# 2008–09 Elitserien (bandy)

Elitserien is the top-tier of bandy in Sweden since 2007. The second season was played October–March 2008–09.

## League table

Each team meet every other team twice during the season, so 26 rounds are played all in all.
The top eight teams went on to the quarter-finals in the play-off for the Swedish championship. Teams eleven and twelve had to play a qualifying round against teams from Allsvenskan to stay in Elitserien, while teams 13 and 14 were relegated without the possibility to re-qualify for Elitserien until next year.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Edsbyns IF | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 187 | 76 | +111 | 46 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Västerås SK | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 139 | 74 | +65 | 41 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 3 | IK Sirius | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 117 | 93 | +24 | 38 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 4 | Sandvikens AIK | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 149 | 85 | +64 | 36 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 5 | Vetlanda BK | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 115 | 89 | +26 | 34 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 135 | 106 | +29 | 32 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 7 | Broberg/Söderhamn | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 109 | 96 | +13 | 28 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 8 | IFK Vänersborg | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 102 | 95 | +7 | 24 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 9 | Bollnäs GIF | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 100 | 102 | −2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Villa Lidköping BK | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 96 | 135 | −39 | 18 | |
| 11 | IFK Kungälv | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 83 | 131 | −48 | 16 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 12 | Gripen Trollhättan BK | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 86 | 161 | −75 | 12 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 13 | IFK Motala | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 73 | 136 | −63 | 10 | Relegation to the Allsvenskan |
| 14 | Örebro SK | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 87 | 199 | −112 | 8 | Relegation to the Allsvenskan |

### Knock-out stage

A best-of-three playoff were used in the quarter-finals and best-of-five in the semi-finals. The crucial final for the Swedish Championship was played at Studenternas IP in Uppsala on 21 March 2009.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | 8 | 7 | | | | | | |
| IFK Vänersborg | IFK Vänersborg | IFK Vänersborg | IFK Vänersborg | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| IFK Vänersborg | IFK Vänersborg | IFK Vänersborg | IFK Vänersborg | 5 | 3 | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | 3(4) | 4(4) | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | IK Sirius | IK Sirius | 3(3) | 4(5) | 2 | 1 |
| IK Sirius | IK Sirius | IK Sirius | 2 | 2 | 5 | IK Sirius | IK Sirius | 3(3) | 4(5) | 2 | 1 |
| Vetlanda BK | Vetlanda BK | Vetlanda BK | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vetlanda BK | Vetlanda BK | Vetlanda BK | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | Edsbyns IF | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | 5 |
| Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | Västerås SK | 5 |
| Broberg/Söderhamn | Broberg/Söderhamn | Broberg/Söderhamn | Broberg/Söderhamn | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broberg/Söderhamn | Broberg/Söderhamn | Broberg/Söderhamn | Broberg/Söderhamn | 1 | 0 | Västerås SK | 1 | 4(5) | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sandvikens AIK | 4 | 4(4) | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Sandvikens AIK | Sandvikens AIK | Sandvikens AIK | Sandvikens AIK | 10 | 5 | Sandvikens AIK | 4 | 4(4) | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Hammarby IF | Hammarby IF | Hammarby IF | Hammarby IF | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |

#### Final
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of end of season.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Magnus Muhrén | Sandvikens AIK | 44 |
| 1 | Christoffer Edlund | Vetlanda BK | 44 |
| 3 | Christian Mickelsson | Edsbyns IF | 42 |
| 4 | Tomas Knutson | Örebro SK | 40 |
| 5 | David Karlsson | Hammarby IF | 37 |
| 6 | Jesper Bryngelsson | Villa Lidköping BK | 34 |
| 7 | Alexander Mayborn | IK Sirius | 27 |
| 7 | Misha Pashkin | Gripen Trollhättan BK | 27 |
| 9 | Patrik Anderbro | Västerås SK | 25 |
| 9 | Joakim Hedqvist | Edsbyns IF | 25 |
| 9 | Per-Johan Wikström | Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy | 25 |