2019 Allsvenskan

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

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 Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1AFC EskilstunaEskilstunaTunavallenArtificial7,500AIKStockholmFriends ArenaNatural50,000BK HäckenGothenburgBravida ArenaArtificial6,500Djurgårdens IFStockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalcon Alkoholfri ArenaNatural5,565GIF SundsvallSundsvallNP3 ArenaArtificial7,700Hammarby IFStockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,500IF ElfsborgBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial16,899IFK GöteborgGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,600IFK NorrköpingNorrköpingNya ParkenArtificial15,734IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPArtificial6,300Kalmar FFKalmarGuldfågeln ArenaNatural12,000Malmö FFMalmöEleda StadionNatural22,500Örebro SKÖrebroBehrn ArenaArtificial12,300Östersunds FKÖstersundJämtkraft ArenaArtificial8,466 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentDjurgårdens IF Özcan MelkemichelEnd of contractNovember 15, 2018Pre-season Kim Bergstrand Thomas LagerlöfNovember 16, 2018IK Sirius Kim Bergstrand Thomas LagerlöfResignedNovember 15, 2018 Henrik RydströmDecember 10, 2018Kalmar FF Henrik RydströmEnd of contractNovember 18, 2018 Magnus PehrssonNovember 27, 2018Helsingborgs IF Per-Ola LjungSackedJune 15, 201914th Henrik LarssonJune 16, 2019Helsingborgs IF Henrik LarssonResignedAugust 23, 201912th Olof MellbergSeptember 3, 2019GIF Sundsvall Joel CedergrenSackedAugust 30, 201916th Tony GustavssonSeptember 2, 2019AFC Eskilstuna Nemanja MiljanovićPromoted to Director of Football OperationsSeptember 5, 201915th Saulius Širmelis Saulius CekanaviciusSeptember 5, 2019Kalmar FF Magnus PehrssonSackedOctober 31, 201913th Jens NilssonOctober 31, 2019

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation play-offs 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.

Kalmar FF won 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mohamed Buya TurayDjurgårdens IF152 Robin SöderIFK Göteborg14 Muamer TankovićHammarby IF4 Nikola ĐurđićHammarby IF13 Markus RosenbergMalmö FF6 Tarik ElyounoussiAIK11 Henok GoitomAIK Jordan LarssonIFK Norrköping PaulinhoBK Häcken Carlos StrandbergÖrebro SK

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Alexander KačaniklićHammarby IFFalkenbergs FF6–27 July 2019 Filip RogićÖrebro SKFalkenbergs FF4–020 July 2019 Nikola ĐurđićHammarby IFAFC Eskilstuna1–627 July 2019 Carlos StrandbergÖrebro SKHelsingborgs IF1–429 July 2019 Carlos StrandbergÖrebro SKIK Sirius3–424 August 2019 Robin SöderIFK GöteborgKalmar FF4–026 August 2019 Vladimir RodićHammarby IFÖrebro SK5–130 September 2019 Henok Goitom4 goalsAIKFalkenbergs FF1–520 October 2019

Monthly awards MonthAllsvenskan Player of the MonthPlayerClubApril Linus HalleniusGIF Sundsvall May Tarik ElyounoussiAIKJuly Marcus DanielsonDjurgårdens IFAugust Muamer TankovićHammarby IFSeptember Sead HakšabanovićIFK NorrköpingOctober Darijan BojanićHammarby IF

Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Marcus DanielsonDjurgårdens IFGoalkeeper of the Year Isak Pettersson IFK NorrköpingDefender of the Year Marcus DanielsonDjurgårdens IFMidfielder of the Year Anders ChristiansenMalmö FF Striker of the Year Nikola DjurdjicHammarby IFBreakthrough of the Year Alhassan YusufIFK Göteborg Coach of the Year Kim BergstrandDjurgårdens IF

Attendances

# Club Average Highest 1 Hammarby IF 24,232 31,337 2 AIK 18,970 45,367 3 Malmö FF 16,566 21,812 4 Djurgårdens IF 15,958 28,258 5 IFK Göteborg 12,837 17,222 6 IFK Norrköping 8,476 15,150 7 Helsingborgs IF 8,345 16,127 8 IF Elfsborg 5,823 10,167 9 Örebro SK 5,784 11,221 10 Kalmar FF 5,307 9,116 11 Östersunds FK 4,809 6,395 12 GIF Sundsvall 4,620 6,020 13 IK Sirius FK 4,288 6,132 14 Falkenbergs FF 3,733 6,214 15 BK Häcken 3,632 6,316 16 AFC Eskilstuna 3,276 7,037

2019 Allsvenskan

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