2015 in Swedish football 2015 in Swedish football The 2015 season will be the 118th season of competitive football in Sweden. The competitive will start with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 21 February. League competition will start in early April with Allsvenskan on 5 April, Superettan on 5 April and Division 1 on 12 April. Svenska Cupen will conclude with the final on 17 May. Allsvenskan will conclude on 31 October, Superettan and Division 1 on 1 November and lower men's leagues on the weekend before. Qualification play-offs will be held after the end of league play with the Allsvenskan and Superettan
American football in the Netherlands American football in the Netherlands American Football in the Netherlands has been on the map both nationally and internationally since the 1980s. However, it took almost 40 years before the first American Football game played in the Netherlands was followed up. In 1946 two American University teams played an exhibition game in the Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam). Not until 1980 did the following step appear, when René Koningsferander issued a request on the TV sports programme 'Sprekershoek' for people who were interested in doing something with American Football in the Netherlands. Koningferander had been introduced to the sport by his gymnastics