The 2022 Allsvenskan was the 98th season since its establishment in 1924 of Sweden's top-level football league,

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 ...

. A total of 16 teams participated.

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were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. The 2022 Allsvenskan season began on 2 April and ended on 6 November 2022 (not including play-off matches).

Highlights

On 30 October 2022, BK Häcken secured their first Swedish championship title in the 29th and penultimate round by defeating IFK Göteborg, 4–0, in a Gothenburg derby at

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Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, and three promoted teams from the 2021 Superettan (

IFK Värnamo IFK Värnamo is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Värnamo. The club plays in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swede ...

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and

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Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

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 by round

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan will meet the third-placed team from 2022 Superettan in a

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 11 ** Jon Birkfeldt (

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) * Most red cards: 1 ** Yasin Ayari ( AIK) **

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(AIK) ** Collins Sichenje (AIK) ** Vincent Thill (AIK) ** Peter Abrahamsson (

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

) ** Kadir Hodžić (BK Häcken) ** Alexander Jeremejeff (BK Häcken) ** Nikola Đurđić ( Degerfors) ** Joe Gyau (Degerfors) ** Sebastian Ohlsson (Degerfors) ** Alexander Blomqvist (

) ** Joe Corona (GIF Sundsvall) ** Wilhelm Loeper (

) **

Marcus Berg Bengt Erik Markus Berg (; born 17 August 1986) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He is currently assistant coach for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Beginn ...

(

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

) ** Marco Lund (

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

) ** Bernardo Vilar (

) ** Wenderson (IFK Värnamo) ** Dennis Widgren ( IK Sirius FK) ** Jonas Knudsen (

) **

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( Mjällby) ** Amir Al-Ammari (Mjällby) ** Tashreeq Matthews (

) ** Felipe Sissé (Varberg)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 89 **

* Most red cards: 4 ** AIK

Awards

Annual awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allsvenskan 2022

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