This article is about the swedish football league. For other uses, see Allsvenskan ( disambiguation ) Football league
Allsvenskan ( swedish pronunciation : [ ˈâlːˌsvɛnːskan ] ; english : the All-Swedish, besides known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, english : the Football All-Swedish ) is a swedish professional league for men ‘s association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the swedish football league system, operating on a organization of forwarding and relegation with Superettan. Seasons run from late March or early April to the beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meet each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide.
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Allsvenskan is ranked 23rd in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in european competitions over the last five years. Allsvenskan is presently ranked second highest of the leagues in Scandinavia after Denmark in 14th place. The current champions are Malmö FF, who won the title in the 2021 season. “ The Big Three “ in swedish football and Allsvenskan is used to refer to AIK, IFK Göteborg, and Malmö FF. They are by and large considered to be the three largest clubs in Sweden from the three largest cities ( Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö ). The three teams with most swedish championships are Malmö FF ( 22 ), IFK Göteborg ( 18 ) and IFK Norrköping ( 13 ). Including the 2021 season, Allsvenskan has been running for an unbroken mottle of 96 seasons. Unlike early european football leagues, the Allsvenskan did not experience an interruption in play during World War II due to swedish neutrality .
history [edit ]
Allsvenskan started in the 1924–25 Allsvenskan season and the first winner was GAIS. The one-league twelve team Allsvenskan replaced the Svenska Serien, consisting of a southern and northerly group that was held ahead. In 1931, the league started to decide the swedish football champions. In the early years, Norrland and Gotland teams were not allowed to play on higher levels in the league system, which was gradually changed to include the Norrland and Gotland teams on higher levels. For the 1959 Allsvenskan, the temper begin was changed from fall to spring to be played in one calendar year. In 1973, it was expanded to contain 14 teams. In the 1970s, Malmö FF, under the go of spanish Antonio Durán and late English Bob Houghton, won five Allsvenskan and managed to proceed to the 1979 european Cup Final, which they lost to Nottingham Forest. From the 1982 temper, the league introduced a play-off to determine the swedish football champions. In the former 1980s, Malmö FF were prevailing, winning the league five times in a row, but alone two swedish championships. The 1990 temper saw the presentation of three points per acquire. The play-off season years were followed by two years of good continuation league, named Mästerskapsserien. The 1993 season saw a hark back to the classical music format, again with 14 teams. IFK Göteborg won five Allsvenskan league titles in the 1990s. In the early 2000s, Djurgårdens IF won three titles ( 2002, 2003 and 2005 ). In 2004, Örebro SK lost its place in the league due to fiscal problems, and Assyriska FF got their place. Since 2008, the league consists of 16 teams .
status [edit ]
The champions are considered swedish champions and gold decoration winners. The runner-up are awarded the Large Silver decoration, the one-third positioned team are awarded the Small Silver decoration and the team positioned in fourth place are awarded the Bronze decoration. There have been seasons with exceptions when the winners of Allsvenskan was n’t considered swedish champions as well. Allsvenskan winners between 1924 and 1930 were crowned league champions and awarded gold medals, the claim of swedish champions was awarded to the achiever of Svenska Mästerskapet up until 1925 and then not at all until 1930. The years 1982 through 1990 are besides exceptions, the title was alternatively decided through play-offs during these years. The same was true for the years 1991 and 1992 when the entitle was decided through a good continuation league called Mästerskapsserien. Historically, however, there is a big difference between the Allsvenskan winners before 1931 compared to the period between 1982 and 1992. As winning Allsvenskan in its earlier seasons was the optimum aim for the clubs, while as during the era of play-offs and Mästerskapsserien, the optimum goal was n’t to win Allsvenskan, but the play-offs or Mästerskapsserien .
contest format [edit ]
Since 2008 there are 16 clubs in Allsvenskan. During the run of a temper ( starting in late March and ending in early November ) each golf club plays the others twice ( home and aside ) for a entire of 30 games. The two lowest placed teams at the end of the temper are relegated to Superettan and the acme two teams from Superettan are promoted in their plaza. The one-third lowest team in Allsvenskan plays a relegation/promotion play-off against the third place team in Superettan. The winners of Allsvenskan qualify for the UEFA Champions League, the runner-up together with the third place team in the table qualify for the UEFA Europa League vitamin a well as the team who wins the Svenska Cupen. In case the winner of the Cup has already qualified to Champions League or Europa League, the third Europa League spot is given to the team that finishes fourth in Allsvenskan .
Changes in rival format [edit ]
From
To
Teams
Match-weeks
Season Start
Season End
Play-offs
1924–25
1956–57
12
22
Autumn
Spring
—
1957–58
33
Next autumn
—
1959
1972
22
Spring
Autumn
—
1973
1981
14
26
—
1982
1983
12
22
Play-offs with eight teams
1984
1990
Play-offs with four teams
1991
1992
10
18
Summer
League with six teams
1993
2007
14
26
Autumn
—
2008
Present
16
30
—
The decider at equal numeral of points was goal proportion until the 1940–41 season, thereafter goal difference .
Awards [edit ]
trophy [edit ]
The current trophy awarded to the swedish champions is the Lennart Johanssons Pokal. Created in 2001, the trophy is named after erstwhile UEFA chair, Lennart Johansson. A different trophy that was named after Clarence von Rosen, the first president of the Swedish Football Association, had previously been used between 1903 and 2000, but was replaced after journalists reported that von Rosen had personal connections to the late ill-famed Nazi leader Hermann Göring during the time he lived in Sweden ( soon after World War One ). [ 1 ] The former President of the Swedish Football Association, Lars-Åke Lagrell stated that the cause for the change of trophy was not a personal attack against Von Rosen but preferably that the Football Association did not want to be linked to Nazism and constantly engage in discussions regarding this every time the trophy was awarded. [ 1 ]
Player and director awards [edit ]
In addition to the winner ‘s trophy and the individual winner ‘s medals awarded to players, Allsvenskan besides awards the most valuable player, goalkeeper of the year, defender of the year, midfielder of the year, forward of the class, newcomer of the year and director of class at Allsvenskans stora pris in concert with C More and Magasinet Offside. [ 2 ] besides, the Allsvenskan top scorer is awarded .
television [edit ]
sweden [edit ]
The swiss pot Kentaro has owned the television receiver rights for Allsvenskan since 2006. [ 3 ] Through license agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired through C More Entertainment who broadcasts them on their C More Sport and C More Live channels, until 2019. Matches can besides be bought through the on-line pay-per-view service C SPORTS. [ 4 ] On March 24, 2017, Discovery -owned channel Eurosport and OTT streaming overhaul dPlay will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions ( Allsvenskan and Superettan ) efficaciously from 2020 until 2025, arsenic well as selected european countries ( exc. Italy ) for Allsvenskan. [ 5 ]
International [edit ]
Beginning in 2018, Allsvenskan matches were previously broadcast in the UK on Premier Sports and FreeSports. [ 6 ] In October 2018, ESPN picked up the rights to broadcast one Allsvenskan couple per week in the United States. [ 7 ] Allsvenskan matches have besides been broadcast in several countries, such as DAZN in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, Sport Klub in Balkan countries, [ 8 ] Nova sports in Cyprus and Greece, TV2 in Norway [ 9 ] and 4th Sports television receiver in Iraq [ 10 ]
Current broadcast rights [edit ]
Clubs [edit ]
A sum of 66 clubs have played in Allsvenskan from its origin in 1924 up to and including the 2020 season. No club have been a member of the league for every season since its origin. AIK are the golf club to have participated in most seasons with a commemorate of 91 seasons played out of 96 seasons in total. Malmö FF have the criminal record of most consecutive seasons, 63 straight seasons between 1936–37 and 1999. IFK Göteborg are presently the baseball club with the longest running streak, starting their 44th season in 2020. The following 16 clubs are competing in Allsvenskan during the 2021 season :
Stadiums and locations [edit ]
current team and stadiums :
Managers [edit ]
The stream managers in Allsvenskan are :
Players [edit ]
Appearances [edit ]
Sven Andersson has the record for most appearances in Allsvenskan with 431 appearances for Örgryte IS and Helsingborgs IF. Sven Jonasson has the record for most matches in a row with 332 matches for IF Elfsborg between 11 September 1927 and 1 November 1942 .
Foreign players [edit ]
Until 1974, foreign players were banned from playing in Allsvenskan, however not on all levels of football in Sweden. [ 11 ] In the beginning season of allowance, on 13 April 1974, English Ronald Powell in Brynäs IF became the first alien player in Allsvenskan [ 11 ] In 1977, tunisian Melke Amri became the first non-European actor. In 1978, Icelandic Teitur Þórðarson in Östers IF became the foremost extraneous musician to win the Allsvenskan [ 12 ]
lead scorers [edit ]
Sven Jonasson has scored the most goals in Allsvenskan history, with 254 goals in 410 appearances. Gunnar Nordahl has become the top scorekeeper most times, with four wins .
former winners [edit ]
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Season when the league didn’t decide the Swedish champions
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Season when Swedish champions wasn’t awarded at all
Performances [edit ]
Medal table [edit ]
historically the players and coaching staff from the four best teams in Allsvenskan are awarded medals at the end of each season. The champions are awarded the gold decoration while the runner-up receive the “ big silver ” decoration. The third base place team gets the “ small silver ” medal rather of the more normally used bronze decoration which is alternatively awarded to the fourth-place finisher. This tradition of awarding four medals and not three is thought to have to do with the fact that the losers of the Semi-finals of Svenska Mästerskapet were both given bronze medals since no bronze match was played. [ 13 ] The overall decoration absolute is displayed below after points in descending order. 5 points are awarded for a “ amber ” decoration, 3 points for a “ big silver medal ” decoration, 2 points for a “ belittled silver ” decoration and 1 point for a bronze decoration. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2020 season. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
Honoured clubs [edit ]
Clubs in european football are normally honoured for winning multiple league titles and a spokesperson golden headliner is sometimes placed above the golf club badge to indicate the golf club having won 10 league titles. In Sweden the star alternatively symbolizes 10 swedish backing titles for the majority of the clubs as the league achiever has not constantly been awarded the title of swedish champions. [ a ] Stars for Allsvenskan clubs was not park drill until 2006, although AIK had already introduced a star to their kit in 2000. IFK Göteborg, Malmö FF, IFK Norrköping, Örgryte IS and Djurgårdens IF were the first teams after AIK to introduce their stars. No new club has introduced a asterisk since 2006, the clubs closest to their first are IF Elfsborg with 6 swedish backing titles and Helsingborgs IF with 7 Allsvenskan titles depending on what the asterisk symbolize. The follow board is ordered after count of stars followed by issue of swedish championship titles and then the number of Allsvenskan titles.
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- Statistics updated as of the end of the 2021 season
Cities [edit ]
StockholmKalmarBoråsGothenburgHelsingborgMalmöHalmstadNorrköpingÅtvidabergVäxjö
Locations of the cities that have won the league
all-time Allsvenskan mesa [edit ]
The all-time Allsvenskan postpone, “ maratontabellen ” in Swedish, is a accumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Allsvenskan since its origin in 1924–25. It uses three points for a win tied though this arrangement was not introduced until the 1990 season. The matches played in the backing play-offs between 1982 and 1990 or the matches played in Mästerskapsserien in 1991 and 1992 are not included. The postpone that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2021 season. [ 17 ] Malmö FF are the current leaders, having had the lead since the end of the 2012 season when they overtook the lead from IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg are the club to have spent most seasons in the top touch with 48 seasons as leaders with a record of the most straight seasons as leaders with 35 seasons between 1938 and 1972. Six clubs have been in the lead, the lead having changed among them ten times since 1925. The erstwhile drawing card with the lowest current ranking in the table is GAIS, presently placing 12th and 2010 points short of Malmö FF. A total of 66 clubs have played at least one season at Allsvenskan up to and including 2021 season .
Statistics [edit ]
UEFA coefficients [edit ]
The be data indicates swedish coefficient rankings between european football leagues. [ 18 ]
attendance [edit ]
Last five seasons average attendance
Year
Spectators per match
2015
9,967
2016
9,127
2017
9,215
2018
8,423
2019
9,166
The read for highest average home attendance for a clubhouse was set by Hammarby in 2015 ( 25,507 over 15 home matches ). Most other attendance records for Allsvenskan were set in the 1959 season, coinciding with the first season that the league switched from an autumn–spring format to a spring–autumn format. 1959 learn records for highest attendance at a match ( 52,194 at an Örgryte acquire over IFK Göteborg at Ullevi ), second highest average home attendance for a club ( 25,490 for Örgryte ‘s 11 base matches ), and the highest ever average attendance for Allsvenskan as a whole ( 13,369 ). AIK has had the league ‘s highest attendance for the temper more frequently than any other baseball club, followed by IFK Göteborg and Örgryte. early teams that have for at least one temper had the best attendance in the league include Helsingborg, Malmö FF, Djurgården, GAIS, Hammarby, Örebro SK, and Öster .
Referees [edit ]
Allsvenskan has 23 active referees that are available for matches as of the 2020 temper. presently there are seven in full certify external FIFA referees in Allsvenskan. There are besides a promote twelve referees who are certified by the Swedish Football Association who have refereed matches in Allsvenskan. A far four referees certified by the Swedish Football Association are available to referee Allsvenskan matches but have not done therefore as of 2020. [ 21 ]
FIFA certified referees [edit ]
Allsvenskan in international competition [edit ]
Malmö FF were runners up in the 1978–79 european Cup, after a 1–0 frustration against Nottingham Forest. [ 22 ] IFK Göteborg won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1981–82 ( defeating Hamburger SV in the finals ) [ 23 ] and 1986–87 ( defeating Dundee United in the finals ). [ 24 ] IFK Göteborg besides reached the semi-finals of the european Cup in 1985–86. They won 3–0 against FC Barcelona, and lost 0–3 at Camp Nou, Barcelona won on penalty gunfight. [ 25 ] The keep up teams have participated in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA-Cup/UEFA Europa League group stages :
See besides [edit ]
- ^[16] The title of “ swedish Champions ” has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the achiever of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the championship between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the deed was decided by the achiever of Mästerskapsserien, an extra league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the achiever of Allsvenskan .
- ^Hammarby IF were deducted three points in 2006
- ^Ljungskile SK were known as Panos Ljungskile SK during the season of 1997
References [edit ]
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