2023 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2023
Season information
Dates	1 April–12 November 2023
Winners	Malmö FF 26th Allsvenskan title 23rd Swedish title
Relegated	Degerfors IF Varbergs BoIS
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa League	IF Elfsborg
Conference League	BK Häcken Djurgårdens IF
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	665
Average	(2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Isaac Kiese Thelin (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Sirius 7–0 Varberg (16 September 2023)
Biggest away win	Varberg 0–6 Malmö FF (4 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Elfsborg 6–1 Halmstad (3 May 2023) Sirius 3–4 Elfsborg (8 May 2023) Häcken 6–1 Degerfors (13 May 2023) Hammarby 4–3 Djurgården (14 May 2023) Varberg 4–3 Brommapojkarna (3 September 2023) Sirius 7–0 Varberg (16 September 2023) Norrköping 4–3 Varberg (6 November 2023)
← 2022	2024 →

The 2023 Allsvenskan was the 99th season since its establishment in 1924 of Sweden's top-level football league, Allsvenskan. A total of 16 teams will participate. BK Häcken are the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. IF Brommapojkarna and Halmstads BK are promoted after finishing 1st and 2nd in Superettan 2022, while Varbergs BoIS staved off relegation by defeating 3rd placed Öster.

Malmö FF clinched their 23rd Swedish championship title and 26th Allsvenskan title on 12 November 2023, the final game day of the regular season, by defeating the other title competitor, IF Elfsborg, 1–0 at home. This was the first time since 2009 that the title was decided in the final round, and the first time since 2009 that it was decided in the final round in a game between the top two teams. IF Brommapojkarna were forced to defend their Allsvenskan status in a relegation series and Degerfors IF and Varbergs BoIS were directly relegated to the 2024 Superettan.

The 2023 Allsvenskan season began on 1 April and ended in November 2023 (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 2022 Superettan.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	Stadium capacity
AIK	Solna	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
IF Brommapojkarna	Stockholm	Grimsta IP	Artificial	5,000
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	7,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	10,873
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,600
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Nya Parken	Artificial	15,734
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Artificial	10,000
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Malmö Stadion	Natural	22,500
Mjällby AIF	Hällevik	Strandvallen	Natural	6,750
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500

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	Brännström, AndreasAndreas Brännström	Milošević, AlexanderAlexander Milošević	Nike	Notar
BK Häcken	Høgmo, Per-MathiasPer-Mathias Høgmo	Gustafson, SamuelSamuel Gustafson	Puma	BRA
Degerfors IF	Holmberg, AndreasAndreas Holmberg Solberg, TobiasTobias Solberg	Ohlsson, SebastianSebastian Ohlsson	Umbro	Various
Djurgårdens IF	Bergstrand, KimKim Bergstrand Lagerlöf, ThomasThomas Lagerlöf	Eriksson, MagnusMagnus Eriksson	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Hammarby IF	Cifuentes, MartíMartí Cifuentes	Besara, NahirNahir Besara	Craft	Huski Chocolate
Halmstads BK	Haglund, MagnusMagnus Haglund	Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	Puma
IF Brommapojkarna	Engelmark, AndreasAndreas Engelmark Mellberg, OlofOlof Mellberg	Sandberg Magnusson, GustavGustav Sandberg Magnusson	Nike	Bauhaus
IF Elfsborg	Thelin, JimmyJimmy Thelin	Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson	Umbro	Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg	Lundin, WilliamWilliam Lundin (caretaker) Tengryd, AlexanderAlexander Tengryd (caretaker)	Berg, MarcusMarcus Berg	Craft	Serneke
IFK Norrköping	Riddersholm, GlenGlen Riddersholm	Nyman, ChristofferChristoffer Nyman	Adidas	Holmen
IFK Värnamo	Hellberg, KimKim Hellberg	Winsth, FreddyFreddy Winsth	Puma
IK Sirius	Mattiasson, ChristerChrister Mattiasson	Mathisen, MarcusMarcus Mathisen	Select	Various
Kalmar FF	Jensen, HenrikHenrik Jensen	Friedrich, RicardoRicardo Friedrich	Select	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Rydström, HenrikHenrik Rydström	Christiansen, AndersAnders Christiansen	Puma	Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF	Torstensson, AndersAnders Torstensson	Löfquist, DavidDavid Löfquist	Puma	Various
Varbergs BoIS	Persson, JoakimJoakim Persson	Birkfeldt, JonJon Birkfeldt	Craft	Various

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Malmö FF	Åge Hareide	End of Contract	6 November 2022	Pre-season	Henrik Rydström	17 November 2022
Mjällby AIF	Andreas Brännström	End of contract	8 November 2022		Anders Torstensson	14 November 2022
AIK	Henok Goitom	End of interim spell	8 November 2022		Andreas Brännström	8 November 2022
IK Sirius	Daniel Bäckström	Mutual Consent	10 November 2022		Christer Mattiasson	5 December 2022
Kalmar FF	Henrik Rydström	Signed by Malmö FF	17 November 2022		Henrik Jensen	28 December 2022
IF Brommapojkarna	Christer Mattiasson	Signed by IK Sirius	5 December 2022		Olof Mellberg Andreas Engelmark	5 December 2022
IFK Göteborg	Mikael Stahre	Sacked	8 March 2023		Jens Berthel Askou	7 June 2023
Varbergs BoIS	Joakim Persson	Signed by AC Horsens	28 June 2023	16th	Martin Skogman (interim)	29 June 2023
AIK	Andreas Brännström	Sacked	2 July 2023	14th	Henning Berg	2 July 2023
Hammarby IF	Martí Cifuentes	Signed by Queens Park Rangers	30 October 2023	6th	Ábel Lőrincz (interim)	31 October 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	20	4	6	62	27	+35	64	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg	30	20	4	6	59	26	+33	64	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	BK Häcken	30	18	3	9	69	39	+30	57	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Djurgårdens IF	30	15	5	10	41	36	+5	50
5	IFK Värnamo	30	14	3	13	37	34	+3	45
6	Kalmar FF	30	13	6	11	35	40	−5	45
7	Hammarby IF	30	11	11	8	41	39	+2	44
8	IK Sirius	30	12	6	12	51	44	+7	42
9	IFK Norrköping	30	12	5	13	45	45	0	41
10	Mjällby AIF	30	12	5	13	32	34	−2	41
11	AIK	30	9	9	12	34	38	−4	36
12	Halmstads BK	30	9	9	12	30	44	−14	36
13	IFK Göteborg	30	8	10	12	33	37	−4	34
14	IF Brommapojkarna (O)	30	10	3	17	40	53	−13	33	Qualification for the Allsvenskan play-off
15	Degerfors IF (R)	30	7	5	18	30	62	−32	26	Relegation to Superettan
16	Varbergs BoIS (R)	30	3	6	21	26	67	−41	15

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) 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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	BKH	DEG	DIF	HBK	HAM	BP	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	IFKV	IKS	KFF	MFF	MAIF	VAR
AIK		1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
BK Häcken	2–0		6–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	4–1	4–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	4–2	3–0	2–0
Degerfors IF	2–1	1–0		2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–1
Djurgårdens IF	1–0	1–0	4–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Halmstads BK	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–5
Hammarby	4–2	2–2	3–1	4–3	2–2		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–0	2–0
IF Brommapojkarna	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0		0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	2–1
IF Elfsborg	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	6–1	2–0	5–0		1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	2–0	2–1
IFK Göteborg	1–1	4–2	6–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
IFK Norrköping	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	3–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–3
IFK Värnamo	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1		0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–1
IK Sirius	0–1	1–4	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	3–4	2–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–3	2–3	7–0
Kalmar FF	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2		1–0	0–2	1–0
Malmö FF	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0		1–2	5–0
Mjällby AIF	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–0		2–2
Varbergs BoIS	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–6	0–3

Source: Swedish Football Association
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 fourteenth-placed team (IF Brommapojkarna) faced the third-placed team from the 2023 Superettan (Utsiktens BK) in a two-legged tie for the final place in the 2024 Allsvenskan. The loser ended up in the 2024 Superettan.

24 November 2023 19:00	Utsiktens BK	0–7	IF Brommapojkarna	Bravida Arena, Gothenburg
			Vasić  3', 28', 69' Fritzson  11' Timossi Andersson  44' Johansson  84', 90'

27 November 2023 19:00	IF Brommapojkarna	0–0	Utsiktens BK	Grimsta IP, Stockholm

IF Brommapojkarna won 7–0 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Isaac Kiese Thelin Malmö FF 16 2 Bénie Traoré BK Häcken 12 3 Viktor Đukanović Hammarby IF 11 Gustav Engvall IFK Värnamo Sebastian Nanasi Malmö FF Jeppe Okkels IF Elfsborg 7 Wessam Abou Ali IK Sirius 10 Joakim Persson IK Sirius

Top goalkeepers (Minimum of 10 games played) Rank Goalkeeper Club GP GA SV% CS 1 Hákon Valdimarsson IF Elfsborg 29 22 78 13 2 Jonathan Rasheed IFK Värnamo 22 N/A 77 7 3 Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist Halmstads BK 16 N/A 75 6 4 Ricardo Friedrich Kalmar FF 27 N/A 74 8 5 Noel Törnqvist Mjällby AIF 27 N/A 73 7 Peter Abrahamsson BK Häcken 30 39 5 7 Oliver Dovin Hammarby IF 29 N/A 72 9 8 Jacob Widell Zetterström Djurgårdens IF 23 N/A 71 10 9 Johan Dahlin Malmö FF 29 N/A 70 12 Filip Sidklev IF Brommapojkarna 20 N/A 5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Isaac Kiese Thelin	Malmö FF	Hammarby IF	4–2	30 April 2023
Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF	Varbergs BoIS	6–0	4 May 2023
Joakim Persson	IK Sirius	Varbergs BoIS	7–0	16 September 2023
Momodou Sonko	BK Häcken	IFK Norrköping	4–1	22 October 2023
Joakim Persson	IK Sirius	Djurgårdens IF	4–2	4 November 2023
Ioannis Pittas	AIK Fotboll	IFK Varnamo	3–1	12 November 2023

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9
  • Adam Carlén (IFK Göteborg)
  • Jesper Ceesay (IFK Norrköping)
  • Anton Eriksson (IFK Norrköping)
  • Rasmus Schüller (Djurgårdens IF)
  • Robin Tranberg (Varbergs BoIS)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Ricardo Friedrich (Kalmar FF)
  • Anders Trondsen (IFK Göteborg)

Club

• Most yellow cards:

• Most red cards:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
April	Henrik Rydström	Malmö FF	Isaac Kiese Thelin	Malmö FF
May	Jimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg	Jacob Ondrejka	IF Elfsborg
July	Jimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg	Jeppe Okkels	IF Elfsborg
August	Jens Berthel Askou	IFK Göteborg	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	IFK Norrköping
September	Jens Berthel Askou	IFK Göteborg	Arbnor Muçolli	IFK Göteborg
October	Kim Hellberg	IFK Värnamo	Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF
Goalkeeper of the Year	Hákon Valdimarsson	IF Elfsborg
Defender of the Year	Gustaf Lagerbielke	IF Elfsborg
Midfielder of the Year	Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF
Forward of the Year	Isaac Kiese Thelin	Malmö FF
Young Player of the Year	Momodou Sonko	BK Häcken
Coach of the Year	Jimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg

External links

• Official website (Swedish)

2023 Swedish football
Domestic leagues
Allsvenskan · Superettan · Ettan
Domestic cups
Svenska Cupen (2022–23, 2023–24)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final) · UEFA Europa Conference League (Final)
2022                                                        2024