Soccer Betting - Sweden Allsvenskan

History - Facts - Teams - Winners

Important Facts

• There are 14 clubs in Allsvenskan and the season starts in April and ends in October.

• During the season each club plays the rest two different times, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 26 games.

• The Svenska Mästerskapet was the Swedish football cup held to decide the Swedish Champions between 1896 and 1925.

• At the end of each season the two lowest placed teams are relegated to Superettan and the top two teams from Superettan are promoted in their place.

• The winners of Allsvenskan qualify for the UEFA Champions League, and they enter the competition at the second qualifying round.

• The runner-up team qualifies for the UEFA Cup, and enters the competition at the first qualifying round. The third placed team enters the UEFA Intertoto Cup

• In 2004 at the beginning of the Royal League, the four top placed teams enter that tournament together among with four teams from Norway and Denmark.

• Svenska Serien was the first level Swedish football league and it was then replaced by Allsvenskan. N.B.

 

Sweden League championships

Titles	Club
18	IFK Göteborg
15	Malmö FF
12	IFK Norrköping
12	Örgryte IS
11	AIK
11	Djurgårdens IF
5	IF Elfsborg
4	GAIS
4	Halmstads BK
4	Helsingborgs IF
4	Östers IF
2	Åtvidabergs FF
1	Brynäs IF
1	IFK Eskilstuna
1	Fässbergs IF
1	Göteborgs IF
1	Hammarby IF
1	IK Sleipner
1	Kalmar FF