2023 Allsvenskan

The 2023 Allsvenskan was the 99th season of Sweden's top-level football league, Allsvenskan. A total of 16 teams participated. BK Häcken were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. IF Brommapojkarna and Halmstads BK were promoted after finishing first and second in the 2022 Superettan, while Varbergs BoIS staved off relegation by defeating third placed Östers IF.

Allsvenskan

Season	2023
Dates	1 April 2023 – 12 November 2023
Champions	Malmö FF 26th Allsvenskan title 23rd Swedish title
Relegated	Degerfors IF Varbergs BoIS
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa League	IF Elfsborg
Conference League	BK Häcken Djurgårdens IF
Matches played	240
Goals scored	665 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Isaac Kiese Thelin (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Sirius 7–0 Varberg (16 September 2023)
Biggest away win	Varberg 0–6 Malmö FF (4 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Elfsborg 6–1 Halmstad (3 May 2023) Sirius 3–4 Elfsborg (8 May 2023) Häcken 6–1 Degerfors (13 May 2023) Hammarby 4–3 Djurgården (14 May 2023) Varberg 4–3 Brommapojkarna (3 September 2023) Sirius 7–0 Varberg (16 September 2023) Norrköping 4–3 Varberg (6 November 2023)
Longest winning run	8 matches Elfsborg and Malmö FF
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Elfsborg
Longest winless run	13 matches Varberg
Longest losing run	5 matches Varberg
Highest attendance	41,327 AIK 2–0 Djurgården (24 September 2023)
Lowest attendance	627 BP 2–0 Mjällby (24 April 2023)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 12 November 2023.

Malmö FF 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, IF Elfsborg, 1–0 at home. This was the first time since 2009 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. IF Brommapojkarna were forced to defend their Allsvenskan status in a relegation series and Degerfors IF 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

Halmstads BK

Degerfors IF

IF Elfsborg

Gothenburg

IFK Norrköping

IFK Värnamo

IK Sirius

Kalmar FF

Malmö FF

Mjällby AIF

Stockholm

Varbergs BoIS

Stockholm teams
AIK
Djurgårdens IF
Hammarby IF
IF Brommapojkarna

Gothenburg teams
BK Häcken
IFK Göteborg

Location of teams in 2023 Allsvenskan

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	Stadium capacity
AIK	Solna	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
IF Brommapojkarna	Stockholm	Grimsta IP	Artificial	5,000
Degerfors IF	Degerfors	Stora Valla	Natural	7,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Halmstads BK	Halmstad	Örjans Vall	Natural	10,873
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,600
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Nya Parken[note 1]	Artificial	15,734
IFK Värnamo	Värnamo	Finnvedsvallen	Natural	5,000
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Artificial	10,000
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Stadion[note 2]	Natural	22,500
Mjällby AIF	Hällevik	Strandvallen	Natural	6,750
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen	Natural	4,500

1. Known as Platinumcars Arena for sponsorship reasons.
2. Known as Eleda Stadion for sponsorship reasons.

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Unibet as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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 coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AIK	Henning Berg	Alexander Milošević	Nike	Truecaller
BK Häcken	Per-Mathias Høgmo	Samuel Gustafson	Puma	BRA
Degerfors IF	Andreas Holmberg Tobias Solberg	Sebastian Ohlsson	Umbro	Various
Djurgårdens IF	Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf	Magnus Eriksson	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Halmstads BK	Magnus Haglund	Andreas Johansson	Puma
Hammarby IF	Ábel Lőrincz	Nahir Besara	Craft	Huski Chocolate
IF Brommapojkarna	Andreas Engelmark Olof Mellberg	Gustav Sandberg Magnusson	Nike	Bauhaus
IF Elfsborg	Jimmy Thelin	Johan Larsson	Umbro	Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg	Jens Berthel Askou	Marcus Berg	Craft	Serneke
IFK Norrköping	Glen Riddersholm	Christoffer Nyman	Adidas	Holmen
IFK Värnamo	Kim Hellberg	Freddy Winsth	Puma
IK Sirius	Christer Mattiasson	Daniel Stensson	Select	Various
Kalmar FF	Henrik Jensen	Ricardo Friedrich	Select	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Henrik Rydström	Anders Christiansen	Puma	Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF	Anders Torstensson	David Löfquist	Puma	Various
Varbergs BoIS	Martin Skogman	Stojan Lukić	Craft	Various

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Malmö FF	Åge Hareide	End of contract	6 November 2022	Pre-season	Henrik Rydström	17 November 2022[1]
Mjällby AIF	Andreas Brännström		8 November 2022[2]		Anders Torstensson	14 November 2022[3]
AIK	Henok Goitom	End of interim spell	8 November 2022[4]		Andreas Brännström	8 November 2022[4]
IK Sirius	Daniel Bäckström	Signed by Sweden U21	10 November 2022[5]		Christer Mattiasson	5 December 2022[6]
Kalmar FF	Henrik Rydström	Signed by Malmö FF	17 November 2022[7]		Henrik Jensen	28 December 2022[8]
IF Brommapojkarna	Christer Mattiasson	Signed by IK Sirius	5 December 2022[9]		Olof Mellberg Andreas Engelmark	5 December 2022[10]
IFK Göteborg	Mikael Stahre	Sacked	8 March 2023[11]		Jens Berthel Askou	7 June 2023[12]
Varbergs BoIS	Joakim Persson	Signed by AC Horsens	28 June 2023[13]	16th	Martin Skogman (interim)	29 June 2023[14]
AIK	Andreas Brännström	Sacked	2 July 2023[15]	14th	Henning Berg	2 July 2023[15]
Hammarby IF	Martí Cifuentes	Signed by Queens Park Rangers	30 October 2023[16]	6th	Ábel Lőrincz (interim)	31 October 2023[17]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	20	4	6	62	27	+35	64	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg	30	20	4	6	59	26	+33	64	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	BK Häcken	30	18	3	9	69	39	+30	57	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Djurgårdens IF	30	15	5	10	41	36	+5	50
5	IFK Värnamo	30	14	3	13	37	34	+3	45
6	Kalmar FF	30	13	6	11	35	40	−5	45
7	Hammarby IF	30	11	11	8	41	39	+2	44
8	IK Sirius	30	12	6	12	51	44	+7	42
9	IFK Norrköping	30	12	5	13	45	45	0	41
10	Mjällby AIF	30	12	5	13	32	34	−2	41
11	AIK	30	9	9	12	34	38	−4	36
12	Halmstads BK	30	9	9	12	30	44	−14	36
13	IFK Göteborg	30	8	10	12	33	37	−4	34
14	IF Brommapojkarna (O)	30	10	3	17	40	53	−13	33	Qualification for the Allsvenskan play-off
15	Degerfors IF (R)	30	7	5	18	30	62	−32	26	Relegation to Superettan
16	Varbergs BoIS (R)	30	3	6	21	26	67	−41	15

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The 2023–24 Svenska Cupen winners qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Malmö FF) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Malmö FF	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1
IF Elfsborg	16	13	7	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
BK Häcken	3	1	5	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Djurgårdens IF	1	4	8	7	6	8	6	8	7	6	7	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
IFK Värnamo	5	9	11	9	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	12	10	11	12	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	5	5	5
Kalmar FF	13	6	4	3	4	4	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	7	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	8	6	7	6	5	7	7	6
Hammarby IF	2	7	12	8	8	10	11	9	10	11	11	10	11	10	8	10	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	7
IK Sirius	9	12	10	14	15	13	14	15	15	13	12	11	12	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	14	15	14	14	11	10	9	10	9	8
IFK Norrköping	10	3	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	9
Mjällby AIF	8	5	3	6	7	7	8	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	7	6	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	10	9	10	10
AIK	11	16	14	13	14	14	15	13	14	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	15	13	14	13	12	13	11	11	11	12	11
Halmstads BK	4	10	6	10	11	12	10	11	9	8	8	6	6	5	5	7	7	9	9	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	12	12	11	12
IFK Göteborg	12	15	15	16	16	15	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	11	10	10	12	13	13	13	13
IF Brommapojkarna	15	14	16	15	12	6	7	5	5	7	4	5	8	9	10	9	10	11	10	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Degerfors IF	14	8	13	12	9	11	12	14	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Varbergs BoIS	7	11	9	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and Champions League second qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Allsvenskan play-off
	Relegation to 2024 Superettan

Source: everysport.com

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
AIK	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W
BK Häcken	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L
Degerfors IF	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L
Djurgårdens IF	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	L
Halmstads BK	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D
Hammarby IF	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	D
IF Brommapojkarna	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W
IF Elfsborg	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
IFK Göteborg	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	W
IFK Norrköping	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L
IFK Värnamo	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L
IK Sirius	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Kalmar FF	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W
Malmö FF	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Mjällby AIF	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W
Varbergs BoIS	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L

Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	BKH	DEG	DIF	HBK	HAM	BP	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	IFKV	IKS	KFF	MFF	MAIF	VAR
AIK		1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
BK Häcken	2–0		6–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	4–1	4–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	4–2	3–0	2–0
Degerfors IF	2–1	1–0		2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–1
Djurgårdens IF	1–0	1–0	4–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Halmstads BK	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–5
Hammarby	4–2	2–2	3–1	4–3	2–2		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–0	2–0
IF Brommapojkarna	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0		0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	2–1
IF Elfsborg	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	6–1	2–0	5–0		1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	2–0	2–1
IFK Göteborg	1–1	4–2	6–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
IFK Norrköping	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	3–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–3
IFK Värnamo	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1		0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–1
IK Sirius	0–1	1–4	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	3–4	2–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–3	2–3	7–0
Kalmar FF	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2		1–0	0–2	1–0
Malmö FF	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0		1–2	5–0
Mjällby AIF	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–0		2–2
Varbergs BoIS	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–6	0–3

Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Allsvenskan play-off

The fourteenth-placed team (IF Brommapojkarna) faced the third-placed team from the 2023 Superettan (Utsiktens BK) in a two-legged tie for the final place in the 2024 Allsvenskan. The loser ended up in the 2024 Superettan.

Utsiktens BK	0–7	IF Brommapojkarna
		Vasić 3', 28', 69' Fritzson 11' Timossi Andersson 44' Johansson 84', 90'

24 November 2023

19:00

Bravida Arena, Gothenburg

IF Brommapojkarna	0–0	Utsiktens BK

27 November 2023

19:00

Grimsta IP, Stockholm

IF Brommapojkarna won 7–0 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 12 November 2023[18][19] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Isaac Kiese Thelin Malmö FF 16 2 Bénie Traoré BK Häcken 12 3 Viktor Đukanović Hammarby IF 11 Gustav Engvall IFK Värnamo Sebastian Nanasi Malmö FF Jeppe Okkels IF Elfsborg 7 Wessam Abou Ali IK Sirius 10 Joakim Persson IK Sirius

Top goalkeepers As of 12 November 2023[18] (Minimum of 10 games played) Rank Goalkeeper Club GP GA SV% CS 1 Hákon Valdimarsson IF Elfsborg 29 22 78 13 2 Jonathan Rasheed IFK Värnamo 22 N/A 77 7 3 Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist Halmstads BK 16 N/A 75 6 4 Ricardo Friedrich Kalmar FF 27 N/A 74 8 5 Noel Törnqvist Mjällby AIF 27 N/A 73 7 Peter Abrahamsson BK Häcken 30 39 5 7 Oliver Dovin Hammarby IF 29 N/A 72 9 8 Jacob Widell Zetterström Djurgårdens IF 23 N/A 71 10 9 Johan Dahlin Malmö FF 29 N/A 70 12 Filip Sidklev IF Brommapojkarna 20 N/A 5

Hat-tricks

As of 12 November 2023

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Isaac Kiese Thelin	Malmö FF	Hammarby IF	4–2	30 April 2023
Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF	Varbergs BoIS	6–0	4 May 2023
Joakim Persson	IK Sirius	Varbergs BoIS	7–0	16 September 2023
Momodou Sonko	BK Häcken	IFK Norrköping	4–1	22 October 2023
Joakim Persson	IK Sirius	Djurgårdens IF	4–2	4 November 2023
Ioannis Pittas	AIK Fotboll	IFK Varnamo	3–1	12 November 2023

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9^[19]
  • Adam Carlén (IFK Göteborg)
  • Jesper Ceesay (IFK Norrköping)
  • Anton Eriksson (IFK Norrköping)
  • Rasmus Schüller (Djurgårdens IF)
  • Robin Tranberg (Varbergs BoIS)

• Most red cards: 2^[19]
  • Ricardo Friedrich (Kalmar FF)
  • Anders Trondsen (IFK Göteborg)

Club

• Most yellow cards:

• Most red cards:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
April	Henrik Rydström	Malmö FF	Isaac Kiese Thelin	Malmö FF
May	Jimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg	Jacob Ondrejka	IF Elfsborg
July	Jimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg	Jeppe Okkels	IF Elfsborg
August	Jens Berthel Askou	IFK Göteborg	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	IFK Norrköping
September	Jens Berthel Askou	IFK Göteborg	Arbnor Muçolli	IFK Göteborg
October	Kim Hellberg	IFK Värnamo	Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF

Annual awards

Award[20]	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF
Goalkeeper of the Year	Hákon Valdimarsson	IF Elfsborg
Defender of the Year	Gustaf Lagerbielke	IF Elfsborg
Midfielder of the Year	Sebastian Nanasi	Malmö FF
Forward of the Year	Isaac Kiese Thelin	Malmö FF
Young Player of the Year	Momodou Sonko	BK Häcken
Coach of the Year	Jimmy Thelin	IF Elfsborg

See also

• Association football portal
• Sweden portal

Competitions 2023 Superettan 2023 Division 1 2022–23 Svenska Cupen 2023–24 Svenska Cupen

Team seasons 2023 Djurgårdens IF season 2023 Hammarby Fotboll season 2023 Malmö FF season

Attendances

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

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[21]
1	AIK Fotboll	15	25,740
2	Hammarby IF	15	22,543
3	Malmö FF	15	20,055
4	Djurgårdens IF	15	19,331
5	IFK Göteborg	15	16,190
6	IF Elfsborg	15	9,445
7	IFK Norrköping	15	8,051
8	Halmstads BK	15	6,607
9	Kalmar FF	15	6,513
10	IK Sirius	15	6,330
11	BK Häcken	15	4,867
12	Degerfors IF	15	3,820
13	Mjällby AIF	15	3,565
14	IFK Värnamo	15	2,717
15	Varbergs BoIS	15	2,638
16	IF Brommapojkarna	15	2,002