2019 Allsvenskan

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Allsvenskan
Season 2019
Champions Djurgårdens IF
8th Allsvenskan title
12th Swedish championship title
Relegated GIF Sundsvall
AFC Eskilstuna
Champions League Djurgårdens IF
Europa League Malmö FF
Hammarby IF
Top goalscorer Mohamed Buya Turay (15 goals)
Biggest home win IFK Göteborg 7–1 Östersunds FK
(2 November 2019)
Biggest away win AFC Eskilstuna 1–6 Hammarby IF
(27 July 2019)
Örebro SK 0–5 Malmö FF
(2 November 2019)
Highest scoringHammarby IF 6–2 Falkenbergs FF
(7 July 2019)
Hammarby IF 6–2 IFK Göteborg
(15 September 2019)
IFK Göteborg 7–1 Östersunds FK
(2 November 2019)
Longest winning run8 matches
Hammarby IF [1]
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Malmö FF
Longest winless run18 matches
GIF Sundsvall
Longest losing run7 matches
Östersunds FK
Highest attendance45,367
AIK 1–0 Djurgårdens IF
(1 September 2019)
Lowest attendance1,876
AFC Eskilstuna 4–1 BK Häcken
(25 August 2019)
Average attendance9,166
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 Allsvenskan, part of the 2019 Swedish football season, was the 95th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. AIK were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.

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Djurgårdens IF won the Allsvenskan title, their first since 2005, their 8th overall and their 12th Swedish championship overall, in the 30th and final round on 2 November 2019 by playing a 2–2 tie in their away fixture against IFK Norrköping. This was also the second consecutive year that a team from Stockholm clinched the title.

Teams

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AFC
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Stockholm
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Stockholm teams
AIK
Djurgården
Hammarby

Gothenburg teams
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IFK Göteborg
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Location of teams in 2019 Allsvenskan

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2018 Superettan and one team from the 2018 Allsvenskan play-offs.

Dalkurd FF and Trelleborgs FF were relegated at the end of the 2018 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2018 Superettan champions Helsingborgs IF and runners-up Falkenbergs FF. Helsingborg make their return to Allsvenskan after a two-year absence, this will be their 67th season in the top flight. Falkenberg will take part in Allsvenskan for the fourth time, returning to Allsvenskan after a two-year absence.

The play-off spot was taken by AFC Eskilstuna, replacing IF Brommapojkarna. The team made it back to Allsvenskan after just one season in the second division, having been relegated in 2017.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumTurf1Stadium capacity1
AFC Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Tunavallen Artificial 7,500
AIK Stockholm Friends Arena Natural 50,000
BK Häcken Gothenburg Bravida Arena Artificial6,500
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Tele2 Arena Artificial30,000
Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falcon Alkoholfri Arena Natural5,565
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall NP3 Arena Artificial7,700
Hammarby IF StockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000
Helsingborgs IF Helsingborg Olympia Natural16,500
IF Elfsborg Borås Borås Arena Artificial16,899
IFK Göteborg Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural18,600
IFK Norrköping Norrköping Nya Parken Artificial15,734
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Artificial6,300
Kalmar FF Kalmar Guldfågeln Arena Natural12,000
Malmö FF Malmö Eleda Stadion Natural22,500
Örebro SK Örebro Behrn Arena Artificial12,300
Östersunds FK Östersund Jämtkraft Arena Artificial8,466

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Djurgårdens IF Flag of Sweden.svg Özcan Melkemichel End of contractNovember 15, 2018Pre-season Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Bergstrand
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Lagerlöf 		November 16, 2018
IK Sirius Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Bergstrand
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Lagerlöf 		ResignedNovember 15, 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Rydström December 10, 2018
Kalmar FF Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Rydström End of contractNovember 18, 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Pehrsson November 27, 2018
Helsingborgs IF Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Ola Ljung SackedJune 15, 201914th Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Larsson June 16, 2019
Helsingborgs IF Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Larsson ResignedAugust 23, 201912th Flag of Sweden.svg Olof Mellberg September 3, 2019
GIF Sundsvall Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Cedergren SackedAugust 30, 201916th Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Gustavsson September 2, 2019
AFC Eskilstuna Flag of Sweden.svg Nemanja Miljanović Promoted to Director of Football OperationsSeptember 5, 201915th Flag of Lithuania.svg Saulius Širmelis
Flag of Lithuania.svg Saulius Cekanavicius 		September 5, 2019
Kalmar FF Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Pehrsson SackedOctober 31, 201913th Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Nilsson October 31, 2019

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C)3020645319+3466Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Malmö FF 3019835616+4065Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Hammarby IF 3020557538+3765
4 AIK 3019564724+2362
5 IFK Norrköping 3016955426+2857
6 BK Häcken 3014794429+1549
7 IFK Göteborg 3013984631+1548Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [a]
8 IF Elfsborg 30111094445−143
9 Örebro SK 3096154056−1633
10 Helsingborgs IF 3086162949−2030
11 IK Sirius 3085173451−1729
12 Östersunds FK 30510152752−2525
13 Falkenbergs FF 3067172562−3725
14 Kalmar FF (O)30411152247−2523Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R)3048183150−1920Relegation to the Superettan
16 AFC Eskilstuna (R)3048182355−3220
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Djurgårdens IF 621111476532223321111111112111
Malmö FF 10128322111111111232324332221322
Hammarby IF 810137138744666666645443544433233
AIK 11115849855343332113232223344444
IFK Norrköping 1513159101010119887777777777777555555
BK Häcken 742276333255454464555455666666
IFK Göteborg 14811465222424545556666666777777
IF Elfsborg 9159103358777888910891088999988888
Örebro SK 131616151614141313111291112121198899888899999
Helsingborgs IF 2736913121214131314131111121212111213101310101010101010
IK Sirius 314581113141112912991091111121312121011111111121111
Östersunds FK 12510125466891010101088101091010111113131313111212
Falkenbergs FF 4912161516161616161615151516161313131414141414141515161413
Kalmar FF 16141411111211910101111121313131414141111131212121212131314
GIF Sundsvall 5371412791012141413141414141516161616161616151414141515
AFC Eskilstuna 166131415151515151516161615151615151515151515161616151616
Leader
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2020 Superettan
Source: everysport.com

Results

Home \ Away AFC AIK BKH DIF FFF GIFS HAM HIF IFE IFKG IFKN IKS KFF MFF ÖSK ÖFK
AFC Eskilstuna —2–40–21–10–01–01–61–12–23–10–20–03–10–11–10–1
AIK 2–1—1–0 1–0 2–02–1 2–0 2–03–0 1–0 0–22–11–20–02–00–0
BK Häcken 3–01–2—0–14–11–02–02–11–21–20–14–11–01–13–01–1
Djurgårdens IF 3–0 0–2 2–0—1–02–2 1–2 2–02–02–11–14–02–01–13–03–1
Falkenbergs FF 1–01–50–30–3—2–00–21–12–11–10–20–00–01–21–01–0
GIF Sundsvall 0–01–10–11–43–1—2–31–21–20–24–42–11–23–11–21–1
Hammarby 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 6–23–0—2–15–26–22–22–01–12–05–14–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–11–30–21–11–11–12–1—1–21–23–11–02–0 0–1 1–42–0
IF Elfsborg 1–01–10–00–14–03–11–11–1—2–00–01–12–10–34–24–1
IFK Göteborg 1–03–00–00–11–12–10–03–13–0—0–02–14–0 0–0 0–17–1
IFK Norrköping 4–00–02–12–24–32–02–05–02–01–2—0–11–01–13–03–0
IK Sirius 3–20–23–40–22–01–01–32–12–42–40–2—3–00–13–41–1
Kalmar FF 0–00–11–10–12–30–22–21–01–11–12–20–2—0–51–11–1
Malmö FF 5–02–01–10–15–02–14–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–01–11–0—2–12–0
Örebro SK 3–12–11–20–34–00–02–30–12–22–21–20–21–10–5—2–0
Östersunds FK 1–21–31–11–23–21–11–23–01–10–02–12–01–20–01–3—
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2019 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

IK Brage 0–2 Kalmar FF
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Fröling Soccerball shade.svg61'
Domnarvsvallen, Borlänge
Attendance: 3,554
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
Kalmar FF 2–2 IK Brage
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Hallberg Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report Morsay Soccerball shade.svg88'
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Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar
Attendance: 6,218
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Kalmar FF won 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 November 2019 [3]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mohamed Buya Turay Djurgårdens IF 15
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söder IFK Göteborg 14
Flag of Sweden.svg Muamer Tanković Hammarby IF
4 Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Đurđić Hammarby IF 13
Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Rosenberg Malmö FF
6 Flag of Norway.svg Tarik Elyounoussi AIK 11
Flag of Eritrea.svg Henok Goitom AIK
Flag of Sweden.svg Jordan Larsson IFK Norrköping
Flag of Brazil.svg Paulinho BK Häcken
Flag of Sweden.svg Carlos Strandberg Örebro SK

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander Kačaniklić Hammarby IFFalkenbergs FF 6–2 7 July 2019
Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Rogić Örebro SKFalkenbergs FF 4–0 20 July 2019
Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Đurđić Hammarby IFAFC Eskilstuna 1–6 27 July 2019
Flag of Sweden.svg Carlos Strandberg Örebro SKHelsingborgs IF 1–4 29 July 2019
Flag of Sweden.svg Carlos StrandbergÖrebro SKIK Sirius 3–4 24 August 2019
Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söder IFK GöteborgKalmar FF 4–0 26 August 2019
Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladimir Rodić Hammarby IFÖrebro SK 5–1 30 September 2019
Flag of Eritrea.svg Henok Goitom 4 goalsAIKFalkenbergs FF 1–5 20 October 2019

Monthly awards

MonthAllsvenskan Player of the Month
PlayerClub
April Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Hallenius GIF Sundsvall
May Flag of Norway.svg Tarik Elyounoussi AIK
July Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Danielson Djurgårdens IF
August Flag of Sweden.svg Muamer Tanković Hammarby IF
September Flag of Montenegro.svg Sead Hakšabanović IFK Norrköping
October Flag of Sweden.svg Darijan Bojanić Hammarby IF

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Annual awards

Award [5] WinnerClub
Player of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Danielson Djurgårdens IF
Goalkeeper of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Pettersson IFK Norrköping
Defender of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Danielson Djurgårdens IF
Midfielder of the Year Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Christiansen Malmö FF
Striker of the Year Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Djurdjic Hammarby IF
Breakthrough of the Year Flag of Nigeria.svg Alhassan Yusuf IFK Göteborg
Coach of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Bergstrand Djurgårdens IF

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Allsvenskan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Jiloan Hamad är Månadens spelare i Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 5 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Allsvenskans Stora Pris". www.allsvenskan.se. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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