caroline Seger, Tffeny Milbrett (85 Petra Larsson), Ann Westermark (70 Karin Lindström) - Maria Aronsson (45 Sandra Landberg), Josefine Öqvist
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Kicki Wiklund, Hanna Marklund, Rebecca Smith, Sandra Berggren - Alexandra Nilsson (58 Anna Bodén), Carina Holmberg, Sanna Frostevall, Maria Nordbrandt (78 Magdalena Esseryd) - Lina Johansson, Madelaine Edlund.
Goals: 1-0 Charlotte Rohlin (78), 2-0 Anna-Kaisa Rantanen (85)
Attendance: 667
Sunnanå managed to hold their own against Linköping for almost 80 minutes. "We knew we had to work hard, keep focused and don't make any individual mistakes", said coach Israelsson. And it looked a from Sunnanå's side successfull 0-0, when Frida Östberg took a Linköping corner-shot and defender Charlotte Rohlin could come unmarked from outside and head in the ball. Linköping's coach Per-Johan Karlsson admitted it wasn't a great match, but it's still the result that matters.
Västerbottens Folkblad: Sunnanå tappade på slutet
Norra Västerbotten: Sunnanå förlorade mot Linköping
Mallbackens IF - Bälinge 1 - 1 (0-1)
Mallbacken: Carola Söberg - Emma Asp, Helena Nilsson, Kathlén Fernström, Louise Jonasson - Linda Nöjd, Therese Persson, Elizabeth Double, Therese Stolpe - Maja Johansson (Julia Spetsmark), Jenny Monsén (Chrisite Swaving)
Bälinge: Maja Åström - Karolina Mats, Lina Andersson, Fanta Cooper, Nera Smajic - Anna Bergendal (79 Mona Najib), Mikaela Björklund (71 Maria Thuré), Linda Sembrandt, Kacey White - Julianne Sitch (79 Emma Lindqvist), Minna Mustonen
Goals: 0-1 Minna Mustonen (13), 1-1 Christie Swaving (86)
Attendance: 1,047
After a tight, but not always that well played match with few scoring opportunities, Mallbacken could force in a tieing goal in the last minutes of the match and win an important point in the relegation struggle. Mallbacken, that had to start without their midfield engine Erla Arnadottir (playing in USA for Iceland's national team), ran a lot and worked hard but not always very contructive in their effort to equalise Bälinge's early lead. Finally Bälinge's keeper Maja Åström was knocked down in a duel with two Mallbacken players and Kristie Swaving put the ball in an open goal. Åström, who injured her hand in the encounter, was very upset with the referee after the match.
Bälinge's point finally put them out of even a theoretical risk of relegation, 10 points away from the relegation line with 3 matches left to play.
Värmlands Folkblad: Kristi frälste Mallbacken i sista stund
Upsala Nya Tidning: "Jag hatar Mallbacken"
Match-day 18: Umeå wins championship
Umeå: Sofia Lundgren - Anna Paulson (85 Emma Berglund), Karolina Westberg, Sanna Valkonen, Maria Bergkvist - Lisa Dahlkvist (70 Elaine), Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta, Lise Klaveness (75 Hanna Ljungberg), Anna Sjöström
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericsson, Stina Segerström, Keeley Dowling, Caroline Näfver - Hodan Siid-Ahmed, Lena Andersson, Elin Magnusson, Marie Hammarström - Sandra Persson, Pavlina Scasna
Goals: 1-0 Marta (32), 2-0 Marta (39), 3-0 Anna Sjöström (88)
Attendance: 2,078
With a comfortable 3-0 win, Umeå secured the championship 4 matches from the end of the season. Örebro's coach Pia Sundhage commented that Umeå really are too good for the rest of the teams in Damallsvenskan. "It's really not good for the league with such a superiority for one team." But on the other hand people has been saying that since Öxabäck (6 championships in the 70's and 80's) dominated.
Umeå took control of the match from the start, determined to decide the championship. Örebro managed to hold back Umeå the first 30 minutes. The first goal was very much a trademark Umeå goal. Örebro's Dowling, on one of her offensive excursions, lost the ball to Umeå's Valkonen, who passed it on to Moström, who continued forward and gave a great pass to Marta, who had escaped her defender and could score undisturbed. All this in less than 10 seconds from Valkonen's break to Marta's goal. Shortly after Marta scored directly from a corner kick and the rest was mostly a wait for the championship celebrations.
Damfotboll.com: SM-guldet i hamn - Grattis Umeå IK!
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Match-day 18: Sara Johansson leads Hammarby to victory
Bälinge: Maja Åström - Karolina Mats (84 Jenny Jansson), Fanta Cooper, Lina Andersson, Nera Smajic - Kacey White, Linda Sembrandt, Mona Najib (75 Mikaela Björklund), Christen Karniski (75 Anna Bergendahl) - Emma Lindqvist, Minna Mustonen.
Hammarby: Katarina Wicksell - Caitlin Fisher, Elin Sölveskog, Linda Forsberg, Annica Svensson - Louise Fors (75 Elin Härén), Therese Sandström, Jennie Jonsson, Marijke Callebaut - Emma Lundh (80 Jessica Landström), Sara Johansson
Goals: 0-1 Own goal (8), 1-1 Minna Mustonen (53), 1-2 Louise Fors (67 PK), 1-3 Sara Johansson (87)
Attendance: 502
Hammarby's Sara Johansson was tearing huge holes in Bälinge's defense, where usually reliable Fanta Cooper and Lina Andersson probably played their worst match so far this season. The first goal came when Bälinge's defense managed to stear the ball in own goal, trying to clear up after a powerfull Sara Johansson shot. Bälinge managed to equalise on a fast counter, but Hammarby continued to dominate. After Louise Fors' penalty goal Bälinge tried to make it a tie again, making offensive substitutions. But Hammarby's Johansson killed the match when she dribbled through Bälinge's defense and scored alone with Maja Åström in a nice solo performance.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Tung kväll för Bälinge
Hammarby: Hammarby vann med 3-1 borta mot Bälinge