P19 Allsvenskan is the highest level of men's
association football for Swedish under-19 teams, and determines the under-19 (or junior) Swedish championships. The title has been officially contested since 1982 in different formats, IFK Göteborg being the most successful team with nine titles.
History
The junior championships for club teams (, also or ) for boys have been played since 1982, but the competition had several unofficial precursors. A cup tournament, , was played from 1945 to 1976, and was open to member clubs of the
Swedish Professional Football Leagues
Swedish Professional Football Leagues ( sv, Föreningen Svensk Elitfotboll, the Swedish Elite Football Association, SEF) is a Swedish interest organisation that represents the 32 elite football clubs in the top two divisions (Allsvenskan and Super ...
. The title unofficial junior champions was awarded to the winners of the tournament, which was discontinued when the newspaper
Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue".
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withdrew their sponsorship. For the years between 1949 and 1958, the winner of this cup also played a national final () against the winners of the
Norrland junior championships ().
The Swedish Professional Football Leagues also arranged a league starting in 1971, , only open to youth teams 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 ...
clubs. A champion was decided through a final match between group winners, and was open to all Swedish Professional Football Leagues members from 1977. This league was sometimes also called , and saw continued play in parallel to the in 1982 introduced official junior championships, initially played in a strict cup format.
In 1990, the youth league was rebranded as , and the play-off following the league replaced the separate cup tournament as the competition to decide the official junior champions. The championship is played in league format, currently named , until 2021 consisting of two regional groups, followed by a final between the two winning teams to determine the junior champions. From 2022, the league format has been changed to consist of a single group of 14 teams with no play-off.
From 1982 until 2008, the championships were played with an age limit of 18, but from 2009 on the age limit has been 19.
Format
The competition is played in a single league, round-robin format of 14 teams since 2022. Players are eligible to play if they are at most 19 years old on the 31 December of the season year.
Teams
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AIK
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BK Häcken
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Djurgårdens IF
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Halmstads BK
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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 ...
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Helsingborgs IF
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IF Brommapojkarna
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IFK Göteborg
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IFK Norrköping
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Malmö FF
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Västerås SK
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Örebro SK
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Östers IF
Previous winners
Performances
Citations
References
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