2017_Allsvenskan

2017 Allsvenskan

2017 Allsvenskan

93rd season of Allsvenskan


The 2017 Allsvenskan, part of the 2017 Swedish football season, is the 93rd season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 5 November the same year.[2][3][4] Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 9 December 2016.[5] A total of 16 teams participated.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Malmö FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 23rd Allsvenskan title and 20th Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 16 October 2017 when they won 3–1 in the away fixture against IFK Norrköping at Östgötaporten.

Summary

Allsvenskans stora pris

For the fifth year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 7 November 2017. The nominations for the 2017 season were officially announced on 3 November 2017.[6] Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF received the most nominations with six nominations each, while Östersunds FK received three nominations, IFK Göteborg received two nominations, and AIK, BK Häcken, GIF Sundsvall, and IFK Norrköping each received one nomination.

Goalkeeper of the year

Defender of the year

Midfielder of the year

Forward of the year

Newcomer of the year

Manager of the year

Most valuable player of the year

Suspended matches

IFK Göteborg vs. AIK

The match at Gamla Ullevi between IFK Göteborg and AIK on 18 May 2017 was postponed, following reports of attempted match fixing.[7] The match was rescheduled for 10 August 2017.[8]

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2016 Superettan and one team from the 2016 Allsvenskan play-offs.

Gefle IF and Falkenbergs FF were relegated at the end of the 2016 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2016 Superettan champions IK Sirius and runners-up AFC United. IK Sirius returned to Allsvenskan after 42 years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 1974 season. This is IK Sirius' fourth season in the league. AFC United are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the third new club in the last four Allsvenskan seasons (following Falkenbergs FF in 2014 and Östersunds FK in 2016). [citation needed]

The final spot will be taken by the 2016 Allsvenskan play-offs winner; Halmstads BK, third-placed team in 2016 Superettan.

Stadia and locations

More information Team, Location ...
  • 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[9]

Personnel and sponsoring

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel 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.

More information Team, Head coach1 ...

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of 2017–18 Svenska Cupen (Djurgårdens IF) qualified for European competitions based on their league position, the berth awarded to the 3rd-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the 4th-placed team (BK Häcken).

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Malmö FF ...
Leader
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2018 Superettan

Results

More information Home \ Away, AFC ...
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2017 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


More information Trelleborgs FF, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 4,731

More information Jönköpings Södra IF, 1–1 ...

Trelleborgs FF won 3–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 November 2017[21]

Top goalkeepers

As of 5 November 2017[22]
(Minimum of 10 games played)
More information Rank, Goalkeeper ...

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Awards

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...

See also


References

  1. "Allsvenskan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. soccerstats.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "Allsvenska väntan över i april". Swedish Football Association. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. "Årsplan 2017". Swedish Football Association. 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. "Bestämt: Då börjar allsvenskan 2017". Sportbladet. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. "Spelprogram klara för Allsvenskan och Superettan 2017". svenskfotboll.se. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. "Finalisterna till Allsvenskans Stora Pris". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. "Ny speldag för IFK Göteborg-AIK". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 23 May 2017.
  8. "Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. "Ingen fortsättning för Mark Dempsey i DIF". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgården IF. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. "Özcan Melkemichel klar som ny tränare". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgården IF. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. "Tack för den här tiden, P-G!". bkhacken.se (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. "Mikael Stahre ny tränare för BK Häcken!". bkhacken.se (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  13. "Nanne Bergstrand slutar som tränare i Hammarby Fotboll". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  14. "Jakob Michelsen ny huvudtränare i Hammarby". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  15. "Malmö FF avslutar samarbetet med Allan Kuhn". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  16. "Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  17. Mikael Einarsson (28 May 2017). "Pressmedelande: AFC Eskilstuna och Pelle Olsson går skilda vägar". AFC Eskilstuna (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  18. "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  19. "Målvaktsliga". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  20. "Allsvenskans Stora Pris". www.allsvenskan.se. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

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