Swedish_Futsal_League

Swedish Futsal League

Swedish Futsal League

Football league


Svenska Futsalligan (English: the Swedish Futsal League, also known as SFL) is a Swedish league for men's futsal clubs. It was founded in 2014 and is the top flight of the domestic futsal league system. Seasons run from October to March, with the 12 clubs all meeting each other twice, before the best eight teams compete in a play-off to decide the Swedish champion.

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History and format

The Swedish Football Association founded a five-a-side football championship in 1994. It was not until ten years later, in 2005, that the first competition was played with official futsal rules, but it consisted of several regional tournaments. In 2014, the Swedish Football Association bought the rights to Svenska Futsalligan, which had been started in 2006 as a private league.[1]

The first official edition of Svenska Futsalligan was held in 2014–15, with 16 teams split in two geographically based groups, where the four overall top teams went on to compete in a play-off. In 2018–19, the league was re-structured into a nationwide league of 14 teams, although no play-off was held. From 2019–20 and onwards, Svenska Futsalligan has been played with 12 clubs, where the eight best teams compete in a play-off to decide the Swedish champion.[2]

Clubs

A total of 26 clubs have played in Svenska Futsalligan. Seven clubs has been members of the league for every season since its inception in 2014, although two of them have changed names since.[1]

The following 12 clubs are competing in Svenska Futsalligan during the 2020–21 season:[3]

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Previous winners

Since its inception, three clubs has won Svenska Futsalligan and been crowned Swedish champions.[1]

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Notes

  1. Club was known as Göteborg Futsal Club before 2015.
  2. Club was known as IFK Uddevalla Futsal before 2022/23 season.
  3. Club was known as Avenyn United FC before 2016.
  4. Club was known as Spartak Örebro Futsal Club before 2016.

References

  1. "Historik - futsal" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. "Om SFL" (in Swedish). Swedish Futsal League. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. "Svenska Futsalligan 2020/21" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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