Allsvenskan
Season2008
ChampionsKalmar FF
1st Allsvenskan title
1st Swedish championship title
RelegatedGIF Sundsvall
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK (via playoffs)
Champions LeagueKalmar FF
Europa LeagueIF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
Matches played240
Goals scored637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrik Ingelsten (19)
Biggest home winKalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping
(2 November 2008)[1]
Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall
(9 November 2008)[1]
Biggest away winGIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg
(29 September 2008)[1]
Highest scoringHammarby 3–6 Malmö FF
(3 November 2008)[1]
Highest attendance34,173
AIK 1–1 Djurgården
(24 April 2008)[1]
Lowest attendance1,427
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall
(22 September 2008)[1]
Average attendance7,787[2]
← 2007
2009 →

Allsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played on 30 March 2008 and the last matches were played on 9 November 2008.

Kalmar FF won their first Swedish championship title. It was also the first title for a team from the province of Småland for 27 years.

Participating clubs

2008 Allsvenskan is located in Southern half of Sweden
AIK
IF Elfsborg
Helsingborgs IF
Ljungskile SK
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
Malmö FF
Kalmar FF
Gefle IF
Örebro SK
Mjällby AIF
Djurgårdens IF
IFK Norrköping
Hammarby IF
GIF Sundsvall
Trelleborgs FF
Locations of the 2008 Allsvenskan teams
Club Last season First season
in league 		First season of
current spell
AIK 5th 1924–25 2006
Djurgårdens IF 3rd 1927–28 2001
IF Elfsborg 4th 1926–27 1997
GAIS 11th 1924–25 2006
Gefle IF 10th 1933–34 2005
IFK Göteborg 1st 1924–25 1977
Halmstads BK 7th 1933–34 1993
Hammarby IF 6th 1924–25 1998
Helsingborgs IF 8th 1924–25 1993
Kalmar FF 2nd 1949–50 2004
Ljungskile SK 2nd (Superettan) 1997 2008
Malmö FF 9th 1931–32 2001
IFK Norrköping 1st (Superettan) 1924–25 2008
GIF Sundsvall 3rd (Superettan) 1965 2008
Trelleborgs FF 13th 1985 2007
Örebro SK 12th 1946–47 2007

Managers

Club Coach
AIK Sweden Rikard Norling
Djurgårdens IF Iceland Sigurður Jónsson
IF Elfsborg Sweden Magnus Haglund
GAIS Sweden Magnus Pehrsson
Gefle IF Sweden Per Olsson
IFK Göteborg Sweden Stefan Rehn/ Sweden Jonas Olsson
Halmstads BK Sweden Janne Andersson
Hammarby IF Sweden Tony Gustavsson
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Bosse Nilsson
Kalmar FF Sweden Nanne Bergstrand
Ljungskile SK England David Wilson
Malmö FF Sweden Roland Nilsson
IFK Norrköping Sweden Sören Cratz
GIF Sundsvall Sweden Sören Åkeby
Trelleborgs FF Sweden Tom Prahl
Örebro SK Finland Sixten Boström

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalmar FF (C) 30 20 4 6 70 32 +38 64 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 19 6 5 49 18 +31 63 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Helsingborgs IF 30 16 6 8 54 41 +13 54 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[b]
5 AIK 30 12 9 9 36 32 +4 45
6 Malmö FF 30 12 8 10 51 46 +5 44
7 Örebro SK 30 11 9 10 36 39 −3 42
8 Halmstads BK 30 11 8 11 41 38 +3 41
9 Hammarby IF 30 11 8 11 44 51 −7 41
10 Trelleborgs FF 30 9 13 8 33 31 +2 40
11 GAIS 30 9 11 10 30 36 −6 38
12 Djurgårdens IF 30 9 9 12 30 41 −11 36
13 Gefle IF 30 7 7 16 33 42 −9 28
14 Ljungskile SK (R) 30 6 6 18 23 52 −29 24 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R) 30 5 7 18 26 54 −28 22 Relegation to Superettan
16 IFK Norrköping (R) 30 4 8 18 31 58 −27 20
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
  2. ^ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

Results

Home \ Away AIK DIF IFE GAI GIF IFKG HBK HAM HIF KFF LSK MFF IFKN GIFS TFF ÖSK
AIK 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Djurgårdens IF 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–0
IF Elfsborg 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0
GAIS 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Gefle IF 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–5 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg 2–0 3–1 5–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1
Halmstads BK 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Hammarby IF 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–6 4–3 5–3 0–0 1–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Kalmar FF 3–2 5–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 6–0 3–0 1–0 2–2
Ljungskile SK 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–1
Malmö FF 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–4 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 3–1
IFK Norrköping 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 5–2 3–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
GIF Sundsvall 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–5 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–3
Örebro SK 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Brommapojkarna0–0Ljungskile
Report
Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,072
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)
Ljungskile1–1Brommapojkarna
Wålemark 48' Report Haglund 45+3'
H.A. Bygg Arena, Ljungskile
Attendance: 2,828
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Landskrona)

1–1 on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Patrik Ingelsten Kalmar FF 19
2 Brazil Anselmo Halmstads BK 15
Sweden Viktor Elm Kalmar FF 15
4 United States Charlie Davies Hammarby IF 14
Sweden Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs IF 14
Sweden Ola Toivonen Malmö FF 14
7 Sweden Hans Berggren Gefle IF 11
8 Argentina Iván Óbolo AIK 10

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Spelprogram - Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Statistik/ligor Allsvenskan 2008". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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External links

Media related to 2008 Fotbollsallsvenskan season at Wikimedia Commons

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2008–09 in European men's football (UEFA)
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