Month: April 2026

Denmark – ranked 25^th by UEFA.

Division One, "1. division"
No. Team                G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
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 1  Vejle B             22   13    3    6    61    40   29
 2  Hvidovre IF         22   10    4    8    44    38   24
 3  BK Frem             22   10    4    8    40    36   24 
 4  KB                  22   10    4    8    49    47   24
 5  Randers Freja       22    9    5    8    40    42   23
 6  Køge Boldklub       22    9    5    8    44    47   23
 7  Brønshøj Boldklub   22   10    2   10    43    52   22
 8  B 1903              22    7    7    8    35    31   21 
 9  B 1901              22    8    4   10    46    47   20
10  B 1909              22    6    7    9    39    40   19
11  AaB                 22    7    4   11    37    47   18 
12  AB                  22    7    3   12    34    45   17
  
Relegated:   AaB and AB
Promoted:    AGF and
 Næstved IF

Cup: B 1909 1-0 BK Frem

B 1909 (Odense) won their 2^nd Cup – but this was the last trophy ‘the Miners’ won.

Northern Ireland – ranked 24^th by UEFA.

 1. Linfield Belfast           22  18  2  2  58-16  38
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 2. Glentoran Belfast          22  16  3  3  52-17  35
 3. Distillery Belfast         22  13  4  5  51-29  30
 4. FC Coleraine               22  12  2  8  43-32  26
 5. Ballymena United           22   8  7  7  34-28  23
 6. Ards Newtownards           22   8  5  9  30-37  21
 7. Crusaders Belfast          22   7  6  9  24-45  20
 8. FC Bangor                  22   7  5 10  21-34  19

Back row (L-R): Jimmy Hill, Eamon McLaughlin, Raymond White, Noel Ward, Irwyn McKibbin, Danny Hale, Doug Wood.
Front row (L-R): Declan McDowell, Jim ‘Chang’ Smith, John Duffy, George O’Halloran, John Rowland.
Mascot: Gary Blake.

 9. Derry City Londonderry     22   7  5 10  45-46  19
10. Glenavon Lurgan            22   5  3 14  39-55  13
11. Cliftonville Belfast       22   3  6 13  26-53  12
12. FC Portadown               22   2  4 16  24-55   8

No promotion or relegation.                                      
                                                              
Champions: Linfield Belfast                                       
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Derry City Londonderry 3-0 

Distillery captain Peter Rafferty and full back Derek Meldrum parade with the Cup.

Distillery won their 12^th Cup – but their first since 1955-56 and also their last trophy so far. Back row (L-R): Tom Finney, Tommy Brannigan, Alan McCarroll, Roy McDonald, Peter Rafferty, Derek Meldrum, Martin O’Neill
Front row (L-R): Mervyn Law, George Lennox, Jim Savage, Joe Patterson, Peter Watson
Inset: Martin Donnelly

Cup:
Åtvidabergs FF – Malmö FF 3-2
No double for Malmo FF.

Atvidabergs FF won second consecutive Cup.

II Division – 4 groups, the winners going to promotional tournament and the top 2 in it were promoted

Norrland

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Sandvikens IF 22 16 4 2 65 16 +49 36 Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan

2 IFK Holmsund 22 14 2 6 52 29 +23 30

3 Domsjö IF 22 13 2 7 41 21 +20 28

4 Brynäs IF 22 8 9 5 43 30 +13 25

5 GIF Sundsvall 22 11 3 8 45 35 +10 25

6 Kubikenborgs IF 22 11 3 8 33 28 +5 25

7 Skellefteå AIK 22 9 7 6 38 35 +3 25

8 Ljusdals IF 22 10 4 8 30 28 +2 24 Relegation to Division 3

9 Sandåkerns SK 22 9 3 10 30 34 −4 21

10 Lycksele IF 22 2 7 13 14 45 −31 11

11 Bodens BK 22 2 3 17 19 65 −46 7

12 Timrå IK 22 3 0 19 22 64 −42 6

 

Svealand

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 IF Saab 22 14 4 4 44 16 +28 32 Playoffs for promotion

2 IK Sirius 22 14 3 5 45 21 +24 31

3 IK Sleipner 22 11 6 5 42 24 +18 28

4 Nyköpings BIS 22 12 3 7 33 27 +6 27

5 Älvsjö AIK 22 11 2 9 32 31 +1 24

6 IFK Eskilstuna 22 9 5 8 36 31 +5 23

7 IF Brommapojkarna 22 9 5 8 38 36 +2 23

8 IK Brage 22 8 4 10 37 41 −4 20 Relegation

9 Södertälje SK 22 7 5 10 43 43 0 19

10 IFK Stockholm 22 6 5 11 33 40 −7 17

11 IF Vesta 22 3 7 12 22 41 −19 13

12 Råsunda IS 22 2 3 17 12 66 −54 7

 

Norra Götaland

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 GAIS 22 19 0 3 72 28 +44 38 Playoffs for promotion

2 Jönköpings Södra IF 22 13 2 7 55 39 +16 28

3 IFK Göteborg 22 12 2 8 42 30 +12 26

4 Skövde AIK 22 12 2 8 44 38 +6 26

5 IFK Arvika 22 8 6 8 27 33 −6 22

6 KB Karlskoga 22 8 5 9 36 37 −1 21

7 Skogens IF 22 9 3 10 32 35 −3 21

8 Grimsås IF 22 7 7 8 23 29 −6 21 Relegation

9 Västra Frölunda IF 22 9 2 11 32 38 −6 20

10 Degerfors IF 22 6 6 10 29 37 −8 18

11 Hovås IF 22 3 6 13 28 49 −21 12

12 Karlstads BK 22 4 3 15 19 46 −27 11

 

Södra Götaland

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Halmstads BK 22 14 5 3 41 20 +21 33 Playoffs for promotion

2 Perstorps SK 22 10 7 5 60 27 +33 27

3 IFK Malmö 22 10 7 5 28 21 +7 27

4 IS Halmia 22 9 7 6 40 29 +11 25

5 IFK Trelleborg 22 11 2 9 34 31 +3 24

6 Kalmar FF 22 8 7 7 30 32 −2 23

7 Blomstermåla IK 22 8 6 8 32 38 −6 22

8 Varbergs BoIS 22 6 7 9 29 37 −8 19 Relegation

9 Gnosjö IF 22 7 4 11 28 42 −14 18

10 Helsingborgs IF 22 6 6 10 29 44 −15 18

11 Nybro IF 22 5 5 12 33 42 −9 15

12 Gunnarstorps IF 22 4 5 13 28 49 −21 13

 

Allsvenskan promotion playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion

1 GAIS 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Promotion to Allsvenskan

Standing from left: Lars Holmsten, Roland Fransson, Ulf Alexandersson, Jan Ryding, Jerker Jönsson, Ingvar Andersson, Rune Petersson, Bengt-Göran Svensson, Gert Håkansson, Sylve Bengtsson.
Front: Lars-Erik Larsson, Lars-Göran Carlsson, Kenneth Larsson, Lars Nordin, Thomas Eriksson, Lennart Alexandersson, Tommy Södergren.

2 Halmstads BK 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3

3 Sandvikens IF 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2

4 IF Saab 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2

Sweden. Ranked 23rd by UEFA. First Division – last 2 relegated.

Malmö FF…………………22 12 6 4 46-22 30 (+24)
Åtvidabergs FF……………22 10 8 4 43-20 28 (+23)
IFK Norrköping……………22 8 10 4 23-15 26 (+ 8)

Djurgårdens IF……………22 11 4 7 32-27 26 (+ 5)
Örgryte IS……………….22 6 10 6 29-28 22 (+ 1)
Landskrona BoIS…………..22 5 12 5 22-25 22 (- 3)
AIK……………………..22 8 6 8 26-38 22 (-12)
Örebro SK………………..22 7 7 8 20-25 21 (- 5)
Back row from left: Stig Svensson, Göran Hagberg, Lars Olof Gunnskog, Björn Andersson, Mats Nordenberg, Karl Axel Blomqvist, Leif Blom, Jan Ivar Bergqvist, Tommy Svensson, Anders Linderoth, Vilmos Varszegi.
Crouching: Leif Franson, Björn Gustavsson, Harry Bild, Tord Ljunggren, John Lindau, Jan Mattsson.
Östers IF………………..22 5 10 7 26-24 20 (+ 2)
Hammarby IF………………22 6 7 9 22-27 19 (- 5)
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IF Elfsborg………………22 6 2 14 20-34 14 (-14)
IFK Luleå………………..22 4 6 12 20-44 14 (-24)
9th title for Malmo FF.

Cup:

Servette FC 2-0 FC Lugano
Servette won their 3rd Cup, waiting for it since 1949. Standing from left: Desbiolles, Nemeth, Martin, Perroud, Trainer Snella, Wegmann, Burgdorfer, Dörfel, Morgenegg, Masseur Arnold

Front: Olivier, Guyot, Barlie, Tinturier, Bosson, Marchi, Heutschi, Kurz

Nationalliga B. Top 2 promoted. 
1  FC St.-Gallen                   26   18   5   3   55  24   41
2  FC Grenchen                     26   18   3   5   53  21   39
3  Neuchâtel Xamax FC              26   13   5   8   46  32   31
4  FC Mendrisiostar                26    9  10   7   28  27   28
5  Brühl St.-Gallen                26   11   5  10   45  42   27
6  FC Aarau                        26    7  13   6   28  31   27
7  Etoile Carouge FC               26    9   8   9   43  43   26
8  FC Monthey                      26    9   7  10   44  42   25
9  FC Chiasso                      26    6  11   9   24  36   23
10 FC Wettingen                    26    8   6  12   47  48   22
11 Vevey-Sports                    26    8   6  12   27  41   22
12 FC Martigny-Sports              26    8   6  12   26  42   22
13 Young Fellows Zürich            26    7   4  15   30  35   18
14 Urania Genève-Sports            26    3   7  16   23  55   13

Switzerland – ranked 22^nd.

Nationalliga A
1  FC Basel                        26   18   6   2   67  26   42
2  Grasshopper Club Zürich         26   20   2   4   59  21   42
3  FC Lugano                       26   11   9   6   50  34   31
4  Lausanne-Sports                 26   12   6   8   51  43   30
5  FC Zürich                       26   11   6   9   41  42   28
6  FC Winterthur                   26   11   5  10   36  38   27
7  Servette FC Genève              26    8  10   8   39  36   26
Standing from left: Henri Skiba (Trainer), Willy Allemann, Hansueli Havenith, Lambertus Theunissen, Ulrich Guggisberg, Walter Eichenberger, Willy Vögeli, Peter Anderegg, Tony Hug, Walter Müller, 
Bottom: Jean-Claude Bruttin, Ernst Schmocker, Walter Lehmann, Otto Messerli, Hans Bosshard, Walter Widmer, Christian Winiger, Heinz Rebmann, Charles Kvicinsky
8  BSC Young Boys Bern             26   10   6  10   43  46   26
9  FC La Chaux-de-Fonds            26    9   6  11   46  47   24
10 FC Biel-Bienne                  26    6   9  11   32  43   21
11 FC Luzern                       26    8   4  14   39  48   20     
12 FC Sion                         26    5   9  12   32  46   19
13 FC Fribourg                     26    6   7  13   35  63   19      
14 AC Bellinzona                   26    1   7  18   24  61    9

Championship Playoff:

Grasshoppers- FC Basel 4-3 aet

Relegation Playoff:
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FC Sion-FC Fribourg 1-0  
Grasshopper won their 16th title, but first one since 1956. It was difficult victory – in decisive extra match and only in overtime – and perhaps a bit unfair, for their finished second in the regular season.

Cup:

Olympiakos 3-1 PAOK
PAOK lost the final for second year in a row.

Standing from left: Kiryakos Koreas, Vasilis Siokos, Takis Sinetopoulos, Yannis Gaitatzis, Michalis Milonas, Athanasius Angelis.

Kneeling-Pampoulis Papadopoulos, Sulis Papas, Nikos Guitsos, Yorgos Delikaris and Petros Karavitis.

Olympiakos won their 14th Cup.

II Division. Group winners (plus the champion of Cyprus) promoted to First Division.

Group A

 1.Panachaiki G.E. Patras           88  34  22-10- 2  56:19 +37 ++
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 2.A.O. Koropi Athinas              76  34  17- 8- 9  42:26 +16
 3.G.S.F. Panaitolikos Agrinio      75  34  17- 7-10  46:30 +16
 4.G.S. Kallithea Athina            73  34  14-11- 9  38:27 +11
 5.Ionikos Nikaias                  73  34  16- 7-11  37:28 + 9
 6.A.O. Korinthos                   72  34  13-12- 9  45:30 +15
 7.A.O. Acharnaikos Menidi          68  34  11-13-10  30:28 + 2     (-1 point)
 8.A.S. Anagennisi Artas            67  34  11-11-12  47:48 - 1
 9.A.O. Panarkadikos Tripolis       67  34  11-11-12  37:39 - 2
10.A.O. Kalamata                    66  34  13- 6-15  36:69 - 3
11.A.E. Chania Kritis               65  34  12- 7-15  39:32 + 7
12.G.S. Panaigialios Aigio          65  34  10-12-12  34:39 - 5     (-1 point)
13.P.A.S. Jiannina                  65  34   9-13-12  34:42 - 8
14.Ethnikos Asteras Kaisariani Ath. 65  34  12- 7-15  36:46 -10
15.A.O. Panargiakos Argos           64  34  12- 6-16  43:48 - 5
16.A.O. Pannafpliakos Nafplion      64  34   8-14-12  29:37 - 8
17.A.O. Kerkyras (Corfu)            63  34   8-13-13  28:34 - 6
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18.Ergotelis Kritis                 46  34   3- 6-25  15:80 -65 --

Group B

 1.A.O. Trikala                     82  34  20- 8- 6  50:20 +30 ++
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 2.Panelefsiniakos Elefsina         82  34  21- 6- 7  56:34 +22
 3.Vizas Megara                     81  34  21- 5- 8  42:26 +16
 4.A.E. Larisas                     79  34  15-15- 4  39:25 +14
 5.Atromitos Peristeri Athina       74  34  17- 6-11  60:35 +25
 6.A.O. Lamia                       71  34  14- 9-11  45:38 + 7
 7.A.P.S. Rodos                     70  34  12-12-10  39:37 + 2
 8.Anajennisis Karditas             68  34  11-12-11  33:29 + 4
 9.A.S. Chalkidas                   65  34   7-17-10  30:32 - 2
10.Aiantas Salaminas                65  34   9-13-12  29:31 - 2
11.Panaspropyrgiakos Aspropyrgos    65  34   7-17-10  38:46 - 8
12.A.E. Levadiakos Livadias         64  34  11- 8-15  34:38 - 4
13.Ikaros Athinas                   64  34  10-10-14  33:40 - 7
14.Atromitos Pireas                 64  34  13- 4-17  47:61 -14
15.Argonaftis Pireas                63  34   8-13-13  35:45 -10
16.G.S. Niki Volou                  62  34   8-12-14  25:40 -15
17.A.P.S. Patras                    58  34   8- 8-18  35:50 -15
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18.Aris Agiou Konstantinou          46  34   3- 7-24  26:71 -55 --

Group C

Above: Antonis Pappas, Dimitris Karaiskos, Giannis Tsouknidas, Lakis Kaimakis, Nikos Rigoulias, Takis Synetopoulos. Below: Giorgos Paschalidis, Erotrikitos Valiannatos, Christos Doukas, Vassilis Karaiskos, Christos Diakoumis.

 1.Olympiakos Volos                 83  34  19-11- 4  64:19 +45 ++
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 2.A.E. Kastoria                    81  34  18-11- 5  43:15 +28
 3.Apollon Kalamarias Thessaloniki  78  34  18- 8- 8  53:24 +29
 4.A.S. Doxa Dramas                 73  34  14-11- 9  50:36 +14
 5.Makedonikos Neas E. Thessaloniki 67  34  11-11-12  32:25 + 7
 6.F.S. Kozanis                     67  34  13- 7-14  43:42 + 1
 7.A.O. Kilkisiakos Kilkis          67  34   9-15-10  27:33 - 6
 8.Apollonas Kryas Brysis           66  34  10-12-12  49:48 + 1
 9.P.A.O. Panthrakikos Komotini     66  34  10-12-12  35:34 + 1
10.A.O. Edessaikos Edessa           66  34  10-12-12  25:29 - 4
11.A.O. Xanthis                     65  34  10-11-13  27:34 - 7
12.Finikas Polychnis Thessaloniki   65  34  10-11-13  41:50 - 9
13.A.O. Karditsas                   65  34  13- 5-16  35:53 -18
14.A.O. Pandramaikos Drama          64  34  11- 8-15  30:40 -10
15.A.E. Florinas                    64  34  11- 8-15  25:45 -20
16.Anajennisi Jiannitson            63  34   8-13-13  28:37 - 9
17.Aris Ptolemaidas                 63  34  10-10-14  38:38 -10     (-1 point)
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18.Ethnikos Alexandroupolis         60  34   6-14-14  22:55 -33 --