Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

league in

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and the highest level of the

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. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of

promotion and relegation Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

with

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

, the second highest league in the Swedish men's football league system. Seasons run from late March or early April to the beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meeting each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide. Allsvenskan is ranked 23rd in the

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s of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Allsvenskan is currently ranked third highest among the leagues in Scandinavia, after Norway and Denmark. The current champions are

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

, who won the title in the 2024 season. The three teams with most Swedish championships are

(24),

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 ...

(18) and

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 ...

(13), all of which are still playing as of 2024. . Unlike other European football leagues, the Allsvenskan did not experience an interruption in play during World War II due to Swedish neutrality.

History

In the 1910s, national league play had been tried in Sweden with

Svenska Serien Svenska Serien (literally, "The Swedish Series", also Svenska Fotbollserien, "The Swedish Football Series") was the highest league in Swedish football and was played since 1910–1917, 1920–1921, and 1922–1924. It was then replace ...

, however it turned out it was hard to finance the play. Svenska Serien evolved into two series, consisting of a southern and northern group. On 13 January 1924, football clubs met in Stockholm to found a nationwide series and on 3 August later in the year the opening game was played of the 1924–25 Allsvenskan. The first winner of the one-league twelve team Allsvenskan was

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. In 1931, the league started to decide the

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. In the early years,

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and

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teams were not allowed to play on higher levels in the league system, which was gradually changed to include the Norrland and Gotland teams on higher levels. For the 1959 Allsvenskan, the season start was changed from autumn to spring to be played in one calendar year. In 1973, it was expanded to contain 14 teams. In the 1970s,

, under the lead of Spanish Antonio Durán and later English Bob Houghton, won five Allsvenskan and managed to proceed to the 1979 European Cup final, which they lost to

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. From the 1982 season, the league introduced a play-off to determine the

. In the late 1980s,

were dominant, winning the league five times in a row, but only two Swedish championships. The 1990 season saw the introduction of three points per win. The play-off season years were followed by two years of continuation league, named Mästerskapsserien. The 1993 season saw a return to the classical format, again with 14 teams.

won five Allsvenskan league titles in the 1990s. In the early 2000s,

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

won three titles (

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and

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

). In 2004,

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 ...

lost its place in the league due to financial problems, and

Assyriska FF Assyriska Fotbollsföreningen, also known simply as Assyriska FF, is a Swedish football club based in Södertälje, Stockholm County. The club, formed in 1974 by Assyrian immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently play ...

got their place. Since 2008, the league consists of 16 teams. For the 2017 season, a league match ball was introduced and

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was chosen as supplier for four years. The 2024 season marked 100 years of existence for Allsvenskan and was celebrated with retro kits during two match days in August. Malmö FF won the centennial Allsvenskan and took their ninth title in the last 15 seasons.

Status

The champions are considered Swedish champions and gold medal winners. The runners-up are awarded the ''large silver'' medal, the third positioned team are awarded the ''small silver'' medal and the team positioned in fourth place are awarded the ''bronze'' medal. There have been seasons with exceptions when the winners of Allsvenskan wasn't considered Swedish champions as well. Allsvenskan winners between 1924 and 1930 were crowned league champions and awarded gold medals, the title of Swedish champions was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet up until 1925 and then not at all until 1930. The years 1982 through 1990 are also exceptions, the title was instead decided through play-offs during these years. The same was true for the years 1991 and 1992 when the title was decided through a continuation league called Mästerskapsserien. Historically, however, there is a big difference between the Allsvenskan winners before 1931 compared to the period between 1982 and 1992. As winning Allsvenskan in its earlier seasons was the optimal aim for the clubs, while as during the era of play-offs and Mästerskapsserien, the optimal goal wasn't to win Allsvenskan, but the play-offs or Mästerskapsserien.

Competition format

Since 2008 there are 16 clubs in Allsvenskan. During the course of a season (starting in late March and ending in early November) each club plays the others twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games. The two lowest placed teams at the end of the season are relegated to

and the top two teams from Superettan are promoted in their place. The third lowest team in Allsvenskan plays a relegation/promotion play-off against the third placed team in Superettan. The winners of Allsvenskan qualify for the

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, the runner-up together with the third placed team in the table qualify for the

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. The

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

winner qualifies for the

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. In case the winner of the cup has already qualified to Champions League or Conference League, the second Conference League spot is given to the team that finishes fourth in Allsvenskan.

Changes in competition format

The decider at equal number of points was goal ratio until the 1940–41 season, thereafter

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Awards

Trophy

The current trophy awarded to the Swedish champions is the Lennart Johanssons Pokal. Created in 2001, the trophy is named after former

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chairman,

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. A different trophy that was named after Clarence von Rosen, the first chairman of the Swedish Football Association, had previously been used between 1903 and 2000, but was replaced after journalists reported that von Rosen had personal connections to the later infamous Nazi leader

Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician, aviator, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which gov ...

during the time he lived in Sweden (soon after World War One). The former president of the Swedish Football Association, Lars-Åke Lagrell stated that the reason for the change of trophy was not a personal attack against von Rosen but rather that the Football Association did not want to be linked to Nazism and constantly engage in discussions regarding this every time the trophy was awarded.

Player and manager awards

In addition to the winner's trophy and the individual winner's medals awarded to players, Allsvenskan also awards the most valuable player, goalkeeper of the year, defender of the year, midfielder of the year, forward of the year, newcomer of the year and manager of year at Allsvenskans stora pris together with C More and ''Magasinet Offside''. Also, the Allsvenskan top scorer is awarded.

Television

Sweden

The Swiss corporation Kentaro has owned the TV rights for Allsvenskan since 2006. Through licence agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired through

C More Entertainment C More Entertainment AB was a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+. It targeted Nordic countries and had a separate channel in Sweden (C More Film). The main competitors of C More Entertainment were Viasat Film and Vias ...

who broadcasts them on their

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and C More Live channels, until 2019. Matches can also be bought through the online

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service C SPORTS. On 24 March 2017,

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-owned channel

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and OTT streaming service Dplay will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions (Allsvenskan and

) effectively from 2020 until 2025, as well as selected European countries (exc. Italy) for Allsvenskan. In May 2024 Discovery+ was rebranded as

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which is the service that currently broadcasts Allsvenskan.

International

Beginning in 2018, Allsvenskan matches were previously broadcast in the UK on Premier Sports and FreeSports. In October 2018,

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

picked up the rights to broadcast one Allsvenskan match per week in the United States. Allsvenskan matches have also been broadcast in several countries, such as

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in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland,

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in Balkan countries, Nova Sports in Cyprus and Greece, TV2 in Norway and 4th Sports in Iraq

Current broadcast rights

Clubs

A total of 67 clubs have played in Allsvenskan from its inception in

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up to and including the 2024 season. No club has been a member of the league for every season since its inception. AIK is the club that has participated in the most seasons, with a record of 97 out of 101 seasons in total.

has the record for most consecutive seasons: 63 between 1936–37 and 1999.

is currently the club with the longest running streak, starting their 49th season in 2025. The following 16 clubs are competing in Allsvenskan during the 2025 season:

Stadiums and locations

Managers

To be allowed to manage an Allsvenskan club, the manager must have a UEFA Pro license. From 2012 to 2021, clubs in Allsvenskan changed managers during the season 35 times during the ten seasons. Nanne Bergstrand is the manager with the most seasons in Allsvenskan, with 21 for four clubs of which ten in a row was with

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

, while

Roy Hodgson Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is an English former football manager and player. He has managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstad in the 1976 season. He later guided the Switzerland national team to t ...

is the most successful counting league wins, with seven, and Lajos Czeizler and Roger Gustafsson, counting national titles, with four. The current managers in Allsvenskan are:

Players

Appearances

Andreas Johansson has the record for most appearances in Allsvenskan with 445 appearances for

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

and

. Johansson overtook the record from

Örgryte Örgryte is one of the 21 ''stadsdelsnämndsområden'' (a kind of district often translated as borough) of Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. It is a largely upper middle class residential area just to the east of the city centre. History The or ...

and

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

goalkeeper Sven Andersson in 2024. Sven Jonasson has the record for most matches in a row with 332 matches for

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional association football, football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Alls ...

between 11 September 1927 and 1 November 1942.

Foreign players

Until 1974, foreign players were not allowed to play in Allsvenskan, although they were on lower levels of football in Sweden, decided to increase the competitiveness of the

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. In the first season of allowance, on 13 April 1974, English Ronald Powell in Brynäs IF became the first foreign player in Allsvenskan. In 1977, Tunisian Melke Amri became the first non-European player. In 1978, Icelandic Teitur Þórðarson in

Östers IF Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football. For the 2025 Allsvenskan, 2025 season the club is back in the top tier, Allsve ...

became the first foreign player to win the Allsvenskan Since 2023, teams may name nine substitutes in their match squad and of the 20 players named in the squad, a maximum of nine may be not homegrown.

Top scorers

Sven Jonasson has scored the most goals in Allsvenskan history, with 254 goals in 410 appearances. Gunnar Nordahl, playing for

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and

has become the Allsvenskan top scorer most times, with four wins. Since 1959, the newspaper ''

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'' awards the first goal scorer of the season opening match day (counted in match minutes) a watch.

Previous winners

Note that this list does not necessarily equate to the Swedish champions, as a play-off format was used in the 1980s. For a comprehensive list of Swedish football champions, see:

List of Swedish football champions Swedish football champions () is a title held by the winners of the highest Sweden, Swedish Association football, football league played each year, Allsvenskan. Malmö FF are the holders of the record of most titles with 24 Swedish championships, ...

;Key

Performances

Medal table

Historically the players and coaching staff from the four best teams in Allsvenskan are awarded medals at the end of each season. The champions are awarded the gold medal while the runners-up receive the ''large silver'' medal. The third place team gets the ''small silver'' medal instead of the more commonly used bronze medal which is instead awarded to the fourth-place finisher. This tradition of awarding four medals and not three is thought to have to do with the fact that the losers of the semi-finals of Svenska Mästerskapet were both given bronze medals since no bronze match was played. The overall medal rank is displayed below after points in descending order. 5 points are awarded for a gold medal, 3 points for a ''large silver'' medal, 2 points for a ''small silver'' medal and 1 point for a bronze medal. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season.

Honoured clubs

Clubs in European football are commonly honoured for winning multiple league titles and a representative golden star is sometimes placed above the club badge to indicate the club having won 10 league titles. In Sweden the star instead symbolizes 10 Swedish championship titles for the majority of the clubs as the league winner has not always been awarded the title of Swedish champions. Stars for Allsvenskan clubs was not common practise until 2006, although AIK had already introduced a star to their kit in 2000.

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

and

were the first teams after AIK to introduce their stars. No new club has introduced a star since 2006, the clubs closest to their first are

with 6 Swedish championship titles and

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

with 7 Allsvenskan titles depending on what the star symbolizes. The following table is ordered after number of stars followed by number of Swedish championship titles and then the number of Allsvenskan titles. :''Statistics updated as of the end of the 2024 season''

Cities

Statistics

All-time table

The all-time Allsvenskan table () is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Allsvenskan since its inception in 1924–25. It uses three points for a win even though this system was not introduced until the 1990 season. The matches played in the championship play-offs between

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and 1990 or the matches played in Mästerskapsserien in

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and

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are not included. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2023 season.

are the current leaders, having had the lead since the end of the 2012 season when they overtook the lead from

. IFK Göteborg are the club to have spent most seasons in the top spot with 48 seasons as leaders with a record of the most consecutive seasons as leaders with 35 seasons between 1938 and 1972. Six clubs have been in the lead, the lead having changed among them ten times since 1925. The former leader with the lowest current ranking in the table is

, currently placing 12th and 2120 points short of Malmö FF.

UEFA coefficients

The following data indicates Swedish coefficient rankings between European football leagues. ;Country ranking: UEFA League Ranking for the 2018–2023 period: * 21. (''22'')

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(25.000) * 22. (''21'')

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(24.475) * 23. (''23'') Allsvenskan (23.750) * 24. (''28'')

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(20.750) * 25. (''27'')

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(20.625) ;Club ranking: UEFA 5-year Club Ranking as of 19 May 2022: * 65. (''68'')

(25.500) * 98. (''266'')

(16.500) * 194. (''254'') AIK (6.500) * 273. (''266'') Hammarby IF (''4.750'') * 273. (''266'')

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(''4.750'') * 273. (''266'')

(''4.750'')

Attendance

The record for highest average home attendance for a club was set by Hammarby in 2022 (26,372 over 15 home matches). Most other attendance records for Allsvenskan were set in the 1959 season, coinciding with the first season that the league switched from an autumn–spring format to a spring–autumn format. 1959 saw records for highest attendance at a match (52,194 at an

win over

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), second highest average home attendance for a club (25,490 for Örgryte's 11 home matches), and the highest ever average attendance for Allsvenskan as a whole (13,369). In the past, AIK had the league's highest attendance for the season more often than any other club, followed by IFK Göteborg and Örgryte. However, for the past decade, Hammarby has dominated the attendance figures helped by a move to the larger

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from the much smaller Söderstadion. Other teams that have for at least one season had the best attendance in the league include

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and Öster.

Referees

As of the 2014 season Allsvenskan has 12 referees that are categorized as Allsvenskan referees, seven of which are fully certified international

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referees. Apart from these, female FIFA referee Tess Olofsson also occasionally officiates games in Allsvenskan as the only woman to ever having done so. Since 2009, the referees are professional.

List

''Note: FIFA referees are in bold''

Allsvenskan in international competition

were runners up in the 1978–79

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, after a 1–0 defeat against

won the

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twice, in 1981–82 (defeating

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in the finals) and 1986–87 (defeating

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in the finals). IFK Göteborg also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1985–86. They won 3–0 against

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, and lost 0–3 at

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, Barcelona won on penalty shootout. In 2024-25,

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Fotboll (official name), Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish professional men's association football department ...

reached the semi-finals of the

. The following teams have participated in

group stages:

Footnotes

References

External links

*
Allsvenskan
at the Swedish Football Association website {{UEFA leagues 1

Summer association football leagues 1924 establishments in Sweden Swedish Professional Football Leagues Sports leagues established in 1924 Professional sports leagues in Sweden