2008 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season 2008
Champions Kalmar FF
1st Allsvenskan title
1st Swedish championship title
Relegated GIF Sundsvall
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK (via playoffs)
Champions League Kalmar FF
Europa League IF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
Matches played 240
Goals scored 637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer Patrik Ingelsten (19)
Biggest home win Kalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping
(2 November 2008)[1]
Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall
(9 November 2008)[1]
Biggest away win GIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg
(29 September 2008)[1]
Highest scoring Hammarby 3–6 Malmö FF
(3 November 2008)[1]
Highest attendance 34,173
AIK 1–1 Djurgården
(24 April 2008)[1]
Lowest attendance 1,427
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall
(22 September 2008)[1]
Average attendance 7,787[2]
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2009 →

Allsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played on 30 March 2008 and the last matches were played on 9 November 2008.

Participating clubs

Club Last season First season
in league		 First season of
current spell
AIK5th1924–252006
Djurgårdens IF3rd1927–282001
IF Elfsborg4th1926–271997
GAIS11th1924–252006
Gefle IF10th1933–342005
IFK Göteborg1st1924–251977
Halmstads BK7th1933–341993
Hammarby IF6th1924–251998
Helsingborgs IF8th1924–251993
Kalmar FF2nd1949–502004
Ljungskile SK2nd (Superettan)19972008
Malmö FF9th1931–322001
IFK Norrköping1st (Superettan)1924–252008
GIF Sundsvall3rd (Superettan)19652008
Trelleborgs FF13th19852007
Örebro SK12th1946–472007

Managers

Club Coach
AIKSweden Rikard Norling
Djurgårdens IFIceland Sigurður Jónsson
IF ElfsborgSweden Magnus Haglund
GAISSweden Magnus Pehrsson
Gefle IFSweden Per Olsson
IFK GöteborgSweden Stefan Rehn/ Sweden Jonas Olsson
Halmstads BKSweden Janne Andersson
Hammarby IFSweden Tony Gustavsson
Helsingborgs IFSweden Bosse Nilsson
Kalmar FFSweden Nanne Bergstrand
Ljungskile SKEngland David Wilson
Malmö FFSweden Roland Nilsson
IFK NorrköpingSweden Sören Cratz
GIF SundsvallSweden Sören Åkeby
Trelleborgs FFSweden Tom Prahl
Örebro SKFinland Sixten Boström

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalmar FF (C) 30 20 4 6 70 32 +38 64 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 19 6 5 49 18 +31 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Helsingborgs IF 30 16 6 8 54 41 +13 54 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 AIK 30 12 9 9 36 32 +4 45
6 Malmö FF 30 12 8 10 51 46 +5 44
7 Örebro SK 30 11 9 10 36 39 −3 42
8 Halmstads BK 30 11 8 11 41 38 +3 41
9 Hammarby IF 30 11 8 11 44 51 −7 41
10 Trelleborgs FF 30 9 13 8 33 31 +2 40
11 GAIS 30 9 11 10 30 36 −6 38
12 Djurgårdens IF 30 9 9 12 30 41 −11 36
13 Gefle IF 30 7 7 16 33 42 −9 28
14 Ljungskile SK (R) 30 6 6 18 23 52 −29 24 Relegation Playoffs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R) 30 5 7 18 26 54 −28 22 Relegation to Superettan
16 IFK Norrköping (R) 30 4 8 18 31 58 −27 20
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifyingeRound of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
  2. ↑ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

Relegation play-offs

Brommapojkarna 0 – 0 Ljungskile
Report
Attendance: 2,072
Ljungskile 1 – 1 Brommapojkarna
Wålemark  48' Report Haglund  45+3'
Attendance: 2,828

Brommapojkarna 1–1 Ljungskile on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals

Top scorers

Scorer Club Goals
Sweden Patrik Ingelsten Kalmar FF 19
Brazil Anselmo Halmstads BK 15
Sweden Viktor Elm Kalmar FF
United States Charlie Davies Hammarby IF 14
Sweden Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs IF
Sweden Ola Toivonen Malmö FF
Sweden Hans Berggren Gefle IF 11
Argentina Iván Óbolo AIK 10

Results

Home \ Away[1] AIK DIF IFEGAISGIFIFKGHBKHAMHIFKFFLSKMFFIFKNGIFSTFFÖSK
AIK 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Djurgårdens IF 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–0
IF Elfsborg 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0
GAIS 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Gefle IF 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–5 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg 2–0 3–1 5–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1
Halmstads BK 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Hammarby IF 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–6 4–3 5–3 0–0 1–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Kalmar FF 3–2 5–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 6–0 3–0 1–0 2–2
Ljungskile SK 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–1
Malmö FF 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–4 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 3–1
IFK Norrköping 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 5–2 3–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
GIF Sundsvall 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–5 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–3
Örebro SK 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0

Source: svenskfotboll.se
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Spelprogram - Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Statistik/ligor Allsvenskan 2008". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

Online
  • "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  • "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-20.

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