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May 25, 2001

Damallsvenskan, Sweden´s premier league 6th round results Friday, May 25

By Thorsten Frennstedt

Mallbacken (P) 2 Kristianstad/Wä 0 (1-0)

Jenny Monsén (39,89)

Bälinge 0 Malmö FF 2 (0-1)
Malin Andersson (75), Natalia Folbrycht (90)

HIF Holmalund (P) 1 Djurgården 3 ( 1-0)
H: Anna Ahlstrand (29).
D: Karolina Rinman (63), Elin Flyborg (73, 87).

Älvsjö 1 Kopparbergs/Landvetter 1 (1-0)
Ä: Josefin Christensen (16).
K/L:
Ulrika Björn (65).

Sunnanå (P) 4 Öster 0 (1-0)

Lina Johansson (28), Madelaine Edlund (50,59,90).

Umeå (C) 4 Hammarby 1 (3-1)
U: Emma Lindqvist (19), Hanna Ljungberg (37), Sofia Eriksson (44), Anna
Sjöström 50).
H: Petra Bruna (41).

Standings
Djurgården 15
Umeå 14
Kopparbergs/Landvetter 13, Älvsjö 13
Malmö 11
Mallbacken 10
Hammarby 9
Kristianstad/Wä 8
Bälinge 5 ---

Sunnanå 3
HIF Alingsås 1
Öster 0

C= Champion, P= Promoted this year.

Scoring leaders
9 goals: Elin Flyborg, Djurgården,
6 goals Hanna Ljungberg, Umeå.
5 goals: Salina Olsson, Hammarby
4 goals: Madelaine Edlund, Sunnanå, Victoria Svensson, Älvsjö, Ulrika
Björn, Kopparbergs/Landvetter, Lotta Schelin, Kopparbergs/Landvetter,
3 goals Sofia Eriksson, Umeå, Jenny Monsén, Mallbacken, Sara Johansson,
Djurgården, Marit Björstedt, Kopparbergs/Landvetter, Ulrika Hultman,
Hammarby.

Commentary
Kopparbergs/Landvetter tied away at Älvsjö, former champions. It seems surprising but not if we look back at previous records. So far Kopparbergs/Landvetter has proved to be among the top teams. Stopper Anna Maria Eriksson challenged Jane Törnqvist as a choice of National team coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors, who was watching the game from the stand. On Monday she will anounce the roster for the European Championships final rounds in Germany in the end of June.

Madelaine Edlund, only 15 years, became the youngest Miss Hat-Trick ever in the Allsvenskan as she scored three times in a row during the second half. Her team Sunnanå beat Öster 4-0. Before that none of the teams had gained any point so for Öster it looks really bad.

Malin Andersson scored her first league goal for Malmö when visiting Bälinge. It was a smashing free kick. Substitute Natalia Folbrycht scored her first goal ever in the Allsvenskan saving a 2-0-win for Malmö who still is missing injured top players Caroline Jönsson (keeper) and Karolina Westberg (defender).

Hanna Ljungberg came back after her injury and scored once for Umeå againstHammarby. It was the first game on natural turf this season for Umeå on its home ground Gammliavallen. A come-back also for keeper Ulla Karin Thelin.

Djurgården was down 1-0 after the first half against promoted HIF Alingsås, at the bottom of the table. After switching the game by Karolina Rinman´s (selected MVP of the game) equalizer and the two goals by Elin Flyborg Djurgården got to the top of the league.

On Sunday 27th of May the 7th round takes place