# 2021 Damallsvenskan

The 2021 Damallsvenskan was the 34th season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. The league began on 17 April 2021, and ended on 6 November 2021.
Hammarby and AIK returned to the top tier after 2 years and 5 years in Elitettan respectively.
All matches are viewed worldwide, except for Mexico, for a fee at Damallsvenskan TV Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Aftonbladet have bought broadcasting rights for all Damallsvenskan matches from 2020 to 2022 and will have them available at Sportbladet Play.

## Summary

The game Hammarby IF–AIK (4–1) on 10 October was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, in front of 18 537 spectators, leading to a new Damallsvenskan record attendance.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Turf | Stadium capacity$^a$ |
| AIK | Stockholm | Skytteholms IP | Artificial | 5,200 |
| BK Häcken FF | Gothenburg | Bravida Arena | Artificial | 6,500 |
| Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | Natural | 14,417 |
| Eskilstuna United DFF | Eskilstuna | Tunavallen | Artificial | 7,600 |
| FC Rosengård | Malmö | Malmö IP | Artificial | 5,700 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Hammarby IP | Artificial | 3,700 |
| KIF Örebro DFF | Örebro | Behrn Arena | Artificial | 12,624 |
| Kristianstads DFF | Kristianstad | Kristianstads fotbollsarena | Hybrid | 3,080$^b$ |
| Kristianstads DFF | Kristianstad | Vilans IP | Natural | 5,000$^b$ |
| Linköpings FC | Linköping | Arena Linköping | Artificial | 8,500 |
| Piteå IF | Piteå | LF Arena | Artificial | 3,000 |
| Vittsjö GIK | Vittsjö | Vittsjö IP | Natural | 3,000 |
| Växjö DFF | Växjö | Myresjöhus Arena | Artificial | 12,173 |
Notes: $^a$ According to each club information page previously available at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan, unless otherwise noted. Since May 2018 this is no longer present. Numbers were usually lower than official stadium numbers. $^b$ According to Kristianstads DFF's history web page.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Rosengård (C) | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 10 | +44 | 57 | Qualification to Champions League second round |
| 2 | BK Häcken | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 13 | +40 | 47 | Qualification to Champions League second round |
| 3 | Kristianstads DFF | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Champions League first round |
| 4 | Eskilstuna United DFF | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 35 | |
| 5 | Vittsjö GIK | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 32 | |
| 6 | Linköpings FC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Hammarby | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 31 | |
| 8 | KIF Örebro DFF | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 30 | |
| 9 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 21 | |
| 10 | AIK | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 20 | |
| 11 | Piteå IF | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 16 | |
| 12 | Växjö DFF (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 33 | −26 | 11 | Relegation to Elitettan |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | ESK | HÄK | HAM | LIN | KRI | ORE | PIT | ROS | VIT | VÄX |
| AIK | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Eskilstuna United DFF | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| BK Häcken | 10–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hammarby | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Linköpings FC | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Kristianstads DFF | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| KIF Örebro DFF | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Piteå IF | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| FC Rosengård | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Vittsjö GIK | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 1–0 |
| Växjö DFF | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |

### Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| FC Rosengård | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BK Häcken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Kristianstads DFF | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Eskilstuna United DFF | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Vittsjö GIK | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Linköpings FC | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Hammarby | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| KIF Örebro DFF | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| AIK | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Piteå IF | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Växjö DFF | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Leader and Champions League second round
* Champions League second round
* Champions League first round
* Elitettan

## 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 |
| AIK | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L |
| Djurgårdens IF | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L |
| Eskilstuna United DFF | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| BK Häcken | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L |
| Hammarby | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Linköpings FC | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Kristianstads DFF | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| KIF Örebro DFF | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Piteå IF | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L |
| FC Rosengård | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W |
| Vittsjö GIK | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Växjö DFF | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L |

## Player statistics
### Top scorers

    As of matches played on 6 November 2021.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Stina Blackstenius | BK Häcken | 17 |
| 2 | Uchenna Kanu | Linköpings FC | 14 |
| 3 | Olivia Schough | FC Rosengård | 12 |
| 4 | Madelen Janogy | Hammarby | 10 |
| 4 | Felicia Rogic | Eskilstuna United DFF | 10 |
| 6 | Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen | FC Rosengård | 9 |
| 7 | Jelena Čanković | FC Rosengård | 8 |
| 7 | Emilia Larsson | Hammarby | 8 |
| 9 | Fernanda Da Silva | Vittsjö GIK | 7 |
| 9 | Emma Jansson | Hammarby | 7 |
| 9 | Cornelia Kapocs | Linköpings FC | 7 |
| 9 | Mimmi Larsson | FC Rosengård | 7 |