“Bodin, Bodin - a goal machine,” the Häcken supporters chant as Maja Bodin is interviewed in the crowd after winning the Swedish Championship.
The Häcken striker is wearing a gold helmet and alternates between signing autographs and answering journalists’ questions.
I don’t know what to say. There are so many impressions and emotions. It’s incredibly fun, she says.
Bodin scored two goals against Kristianstad and is now the league’s top scorer, with 15 goals in this year’s Swedish women’s league (five of them for Växjö).
Closest behind her is teammate “Tabby” Tindell, with 14 goals.
As long as someone at Häcken wins it, we’re happy, says Bodin.
“Fantastically proud”
The league title was more or less secured after just a quarter of an hour of the match.
But the big cheer had to wait until the final whistle, when substitutes, managers and spectators rushed onto the field to celebrate Hisingsklubben’s second consecutive Swedish Championship title.
Fantastically proud. We have worked very hard for this, Häcken coach Elena Sadiku tells SVT.
It was unclear how the title would be celebrated after the final whistle.
I want to celebrate big, then we’ll see what that means, says Maja Bodin.
The Häcken players had missed two chances to become champions without playing themselves.
First, when Hammarby beat Djurgården last weekend, and then on Sunday, when Hammarby kept the title race alive with a big win against Uppsala.
But that meant Häcken finally got the chance to secure the title on its own. And the team took that chance in convincing fashion.
Quick lead
Many probably wondered how things would go after the super talent Felicia Schröder was sold to Real Madrid this summer - and how things would go for her intended replacement, Bodin, who joined from Växjö in August.
But Häcken’s play this autumn has answered any doubts.
And in the “title match,” as Häcken cockily called it on its website, the same answer came again from both the team and Bodin.
Felicia is a great player, so there have been big shoes to fill. But Häcken is a very good team, so it’s not just one player who makes the team, says Bodin.
Less than 15 minutes into the match, Häcken had already taken a three-goal lead - after an own goal and two strikes from Maja Bodin.
Alice Egnér did reduce the deficit for Kristianstad in the closing stages, but the victory - and the title celebrations - were never in serious danger. With a few minutes left to play, Aivi Luik scored to make it 4–1, and the celebrations could begin.
Häcken has 67 points and, with only two games left in the Swedish women’s league, second-placed Hammarby can no longer catch up.
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