2015 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season 2015
Champions IFK Norrköping
13th Allsvenskan title
13th Swedish title
Relegated Halmstads BK
Åtvidabergs FF
Champions League IFK Norrköping
Europa League IFK Göteborg
AIK
Matches played 240
Goals scored 674 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Emir Kujović (21 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeper John Alvbåge (81 save %)[2]
Biggest home win IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK
(2 August 2015)[3]
Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF
(18 October 2015)[3]
Biggest away win IFK Norrköping 0–4 IF Elfsborg
(13 April 2015)[3]
Highest scoring AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF
(3 June 2015)[3]
Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF
(23 September 2015)[3]
BK Häcken 5–2 IF Elfsborg
(25 October 2015)[3]
Longest winning run 9 matches[4]
AIK
Longest unbeaten run 15 matches[4]
Djurgårdens IF
Longest winless run 18 matches[4]
Åtvidabergs FF
Longest losing run 6 matches[4]
Åtvidabergs FF
Highest attendance 43,713[3]
AIK 1–2 IFK Göteborg
(26 October 2015)
Lowest attendance 1,431[3]
BK Häcken 2–0 Örebro SK
(10 May 2015)
Total attendance 2,392,098[5]
Average attendance 9,967[5]
2014
2016

The 2015 Allsvenskan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season was the 91st season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2015 fixtures were released on 21 January 2015.[6] The season started on 4 April 2015, when BK Häcken visited newly promoted Hammarby IF at Tele2 Arena and ended on 31 October 2015.[3] Malmö FF were the defending champions from the 2014 season.

A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2014 season and two that were promoted from Superettan.

IFK Norrköping became champions on 31 October 2015, after a 2–0 defeat over defending champions Malmö FF in the last round. The win helped IFK Norrköping win the league with a margin of three points ahead of IFK Göteborg and five points clear of third-placed team AIK. By winning the league IFK Norrköping qualified for the second qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, while runners-up IFK Göteborg and third-placed AIK will be competing in first qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The fourth-placed team Elfsborg will also play in Europa League if they or one of the top three teams win 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.

Summary

Background

The annual pre-season kick-off meeting is held at Scandic Infra City in Upplands Väsby on 23 March 2015.[7] Managers and key players from the major teams as well as some of the predicted bottom teams will be interviewed by representatives from the media as well as commentators from C More Entertainment, the official broadcasters of the league.

Season overview

The season started on 4 April 2015 with two fixtures, an early afternoon fixture between newcomers Hammarby IF and last year's fifth placed team BK Häcken at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm followed by the match between Kalmar FF and Helsingborgs IF at Guldfågeln Arena. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions Malmö FF will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers GIF Sundsvall at Norrporten Arena on 6 April 2015. The first few match weeks include a number of high-profile matches, Malmö FF faced last years third placed team AIK in a home fixture on 9 April 2015 and last year's runners-up IFK Göteborg in an away fixture on match day three on 12 April 2015. Matchday seven featured both a Scanian derby between Malmö FF and Helsingborg on 3 May 2015 and a Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby on 4 May 2015.

During the 26th round of play, a record was set as the total attendance for the season surpassed 2 million spectators. The previous record of 1,956,042 spectators was set in 1957–58.[8]

Allsvenskans stora pris

For the third year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 5 November 2015.[9] The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text.[9] IFK Norrköping received the most nominations with six nominations while AIK received five nominations and IFK Göteborg received four nominations. Djurgårdens IF and IF Elfsborg received two nominations and Falkenbergs FF and Malmö FF received one nomination each.

Goalkeeper of the year

Defender of the year

Midfielder of the year

Forward of the year

Newcomer of the year

Manager of the year

Most valuable player of the year

Teams

A total of sixteen teams will contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2014 season managed to stay in the league, Falkenbergs FF and Örebro SK.

Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2014 Superettan champions Hammarby IF and runners-up GIF Sundsvall. Hammarby returned to Allsvenskan after five years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2009 season. This was Hammarby's 47th season in the league. Sundsvall returned to Allsvenskan after two years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2012 season. This was Sundsvall's 15th season in the league.

Gefle IF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team Ljungskile SK 4–1 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
AIK Stockholm Friends Arena Natural 50,000
BK Häcken Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi (Until 6 June 2015) Natural 18,600
Bravida Arena (From 5 July 2015) Artificial 6,500
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Tele2 Arena Artificial 30,000
Falkenbergs FF Falkenberg Falkenbergs IP Natural 4,000
Gefle IF Gävle Strömvallen (Until 30 April 2015) Artificial 7,200
Gavlevallen (From 20 May 2015) Artificial 6,500
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Norrporten Arena Artificial 7,700
Halmstads BK Halmstad Örjans Vall Natural 15,500
Hammarby IF Stockholm Tele2 Arena Artificial 30,000
Helsingborgs IF Helsingborg Olympia Natural 16,5002
IF Elfsborg Borås Borås Arena Artificial 16,899
IFK Göteborg Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,600
IFK Norrköping Norrköping Nya Parken Artificial 15,734
Kalmar FF Kalmar Guldfågeln Arena Natural 12,000
Malmö FF Malmö Swedbank Stadion Natural 24,000
Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidaberg Kopparvallen Artificial 8,100
Örebro SK Örebro Behrn Arena Artificial 12,300

Personnel and kits

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 coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
AIK Sweden Alm, AndreasAndreas Alm Sweden Johansson, Nils-EricNils-Eric Johansson Adidas Åbro
BK Häcken Sweden Gerhardsson, PeterPeter Gerhardsson Sweden Ericsson, MartinMartin Ericsson Nike BRA Bygg
Djurgårdens IF Sweden Olsson, PerPer Olsson Sweden Bergström, EmilEmil Bergström Adidas Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF Sweden Hans Eklund Sweden Svensson, DavidDavid Svensson Nike Gekås Ullared
Gefle IF Sweden Sandberg, RogerRoger Sandberg Sweden Fällman, DavidDavid Fällman Umbro Sandvik
GIF Sundsvall Sweden Cedergren, JoelJoel Cedergren
Sweden Franzén, RogerRoger Franzén
Sweden Naurin, TommyTommy Naurin Adidas Various
Halmstads BK Sweden Jönsson, JanJan Jönsson Sweden Liverstam, FredrikFredrik Liverstam Puma Prioritet Finans
Hammarby IF Sweden Bergstrand, NanneNanne Bergstrand Sweden Bakircioglu, KennedyKennedy Bakircioglu Puma LW
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Larsson, HenrikHenrik Larsson Sweden Larsson, PeterPeter Larsson Puma Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg Sweden Haglund, MagnusMagnus Haglund Denmark Stuhr Ellegaard, KevinKevin Stuhr Ellegaard Umbro Various
IFK Göteborg Sweden Lennartsson, JörgenJörgen Lennartsson Sweden Bjärsmyr, MattiasMattias Bjärsmyr Adidas Prioritet Finans
IFK Norrköping Sweden Andersson, JanneJanne Andersson Sweden Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson Nike Holmen
Kalmar FF Sweden Swärdh, PeterPeter Swärdh Sweden Elm, DavidDavid Elm Puma Småländska Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF Norway Hareide, ÅgeÅge Hareide Sweden Rosenberg, MarkusMarkus Rosenberg Puma Rörläggaren
Åtvidabergs FF Sweden Hansen, RoarRoar Hansen Sweden Hallingström, DanielDaniel Hallingström Uhlsport Various
Örebro SK Sweden Axén, AlexanderAlexander Axén Sweden Åhman Persson, RobertRobert Åhman Persson Puma Various

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
IFK Göteborg Sweden Mikael Stahre Sacked 3 November 2014[12] Pre-season Sweden Lennartsson, JörgenJörgen Lennartsson 25 November 2014[13]
Falkenbergs FF Sweden Henrik Larsson End of contract 10 November 2014[14] Pre-season Sweden Hans Eklund 26 November 2014[15]
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Roar Hansen Demoted 10 November 2014[16] Pre-season Sweden Henrik Larsson 10 November 2014[16]
IF Elfsborg Sweden Janne Mian Demoted 12 November 2014[17] Pre-season Sweden Magnus Haglund 12 November 2014[17]
Kalmar FF Sweden Hans Eklund Sacked 14 November 2014[18] Pre-season Sweden Swärdh, PeterPeter Swärdh 24 November 2014[19]
Åtvidabergs FF Sweden Peter Swärdh Mutual termination 15 November 2014[20] Pre-season Sweden Roar Hansen 12 December 2014[21]
Halmstads BK Sweden Jens Gustafsson Sacked 19 November 2014[22] Pre-season Sweden Jan Jönsson 19 November 2014[22]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IFK Norrköping (C) 30 20 6 4 60 33 +27 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg 30 18 9 3 52 22 +30 63 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 AIK 30 18 7 5 54 34 +20 61
4 IF Elfsborg 30 16 7 7 59 42 +17 55
5 Malmö FF 30 15 9 6 54 34 +20 54
6 Djurgårdens IF 30 14 9 7 52 37 +15 51
7 BK Häcken 30 13 6 11 45 39 +6 45 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Helsingborgs IF 30 11 4 15 43 45 2 37
9 Örebro SK 30 9 10 11 36 50 14 37
10 Gefle IF 30 10 6 14 35 50 15 36
11 Hammarby IF 30 8 9 13 35 39 4 33
12 GIF Sundsvall 30 9 5 16 34 52 18 32
13 Kalmar FF 30 8 7 15 31 42 11 31
14 Falkenbergs FF (O) 30 7 4 19 38 56 18 25 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15 Halmstads BK (R) 30 4 9 17 21 44 23 21 Relegation to Superettan
16 Åtvidabergs FF (R) 30 2 9 19 25 55 30 15
Source: svenskfotboll.se (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).[23]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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
IFK Norrköping 8 3 9 12 8 8 6 6 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
IFK Göteborg 6 2 6 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2
AIK 4 7 3 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3
IF Elfsborg 5 6 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
Malmö FF 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5
Djurgårdens IF 11 10 13 9 7 7 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
BK Häcken 14 11 12 14 12 12 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
Helsingborgs IF 9 9 7 4 6 5 7 7 9 8 9 9 7 8 9 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 8
Örebro SK 7 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 13 11 11 11 9 9
Gefle IF 2 1 5 6 9 9 10 10 8 9 7 7 8 9 8 10 9 7 8 8 9 10 9 7 8 8 10 10 11 10
Hammarby IF 3 5 4 7 5 6 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 12 12 10 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 10 11
GIF Sundsvall 16 8 11 8 10 10 12 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 12 11 10 11 9 10 10 12 13 12 12 12 12
Kalmar FF 10 14 10 11 13 14 11 13 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 13 13 13
Falkenbergs FF 15 13 8 10 11 11 13 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Halmstads BK 12 16 16 15 14 15 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Åtvidabergs FF 13 15 15 13 15 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Keys to colors
Leader
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2016 Superettan

Updated to games played on 31 October 2015
Source: everysport.com

Results

Home ╲ Away AIK BKH DIFFFFGIFGIFSHBKHAMHIFIFEIFKGIFKNKFFMFFÅFFÖSK
AIK 21 10 43 31 41 21 20 31 42 12 22 21 21 10 30
BK Häcken 00 11 02 11 31 41 33 32 52 12 02 30 10 30 20
Djurgårdens IF 22 21 31 51 42 42 22 22 12 22 11 10 02 00 20
Falkenbergs FF 24 12 02 02 11 10 01 23 22 10 01 13 33 60 20
Gefle IF 12 20 21 10 31 00 11 21 23 00 12 20 12 21 22
GIF Sundsvall 02 11 02 01 21 00 30 21 01 22 01 11 14 01 10
Halmstads BK 01 02 23 01 01 10 21 12 10 12 03 10 00 00 22
Hammarby IF 10 20 21 30 30 12 22 14 00 01 01 00 01 21 12
Helsingborgs IF 31 12 01 00 12 20 20 10 21 12 31 12 03 30 02
IF Elfsborg 32 10 20 42 51 12 20 11 21 11 32 21 22 31 22
IFK Göteborg 30 40 00 21 30 32 11 10 31 10 00 22 01 10 60
IFK Norrköping 12 31 42 20 41 51 31 10 32 04 22 21 31 21 11
Kalmar FF 00 01 03 40 31 02 10 22 00 03 02 12 21 21 30
Malmö FF 00 03 11 43 20 30 31 31 31 11 21 02 30 30 22
Åtvidabergs FF 11 11 23 31 11 23 00 03 12 12 01 11 11 22 23
Örebro SK 11 20 01 21 10 13 11 22 00 42 02 13 21 11 21

Updated to games played on 31 October 2015.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2015 Superettan in a Two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


5 November 2015
18:00
IK Sirius 2 – 2 Falkenbergs FF
Ogbu  11',  64' Report Nilsson  19',  56'
Studenternas IP, Uppsala
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

8 November 2015
17:15
Falkenbergs FF 1 – 1 IK Sirius
Keat  56' Report Eriksson  19'

3–3 on aggregate. Falkenbergs FF won on away goals.

Season statistics

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club
GP GA SV%[2] CS
1 Sweden John Alvbåge IFK Göteborg 30 22 81 14
2 Republic of Macedonia David Mitov Nilsson IFK Norrköping 30 33 76 9
Sweden Patrik Carlgren AIK 25 26 8
Sweden Gustav Jansson Åtvidabergs FF 11 21 2
5 Sweden Stojan Lukić Halmstads BK 29 43 75 8
Sweden Otto Martler Falkenbergs FF 30 56 8
Sweden Johan Wiland Malmö FF 14 12 7
Sweden Christoffer Källqvist BK Häcken 13 15 5
Sweden Jacob Rinne Örebro SK 14 20 2
10 Sweden Pär Hansson Helsingborgs IF 23 34 74 6

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Denmark Søren RieksIFK GöteborgBK Häcken4–016 August 2015
Brazil PaulinhoBK HäckenHalmstads BK4–114 September 2015
Sweden Martin BrobergÖrebro SKIF Elfsborg4–221 September 2015
Brazil PaulinhoBK HäckenIF Elfsborg5–225 October 2015
Sweden Sebastian AnderssonDjurgårdens IFGIF Sundsvall4–231 October 2015

Scoring

Clean sheets

Discipline

See also

References

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