# 2008 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played on 30 March 2008 and the last matches were played on 9 November 2008.
Kalmar FF won their first Swedish championship title. It was also the first title for a team from the province of Småland for 27 years.

## Participating clubs

| Club | Last season | First season in league | First season of current spell |
| AIK | 5th | 1924–25 | 2006 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 3rd | 1927–28 | 2001 |
| IF Elfsborg | 4th | 1926–27 | 1997 |
| GAIS | 11th | 1924–25 | 2006 |
| Gefle IF | 10th | 1933–34 | 2005 |
| IFK Göteborg | 1st | 1924–25 | 1977 |
| Halmstads BK | 7th | 1933–34 | 1993 |
| Hammarby IF | 6th | 1924–25 | 1998 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 8th | 1924–25 | 1993 |
| Kalmar FF | 2nd | 1949–50 | 2004 |
| Ljungskile SK | 2nd (Superettan) | 1997 | 2008 |
| Malmö FF | 9th | 1931–32 | 2001 |
| IFK Norrköping | 1st (Superettan) | 1924–25 | 2008 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 3rd (Superettan) | 1965 | 2008 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 13th | 1985 | 2007 |
| Örebro SK | 12th | 1946–47 | 2007 |

## Managers

| Club | Coach |
| AIK | Rikard Norling |
| Djurgårdens IF | Sigurður Jónsson |
| IF Elfsborg | Magnus Haglund |
| GAIS | Magnus Pehrsson |
| Gefle IF | Per Olsson |
| IFK Göteborg | Stefan Rehn/ Jonas Olsson |
| Halmstads BK | Janne Andersson |
| Hammarby IF | Tony Gustavsson |
| Helsingborgs IF | Bosse Nilsson |
| Kalmar FF | Nanne Bergstrand |
| Ljungskile SK | David Wilson |
| Malmö FF | Roland Nilsson |
| IFK Norrköping | Sören Cratz |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sören Åkeby |
| Trelleborgs FF | Tom Prahl |
| Örebro SK | Sixten Boström |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kalmar FF (C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | AIK | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 45 | |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Örebro SK | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Halmstads BK | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 41 | |
| 10 | Trelleborgs FF | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 40 | |
| 11 | GAIS | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 38 | |
| 12 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 36 | |
| 13 | Gefle IF | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 28 | |
| 14 | Ljungskile SK (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 24 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 22 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 16 | IFK Norrköping (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 20 | Relegation to Superettan |
* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as Svenska Cupen champions 2008.
* ↑ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Europa League as they received IFK Göteborg's initial qualifying spot.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | IFE | GAI | GIF | IFKG | HBK | HAM | HIF | KFF | LSK | MFF | IFKN | GIFS | TFF | ÖSK |
| AIK | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| IF Elfsborg | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| GAIS | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Gefle IF | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Halmstads BK | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Kalmar FF | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Ljungskile SK | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Malmö FF | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 |
| Örebro SK | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |

## Relegation play-offs

1–1 on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Patrik Ingelsten | Kalmar FF | 19 |
| 2 | Anselmo | Halmstads BK | 15 |
| 2 | Viktor Elm | Kalmar FF | 15 |
| 4 | Charlie Davies | Hammarby IF | 14 |
| 4 | Henrik Larsson | Helsingborgs IF | 14 |
| 4 | Ola Toivonen | Malmö FF | 14 |
| 7 | Hans Berggren | Gefle IF | 11 |
| 8 | Iván Óbolo | AIK | 10 |