2021_Allsvenskan

2021 Allsvenskan

2021 Allsvenskan

97th season of Allsvenskan


The 2021 Allsvenskan was the 97th season since its establishment in 1924 of Sweden's top-level football league, Allsvenskan. A total of 16 teams participated. Malmö FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season, and they defended the championship in the 30th and final round on 4 December 2021 and secured their 22nd Swedish championship title by playing a scoreless tie at home against Halmstads BK, resulting in Malmö FF winning the title on better goal difference than the runner-up (AIK). This was the first time the title was defended since 2017, and the third consecutive defense of the title that went to Malmö FF, having also defended the title in 2014.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

The 2021 Allsvenskan season began on 10 April and ended on 4 December 2021 (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 2020 Superettan.

Falkenbergs FF and Helsingborgs IF (both relegated after two years in the top flight) were relegated at the end of the 2020 season after finishing at the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2020 Superettan champions Halmstads BK (promoted after a three-year absence) and runners-up Degerfors IF (promoted after a twenty-three-year absence).

Stadiums and locations

  1. Known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  2. Known as Bravida Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  3. Known as Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  4. Known as Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  5. Known as Platinumcars Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  6. Known as Guldfågeln Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  7. Known as Eleda Stadion for sponsorship reasons.
  8. Known as Varberg Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  9. Known as Behrn Arena for sponsorship reasons.
  10. Known as Jämtkraft Arena for sponsorship reasons.

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.

More information Team, Head coach ...

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

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Malmö FF ...
Leader
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2022 Superettan

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, AIK ...
Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

More information Home \ Away, AIK ...
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
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 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2021 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


More information Helsingborgs IF, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 8,108

More information Halmstads BK, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 6,385
Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Helsingborgs IF won 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted.


Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 December 2021[21]

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...

See also


References

  1. "Allsvenskan streaks and sequences". soccerstats.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. "Mjällby AIF och Marcus Lantz väljer att gå skilda vägar 2021". maif.se (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. "Christian Järdler är ny huvudtränare för Mjällby AIF". maif.se (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. "Henrik Rydström lämnar Sirius Fotboll". siriusfotboll.se (in Swedish). IK Sirius. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. "Daniel Bäckström – ny huvudtränare för Sirius Fotboll". siriusfotboll.se (in Swedish). IK Sirius. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. "Hjärtligt välkommen tillbaka till Kalmar FF, Henrik Rydström!". kalmarff.se (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. "Jens Gustafsson lämnar IFK Norrköping". ifknorrkoping.se (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. "Rikard Norling ny huvudtränare för IFK Norrköping". ifknorrkoping.se (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. "Odense värvar Andreas Alm från BK Häcken". bkhacken.se (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  10. "Per-Mathias Högmo blir BK Häckens nya tränare". bkhacken.se (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. "VITOR GAZIMBA NY HUVUDTRÄNARE I ÖSK FOTBOLL". oskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. "Rolle slutar som A-lagstränare". ifkgoteborg.se (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  13. "Mikael Stahre ny tränare". ifkgoteborg.se (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  14. "Hammarby avslutar samarbetet med Stefan Billborn". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  15. "Milos Milojevic ny tränare i Hammarby". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. "Mjällby AIF gör förändringar i ledarstaben". maif.se (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  17. "Östersunds FK arbetsbefriar Amir Azrafshan". ostersundsfk.se (in Swedish). Östersunds FK. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  18. "Östersunds FK välkomnar Per Joar Hansen som ny huvudtränare". ostersundsfk.se (in Swedish). Östersunds FK. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  19. "Örebro SK byter tränare inför slutspurten". oskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  20. "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". The Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  21. "Magnus Eriksson årets spelare". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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