2008 Allsvenskan

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Allsvenskan
Season 2008
Champions Kalmar FF
1st Allsvenskan title
1st Swedish championship title
Relegated GIF Sundsvall
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK (via playoffs)
Champions League Kalmar FF
Europa League IF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
Matches played240
Goals scored637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer Patrik Ingelsten (19)
Biggest home win Kalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping
(2 November 2008) [1]
Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall
(9 November 2008) [1]
Biggest away win GIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg
(29 September 2008) [1]
Highest scoring Hammarby 3–6 Malmö FF
(3 November 2008) [1]
Highest attendance34,173
AIK 1–1 Djurgården
(24 April 2008) [1]
Lowest attendance1,427
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall
(22 September 2008) [1]
Average attendance7,787 [2]
← 2007
2009 →

Allsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played on 30 March 2008 and the last matches were played on 9 November 2008.

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Kalmar FF won their first Swedish championship title. It was also the first title for a team from the province of Småland for 27 years.

Participating clubs

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Locations of the 2008 Allsvenskan teams
ClubLast seasonFirst season
in league		First season of
current spell
AIK 5th1924–252006
Djurgårdens IF 3rd1927–282001
IF Elfsborg 4th1926–271997
GAIS 11th1924–252006
Gefle IF 10th1933–342005
IFK Göteborg 1st1924–251977
Halmstads BK 7th1933–341993
Hammarby IF 6th1924–251998
Helsingborgs IF 8th1924–251993
Kalmar FF 2nd1949–502004
Ljungskile SK 2nd (Superettan)19972008
Malmö FF 9th1931–322001
IFK Norrköping 1st (Superettan)1924–252008
GIF Sundsvall 3rd (Superettan)19652008
Trelleborgs FF 13th19852007
Örebro SK 12th1946–472007

Managers

ClubCoach
AIK Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Norling
Djurgårdens IF Flag of Iceland.svg Sigurður Jónsson
IF Elfsborg Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Haglund
GAIS Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Pehrsson
Gefle IF Flag of Sweden.svg Per Olsson
IFK Göteborg Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Rehn/ Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Olsson
Halmstads BK Flag of Sweden.svg Janne Andersson
Hammarby IF Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Gustavsson
Helsingborgs IF Flag of Sweden.svg Bosse Nilsson
Kalmar FF Flag of Sweden.svg Nanne Bergstrand
Ljungskile SK Flag of England.svg David Wilson
Malmö FF Flag of Sweden.svg Roland Nilsson
IFK Norrköping Flag of Sweden.svg Sören Cratz
GIF Sundsvall Flag of Sweden.svg Sören Åkeby
Trelleborgs FF Flag of Sweden.svg Tom Prahl
Örebro SK Flag of Finland.svg Sixten Boström

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kalmar FF (C)3020467032+3864Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 3019654918+3163Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 3015965026+2454Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
4 Helsingborgs IF 3016685441+1354Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
5 AIK 3012993632+445
6 Malmö FF 30128105146+544
7 Örebro SK 30119103639−342
8 Halmstads BK 30118114138+341
9 Hammarby IF 30118114451−741
10 Trelleborgs FF 3091383331+240
11 GAIS 30911103036−638
12 Djurgårdens IF 3099123041−1136
13 Gefle IF 3077163342−928
14 Ljungskile SK (R)3066182352−2924Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R)3057182654−2822Relegation to Superettan
16 IFK Norrköping (R)3048183158−2720
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
  2. ↑ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

Results

Home \ Away AIK DIF IFE GAI GIF IFKG HBK HAM HIF KFF LSK MFF IFKN GIFS TFF ÖSK
AIK 1–1 0–22–21–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–10–01–02–02–01–01–02–1
Djurgårdens IF 1–1 0–20–02–01–22–1 0–2 1–20–12–11–11–13–11–30–0
IF Elfsborg 3–01–01–00–13–03–01–01–01–04–04–03–02–04–10–0
GAIS 0–22–11–12–0 0–0 0–42–00–31–43–12–20–00–20–03–0
Gefle IF 0–11–21–20–00–14–03–03–01–51–11–22–02–00–10–1
IFK Göteborg 2–0 3–15–2 0–1 3–03–02–01–13–20–0 2–0 4–01–00–24–1
Halmstads BK 2–11–21–20–01–01–11–13–12–23–22–32–00–00–01–2
Hammarby IF 1–1 3–0 0–02–42–10–02–12–11–22–23–64–35–30–01–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–12–02–21–02–22–11–15–11–00–1 4–2 2–22–11–11–0
Kalmar FF 3–25–12–14–03–10–11–11–04–23–13–26–03–01–02–2
Ljungskile SK 2–10–11–00–30–02–10–30–10–22–41–30–22–00–00–1
Malmö FF 1–01–21–11–12–0 1–1 0–32–4 1–2 3–22–12–16–01–13–1
IFK Norrköping 1–21–20–10–12–12–21–35–23–41–31–11–00–21–10–0
GIF Sundsvall 1–10–00–01–12–30–52–11–20–30–24–00–02–12–21–2
Trelleborgs FF 2–01–10–23–13–30–01–21–01–32–11–20–01–02–03–3
Örebro SK 1–41–12–01–01–14–20–11–13–10–13–00–32–22–11–0
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Brommapojkarna 0–0 Ljungskile
Report
Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,072
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
Ljungskile 1–1 Brommapojkarna
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H.A. Bygg Arena, Ljungskile
Attendance: 2,828
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Landskrona)

1–1 on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Ingelsten Kalmar FF 19
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Anselmo Halmstads BK 15
Flag of Sweden.svg Viktor Elm Kalmar FF 15
4 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Davies Hammarby IF 14
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs IF 14
Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Toivonen Malmö FF 14
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Hans Berggren Gefle IF 11
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Iván Óbolo AIK 10

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References

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  2. ↑ "Statistik/ligor Allsvenskan 2008". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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