STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Unheralded Swedish club Sirius´ push for a first league title in its 118-year history got more tense Thursday when it lost 2-0 to second-place Hammarby.

Sirius once led by 12 points in the April-to-November league but Hammarby is now just three points back, and has a superior goal difference, with four rounds left.

In Italy, newly promoted Frosinone continued its unlikely rise up the standings by beating Lecce 5-1, making it 13 goals scored in three games.

Frosinone, a small-city club near Rome, never avoided relegation in three previous seasons in Serie A yet now sits sixth, just one point behind AC Milan after nine rounds.

Fiorentina was hosting Atalanta in the later game Thursday.

There were 21 scheduled games in Spain's Copa del Rey as soccer returned one day after a fatal train crash near Madrid led to Wednesday's games being postponed. Barcelona and Real Madrid do not play in the first round of the national cup.

Sirius has never won the top-tier league or cup in Sweden yet went unbeaten through 16 rounds into August and seemed to be cruising to the title.

Star striker Robbie Ure then was sold to Sevilla and three straight losses followed to give hope to chasing teams Hammarby and Djurgarden.

In a sold-out game Thursday in Stockholm, Hammarby led in the 21st minute after being awarded a disputed penalty for a foul by Sirius defender Mohamed Soumah.

Victor Lind scored the spot-kick and Paulos Abraham doubled the lead in the 51st with a side-footed shot from near the penalty spot.

Hammarby won its only Swedish league title in 2001 and was runner-up in each of the past two seasons. The defending champion Mjallby had its own fairytale title win one year ago.

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