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2019 Allsvenskan

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Allsvenskan
Season2019
ChampionsDjurgårdens IF
8th Allsvenskan title
12th Swedish championship title
RelegatedGIF Sundsvall
AFC Eskilstuna
Champions LeagueDjurgårdens IF
Europa LeagueMalmö FF
Hammarby IF
Top goalscorerMohamed Buya Turay (15 goals)
Biggest home winIFK Göteborg 7–1 Östersunds FK
(2 November 2019)
Biggest away winAFC 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.

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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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

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Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
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 NP3 Arena 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 Eleda 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

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Djurgårdens IF Sweden Özcan Melkemichel End of contract November 15, 2018 Pre-season Sweden Kim Bergstrand
Sweden Thomas Lagerlöf 		November 16, 2018
IK Sirius Sweden Kim Bergstrand
Sweden Thomas Lagerlöf 		Resigned November 15, 2018 Sweden Henrik Rydström December 10, 2018
Kalmar FF Sweden Henrik Rydström End of contract November 18, 2018 Sweden Magnus Pehrsson November 27, 2018
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Per-Ola Ljung Sacked June 15, 2019 14th Sweden Henrik Larsson June 16, 2019
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Henrik Larsson Resigned August 23, 2019 12th Sweden Olof Mellberg September 3, 2019
GIF Sundsvall Sweden Joel Cedergren Sacked August 30, 2019 16th Sweden Tony Gustavsson September 2, 2019
AFC Eskilstuna Sweden Nemanja Miljanović Promoted to Director of Football Operations September 5, 2019 15th Lithuania Saulius Širmelis
Lithuania Saulius Cekanavicius 		September 5, 2019
Kalmar FF Sweden Magnus Pehrsson Sacked October 31, 2019 13th Sweden Jens Nilsson October 31, 2019

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 30 20 6 4 53 19 +34 66 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Malmö FF 30 19 8 3 56 16 +40 65 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Hammarby IF 30 20 5 5 75 38 +37 65
4 AIK 30 19 5 6 47 24 +23 62
5 IFK Norrköping 30 16 9 5 54 26 +28 57
6 BK Häcken 30 14 7 9 44 29 +15 49
7 IFK Göteborg 30 13 9 8 46 31 +15 48 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 IF Elfsborg 30 11 10 9 44 45 −1 43
9 Örebro SK 30 9 6 15 40 56 −16 33
10 Helsingborgs IF 30 8 6 16 29 49 −20 30
11 IK Sirius 30 8 5 17 34 51 −17 29
12 Östersunds FK 30 5 10 15 27 52 −25 25
13 Falkenbergs FF 30 6 7 17 25 62 −37 25
14 Kalmar FF (O) 30 4 11 15 22 47 −25 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R) 30 4 8 18 31 50 −19 20 Relegation to the Superettan
16 AFC Eskilstuna (R) 30 4 8 18 23 55 −32 20
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:
  1. ^ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Djurgårdens IF621111476532223321111111112111
Malmö FF10128322111111111232324332221322
Hammarby IF810137138744666666645443544433233
AIK11115849855343332113232223344444
IFK Norrköping1513159101010119887777777777777555555
BK Häcken742276333255454464555455666666
IFK Göteborg14811465222424545556666666777777
IF Elfsborg9159103358777888910891088999988888
Örebro SK131616151614141313111291112121198899888899999
Helsingborgs IF2736913121214131314131111121212111213101310101010101010
IK Sirius314581113141112912991091111121312121011111111121111
Östersunds FK12510125466891010101088101091010111113131313111212
Falkenbergs FF4912161516161616161615151516161313131414141414141515161413
Kalmar FF16141411111211910101111121313131414141111131212121212131314
GIF Sundsvall5371412791012141413141414141516161616161616151414141515
AFC Eskilstuna166131415151515151516161615151615151515151515161616151616
Leader
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2020 Superettan
Source: everysport.com

Results

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Home \ Away AFC AIK BKH DIF FFF GIFS HAM HIF IFE IFKG IFKN IKS KFF MFF ÖSK ÖFK
AFC Eskilstuna — 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–6 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1
AIK 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0
BK Häcken 3–0 1–2 — 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Djurgårdens IF 3–0 0–2 2–0 — 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1
Falkenbergs FF 1–0 1–5 0–3 0–3 — 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0
GIF Sundsvall 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 3–1 — 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–4 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1
Hammarby 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 6–2 3–0 — 2–1 5–2 6–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 4–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–0
IF Elfsborg 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–2 4–1
IFK Göteborg 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 — 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 7–1
IFK Norrköping 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 4–3 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 — 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0
IK Sirius 3–2 0–2 3–4 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–4 2–4 0–2 — 3–0 0–1 3–4 1–1
Kalmar FF 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 — 0–5 1–1 1–1
Malmö FF 5–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 5–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 2–0
Örebro SK 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 4–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 — 2–0
Östersunds FK 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 —
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

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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 Brage0–2Kalmar FF
Report Herrem 24'
Fröling 61'
Attendance: 3,554
Kalmar FF2–2IK Brage
Aliti 61'
Hallberg 86'		 Report Morsay 88'
Kouakou 90+2'
Attendance: 6,218

Kalmar FF won 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Sweden Alexander Kačaniklić Hammarby IF Falkenbergs FF 6–2 7 July 2019
Sweden Filip Rogić Örebro SK Falkenbergs FF 4–0 20 July 2019
Serbia Nikola Đurđić Hammarby IF AFC Eskilstuna 1–6 27 July 2019
Sweden Carlos Strandberg Örebro SK Helsingborgs IF 1–4 29 July 2019
Sweden Carlos Strandberg Örebro SK IK Sirius 3–4 24 August 2019
Sweden Robin Söder IFK Göteborg Kalmar FF 4–0 26 August 2019
Montenegro Vladimir Rodić Hammarby IF Örebro SK 5–1 30 September 2019
Eritrea Henok Goitom4 goals AIK Falkenbergs FF 1–5 20 October 2019

Monthly awards

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

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Annual awards

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

See also

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References

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  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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