Allsvenskan 2014

The 2014 Allsvenskan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, will be the 90th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013. The season will start on 30 March 2014 and end on 2 November 2014. Malmö FF are the defending champions, having won their 17th Swedish championship and their 20th Allsvenskan title the previous season.
A total of 16 teams will contest the league; 14 returning from the 2013 season and two that were promoted from Superettan.
==Teams==
A total of sixteen teams will contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2013 season and two promoted teams from the 2013 Superettan. Two of the three promoted teams for the 2013 season managed to stay in the league, IF Brommapojkarna and Halmstads BK.
Östers IF and Syrianska FC were relegated at the end of the 2013 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2013 Superettan champions Falkenbergs FF and runners-up Örebro SK. Falkenberg will participate in the league for the first time in the club's history, they are the first new club in Allsvenskan's history since Syrianska FC in 2011. Örebro returns to Allsvenskan after one year absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2012 season. This will be Örebro's 46th season in the legue.
Halmstads BK as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team GIF Sundsvall 3–2 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff. This was notably a replay of the 2012 play-off where Sundsvall lost their Allsvenskan spot to Halmstad.
===Stadia and locations===
Team 	Location 	Stadium 	Turf1 	Stadium capacity1
AIK 	Stockholm 	Friends Arena 	Natural 	54,000
BK Häcken 	Gothenburg 	Gamla Ullevi 	Natural 	18,900
Djurgårdens IF 	Stockholm 	Tele2 Arena 	Artificial	30,001
Falkenbergs FF 	Falkenberg 	Falkenbergs IP 	Natural 	4,000
Gefle IF 	Gävle 	Strömvallen 	Artificial	7,200
Halmstads BK 	Halmstad 	Örjans Vall 	Natural 	15,500
Helsingborgs IF 	Helsingborg	Olympia 	Natural 	16,500
IF Brommapojkarna	Stockholm 	Grimsta IP 	Artificial	8,000
IF Elfsborg 	Borås 	Borås Arena 	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg 	Gothenburg 	Gamla Ullevi 	Natural 	18,900
IFK Norrköping 	Norrköping 	Idrottsparken 	Artificial	17,234
Kalmar FF 	Kalmar 	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural 	12,182
Malmö FF 	Malmö 	Swedbank Stadion	Natural 	24,000
Mjällby AIF 	Mjällby 	Strandvallen 	Natural 	7,500
Åtvidabergs FF 	Åtvidaberg 	Kopparvallen 	Artificial	8,000
Örebro SK 	Örebro 	Behrn Arena 	Artificial	14,500
* 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.
== League table ==
Category:Sweden football templates
== External links ==
* Official website
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