The 2023 Allsvenskan was the 99th season of Sweden's top-level football league,

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 ...

. A total of 16 teams participated.

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 ...

were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.

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 ...

and

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were promoted after finishing first and second in the 2022 Superettan, while Varbergs BoIS staved off relegation by defeating third placed

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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 ...

clinched their 23rd Swedish championship title and 26th Allsvenskan title on 12 November 2023, the final game day of the regular season, by defeating the other title competitor,

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, 1–0 at home. This was the first time since

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that the title was decided in the final round, and the first time since 2009 that it was decided in the final round in a game between the top two teams.

were forced to defend their Allsvenskan status in a relegation series and

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and Varbergs BoIS were directly relegated to the 2024 Superettan. The 2023 Allsvenskan season began on 1 April, and ended on 12 November 2023 (not including play-off matches).

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season, and two promoted teams from the 2022 Superettan.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor

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as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt. 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.

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Allsvenskan play-off

The fourteenth-placed team (

) faced the third-placed team from the 2023 Superettan ( Utsiktens BK) in a

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for the final place in the

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. The loser ended up in the 2024 Superettan. ''IF Brommapojkarna won 7–0 on aggregate.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 10 games played)

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 9 ** Adam Carlén (

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) ** Jesper Ceesay (

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) ** Anton Eriksson (

) ** Rasmus Schüller (

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

) ** Robin Tranberg ( Varbergs BoIS) * Most red cards: 2 ** Ricardo Friedrich (

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 ...

) ** Anders Trondsen (

)

Club

* Most yellow cards: * Most red cards:

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Attendances

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drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023 edition of the Swedish top-flight football league.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allsvenskan 2023

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