For goalkeeper Jennifer Falk, it was a very nice feeling to finally secure the gold after a long wait.
"We've been fighting for years and have come second four years in a row. It's been close and you've had the feeling of not being enough. And now we've finally got enough, together with this lovely pendant," she says.
A lot of yellow and black supporters had made their way from Hisingen to Stockholm to cheer Häcken on to their second Swedish Championship gold, the very first under Häcken's direction.
"We show time and time again that we are a really good team and we really show what we are going for. We know exactly what we are going for and our qualities," says Monica Jusu Bah after the 2–0 victory.
“We believed in it”
The first half ended goalless, despite good chances on both sides. The most dangerous was Häcken's Tabitha “Tabby” Tindell, who had a double finish just outside the post.
And it was Tindell who broke the deadlock early in the second half when she headed in 1–0 to the away team, after a high cross from Monica Jusu Bah.
Of course, it was slow at the beginning, but we believed in it and that the goals would come, says Jusu Bah.
After the goal, Djurgården had shots both inside and just outside the post, but the home team failed to get the ball into the net and Häcken goalkeeper Jennifer Falk had to keep her sixth consecutive clean sheet.
I am very happy with my season, I have maintained a consistent level, says Falk.
Instead, Felicia Schröder was able to extend the lead to 2–0 with a header and secure the gold for Häcken with ten minutes left in regular time, after Matilda Nildén's pass. It is Schröder's 30th goal in 25 matches, and the 18-year-old leads the Swedish women's scoring league by far.
“Still shocked”
It is Häcken's first SM gold since the association took over Göteborg FC's operations ahead of the 2021-2022 season, and the club's second SM gold all time.
At the final whistle, Häcken's substitutes and coaching staff ran onto the field in gold hats to celebrate the success - and now a long celebration awaits, says Jusu Bah.
"A lot of celebration. I'm still in shock. Sorry, I can't even talk. There's going to be so much celebration," she says.
Djurgården is out of the fight for the European places. Instead, Hammarby and newcomer Malmö FF have secured the top three spots.
On November 7, 2020, Göteborg FC secured its first Swedish Championship gold.
Just over a month later, however, the shock announcement came that the club management wanted to discontinue the elite initiative or let another club take over.
Häcken previously had a women's team in Division 2. However, in January 2021, the club's members voted yes to take over GFC and thus also the women's All-Swedish spot.
After the takeover, Häcken had four consecutive second places in the Swedish women's championship (2021–2024).
2025: Hacken.
2024: Rosengård.
2023: Hammarby.
2022: Rosengård.
2021: Rosengård.
2020: Gothenburg FC*.
2019: Rosengard.
2018: Piteå.
2017: Linköping.
2016: Linköping.
* Göteborg FC's organization was taken over by Häcken ahead of the 2021–2022 season.
