2019 Allsvenskan
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Season | 2019 |
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Champions | Djurgårdens IF |
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 scoring | Hammarby 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 run | 8 matches Hammarby IF[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Malmö FF |
Longest winless run | 18 matches GIF Sundsvall |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Östersunds FK |
Highest attendance | 45,367 AIK 1–0 Djurgårdens IF (1 September 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 1,876 AFC Eskilstuna 4–1 BK Häcken (25 August 2019) |
Average attendance | 9,166 |
← 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.
Djurgårdens IF won the Allsvenskan title, their first since 2005, their 4th 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
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 at 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
Team | Location | Stadium | Turf1 | Stadium capacity1 |
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AFC Eskilstuna | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | Artificial | 7,500 |
AIK | Stockholm | Friends Arena | Natural | 50,000 |
BK Häcken | Gothenburg | Bravida Arena | Artificial | 6,500 |
Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
Falkenbergs FF | Falkenberg | Falcon Alkoholfri Arena | Natural | 5,565 |
GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Idrottsparken | Artificial | 7,700 |
Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
Helsingborgs IF | Helsingborg | Olympia | Natural | 16,500 |
IF Elfsborg | Borås | Borås Arena | Artificial | 16,899 |
IFK Göteborg | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,600 |
IFK Norrköping | Norrköping | Nya Parken | Artificial | 15,734 |
IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Artificial | 6,300 |
Kalmar FF | Kalmar | Guldfågeln Arena | Natural | 12,000 |
Malmö FF | Malmö | Stadion | Natural | 22,500 |
Örebro SK | Örebro | Behrn Arena | Artificial | 12,300 |
Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | Artificial | 8,466 |
- 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[2]
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Djurgårdens IF | Özcan Melkemichel | End of contract | November 15, 2018 | Pre-season | Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf |
November 16, 2018 |
IK Sirius | Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf |
Resigned | November 15, 2018 | Henrik Rydström | December 10, 2018 | |
Kalmar FF | Henrik Rydström | End of contract | November 18, 2018 | Magnus Pehrsson | November 27, 2018 | |
Helsingborgs IF | Per-Ola Ljung | Sacked | June 15, 2019 | 14th | Henrik Larsson | June 16, 2019 |
Helsingborgs IF | Henrik Larsson | Resigned | August 23, 2019 | 12th | Olof Mellberg | September 3, 2019 |
GIF Sundsvall | Joel Cedergren | Sacked | August 30, 2019 | 16th | Tony Gustavsson | September 2, 2019 |
AFC Eskilstuna | Nemanja Miljanović | Promoted to Director of Football Operations | September 5, 2019 | 15th | Saulius Širmelis Saulius Cekanavicius |
September 5, 2019 |
Kalmar FF | Magnus Pehrsson | Sacked | October 31, 2019 | 13th | Jens Nilsson | October 31, 2019 |
League table
Template:2019 Allsvenskan table
Positions by round
Leader | |
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2020 Superettan |
Results
Play-offs
The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets 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.
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Hat-tricks
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Monthly awards[4]
Month | Allsvenskan Player of the Month | |
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Player | Club | |
April | Linus Hallenius | GIF Sundsvall |
May | Tarik Elyounoussi | AIK |
July | Marcus Danielson | Djurgårdens IF |
August | Muamer Tanković | Hammarby IF |
September | Sead Hakšabanović | IFK Norrköping |
October | Darijan Bojanić | Hammarby IF |
See also
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References
- ^ "Allsvenskan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Jiloan Hamad är Månadens spelare i Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 5 May 2018.