Mjällby, a tiny team from a remote fishing village next to the Baltic Sea, won the Swedish league title on Monday for one of the most remarkable achievements in European soccer.

A 2-0 win at IFK Gothenburg on Monday ensured Mjällby held an unassailable 11-point lead with three rounds left in Sweden's top league, Allsvenskan.

The improbable title triumph has been compared to Leicester winning the English Premier League in fairy tale fashion in 2016.

It's a first major trophy for Mjällby, a club from Sweden's south coast whose team is made up of mostly locally born players, plays its home games in a 6,000-capacity stadium in the nearby village of Hällevik -- population of around 800 inhabitants -- and whose budget is far less than the biggest teams in the country.

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