2021 Allsvenskan

The 2021 Allsvenskan was the 97th season since its establishment in 1924 of Sweden's top-level football league, Allsvenskan. A total of 16 teams participated. Malmö FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season, and they defended the championship in the 30th and final round on 4 December 2021 and secured their 22nd Swedish championship title by playing a scoreless tie at home against Halmstads BK, resulting in Malmö FF winning the title on better goal difference than the runner-up (AIK). This was the first time the title was defended since 2017, and the third consecutive defense of the title that went to Malmö FF, having also defended the title in 2014.

The 2021 Allsvenskan season began on 10 April and ended on 4 December 2021 (not including play-off matches).

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season, and two promoted teams from the 2020 Superettan.

Falkenbergs FF and Helsingborgs IF (both relegated after two years in the top flight) were relegated at the end of the 2020 season after finishing at the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2020 Superettan champions Halmstads BK (promoted after a three-year absence) and runners-up Degerfors IF (promoted after a twenty-three-year absence).

Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Turf Stadium capacityAIKSolnaNationalarenanNatural50,000BK HäckenGothenburgNya RambergsvallenArtificial6,500Degerfors IFDegerforsStora VallaNatural7,500Djurgårdens IFStockholmStockholmsarenanArtificial30,000Halmstads BKHalmstadÖrjans VallNatural11,100Hammarby IFStockholmStockholmsarenanArtificial30,000IF ElfsborgBoråsBorås ArenaArtificial16,899IFK GöteborgGothenburgGamla UlleviNatural18,600IFK NorrköpingNorrköpingNya ParkenArtificial15,734IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPArtificial10,000Kalmar FFKalmarKalmar ArenaNatural12,000Malmö FFMalmöMalmö Nya StadionNatural22,500Mjällby AIFHällevikStrandvallenNatural6,750Varbergs BoISVarbergPåskbergsvallenNatural4,500Örebro SKÖrebroEyravallenArtificial12,300Östersunds FKÖstersundÖstersund ArenaArtificial8,466

Personnel and kits All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Unibet as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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 coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsorAIK Nike NotarBK Häcken Puma BRADegerfors IF UmbroVariousDjurgårdens IF Adidas Prioritet Finans Halmstads BK PumaVarious Hammarby IF Craft Huski ChocolateIF Elfsborg Umbro Sparbanken SjuhäradIFK Göteborg Craft SernekeIFK Norrköping Nike HolmenIK Sirius Select VariousKalmar FF Select HjältevadshusMalmö FF Puma VolkswagenMjällby AIF PumaVariousVarbergs BoIS Craft VariousÖrebro SK Select Behrn FastigheterÖstersunds FK Adidas Volkswagen

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentMjällby AIF Marcus LantzEnd of contract6 December 2020.Pre-season Christian Järdler20 December 2020IK Sirius Henrik RydströmResigned6 December 2020 Daniel Bäckström14 December 2020Kalmar FF Nanne BergstrandEnd of contract15 December 2020 Henrik Rydström29 December 2020IFK Norrköping Jens GustafssonMutual consent19 December 2020 Rikard Norling23 December 2020BK Häcken Andreas AlmSigned by OB1 June 202116th Per-Mathias Høgmo12 June 2021Örebro SK Axel KjällPromoted to Director of Football Operations25 May 202115th Vítor Gazimba2 June 2021IFK Göteborg Roland NilssonSacked2 June 202110th Mikael Stahre2 June 2021Hammarby IF Stefan BillbornSacked11 June 20218th 13 June 2021Mjällby AIF Christian JärdlerSacked3 August 202115th Anders Torstensson3 August 2021Östersunds FK Amir AzrafshanSacked2 September 202116th Per Joar Hansen2 September 2021Örebro SK Vítor GazimbaSacked7 October 202115th Marcus Lantz7 October 2021

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Relegation play-offs The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2021 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

Helsingborgs IF won 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted.

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Samuel Adegbenro IFK Norrköping 17 2 Antonio Čolak Malmö FF 14 Victor Edvardsen Degerfors IF 4 Oliver Berg Kalmar FF 12 Christian Kouakou IK Sirius Nicolás Stefanelli AIK7 Alexander Jeremejeff BK Häcken11 Gustav Ludwigson Hammarby IF9 Nabil Bahoui AIK10 Marcus Berg IFK Göteborg Blair Turgott Östersunds FK

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Blair TurgottÖstersunds FKÖrebro SK5–018 April 2021 Victor EdvardsenDegerfors IFÖrebro SK3–018 May 2021 Blair TurgottÖstersunds FKIF Elfsborg3–119 September 2021 Astrit Selmani4 goalsHammarby IFKalmar FF5–34 December 2021

Discipline

Player Most yellow cards: 12 Sebastian Larsson (AIK)

Most red cards: 2 Johan Hammar (BK Häcken) Luke Le Roux (Varbergs BoIS)

Club Most yellow cards: 78 Varbergs BoIS

Most red cards: 5 IF Elfsborg

Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Magnus ErikssonDjurgårdenGoalkeeper of the Year Carljohan ErikssonMjällby AIFDefender of the Year Hjalmar EkdalDjurgårdens IFMidfielder of the Year Magnus ErikssonDjurgårdens IF Striker of the Year Samuel AdegbenroNorrköpingBreakthrough of the Year Veljko BirmančevićMalmö FF Coach of the Year Henrik RydströmKalmar FF

2021 Allsvenskan

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