2020 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2020
Season information
Winners	Malmö FF 24th Allsvenskan title 21st Swedish title
Relegated	Helsingborgs IF Falkenbergs FF
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa Conference League	IF Elfsborg BK Häcken
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	674
Average	2.81 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Christoffer Nyman (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Häcken 6–0 Elfsborg (16 July 2020)
Biggest away win	Mjällby 0–5 Elfsborg (23 July 2020)
Highest scoring	Sirius 2–5 Malmö (26 July 2020) Örebro 4–3 Norrköping (30 August 2020) Varbergs 5–2 Hammarby (10 November 2020) Norrköping 3–4 Helsingborgs (6 December 2020)
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The 2020 Allsvenskan, part of the 2020 Swedish football season, was the 96th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. Djurgårdens IF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.

The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April and end on 8 November 2020 (not including play-off matches), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden the opening games of the season were delayed. On 4 June 2020, the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced that the travel restrictions within Sweden were lifted. There were therefore no restrictions that were prohibiting resuming league play in Sweden and the Swedish Football Association announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would resume on 14 June 2020.

Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 24th Allsvenskan title and 21st Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 8 November 2020 when they won 4–0 against IK Sirius at home.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but was postponed indefinitely on 19 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. On 17 April, a target start date of 14 June was established for the competition by chairman of the Swedish Football Association, Karl-Erik Nilsson. It was initially speculated that matches would not be played behind closed doors, as the country had not gone into lockdown like other European countries at the time. The guidelines and rules issued by the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden did however prevent a start of the 2020 Allsvenskan, as they advised against all non-essential travel within Sweden, which would limit the possibilities of Allsvenskan teams to travel to the Allsvenskan games. On 4 June 2020, it was announced that the Swedish travel restrictions were lifted and there were therefore no restrictions preventing Allsvenskan to resume play. The Swedish Football Association accordingly announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would commence on 14 June 2020.

New guidelines regarding league play were issued on 8 June 2020, which detailed that due to the ban on gathering of more than 50 people in Sweden, all games were to be played without any attendance. Other guidelines included that no players with symptoms were allowed to travel or play and that the travel option with the most limited number of social contacts should be used (which means bus travel for the majority of teams).

Teams

A total of sixteen teams were contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season, and two promoted teams from the 2019 Superettan.

GIF Sundsvall and AFC Eskilstuna were relegated at the end of the 2019 season after finishing at the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2019 Superettan champions Mjällby AIF and runners-up Varbergs BoIS.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	Stadium capacity
AIK	Solna	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	Natural	5,565
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
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Nya Studenternas	Artificial	10,000
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Stadion	Natural	22,500
Mjällby AIF	Hällevik	Strandvallen	Natural	6,750
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500
Örebro SK	Örebro	Eyravallen	Artificial	12,300
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	8,466

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 sponsor
AIK	Grzelak, BartoszBartosz Grzelak	Goitom, HenokHenok Goitom	Nike	Notar
BK Häcken	Alm, AndreasAndreas Alm	Lindgren, RasmusRasmus Lindgren	Puma	BRA
Djurgårdens IF	Bergstrand, KimKim Bergstrand Lagerlöf, ThomasThomas Lagerlöf	Karlström, JesperJesper Karlström	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF	Eklund, HansHans Eklund	Joza, TiborTibor Joza	Adidas	Gekås Ullared
Hammarby IF	Billborn, StefanStefan Billborn	Andersen, JeppeJeppe Andersen	Craft	Jobman
Helsingborgs IF	Mellberg, OlofOlof Mellberg	Granqvist, AndreasAndreas Granqvist	Puma	Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg	Thelin, JimmyJimmy Thelin	Heltne Nilsen, SivertSivert Heltne Nilsen	Umbro	Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg	Nilsson, RolandRoland Nilsson	Söder, RobinRobin Söder	Craft	Serneke
IFK Norrköping	Gustafsson, JensJens Gustafsson	Fransson, AlexanderAlexander Fransson	Nike	Holmen
IK Sirius	Rydström, HenrikHenrik Rydström	Thor, NiklasNiklas Thor	Select	Various
Kalmar FF	Bergstrand, NanneNanne Bergstrand	Elm, ViktorViktor Elm	Select	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Tomasson, Jon DahlJon Dahl Tomasson	Christiansen, AndersAnders Christiansen	Puma	Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF	Lantz, MarcusMarcus Lantz	Löfquist, DavidDavid Löfquist	Puma	Various
Varbergs BoIS	Persson, JoakimJoakim Persson	Selmani, AstritAstrit Selmani	Craft	Various
Örebro SK	Kjäll, AxelAxel Kjäll	Gerzić, NordinNordin Gerzić	Puma	ÖBAB
Östersunds FK	Azrafshan, AmirAmir Azrafshan	Keita, AlyAly Keita	Adidas	Volkswagen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Mjällby AIF	Miloš Milojević	End of contract	1 December 2019	Pre-season	Marcus Lantz	10 December 2019
Malmö FF	Uwe Rösler	Mutual consent	13 December 2019		Jon Dahl Tomasson	5 January 2020
Kalmar FF	Jens Nilsson	End of caretaker spell	13 December 2019		Nanne Bergstrand	13 December 2019
Östersunds FK	Ian Burchnall	Mutual consent	11 July 2020	15th	Amir Azrafshan	11 July 2020
AIK	Rikard Norling	Sacked	27 July 2020	12th	Bartosz Grzelak	31 July 2020
IFK Göteborg	Poya Asbaghi	Sacked	3 September 2020	12th	Roland Nilsson	11 September 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF  (C)	30	17	9	4	64	30	+34	60	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg	30	12	15	3	49	38	+11	51	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	BK Häcken	30	12	13	5	45	29	+16	49
4	Djurgårdens IF	30	14	6	10	48	33	+15	48
5	Mjällby AIF	30	13	8	9	48	44	+4	47
6	IFK Norrköping	30	13	7	10	60	46	+14	46
7	Örebro SK	30	12	6	12	37	41	−4	42
8	Hammarby IF	30	10	11	9	47	47	0	41
9	AIK	30	10	9	11	30	33	−3	39
10	IK Sirius	30	9	11	10	43	51	−8	38
11	Varbergs BoIS	30	10	7	13	45	44	+1	37
12	IFK Göteborg	30	7	13	10	35	41	−6	34
13	Östersunds FK	30	8	9	13	27	46	−19	33
14	Kalmar FF  (O)	30	6	10	14	30	49	−19	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Helsingborgs IF  (R)	30	5	11	14	33	48	−15	26	Relegation to Superettan
16	Falkenbergs  (R)	30	5	9	16	33	54	−21	24

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2020 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

Times are in CET (UTC+01:00)

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9 December 2020 18:00	Jönköpings Södra IF	1–3	Kalmar FF	Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
	Lowe  3'	Report	Lowe  11' (o.g.) Ring  19' Herrem  55'

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13 December 2020 13:00	Kalmar FF	1–0	Jönköpings Södra IF	Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar Referee: Glenn Nyberg
	Fröling  80'	Report

Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Season statistics

Top scorers As of 6 December 2020 Rank Player Club Goals 1 Christoffer Nyman IFK Norrköping 18 2 Astrit Selmani Varbergs BoIS 15 3 Isaac Kiese Thelin Malmö FF 14 Moses Ogbu Mjällby AIF 5 Anders Christiansen Malmö FF 13 6 Nahir Besara Örebro SK 12 Aron Jóhannsson Hammarby IF Stefano Vecchia IK Sirius

Top assists As of 6 December 2020 Rank Player Club Assists 1 Sead Hakšabanović IFK Norrköping 11 Gustav Ludwigson Hammarby IF 3 Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson IFK Norrköping 9 Alexander Kačaniklić Hammarby IF 5 Johan Larsson IF Elfsborg 8 6 Jo Inge Berget Malmö FF 7 Axel Björnström IK Sirius Sebastian Larsson AIK Haris Radetinac Djurgårdens IF Tobias Sana IFK Göteborg

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Fredrik Ulvestad	Djurgårdens IF	Kalmar FF	5–0	28 June 2020
Deniz Hümmet	Örebro SK	IFK Norrköping	4–3	30 August 2020
Muamer Tanković	Hammarby IF	IFK Göteborg	4–0	10 September 2020
Jonathan Levi	IFK Norrköping	Varbergs BoIS	3–1	18 October 2020
Astrit Selmani	Varbergs BoIS	Hammarby IF	5–2	8 November 2020
Christoffer Nyman	IFK Norrköping	Falkenbergs FF	4–1	23 November 2020

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10
  • Jesper Karlström (Djurgården)

• Most red cards: 3
  • Simon Strand (Elfsborg)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 49
  • Hammarby IF

• Most red cards: 5
  • IF Elfsborg

Kits

External links

• Official website (Swedish)