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63-600: Allsvenskan is ranked 23rd in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Allsvenskan is currently ranked third highest of the leagues in Scandinavia after Norway and Denmark . The current champions are Malmö FF , who won the title in the 2024 season . The three teams with most Swedish championships are Malmö FF (24), IFK Göteborg (18) and IFK Norrköping (13). Including

126-505: A 5-year period since the first period officially analysed (1975–1979): A club's five-season coefficient is the cumulative total of its five-season coefficients from the reference period and 20% of its association's five-season association's coefficient. This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including the qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Women's Champions League. The distribution of points

189-492: A 5-year period since the first period officially analysed (2001–2005): UEFA calculates coefficients for each association that takes part in the UEFA Regions' Cup . These coefficients are calculated to compile ranking lists that are used to determine the round in which each team enters the competition and to seed the teams for the draws. The coefficient ranking list is established for the preliminary and intermediate round draws on

252-438: A match (52,194 at an Örgryte win over IFK Göteborg at Ullevi ), second highest average home attendance for a club (25,490 for Örgryte's 11 home matches), and the highest ever average attendance for Allsvenskan as a whole (13,369). In the past, AIK had the league's highest attendance for the season more often than any other club, followed by IFK Göteborg and Örgryte. However, for the past two decades, Hammarby has dominated

315-399: A particular season, the coefficients for the last five seasons are added. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for: Bonus Points UEFA uses this coefficient system to decide which teams gain automatic entry to the league phase and which teams must go through qualifying. For instance, the teams who occupy the top four league places in

378-502: A promotion/relegation play-off against the third lowest team in Allsvenskan. The Swiss corporation Kentaro has owned the TV rights for Superettan since 2006. Through license agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired on TV4 Sport who will broadcast a total of 90 matches in 2013 with the remaining 150 games available as online pay per view . The current license agreement

441-692: A relegation/promotion play-off against the third placed team in Superettan. The winners of Allsvenskan qualify for the UEFA Champions League , the runner-up together with the third placed team in the table qualify for the UEFA Europa League as well as the team who wins the Svenska Cupen . In case the winner of the Cup has already qualified to Champions League or Europa League, the third Europa League spot

504-474: A single season, a five-year span, and a ten-year span. For men's competitions, three sets of coefficients are calculated: The association coefficient is used to rank the football associations of Europe, and thus determine the number of clubs from an association that will participate in the UEFA Champions League , the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League . The UEFA ranking determines

567-554: A southern and northern group that was held before. In 1931, the league started to decide the Swedish football champions . In the early years, Norrland and Gotland teams were not allowed to play on higher levels in the league system, which was gradually changed to include the Norrland and Gotland teams on higher levels. For the 1959 Allsvenskan, the season start was changed from autumn to spring to be played in one calendar year. In 1973, it

630-587: A varying number of regionalized leagues operating under the Division 2 (1924–1986) and Division 1 (1987–1999) names. There are 16 clubs in Superettan. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the other twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season the two lowest placed teams are relegated to Division 1 and

693-479: Is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Allsvenskan since its inception in 1924–25 . It uses three points for a win even though this system was not introduced until the 1990 season . The matches played in the championship play-offs between 1982 and 1990 or the matches played in Mästerskapsserien in 1991 and 1992 are not included. The table that follows

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756-402: Is accurate as of the end of the 2023 season . Malmö FF are the current leaders, having had the lead since the end of the 2012 season when they overtook the lead from IFK Göteborg . IFK Göteborg are the club to have spent most seasons in the top spot with 48 seasons as leaders with a record of the most consecutive seasons as leaders with 35 seasons between 1938 and 1972. Six clubs have been in

819-558: Is considered a draw). Bonus points for entering the Europa League or Conference League group stage / league phase are not additional to win/draw points; they provide a minimum points allowance for participating clubs, whereas bonus points for entering the Champions League group stage / league phase (and those for qualifying to the knockout stage) are additional to win/draw points. Qualifying round results are only taken into account if

882-406: Is decided in the preceding season). This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the associations in the UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League games over the past five seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club, and one for a draw (points are halved in the qualifying rounds). Results determined by extra time do count in determining

945-525: Is given to the team that finishes fourth in Allsvenskan. The decider at equal number of points was goal ratio until the 1940–41 season, thereafter goal difference . The current trophy awarded to the Swedish champions is the Lennart Johanssons Pokal . Created in 2001, the trophy is named after former UEFA chairman, Lennart Johansson . A different trophy that was named after Clarence von Rosen ,

1008-488: Is sometimes placed above the club badge to indicate the club having won 10 league titles. In Sweden the star instead symbolizes 10 Swedish championship titles for the majority of the clubs as the league winner has not always been awarded the title of Swedish champions. Stars for Allsvenskan clubs was not common practise until 2006, although AIK had already introduced a star to their kit in 2000. IFK Göteborg , Malmö FF , IFK Norrköping , Örgryte IS and Djurgårdens IF were

1071-459: Is symmetrical to the distribution of points in association ranking. The ranking below takes into account of each team's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season starting 4 September 2024. The top 25 clubs as of 21 November 2024 are as follows: The following data indicate the top-ranked women's clubs in each 5-year period. Top-rated women's clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over

1134-655: Is used to seed national teams on UEFA competitions and to decide the number of clubs from an association that will participate in the UEFA Futsal Champions League . The rating below is the situation after the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifications have been played: The coefficients from 2020 used for the seeding and pot placements in the draw for UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2022 , were based on results on 2019 edition . Superettan Superettan ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsʉ̂ːpɛrˌɛtːan] ; meaning

1197-426: Is valid from 2011 to 2015. On March 24, 2017, Discovery -owned broadcaster Eurosport will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions ( Allsvenskan and Superettan) effectively from 2020 until 2025. The current managers in Superettan are: (Minimum of 10 games played) Superettan had an average attendance of 1,632 during its most recent season (2019). The highest attendance ever recorded at

1260-458: The 2023 season. No club has been a member of the league for every season since its inception. AIK is the club that has participated in the most seasons, with a record of 96 out of 100 seasons in total. Malmö FF has the record for most consecutive seasons: 63 between 1936–37 and 1999. IFK Göteborg is currently the club with the longest running streak, starting their 48th season in 2024. The following 16 clubs are competing in Allsvenskan during

1323-598: The 2024 season: The current managers in Allsvenskan are: Sven Andersson and Andreas Johansson shares the record for most appearances in Allsvenskan with 431 appearances for Örgryte IS and Helsingborgs IF for Andersson and Halmstads BK and IFK Norrköping for Johansson. Sven Jonasson has the record for most matches in a row with 332 matches for IF Elfsborg between 11 September 1927 and 1 November 1942. Until 1974, foreign players were banned from playing in Allsvenskan, however not on all levels of football in Sweden. In

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1386-593: The UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments (country rankings only), and after applied in women's football and futsal , the coefficients are calculated by UEFA , who administer football within Europe , and the Asian parts of some transcontinental countries . The confederation publishes three types of rankings: one analysing

1449-435: The 2018–2023 period: UEFA 5-year Club Ranking as of 19 May 2022: The record for highest average home attendance for a club was set by Hammarby in 2022 (26,372 over 15 home matches). Most other attendance records for Allsvenskan were set in the 1959 season , coinciding with the first season that the league switched from an autumn–spring format to a spring–autumn format. 1959 saw records for highest attendance at

1512-461: The 2024 season, Allsvenskan has been running for an unbroken streak of 100 seasons. Unlike other European football leagues, the Allsvenskan did not experience an interruption in play during World War II due to Swedish neutrality. Allsvenskan started in the 1924–25 Allsvenskan season and the first winner was GAIS . The one-league twelve team Allsvenskan replaced the Svenska Serien , consisting of

1575-452: The 2024–25 season underway. The top 25 clubs as of 28 November 2024 are as follows. Prior to the 2018 club rankings, teams received the sum of their points earned over the last five seasons plus 20% of the club's association coefficient. Before 1999 a number of strong teams in the UEFA Cup were seeded such that those teams did not meet in the first two rounds. To determine these teams,

1638-602: The UEFA regulations a National League needs to consist of at least eight clubs to be considered valid, otherwise no participants of such a league will be allowed to enter European competitions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , two-legged ties in the knockout stages of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League , and in the qualifying stages of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League , were changed to single-leg matches. In those cases where there

1701-832: The UK on Premier Sports and FreeSports . In October 2018, ESPN picked up the rights to broadcast one Allsvenskan match per week in the United States . Allsvenskan matches have also been broadcast in several countries, such as DAZN in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, Sport Klub in Balkan countries, Nova sports in Cyprus and Greece, TV2 in Norway and 4th Sports in Iraq A total of 67 clubs have played in Allsvenskan from its inception in 1924 up to and including

1764-489: The allocation of points, but results determined by penalty shootouts do not affect the allocation of points, other than for bonus points given for qualification into the latter rounds. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season. This number is calculated to three decimal places then truncated (e.g. 2 + 2 ⁄ 3 would be truncated to 2.666). To determine an association's coefficient for

1827-435: The associations ranked 1 to 4 in UEFA competition, the top two teams of the association ranked 5 and 6, and the champions in the associations ranked 7 to 10 gain automatic entry into the league phase for the following season's Champions League competition. The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season underway. The final ranking at

1890-542: The attendance figures helped by a move to the larger Tele2 Arena from the much smaller Söderstadion . Other teams that have for at least one season had the best attendance in the league include Helsingborg , Malmö FF , Djurgården , GAIS , Örebro SK and Öster . As of the 2014 season Allsvenskan has 12 referees that are categorized as Allsvenskan referees, seven of which are fully certified international FIFA referees. Apart from these, female FIFA referee Tess Olofsson also occasionally officiates games in Allsvenskan as

1953-435: The basis of the associations’ results in the three most recent completed seasons at the time of the draws. For the 2022–23 competition, the coefficient ranking list is therefore based on the associations' results in the seasons 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2018–19. As of 8 December 2021 the coefficients are as follows: Points are awarded for each match played in the qualifying competition. Match points are awarded in accordance with

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2016-469: The change of trophy was not a personal attack against Von Rosen but rather that the Football Association did not want to be linked to Nazism and constantly engage in discussions regarding this every time the trophy was awarded. In addition to the winner's trophy and the individual winner's medals awarded to players, Allsvenskan also awards the most valuable player, goalkeeper of the year, defender of

2079-619: The club is eliminated in one of the rounds (see table below). Otherwise, the qualifying round results are taken into account only for the calculation of the association's coefficient and are halved. The clubs do not receive any points for elimination in the Champions League or Europa League qualifying because those clubs move to the Europa League and/or Conference League and receive points from participation in that competition. The ranking below takes into account of each club's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with

2142-416: The end of the 2024–25 season will be used to determine the minimum number of places for each association in the 2026–27 UEFA club competitions. The two highest annual coefficients from the 2023–24 season and onward will be used to determine two additional European Performance Spots in the Champions League for the next season. As of 28 November 2024, the coefficients are as follows: Notes According to

2205-457: The final scores as ratified by UEFA. Final tournament matches and penalty shoot-outs are not taken into consideration. In addition to the match points, the bonus points are awarded for each season.The points are given as follows: Since 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification , the UEFA coefficients are based on the Elo rating system and are constantly updated to all non-friendly matches. This ranking

2268-476: The first chairman of the Swedish Football Association, had previously been used between 1903 and 2000, but was replaced after journalists reported that von Rosen had personal connections to the later infamous Nazi leader Hermann Göring during the time he lived in Sweden (soon after World War One). The former President of the Swedish Football Association, Lars-Åke Lagrell stated that the reason for

2331-428: The first editions were representing cities instead of clubs. The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings: The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season currently taking place. The final ranking at the end of the 2024–25 season will be used to determine

2394-618: The first season of allowance, on 13 April 1974, English Ronald Powell in Brynäs IF became the first foreign player in Allsvenskan In 1977, Tunisian Melke Amri became the first non-European player. In 1978, Icelandic Teitur Þórðarson in Östers IF became the first foreign player to win the Allsvenskan Sven Jonasson has scored the most goals in Allsvenskan history, with 254 goals in 410 appearances. Gunnar Nordahl has become

2457-482: The first teams after AIK to introduce their stars. No new club has introduced a star since 2006, the clubs closest to their first are IF Elfsborg with 6 Swedish championship titles and Helsingborgs IF with 7 Allsvenskan titles depending on what the star symbolizes. The following table is ordered after number of stars followed by number of Swedish championship titles and then the number of Allsvenskan titles. The all-time Allsvenskan table, "maratontabellen" in Swedish ,

2520-479: The gold medal while the runners-up receive the "big silver" medal. The third place team gets the "small silver" medal instead of the more commonly used bronze medal which is instead awarded to the fourth-place finisher. This tradition of awarding four medals and not three is thought to have to do with the fact that the losers of the Semi-finals of Svenska Mästerskapet were both given bronze medals since no bronze match

2583-573: The history of the associations. According to the prorated (extended) calculation system, only four associations have succeeded in being ranked as the top European association. Following the Heysel Stadium disaster , all English teams were banned from UEFA competitions in 1985. The ban was only lifted after five seasons, with the knock-on effects continuing to impact on English football for a total of nine years from 1986 to 1994. Having been top in 1985, England were un-ranked in 1990 and would not regain

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2646-592: The introduction of the UEFA Cup in 1971, the competition began to grow in complexity having more clubs than the European Champions Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, reaching up to four from a single country. UEFA began to publish association rankings in 1979, to identify the number of participants for each association in the UEFA Cup. Subsequently, for statistical purposes, various rankings were introduced to portray

2709-431: The lead, the lead having changed among them ten times since 1925. The former leader with the lowest current ranking in the table is GAIS , currently placing 12th and 2120 points short of Malmö FF. A total of 67 clubs have played at least one season at Allsvenskan up to and including 2023 season. The following data indicates Swedish coefficient rankings between European football leagues. UEFA League Ranking for

2772-584: The league due to financial problems, and Assyriska FF got their place. Since 2008, the league consists of 16 teams. The champions are considered Swedish champions and gold medal winners. The runners-up are awarded the Large Silver medal, the third positioned team are awarded the Small Silver medal and the team positioned in fourth place are awarded the Bronze medal. There have been seasons with exceptions when

2835-498: The league five times in a row, but only two Swedish championships. The 1990 season saw the introduction of three points per win. The play-off season years were followed by two years of continuation league, named Mästerskapsserien . The 1993 season saw a return to the classical format, again with 14 teams. IFK Göteborg won five Allsvenskan league titles in the 1990s. In the early 2000s, Djurgårdens IF won three titles ( 2002 , 2003 and 2005 ). In 2004, Örebro SK lost its place in

2898-455: The number of places for each association in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League. As of 21 November 2024 the coefficients are as follows: Notes The following data indicates the three top-ranked women's associations in each five-year period. The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings: Introduced first in 1990 with various calculation principles applied throughout

2961-404: The number of teams competing in the season after the next, not in the first season after the publication of the ranking. Thus, the rankings at the end of the 2022–23 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2024–25 (not 2023–24) UEFA season. This is unrelated to the selection of teams which will fill each allocation through the individual association leagues and national cups (which

3024-511: The online pay-per-view service C SPORTS. On 24 March 2017, Discovery -owned channel Eurosport and OTT streaming service dPlay will be the new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions (Allsvenskan and Superettan ) effectively from 2020 until 2025, as well as selected European countries (exc. Italy) for Allsvenskan. In May 2024 Discovery+ was rebranded as Max which is the service that currently broadcasts Allsvenskan. Beginning in 2018, Allsvenskan matches were previously broadcast in

3087-760: The only woman to ever having done so. Note: FIFA referees are in bold Malmö FF were runners up in the 1978–79 European Cup , after a 1–0 defeat against Nottingham Forest . IFK Göteborg won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1981–82 (defeating Hamburger SV in the finals) and 1986–87 (defeating Dundee United in the finals). IFK Göteborg also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1985–86. They won 3–0 against FC Barcelona , and lost 0–3 at Camp Nou , Barcelona won on penalty shootout. The following teams have participated in UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League or UEFA Europa Conference League group stages: UEFA coefficient In European football ,

3150-482: The optimal goal wasn't to win Allsvenskan, but the play-offs or Mästerskapsserien. Since 2008 there are 16 clubs in Allsvenskan. During the course of a season (starting in late March and ending in early November) each club plays the others twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games. The two lowest placed teams at the end of the season are relegated to Superettan and the top two teams from Superettan are promoted in their place. The third lowest team in Allsvenskan plays

3213-435: The qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League , UEFA Conference League . The clubs receive two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a defeat in games of the main stages of the Champions League , Europa League and Conference League . Results determined after extra-time are included in this method, however results determined after penalty shoot-outs are not (the result

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3276-482: The sum of the ratio of the number of points achieved to the number of games played by each team, was calculated for the past five seasons The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 5-year period. Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value. Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over

3339-466: The super first (division) ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Allsvenskan and Division 1 . Seasons run from April to October, with teams playing 30 matches each, totalling 240 matches in the season. The league was created in 2000. The second tier of Swedish football had previously consisted of

3402-486: The top position until 2008. The following data indicates the three top-ranked associations in each five-year period. Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value. Note that the table take into account the results from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a non-UEFA competition that took place until 1971, whose teams in

3465-431: The top scorer most times, with four wins. Note that this list does not necessarily equate to the Swedish champions, as a play-off format was used in the 1980s. For a comprehensive list of Swedish football champions, see: List of Swedish football champions Historically the players and coaching staff from the four best teams in Allsvenskan are awarded medals at the end of each season. The champions are awarded

3528-457: The two winning teams from the two Division 1 leagues are promoted in their place while the third and fourth lowest teams in Superettan play a promotion/relegation play-off against the two-second placed teams in Division 1. The top two teams in Superettan are promoted to Allsvenskan and the two lowest placed teams from Allsvenskan are relegated in their place. The third placed team in Superettan plays

3591-423: The winners of Allsvenskan wasn't considered Swedish champions as well. Allsvenskan winners between 1924 and 1930 were crowned league champions and awarded gold medals, the title of Swedish champions was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet up until 1925 and then not at all until 1930. The years 1982 through 1990 are also exceptions, the title was instead decided through play-offs during these years. The same

3654-584: The year, midfielder of the year, forward of the year, newcomer of the year and manager of year at Allsvenskans stora pris together with C More and Magasinet Offside. Also, the Allsvenskan top scorer is awarded. The Swiss corporation Kentaro has owned the TV rights for Allsvenskan since 2006. Through licence agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired through C More Entertainment who broadcasts them on their C More Sport and C More Live channels, until 2019. Matches can also be bought through

3717-405: The years, currently the club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League over the previous five seasons or 20% of the club's association coefficient over the same period, whichever coefficient is higher. This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including

3780-410: Was expanded to contain 14 teams. In the 1970s, Malmö FF , under the lead of Spanish Antonio Durán and later English Bob Houghton , won five Allsvenskan and managed to proceed to the 1979 European Cup Final , which they lost to Nottingham Forest . From the 1982 season, the league introduced a play-off to determine the Swedish football champions . In the late 1980s, Malmö FF were dominant, winning

3843-424: Was played. The overall medal rank is displayed below after points in descending order. 5 points are awarded for a "gold" medal, 3 points for a "big silver" medal, 2 points for a "small silver" medal and 1 point for a bronze medal. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season . Clubs in European football are commonly honoured for winning multiple league titles and a representative golden star

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3906-429: Was such a change in format, the following points were awarded instead: This translates to the original system (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) by considering the "unplayed leg" as a draw. The following is the default access list for the 2024–25 and future seasons. Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein which receives one Conference League qualifying berth for their cup winner. Following

3969-402: Was true for the years 1991 and 1992 when the title was decided through a continuation league called Mästerskapsserien . Historically, however, there is a big difference between the Allsvenskan winners before 1931 compared to the period between 1982 and 1992. As winning Allsvenskan in its earlier seasons was the optimal aim for the clubs, while as during the era of play-offs and Mästerskapsserien,

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