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Allsvenskan
Season2020
ChampionsMalmö FF
24th Allsvenskan title
21st Swedish title
RelegatedHelsingborgs IF
Falkenbergs FF
Champions LeagueMalmö FF
Europa Conference LeagueIF Elfsborg
BK Häcken
Matches played240
Goals scored674 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerChristoffer Nyman
(18 goals)
Biggest home winBK Häcken 6–0 IF Elfsborg
(16 July 2020)
Biggest away winMjällby AIF 0–5 IF Elfsborg
(23 July 2020)
Highest scoringIK Sirius 2–5 Malmö FF
(26 July 2020)
Örebro SK 4–3 IFK Norrköping
(30 August 2020)
Varbergs BoIS 5–2 Hammarby IF
(10 November 2020)
IFK Norrköping 3–4 Helsingborgs IF
(6 December 2020)
Longest winning run8 matches
Malmö FF[1]
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Malmö FF
Longest winless run14 matches
IFK Göteborg
Longest losing run6 matches
Kalmar FF
Östersunds FK
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Allsvenskan, 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[2]

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).[6][7]

Teams

2020 Allsvenskan is located in Sweden
Helsingborgs IF
IF Elfsborg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg
IFK Norrköping
IK Sirius
Falkenbergs FF
Kalmar FF
Malmö FF
Mjällby AIF
Stockholm
Stockholm
Varbergs BoIS
Örebro SK
Östersunds FK
Stockholm teams AIK Djurgårdens IF Hammarby IF Gothenburg teams BK Häcken IFK Göteborg
Location of teams in 2020 Allsvenskan

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 capacity[note 1]
AIK Solna 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
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[note 2] Artificial 15,734
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Artificial 10,000
Kalmar FF Kalmar Guldfågeln Arena Natural 12,000
Malmö FF Malmö Malmö Nya Stadion[note 3] Natural 22,500
Mjällby AIF Hällevik Strandvallen Natural 6,750
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen[note 4] Natural 4,500
Örebro SK Örebro Eyravallen[note 5] 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.[8]
  2. ^ Known as Östgötaporten for sponsorship reasons.
  3. ^ Known as Eleda Stadion for sponsorship reasons.
  4. ^ Known as Varberg Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  5. ^ Known as Behrn Arena for sponsorship reasons.

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 sponsor
AIK Sweden Bartosz Grzelak Eritrea Henok Goitom United States Nike Notar
BK Häcken Sweden Andreas Alm Sweden Rasmus Lindgren Germany Puma BRA
Djurgårdens IF Sweden Kim Bergstrand
Sweden Thomas Lagerlöf 		Sweden Jesper Karlström Germany Adidas Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF Sweden Hans Eklund Sweden Tibor Joza Germany Adidas Gekås Ullared
Hammarby IF Sweden Stefan Billborn Denmark Jeppe Andersen Sweden Craft Jobman
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Olof Mellberg Sweden Andreas Granqvist Germany Puma Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg Sweden Jimmy Thelin Norway Sivert Heltne Nilsen England Umbro Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg Sweden Roland Nilsson Sweden Robin Söder Sweden Craft Serneke
IFK Norrköping Sweden Jens Gustafsson Sweden Alexander Fransson United States Nike Holmen
IK Sirius Sweden Henrik Rydström Sweden Niklas Thor Denmark Select Various
Kalmar FF Sweden Nanne Bergstrand Sweden Viktor Elm Denmark Select Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark Anders Christiansen Germany Puma Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF Sweden Marcus Lantz Sweden David Löfquist Germany Puma Various
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Astrit Selmani Sweden Craft Various
Örebro SK Sweden Axel Kjäll Sweden Nordin Gerzić Germany Puma ÖBAB
Östersunds FK Sweden Amir Azrafshan Guinea Aly Keita Germany Adidas Volkswagen

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Mjällby AIF Serbia Miloš Milojević End of contract 1 December 2019 Pre-season Sweden Marcus Lantz 10 December 2019
Malmö FF Germany Uwe Rösler Mutual consent 13 December 2019[9] Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson 5 January 2020[10]
Kalmar FF Sweden Jens Nilsson End of caretaker spell 13 December 2019 Sweden Nanne Bergstrand 13 December 2019
Östersunds FK England Ian Burchnall Mutual consent 11 July 2020 15th Sweden Amir Azrafshan 11 July 2020[11]
AIK Sweden Rikard Norling Sacked 27 July 2020[12] 12th Sweden Bartosz Grzelak 31 July 2020
IFK Göteborg Sweden Poya Asbaghi Sacked 3 September 2020[13] 12th Sweden Roland Nilsson 11 September 2020[14]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 30 17 9 4 64 30 +34 60 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 12 15 3 49 38 +11 51 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 BK Häcken 30 12 13 5 45 29 +16 49
4 Djurgårdens IF 30 14 6 10 48 33 +15 48
5 Mjällby AIF 30 13 8 9 48 44 +4 47
6 IFK Norrköping 30 13 7 10 60 46 +14 46
7 Örebro SK 30 12 6 12 37 41 −4 42
8 Hammarby IF 30 10 11 9 47 47 0 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
9 AIK 30 10 9 11 30 33 −3 39
10 IK Sirius 30 9 11 10 43 51 −8 38
11 Varbergs BoIS 30 10 7 13 45 44 +1 37
12 IFK Göteborg 30 7 13 10 35 41 −6 34
13 Östersunds FK 30 8 9 13 27 46 −19 33
14 Kalmar FF (O) 30 6 10 14 30 49 −19 28 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Helsingborgs IF (R) 30 5 11 14 33 48 −15 26 Relegation to Superettan
16 Falkenbergs FF (R) 30 5 9 16 33 54 −21 24
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hammarby IF qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Malmö FF534527752222111111111111111111
IF Elfsborg745775273333322223444355522222
BK Häcken81312664825445555532222523443433
Djurgårdens IF381341110537654443344333444234354
Mjällby AIF131414131063689991088888810898101197765
IFK Norrköping611111111111234455555232355546
Örebro SK1410111113139121081010910101111111111111110119810887
Hammarby IF427129111210111188766777777777666678
AIK29338811991012111213141312131213121211910108999
IK Sirius121291032484566677666666666779101010
Varbergs BoIS17625364677789910101010810101212121212111111
IFK Göteborg11118949101112121112111111121312131214131313131313131312
Östersunds FK15151515151513131313131414161299999989881111121213
Kalmar FF106281212141415151516161413151515161615151516161614141414
Helsingborgs IF161616161616161514141415151215161614141413141414141516161615
Falkenbergs FF9510141414151616161613131516141416151516161615151415151516
Leader
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2021 Superettan
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2020. Source: everysport.com

Results by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AIKWLWDLDLWDLLDLLLDWLDWWWWDDWWLLD
BK HäckenDDDWDWLWDWDLWLWWWWDDLWDDLDWDWD
Djurgårdens IFWLLWLDWWLDWWWLWWDLDDLDWWWLLWLW
Falkenbergs FFDWLLLDLLDDDWDLLDLLLWLLLWDWLLDL
Hammarby IFWDLLWLDWDLWDDWWDLDWDLWDWWDLDLL
Helsingborgs IFLLDLLDWDDDDDLWLLLWDDWLLDLLLLDW
IF ElfsborgWDDDDWWLWWDDWWWDLDDDDDLWDWWWDD
IFK GöteborgLWDDWLLDDDDLDDDLDDLWLDWLLLWDWW
IFK NorrköpingWWWWDWDWLWDDLLLWLLDWDWLWDLLWWL
IK SiriusLWDDWWDLWDLDDDWWWLDWLWLLDDLLDL
Kalmar FFLWWLLLLLLDDDLWDLLDDLWDLLDDWLWD
Malmö FFWDDDWLDWWWWWWWWDWDLDDWWLWWWDLW
Mjällby AIFLLDWWWWLLLDDDWLDWDLDWLWLDWWWWW
Varbergs BoISWLDWLWLWDLDDLDLLWWWLLDLLDLWWWL
Örebro SKLWDDDLWLWDLLWDLLLWWDLWWLWWLWLW
Östersunds FKLLDLWLWLDDDDDLWWWWDDDWLWLLLLLL
Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away AIK BKH DIF FFF HAM HIF IFE IFKG IFKN IKS KFF MFF MAIF VAR ÖSK ÖFK
AIK — 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
BK Häcken 4–0 — 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1
Djurgårdens IF 0–1 3–1 — 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0
Falkenbergs FF 1–1 1–1 3–2 — 1–3 2–2 1–3 0–3 3–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–1
Hammarby 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–0 2–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1
IF Elfsborg 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 — 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2
IFK Norrköping 2–2 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–2 3–4 1–1 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2
IK Sirius 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 4–2 — 2–2 2–5 0–1 3–3 2–1 2–3
Kalmar FF 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 0–4 1–4 1–1 0–3 1–2
Malmö FF 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 — 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–0
Mjällby AIF 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–5 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 — 2–3 1–0 3–0
Varbergs BoIS 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 5–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 — 2–1 1–1
Örebro SK 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 4–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 — 0–0
Östersunds FK 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–4 2–4 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–0 —
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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.

Jönköpings Södra IF1–3Kalmar FF
  • Lowe 3'
 Report
Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
Kalmar FF1–0Jönköpings Södra IF
 Report
Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar
Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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