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.
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
ClubLast seasonFirst seasonin leagueFirst season ofcurrent spellAIK5th1924–252006Djurgårdens IF3rd1927–282001IF Elfsborg4th1926–271997GAIS11th1924–252006Gefle IF10th1933–342005IFK Göteborg1st1924–251977Halmstads BK7th1933–341993Hammarby IF6th1924–251998Helsingborgs IF8th1924–251993Kalmar FF2nd1949–502004Ljungskile SK2nd (Superettan)19972008Malmö FF9th1931–322001IFK Norrköping1st (Superettan)1924–252008GIF Sundsvall3rd (Superettan)19652008Trelleborgs FF13th19852007Örebro SK12th1946–472007
Managers ClubCoachAIK Rikard NorlingDjurgårdens IF Sigurður JónssonIF Elfsborg Magnus HaglundGAIS Magnus PehrssonGefle IF Per OlssonIFK Göteborg Stefan Rehn/ Jonas OlssonHalmstads BK Janne AnderssonHammarby IF Tony GustavssonHelsingborgs IF Bosse NilssonKalmar FF Nanne BergstrandLjungskile SK David WilsonMalmö FF Roland NilssonIFK Norrköping Sören CratzGIF Sundsvall Sören ÅkebyTrelleborgs FF Tom PrahlÖrebro SK Sixten Boström
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs
1–1 on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Patrik IngelstenKalmar FF192 AnselmoHalmstads BK15 Viktor ElmKalmar FF154 Charlie DaviesHammarby IF14 Henrik LarssonHelsingborgs IF14 Ola ToivonenMalmö FF147 Hans BerggrenGefle IF118 Iván ÓboloAIK10
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Highest attendance 1 AIK 15,535 34,173 2 Malmö FF 11,194 18,884 3 Hammarby IF 11,144 23,578 4 Helsingborgs IF 10,497 16,704 5 Djurgårdens IF 10,169 22,312 6 IFK Göteborg 9,632 29,801 7 IF Elfsborg 9,513 16,599 8 Örebro SK 8,660 10,606 9 IFK Norrköping 6,652 15,651 10 Kalmar FF 6,103 9,689 11 Halmstads BK 6,033 10,309 12 GAIS 5,225 27,238 13 GIF Sundsvall 4,597 6,275 14 Gefle IF 3,918 5,060 15 Ljungskile SK 2,932 7,128 16 Trelleborgs FF 2,794 6,748
References
Online
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