The 2015 Allsvenskan, part of the
2015 Swedish football season was the 91st season of
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
since its establishment in 1924. The 2015 fixtures were released on 21 January 2015. The season started on 4 April 2015, when
BK Häcken
Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...
visited newly promoted
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
at
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football m ...
and ended on 31 October 2015.
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...
were the defending champions from the
2014
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season.
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2014 season and two that were promoted from
Superettan
Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...
.
IFK Norrköping became champions on 31 October 2015, after a 2–0 defeat over defending champions
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...
in the last round. The win helped IFK Norrköping win the league with a margin of three points ahead of
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...
and five points clear of third-placed team
AIK
AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...
. By winning the league IFK Norrköping qualified for the second qualifying round of
2016–17 UEFA Champions League
The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League was the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final was pla ...
, while runners-up IFK Göteborg and third-placed AIK will be competing in first qualifying round of
2016–17 UEFA Europa League
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The 2017 UEFA Eu ...
. The fourth-placed team
Elfsborg
Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spe ...
will also play in Europa League if they or one of the top three teams win
2015–16 Svenska Cupen
The 2015–16 Svenska Cupen will be the 60th season of Svenska Cupen and the fourth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.
A total of 9 ...
.
Summary
Background
The annual pre-season kick-off meeting is held at
Scandic Infra City in
Upplands Väsby
Upplands Väsby () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 149,463 inhabitants in 2020.
History
The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from t ...
on 23 March 2015. 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
C More Entertainment AB is a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+. It targets Nordic countries and has a separate channel in Sweden (C More Film).
The main competitors of C More Entertainment are Viasat Film and Viasat Sp ...
, 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
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
and last year's fifth placed team
BK Häcken
Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...
at
Tele2 Arena
The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football m ...
in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
followed by the match between
Kalmar FF
Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...
and
Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...
at
Guldfågeln Arena
Kalmar Arena, currently known as Guldfågeln Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a association football, football stadium in Kalmar, Sweden and the home of Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF. The stadium is located in the area known as Hansa City, in the No ...
. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...
will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers
GIF Sundsvall
Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...
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
AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...
in a home fixture on 9 April 2015 and last year's runners-up
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...
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.
Allsvenskans stora pris
For the third year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan,
C More Entertainment
C More Entertainment AB is a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+. It targets Nordic countries and has a separate channel in Sweden (C More Film).
The main competitors of C More Entertainment are Viasat Film and Viasat Sp ...
, 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.
The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text.
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
*
John Alvbåge
John Rune Alvbåge (; born 10 August 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Torslanda IK in 1999, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the United States, a ...
(IFK Göteborg)
*
Patrik Carlgren
Patrik Ulf Anders Carlgren (born 8 January 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Randers FC.
Club career
Carlgren progressed through the youth teams of Samuelsdals IF. He started his senio ...
(AIK)
*
Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard
Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (né ''Kevin Stuhr Larsen'', born 23 May 1983) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He has played for Manchester City and Blackpool in England, as well as German club Hertha BSC and Dut ...
(IF Elfsborg)
Defender of the year
*
Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping)
*
Haitam Aleesami (IFK Göteborg)
*
Emil Salomonsson
Karl Emil Salomonsson (born 28 April 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg as a right back.
Career
Early career
Starting his career in Ekets GoIF, he then moved to Ängelholms FF in 2004. Dur ...
(IFK Göteborg)
Midfielder of the year
*
Ebenezer Ofori
Ebenezer Ofori (born 1 July 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Danish club Vejle Boldklub as a midfielder.
Club career
New Edubiase
Ofori started his career in his native country Ghana, playing in the Ghana Premier Leag ...
(AIK)
*
Daniel Sjölund
Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his stints with Djurgårdens IF and IFK Norrköping. He won 37 caps for the Finland national team.
Career
...
(IFK Norrköping)
*
Viktor Claesson
Viktor Johan Anton Claesson (; born 2 January 1992) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for the Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen and the Sweden national ...
(IF Elfsborg)
Forward of the year
*
Emir Kujović
Emir Kujović ( Cyrillic: Емир Кујовић; born 22 June 1988) is Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has won five caps for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player at UEFA Euro 2016.
Club career
Halms ...
(IFK Norrköping)
*
Henok Goitom
Henok Goitom (; born 22 September 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently assistant manager of AIK.
He spent most of his 18-year career with AIK (two spells) and in Spain, where he played 215 matches ...
(AIK)
*
Markus Rosenberg
Nils Markus Rosenberg (; born 27 September 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career with his boyhood club Malmö FF, as well as a notable five-year stint with German Bundesli ...
(Malmö FF)
Newcomer of the year
*
Kerim Mrabti (Djurgårdens IF)
*
Sam Johnson
Samuel Robert Johnson (October 11, 1930May 27, 2020) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for in Congress from 1991 to 2019. He was a member of the Republican Party. In October and November 2015, he was the acting ...
(Djurgårdens IF)
*
Gustaf Nilsson (Falkenbergs FF)
Manager of the year
*
Jan Andersson (IFK Norrköping)
*
Jörgen Lennartsson
Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965) is a Swedish football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Allsvenskan team Helsingborgs IF.
Career
Lennartsson was born in Växjö. He took over Elfsborg from Magnus ...
(IFK Göteborg)
*
Andreas Alm
Andreas Alm (born 19 June 1973) is a Swedish football coach in charge of Odense Boldklub from June and a former football player.
He formerly managed AIK and is also a former player for the club. During his active career he played for the two Sto ...
(AIK)
Most valuable player of the year
*
Henok Goitom
Henok Goitom (; born 22 September 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently assistant manager of AIK.
He spent most of his 18-year career with AIK (two spells) and in Spain, where he played 215 matches ...
(AIK)
*
Emir Kujović
Emir Kujović ( Cyrillic: Емир Кујовић; born 22 June 1988) is Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has won five caps for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player at UEFA Euro 2016.
Club career
Halms ...
(IFK Norrköping)
*
Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping)
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
The 2014 Superettan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 14th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013. The season started on 5 April 2014 a ...
. Both of the promoted teams for the 2014 season managed to stay in the league,
Falkenbergs FF
Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...
and
Örebro SK
Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn A ...
.
Mjällby AIF
Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fotbollförbund and play its ho ...
and
IF Brommapojkarna
Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...
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
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
and runners-up
GIF Sundsvall
Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...
. Hammarby returned to Allsvenskan after five years absence, having been relegated at the end of the
2009
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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
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season. This was Sundsvall's 15th season in the league.
Gefle IF
Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), are a Swedish professional football club based in Gävle. The club is affiliated with Gestriklands Fotbollförbund and play their home ...
as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team
Ljungskile SK
Ljungskile SK is a Swedish football club located in Ljungskile, a town within Uddevalla Municipality. They currently play in the Swedish third tier, Division 1.
History
Ljungskile SK, formed in 1926, is famous for their promotions between 19 ...
4–1 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Stadia and locations
*
1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.
*
2 The capacity of
Olympia
The name Olympia may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film
* ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
* ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlet ...
will be reduced during the season due to major stadium renovations.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
*
1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.
Managerial changes
League table
Positions by round
Results
Play-offs
The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from
2015 Superettan
The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 15th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season began on 3 April 2015 and e ...
in a
Two-legged tie
In sports (particularly association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum o ...
on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.
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''3–3 on aggregate. Falkenbergs FF won on away goals.''
Season statistics
Top scorers
Top assists
Top goalkeepers
(Minimum of 10 games played)
Hat-tricks
Scoring
*First goal of the season:
Kennedy Bakircioglu for Hammarby IF against BK Häcken
(''4 April 2015'')
*Largest winning margin: 6 goals
**IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK
(''2 August 2015'')
**Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF
(''18 October 2015'')
*Highest scoring game: 7 goals
**AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF
(''3 June 2015'')
**Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF
(''23 September 2015'')
**BK Häcken 5–2 IF Elfsborg
(''25 October 2015'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
**IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK
(''2 August 2015'')
**Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF
(''18 October 2015'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
**AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF
(''3 June 2015'')
**Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF
(''23 September 2015'')
*Fewest games failed to score in: 2
**IFK Norrköping
*Most games failed to score in: 14
**Halmstads BK
Clean sheets
*Most
clean sheets
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
: 14
**IFK Göteborg
*Fewest clean sheets: 4
**GIF Sundsvall
**Åtvidabergs FF
**Örebro SK
Discipline
*Most yellow cards (club): 62
**Malmö FF
*Most yellow cards (player): 9
**
Marcus Rohdén (IF Elfsborg)
**
Daniel Sjölund
Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his stints with Djurgårdens IF and IFK Norrköping. He won 37 caps for the Finland national team.
Career
...
(IFK Norrköping)
*Most red cards (club): 5
**Åtvidabergs FF
*Most red cards (player): 2
**
Daniel Hallingström
Daniel Christian Hallingström (born 10 February 1981) is a former Swedish footballer and manager. He spent the most of his career at Åtvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or ( ...
(Åtvidabergs FF)
*Most fouls (player): 71
**
Robin Simović
Robin Simović (; born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish footballer of Croatian descent who currently plays for Croatian club Rudeš.
Career
Simović spent most of his youth playing for Malmö FF where he scored a total of 377 goals in 337 games for t ...
(Helsingborgs IF)
See also
;Competitions
*
2015 Superettan
The 2015 Superettan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season, was the 15th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season began on 3 April 2015 and e ...
*
2015 Division 1
*
2014–15 Svenska Cupen
*
2015–16 Svenska Cupen
The 2015–16 Svenska Cupen will be the 60th season of Svenska Cupen and the fourth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.
A total of 9 ...
;Team seasons
*
2015 AIK Fotboll season
*
2015 BK Häcken season
*
2015 Djurgårdens IF season
*
2015 Hammarby Fotboll season
The 2015 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 100th in existence, and their 46th season in Allsvenskan. It was Hammarby's first season in Allsvenskan after spending 5 seasons in the Superettan. They competed in Allsvenskan and the Svenska Cupen durin ...
*
2015 IFK Göteborg season
*
2015 IFK Norrköping season
*
2015 Malmö FF season
The 2015 season was Malmö FF's 104th in existence, their 80th season in Allsvenskan and their 15th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished fifth, 2014–15 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in ...
References
External links
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