2017 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.

Allsvenskan

Season	2017
Champions	Malmö FF 23rd Allsvenskan title 20th Swedish title
Relegated	J-Södra Halmstads BK AFC Eskilstuna
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa League	AIK Djurgården BK Häcken
Matches	240
Goals	667 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Magnus Eriksson Karl Holmberg (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Malmö FF 6–0 Kalmar FF (11 August 2017) Malmö FF 6–0 IF Elfsborg (25 September 2017)
Biggest away win	BK Häcken 1–6 AIK (24 September 2017)
Highest scoring	IF Elfsborg 4–4 Östersunds FK (2 May 2017)
Longest winning run	4 games[1] IFK Norrköping Malmö FF
Longest unbeaten run	13 games AIK
Longest winless run	16 games Halmstads BK
Longest losing run	7 games IK Sirius
Highest attendance	33,157 AIK 1–1 Djurgårdens IF (27 August 2017)
Lowest attendance	887 AFC Eskilstuna 1–3 IK Sirius (5 November 2017)
Average attendance	9,215
← 2016 2018 →

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

• Johan Wiland (Hammarby IF/Malmö FF)
• Andreas Isaksson (Djurgårdens IF)
• Pontus Dahlberg (IFK Göteborg)

Defender of the year

• Anton Tinnerholm (Malmö FF)
• Per Karlsson (AIK)
• Eric Larsson (GIF Sundsvall)

Midfielder of the year

• Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF)
• Ken Sema (Östersunds FK)
• Magnus Eriksson (Djurgårdens IF)

Forward of the year

• Saman Ghoddos (Östersunds FK)
• Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF)
• Karl Holmberg (IFK Norrköping)

Newcomer of the year

• Pontus Dahlberg (IFK Göteborg)
• Felix Beijmo (Djurgårdens IF)
• Daleho Irandust (BK Häcken)

Manager of the year

• Graham Potter (Östersunds FK)
• Magnus Pehrsson (Malmö FF)
• Özcan Melkemichel (Djurgårdens IF)

Most valuable player of the year

• Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF)
• Magnus Eriksson (Djurgårdens IF)
• Kim Källström (Djurgårdens IF)

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

AFC Eskilstuna

Sundsvall

Halmstad

Elfsborg

Gothenburg

Norrköping

Sirius

J-Södra

Kalmar

Malmö

Stockholm

Örebro

Östersund

Stockholm teams
AIK
Djurgården
Hammarby

Gothenburg teams
Häcken
IFK Göteborg

Location of teams in 2017 Allsvenskan

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf1	Stadium capacity1
AFC Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	Artificial	7,800
AIK	Stockholm	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Idrottsparken	Artificial	7,700
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	10,873
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,600
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Nya Parken	Artificial	15,734
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Natural	6,300
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jönköping	Stadsparksvallen	Natural	5,500
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Swedbank Stadion	Natural	24,000
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	Artificial	12,300
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	8,466

• 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.

Team	Head coach1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AFC Eskilstuna	Michael Jolley	Omar Eddahri	Nike	Busmarket
AIK	Rikard Norling	Nils-Eric Johansson	Adidas	Åbro Bryggeri
BK Häcken	Mikael Stahre	Rasmus Lindgren	Nike	BRA Bygg
Djurgårdens IF	Özcan Melkemichel	Kim Källström	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
GIF Sundsvall	Joel Cedergren	Tommy Naurin	Adidas	SCA
Halmstads BK	Igor Krulj	Fredrik Liverstam	Puma	Various
Hammarby IF	Jakob Michelsen	Kennedy Bakircioglu	Puma	LW
IF Elfsborg	Magnus Haglund	Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard	Umbro	Pulsen
IFK Göteborg	Alf Westerberg	Sebastian Eriksson	Kappa	Prioritet Finans
IFK Norrköping	Jens Gustafsson	Andreas Johansson	Nike	Holmen
IK Sirius	Kim Bergstrand	Niklas Busch Thor	Nike	Various
Jönköpings Södra IF	Jimmy Thelin	Tommy Thelin	Nike	Various
Kalmar FF	Nanne Bergstrand	Rasmus Elm	Hummel	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Magnus Pehrsson	Markus Rosenberg	Puma	Volkswagen
Örebro SK	Axel Kjäll	Nordin Gerzić	Puma	Ambitiös
Östersunds FK	Graham Potter	Brwa Nouri	Adidas	Various

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Djurgården	Mark Dempsey	End of contract	6 November 2016[10]	Pre-season	Özcan Melkemichel	1 December 2016[11]
Häcken	Peter Gerhardsson	End of contract	11 November 2016[12]		Mikael Stahre	14 November 2016[13]
Hammarby	Nanne Bergstrand	Sacked	18 November 2016[14]		Jakob Michelsen	30 November 2016[15]
Malmö	Allan Kuhn	Sacked	19 November 2016[16]		Magnus Pehrsson	1 December 2016[17]
Eskilstuna	Özcan Melkemichel	End of contract	1 December 2016[11]		Pelle Olsson	December 2016
Eskilstuna	Pelle Olsson	Sacked	28 May 2017[18]	16th	Michael Jolley	13 June 2017[19]
Halmstad	Jan Jönsson	Promoted to Director of Football	8 June 2017[20]	15th	Igor Krulj	8 June 2017
Kalmar	Peter Swärdh	Sacked	13 June 2017[18]	14th	Nanne Bergstrand	13 June 2017
Göteborg	Jörgen Lennartsson	Sacked	18 July 2017	11th	Alf Westerberg	18 July 2017
Örebro	Alexander Axén	Mutual consent	28 August 2017	11th	Axel Kjäll	28 August 2017
Elfsborg	Magnus Haglund	Sacked	27 September 2017	10th	Nemanja Miljanović Janne Mian	27 September 2017

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	19	7	4	63	27	+36	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	AIK	30	16	9	5	47	22	+25	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Djurgårdens IF	30	15	8	7	54	30	+24	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4	BK Häcken	30	14	10	6	42	28	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5	Östersunds FK	30	13	11	6	48	32	+16	50
6	IFK Norrköping	30	14	6	10	45	40	+5	48
7	IK Sirius	30	11	7	12	46	51	−5	40
8	IF Elfsborg	30	10	9	11	53	59	−6	39
9	Hammarby IF	30	9	11	10	42	43	−1	38
10	IFK Göteborg	30	9	10	11	42	40	+2	37
11	Örebro SK	30	10	6	14	38	54	−16	36
12	Kalmar FF	30	9	5	16	30	49	−19	32
13	GIF Sundsvall	30	7	10	13	29	46	−17	31
14	Jönköpings Södra IF (R)	30	6	12	12	31	46	−15	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Halmstads BK (R)	30	5	9	16	29	45	−16	24	Relegation to the Superettan
16	AFC Eskilstuna (R)	30	4	8	18	28	55	−27	20

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Malmö FF	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
AIK	9	5	9	12	8	9	6	5	6	4	7	4	6	5	2	2	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Djurgårdens IF	15	15	7	11	14	8	2	3	5	7	3	6	5	4	7	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
BK Häcken	10	11	5	9	11	5	8	6	3	3	6	10	8	10	8	8	9	6	5	6	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4
Östersunds FK	13	10	13	14	7	7	4	9	10	8	4	3	4	6	4	6	5	7	7	8	7	6	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5
IFK Norrköping	4	8	14	7	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	6	6	6	6
IK Sirius	3	9	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	5	8	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	7	7	8	8	10	8	9	10	7
IF Elfsborg	1	6	11	5	5	6	11	11	12	9	10	8	9	7	6	7	7	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	7	8	8
Hammarby IF	11	13	8	8	10	4	10	7	7	9	9	7	10	8	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	9	10	7	7	9	11	11	7	9
IFK Göteborg	8	2	4	6	6	12	9	10	8	6	5	9	7	9	10	10	8	9	8	7	9	10	9	10	11	8	7	8	9	10
Örebro SK	5	3	2	4	4	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	7	9	10	11	11
Kalmar FF	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
GIF Sundsvall	2	7	12	13	12	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13
Jönköpings Södra IF	12	12	6	3	9	10	7	8	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Halmstads BK	6	4	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
AFC Eskilstuna	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

	Leader
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2018 Superettan

Source: everysport.com

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	AIK	BKH	DIF	GIFS	HBK	HAM	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	IKS	JSIF	KFF	MFF	ÖSK	ÖFK
Eskilstuna	—	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–3
AIK	1–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	5–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2
Häcken	3–0	1–6	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1
Djurgården	4–1	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	3–0
Sundsvall	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–5	—	1–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1
Halmstad	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	—	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	6–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–0
Hammarby	4–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–3	—	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2
Elfsborg	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	—	1–2	3–3	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	4–4
Göteborg	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	4–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–1
Norrköping	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	—	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–2
Sirius	1–0	1–4	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–2	0–1	—	1–1	3–0	0–4	3–4	0–5
J-Södra	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0
Kalmar	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–5	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–3	—	0–0	0–1	2–1
Malmö	3–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	6–0	2–2	1–2	3–3	2–0	6–0	—	2–1	2–1
Örebro	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–1	0–3	2–2	4–2	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1
Östersund	3–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	—

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.

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15 November 2017

18:00

Trelleborgs FF	2–0	Jönköpings Södra IF
Jovanović 20' Camara Jönsson 65'	Report

Vångavallen, Trelleborg

Attendance: 4,731

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Bjärred)

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19 November 2017

14:45

Jönköpings Södra IF	1–1	Trelleborgs FF
Gojani 40'	Report	Islamović 45+4'

Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

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Trelleborgs FF won 3–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 November 2017^[21]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Magnus Eriksson	Djurgårdens IF	14
	Karl Holmberg	IFK Norrköping
3	Jo Inge Berget	Malmö FF	10
	Nahir Besara	Örebro SK
	Issam Jebali	IF Elfsborg
5	Mohamed Buya Turay	AFC Eskilstuna	9
	Tobias Hysén	IFK Göteborg
	Paulinho	BK Häcken
	Viktor Prodell	IF Elfsborg
	Nicolás Stefanelli	AIK

Top goalkeepers

As of 5 November 2017^[22]
(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	GA	SV%	CS
1	Peter Abrahamsson	BK Häcken	26	25	80	12
2	Oscar Linnér	AIK	29	22	78	12
	Johan Dahlin	Malmö FF	11	10		6
4	Michael Langer	IFK Norrköping	15	18	77	5
5	Josh Wicks	IK Sirius	24	32	76	8
6	Andreas Isaksson	Djurgårdens IF	29	27	75	11
	Andreas Andersson	Östersunds FK	10	13		3
8	Aly Keita	Östersunds FK	21	19	74	9
	Lucas Hägg-Johansson	Kalmar FF	25	33		7
10	Alireza Haghighi	AFC Eskilstuna	17	27	73	2

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Gustav Engvall	Djurgårdens IF	Örebro SK	0–4	7 May 2017
Nahir Besara	Örebro SK	IFK Göteborg	4–2	16 July 2017
Filip Rogić	Örebro SK	IK Sirius	3–4	25 September 2017
Nicolás Stefanelli	AIK	IF Elfsborg	5–2	1 October 2017

Awards

Annual awards

Award[23]	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Anders Christiansen	Malmö FF
Goalkeeper of the Year	Johan Wiland	Malmö FF\ Hammarby IF
Defender of the Year	Anton Tinnerholm	Malmö FF
Midfielder of the Year	Anders Christiansen	Malmö FF
Striker of the Year	Saman Ghoddos	Östersunds FK
Breakthrough of the Year	Pontus Dahlberg	IFK Gothenburg
Coach of the Year	Graham Potter	Östersunds FK

See also

Competitions 2017 Superettan 2017 Division 1 2016–17 Svenska Cupen 2017–18 Svenska Cupen

Team seasons 2017 AIK Fotboll season 2017 Djurgårdens IF season 2017 Hammarby Fotboll season 2017 IFK Norrköping season 2017 Malmö FF season