2015 Allsvenskan

The 2015 Allsvenskan season, was the 91st edition of top tier Allsvenskan football competition since its founding in 1924 under the authority of the Swedish Football Association in Sweden; the 2015 Swedish football season. 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2014 season and two that were promoted from Superettan. The 2015 fixtures were released on 21 January 2015. The season started on 4 April 2015, when BK Häcken visited newly promoted Hammarby IF at Tele2 Arena and ended on 31 October 2015.

Malmö FF unsuccessfully defended its 2014 title losing to IFK Norrköping in the 2015 title final on 31 October 2015, 2–0. IFK Norrköping would win the title with a margin of three points ahead of IFK Göteborg and five points clear of third-placed team AIK. The 2015 title enabled IFK Norrköping a guaranteed place to contest in the second qualifying round the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League tournament; runners-up IFK Göteborg and third-placed AIK would compete in first qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The fourth-placed team Elfsborg would play in Europa League if they or one of the top three teams won 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.

Summary

Background The annual pre-season kick-off meeting was held at Scandic Infra City in Upplands Väsby on 23 March 2015. Managers and key players from the major teams as well as some of the predicted bottom teams will be interviewed by representatives from the media as well as commentators from C More Entertainment, the official broadcasters of the league.

Season overview The season started on 4 April 2015 with two fixtures, an early afternoon fixture between newcomers Hammarby IF and last year's fifth placed team BK Häcken at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm followed by the match between Kalmar FF and Helsingborgs IF at Guldfågeln Arena. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions Malmö FF will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers GIF Sundsvall at Norrporten Arena on 6 April 2015. The first few match weeks include a number of high-profile matches, Malmö FF faced last years third placed team AIK in a home fixture on 9 April 2015 and last year's runners-up IFK Göteborg in an away fixture on match day three on 12 April 2015. Matchday seven featured both a Scanian derby between Malmö FF and Helsingborg on 3 May 2015 and a Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby on 4 May 2015.

During the 26th round of play, a record was set as the total attendance for the season surpassed 2 million spectators. The previous record of 1,956,042 spectators was set in 1957–58.

Allsvenskans stora pris For the third year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 5 November 2015. The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. IFK Norrköping received the most nominations with six nominations while AIK received five nominations and IFK Göteborg received four nominations. Djurgårdens IF and IF Elfsborg received two nominations and Falkenbergs FF and Malmö FF received one nomination each.

Goalkeeper of the year John Alvbåge (IFK Göteborg) Patrik Carlgren (AIK) Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (IF Elfsborg)

Defender of the year Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping) Haitam Aleesami (IFK Göteborg) Emil Salomonsson (IFK Göteborg)

Midfielder of the year Ebenezer Ofori (AIK) Daniel Sjölund (IFK Norrköping) Viktor Claesson (IF Elfsborg)

Forward of the year Emir Kujović (IFK Norrköping) Henok Goitom (AIK) Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF)

Newcomer of the year Kerim Mrabti (Djurgårdens IF) Sam Johnson (Djurgårdens IF) Gustaf Nilsson (Falkenbergs FF)

Manager of the year Jan Andersson (IFK Norrköping) Jörgen Lennartsson (IFK Göteborg) Andreas Alm (AIK)

Most valuable player of the year Henok Goitom (AIK) Emir Kujović (IFK Norrköping) Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping)

Teams A total of sixteen teams will contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2014 season managed to stay in the league, Falkenbergs FF and Örebro SK.

Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2014 Superettan champions Hammarby IF and runners-up GIF Sundsvall. Hammarby returned to Allsvenskan after five years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2009 season. This was Hammarby's 47th season in the league. Sundsvall returned to Allsvenskan after two years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2012 season. This was Sundsvall's 15th season in the league.

Gefle IF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team Ljungskile SK 4–1 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1AIKStockholmFriends ArenaNatural50,000BK HäckenGothenburgGamla Ullevi (Until 6 June 2015)Natural18,600Bravida Arena (From 5 July 2015)Artificial6,500Djurgårdens IFStockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000Falkenbergs FFFalkenbergFalkenbergs IPNatural4,000Gefle IFGävleStrömvallen (Until 30 April 2015)Artificial7,200Gavlevallen (From 20 May 2015)Artificial6,500GIF SundsvallSundsvallNorrporten ArenaArtificial7,700Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans VallNatural15,500Hammarby IFStockholmTele2 ArenaArtificial30,000Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgOlympiaNatural16,5002IF ElfsborgBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial16,899IFK GöteborgGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,600IFK NorrköpingNorrköpingNya ParkenArtificial15,734Kalmar FFKalmarGuldfågeln ArenaNatural12,000Malmö FFMalmöSwedbank StadionNatural24,000 Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidaberg KopparvallenArtificial8,100 Örebro SK Örebro Behrn ArenaArtificial12,300 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan. 2 The capacity of Olympia will be reduced during the season due to major stadium renovations.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach1 Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsorAIK Adidas ÅbroBK Häcken Nike BRA ByggDjurgårdens IF Adidas Prioritet FinansFalkenbergs FF Hans Eklund Nike Gekås UllaredGefle IF Umbro SandvikGIF Sundsvall Adidas VariousHalmstads BK Puma Prioritet Finans Hammarby IF Puma LWHelsingborgs IF Puma Resurs BankIF Elfsborg Umbro VariousIFK Göteborg Adidas Prioritet FinansIFK Norrköping Nike HolmenKalmar FF Puma Småländska HjältevadshusMalmö FF Puma RörläggarenÅtvidabergs FF Uhlsport VariousÖrebro SK Puma Various 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentIFK Göteborg Mikael StahreSacked3 November 2014Pre-season 25 November 2014Falkenbergs FF Henrik LarssonEnd of contract10 November 2014Pre-season Hans Eklund26 November 2014Helsingborgs IF Roar HansenDemoted10 November 2014Pre-season Henrik Larsson10 November 2014IF Elfsborg Janne MianDemoted12 November 2014Pre-season Magnus Haglund12 November 2014Kalmar FF Hans EklundSacked14 November 2014Pre-season 24 November 2014Åtvidabergs FF Peter SwärdhMutual termination15 November 2014Pre-season Roar Hansen12 December 2014Halmstads BK Jens GustafssonSacked19 November 2014Pre-season Jan Jönsson19 November 2014

League table

Positions by round

Results

Play-offs The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2015 Superettan in a Two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

3–3 on aggregate. Falkenbergs FF won on away goals.

Season statistics

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Emir KujovićIFK Norrköping212 Henok GoitomAIK183 Marcus AntonssonKalmar FF12 Nyasha MushekwiDjurgårdens IF Johan OremoGefle IF Robin SimovićHelsingborgs IF7 Viktor ClaessonIF Elfsborg11 PaulinhoBK Häcken Markus RosenbergMalmö FF

Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Viktor ClaessonIF Elfsborg10 Arnór Ingvi TraustasonIFK Norrköping3 Astrit AjdarevićÖrebro SK9 Magnus Wolff EikremMalmö FF5 Kristian BergströmÅtvidabergs FF86 Pa DibbaGIF Sundsvall6 Nikola ĐurđićMalmö FF Jonas LanttoGefle IF Kerim MrabtiDjurgårdens IF Haris RadetinacDjurgårdens IF Fredrik TorsteinbøHammarby IF Calle WedeFalkenbergs FF

Top goalkeepers (Minimum of 10 games played) RankGoalkeeperClub1 John AlvbågeIFK Göteborg302281142 David Mitov NilssonIFK Norrköping3033769 Patrik CarlgrenAIK25268 Gustav JanssonÅtvidabergs FF112125 Stojan LukićHalmstads BK2943758 Otto MartlerFalkenbergs FF30568 Johan WilandMalmö FF14127 Christoffer KällqvistBK Häcken13155 Jacob RinneÖrebro SK1420210 Pär HanssonHelsingborgs IF2334746

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Søren RieksIFK GöteborgBK Häcken4–016 August 2015 PaulinhoBK HäckenHalmstads BK4–114 September 2015 Martin BrobergÖrebro SKIF Elfsborg4–221 September 2015 PaulinhoBK HäckenIF Elfsborg5–225 October 2015 Sebastian AnderssonDjurgårdens IFGIF Sundsvall4–231 October 2015

Scoring First goal of the season: Kennedy Bakircioglu for Hammarby IF against BK Häcken (4 April 2015) Largest winning margin: 6 goals IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK (2 August 2015) Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF (18 October 2015) Highest scoring game: 7 goals AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (3 June 2015) Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (23 September 2015) BK Häcken 5–2 IF Elfsborg (25 October 2015) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK (2 August 2015) Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF (18 October 2015) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (3 June 2015) Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (23 September 2015) Fewest games failed to score in: 2 IFK Norrköping Most games failed to score in: 14 Halmstads BK

Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 14 IFK Göteborg Fewest clean sheets: 4 GIF Sundsvall Åtvidabergs FF Örebro SK

Discipline Most yellow cards (club): 62 Malmö FF Most yellow cards (player): 9 Marcus Rohdén (IF Elfsborg) Daniel Sjölund (IFK Norrköping) Most red cards (club): 5 Åtvidabergs FF Most red cards (player): 2 Daniel Hallingström (Åtvidabergs FF) Most fouls (player): 71 Robin Simović (Helsingborgs IF)

2015 Allsvenskan

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