2008 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played on 30 March 2008 and the last matches were played on 9 November 2008.

Allsvenskan
Season2008
ChampionsKalmar FF
1st Allsvenskan title
1st Swedish championship title
RelegatedGIF Sundsvall
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK (via playoffs)
Champions LeagueKalmar FF
Europa LeagueIF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
Matches played240
Goals scored637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrik Ingelsten (19)
Biggest home winKalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping
(2 November 2008)[1]
Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall
(9 November 2008)[1]
Biggest away winGIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg
(29 September 2008)[1]
Highest scoringHammarby 3–6 Malmö FF
(3 November 2008)[1]
Highest attendance34,173
AIK 1–1 Djurgården
(24 April 2008)[1]
Lowest attendance1,427
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall
(22 September 2008)[1]
Average attendance7,787[2]
← 2007
2009 →

Participating clubs
Locations of the 2008 Allsvenskan teams
Club Last season First season
in league		 First season of
current spell
AIK5th1924–252006
Djurgårdens IF3rd1927–282001
IF Elfsborg4th1926–271997
GAIS11th1924–252006
Gefle IF10th1933–342005
IFK Göteborg1st1924–251977
Halmstads BK7th1933–341993
Hammarby IF6th1924–251998
Helsingborgs IF8th1924–251993
Kalmar FF2nd1949–502004
Ljungskile SK2nd (Superettan)19972008
Malmö FF9th1931–322001
IFK Norrköping1st (Superettan)1924–252008
GIF Sundsvall3rd (Superettan)19652008
Trelleborgs FF13th19852007
Örebro SK12th1946–472007

Managers
Club Coach
AIK Rikard Norling
Djurgårdens IF Sigurður Jónsson
IF Elfsborg Magnus Haglund
GAIS Magnus Pehrsson
Gefle IF Per Olsson
IFK Göteborg Stefan Rehn/ Jonas Olsson
Halmstads BK Janne Andersson
Hammarby IF Tony Gustavsson
Helsingborgs IF Bosse Nilsson
Kalmar FF Nanne Bergstrand
Ljungskile SK David Wilson
Malmö FF Roland Nilsson
IFK Norrköping Sören Cratz
GIF Sundsvall Sören Åkeby
Trelleborgs FF Tom Prahl
Örebro SK Sixten Boström

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalmar FF (C) 30 20 4 6 70 32 +38 64 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IF Elfsborg 30 19 6 5 49 18 +31 63 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 IFK Göteborg 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Helsingborgs IF 30 16 6 8 54 41 +13 54 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 AIK 30 12 9 9 36 32 +4 45
6 Malmö FF 30 12 8 10 51 46 +5 44
7 Örebro SK 30 11 9 10 36 39 −3 42
8 Halmstads BK 30 11 8 11 41 38 +3 41
9 Hammarby IF 30 11 8 11 44 51 −7 41
10 Trelleborgs FF 30 9 13 8 33 31 +2 40
11 GAIS 30 9 11 10 30 36 −6 38
12 Djurgårdens IF 30 9 9 12 30 41 −11 36
13 Gefle IF 30 7 7 16 33 42 −9 28
14 Ljungskile SK (R) 30 6 6 18 23 52 −29 24 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15 GIF Sundsvall (R) 30 5 7 18 26 54 −28 22 Relegation to Superettan
16 IFK Norrköping (R) 30 4 8 18 31 58 −27 20
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifyingeRound of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
  2. Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

Relegation play-offs
Brommapojkarna0 – 0Ljungskile
Report
Attendance: 2,072
Ljungskile1 – 1Brommapojkarna
Wålemark  48' Report Haglund  45+3'
H.A. Bygg Arena, Ljungskile
Attendance: 2,828

Brommapojkarna 1–1 Ljungskile on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals

Results
Home \ Away AIK DIF IFE GAI GIF IFKG HBK HAM HIF KFF LSK MFF IFKN GIFS TFF ÖSK
AIK 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Djurgårdens IF 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–0
IF Elfsborg 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0
GAIS 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Gefle IF 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–5 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg 2–0 3–1 5–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1
Halmstads BK 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Hammarby IF 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–6 4–3 5–3 0–0 1–0
Helsingborgs IF 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Kalmar FF 3–2 5–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 6–0 3–0 1–0 2–2
Ljungskile SK 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–1
Malmö FF 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–4 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 3–1
IFK Norrköping 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 5–2 3–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
GIF Sundsvall 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–5 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–3
Örebro SK 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Scorer Club Goals
Patrik Ingelsten Kalmar FF 19
Anselmo Halmstads BK 15
Viktor Elm Kalmar FF
Charlie Davies Hammarby IF 14
Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs IF
Ola Toivonen Malmö FF
Hans Berggren Gefle IF 11
Iván Óbolo AIK 10
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References
  1. "Spelprogram - Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. "Statistik/ligor Allsvenskan 2008". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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