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

Season	2008
Champions	Kalmar FF 1st Allsvenskan title 1st Swedish championship title
Relegated	GIF Sundsvall IFK Norrköping Ljungskile SK (via playoffs)
Champions League	Kalmar FF
Europa League	IF Elfsborg IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF
Matches played	240
Goals scored	637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Patrik Ingelsten (19)
Biggest home win	Kalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping (2 November 2008)[1] Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall (9 November 2008)[1]
Biggest away win	GIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg (29 September 2008)[1]
Highest scoring	Hammarby 3–6 Malmö FF (3 November 2008)[1]
Highest attendance	34,173 AIK 1–1 Djurgården (24 April 2008)[1]
Lowest attendance	1,427 Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall (22 September 2008)[1]
Average attendance	7,787[2]
← 2007 2009 →

Kalmar FF won their first Swedish championship title. It was also the first title for a team from the province of Småland for 27 years.

Participating clubs

AIK

IF Elfsborg

Helsingborgs IF

Ljungskile SK

GAIS

IFK Göteborg

Malmö FF

Kalmar FF

Gefle IF

Örebro SK

Mjällby AIF

Djurgårdens IF

IFK Norrköping

Hammarby IF

GIF Sundsvall

Trelleborgs FF

Locations of the 2008 Allsvenskan teams

Club	Last season	First season in league	First season of current spell
AIK	5th	1924–25	2006
Djurgårdens IF	3rd	1927–28	2001
IF Elfsborg	4th	1926–27	1997
GAIS	11th	1924–25	2006
Gefle IF	10th	1933–34	2005
IFK Göteborg	1st	1924–25	1977
Halmstads BK	7th	1933–34	1993
Hammarby IF	6th	1924–25	1998
Helsingborgs IF	8th	1924–25	1993
Kalmar FF	2nd	1949–50	2004
Ljungskile SK	2nd (Superettan)	1997	2008
Malmö FF	9th	1931–32	2001
IFK Norrköping	1st (Superettan)	1924–25	2008
GIF Sundsvall	3rd (Superettan)	1965	2008
Trelleborgs FF	13th	1985	2007
Örebro SK	12th	1946–47	2007

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[a]
4	Helsingborgs IF	30	16	6	8	54	41	+13	54	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[b]
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 (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifying round 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.

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: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

13 November 2008

19:00

Brommapojkarna	0–0	Ljungskile
	Report

Grimsta IP, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,072

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

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16 November 2008

15:00

Ljungskile	1–1	Brommapojkarna
Wålemark 48'	Report	Haglund 45+3'

H.A. Bygg Arena, Ljungskile

Attendance: 2,828

Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Landskrona)

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

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Patrik Ingelsten	Kalmar FF	19
2	Anselmo	Halmstads BK	15
	Viktor Elm	Kalmar FF	15
4	Charlie Davies	Hammarby IF	14
	Henrik Larsson	Helsingborgs IF	14
	Ola Toivonen	Malmö FF	14
7	Hans Berggren	Gefle IF	11
8	Iván Óbolo	AIK	10