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The 2015 Allsvenskan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season was the 91st season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2015 fixtures were released on 21 January 2015.^[6] The season started on 4 April 2015, when BK Häcken visited newly promoted Hammarby IF at Tele2 Arena and ended on 31 October 2015.^[3]Malmö FF were the defending champions from the 2014 season.

A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2014 season and two that were promoted from Superettan.

IFK Norrköping became champions on 31 October 2015, after a 2–0 defeat over defending champions Malmö FF in the last round. The win helped IFK Norrköping win the league with a margin of three points ahead of IFK Göteborg and five points clear of third-placed team AIK. By winning the league IFK Norrköping qualified for the second qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, while runners-up IFK Göteborg and third-placed AIK will be competing in first qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The fourth-placed team Elfsborg will also play in Europa League if they or one of the top three teams win 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.

Summary[edit]

Background[edit]

The annual pre-season kick-off meeting is held at Scandic Infra City in Upplands Väsby on 23 March 2015.^[7] Managers and key players from the major teams as well as some of the predicted bottom teams will be interviewed by representatives from the media as well as commentators from C More Entertainment, the official broadcasters of the league.

Season overview[edit]

The season started on 4 April 2015 with two fixtures, an early afternoon fixture between newcomers Hammarby IF and last year's fifth placed team BK Häcken at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm followed by the match between Kalmar FF and Helsingborgs IF at Guldfågeln Arena. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions Malmö FF will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers GIF Sundsvall at Norrporten Arena on 6 April 2015. The first few match weeks include a number of high-profile matches, Malmö FF faced last years third placed team AIK in a home fixture on 9 April 2015 and last year's runners-up IFK Göteborg in an away fixture on match day three on 12 April 2015. Matchday seven featured both a Scanian derby between Malmö FF and Helsingborg on 3 May 2015 and a Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby on 4 May 2015.

During the 26th round of play, a record was set as the total attendance for the season surpassed 2 million spectators. The previous record of 1,956,042 spectators was set in 1957–58.^[8]

Allsvenskans stora pris[edit]

For the third 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 5 November 2015.^[9] The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text.^[9] IFK Norrköping received the most nominations with six nominations while AIK received five nominations and IFK Göteborg received four nominations. Djurgårdens IF and IF Elfsborg received two nominations and Falkenbergs FF and Malmö FF received one nomination each.

Teams[edit]

A total of sixteen teams will contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2014 season managed to stay in the league, Falkenbergs FF and Örebro SK.

Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2014 Superettan champions Hammarby IF and runners-up GIF Sundsvall. Hammarby returned to Allsvenskan after five years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2009 season. This was Hammarby's 47th season in the league. Sundsvall returned to Allsvenskan after two years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2012 season. This was Sundsvall's 15th season in the league.

Gefle IF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team Ljungskile SK 4–1 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf1	Stadium capacity1
AIK	Stockholm	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi (Until 6 June 2015)	Natural	18,600
		Bravida Arena (From 5 July 2015)	Artificial	6,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falkenbergs IP	Natural	4,000
Gefle IF	Gävle	Strömvallen (Until 30 April 2015)	Artificial	7,200
		Gavlevallen (From 20 May 2015)	Artificial	6,500
GIF Sundsvall	Sundsvall	Norrporten Arena	Artificial	7,700
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	15,500
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,5002
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,600
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Nya Parken	Artificial	15,734
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Swedbank Stadion	Natural	24,000
Åtvidabergs FF	Åtvidaberg	Kopparvallen	Artificial	8,100
Örebro SK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	Artificial	12,300

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  ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[10]
  


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  ² The capacity of Olympia will be reduced during the season due to major stadium renovations.^[11]
  

Personnel and kits[edit]

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
AIK	Andreas Alm	Nils-Eric Johansson	Adidas	Åbro
BK Häcken	Peter Gerhardsson	Martin Ericsson	Nike	BRA Bygg
Djurgårdens IF	Per Olsson	Emil Bergström	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF	Hans Eklund	David Svensson	Nike	Gekås Ullared
Gefle IF	Roger Sandberg	David Fällman	Umbro	Sandvik
GIF Sundsvall	Joel Cedergren Roger Franzén	Tommy Naurin	Adidas	Various
Halmstads BK	Jan Jönsson	Fredrik Liverstam	Puma	Prioritet Finans
Hammarby IF	Nanne Bergstrand	Kennedy Bakircioglu	Puma	LW
Helsingborgs IF	Henrik Larsson	Peter Larsson	Puma	Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg	Magnus Haglund	Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard	Umbro	Various
IFK Göteborg	Jörgen Lennartsson	Mattias Bjärsmyr	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
IFK Norrköping	Janne Andersson	Andreas Johansson	Nike	Holmen
Kalmar FF	Peter Swärdh	David Elm	Puma	Småländska Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Åge Hareide	Markus Rosenberg	Puma	Rörläggaren
Åtvidabergs FF	Roar Hansen	Daniel Hallingström	Uhlsport	Various
Örebro SK	Alexander Axén	Robert Åhman Persson	Puma	Various

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  ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[10]
  

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
IFK Göteborg	Mikael Stahre	Sacked	3 November 2014[12]	Pre-season	Jörgen Lennartsson	25 November 2014[13]
Falkenbergs FF	Henrik Larsson	End of contract	10 November 2014[14]	Pre-season	Hans Eklund	26 November 2014[15]
Helsingborgs IF	Roar Hansen	Demoted	10 November 2014[16]	Pre-season	Henrik Larsson	10 November 2014[16]
IF Elfsborg	Janne Mian	Demoted	12 November 2014[17]	Pre-season	Magnus Haglund	12 November 2014[17]
Kalmar FF	Hans Eklund	Sacked	14 November 2014[18]	Pre-season	Peter Swärdh	24 November 2014[19]
Åtvidabergs FF	Peter Swärdh	Mutual termination	15 November 2014[20]	Pre-season	Roar Hansen	12 December 2014[21]
Halmstads BK	Jens Gustafsson	Sacked	19 November 2014[22]	Pre-season	Jan Jönsson	19 November 2014[22]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Norrköping (C)	30	20	6	4	60	33	+27	66	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	IFK Göteborg	30	18	9	3	52	22	+30	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	AIK	30	18	7	5	54	34	+20	61
4	IF Elfsborg	30	16	7	7	59	42	+17	55
5	Malmö FF	30	15	9	6	54	34	+20	54
6	Djurgårdens IF	30	14	9	7	52	37	+15	51
7	BK Häcken	30	13	6	11	45	39	+6	45	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Helsingborgs IF	30	11	4	15	43	45	−2	37
9	Örebro SK	30	9	10	11	36	50	−14	37
10	Gefle IF	30	10	6	14	35	50	−15	36
11	Hammarby IF	30	8	9	13	35	39	−4	33
12	GIF Sundsvall	30	9	5	16	34	52	−18	32
13	Kalmar FF	30	8	7	15	31	42	−11	31
14	Falkenbergs FF (O)	30	7	4	19	38	56	−18	25	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Halmstads BK (R)	30	4	9	17	21	44	−23	21	Relegation to the Superettan
16	Åtvidabergs FF (R)	30	2	9	19	25	55	−30	15

Positions by round[edit]

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	Leader
	2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2016 Superettan

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Results[edit]

Home Away[1]

AIK

BKH

DIF

FFF

GIF

GIFS

HBK

HAM

HIF

IFE

IFKG

IFKN

KFF

MFF

ÅFF

ÖSK

AIK

2–1

1–0

4–3

3–1

4–1

2–1

2–0

3–1

4–2

1–2

2–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–0

BK Häcken

0–0

1–1

0–2

1–1

3–1

4–1

3–3

3–2

5–2

1–2

0–2

3–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

Djurgårdens IF

2–2

2–1

3–1

5–1

4–2

4–2

2–2

2–2

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–0

0–2

0–0

2–0

Falkenbergs FF

2–4

1–2

0–2

0–2

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–3

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–3

3–3

6–0

2–0

Gefle IF

1–2

2–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

2–3

0–0

1–2

2–0

1–2

2–1

2–2

GIF Sundsvall

0–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

2–1

0–0

3–0

2–1

0–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–4

0–1

1–0

Halmstads BK

0–1

0–2

2–3

0–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–2

1–0

1–2

0–3

1–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

Hammarby IF

1–0

2–0

2–1

3–0

3–0

1–2

2–2

1–4

0–0

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

2–1

1–2

Helsingborgs IF

3–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

3–1

1–2

0–3

3–0

0–2

IF Elfsborg

3–2

1–0

2–0

4–2

5–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

3–2

2–1

2–2

3–1

2–2

IFK Göteborg

3–0

4–0

0–0

2–1

3–0

3–2

1–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

0–0

2–2

0–1

1–0

6–0

IFK Norrköping

1–2

3–1

4–2

2–0

4–1

5–1

3–1

1–0

3–2

0–4

2–2

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

Kalmar FF

0–0

0–1

0–3

4–0

3–1

0–2

1–0

2–2

0–0

0–3

0–2

1–2

2–1

2–1

3–0

Malmö FF

0–0

0–3

1–1

4–3

2–0

3–0

3–1

3–1

3–1

1–1

2–1

0–2

3–0

3–0

2–2

Åtvidabergs FF

1–1

1–1

2–3

3–1

1–1

2–3

0–0

0–3

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–3

Örebro SK

1–1

2–0

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

2–2

0–0

4–2

0–2

1–3

2–1

1–1

2–1

Updated to games played on 31 October 2015.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs[edit]

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2015 Superettan in a Two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

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3–3 on aggregate. Falkenbergs FF won on away goals.

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalkeepers[edit]

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	GA	SV%[2]	CS
1	John Alvbåge	IFK Göteborg	30	22	81	14
2	David Mitov Nilsson	IFK Norrköping	30	33	76	9
	Patrik Carlgren	AIK	25	26		8
	Gustav Jansson	Åtvidabergs FF	11	21		2
5	Stojan Lukić	Halmstads BK	29	43	75	8
	Otto Martler	Falkenbergs FF	30	56		8
	Johan Wiland	Malmö FF	14	12		7
	Christoffer Källqvist	BK Häcken	13	15		5
	Jacob Rinne	Örebro SK	14	20		2
10	Pär Hansson	Helsingborgs IF	23	34	74	6

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Søren Rieks	IFK Göteborg	BK Häcken	4–0	16 August 2015
Paulinho	BK Häcken	Halmstads BK	4–1	14 September 2015
Martin Broberg	Örebro SK	IF Elfsborg	4–2	21 September 2015
Paulinho	BK Häcken	IF Elfsborg	5–2	25 October 2015
Sebastian Andersson	Djurgårdens IF	GIF Sundsvall	4–2	31 October 2015

Scoring[edit]

• First goal of the season: Kennedy Bakircioglu for Hammarby IF against BK Häcken (4 April 2015)^[25]
  


• Largest winning margin: 6 goals^[3]
  
  
  • IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK (2 August 2015)
    
  
  
  • Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF (18 October 2015)
    
  
  
  
  


• Highest scoring game: 7 goals^[3]
  
  
  • AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (3 June 2015)
    
  
  
  • Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (23 September 2015)
    
  
  
  • BK Häcken 5–2 IF Elfsborg (25 October 2015)
    
  
  
  
  


• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals^[3]
  
  
  • IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK (2 August 2015)
    
  
  
  • Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF (18 October 2015)
    
  
  
  
  


• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals^[3]
  
  
  • AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (3 June 2015)
    
  
  
  • Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (23 September 2015)
    
  
  
  
  


• Fewest games failed to score in: 2^[26]
  • IFK Norrköping
  
  


• Most games failed to score in: 14^[26]
  • Halmstads BK
  
  

Clean sheets[edit]

• Most clean sheets: 14^[26]
  • IFK Göteborg
  
  


• Fewest clean sheets: 4^[26]
  
  
  • GIF Sundsvall
  
  
  • Åtvidabergs FF
  
  
  • Örebro SK
  
  
  
  

Discipline[edit]

• Most yellow cards (club): 62^[27]
  • Malmö FF
  
  


• Most yellow cards (player): 9^[27]
  
  
  • 
    Marcus Rohdén (IF Elfsborg)
  
  
  • 
    Daniel Sjölund (IFK Norrköping)
  
  
  
  


• Most red cards (club): 5^[28]
  • Åtvidabergs FF
  
  


• Most red cards (player): 2^[28]
  • 
    Daniel Hallingström (Åtvidabergs FF)
  
  


• Most fouls (player): 71^[29][30]
  • 
    Robin Simović (Helsingborgs IF)
  
  

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Media related to 2015 Fotbollsallsvenskan season at Wikimedia Commons

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  Official website (in Swedish)