2016 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season	2016
Highest attendance	31,756 Hammarby IF 1–1 Östersunds FK (4 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	3,344 Gefle IF 1–1 Helsingborgs IF (3 April 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

Swedish Football 2016
Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Superettan (Tier 2)
Division 1 (Tier 3)
Svenska Cupen 2015–16 – QR – Final

The 2016 Allsvenskan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, is the 92nd season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The fixtures were released on 9 December 2015 and it included a meeting between the two most recent champions IFK Norrköping and Malmö FF (in Malmö) as the opening match, a replay of the last round of the previous season.^[1]^[2] The season started on 2 April 2016 and will end in November 2016.

IFK Norrköping are the defending champions after winning the title in the last round in the previous season.

A total of 16 teams are contesting the league.

Teams

Djurgårdens IF
Hammarby IF

GIF Sundsvall

Gefle IF

Östersunds FK

Location of teams in 2016 Allsvenskan

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the 2015 season and two promoted teams from the 2015 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2015 season managed to stay in the league, Hammarby IF and GIF Sundsvall.

Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2015 Superettan champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK. Jönköpings Södra IF returned to Allsvenskan after 46 years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 1969 season. This is Jönköpings Södra's 11th season in the league. Östersunds FK are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the first new club in Allsvenskan's history since Falkenbergs FF in 2014.

Falkenbergs FF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team IK Sirius 3–3 (away goals) 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	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falkenbergs IP	Natural	4,000
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	Artificial	6,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Norrporten 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
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Swedbank Stadion	Natural	24,000
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	Artificial	12,300
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	6,626

¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[3]

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	Alm, AndreasAndreas Alm	Johansson, Nils-EricNils-Eric Johansson	Adidas	Åbro
BK Häcken	Gerhardsson, PeterPeter Gerhardsson	Ericsson, MartinMartin Ericsson	Nike	BRA Bygg
Djurgårdens IF	Olsson, PellePelle Olsson	Walker, KevinKevin Walker	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF	Eklund, HansHans Eklund	Svensson, DavidDavid Svensson	Nike	Gekås Ullared
Gefle IF	Sandberg, RogerRoger Sandberg	Bååth, AndersAnders Bååth	Umbro	Sandvik
GIF Sundsvall	Cedergren, JoelJoel Cedergren Franzén, RogerRoger Franzén	Naurin, TommyTommy Naurin	Adidas	Various
Hammarby IF	Bergstrand, NanneNanne Bergstrand	Bakircioglu, KennedyKennedy Bakircioglu	Puma	LW
Helsingborgs IF	Larsson, HenrikHenrik Larsson	Larsson, PeterPeter Larsson	Puma	Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg	Haglund, MagnusMagnus Haglund	Stuhr Ellegaard, KevinKevin Stuhr Ellegaard	Umbro	Various
IFK Göteborg	Lennartsson, JörgenJörgen Lennartsson	Bjärsmyr, MattiasMattias Bjärsmyr	Kappa	Prioritet Finans
IFK Norrköping	Andersson, JanneJanne Andersson	Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	Nike	Holmen
Jönköpings Södra IF	Thelin, JimmyJimmy Thelin	Thelin, TommyTommy Thelin	Nike	Various
Kalmar FF	Swärdh, PeterPeter Swärdh	Elm, DavidDavid Elm	Hummel	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Kuhn, AllanAllan Kuhn	Rosenberg, MarkusMarkus Rosenberg	Puma	Volkswagen
Örebro SK	Axén, AlexanderAlexander Axén	Åhman Persson, RobertRobert Åhman Persson	Puma
Östersunds FK	Potter, GrahamGraham Potter	Dyer, AlexAlex Dyer	Adidas	Östersunds kommun

¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[3]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Malmö FF	Åge Hareide	Resigned	2 December 2015^[4]	Pre-season	Kuhn, AllanAllan Kuhn	8 January 2016^[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Norrköping	7	5	0	2	18	9	+9	15	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Malmö FF	7	5	0	2	14	6	+8	15	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	IF Elfsborg	8	4	0	4	15	10	+5	12	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Djurgårdens IF	7	4	0	3	13	8	+5	12
5	GIF Sundsvall	7	3	3	1	10	7	+3	12
6	Jönköpings Södra IF	7	3	3	1	8	6	+2	12
7	Örebro SK	7	4	0	3	15	14	+1	12
8	IFK Göteborg	7	3	2	2	15	12	+3	11
9	Östersunds FK	8	3	2	3	8	12	−4	11
10	Helsingborgs IF	7	3	1	3	11	16	−5	10
11	Hammarby IF	7	2	3	2	13	12	+1	9
12	AIK	7	2	3	2	10	11	−1	9
13	Kalmar FF	8	2	2	4	11	15	−4	8
14	BK Häcken	7	2	0	5	10	11	−1	6	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Gefle IF	8	1	2	5	7	19	−12	5	Relegation to Superettan
16	Falkenbergs FF	7	1	1	5	6	16	−10	4	Relegation to Superettan

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. 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).

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Team \ Round
IFK Norrköping !IFK Norrköping	14	8	3	2	4	1	1
Malmö FF !Malmö FF	1	7	12	8	5	2	2
Djurgårdens IF !Djurgårdens IF	2	1	1	1	3	7	3
GIF Sundsvall !GIF Sundsvall	6	11	9	6	1	4	4
Jönköpings Södra IF !Jönköpings Södra IF	5	3	5	3	2	5	5
Örebro SK !Örebro SK	16	9	4	9	6	3	6
IFK Göteborg !IFK Göteborg	3	2	2	4	8	10	7
Helsingborgs IF !Helsingborgs IF	7	12	15	13	11	6	8
IF Elfsborg !IF Elfsborg	12	6	11	14	14	12	9
Hammarby IF !Hammarby IF	11	14	7	5	7	8	10
AIK !AIK	9	4	6	10	9	9	11
Kalmar FF !Kalmar FF	13	15	14	12	13	14	12
Östersunds FK !Östersunds FK	8	13	10	7	10	11	13
BK Häcken !BK Häcken	4	10	13	15	15	13	14
Gefle IF !Gefle IF	10	5	8	11	12	15	15
Falkenbergs FF !Falkenbergs FF	15	16	16	16	16	16	16

Keys to colors
	Leader
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2017 Superettan

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016
Source: everysport.com

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2016^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sam Johnson	Djurgårdens IF	6
2	Marcus Antonsson	Kalmar FF	5
2	Erik Israelsson	Hammarby IF	5
4	Daniel Gustavsson	Örebro SK	4
	Tobias Hysén	IFK Göteborg
	Christoffer Nyman	IFK Norrköping
	Viktor Prodell	IF Elfsborg

Top assists

As of 2 May 2016^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Malmö FF	4
2	Daniel Berntsen	Djurgårdens IF	3
	Johan Bertilsson	Gefle IF
	Martin Christensen	Helsingborgs IF
	Daniel Gustavsson	Örebro SK
	Stefan Ishizaki	AIK
	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	IFK Norrköping

References

↑ "Östersund ställs mot Hammarby i premiären". Sportbladet. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
↑ "Allsvenska spelordningen 2016". Swedish Football Association. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
1 2 "Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
↑ "Åge Hareide lämnar Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish) (Malmö FF). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
↑ "Allan Kuhn ny tränare för Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish) (Malmö FF). 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
↑ "Passningsliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links

Official website (Swedish)

Top division football seasons in Sweden

Svenska Serien	1910 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24

Allsvenskan	1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Football in Sweden

Swedish Football Association District Football Associations

National teams	Men's U-21 U-19 U-17 Women's U-19 U-17

League system - Men	Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 North South Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8

League system - Women	Damallsvenskan Elitettan Women's Division 1 Women's Division 2 Women's Division 3 Women's Division 4 Women's Division 5 Women's Division 6

Cup competitions	Svenska Cupen Svenska Supercupen Svenska Cupen (women) Svenska Supercupen (women)

List of champions List of Svenska Cupen winners List of men's clubs List of women's clubs List of venues Records Derbies Europe Europe (women) List of competitions defunct

2015–16 in European football (UEFA)

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '15–'16 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Estonia Finland '15 '16 France Gibraltar Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales

Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament women's qualification

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.