# 2018 Allsvenskan

The 2018 Allsvenskan, part of the 2018 Swedish football season, was the 94th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. As the 2018 FIFA World Cup will start on 14 June, the last round before stoppage will be held on 27 May. The league will resume games on 7 July.
Malmö FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. AIK won the Swedish championship this season, their sixth Allsvenskan title and 12th Swedish championship overall, in the 30th round on 11 November when they won 0–1 in the away fixture against Kalmar FF at Guldfågeln Arena.

## Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2017 Superettan and one team from the 2017 Allsvenskan play-offs.
Halmstads BK and AFC Eskilstuna were relegated at the end of the 2017 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2017 Superettan champions IF Brommapojkarna and runners-up Dalkurd FF. IF Brommapojkarna returned to Allsvenskan after three years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2014 season. This is IF Brommapojkarna's sixth season in the league. Dalkurd FF are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the fourth new club in the last five Allsvenskan seasons (following Falkenbergs FF in 2014, Östersunds FK in 2016 and AFC Eskilstuna in 2017).
The final spot was taken by the 2017 Allsvenskan play-offs winner; Trelleborgs FF, third-placed team in 2017 Superettan, who replace Jönköpings Södra IF.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Turf$^1$ | Stadium capacity$^1$ |
| AIK | Stockholm | Friends Arena | Natural | 50,000 |
| BK Häcken | Gothenburg | Bravida Arena | Artificial | 6,500 |
| Dalkurd FF | Gävle | Gavlevallen | Artificial | 6,500 |
| Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Sundsvall | Idrottsparken | Artificial | 7,700 |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Tele2 Arena | Artificial | 30,000 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Stockholm | Grimsta IP | Artificial | 8,000 |
| IF Elfsborg | Borås | Borås Arena | Artificial | 16,899 |
| IFK Göteborg | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | Natural | 18,600 |
| IFK Norrköping | Norrköping | Nya Parken | Artificial | 15,734 |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP | Natural | 6,300 |
| Kalmar FF | Kalmar | Guldfågeln Arena | Natural | 12,000 |
| Malmö FF | Malmö | Stadion | Natural | 22,500 |
| Örebro SK | Örebro | Behrn Arena | Artificial | 12,300 |
| Östersunds FK | Östersund | Jämtkraft Arena | Artificial | 8,466 |
| Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | Natural | 7,000 |
* $^1$ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.

### Personnel and sponsoring

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel 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$^1$ | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
| AIK | Rikard Norling | Henok Goitom | Nike | Notar |
| BK Häcken | Andreas Alm | Rasmus Lindgren | Nike | BRA Bygg |
| Dalkurd FF | Johan Sandahl | Peshraw Azizi | Adidas | Min Stora Dag |
| Djurgårdens IF | Özcan Melkemichel | Jonas Olsson | Adidas | Prioritet Finans |
| GIF Sundsvall | Joel Cedergren | Tommy Naurin | Adidas | SCA |
| Hammarby IF | Stefan Billborn | Kennedy Bakircioglu | Puma | Jobman |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Roberth Björknesjö | Gustav Sandberg Magnusson | Nike | Bauhaus |
| IF Elfsborg | Jimmy Thelin | Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard | Umbro | Pulsen |
| IFK Göteborg | Poya Asbaghi | David Boo Wiklander | Kappa | Prioritet Finans |
| IFK Norrköping | Jens Gustafsson | Andreas Johansson | Nike | Holmen |
| IK Sirius | Kim Bergstrand | Moses Ogbu | Nike | Various |
| Kalmar FF | Nanne Bergstrand | Viktor Elm | Hummel | Hjältevadshus |
| Malmö FF | Uwe Rösler | Markus Rosenberg | Puma | Volkswagen |
| Trelleborgs FF | Patrick Winqvist | Salif Camara Jönsson | Nike | Mellby Gård |
| Örebro SK | Axel Kjäll | Nordin Gerzić | Puma | Ambitiös |
| Östersunds FK | Ian Burchnall | Tom Pettersson | Adidas | Various |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| IFK Göteborg | Alf Westerberg | End of caretaker spell | November 20, 2017 | Pre-season | Poya Asbaghi | November 21, 2017 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Olof Mellberg | Resigned | November 21, 2017 | Pre-season | Luís Pimenta | December 13, 2017 |
| BK Häcken | Mikael Stahre | Resigned | November 26, 2017 | Pre-season | Andreas Alm | December 8, 2017 |
| IF Elfsborg | Nemanja Miljanović Janne Mian | End of caretaker spell | December 6, 2017 | Pre-season | Jimmy Thelin | December 6, 2017 |
| Hammarby IF | Jakob Michelsen | Sacked | January 4, 2018 | Pre-season | Stefan Billborn | January 10, 2018 |
| Dalkurd FF | Andreas Brännström | Sacked | January 8, 2018 | Pre-season | Azrudin Valentić | January 8, 2018 |
| Malmö FF | Magnus Pehrsson | Sacked | May 14, 2018 | 10th | Daniel Andersson (caretaker) | May 14, 2018 |
| Dalkurd FF | Azrudin Valentić | Sacked | May 25, 2018 | 16th | Adil Kizil (caretaker) | May 25, 2018 |
| Östersunds FK | Graham Potter | Signed by Swansea City | June 4, 2018 | 6th | Ian Burchnall (caretaker) | June 4, 2018 |
| Malmö FF | Daniel Andersson | End of caretaker spell | June 12, 2018 | 10th | Uwe Rösler | June 12, 2018 |
| Dalkurd FF | Adil Kizil | End of caretaker spell | June 15, 2018 | 15th | Johan Sandahl | June 15, 2018 |
| Östersunds FK | Ian Burchnall | Caretaker made permanent manager | July 18, 2018 | 5th | Ian Burchnall | July 18, 2018 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Luís Pimenta | Sacked | September 5, 2018 | 14th | Roberth Björknesjö | September 7, 2018 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AIK (C) | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 58 | |
| 5 | BK Häcken | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 49 | |
| 7 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 48 | |
| 8 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 44 | |
| 9 | Örebro SK | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 35 | |
| 10 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 31 | |
| 12 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 30 | |
| 13 | IK Sirius | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 30 | |
| 14 | IF Brommapojkarna (R) | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 64 | −39 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Dalkurd FF (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 24 | Relegation to the Superettan |
| 16 | Trelleborgs FF (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to the Superettan |
* ↑ BK Häcken qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen.

## 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 |
| AIK | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Malmö FF | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Hammarby IF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| BK Häcken | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Östersunds FK | 13 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Örebro SK | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Kalmar FF | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| IF Elfsborg | 10 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| IK Sirius | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 11 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Dalkurd FF | 16 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader
* 2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to 2019 Superettan

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | BKH | DFF | DIF | GIFS | HAM | BP | IFE | IFKG | IFKN | IKS | KFF | MFF | TFF | ÖSK | ÖFK |
| AIK | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Häcken | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Dalkurd | 0–4 | 0–5 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Djurgården | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Sundsvall | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Hammarby | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Brommapojkarna | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Elfsborg | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Göteborg | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Norrköping | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| Sirius | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Kalmar | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Malmö | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Trelleborg | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Örebro | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Östersund | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2018 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.
2–2 on aggregate. AFC Eskilstuna won on away goals.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 11 November 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Paulinho | BK Häcken | 20 |
| 2 | Linus Hallenius | GIF Sundsvall | 18 |
| 3 | Nikola Đurđić | Hammarby IF | 13 |
| 3 | Romain Gall | GIFS / MFF | 13 |
| 3 | Markus Rosenberg | Malmö FF | 13 |
| 6 | Henok Goitom | AIK | 12 |
| 7 | Jiloan Hamad | Hammarby IF | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Jiloan Hamad | Hammarby | Sirius | 3–1 | 1 April 2018 |
| Pa Dibba | Hammarby | Sundsvall | 4–3 | 5 May 2018 |
| Paulinho | Häcken | Trelleborg | 0–3 | 6 May 2018 |
| Tino Kadewere$^{4goals}$ | Djurgården | Sirius | 1–5 | 27 May 2018 |
| Nicolás Stefanelli | AIK | Brommapojkarna | 5–1 | 22 July 2018 |
| Elías Már Ómarsson | IFK Göteborg | Brommapojkarna | 3–0 | 28 July 2018 |
| Linus Hallenius | Sundsvall | Trelleborg | 1–6 | 13 August 2018 |
| Dino Islamović | Östersund | Brommapojkarna | 3–1 | 26 September 2018 |
| Philip Haglund | Sirius | Brommapojkarna | 4–2 | 28 October 2018 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Allsvenskan Player of the Month | Allsvenskan Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Player | Club | Reference |
| April | Jiloan Hamad | Hammarby IF | |
| May | Pa Dibba | Hammarby IF | |
| July | Saman Ghoddos | Östersunds FK | |
| August | Paulinho | BK Häcken | |
| September | Henok Goitom | AIK | |
| October | Paulinho | BK Häcken | |

### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year | Paulinho | BK Häcken |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Isak Pettersson | IFK Norrköping |
| Defender of the Year | Per Karlsson | AIK |
| Midfielder of the Year | Kristoffer Olsson | AIK |
| Striker of the Year | Paulinho | BK Häcken |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Muamer Tanković | Hammarby IF |
| Coach of the Year | Rikard Norling | AIK |