P19 Allsvenskan is the highest level of men's association football for Swedish under-19 teams, and determines the under-19 (or junior) Swedish championships. The title has been officially contested since 1982 in different formats, IFK Göteborg being the most successful team with nine titles.

History The junior championships for club teams (, also or ) for boys have been played since 1982, but the competition had several unofficial precursors. A cup tournament, , was played from 1945 to 1976, and was open to member clubs of the Swedish Professional Football Leagues. The title unofficial junior champions was awarded to the winners of the tournament, which was discontinued when the newspaper Expressen withdrew their sponsorship. For the years between 1949 and 1958, the winner of this cup also played a national final () against the winners of the Norrland junior championships ().

The Swedish Professional Football Leagues also arranged a league starting in 1971, , only open to youth teams of Allsvenskan clubs. A champion was decided through a final match between group winners, and was open to all Swedish Professional Football Leagues members from 1977. This league was sometimes also called , and saw continued play in parallel to the in 1982 introduced official junior championships, initially played in a strict cup format.

In 1990, the youth league was rebranded as , and the play-off following the league replaced the separate cup tournament as the competition to decide the official junior champions. The championship is played in league format, currently named , until 2021 consisting of two regional groups, followed by a final between the two winning teams to determine the junior champions. From 2022, the league format has been changed to consist of a single group of 14 teams with no play-off.

From 1982 until 2008, the championships were played with an age limit of 18, but from 2009 on the age limit has been 19.

Format The competition was played in a single league, round-robin format of 14 teams since 2022 but was expanded to 16 teams in 2026. Players are eligible to play if they are at most 19 years old on December 31st of the season year.

Teams : AIK FF IF Brommapojkarna Djurgårdens IF FF IFK Norrköping FK IFK Göteborg Halmstads BK Hammarby IF FF Helsingborgs IF BK Häcken Kalmar FF Malmö FF IFK Norrköping FK IK Sirius FK Västerås SK FK Mjällby AIF GAIS Örebro SK FK

Previous winners

YearWinnerRefUnder-18 championships () 1982 Malmö FF (1) 1983 IFK Sundsvall (1) 1984 Örebro SK (1) 1985 IFK Eskilstuna (1) 1986 IFK Göteborg (1) 1987 IFK Göteborg (2) 1988 IFK Göteborg (3) 1989 IF Brommapojkarna (1) 1990 Lundby IF (1) 1991 IFK Norrköping (1) 1992 Helsingborgs IF (1) 1993 Malmö FF (2) 1994 Djurgårdens IF (1) 1995 Gunnilse IS (1) 1996 IFK Göteborg (4) 1997 IFK Göteborg (5) 1998 Malmö FF (3) 1999 IFK Göteborg (6) 2000 Västra Frölunda IF (1) 2001 Malmö FF (4) 2002 Örgryte IS (1) 2003 Djurgårdens IF (2) 2004 AIK (1) 2005 BK Häcken (1) 2006 IF Brommapojkarna (2) 2007 AIK (2) 2008 IF Brommapojkarna (3)Under-19 championships () 2009 IF Elfsborg (1) 2010 Malmö FF (5) 2011 BK Häcken (2) 2012 Halmstads BK (1) 2013 IFK Göteborg (7) 2014 BK Häcken (3) 2015 IFK Göteborg (8) 2016 Malmö FF (6) 2017 IF Elfsborg (2) 2018 Hammarby IF (1) 2019 IF Elfsborg (3) 2020 Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 IFK Göteborg (9) 2022 Hammarby IF (2) 2023 IFK Norrköping (2) 2024 BK Häcken (4)

Performances

ClubWinnersWinning seasonsIFK Göteborg9 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2021Malmö FF6 1982, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2010, 2016BK Häcken4 2005, 2011, 2014, 2024IF Brommapojkarna3 1989, 2006, 2008IF Elfsborg3 2009, 2017, 2019Djurgårdens IF2 1994, 2003AIK2 2004, 2007Hammarby IF2 2018, 2022IFK Norrköping2 1991, 2023IFK Sundsvall1 1983Örebro SK1 1984IFK Eskilstuna1 1985Lundby IF1 1990Helsingborgs IF1 1992Gunnilse IS1 1995Västra Frölunda IF1 2000Örgryte IS1 2002Halmstads BK1 2012

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