2021 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.

Allsvenskan

Season	2021
Dates	10 April 2021 – 4 December 2021
Champions	Malmö FF 25th Allsvenskan title 22nd Swedish title
Relegated	Halmstads BK Örebro SK Östersunds FK
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa Conference League	AIK Djurgårdens IF
Matches played	240
Goals scored	638 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Adegbenro (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Östersunds FK 5–0 Örebro SK (18 April 2021) BK Häcken 5–0 Östersunds FK (8 August 2021) BK Häcken 5–0 IFK Norrköping (18 October 2021)
Biggest away win	Degerfors IF 0–5 Malmö FF (17 July 2021)
Highest scoring	Hammarby IF 5–3 Kalmar FF (4 December 2021)
Longest winning run	5 matches AIK[1]
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches AIK
Longest winless run	11 matches Mjällby AIF
Longest losing run	5 matches Örebro SK Mjällby AIF Östersunds FK Degerfors IF
Highest attendance	42,539 AIK 1–0 Djurgårdens IF (3 October 2021)
Average attendance	1,977
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Allsvenskan season began on 10 April and ended on 4 December 2021 (not including play-off matches).

Teams

Degerfors IF

IF Elfsborg

Gothenburg

Halmstads BK

IFK Norrköping

IK Sirius

Kalmar FF

Malmö FF

Mjällby AIF

Stockholm

Varbergs BoIS

Örebro SK

Östersunds FK

Stockholm teams
AIK
Djurgårdens IF
Hammarby IF

Gothenburg teams
BK Häcken
IFK Göteborg

Location of teams in 2021 Allsvenskan

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	Stadium capacity
AIK	Solna	Nationalarenan[note 1]	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Nya Rambergsvallen[note 2]	Artificial	6,500
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	7,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Stockholmsarenan[note 3]	Artificial	30,000
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	11,100
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Stockholmsarenan[note 4]	Artificial	30,000
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,600
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Nya Parken[note 5]	Artificial	15,734
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Artificial	10,000
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Kalmar Arena[note 6]	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Malmö Nya Stadion[note 7]	Natural	22,500
Mjällby AIF	Hällevik	Strandvallen	Natural	6,750
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen[note 8]	Natural	4,500
Örebro SK	Örebro	Eyravallen[note 9]	Artificial	12,300
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Östersund Arena[note 10]	Artificial	8,466

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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AIK	Bartosz Grzelak	Henok Goitom	Nike	Notar
BK Häcken	Per-Mathias Høgmo	Rasmus Lindgren	Puma	BRA
Degerfors IF	Andreas Holmberg Tobias Solberg	Oliver Ekroth	Umbro	Various
Djurgårdens IF	Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf	Magnus Eriksson	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Halmstads BK	Magnus Haglund	Andreas Johansson	Puma	Various
Hammarby IF	Miloš Milojević	Darijan Bojanić	Craft	Huski Chocolate
IF Elfsborg	Jimmy Thelin	Johan Larsson	Umbro	Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg	Mikael Stahre	Marcus Berg	Craft	Serneke
IFK Norrköping	Rikard Norling	Christoffer Nyman	Nike	Holmen
IK Sirius	Daniel Bäckström	Tim Björkström	Select	Various
Kalmar FF	Henrik Rydström	Erik Israelsson	Select	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Anders Christiansen	Puma	Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF	Anders Torstensson	David Löfquist	Puma	Various
Varbergs BoIS	Joakim Persson	Jon Birkfeldt	Craft	Various
Örebro SK	Marcus Lantz	Nordin Gerzić	Select	Behrn Fastigheter
Östersunds FK	Per Joar Hansen	Aly Keita	Adidas	Volkswagen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Mjällby AIF	Marcus Lantz	End of contract	6 December 2020.[2]	Pre-season	Christian Järdler	20 December 2020[3]
IK Sirius	Henrik Rydström	Resigned	6 December 2020[4]		Daniel Bäckström	14 December 2020[5]
Kalmar FF	Nanne Bergstrand	End of contract	15 December 2020		Henrik Rydström	29 December 2020[6]
IFK Norrköping	Jens Gustafsson	Mutual consent	19 December 2020[7]		Rikard Norling	23 December 2020[8]
BK Häcken	Andreas Alm	Signed by OB	1 June 2021[9]	16th	Per-Mathias Høgmo	12 June 2021[10]
Örebro SK	Axel Kjäll	Promoted to Director of Football Operations	25 May 2021[11]	15th	Vítor Gazimba	2 June 2021[12]
IFK Göteborg	Roland Nilsson	Sacked	2 June 2021[13]	10th	Mikael Stahre	2 June 2021[14]
Hammarby IF	Stefan Billborn	Sacked	11 June 2021[15]	8th	Miloš Milojević	13 June 2021[16]
Mjällby AIF	Christian Järdler	Sacked	3 August 2021[17]	15th	Anders Torstensson	3 August 2021[17]
Östersunds FK	Amir Azrafshan	Sacked	2 September 2021[18]	16th	Per Joar Hansen	2 September 2021[19]
Örebro SK	Vítor Gazimba	Sacked	7 October 2021[20]	15th	Marcus Lantz	7 October 2021[20]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	17	8	5	58	30	+28	59	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	AIK	30	18	5	7	45	25	+20	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Djurgårdens IF	30	17	6	7	46	30	+16	57
4	IF Elfsborg	30	17	4	9	51	35	+16	55
5	Hammarby IF	30	15	8	7	54	41	+13	53
6	Kalmar FF	30	13	8	9	41	39	+2	47
7	IFK Norrköping	30	13	5	12	45	41	+4	44
8	IFK Göteborg	30	11	8	11	42	39	+3	41
9	Mjällby AIF	30	9	11	10	34	27	+7	38
10	Varbergs BoIS	30	9	10	11	35	38	−3	37
11	IK Sirius	30	10	7	13	39	53	−14	37
12	BK Häcken	30	9	9	12	46	46	0	36
13	Degerfors IF	30	10	4	16	34	51	−17	34
14	Halmstads BK (R)	30	6	14	10	21	26	−5	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Örebro SK (R)	30	4	6	20	23	58	−35	18	Relegation to Superettan
16	Östersunds FK (R)	30	3	5	22	24	59	−35	14

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

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	3	2	2	6	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
AIK	1	9	5	2	5	7	3	3	6	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	2	2
Djurgårdens IF	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	3	3
IF Elfsborg	16	8	6	7	8	5	7	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4
Hammarby IF	13	7	10	10	7	4	5	8	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5
Kalmar FF	8	6	4	4	4	6	8	5	7	8	9	11	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
IFK Norrköping	6	11	9	5	2	2	4	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	7	7	7	7
IFK Göteborg	7	4	8	9	10	10	11	10	12	9	7	8	9	9	9	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	9	8	10	9	8	8
Mjällby AIF	9	13	13	12	9	9	10	9	11	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	13	12	11	12	10	12	9
Varbergs BoIS	10	12	14	13	14	15	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	11	9	10
IK Sirius	5	5	3	3	6	8	9	12	9	11	12	10	12	11	13	13	11	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	13	11	12	10	11
BK Häcken	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	13	10	8	7	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	11	12
Degerfors IF	15	16	12	14	11	11	6	7	5	7	10	12	11	12	10	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	13
Halmstads BK	4	10	11	11	13	14	12	11	10	12	11	9	10	10	11	8	10	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	14
Örebro SK	11	14	15	16	15	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Östersunds FK	12	3	7	8	12	13	15	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2022 Superettan

Source: everysport.com

Results 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
AIK	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W
BK Häcken	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L
Degerfors IF	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W
Djurgårdens IF	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W
Halmstads BK	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D
Hammarby IF	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W
IF Elfsborg	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W
IFK Göteborg	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W
IFK Norrköping	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
IK Sirius	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L
Kalmar FF	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L
Malmö FF	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D
Mjällby AIF	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W
Varbergs BoIS	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L
Örebro SK	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L
Östersunds FK	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L

Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	BKH	DEG	DIF	HBK	HAM	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	IKS	KFF	MFF	MAIF	VAR	ÖSK	ÖFK
AIK		2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–0
BK Häcken	2–1		2–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	1–2	1–4	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–3	5–0
Degerfors IF	2–1	3–0		2–0	2–1	1–4	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–5	0–2	1–1	3–0	3–1
Djurgårdens IF	1–4	2–1	3–2		1–0	4–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	5–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–0
Halmstads BK	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Hammarby	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	1–1		0–2	3–0	2–1	3–2	5–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–3
IF Elfsborg	2–4	4–2	3–0	0–2	2–3	2–2		1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0
IFK Göteborg	2–0	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1		1–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	4–0
IFK Norrköping	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–2		1–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–0
IK Sirius	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–3	2–4		1–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0
Kalmar FF	1–1	2–3	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–1		0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Malmö FF	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	4–0	3–1		0–1	3–2	5–1	1–1
Mjällby AIF	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	4–0	0–2		0–0	0–0	1–0
Varbergs BoIS	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–3		1–0	3–0
Örebro SK	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–3		2–0
Östersunds FK	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	5–0

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.

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11 December 2021

15:00

Helsingborgs IF	0–1	Halmstads BK
	Report	Karim 7'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 8,108

Referee: Andreas Ekberg

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14 December 2021

19:00

Halmstads BK	1–3	Helsingborgs IF
Kroon 39'	Report	Loeper 32' Van den Hurk 84' Karjalainen 90'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Attendance: 6,385

Referee: Glenn Nyberg

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

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Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 December 2021^[21]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Samuel Adegbenro	IFK Norrköping	17
2	Antonio Čolak	Malmö FF	14
	Victor Edvardsen	Degerfors IF
4	Oliver Berg	Kalmar FF	12
	Christian Kouakou	IK Sirius
	Nicolás Stefanelli	AIK
7	Alexander Jeremejeff	BK Häcken	11
	Gustav Ludwigson	Hammarby IF
9	Nabil Bahoui	AIK	10
	Marcus Berg	IFK Göteborg
	Blair Turgott	Östersunds FK

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Blair Turgott	Östersunds FK	Örebro SK	5–0	18 April 2021
Victor Edvardsen	Degerfors IF	Örebro SK	3–0	18 May 2021
Blair Turgott	Östersunds FK	IF Elfsborg	3–1	19 September 2021
Astrit Selmani4 goals	Hammarby IF	Kalmar FF	5–3	4 December 2021

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 12^[21]
  • Sebastian Larsson (AIK)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Johan Hammar (BK Häcken)
  • Luke Le Roux (Varbergs BoIS)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 78^[22]
  • Varbergs BoIS

• Most red cards: 5
  • IF Elfsborg

Awards

Annual awards

Award[23]	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Magnus Eriksson	Djurgården
Goalkeeper of the Year	Carljohan Eriksson	Mjällby AIF
Defender of the Year	Hjalmar Ekdal	Djurgårdens IF
Midfielder of the Year	Magnus Eriksson	Djurgårdens IF
Striker of the Year	Samuel Adegbenro	Norrköping
Breakthrough of the Year	Veljko Birmančević	Malmö FF
Coach of the Year	Henrik Rydström	Kalmar FF

See also

• Association football portal
• Sweden portal

Competitions 2021 Superettan 2021 Division 1 2020–21 Svenska Cupen 2021–22 Svenska Cupen

Team seasons 2021 AIK season 2021 Hammarby IF season 2021 Malmö FF season