2016 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2016
Season information
Winners	Malmö FF 22nd Allsvenskan title 19th title
Relegated	Helsingborgs IF Gefle IF Falkenbergs FF
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa League	AIK Norrköping
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	737
Top goalscorer	John Owoeri (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Häcken 7–0 Falkenbergs (6 Nov 2016)
Biggest away win	Falkenbergs 0–5 Jönköpings (6 Aug 2016)
Highest scoring	Gefle 2–6 Göteborg (2 May 2016)
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The 2016 Allsvenskan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, is the 92nd season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The fixtures were released on 9 December 2015 and it included a meeting between the two most recent champions IFK Norrköping and Malmö FF (in Malmö) as the opening match, a replay of the last round of the previous season. The season started on 2 April 2016 and ended in November 2016.

IFK Norrköping were the defending champions after winning the title in the last round in the previous season. Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 22nd Allsvenskan title and 19th Swedish championship overall, in the 28th round on 26 October 2016 when they won 3–0 in the away fixture against Falkenbergs FF at Falkenbergs IP.

A total of 16 teams are contesting the league.

Suspended matches

IFK Göteborg vs. Malmö FF

The match at Gamla Ullevi between IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF on 27 April 2016 was abandoned after 77 minutes of play. A firecracker was thrown towards former IFK Göteborg player Tobias Sana from the home section. On 4 May, the Swedish Football Association's (SFA) disciplinary committee decided that the match would not continue and that the final score would be 0–3.

Jönköpings Södra IF vs. Östersunds FK

The match at Stadsparksvallen between Jönköpings Södra IF and Östersunds FK on 15 August 2016 was abandoned after 90 minutes of play. A spectator invaded the pitch and attacked Östersund's goalkeeper Aly Keita. Keita was advised by team phycisians to not finish the game. On 25 August, the Swedish Football Association's (SFA) disciplinary committee decided that the match would not continue and that the final score would be 0–3. However, the decision was overturned on 27 September and the final score would be 1-4.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the 2015 season and two promoted teams from the 2015 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2015 season managed to stay in the league, Hammarby IF and GIF Sundsvall.

Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2015 Superettan champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK. Jönköpings Södra IF returned to Allsvenskan after 46 years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 1969 season. This is Jönköpings Södra's 11th season in the league. Östersunds FK are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the first new club in Allsvenskan's history since Falkenbergs FF in 2014.

Falkenbergs FF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team IK Sirius 3–3 (away goals) on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf1	Stadium capacity1
AIK	Stockholm	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falkenbergs IP	Natural	4,000
Gefle IF	Gävle	Gavlevallen	Artificial	6,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Norrporten Arena	Artificial	7,700
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	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	Artificial	15,734
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Swedbank Stadion	Natural	24,000
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	Artificial	12,300
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	6,626

• ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

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 sponsor
AIK	Norling, RikardRikard Norling	Johansson, Nils-EricNils-Eric Johansson	Adidas	Åbro
BK Häcken	Gerhardsson, PeterPeter Gerhardsson	Ericsson, MartinMartin Ericsson	Nike	BRA Bygg
Djurgårdens IF	Dempsey, MarkMark Dempsey	Walker, KevinKevin Walker	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF	Eklund, HansHans Eklund	Svensson, DavidDavid Svensson	Nike	Gekås Ullared
Gefle IF	Andersson, ThomasThomas Andersson	Bååth, AndersAnders Bååth	Umbro	Various
GIF Sundsvall	Cedergren, JoelJoel Cedergren	Naurin, TommyTommy Naurin	Adidas	Various
Hammarby IF	Bergstrand, NanneNanne Bergstrand	Bakircioglu, KennedyKennedy Bakircioglu	Puma	LW
Helsingborgs IF	Larsson, HenrikHenrik Larsson	Larsson, PeterPeter Larsson	Puma	Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg	Haglund, MagnusMagnus Haglund	Stuhr Ellegaard, KevinKevin Stuhr Ellegaard	Umbro	Various
IFK Göteborg	Lennartsson, JörgenJörgen Lennartsson	Bjärsmyr, MattiasMattias Bjärsmyr	Kappa	Prioritet Finans
IFK Norrköping	Gustafsson, JensJens Gustafsson	Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	Nike	Holmen
Jönköpings Södra IF	Thelin, JimmyJimmy Thelin	Thelin, TommyTommy Thelin	Nike	Various
Kalmar FF	Swärdh, PeterPeter Swärdh	Elm, RasmusRasmus Elm	Hummel	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Kuhn, AllanAllan Kuhn	Rosenberg, MarkusMarkus Rosenberg	Puma	Volkswagen
Örebro SK	Axén, AlexanderAlexander Axén	Åhman Persson, RobertRobert Åhman Persson	Puma	None
Östersunds FK	Potter, GrahamGraham Potter	Dyer, AlexAlex Dyer	Adidas	Östersunds kommun

• ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Malmö FF	Åge Hareide	Resigned	2 December 2015	Pre-season	Kuhn, AllanAllan Kuhn	8 January 2016
AIK	Andreas Alm	Sacked	13 May 2016	9th	Rikard Norling	13 May 2016
IFK Norrköping	Janne Andersson	Resigned	29 May 2016	2nd	Jens Gustafsson	1 June 2016
Gefle IF	Roger Sandberg	Sacked	2 June 2016	15th	Thomas Andersson	2 June 2016
Djurgården IF	Pelle Olsson	Sacked	3 August 2016	14th	Mark Dempsey	3 August 2016
GIF Sundsvall	Roger Franzén	Sacked	17 September 2016	13th	Joel Cedergren	17 September 2016

League table

Template:2016 Allsvenskan table

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Malmö FF	1	7	12	8	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
AIK	9	4	6	10	9	9	11	9	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
IFK Norrköping	14	8	3	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	3
IFK Göteborg	3	2	2	4	8	10	7	5	6	6	6	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
IF Elfsborg	12	6	11	14	14	12	9	7	10	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	6	5	5	5	5
Kalmar FF	13	15	14	12	13	14	12	13	14	12	13	9	10	12	10	9	11	11	9	11	10	10	8	7	5	7	6	6	6	6
Östersunds FK	8	13	10	7	10	11	13	11	7	8	10	13	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	10	8	7	8
Örebro SK	16	9	4	9	6	3	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	5	7	7	8	9
Djurgårdens IF	2	1	1	1	3	7	3	8	11	13	8	10	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	9	7
Hammarby IF	11	14	7	5	7	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	11
BK Häcken	4	10	13	15	15	13	14	14	13	11	12	8	7	7	7	7	5	6	7	6	6	7	5	5	6	9	9	10	11	10
Jönköpings Södra IF	5	3	5	3	2	5	5	10	9	10	11	11	12	10	11	11	9	9	11	9	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
GIF Sundsvall	6	11	9	6	1	4	4	3	5	7	5	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Helsingborgs IF	7	12	15	13	11	6	8	6	8	9	9	12	13	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Gefle IF	10	5	8	11	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Falkenbergs FF	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Keys to colors
	Leader
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2017 Superettan

Updated to games played on 31 October 2016
Source: everysport.com

Results

Home \ Away

AIK

BKH

DIF

FFF

GIF

GIFS

HAM

HIF

IFE

IFKG

IFKN

JSIF

KFF

MFF

ÖSK

ÖFK

AIK

2–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

3–3

6–0

0–0

3–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

BK Häcken

2–3

3–1

7–0

6–1

0–1

4–2

1–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

3–1

2–3

2–4

0–1

3–1

Djurgårdens IF

0–3

1–0

5–0

2–1

1–3

1–3

3–0

2–2

3–1

0–1

0–2

0–3

3–1

3–2

3–0

Falkenbergs FF

2–3

1–4

1–2

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–4

1–2

0–2

2–1

0–5

1–2

0–3

1–3

1–2

Gefle IF

0–1

2–2

1–2

1–2

1–1

0–2

1–1

2–2

2–6

0–0

0–1

4–2

1–0

0–4

0–0

GIF Sundsvall

1–3

0–0

2–5

2–1

1–2

0–0

0–2

1–3

1–3

1–2

3–1

1–1

0–1

3–1

5–0

Hammarby IF

0–3

2–3

4–2

3–3

2–1

1–1

5–1

2–4

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–3

1–1

1–1

Helsingborgs IF

2–1

0–2

1–2

3–1

2–3

2–1

0–1

2–4

1–3

1–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

1–3

1–1

IF Elfsborg

2–2

2–4

3–0

5–0

2–0

4–0

4–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

3–3

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–1

IFK Göteborg

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–3

4–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–3

3–2

2–0

IFK Norrköping

4–1

3–1

1–3

2–1

2–0

3–1

3–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

5–1

4–1

1–2

3–1

3–3

Jönköpings Södra IF

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–2

0–1

3–2

1–1

1–1

Kalmar FF

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

2–3

3–2

4–2

0–1

0–1

1–1

3–2

2–0

Malmö FF

2–0

3–0

1–0

2–0

3–0

1–2

3–0

2–0

1–0

3–1

3–1

4–1

1–1

1–0

0–3

Örebro SK

0–2

0–0

0–2

3–2

2–2

3–3

3–2

0–0

1–0

3–2

2–2

2–1

2–1

0–3

1–5

Östersunds FK

0–2

2–1

1–0

6–1

2–4

4–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–4

2–4

Updated to games played on 31 October 2016
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2016 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

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17 November 2016 18:30	Halmstads BK	1–1	Helsingborgs IF	Örjans Vall, Halmstad Attendance: 6,104 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sigtuna)
	Helstrup  85' (o.g.)	Report	Eriksson  74'

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20 November 2016 13:30	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Halmstads BK	Olympia, Helsingborg Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)
	J. Larsson  82'	Report	Mathisen  87' (pen.), 90'

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Halmstads BK won 3–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 6 November 2016 Rank Player Club Goals 1 John Owoeri BK Häcken 17 2 Sebastian Andersson IFK Norrköping 14 Viðar Örn Kjartansson Malmö FF 4 Viktor Prodell IF Elfsborg 13 5 Michael Olunga Djurgårdens IF 12

Top assists As of 6 November 2016 Rank Player Club Assists 1 Magnus Wolff Eikrem Malmö FF 15 2 Alexander Farnerud BK Häcken 10 Simon Lundevall IF Elfsborg Nasiru Mohammed BK Häcken 5 Johan Bertilsson Gefle IF 9 6 Viktor Claesson IF Elfsborg 8 Stefan Ishizaki AIK

Top goalkeepers

As of 6 November 2016
(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	GA	SV%	CS
1	Andreas Vaikla	IFK Norrköping	13	12	79	5
2	Patrik Carlgren	AIK	28	24	78	14
3	Johan Wiland	Malmö FF	28	25	76	13
4	Andreas Andersson	Gefle IF	22	32	74	4
	Jacob Rinne	Örebro SK	12	21		2
6	John Alvbåge	IFK Göteborg	29	41	73	7
	Tommy Naurin	GIF Sundsvall	30	54		4
	Peter Abrahamsson	BK Häcken	29	45		3
9	Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard	IF Elfsborg	30	38	72	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Erik Israelsson	Hammarby IF	Helsingborgs IF	5–1	10 April 2016
Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Malmö FF	BK Häcken	3–0	1 May 2016
Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Malmö FF	Östersunds FK	1–4	28 May 2016
Issam Jebali	IF Elfsborg	GIF Sundsvall	4–0	22 August 2016
Peter Wilson	GIF Sundsvall	Jönköpings Södra IF	3–1	1 October 2016
Rômulo	Hammarby IF	Djurgårdens IF	4–2	17 October 2016
John Owoeri4	BK Häcken	Falkenbergs FF	7–0	6 November 2016

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

External links

• Official website (Swedish)