FC Rosengård must play a relegation playoff to remain in Damallsvenskan after losing 2–0 to Brommapojkarna in the final round. For the club that won the Swedish title in 2024, this is a clear failure of the league season. It is not, however, relegation: the place in the top division can still be secured on the pitch.
Rosengård needed to beat BP while Norrköping lost to AIK. Neither part happened. BP won at Grimsta and the match in Norrköping ended level, SVT reported. Rosengård will now meet Kif Örebro, who finished third in Elitettan, in two playoff matches on 19 and 22 November.
The stakes are exceptional for a club of Rosengård’s record. The team, under different names, has been in Damallsvenskan since the league began in 1988. SVT says the club has won 14 league titles, more than any other side in the competition’s history.
That record makes the playoff striking, but it cannot substitute for this season’s results. Rosengård also survived only in the final round last season and now faces another immediate test in which past success offers no protection. The matches against Kif Örebro will decide whether the club remains in Damallsvenskan. The available reporting does not set out the precise playoff format or the home-and-away order.
The defensible conclusion is narrow: Rosengård’s season has produced a serious contest for its top-flight place. It should not be treated as a final verdict on the club’s decline before the playoff has been played.
Sources
- SVT Nyheter · Source date: 2026-11-15
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