Nobody seriously expected this. Hammarby arrived in Uppsala as one of the pre-season title favourites, riding high after a 3-0 opening-round win over champions Mjällby. Sirius were decent — organised, hard-working, capable of a result — but not quite in the same conversation.
By full time, it did not look that way at all. Sirius won 2-0. They kept a clean sheet. And they sit top of the Allsvenskan table after two rounds of the new season. Perfect start. Not one person in Uppsala would have written that script beforehand.
The Setting
Studenternas IP is not the biggest ground in Swedish football. It holds around 8,000 and on Monday evening it was bouncing with the kind of energy a home side needs when they are trying to cause an upset. Sirius came in on the back of a 3-0 win away at Degerfors in round one — Jönsson, Bjerkebo and Ure all scoring — and had gone into this match without injured pair Noel Milleskog and Simon Sandberg.
Hammarby had Paulos Abraham in their ranks, fresh off a hat-trick against Mjällby. They had more quality on paper across the pitch, more experience in big games, and a squad built for a proper title challenge. On any given Monday evening in April, they should have come to Uppsala and taken the points.
Football does not always care what should happen.
Ninth Minute: Bjerkebo Makes It Count
The goal that changed everything came early. In just the ninth minute, Isak Bjerkebo picked up the ball just inside Hammarby’s half of the pitch. What followed was simple but effective — a quick one-two with right back Oscar Krusnell, a yard of space created, and then a well-placed finish steered into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
It was Bjerkebo’s second goal of the season already. The forward has now scored six goals in his last ten Allsvenskan matches according to pre-match data. Against a Hammarby side that had barely settled into the game, the timing was perfect.
Sirius had their lead. Now they had to protect it.
The Long Wait: Hammarby Dominate Without Cutting Through
What followed for the next hour was an extended period of Hammarby pressure that produced almost nothing in the way of clear chances. They dominated possession — ending the game with 69.6% of the ball — and had 16 shot attempts across 90 minutes. But shots on target? Just four. The same number Sirius managed.
Nahir Besara, Montader Madjed and Moïse Kabo all tried to create openings in behind the Sirius defence. Sirius goalkeeper David Celic made four saves across the afternoon to deny Hammarby on the occasions when they did get through. The back four of Castegren, Soumah, Anker and Krusnell were well organised, disciplined, and refused to give the visitors’ attacking players the space to hurt them.
There were moments of anxiety, of course. Hammarby had corners, had set pieces, had periods where the momentum felt like it was turning. But they could not find the final product. The clinical cutting edge that Paulos Abraham had provided against Mjällby never arrived.
Ure Seals It on 70 Minutes
The game was settled in the 70th minute in the most Sirius-like way possible. Direct, efficient, brutal in the simplest sense.
Goalkeeper David Celic launched a long clearance downfield. In the middle of the pitch, Robbie Ure and Hammarby’s last defender Victor Eriksson contested the ball. The Scottish striker won it clean. He was suddenly through on goal with nothing between him and Warner Hahn.
Ure kept his composure and clipped it past the Hammarby goalkeeper. 2-0. Twenty minutes left and the home crowd could start celebrating in earnest.
It was Ure’s second goal of the season — he had also scored in the Degerfors win in round one. What made this one special was the nature of it. A direct, aggressive battle for a 50-50 ball, won on desire, finished with quality. It summed up everything Sirius had done across the 90 minutes.
Hammarby’s Night to Forget
For Hammarby, there is no sugarcoating it. They had 69.6% possession, 16 shot attempts, nine corners across the game — and lost 2-0 without their goalkeeper being seriously tested more than four times in total. The performance raised genuine questions about their cutting edge in the final third.
Paulos Abraham, so devastating the week before with his hat-trick, was largely kept quiet. Kabo, Besara and Madjed all had moments without ever finding the decisive action. Marcus Karlsson and Oscar Johansson Schellhas in midfield were second best for most of the evening. Two yellow cards — both Hammarby’s — reflected a growing frustration as the match wore on.
Manager Milos Milojevic will need answers quickly. Two points dropped when the title challengers cannot afford many slip-ups this early.
Where Things Stand
Sirius sit top of the Allsvenskan table on six points after two rounds — two wins, two clean sheets, four goals scored, none conceded. The only other side to match their maximum haul is Djurgårdens IF.
In 25 all-time meetings between these two clubs, Hammarby have won 14 and Sirius just four. On Monday evening in Uppsala, none of that history mattered. Sirius were better. They deserved it. And right now, they are the best team in Sweden.
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Match Summary
IK Sirius 2-0 Hammarby IF Allsvenskan, Round 2 | Monday, 13 April 2026 Studenternas IP, Uppsala | Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Goals: Isak Bjerkebo 9′ (assist: Oscar Krusnell), Robbie Ure 70′
Sirius (4-3-3): Celic; Krusnell, Anker, Soumah, Castegren; Svensson, Heier, Lindberg; Jönsson, Ure, Bjerkebo
Hammarby (4-2-3-1): Hahn; Skoglund, Fofana, Eriksson, Winther; Karlsson, Johansson Schellhas; Madjed, Besara, Lind; Kabo
Yellow Cards: None (Sirius) | 2 (Hammarby)
Stats: Possession: Sirius 30.4% — Hammarby 69.6% | Shots on Goal: 4-4 | Attempts: 11-16 | Corners: 3-2 | Saves: 4-2 | Half-time: 1-0
