2008 Division 1 (Swedish football)

Division 1
Season	2008
Champions	Syrianska FC (north); FC Trollhättan (south)
Promoted	Syrianska FC; Vasalunds IF; FC Trollhättan
Relegated	Ersboda SK; Falu FK; Bodens BK; IFK Malmö; Norrby IF; Skärhamns IK
Top goalscorer	Niklas Moberg (21)
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Syrianska FC and FC Trollhättan won their respective groups, and thereby were promoted to Superettan for the 2009 season. Vasalunds IF who finished second in the northern group were also promoted after winning their playoff.

League tables[edit]

North[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Syrianska FC (C, P)	26	17	8	1	44	16	+28	59	Promotion to Superettan
2	Vasalunds IF (O, P)	26	15	6	5	57	26	+31	51	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	Västerås SK	26	16	3	7	59	36	+23	51
4	Gröndal	26	15	5	6	49	33	+16	50
5	Umeå FC	26	13	2	11	43	38	+5	41
6	Valsta Syrianska IK	26	10	6	10	41	40	+1	36
7	BK Forward	26	10	4	12	46	49	−3	34
8	Syrianska Botkyrka IF	26	8	7	11	26	35	−9	31
9	IF Sylvia	26	9	3	14	41	56	−15	30
10	Östersunds FK	26	7	8	11	30	36	−6	29
11	IK Brage	26	6	8	12	35	43	−8	26
12	Ersboda (R)	26	7	4	15	48	67	−19	25	Relegation to Division 2
13	Falu FK (R)	26	7	3	16	31	49	−18	24
14	Boden (R)	26	5	7	14	27	53	−26	22

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group South[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Trollhättan (C, P)	26	14	7	5	41	26	+15	49	Promotion to Superettan
2	Östers IF	26	14	3	9	54	33	+21	45	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	Carlstad United BK	26	13	6	7	43	37	+6	45
4	Malmö Anadolu	26	13	5	8	53	38	+15	44
5	Skövde AIK	26	12	6	8	54	39	+15	42
6	Motala AIF	26	11	6	9	41	46	−5	39
7	IFK Värnamo	26	11	5	10	31	31	0	38
8	Västra Frölunda	26	8	11	7	45	41	+4	35
9	Lindome	26	8	8	10	36	33	+3	32
10	Torslanda IK	26	8	8	10	40	45	−5	32
11	Husqvarna FF	26	8	4	14	29	35	−6	28
12	IFK Malmö (R)	26	8	3	15	38	63	−25	27	Relegation to Division 2
13	Norrby IF (R)	26	8	2	16	38	52	−14	26
14	Skärhamn (R)	26	7	4	15	27	61	−34	25

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics[edit]

Northern group top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Kennedy Igboananike	Vasalunds IF	18
2	Bernhard Nyström	Falu FK	14
3	Patrik Grönvall	Västerås SK	13
3	Jesper Carlsson	Gröndals IK	13
5	Herish Kuhi	BK Forward	12
5	Raby Nahir Youssef	Gröndals IK	12
7	Martin Andersson	Västerås SK	11
7	Danny Persson	Umeå FC	11
9	Niklas Gustafsson	BK Forward	10
10	Özgür Yasar	Syrianska FC	9
10	Erik Lundström	Ersboda SK	9

Southern group top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Niklas Moberg	Carlstad United BK	21
2	Tomas Enrique Petry	Östers IF	17
3	Arsim Gashi	Motala AIF	14
3	Liridon Rrustemaj	Malmö Anadolu	14
5	Jakob Orlov	Skövde AIK	13
6	Mårten Gustafsson	Skövde AIK	12
7	Måns Sörensson	IFK Malmö	10
7	Martin Scherdin	FC Trollhättan	10
9	Rami Kurdali	Lindome GIF	9
	Kim Roger Strand	FC Trollhättan
	William Tonji Ngounou	Malmö Anadolu
	Daniel Leinar	Motala AIF

Young Player Teams of the Year[edit]

At the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called "Morgondagens Stjärnor" (English: "The Stars Of Tomorrow"). The two teams playing against each other consist of the best young players from each of the two leagues.^[3]

Team North
Position	Player	Club
GK	Lennart Sandahl	Östersunds FK
DF	Simon Ogunnaike	Valsta Syrianska IK
	Mattias Englund	BK Forward
	Tim Andersson	Östersunds FK
	Yosif Ayuba	Vasalunds IF
	Tobias Stenman	Ersboda SK
MF / FW	Fredrik Wennebro	Umeå FC
	Pontus Hendriks	IK Brage
	Daniel Gustavsson	Västerås SK
	Gökay Altuner	Valsta Syrianska IK
	Anders Lillager	Falu FK
	Armin Tankovic	IF Sylvia
	Timmy Wilhelmsson	FC Väsby United
	Kennedy Igboananike	Vasalunds IF
	Nahir Awrouhom	Syrianska Botkyrka IF
Coach	Peter Lenell	Vasalunds IF

Team South
Position	Player	Club
GK	Erik Dahlin	Västra Frölunda IF
DF	Simon Svensson	Motala AIF
	Månz Karlsson	Östers IF
	Jonatan Ask	Lindome GIF
	Martin Maletic	IFK Värnamo
	Bennet Gustavsson	Husqvarna FF
MF / FW	Ola Grändås	Motala AIF
	Martin Arvidsson	Norrby IF
	Tom Pettersson	FC Trollhättan
	Alexander Henningsson	Östers IF
	Medin Zekamani	Malmö Anadolu
	Mattias Wahl	Carlstad United BK
	Alexander Angelin	Västra Frölunda IF
	Fredrik Törnqvist	Carlstad United BK
	Axel Johansson	Östers IF
Coach	Göran Ekh	Motala AIF

References[edit]

Sweden - List of final tables (Clas Glenning)

^ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
^ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
^ "2008". Morgondages Sjärnor. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

[Norra_Top_Scorers-1] "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[Södra_Top_Scorers-2] "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[3] "2008". Morgondages Sjärnor. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

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