Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	13 January 1924
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	Superettan
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Malmö FF (27th title) (2024)
Most successful club	Malmö FF (24 titles)
TV	Eurosport
Website	Official website
2025

Allsvenskan also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan. Seasons run from April to November, with teams playing 30 matches each, totaling 240 matches in the season.

The league was created in 1924. Before that, the top league in Sweden was called Svenska Serien. The winner is awarded Lennart Johanssons Pokal. It is ranked 23rd in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, just ahead of the Scottish Premier League and below the Croatian Prva HNL. The current champions are Malmö FF, who won the title in the 2020 season.

Clubs

A total of 67 clubs have played in Allsvenskan from its inception in 1924 up to and including the 2024 season. No club have been a member of the league for every season since its inception. AIK is the club to have participated in most seasons with a record of 91 seasons played out of 100 seasons in total. Malmö FF has the record of most consecutive seasons, 63 consecutive seasons between 1936–37 and 1999. IFK Göteborg are currently the club with the longest running streak, playing their 48th season in 2024.

The following 16 clubs are competing in Allsvenskan during the 2021 season:

Club	Position in 2020	First season	Number of seasons	First season of current spell	Titles	Last title
AIK	9th	1924–25	91	2006	6	2018
BK Häcken	3rd	1983	19	2009	0	N/A
Degerfors IF	2nd in Superettan	1940-41	5	2021	0	N/A
Djurgårdens IF	4th	1927–28	64	2001	7	2019
Halmstads BK	1st in Superettan	1933-34	54	2021	4	2000
Hammarby IF	8th	1924–25	51	2015	1	2001
IF Elfsborg	2nd	1926–27	76	1997	6	2012
IFK Göteborg	12th	1924–25	87	1977	13	2007
IFK Norrköping	6th	1924–25	79	2011	13	2015
IK Sirius	10th	1969	6	2017	0	N/A
Kalmar FF	14th	1949–50	32	2004	1	2008
Malmö FF	1st	1931–32	84	2001	24	2020
Mjällby AIF	5th	1980	9	2020	0	N/A
Varbergs BoIS	11th	2020	1	2020	0	N/A
Örebro SK	7th	1946–47	51	2014	0	N/A
Östersunds FK	13th	2016	4	2016	0	N/A

Stadiums and locations

Current team and stadiums:

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AIK	Solna	Friends Arena	54,000
BK Häcken	Göteborg	Bravida Arena	6,500
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	7,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	33,000
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	10,873
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	33,000
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Göteborg	Gamla Ullevi	18,900
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	PlatinumCars Arena	15,734
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Nya Studenternas	10,000
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	12,182
Malmö FF	Malmö	Eleda Stadion	22,500
Mjällby AIF	Hällevik	Strandvallen	6,750
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Varberg Energi Arena	4,500
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	12,645
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	9,500

Managers

The current managers in Allsvenskan are:

	Name	Club	Appointed
SWE !	Eklund, HansHans Eklund	Falkenbergs FF	02014-11-26-26 November 2014
SWE !	Gustafsson, JensJens Gustafsson	IFK Norrköping	02016-06-01-1 June 2016
SWE !	Kjäll, AxelAxel Kjäll	Örebro SK	02017-08-28-28 August 2017
SWE !	Persson, JoakimJoakim Persson	Varbergs BoIS	02017-11-01-November 2017
SWE !	Thelin, JimmyJimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg	02017-12-06-6 December 2017
SWE !	Alm, AndreasAndreas Alm	BK Häcken	02017-12-08-8 December 2017
SWE !	Billborn, StefanStefan Billborn	Hammarby IF	02018-01-10-10 January 2018
SWE !	Bergstrand, KimKim Bergstrand Lagerlöf, ThomasThomas Lagerlöf	Djurgårdens IF	02018-11-16-16 November 2018
SWE !	Rydström, HenrikHenrik Rydström	IK Sirius	02019-12-22-22 December 2019
SWE !	Mellberg, OlofOlof Mellberg	Helsingborgs IF	02019-09-03-3 September 2019
SWE !	Lantz, MarcusMarcus Lantz	Mjällby AIF	02019-12-10-10 December 2019
SWE !	Bergstrand, NanneNanne Bergstrand	Kalmar FF	02019-12-13-13 December 2019
SWE !	Tomasson, Jon DahlJon Dahl Tomasson	Malmö FF	02020-01-05-5 January 2020
ENG !	Azrafshan, AmirAmir Azrafshan	Östersunds FK	02020-07-11-11 July 2020
SWE !	Grzelak, BartoszBartosz Grzelak	AIK	02020-07-31-31 July 2020
SWE !	Nilsson, RolandRoland Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	02020-09-11-11 September 2020

External links

• Official Allsvenskan website
• Allsvenskan at the Swedish Football Association website