2008 Allsvenskan
CompetitionAllsvenskan
Season2008
WinnersKalmar FF
1st Allsvenskan title
1st Swedish championship title
RelegatedGIF Sundsvall
IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK (via playoffs)
Continentalcup 1Champions League
Continentalcup1 qualifiersKalmar FF
Continentalcup 2Europa League
Continentalcup2 qualifiersIF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
Matches240
Total goals637
League topscorerPatrik Ingelsten (19)
Biggest home winKalmar FF 6–0 IFK Norrköping
(2 November 2008)[1]
Malmö FF 6–0 GIF Sundsvall
(9 November 2008)[1]
Biggest away winGIF Sundsvall 0-5 IFK Göteborg
(29 September 2008)[1]
Highest scoringHammarby 3–6 Malmö FF
(3 November 2008)[1]
Highest attendance34,173
AIK 1–1 Djurgården
(24 April 2008)[1]
Lowest attendance1,427
Trelleborgs FF 2–0 GIF Sundsvall
(22 September 2008)[1]
Average attendance7,787[2]
Prevseason2007
Nextseason2009

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.

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

ClubLast seasonFirst season
in league		First season of
current spell
AIK5th1924–252006
Djurgårdens IF3rd1927–282001
IF Elfsborg4th1926–271997
GAIS11th1924–252006
Gefle IF10th1933–342005
IFK Göteborg1st1924–251977
Halmstads BK7th1933–341993
Hammarby IF6th1924–251998
Helsingborgs IF8th1924–251993
Kalmar FF2nd1949–502004
Ljungskile SK2nd (Superettan)19972008
Malmö FF9th1931–322001
IFK Norrköping1st (Superettan)1924–252008
GIF Sundsvall3rd (Superettan)19652008
Trelleborgs FF13th19852007
Örebro SK12th1946–472007

Managers

ClubCoach
AIKRikard Norling
Djurgårdens IFSigurður Jónsson
IF ElfsborgMagnus Haglund
GAISMagnus Pehrsson
Gefle IFPer Olsson
IFK GöteborgStefan Rehn/ Jonas Olsson
Halmstads BKJanne Andersson
Hammarby IFTony Gustavsson
Helsingborgs IFBosse Nilsson
Kalmar FFNanne Bergstrand
Ljungskile SKDavid Wilson
Malmö FFRoland Nilsson
IFK NorrköpingSören Cratz
GIF SundsvallSören Åkeby
Trelleborgs FFTom Prahl
Örebro SKSixten Boström

League table

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Relegation play-offs

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

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Patrik IngelstenKalmar FF19
2AnselmoHalmstads BK15
Viktor ElmKalmar FF15
4Charlie DaviesHammarby IF14
Henrik LarssonHelsingborgs IF14
Ola ToivonenMalmö FF14
7Hans BerggrenGefle IF11
8Iván ÓboloAIK10

Attendances

Source:[3]

No.ClubAverage attendanceHighest attendance
1AIK15,53534,173
2Malmö FF11,19418,884
3Hammarby IF11,14423,578
4Helsingborgs IF10,49716,704
5Djurgårdens IF10,16922,312
6IFK Göteborg9,63229,801
7IF Elfsborg9,51316,599
8Örebro SK8,66010,606
9IFK Norrköping6,65215,651
10Kalmar FF6,1039,689
11Halmstads BK6,03310,309
12GAIS5,22527,238
13GIF Sundsvall4,5976,275
14Gefle IF3,9185,060
15Ljungskile SK2,9327,128
16Trelleborgs FF2,7946,748

References

  1. ^ "Spelprogram - Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Statistik/ligor Allsvenskan 2008". svenskfotboll.se. The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/swe/aveswe08.htm
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