Swedish football division 3

This article is about the Swedish football league. For other uses, see Third Division (disambiguation).

Division 3 is the fifth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 144 Swedish football teams. Division 3 had status as the official third level from 1928 to 1986, but was replaced by Division 2 in 1987. It then had status as the official fourth level until 2005, but was replaced once again as Division 1 was recreated in 2006.

Swedish Division 3

Founded	2006 (2006)
Country	Sweden
Number of clubs	144 (in twelve groups)
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Division 2
Relegation to	Division 4
Current: 2025 Swedish Football Division 3

The competition

Division 3 consists of 144 clubs, divided into 12 groups of 12 teams, each representing a geographical area. The season runs from April to October, with each club playing the others in its group twice—once at home and once away—for a total of 22 matches. The top team in each group is promoted to Division 2 , replacing the two lowest-placed teams from each Division 2 league. The second-placed teams in Division 3 compete in promotion/relegation play-offs against the third-lowest teams in Division 2.

Normally, at the end of each season the three lowest placed teams of each group are relegated to the regional Division 4 and thirty-six teams from the regional Division 4 leagues are promoted in their place while the fourth lowest placed teams in the Division 3 leagues plays promotion/relegation play-offs against teams in Division 4. There were a series of relegation/promotion play-offs at the end of the 2010 season. ^[1]

Administration

The Swedish Football Association (Swedish: Svenska Fotbollförbundet; SvFF) is responsible for the administration of Division 3.

Seasons

• 1928–29
• 1929–30
• 1930–31
• 1931–32
• 1932–33
• 1933–34
• 1934–35
• 1935–36
• 1936–37
• 1937–38
• 1938–39
• 1939–40
• 1940–41
• 1941–42
• 1942–43
• 1943–44
• 1944–45
• 1945–46
• 1946–47
• 1947–48
• 1948–49
• 1949–50
• 1950–51
• 1951–52
• 1952–53
• 1953–54
• 1954–55
• 1955–56
• 1956–57
• 1957–58
• 1959
• 1960
• 1961
• 1962
• 1963
• 1964
• 1965
• 1966
• 1967
• 1968
• 1969
• 1970
• 1971
• 1972
• 1973
• 1974
• 1975
• 1976
• 1977
• 1978
• 1979
• 1980
• 1981
• 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025