2020 Allsvenskan

The 2020 Allsvenskan (commonly known as CoronAllsvenskan, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Allsvenskan season), part of the 2020 Swedish football season, was the 96th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. Djurgårdens IF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.

The 2020 Allsvenskan season was scheduled to begin on 4 April and end on 8 November 2020 (not including play-off matches), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden the opening games of the season were delayed. On 4 June 2020, the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced that the travel restrictions within Sweden were lifted. There were therefore no restrictions that were prohibiting resuming league play in Sweden and the Swedish Football Association announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would resume on 14 June 2020.

Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 24th Allsvenskan title and 21st Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 8 November 2020 when they won 4–0 against IK Sirius at home.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but was postponed indefinitely on 19 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. On 17 April, a target start date of 14 June was established for the competition by chairman of the Swedish Football Association, Karl-Erik Nilsson. It was initially speculated that matches would not be played behind closed doors, as the country had not gone into lockdown like other European countries at the time. The guidelines and rules issued by the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden did however prevent a start of the 2020 Allsvenskan, as they advised against all non-essential travel within Sweden, which would limit the possibilities of Allsvenskan teams to travel to the Allsvenskan games. On 4 June 2020, it was announced that the Swedish travel restrictions were lifted and there were therefore no restrictions preventing Allsvenskan to resume play. The Swedish Football Association accordingly announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would commence on 14 June 2020.

New guidelines regarding league play were issued on 8 June 2020, which detailed that due to the ban on gathering of more than 50 people in Sweden, all games were to be played without any attendance. Other guidelines included that no players with symptoms were allowed to travel or play and that the travel option with the most limited number of social contacts should be used (which means bus travel for the majority of teams).

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season, and two promoted teams from the 2019 Superettan.

GIF Sundsvall and AFC Eskilstuna were relegated at the end of the 2019 season after finishing at the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2019 Superettan champions Mjällby AIF and runners-up Varbergs BoIS.

Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Turf Stadium capacityAIKSolnaFriends ArenaNatural50,000BK HäckenGothenburgBravida ArenaArtificial6,500Djurgårdens IFStockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalcon Alkoholfri ArenaNatural5,565Hammarby IFStockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,500IF ElfsborgBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial16,899IFK GöteborgGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,600IFK NorrköpingNorrköpingNya ParkenArtificial15,734IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPArtificial10,000Kalmar FFKalmarGuldfågeln ArenaNatural12,000Malmö FFMalmöMalmö Nya StadionNatural22,500Mjällby AIFHällevikStrandvallenNatural6,750Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500Örebro SKÖrebroEyravallenArtificial12,300Östersunds FKÖstersundJämtkraft ArenaArtificial8,466

Personnel and kits All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Unibet as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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 coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsorAIK Nike NotarBK Häcken Puma BRADjurgårdens IF Adidas Prioritet FinansFalkenbergs FF Adidas Gekås Ullared Hammarby IF Craft Jobman Helsingborgs IF Puma Resurs BankIF Elfsborg Umbro Sparbanken SjuhäradIFK Göteborg Craft SernekeIFK Norrköping Nike HolmenIK Sirius Select VariousKalmar FF Select HjältevadshusMalmö FF Puma VolkswagenMjällby AIF PumaVariousVarbergs BoIS Craft VariousÖrebro SK Puma ÖBABÖstersunds FK Adidas Volkswagen

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentMjällby AIF Miloš MilojevićEnd of contract1 December 2019Pre-season Marcus Lantz10 December 2019Malmö FF Uwe RöslerMutual consent13 December 2019 Jon Dahl Tomasson5 January 2020Kalmar FF Jens NilssonEnd of caretaker spell13 December 2019 Nanne Bergstrand13 December 2019Östersunds FK Ian BurchnallMutual consent11 July 202015th Amir Azrafshan11 July 2020AIK Rikard NorlingSacked27 July 202012th Bartosz Grzelak31 July 2020IFK Göteborg Poya AsbaghiSacked3 September 202012th Roland Nilsson11 September 2020

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Relegation play-offs The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2020 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Christoffer Nyman IFK Norrköping 18 2 Astrit Selmani Varbergs BoIS 15 3 Isaac Kiese Thelin Malmö FF 14 Moses Ogbu Mjällby AIF 5 Anders Christiansen Malmö FF 13 6 Nahir Besara Örebro SK 12 Aron Jóhannsson Hammarby IF Stefano Vecchia IK Sirius

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists1 Sead HakšabanovićIFK Norrköping11 Gustav LudwigsonHammarby IF 3 Ísak Bergmann JóhannessonIFK Norrköping 9 Alexander KačaniklićHammarby IF 5 Johan LarssonIF Elfsborg 86 Jo Inge BergetMalmö FF7 Axel BjörnströmIK Sirius Sebastian LarssonAIK Haris RadetinacDjurgårdens IF Tobias SanaIFK Göteborg

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Fredrik UlvestadDjurgårdens IFKalmar FF5–028 June 2020 Deniz HümmetÖrebro SKIFK Norrköping4–330 August 2020 Muamer TankovićHammarby IFIFK Göteborg4–010 September 2020 Jonathan LeviIFK NorrköpingVarbergs BoIS3–118 October 2020 Astrit SelmaniVarbergs BoISHammarby IF5–28 November 2020 Christoffer NymanIFK NorrköpingFalkenbergs FF4–123 November 2020

Discipline

Player Most yellow cards: 10 Jesper Karlström (Djurgården)

Most red cards: 3 Simon Strand (Elfsborg)

Club Most yellow cards: 49 Hammarby IF

Most red cards: 5 IF Elfsborg

Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Anders ChristiansenMalmö FFGoalkeeper of the Year Oscar JanssonÖrebro SKDefender of the Year Anel AhmedhodzicMalmö FF Midfielder of the Year Anders ChristiansenMalmö FF Striker of the Year Jesper KarlssonIF ElfsborgBreakthrough of the Year Anel AhmedhodzicMalmö FF Coach of the Year Jon Dahl TomassonMalmö FF

2020 Allsvenskan

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