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29th July 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Tidaholms GoIF
Rådavallen

Mellerud moved eleven points clear at the top of the table with a fine 3-1 win over Tidaholms at Rådavallen. Alex Mabäcker Johansson got the match underway in fine fashion. His goal on the volley on just 41 seconds clearly has to be a candidate for goal of the season. That was the only goal in what was really a competitive first half.

In the 64th minute, Henrik Olsson doubled the advantage for the hosts when he pounced on a rebound left by Jonas Lundgren. It became 3-0 on 73 minutes when Fredrik Andersson buried a penalty after Daniel Barac was brought down in the penalty area by Claes Espefält. The visitors pulled one back on 84 minutes when a cross hit Olsson and went into his own net.

Mellerud 3-1 Tidaholms GoIF
Mel: Johansson (17) 1; Olsson (2) 64; Andersson (15) pen 73
Tid: Olsson og 84
Attendance: 648

Other Results:

Gunnilse 4-1 FC Trollhättan
Gun: Tainio (1,2) 6, 86; DeStefano (1) pen 38; Nordberg (1) 77
FCT: Fahler (2) 3
Attendance: 1575

Jonsered 1-1 Torslanda
Jon: Ask (2) 78
Tor: Haglund (3) 62
Attendance: 1977

Mariedal 1-1 Tord
Mar: Sülla (2) 39
Tord: Eriksson (2) 32
Attendance: 1606

Skärhamn 1-1 GAIS
Skärhamn: Löfgren (12) 3
GAIS: Gravem (7) 47
Attendance: 1954

Varbergs BOIS 0-0 Sandared
Attendance: 1627

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (29/7/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 15 13 2 0 61 5 +56 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 15 9 3 3 36 14 +22 30 3rd Torslanda 15 7 4 4 24 17 +7 25 4th FC Trollhättan 15 6 4 5 17 24 -7 22 5th Tord 15 6 3 6 24 19 +5 21 6th GAIS 15 5 5 5 16 15 +1 20 7th Gunnilse 15 6 2 7 20 30 -10 20 8th Skärhamn 15 5 3 7 20 27 -7 18 9th Jonsered 15 4 3 8 22 32 -10 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Sandared 15 3 6 6 13 24 -11 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Mariedal 15 3 4 8 13 38 -25 13 12th Varbergs BOIS 15 2 3 10 10 31 -21 9 </pre>

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5th August 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Tord v. Mellerud
Rosenlunds IP, Jönköping

In what seems to be becoming a Thursday tradition, Mellerud won once again. This time it was a surprisingly close 2-0 victory. Peter Andersson scored the opener after collecting Eskil Ohlsson's shot that rebounded off of the crossbar. The second came in the dying moments of the match when Tord goalkeeper Kim Karlsson came forward for a corner. The ball was cleared to Fredrik Andersson who shot the ball in from 60 yards.

All was not well for Mellerud after the match after finding out that Alex Mabäcker Johansson would be out for several weeks with a knee injury.

Tord 0-2 Mellerud
Mel: P. Andersson (1) 43; F. Andersson (16) 90
Attendance: 1294

Other Results:

FC Trollhättan 1-0 Mariedal
FCT: Karlsson (1) 13
Attendance: 1571

GAIS 3-0 Sandared
GAIS: Gravem (8) 23; Chmaj (2) 30; Svensson (3) pen 58
Attendance: 1980

Skärhamn 1-2 Jonsered
Skä: Fuentes (1) 31
Jon: Ask (3) 11; Sjöberg (1) 86
Attendance: 1759

Tidaholms GoIF 6-0 Varbergs BOIS
Tid: Danielsson (2,3,4) pen 5, pen 43, 70; Fogelbergh (4) 18; Gustafsson (2,3) 67, 74
Attendance: 1511

Torslanda 2-0 Gunnilse
Tor: Yildis (1,2) 49, 58
Attendance: 1973

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (5/8/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 16 14 2 0 63 5 +58 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 16 10 3 3 42 14 +28 33 3rd Torslanda 16 8 4 4 26 17 +9 28 4th FC Trollhättan 16 7 4 5 18 24 -6 25 5th GAIS 16 6 5 5 19 15 +4 23 6th Tord 16 6 3 7 24 21 +3 21 7th Gunnilse 16 6 2 8 20 32 -12 20 8th Skärhamn 16 5 3 8 21 29 -8 18 9th Jonsered 16 5 3 8 24 33 -9 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th Sandared 16 3 6 7 13 27 -14 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th Mariedal 16 3 4 9 13 39 -26 13 12th Varbergs BOIS 16 2 3 11 10 37 -27 9 </pre>

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With injuries mounting in the Mellerud camp, Lidström was struggling to keep a cohesive unit on the pitch. It was eventually decided that they would have to play the next match with an incomplete bench.

12th August 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Skärhamn
Rådavallen

Mellerud escaped with three points from a battling Skärhamn side, and continued their chase for a promotion playoff spot. Daniel Barac bagged the opener for the hosts with a brilliant effort from 25 yards in the third minute. Fourteen minutes later, it was 2-0. Fredrik Andersson connected on an Eddy Lopez cross to put further pressure on Skärhamn.

The visitors took control of the match, but were unable to score until very late. Skärhamn were repeatedly stonewalled by goalkeeper Marcus Sahlman, he was seemingly unbeatable on this afternoon. Unfortunately, Sahlman suffered an injury in the 88th minute and backup Harry Hyvärinen made his first appearance of the season. The fact that Daniel Milicevic pulled one back in injury time was likely due to his lack of match practice.

Mellerud 2-1 Skärhamn
Mel: Barac (4) 3; Andersson (17) 17
Skä: Milicevic (2) 90
Attendance: 722

Other Results:

Gunnilse 0-0 GAIS
Attendance: 2404

Mariedal 3-1 Jonsered
Mar: Rotting (5) 19; Spahic (2) 76; Schotte (2) 86
Jon: Andersson (1)
Attendance: 1527

Sandared 0-2 FC Trollhättan
FCT: Helou (1) pen 17; Fahler (3) 66
Attendance: 1735

Tidaholms GoIF 5-0 Tord
Tid: Jovic (5,6) 16, 58; Fogelbergh (5) 27; Wiklund (4) 88; Kaya (3) 90
Attendance: 1722

Varbergs BOIS 2-2 Torslanda
Var: Yashin (5) 28; Otterdahl (1) 90
Tor: Rashid (5) 21; Mörstam (4) 57
Attendance: 1548

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (12/8/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 17 15 2 0 65 6 +59 47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 17 11 3 3 47 14 +33 36 3rd Torslanda 17 8 5 4 28 19 +9 29 4th FC Trollhättan 17 8 4 5 20 24 -4 28 5th GAIS 17 6 6 5 19 15 +4 24 6th Tord 17 6 3 8 24 26 -2 21 7th Gunnilse 17 6 3 8 20 32 -12 21 8th Skärhamn 17 5 3 9 22 31 -9 18 9th Jonsered 17 5 3 9 25 36 -11 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Mariedal 17 4 4 9 16 40 -24 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Sandared 17 3 6 8 13 29 -16 15 12th Varbergs BOIS 17 2 4 11 12 39 -27 10 </pre>

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26th August 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. FC Trollhättan
Rådavallen

Mellerud are now two points away from a chance at promotion after a solid 2-0 victory at Rådavallen. Eskil Ohlsson opened the scoring in the eighteenth minute when he was given too much space by the defenders and hit a brilliant shot from 25 yards. Fredrik Andersson added the second for Mellerud when he collected from his own rebound on 55 minutes.

Mellerud 2-0 FC Trollhättan
Mel: Ohlsson (1) 18; Andersson (18) 55
Attendance: 655

Other Results:

Gunnilse 1-3 Skärhamn
Gun: Kuzev (6) 76
Skä: Löfgren (13,14,15) 20, 30, 45
Attendance: 1856

Jonsered 0-2 GAIS
GAIS: Gravem (9) 80; Galijtovic (1) 90
Attendance: 1960

Mariedal 0-0 Torslanda
Attendance: 1557

Sandared 0-3 Tidaholms GoIF
Tid: Kaya (4) 2; Fogelbergh (6) 89; Danielsson (5) 90
Attendance: 1738

Varbergs BOIS 3-1 Tord
Var: Skogsvard (3) 24; Larsson (1) 80; Yashin (6) 85
Tord: Nymoen (2) 69
Attendance: 1578

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (26/8/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 18 16 2 0 67 6 +61 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 18 12 3 3 50 14 +36 39 3rd Torslanda 18 8 6 4 28 19 +9 30 4th FC Trollhättan 18 8 4 6 20 26 -6 28 5th GAIS 18 7 6 5 21 15 +6 27 6th Tord 18 6 3 9 25 29 -4 21 7th Skärhamn 18 6 3 9 25 32 -7 21 8th Gunnilse 18 6 3 9 21 35 -14 21 9th Jonsered 18 5 3 10 25 38 -13 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Mariedal 18 4 5 9 16 40 -24 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Sandared 18 3 6 9 13 32 -19 15 12th Varbergs BOIS 18 3 4 11 15 40 -25 13 </pre>

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The closing of the transfer window saw only one player brought into the fold at Rådavallen. Young Swedish striker Omar Fejzulovski joined the club from Syrianska, and would go straight to the bench for the next match against Torslanda.

2nd September 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Torslanda v. Mellerud
Torslandavallen

Mellerud booked their place in the Second Division promotion playoffs with an emphatic 4-0 win over Torslanda. Two goals from midfielder Jon Bergenholtz, with Fredrik Andersson and the returning Alex Mabäcker Johansson also appearing on the scoresheet meant that the result was never going to be in doubt. Mellerud must now wait six weeks for their chance at promotion.

Torslanda 0-4 Mellerud
Mel: Bergenholtz (4,5) 45, 64; Andersson (19) 52; Johansson (18) 86
Attendance: 1626

Other Results:

FC Trollhättan 3-1 Varbergs BOIS
FCT: Westman (4) 11; Andersson (5,6) 84, 87
Var: Yashin (7) 63
Attendance: 1584

GAIS 0-0 Tidaholms GoIF
Attendance: 1593

Jonsered 1-0 Gunnilse
Jon: Fares (2) 42
Attendance: 1973

Skärhamn 2-1 Mariedal
Skä: Yashin (1) 40; Karlsson (1) 80
Mar: Spahic (3) 18
Attendance: 1786

Tord 4-1 Sandared
Tord: Nymoen (3,4) 7, 42; Bergqvist (1) 30; Nuñez (1) 77
San: Brala (1)
Attendance: 1316

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (2/9/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Mellerud 19 17 2 0 71 6 +65 53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 19 12 4 3 50 14 +36 40 3rd FC Trollhättan 19 9 4 6 23 27 -4 31 4th Torslanda 19 8 6 5 28 23 +5 30 5th GAIS 19 7 7 5 21 15 +6 28 6th Tord 19 7 3 9 29 30 -1 24 7th Skärhamn 19 7 3 9 27 33 -6 24 8th Jonsered 19 6 3 10 26 38 -12 21 9th Gunnilse 19 6 3 10 21 36 -15 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Mariedal 19 4 5 10 17 42 -25 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Sandared 19 3 6 10 14 36 -22 15 12th Varbergs BOIS 19 3 4 12 16 43 -27 13 </pre>

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16th September 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Jonsered v. Mellerud
Jonsereds IP, Gothenberg

The fact that several key players were resting did not keep Mellerud from victory in a match they were trailing at halftime. The hosts went in front on 37 minutes with a goal from a corner finished by Fredrik Sundqvist.

However, Mellerud equalised with a goal from Eskil Ohlsson that surely left goalkeeper Magnus Andersson red-faced. A simple long ball that should have been caught, instead ended up bouncing over his head and into the goal. The visitors then turned on the style led by a marvelous hat-trick by Burim Avdijaj.

Jonsered 1-4 Mellerud
Jon: Sundqvist (1) 37
Mel: Ohlsson (2) 48; Avdijaj (2,3,4) 51, 63, 81
Attendance: 1548

Other Results:

FC Trollhättan 0-1 Tidaholms GoIF
Tid: Torstensson (7) 80
Attendance: 1583

GAIS 1-0 Tord
GAIS: Gravem (10) 68
Attendance: 1788

Gunnilse 0-0 Mariedal
Attendance: 1671

Skärhamn 1-1 Varbergs BOIS
Skä: Karlsson (2) 85
Var: Osbäck (1) 15
Attendance: 1772

Torslanda 4-1 Sandared
Tor: Johansson (1) 45; Syversen (1) 64; Yildis (3) 69; Koljic (1) 87
San: Gillberg (7) 62
Attendance: 1619

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Mellerud 20 18 2 0 75 7 +68 56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 20 13 4 3 51 14 +37 43 3rd Torslanda 20 9 6 5 32 24 +8 33 4th GAIS 20 8 7 5 22 15 +7 31 5th FC Trollhättan 20 9 4 7 23 28 -5 31 6th Skärhamn 20 7 4 9 28 34 -6 25 7th Tord 20 7 3 10 29 31 -2 24 8th Gunnilse 20 6 4 10 21 36 -15 22 9th Jonsered 20 6 3 11 27 42 -15 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th Mariedal 20 4 6 10 17 42 -25 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th Sandared 20 3 6 11 15 40 -25 15 12th Pl Varbergs BOIS 20 3 5 12 17 44 -27 14 </pre>

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23rd September 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Gunnilse
Rådavallen

Mellerud ran out dominant 4-0 winners in their penultimate home match of the season. For the second consecutive match Burim Avdijaj put his name on the scoresheet three times. Omar Fejzulovski bagged his first for the club in the last ten minutes as his team prepares for the promotion playoff starting in seventeen days. Mellerud finishes the season next week when they travel to face Mariedal, who are aspiring to make the relegation playoff.

Mellerud 4-0 Gunnilse
Mel: Avdijaj (5,6,7) 9, 68, 70; Fejzulovski (1) 82
Attendance: 686

Other Results:

Mariedal 0-1 GAIS
GAIS: Ehiorobo (2) 79
Attendance: 1533

Sandared 0-2 Skärhamn
Skä: Fuentes (2) 76; Soukiyh (1) 87
Attendance: 1965

Tidaholms GoIF 2-0 Torslanda
Tid: Gustafsson (4,5) 4, 62
Attendance: 1560

Tord 1-0 FC Trollhättan
Tord: Nymoen (5) 19
Attendance: 1316

Varbergs BOIS 4-2 Jonsered
Var: Yashin (8) 55; Dincer (3) 57; Wennberg (1) 80; Asenor (1) 87
Jon: Blom (1) 30; Kaawar og 53
Attendance: 1560

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Mellerud 21 19 2 0 79 7 +72 59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 21 14 4 3 53 14 +39 46 3rd GAIS 21 9 7 5 23 15 +8 34 4th Torslanda 21 9 6 6 32 26 +6 33 5th FC Trollhättan 21 9 4 8 23 29 -6 31 6th Skärhamn 21 8 4 9 30 34 -4 28 7th Tord 21 8 3 10 30 31 -1 27 8th Gunnilse 21 6 4 11 21 40 -19 22 9th Jonsered 21 6 3 12 29 46 -17 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Mariedal 21 4 6 11 17 43 -26 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Pl Varbergs BOIS 21 4 5 12 21 46 -25 17 12th Pl Sandared 21 3 6 12 15 42 -27 15 </pre>

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30th September 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mariedal v. Mellerud
Kransmossen, Borås

Anders Lidström concluded a fine league season in charge with a 3-0 win against Mariedal. Goals from Alex Mabäcker Johansson and a brace from Fredrik Andersson carried the day for the unbeaten champions of Västra Götaland. Mellerud must now prepare for the promotion playoff against one of Mjällby, Östersunds FK, Brommapojkarna, Friska Viljor, or Ljungskile. The winners of the three playoffs will replace

Mariedal 0-3 Mellerud
Mel: Andersson (20,21) 21, 65; Johansson (19) 70
Attendance: 1559

Other Results:

FC Trollhättan 0-0 GAIS
Attendance: 2557

Gunnilse 5-1 Varbergs BOIS
Gun: Holster (4,5,6,7) pen 47, 67, 83, pen 87; DeStefano (2) 62
Var: Kaawar (1) 4
Attendance: 1603

Jonsered 2-1 Sandared
Jon: Fares (3) 68; Lubian (7) 80
San: Lubian og 69
Attendance: 1616

Skärhamn 1-5 Tidaholms GoIF
Skä: Prochazka (4) 18
Tid: Nyman (10) 24; Jovic (7,8,9) 28, 49, 57; Danielsson (6) pen 71
Attendance: 1866

Torslanda 3-1 Tord
Tor: Kalimanjira (3) 65; Rashid (6,7) 75, 86
Tord: Wandeby (5) 77
Attendance: 1579

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Mellerud 22 20 2 0 82 7 +75 62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 22 15 4 3 58 15 +43 49 3rd Torslanda 22 10 6 6 35 27 +8 36 4th GAIS 22 9 8 5 23 15 +8 35 5th FC Trollhättan 22 9 5 8 23 29 -6 32 6th Skärhamn 22 8 4 10 31 39 -8 28 7th Tord 22 8 3 11 31 34 -3 27 8th Gunnilse 22 7 4 11 26 41 -15 25 9th Jonsered 22 7 3 12 31 47 -16 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Pl Mariedal 22 4 6 12 17 46 -29 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th R Varbergs BOIS 22 4 5 13 22 51 -29 17 12th R Sandared 22 3 6 13 16 44 -28 15 </pre>

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10th October 2004 - Swedish Second Division Promotion Playoff First Leg
Mellerud v. Mjällby
Rådavallen

Mellerud managed to achieve victory in the first leg of their promotion playoff, but they may regret some lax defending at the end of their encounter with Mjällby. The hosts took a 2-0 lead into halftime with late goals from Alex Mabäcker Johansson and Fredrik Andersson.

A dull second half followed until the final five minutes. At that time, Mjällby midfielder Daniel Nicklasson unleashed a wicked attempt on goal that was tipped over by Marcus Sahlman. With injury time looming, Johansson added his second with a close range header. It would be Nicklasson who would have the last say in the match. He was given way too much space by the Mellerud defence, and his vital away goal will loom large in the second leg of the tie.

Mellerud 3-1 Mjällby
Mel: Johansson (20,21) 42, 90; Andersson (22) 45
Mjä: Nicklasson (5) 90
Attendance: 714

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14th October 2004 - Swedish Second Division Promotion Playoff Second Leg
Mjällby v. Mellerud
Strandvallen, Mjällby

Mellerud lost their first match of the season, but still managed to win promotion 4-3 on aggregate. In a match that definitely did not disappoint fans of attacking football, the goalkeepers loomed large. Both Marcus Sahlman and his opposite number Gustav Gustavsson were absolutely unbeatable in the first half.

Alex Mabäcker Johansson finally opened the scoring when Gustavsson was beaten to a rebound by Fredrik Andersson, who passed to the young hitman for his 22nd of an excellent campaign. Mjällby came back on the hour mark with a diving header from Jens Hermansson. William Leandersson cut the deficit in the tie to a single goal with a well taken goal from a superb pass by Hermansson. However, Sahlman would not let any further shots go by.

Now life in the Superettan beckons for the small village club.

Mjällby 2-1 Mellerud (Mellerud wins 4-3 on aggregate)
Mjä: Hermansson (3) 60; Leandersson (9) 76
Mel: Johansson (22) 51
Attendance: 5979