2008 Allsvenskan
Season | 2008 |
---|---|
Champions | Kalmar FF 1st Allsvenskan title 1st Swedish championship title |
Relegated | GIF Sundsvall IFK Norrköping Ljungskile SK (via playoffs) |
Champions League | Kalmar FF |
Europa League | IF Elfsborg IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 637 (2.65 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Patrik Ingelsten (19) |
Biggest home win | Kalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping (2 November 2008)[1] Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall (9 November 2008)[1] |
Biggest away win | GIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg (29 September 2008)[1] |
Highest scoring | Hammarby 3–6 Malmö FF (3 November 2008)[1] |
Highest attendance | 34,173 AIK 1–1 Djurgården (24 April 2008)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 1,427 Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall (22 September 2008)[1] |
Average attendance | 7,787[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
Club | Last season | First season in league |
First season of current spell |
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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
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Relegation play-offs
Ljungskile | 1–1 | Brommapojkarna |
---|---|---|
Wålemark 48' | Report | Haglund 45+3' |
1–1 on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals.
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Patrik Ingelsten | Kalmar FF | 19 |
2 | Anselmo | Halmstads BK | 15 |
Viktor Elm | Kalmar FF | 15 | |
4 | Charlie Davies | Hammarby IF | 14 |
Henrik Larsson | Helsingborgs IF | 14 | |
Ola Toivonen | Malmö FF | 14 | |
7 | Hans Berggren | Gefle IF | 11 |
8 | Iván Óbolo | AIK | 10 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Spelprogram - Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Statistik/ligor Allsvenskan 2008". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- Online
- "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
External links
Media related to 2008 Fotbollsallsvenskan season at Wikimedia Commons