2022 Allsvenskan

The 2022 Allsvenskan was the 98th season since its establishment in 1924 of Sweden's top-level football league, Allsvenskan. A total of 16 teams participated. Malmö FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.

The 2022 Allsvenskan season began on 2 April and ended on 6 November 2022 (not including play-off matches).

Highlights On 30 October 2022, BK Häcken secured their first Swedish championship title in the 29th and penultimate round by defeating IFK Göteborg, 4–0, in a Gothenburg derby at Gamla Ullevi.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, and three promoted teams from the 2021 Superettan (IFK Värnamo, GIF Sundsvall and Helsingborg).

Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Turf Stadium capacityAIKStockholmNationalarenanNatural50,000BK HäckenGothenburgNya RambergsvallenArtificial6,500Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural7,500Djurgårdens IFStockholmStockholmsarenanArtificial30,000GIF SundsvallSundsvallIdrottsparkenArtificial8,000Hammarby IFStockholmStockholmsarenanArtificial30,000Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,500IF ElfsborgBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial16,899IFK GöteborgGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,600IFK NorrköpingNorrköpingNya ParkenArtificial15,734 IFK Värnamo Värnamo FinnvedsvallenNatural5,000IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPArtificial10,038Kalmar FFKalmarKalmar ArenaNatural12,000Malmö FFMalmöMalmö Nya StadionNatural22,500Mjällby AIFHällevikStrandvallenNatural6,750Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500

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 BRADegerfors IF UmbroVariousDjurgårdens IF Adidas Prioritet FinansGIF Sundsvall Adidas Various Hammarby IF Craft Huski ChocolateHelsingborgs IF Puma AKEAIF Elfsborg Umbro Sparbanken SjuhäradIFK Göteborg Craft SernekeIFK Norrköping Adidas HolmenIFK Värnamo Puma VariousIK Sirius Select VariousKalmar FF Select ICA Supermarket BorgholmMalmö FF Puma VolkswagenMjällby AIF PumaVariousVarbergs BoIS Craft Various

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentIFK Värnamo Robin AsterhedEnd of contract18 November 2021Pre-season Kim Hellberg6 December 2021Hammarby IF Miloš MilojevićSacked13 December 2021 Martí Cifuentes12 January 2022Mjällby AIF Anders TorstenssonEnd of contract29 December 2021 Andreas Brännström29 December 2021Malmö FF Jon Dahl TomassonMutual consent30 December 2021 Miloš Milojević7 January 2022Helsingborgs IF Jörgen LennartssonSacked22 May 202215th Mattias Lindström Álvaro Santos31 May 2022IFK Norrköping Rikard NorlingSacked11 July 202211th Glen Riddersholm8 Aug 2022GIF Sundsvall Henrik ÅhnstrandSacked28 July 202215th Brian Clarhaut28 July 2022Malmö FF Miloš MilojevićSacked29 July 20225th Andreas Georgson (interim)29 July 2022AIK Bartosz GrzelakSacked19 August 20225th Henok Goitom (interim)19 August 2022Malmö FF Andreas GeorgsonEnd of interim spell6 September 20227th Åge Hareide6 September 2022

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Relegation play-offs The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan will meet the third-placed team from 2022 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

Varbergs BoIS won 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Alexander Jeremejeff BK Häcken 22 2 Marcus Antonsson IFK Värnamo 20 3 Marcus Berg IFK Göteborg 13 4 Isaac Kiese Thelin Malmö FF 12 Gustav Ludwigson Hammarby IF 6 Pontus Engblom GIF Sundsvall 11 Mikkel Rygaard BK Häcken Christoffer Nyman IFK Norrköping Nahir Besara Hammarby IF 10 Gustaf Norlin IFK Göteborg 10

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Alexander JeremejeffHäckenAIK4–22 April 2022 Rasmus AlmElfsborgDegerfors0–61 May 2022 Abdelrahman SaidiDegerforsSundsvall2–39 May 2022 Alexander JeremejeffHäckenElfsborg4–431 July 2022 Oscar UddenäsHäckenHelsingborg5–08 August 2022 Marcus AntonssonVärnamoHelsingborg3–25 September 2022 Victor EdvardsenDjurgårdenGöteborg3–018 September 2022 Ola ToivonenMalmöVarberg5–230 October 2022

Discipline

Player Most yellow cards: 11 Jon Birkfeldt (Varberg)

Most red cards: 1 Yasin Ayari (AIK) John Guidetti (AIK) Collins Sichenje (AIK) Vincent Thill (AIK) Peter Abrahamsson (BK Häcken) Kadir Hodžić (BK Häcken) Alexander Jeremejeff (BK Häcken) Nikola Đurđić (Degerfors) Joe Gyau (Degerfors) Sebastian Ohlsson (Degerfors) Alexander Blomqvist (GIF Sundsvall) Joe Corona (GIF Sundsvall) Wilhelm Loeper (Helsingborg) Marcus Berg (IFK Göteborg) Marco Lund (IFK Norrköping) Bernardo Vilar (IFK Värnamo) Wenderson (IFK Värnamo) Dennis Widgren (IK Sirius FK) Jonas Knudsen (Malmö FF) Noah Eile (Mjällby) Amir Al-Ammari (Mjällby) Tashreeq Matthews (Varberg) Felipe Sissé (Varberg)

Club Most yellow cards: 89 Varberg

Most red cards: 4 AIK

Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Alexander JeremejeffBK HäckenGoalkeeper of the Year Ricardo FriedrichKalmar FF Defender of the Year Even HovlandBK HäckenMidfielder of the Year Mikkel RygaardBK HäckenStriker of the Year Alexander JeremejeffBK HäckenBreakthrough of the Year Hugo LarssonMalmö FFCoach of the Year Per-Mathias HögmoBK Häcken

Attendances

# Club Average Highest 1 Hammarby IF 26,372 30,216 2 AIK 25,276 45,117 3 Djurgårdens IF 19,587 27,203 4 Malmö FF 17,410 20,231 5 IFK Göteborg 14,688 18,056 6 IFK Norrköping 7,974 13,078 7 Helsingborgs IF 7,847 15,800 8 Kalmar FF 6,739 10,024 9 IF Elfsborg 6,495 13,126 10 IK Sirius FK 5,615 10,038 11 BK Häcken 4,719 6,408 12 GIF Sundsvall 3,647 6,175 13 Degerfors IF 3,595 5,880 14 IFK Värnamo 3,380 5,070 15 Mjällby AIF 3,319 6,000 16 Varbergs BoIS 2,672 4,450Source:

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