2022 Allsvenskan

98th season of Allsvenskan
Football league season
Allsvenskan
Season2022
Dates2 April 2022 –
6 November 2022
ChampionsBK Häcken
1st Allsvenskan title
1st Swedish title
RelegatedHelsingborg
GIF Sundsvall
Champions LeagueBK Häcken
Europa Conference LeagueDjurgården
Hammarby
Matches played240
Goals scored662 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Jeremejeff
(22)
Biggest home winDjurgården 5–0 IFK Värnamo
(16 July 2022)
BK Häcken 5–0 Helsingborg
(8 August 2022)
Biggest away winDegerfors 0–6 Elfsborg
(1 May 2022)
Highest scoringElfsborg 4–4 BK Häcken
(31 July 2022)
Longest winning runDjurgården
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runBK Häcken
(15 matches)
Longest winless runGIF Sundsvall
(12 matches)
Longest losing runGIF Sundsvall
(9 matches)
Highest attendance45,117
AIK 2–2 Hammarby
(28 August 2022)
Lowest attendance802
Degerfors 1–2 BK Häcken
(9 April 2022)
Average attendance9,958
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2023 →

The 2022 Allsvenskan was the 98th 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.

The 2022 Allsvenskan season began on 2 April and ended on 6 November 2022 (not including play-off matches).

Highlights

On 30 October 2022, BK Häcken secured their first Swedish championship title in the 29th and penultimate round by defeating IFK Göteborg, 4–0, in a Gothenburg derby at Gamla Ullevi.[1]

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, and three promoted teams from the 2021 Superettan (IFK Värnamo, GIF Sundsvall and Helsingborg).


Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Turf Stadium capacity
AIK Stockholm Nationalarenan[note 1] Natural 50,000
BK Häcken Gothenburg Nya Rambergsvallen[note 2] Artificial 6,500
Degerfors IF Degerfors Stora Valla Natural 7,500
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Stockholmsarenan[note 3] Artificial 30,000
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall Idrottsparken[note 4] Artificial 8,000
Hammarby IF Stockholm Stockholmsarenan[note 5] Artificial 30,000
Helsingborgs IF Helsingborg Olympia Natural 16,500
IF Elfsborg Borås Borås Arena Artificial 16,899
IFK Göteborg Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,600
IFK Norrköping Norrköping Nya Parken[note 6] Artificial 15,734
IFK Värnamo Värnamo Finnvedsvallen Natural 5,000
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP Artificial 10,038
Kalmar FF Kalmar Kalmar Arena[note 7] Natural 12,000
Malmö FF Malmö Malmö Nya Stadion[note 8] Natural 22,500
Mjällby AIF Hällevik Strandvallen Natural 6,750
Varbergs BoIS Varberg Påskbergsvallen[note 9] Natural 4,500
  1. ^ Known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  2. ^ Known as Bravida Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  3. ^ Known as Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  4. ^ Known as NP3 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  5. ^ Known as Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  6. ^ Known as Platinumcars Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  7. ^ Known as Guldfågeln Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  8. ^ Known as Eleda Stadion for sponsorship reasons.
  9. ^ Known as Varberg Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.

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 sponsor
AIK Eritrea Henok Goitom Sweden Sebastian Larsson Nike Notar
BK Häcken Norway Per-Mathias Høgmo Sweden Erik Friberg Puma BRA
Degerfors IF Sweden Andreas Holmberg
Sweden Tobias Solberg 		Sweden Johan Bertilsson Umbro Various
Djurgårdens IF Sweden Kim Bergstrand
Sweden Thomas Lagerlöf 		Sweden Magnus Eriksson Adidas Prioritet Finans
GIF Sundsvall United States Brian Clarhaut Sweden Pontus Engblom Adidas Various
Hammarby IF Spain Martí Cifuentes Sweden Richard Magyar Craft Huski Chocolate
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Mattias Lindström
Brazil Álvaro Santos 		Faroe Islands Viljormur Davidsen Puma AKEA
IF Elfsborg Sweden Jimmy Thelin Sweden Johan Larsson Umbro Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg Sweden Mikael Stahre Sweden Marcus Berg Craft Serneke
IFK Norrköping Denmark Glen Riddersholm Sweden Christoffer Nyman Adidas Holmen
IFK Värnamo Sweden Kim Hellberg Sweden Freddy Winsth Puma Various
IK Sirius Sweden Daniel Bäckström Sweden Tim Björkström Select Various
Kalmar FF Sweden Henrik Rydström Norway Oliver Berg Select ICA Supermarket Borgholm
Malmö FF Norway Åge Hareide Denmark Anders Christiansen Puma Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF Sweden Andreas Brännström Sweden David Löfquist Puma Various
Varbergs BoIS Sweden Joakim Persson Sweden Jon Birkfeldt Craft Various

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
IFK Värnamo Sweden Robin Asterhed End of contract 18 November 2021[2] Pre-season Sweden Kim Hellberg 6 December 2021[3]
Hammarby IF Serbia Miloš Milojević Sacked 13 December 2021[4] Spain Martí Cifuentes 12 January 2022[5]
Mjällby AIF Sweden Anders Torstensson End of contract 29 December 2021[6] Sweden Andreas Brännström 29 December 2021[7]
Malmö FF Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson Mutual consent 30 December 2021[8] Serbia Miloš Milojević 7 January 2022[9]
Helsingborgs IF Sweden Jörgen Lennartsson Sacked 22 May 2022[10] 15th Sweden Mattias Lindström
Brazil Álvaro Santos 		31 May 2022[11]
IFK Norrköping Sweden Rikard Norling Sacked 11 July 2022[12] 11th Denmark Glen Riddersholm 8 Aug 2022[13]
GIF Sundsvall Sweden Henrik Åhnstrand Sacked 28 July 2022[14] 15th United States Brian Clarhaut 28 July 2022[14]
Malmö FF Serbia Miloš Milojević Sacked 29 July 2022[15] 5th Sweden Andreas Georgson (interim) 29 July 2022[15]
AIK Sweden Bartosz Grzelak Sacked 19 August 2022[16] 5th Eritrea Henok Goitom (interim) 19 August 2022[16]
Malmö FF Sweden Andreas Georgson End of interim spell 6 September 2022[17] 7th Norway Åge Hareide 6 September 2022[17]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BK Häcken (C) 30 18 10 2 69 37 +32 64 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Djurgårdens IF 30 17 6 7 55 25 +30 57 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Hammarby IF 30 16 8 6 60 27 +33 56
4 Kalmar FF 30 15 6 9 41 27 +14 51
5 AIK 30 14 8 8 45 36 +9 50
6 IF Elfsborg 30 13 10 7 55 35 +20 49
7 Malmö FF 30 13 7 10 44 34 +10 46
8 IFK Göteborg 30 14 3 13 42 39 +3 45
9 Mjällby AIF 30 11 10 9 33 33 0 43
10 IFK Värnamo 30 9 10 11 34 47 −13 37
11 IK Sirius 30 9 8 13 31 42 −11 35
12 IFK Norrköping 30 8 10 12 40 42 −2 34
13 Degerfors IF 30 7 10 13 32 49 −17 31
14 Varbergs BoIS (O) 30 8 7 15 31 57 −26 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Helsingborgs IF (R) 30 4 5 21 22 52 −30 17 Relegation to Superettan
16 GIF Sundsvall (R) 30 4 2 24 28 80 −52 14
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated


Positions by round

Source: Svenska Fotbollförbundet (The Swedish Football Association)

Results by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AIKLWLWWWWDDWDLDWWWLDWDWLDDWWLLWL
BK HäckenWWLDDWWWWWDDWWLDWWWWDDDDWWWWWD
Degerfors IFLLLLLLWWLLDLDLLWLDLWDDDWDDWWDD
Djurgårdens IFWLWDLWDDWLWWWWWWDWDWWDWLLLWWWL
GIF SundsvallLLLWLLLLWLLWDLLLLLLLLLDLWLLLLL
Hammarby IFWWWWWDLDWLDLWWWLWWWDLDDDWWDLWW
Helsingborgs IFLLLWDLLLLLLDLDWDLDWLLWLLLLLLLL
IF ElfsborgLDWLWWDLWDWDDLLDDDDLWWWWLDWWWW
IFK GöteborgWWWDLLLDLWWWLDWWWLLWWLLLLWLWLW
IFK NorrköpingLLLDWWWWLDDLDLLLWDLDWLDWDLWDLD
IFK VärnamoLDLDWLLDWWLLDLLWDDDLWWWWDLWDDL
IK SiriusWDWLLLWWDLLWDWLLWDLLLLLDDWDDWL
Kalmar FFLWWLLWWLWDWDDLWLWLWWWDDWWWLDLW
Malmö FFWDWDWDWLLWWLWWWLLWDLLWWDDLLLWD
Mjällby AIFWWLWDWLDLDDWLDWWDLDWLDDLDLWWLW
Varbergs BoISWLWLDLLDWLLWLDLWLDDDLWLDLWLLLW
Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away AIK BKH DEG DIF GIFS HAM HIF IFE IFKG IFKN IFKV IKS KFF MFF MAIF VAR
AIK 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
BK Häcken 4–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 4–1 4–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1
Degerfors IF 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–6 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Djurgårdens IF 1–2 0–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 3–2 4–0 0–1 4–0
GIF Sundsvall 0–2 1–5 2–3 2–5 1–5 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–3 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–3
Hammarby 3–3 2–2 5–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 5–1
Helsingborgs IF 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3
IF Elfsborg 2–2 4–4 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 4–1
IFK Göteborg 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
IFK Norrköping 2–4 1–1 2–0 0–1 5–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–1
IFK Värnamo 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0
IK Sirius 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–3
Kalmar FF 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0
Malmö FF 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0
Mjällby AIF 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–1
Varbergs BoIS 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–4 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–3 2–5 0–0
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan will meet the third-placed team from 2022 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

Östers IF1–2Varbergs BoIS
Report
Attendance: 6,705
Varbergs BoIS2–1Östers IF
 Report
Attendance: 3,738

Varbergs BoIS won 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Sweden Alexander Jeremejeff Häcken AIK 4–2 2 April 2022
Sweden Rasmus Alm Elfsborg Degerfors 0–6 1 May 2022
Sweden Abdelrahman Saidi Degerfors Sundsvall 2–3 9 May 2022
Sweden Alexander Jeremejeff Häcken Elfsborg 4–4 31 July 2022
Sweden Oscar Uddenäs Häcken Helsingborg 5–0 8 August 2022
Sweden Marcus Antonsson Värnamo Helsingborg 3–2 5 September 2022
Sweden Victor Edvardsen Djurgården Göteborg 3–0 18 September 2022
Sweden Ola Toivonen Malmö Varberg 5–2 30 October 2022

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Annual awards

Award[20] Winner Club
Player of the Year Sweden Alexander Jeremejeff BK Häcken
Goalkeeper of the Year Brazil Ricardo Friedrich Kalmar FF
Defender of the Year Norway Even Hovland BK Häcken
Midfielder of the Year Denmark Mikkel Rygaard BK Häcken
Striker of the Year Sweden Alexander Jeremejeff BK Häcken
Breakthrough of the Year Sweden Hugo Larsson Malmö FF
Coach of the Year Norway Per-Mathias Högmo BK Häcken

See also

  • iconAssociation football portal
  • flagSweden portal

References

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  2. ^ "Pressrelease: Robin går till Malmö FF för nya uppdrag". ifkvarnamo.se (in Swedish). IFK Värnamo. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Kim Hellberg ny huvudtränare i IFK Värnamo". ifkvarnamo.se (in Swedish). IFK Värnamo. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Hammarby och Milos Milojevic går skilda vägar". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Martí Cifuentes Hammarbys nye huvudtränare". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Anders Torstensson fortsätter inte i Mjällby AIF". maif.se (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Andreas Brännström ny tränare i Mjällby AIF". maif.se (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Jon Dahl Tomasson lämnar Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Milos Milojevic!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  10. ^ "HIF och Jörgen Lennartsson går skilda vägar". hif.se (in Swedish). Helsingborgs IF. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  11. ^ "HÁlvaro Santos & Mattias Lindström permanenta huvudtränare". hif.se (in Swedish). Helsingborgs IF. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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  13. ^ "Glen Riddersholm Ny tränare för IFK Norrköping". ifknorrkoping.se (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  14. ^ a b "GIF Sundsvall och Henrik Åhnstrand går skilda vägar". gifsundsvall.se (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Malmö FF avslutar samarbetet med Milos Milojevic". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Förändringar i herrlagets ledarstab". aikfotboll.se (in Swedish). AIK. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Åge Hareide huvudtränare säsongen ut". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Swedish Allsvenskan Card Stats; Svenskfotboll". 24 April 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Swedish Allsvenskan Card Stats & Referee Stats | the Stats Don't Lie". 24 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Tog storslam i Allsvenskans stora pris: "Det trodde jag aldrig..."". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

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