The 2019 Allsvenskan, part of the 2019 Swedish football season, was the 95th season of

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. AIK were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. Djurgårdens IF won the Allsvenskan title, their first since

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, their 8th overall and their 12th Swedish championship overall, in the 30th and final round on 2 November 2019 by playing a 2–2 tie in their away fixture against

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. This was also the second consecutive year that a team from

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clinched the title.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2018 Superettan and one team from the 2018 Allsvenskan play-offs. Dalkurd FF and Trelleborgs FF were relegated at the end of the 2018 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2018 Superettan champions

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and runners-up Falkenbergs FF. Helsingborg make their return to Allsvenskan after a two-year absence, this will be their 67th season in the top flight. Falkenberg will take part in Allsvenskan for the fourth time, returning to Allsvenskan after a two-year absence. The play-off spot was taken by AFC Eskilstuna, replacing IF Brommapojkarna. The team made it back to Allsvenskan after just one season in the second division, having been relegated in

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Stadia and locations

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

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2019 Superettan in a

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on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home. ---- ---- ''Kalmar FF won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ----

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Monthly awards

Annual awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allsvenskan 2019

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