The 2017 Allsvenskan, part of the 2017 Swedish football season, is the 93rd 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 season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 5 November the same year. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 9 December 2016. A total of 16 teams participated.

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 after winning the title in the previous season. Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 23rd Allsvenskan title and 20th Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 16 October 2017 when they won 3–1 in the away fixture against

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

at Östgötaporten.

Summary

Allsvenskans stora pris

For the fifth year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan,

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, 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 7 November 2017. The nominations for the 2017 season were officially announced on 3 November 2017. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF received the most nominations with six nominations each, while Östersunds FK received three nominations, IFK Göteborg received two nominations, and AIK, BK Häcken, GIF Sundsvall, and IFK Norrköping each received one nomination. Goalkeeper of the year *

Johan Wiland Johan Kristoffer Sellberg-Wiland (born 24 January 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career in Sweden with IF Elfsborg in the early 2000s, he went on to represent F.C. Copenhagen and M ...

(Hammarby IF/Malmö FF) *

Andreas Isaksson Jan Andreas Isaksson (; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Isaksson began his career at local Trelleborgs FF, before briefly representing Juventus. He would later return to Sweden, where ...

(Djurgårdens IF) *

Pontus Dahlberg Pontus Jacob Ragne Dahlberg (born 21 January 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg and the Sweden national team. Club career On 31 January 2018, Dahlberg signed for Watford on a five-and-a-h ...

(IFK Göteborg) Defender of the year *

Anton Tinnerholm Anton Lars Tinnerholm (born 26 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Åtvidabergs FF In his early years Tinnerholm played for local Östergötland clubs Brokinds IF and IK Östria Lambohov before ...

(Malmö FF) *

Per Karlsson Per Jonas Karlsson (born 2 January 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Making his senior debut for AIK in 2003, he made a club record 455 appearances for the club and helped the team win the 2009 and 201 ...

(AIK) *

Eric Larsson Jan Eric Anton Larsson (born 15 July 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece club OFI. Career GIF Sundsvall Eric Larsson played five seasons for GIF Sundsvall. In 2017 he earned a nominatio ...

(GIF Sundsvall) Midfielder of the year *

Anders Christiansen Anders Bleg Christiansen (born 8 June 1990) is a Danish professional association football, footballer who plays for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF as a midfielder. He also serves as Captain (association football), club captain since 2020. He used t ...

(Malmö FF) * Ken Sema (Östersunds FK) * Magnus Eriksson (Djurgårdens IF) Forward of the year *

Saman Ghoddos Saman Ghoddos ( fa, سامان قدّوس; born 6 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, striker or winger for club Brentford and the Iran national team. Born in Sweden to Iranian parents, he init ...

(Östersunds FK) *

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) * Karl Holmberg (IFK Norrköping) Newcomer of the year *

(IFK Göteborg) *

Felix Beijmo Felix Olof Allan Nelson Beijmo (born 31 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for AGF, on loan from Malmö FF. Club career Youth career Beijmo started out playing for IF Brommapojkarna at age seven, leavi ...

(Djurgårdens IF) * Daleho Irandust (BK Häcken) Manager of the year *

Graham Potter Graham Stephen Potter (born 20 May 1975) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of club Chelsea. In a 13-year playing career, Potter, who played as a left-back, made 307 appearances in the ...

(Östersunds FK) *

Magnus Pehrsson Karl Magnus Pehrsson (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club Vélez CF. Club career Pehrsson started his career in IFK Lidingö. He played for Djurgårde ...

(Malmö FF) * Özcan Melkemichel (Djurgårdens IF) Most valuable player of the year *

(Malmö FF) * Magnus Eriksson (Djurgårdens IF) *

Kim Källström Kim Mikael Källström (; born 24 August 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was noted for his play-making ability and free-kick taking. He started his career at several clubs in Sweden, winning cons ...

(Djurgårdens IF)

Suspended matches

IFK Göteborg vs. AIK

The match at

Gamla Ullevi Gamla Ullevi () is a football stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened on 5 April 2009. The stadium replaced the city's previous main football stadium, also called Gamla Ullevi, and is the home ground of GAIS, IFK Göteborg and Örgryte IS. ...

between

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

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 ...

on 18 May 2017 was postponed, following reports of attempted

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. The match was rescheduled for 10 August 2017.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the

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and one team from the 2016 Allsvenskan play-offs.

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 ...

and

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, Superet ...

were relegated at the end of the 2016 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2016 Superettan champions

IK Sirius IK Sirius is a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottsplats. History IK Sirius' first success was becoming Swedish runners-up in ...

and runners-up

AFC United Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and t ...

. IK Sirius returned to Allsvenskan after 42 years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the

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season. This is IK Sirius' fourth season in the league. AFC United are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the third new club in the last four Allsvenskan seasons (following

in 2014 and

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional football club located in Östersund, Sweden and since 2022 play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan. The ...

in 2016). The final spot will be taken by the 2016 Allsvenskan play-offs winner;

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved members ...

, third-placed team in 2016 Superettan.

Stadia and locations

* ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

Personnel and sponsoring

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor

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as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from

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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. ---- ---- ---- ''Trelleborgs FF won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Hat-tricks

Awards

Annual awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allsvenskan 2017

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