The SvFF claims one of AIK’s players had been offered "a large sum of money" in exchange for vying to make sure that the team lost the Allsvenskan league game at its rivals’ Gamla Ullevi stadium.

The SvFF found out about the fixing incident yesterday and informed Stockholm-based AIK, Gothenburg and the Swedish police, who have started an investigation into the allegation.

"This is a very serious attack against Swedish football and we will never, never accept this," SvFF general secretary Hakan Sjostrand said in a statement.

"It is ultimately not about a single match, therefore it is important we act forcefully.

"The starting point for all of our games is that they’re safe and conducted in a sporting manner.

"Based on the information we’ve received, we cannot guarantee that the IFK Gothenburg and AIK game is a safe match."

AIK and Gothenburg, ranked sixth and 11^th respectively in the 16-team Allsvenskan standings having played eight games each, are expected to agree on a new date for the match in cooperation with the SvFF.

Numerous alleged match-fixing scandals have emerged in Sweden in recent years.

Investigations have not always reached conclusions.

Gothenburg are the only Swedish club to have won a European competition having claimed the UEFA Cup, now known as the Europa League, in the 1981-82 and 1986-87 seasons.

In March, Ghanaian referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey was banned for life by FIFA for match-fixing after he awarded a controversial penalty to South Africa during their World Cup qualifier with Senegal last year.

Lamptey gave the home side a spot-kick in the 43rd minute of the match in Polokwane on November 12 as the South African side beat Senegal 2-1 in the Group D clash.

There were no appeals for the penalty, which was wrongly given for handball against Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly and converted by Thulani Hlatshwayo.

Senegalese players vehemently protested the decision.

Video footage of the incident clearly shows the ball hitting Koulibaly on the knee.

As a result of the incident, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) banned Lamptey for three months, meaning he missed out on refereeing at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon in January.

In a statement released at the time, the CAF said he had awarded "a wrong penalty for a handball despite the fact that the ball never touched the hand of the player".

FIFA found Lamptey guilty of "unlawfully influencing match results".

South Africa was also at the centre of a match-fixing scandal back in 2010.

Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZFA) official Jonathan Musavengana and ex-Togo national team coach Banna Tchanile were banned for life by FIFA in December.

FIFA confirmed the sanctions were "related to international friendly matches played in South Africa in 2010".