The 2015 Allsvenskan season, was the 91st edition of top tier

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

football competition since its founding in 1924 under the authority of the

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; the 2015 Swedish football season. 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2014 season and two that were promoted from

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. The 2015 fixtures were released on 21 January 2015. The season started on 4 April 2015, when

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

visited newly promoted

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

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and ended on 31 October 2015.

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

unsuccessfully defended its 2014 title losing to

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

in the 2015 title final on 31 October 2015, 2–0. IFK Norrköping would win the title with a margin of three points ahead of

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

and five points clear of third-placed team AIK. The 2015 title enabled IFK Norrköping a guaranteed place to contest in the second qualifying round the

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tournament; runners-up IFK Göteborg and third-placed AIK would compete in first qualifying round of

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. The fourth-placed team

Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

would play in Europa League if they or one of the top three teams won

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Summary

Background

The annual pre-season kick-off meeting was held at Scandic Infra City in

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on 23 March 2015. 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

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, the official broadcasters of the league.

Season overview

The season started on 4 April 2015 with two fixtures, an early afternoon fixture between newcomers

and last year's fifth placed team

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followed by the match between

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

and

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

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. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions

will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollf� ...

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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

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.

Allsvenskans stora pris

For the third year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan,

, 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. The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. 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. Goalkeeper of the year *

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(IFK Göteborg) * Patrik Carlgren (AIK) * Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (IF Elfsborg) Defender of the year * Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping) *

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(IFK Göteborg) * Emil Salomonsson (IFK Göteborg) Midfielder of the year * Ebenezer Ofori (AIK) *

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(IFK Norrköping) *

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(IF Elfsborg) Forward of the year *

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(IFK Norrköping) *

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(AIK) *

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(Malmö FF) Newcomer of the year *

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(Djurgårdens IF) *

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(Djurgårdens IF) * Gustaf Nilsson (Falkenbergs FF) Manager of the year * Jan Andersson (IFK Norrköping) *

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(IFK Göteborg) *

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(AIK) Most valuable player of the year *

(AIK) *

(IFK Norrköping) * Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping)

Teams

A total of sixteen teams will contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the

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. Both of the promoted teams for the 2014 season managed to stay in the league,

Falkenbergs FF Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...

and

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

and

IF Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish association football, football club based in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality ...

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

and runners-up

. Hammarby returned to Allsvenskan after five years absence, having been relegated at the end of the

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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

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season. This was Sundsvall's 15th season in the league.

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), also known as Gefle IF FF by the Swedish Football Association, are a Swedish professional association football, football club based in G ...

as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team

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4–1 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

* ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan. * ² The capacity of Olympia will be reduced during the season due to major stadium renovations.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. * ¹ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from

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in a

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on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home. ---- ---- ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Falkenbergs FF won on away goals.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Hat-tricks

Scoring

*First goal of the season:

Kennedy Bakircioglu Kennedy Bakircioglu (born 2 November 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with Hammarby IF, with whom he won the 2001 Allsvenskan and 2014 Superettan titles. He also re ...

for Hammarby IF against BK Häcken (''4 April 2015'') *Largest winning margin: 6 goals **IFK Göteborg 6–0 Örebro SK (''2 August 2015'') **Falkenbergs FF 6–0 Åtvidabergs FF (''18 October 2015'') *Highest scoring game: 7 goals **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 **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 **AIK 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (''3 June 2015'') **Malmö FF 4–3 Falkenbergs FF (''23 September 2015'') *Fewest games failed to score in: 2 **IFK Norrköping *Most games failed to score in: 14 **Halmstads BK

Clean sheets

*Most

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: 14 **IFK Göteborg *Fewest clean sheets: 4 **GIF Sundsvall **Åtvidabergs FF **Örebro SK

Discipline

*Most yellow cards (club): 62 **Malmö FF *Most yellow cards (player): 9 **

Marcus Rohdén Marcus Christer Rohdén (born 11 May 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AEK Larnaca. Beginning his career with IF Elfsborg in 2011, he won Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen with the club before moving to F.C. C ...

(IF Elfsborg) **

(IFK Norrköping) *Most red cards (club): 5 **Åtvidabergs FF *Most red cards (player): 2 **

Daniel Hallingström Daniel Christian Hallingström (born 10 February 1981) is a former Swedish footballer and manager. He spent the most of his career at Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or ...

(Åtvidabergs FF) *Most fouls (player): 71 **

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(Helsingborgs IF)

References

External links

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