2008 Division 1 (Swedish football)

Division 1
Season 2008
Champions Syrianska FC (north)
FC Trollhättan (south)
Promoted Syrianska FC
Vasalunds IF
FC Trollhättan
Relegated Ersboda SK
Falu FK
Bodens BK
IFK Malmö
Norrby IF
Skärhamns IK
Top goalscorer Niklas Moberg (21)
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Syrianska FC and FC Trollhättan won their respective groups, and thereby were promoted to Superettan for the 2009 season. Vasalunds IF who finished second in the northern group were also promoted after winning their playoff.

League tables

North

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Syrianska FC (C) (P) 26 17 8 1 44 16 +28 59 Promotion to Superettan
2 Vasalunds IF (O) (P) 26 15 6 5 57 26 +31 51 Promotion Playoffs
3 Västerås SK 26 16 3 7 59 36 +23 51
4 Gröndal 26 15 5 6 49 33 +16 50
5 Umeå FC 26 13 2 11 43 38 +5 41
6 Valsta Syrianska IK 26 10 6 10 41 40 +1 36
7 BK Forward 26 10 4 12 46 49 −3 34
8 Syrianska Botkyrka IF 26 8 7 11 26 35 −9 31
9 IF Sylvia 26 9 3 14 41 56 −15 30
10 Östersunds FK 26 7 8 11 30 36 −6 29
11 IK Brage 26 6 8 12 35 43 −8 26
12 Ersboda (R) 26 7 4 15 48 67 −19 25 Relegation to Division 2
13 Falu FK (R) 26 7 3 16 31 49 −18 24
14 Boden (R) 26 5 7 14 27 53 −26 22

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

South

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FC Trollhättan (C) (P) 26 14 7 5 41 26 +15 49 Promotion to Superettan
2 Östers IF 26 14 3 9 54 33 +21 45 Promotion Playoffs
3 Carlstad United BK 26 13 6 7 43 37 +6 45
4 Malmö Anadolu 26 13 5 8 53 38 +15 44
5 Skövde AIK 26 12 6 8 54 39 +15 42
6 Motala AIF 26 11 6 9 41 46 −5 39
7 IFK Värnamo 26 11 5 10 31 31 0 38
8 Västra Frölunda 26 8 11 7 45 41 +4 35
9 Lindome 26 8 8 10 36 33 +3 32
10 Torslanda IK 26 8 8 10 40 45 −5 32
11 Husqvarna FF 26 8 4 14 29 35 −6 28
12 IFK Malmö (R) 26 8 3 15 38 63 −25 27 Relegation to Division 2
13 Norrby IF (R) 26 8 2 16 38 52 −14 26
14 Skärhamn (R) 26 7 4 15 27 61 −34 25

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Northern group top scorers

After transferring to Djurgårdens IF Kennedy Igboananike also became a top ten goalscorer in the 2010 Allsvenskan.
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Nigeria Kennedy Igboananike Vasalunds IF 18
2 Sweden Bernhard Nyström Falu FK 14
3 Sweden Patrik Grönvall Västerås SK 13
Sweden Jesper Carlsson Gröndals IK
5 Sweden Herish Kuhi BK Forward 12
Sweden Raby Nahir Youssef Gröndals IK
7 Sweden Martin Andersson Västerås SK 11
Sweden Danny Persson Umeå FC
9 Sweden Niklas Gustafsson BK Forward 10
10 Sweden Özgür Yasar Syrianska FC 9
Sweden Erik Lundström Ersboda SK

Southern group top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Sweden Niklas Moberg Carlstad United BK 21
2 Argentina Tomas Enrique Petry Östers IF 17
3 Sweden Arsim Gashi Motala AIF 14
Kosovo Liridon Rrustemaj Malmö Anadolu
5 Sweden Jakob Orlov Skövde AIK 13
6 Sweden Mårten Gustafsson Skövde AIK 12
7 Sweden Måns Sörensson IFK Malmö 10
Sweden Martin Scherdin FC Trollhättan
9 Sweden Rami Kurdali Lindome GIF 9
Norway Kim Roger Strand FC Trollhättan
Niger William Tonji Ngounou Malmö Anadolu
Sweden Daniel Leinar Motala AIF

Young Player Teams Of The Year

At the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called "Morgondagens Stjärnor" (English: "The Stars Of Tomorrow"). The two teams playing against each other consist of the best young players from each of the two leagues.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "2008". Morgondages Sjärnor. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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