2019 Allsvenskan
# 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 | $Turf^1$ | Stadium $capacity^1$ |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Eskilstuna | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | Artificial | 7,500 |
| AIK | Stockholm | Friends Arena | Natural | 50,000 |
| BK Häcken | Gothenburg | Bravida Arena | Artificial | 6,500 |
| Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
| Falkenbergs FF | Falkenberg | Falcon Alkoholfri Arena | Natural | 5,565 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | NP3 Arena | Artificial | 7,700 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
| Helsingborgs IF | Helsingborg | Olympia | Natural | 16,500 |
| IF Elfsborg | Borås | Borås Arena | Artificial | 16,899 |
| IFK Göteborg | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,600 |
| IFK Norrköping | Norrköping | Nya Parken | Artificial | 15,734 |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Artificial | 6,300 |
| Kalmar FF | Kalmar | Guldfågeln Arena | Natural | 12,000 |
| Malmö FF | Malmö | Eleda Stadion | Natural | 22,500 |
| Örebro SK | Örebro | Behrn Arena | Artificial | 12,300 |
| Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | Artificial | 8,466 |

* $^1$ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Djurgårdens IF | Özcan Melkemichel | End of contract | November 15, 2018 | Pre-season | Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf | November 16, 2018 |
| IK Sirius | Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf | Resigned | November 15, 2018 | Pre-season | Henrik Rydström | December 10, 2018 |
| Kalmar FF | Henrik Rydström | End of contract | November 18, 2018 | Pre-season | Magnus Pehrsson | November 27, 2018 |
| Helsingborgs IF | Per-Ola Ljung | Sacked | June 15, 2019 | 14th | Henrik Larsson | June 16, 2019 |
| Helsingborgs IF | Henrik Larsson | Resigned | August 23, 2019 | 12th | Olof Mellberg | September 3, 2019 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Joel Cedergren | Sacked | August 30, 2019 | 16th | Tony Gustavsson | September 2, 2019 |
| AFC Eskilstuna | Nemanja Miljanović | Promoted to Director of Football Operations | September 5, 2019 | 15th | Saulius Širmelis Saulius Cekanavicius | September 5, 2019 |
| Kalmar FF | Magnus Pehrsson | Sacked | October 31, 2019 | 13th | Jens Nilsson | October 31, 2019 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AIK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 62 | |
| 5 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 57 | |
| 6 | BK Häcken | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 49 | |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Örebro SK | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 33 | |
| 10 | Helsingborgs IF | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 30 | |
| 11 | IK Sirius | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 29 | |
| 12 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 25 | |
| 13 | Falkenbergs FF | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 62 | −37 | 25 | |
| 14 | Kalmar FF (O) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 20 | Relegation to the Superettan |
| 16 | AFC Eskilstuna (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to the Superettan |

* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen.

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Djurgårdens IF | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malmö FF | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Hammarby IF | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| AIK | 11 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| IFK Norrköping | 15 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| BK Häcken | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| IFK Göteborg | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| IF Elfsborg | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Örebro SK | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| IK Sirius | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Östersunds FK | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
| Kalmar FF | 16 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| AFC Eskilstuna | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |

* Leader
* 2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to 2020 Superettan

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFC | AIK | BKH | DIF | FFF | GIFS | HAM | HIF | IFE | IFKG | IFKN | IKS | KFF | MFF | ÖSK | ÖFK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Eskilstuna | — | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| AIK | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| BK Häcken | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Falkenbergs FF | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Hammarby | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| IF Elfsborg | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 7–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| IK Sirius | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 |
| Kalmar FF | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Malmö FF | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Örebro SK | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — | 2–0 |
| Östersunds FK | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — |

## 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

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate

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 $Goitom^{4goals}AIKFalkenbergs$ FF1–520 October 2019 :

### Monthly awards

| Month | Allsvenskan Player of the Month | Allsvenskan Player of the Month |
| - | - | - |
| Month | Player | Club |
| April | Linus Hallenius | GIF Sundsvall |
| May | Tarik Elyounoussi | AIK |
| July | Marcus Danielson | Djurgårdens IF |
| August | Muamer Tanković | Hammarby IF |
| September | Sead Hakšabanović | IFK Norrköping |
| October | Darijan Bojanić | Hammarby IF |

### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| - | - | - |
| Player of the Year | Marcus Danielson | Djurgårdens IF |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Isak Pettersson | IFK Norrköping |
| Defender of the Year | Marcus Danielson | Djurgårdens IF |
| Midfielder of the Year | Anders Christiansen | Malmö FF |
| Striker of the Year | Nikola Djurdjic | Hammarby IF |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Alhassan Yusuf | IFK Göteborg |
| Coach of the Year | Kim Bergstrand | Djurgårdens IF |
