2011 Allsvenskan

The 2011 Allsvenskan, part of the 2011 Swedish football season, was the 87th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The preliminary 2011 fixtures were released on 15 December 2010. The season began on 2 April 2011 and ended on 23 October 2011. Malmö FF were the defending champions, having won their 16th Swedish championship and their 19th Allsvenskan title the previous season.

Helsingborgs IF won the Swedish championship this season, their 7th one, in the 27th round, nearly a month before the final round, on 25 September 2011 by Helsingborg defeating GAIS 3–1 and AIK playing a 1–1 tie against Malmö FF. This was the second year in a row that a club from Scania clinched the championship title. This was also Helsingborg's first Swedish championship of the third millennium, and the first time since 1996 that a team secured the Allsvenskan championship so early in the season.

A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returned from the 2010 season and two had been promoted from Superettan.

Teams A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 2010 Superettan.

Åtvidaberg and Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2010 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Åtvidaberg thus made its immediate return to the Superettan, and Brommapojkarna ended a two-year tenure in the Allsvenskan. They were replaced by 2010 Superettan champions Syrianska FC and runners-up IFK Norrköping. Norrköping returned after a two-year absence, while Syrianska FC made their debut at the highest level of football in Sweden.

Gefle as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after defeating third-placed Superettan team GIF Sundsvall 3–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1AIKStockholmRåsunda Stadium36,800Djurgårdens IFStockholmStockholm Stadion14,700ElfsborgBoråsBorås Arena16,899GAISGothenburgGamla Ullevi18,900GefleGävleStrömvallen7,300IFK GöteborgGothenburgGamla Ullevi18,900Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans Vall15,500Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympia16,500HäckenGothenburgRambergsvallen6,000Kalmar FFKalmarGuldfågeln Arena12,000Malmö FFMalmöSwedbank Stadion24,000MjällbyMjällbyStrandvallen7,500IFK NorrköpingNorrköpingIdrottsparken17,234Syrianska FCSödertäljeSödertälje Fotbollsarena6,400Trelleborgs FFTrelleborgVångavallen10,000Örebro SKÖrebroBehrn Arena13,129 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAIK Daniel TjernströmadidasÅbroDjurgårdens IF Joel RiddezadidasICAElfsborg Anders SvenssonUmbroSwedbankGAIS Fredrik LundgrenPumaSwedbankÅbroGefle Daniel BernhardssonUmbroSandvikIFK Göteborg Adam JohanssonadidasPrioritet FinansHalmstads BK Johnny LundbergPumaICAHelsingborgs IF 2 Pär HanssonPumaResurs BankHäcken Jonas HenrikssonNikeBRA ByggKalmar FF Henrik RydströmPumaAudio VideoMalmö FF Daniel AnderssonPumaICAMjällby Marcus EkenbergUmbroStål & Rör MontageBeglastIFK Norrköping Mathias FlorénPumaHolmenSyrianska FC 2 Ahmet ÖzdemirokNikeTelgeTrelleborgs FF Kristian HaynesMasitaTrelleborgÖrebro SK Fredrik NordbackPumaMalmbergs

1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan. 2 Officially listed as head coach due to the fact that their respective coach partners are missing manager licenses.

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableIFK Norrköping Göran BergortEnd of contract27 October 2010Pre-season Janne Andersson1 December 2010Pre-seasonAIK Alex MillerResigned10 November 2010Pre-season Andreas Alm16 December 2010Pre-seasonHalmstads BK Lars JacobssonSacked19 November 2010Pre-season Josep Clotet Ruiz5 December 2010Pre-seasonDjurgårdens IF Lennart WassSacked3 May 201115th Magnus Pehrsson3 May 201115thMalmö FF Roland NilssonSigned by Copenhagen29 May 20114th Rikard Norling3 June 20114thHalmstads BK Josep Clotet RuizSacked5 July 201116th Jens Gustafsson5 July 201116th

Abandoned matches The 2011 Allsvenskan was marred by several incidents involving both pyrotechnical items and supporter violence, with two matches needing to be suspended and one match needing to be re-played. In each of the three matches, the score was 1–0 in favour of one of the teams.

Syrianska FC vs. AIK The match between Syrianska FC and AIK on 25 April 2011 was halted after twenty minutes of play when an assistant referee was hit by fireworks and, as a result, suffered tinnitus. Syrianska FC at that time led the game 1–0. Right before the fireworks were launched, AIK's striker, Teteh Bangura, was sent off after stamping Syrianska FC goalkeeper Dwayne Miller on his foot. Several firecrackers were thrown. The Swedish Football Association (SFA) concluded that it couldn't narrow down the possible sections from which the firecrackers were thrown to the extent that a single club could be identified as responsible for all of them, but concluded that the behaviour of the AIK fans shortly after led to the suspension of the game. As a consequence, the game was awarded 3–0 in Syrianska FC's favour on 12 May 2011; AIK were fined 150,000 SEK.

Malmö FF vs. Helsingborgs IF On 24 May 2011, a Skåne derby match at Swedbank Stadion between Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF had to be abandoned after thirty minutes, right after Helsingborg had scored to take the lead 1–0. Helsingborg goalkeeper Pär Hansson was left injured by a firecracker thrown by a spectator from Malmö FF's standing section detonating right beside him, before being pushed by a spectator who made it onto the pitch from the same standing section. The SFA did not disqualify the theory that the man throwing the firecracker might have been the same man as the one who invaded the pitch. (The Malmö District Court later concluded that was the case.) Both Malmö FF and Canal+, the broadcaster of the match, sued the man invading the pitch for abandoning the match and television broadcasting of it. The game was awarded 3–0 in Helsingborg's favour on 17 June 2011. Malmö were given a 150,000 SEK fine, while Helsingborg were fined 25,000 SEK.

On 18 October 2011, the man who invaded the pitch was sentenced by the Malmö District Court to 120 day-fines for a total of 10,000 SEK, not only for invading the pitch but also for throwing the firecracker.

Malmö FF vs. Djurgårdens IF Malmö FF were involved in another incident at their home arena, this time in a match against Djurgårdens IF, on 30 July 2011. Like the Syrianska–AIK and Malmö–Helsingborg matches, the Malmö–Djurgården match was abandoned, after eleven minutes, after four fireworks had been launched. At that time, Malmö FF were leading 1–0. A total of six fireworks were launched, forcing the referee to abandon the match. According to Canal+, one of the fireworks was close to hitting a photographer. There were different opinions as to where the fireworks came from: Canal+ believed that the fireworks came from the section above the Djurgården terrace while the police believed that the fireworks came from within the Djurgården section. Swedish Discipline Committee chairman Khennet Thallinger stated that they "want to preserve the due process". On 5 September 2011, the Committee decided that the game would be replayed from the first kick-off, since the possible sections where the firecrackers were thrown from could not be narrowed down to a point where the same club was responsible for all those sections. The SFA's Competition Committee decided that the rematch would be played on 15 October 2011. This forced them to delay the Malmö–Syrianska and Halmstad–Djurgården games in-between to 17 October, as all Allsvenskan teams should have at least one rest day between each game. The rematch was won by Malmö 1–0.

League table

Positions by round Note: Since some matches were postponed, the positions were corrected in hindsight.

Results

Relegation play-offs

Syrianska FC won 4–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics +Top scorersRankPlayerClubGoals1 Mathias RanégieHäcken/Malmö FF212 Tobias HysénIFK Göteborg163 Teteh BanguraAIK154 Mervan ÇelikGAIS145 Lasse NilssonElfsborg10 WándersonGAIS10 Mikael DahlbergGefle108 Rasmus JönssonHelsingborgs IF9 Marcus EkenbergMjällby9 Kristian HaynesTrelleborgs FF9117 players81810 players7288 players6369 players54514 players45925 players38438 players212269 players1 +Top assistsRankPlayerClubAssists1 WándersonGAIS12 René MakondeleHäcken123 Daniel SjölundDjurgårdens IF9 Daniel LarssonMalmö FF95 Martin MutumbaAIK8 Stefan IshizakiElfsborg8 Jonas LanttoGefle88 Alexander GerndtHelsingborgs IF79 John ChibuikeHäcken6 Stefan SelakovićIFK Göteborg6 Daniel MendesKalmar FF6 David LöfquistMjällby6 Mattias AdelstamTrelleborgs FF6148 players52210 players43219 players35142 players29383 players1 + Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date HäckenSyrianska FC5–117 April 2011 HäckenTrelleborgs FF4–118 June 2011 IFK GöteborgSyrianska FC3–010 July 2011 4AIKHalmstads BK4–011 July 2011 IFK GöteborgHalmstads BK3–125 July 2011 DjurgårdenTrelleborgs FF4–311 September 2011

4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring First goal of the season (time of day): Imad Khalili for IFK Norrköping against GAIS (15:15, 3 April 2011) First goal of the season (match minute): Peter Ijeh for Syrianska FC against Gefle (4' min, 3 April 2011) Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Häcken 6–0 Mjällby (3 July 2011) Highest scoring game: 10 goals – Helsingborgs IF 7–3 Trelleborgs FF (23 June 2011) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals – Helsingborgs IF 7–3 Trelleborgs FF (23 June 2011) Fewest games failed to score in: 2 – Helsingborgs IF Most games failed to score in: 15 – Syrianska FC

Discipline Worst overall disciplinary record (1 pt per yellow card, 3 pts per red card): 70 – Syrianska FC (55 yellow cards, 5 red cards) Best overall disciplinary record: 27 – Gefle (24 yellow cards, 1 red card) Most yellow cards (club): 55 – Syrianska FC Most yellow cards (player): 11 – Ivan Ristić (Syrianska FC) Most red cards (club): 5 – Syrianska FC Most red cards (player): 2 – Bobbie Friberg da Cruz (IFK Norrköping) Most fouls (player): 51 – Shpëtim Hasani (IFK Norrköping)

Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 12 – AIK Fewest clean sheets: 4 – Trelleborgs FF

Attendances

# Club Average Highest 1 AIK 13,865 24,639 2 Malmö FF 12,318 23,612 3 Helsingborgs IF 11,203 16,530 4 IFK Göteborg 10,849 17,888 5 IF Elfsborg 10,029 15,722 6 Djurgårdens IF 8,671 28,931 7 Kalmar FF 8,094 11,852 8 IFK Norrköping 7,794 10,808 9 Örebro SK 7,358 10,654 10 GAIS 5,933 15,530 11 Gefle IF 4,286 7,098 12 Halmstads BK 4,240 6,834 13 Mjällby AIF 3,613 7,000 14 BK Häcken 3,249 7,468 15 Syrianska FC Södertälje 2,852 5,626 16 Trelleborgs FF 2,757 9,572

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2011 Allsvenskan

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