2020 Damallsvenskan

The 2020 Damallsvenskan is the upcoming 33rd season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. Start date was originally set to 3 April 2020, but due to the covid-19 pandemic it was postponed, and eventually set to begin on 27 June, and end on 15 November. Unless further notice, all matches will be played without spectators. FC Rosengård are the defending champions, having won the competition in 2019.

Damallsvenskan
Season2020
Matches played0
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 26 June 2020.

Legandary Umeå IK returns to the top tier after 3 years in Elitettan.[1][2] They had a 3-year plan to return after they fell out in 2016, which they fullfilled.[3] Also promoted from 2019 Elitettan is IK Uppsala Fotboll for the first time, after a tight battle with Hammarby to the very end.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

All matches can be viewed worldwide, except for Mexico, for a fee at Damallsvenskan TV. Aftonbladet have bought broadcasting rights for all Damallsvenskan matches 2020-2022 and will have them available at Sportbladet Play.

Teams
Locations of the 2020 Damallsvenskan in Sweden.
Team Location Stadium Turf Stadium capacitya
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium Natural 14,417
Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna Tunavallen Artificial 7,600
FC Rosengård Malmö Malmö IP Artificial 5,700
KIF Örebro DFF Örebro Behrn Arena Artificial 12,624
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Gothenburg Valhalla IP Artificial 4,000
Kristianstads DFF Kristianstad Kristianstads fotbollsarena Hybrid 3,080b
Vilans IP Natural 5,000b
Linköpings FC Linköping Arena Linköping Artificial 8,500
Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena Artificial 3,000
Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Vittsjö IP Natural 3,000
Växjö DFF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena Artificial 12,173
Umeå IK Umeå Umeå Energi Arena Artificial 8,000
IK Uppsala Fotboll Uppsala Lötens IP Artificial n/a

Notes: a According to each club information page previously available at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan,[8] unless otherwise noted. Since May 2018 this is no longer present. Numbers were usually lower than official stadium numbers.
b According to Kristianstads DFF's history web page.[9]

Season overview

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC RosengårdC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2021–22 Champions League
2 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Vittsjö GIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Eskilstuna United DFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Linköpings FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kristianstads DFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Piteå IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KIF Örebro DFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Växjö DFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Djurgårdens IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Umeå IKP1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Elitettan
12 IK Uppsala FotbollP2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 27 June 2020. Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

C Last season's champion.
R Last season's runner up.
P1 Promoted to Damallsvenskan from last season's Elitettan, finishing first there.
P2 Promoted to Damallsvenskan from last season's Elitettan, finishing second there.

Position by round
First match(es) will be played on 27 June 2020. Source: everysport.com
  = Leader;   = Runner up;   = Relegation to 2021 Elitettan

Results
Home \ Away DIF ESK FCR KGFC KIFÖ KDFF LFC PIF UIK UPP VÄX VGIK
Djurgårdens IF
Eskilstuna United DFF
FC Rosengård
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
KIF Örebro DFF –
Kristianstads DFF
Linköpings FC
Piteå IF
Umeå IK
IK Uppsala Fotboll
Växjö DFF
Vittsjö GIK
First match(es) will be played on 27 June 2020. Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

WDL table
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
FC RosengårdL
GroundH
Position1
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FCL
GroundH
Position1
Vittsjö GIKL
GroundH
Position1
Eskilstuna United DFFL
GroundH
Position1
Linköpings FCL
GroundH
Position1
Piteå IFL
GroundH
Position1
Kristianstads DFFL
GroundH
Position1
KIF Örebro DFFL
GroundH
Position1
Växjö DFFL
GroundH
Position1
Djurgårdens IFL
GroundH
Position1
Umeå IKL
GroundH
Position1
IK Uppsala FotbollL
GroundH
Position1
First match(es) will be played on 27 June 2020. Source: everysport.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader;   = Runner up;   = Relegation to 2021 Elitettan


Player statistics

Goal of the week


References
  1. Nordling, Björn (2019-10-12). "Här är Umeås uppgång, fall – och uppgång" [Here is Umeå's rise, fall – and rise]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  2. "Umeå IK tillbaka i Damallsvenskan" [Umeå IK back in Damallsvenskan]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). SvFF. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  3. Jesperson, David; Ellert, Christoffer; Sköldbäck, Carl (2019-10-12). "Umeå IK tillbaka i damallsvenskan" [Umeå IK back in Damallsvenskan]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  4. Forsgren, Ida; Sandberg, Mattias (2019-10-19). "Hammarby missade chansen att säkra allsvensk plats" [Hammarby missed the chance to secure Damallsvenskan place]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  5. "Streckstrider i slutomgången" [Line battles in the final round]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). SvFF. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  6. Grefve, Daniel (2019-10-27). "Uppsala chockade Hammarby – klart för damallsvenskan" [Uppsala shocked Hammarby – ready for Damallsvenskan]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Photography by Stina Stjernkvist/TT. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  7. "Uppsala till Damallsvenskan". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). SvFF. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  8. "Damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  9. "Kristianstads DFF - Svenskalag.se". www.kdff.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-10-13.
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