2011 Allsvenskan
The 2011 Allsvenskan, part of the 2011 Swedish football season, was the 87th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The preliminary 2011 fixtures were released on 15 December 2010.[4] The season began on 2 April 2011 and ended on 23 October 2011.[1] Malmö FF were the defending champions, having won their 16th Swedish championship and their 19th Allsvenskan title the previous season.[5]
Season | 2011 |
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Champions | Helsingborgs IF 7th Allsvenskan title 5th Swedish title overall |
Relegated | Halmstads BK Trelleborgs FF |
Champions League | Helsingborgs IF |
Europa League | AIK Elfsborg Kalmar FF |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 628 (2.62 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mathias Ranégie (21) |
Biggest home win | Häcken 6–0 Mjällby (3 July 2011)[1] |
Biggest away win | Syrianska 1–5 Häcken (17 April 2011)[1] IFK Göteborg 0–4 Djurgårdens IF (13 June 2011)[1] Halmstads BK 1–5 Malmö FF (21 September 2011)[1] |
Highest scoring | Helsingborgs IF 7–3 Trelleborgs FF (23 June 2011)[1] |
Longest winning run | 6 games[2] AIK Elfsborg |
Longest unbeaten run | 17 games[2] Helsingborgs IF |
Longest winless run | 11 games[2] Halmstads BK IFK Norrköping |
Longest losing run | 7 games[2] Halmstads BK |
Highest attendance | 28,931 Djurgårdens IF 0–0 AIK (4 April 2011)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 1,510 Trelleborgs FF 0–1 Halmstads BK (27 August 2011)[1] |
Average attendance | 7,326[3] |
← 2010 2012 → |
Helsingborgs IF won the Swedish championship this season, their 7th one, in the 27th round, nearly a month before the final round, on 25 September 2011 by Helsingborg defeating GAIS 3–1 and AIK playing a 1–1 tie against Malmö FF. This was the second year in a row that a club from Skåne clinched the championship title. This was also Helsingborg's first Swedish championship of the 21st century, and the first time since 1996 that a team secured the Allsvenskan championship so early in the season.[6][7]
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returned from the 2010 season and two had been promoted from Superettan.
Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 2010 Superettan.
Åtvidaberg and Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2010 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Åtvidaberg thus made its immediate return to the Superettan, and Brommapojkarna ended a two-year tenure in the Allsvenskan. They were replaced by 2010 Superettan champions Syrianska FC and runners-up IFK Norrköping. Norrköping returned after a two-year absence, while Syrianska FC made their debut at the highest level of football in Sweden.
Gefle as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after defeating third-placed Superettan team GIF Sundsvall 3–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity1 |
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AIK | Stockholm | Råsunda Stadium | 36,800 |
Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Stockholm Stadion | 14,700 |
Elfsborg | Borås | Borås Arena | 16,899 |
GAIS | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,900 |
Gefle | Gävle | Strömvallen | 7,300 |
IFK Göteborg | Gothenburg | Gamla Ullevi | 18,900 |
Halmstads BK | Halmstad | Örjans Vall | 15,500 |
Helsingborgs IF | Helsingborg | Olympia | 16,500 |
Häcken | Gothenburg | Rambergsvallen | 6,000 |
Kalmar FF | Kalmar | Guldfågeln Arena | 12,000 |
Malmö FF | Malmö | Swedbank Stadion | 24,000 |
Mjällby | Mjällby | Strandvallen | 7,500 |
IFK Norrköping | Norrköping | Idrottsparken | 17,234 |
Syrianska FC | Södertälje | Södertälje Fotbollsarena | 6,400 |
Trelleborgs FF | Trelleborg | Vångavallen | 10,000 |
Örebro SK | Örebro | Behrn Arena | 13,129 |
- 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[8]
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[8]
- 2 Officially listed as head coach due to the fact that their respective coach partners are missing manager licenses.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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IFK Norrköping | Göran Bergort | End of contract | 27 October 2010[9] | Pre-season | Janne Andersson | 1 December 2010[10] | Pre-season |
AIK | Alex Miller | Resigned | 10 November 2010[11] | Pre-season | Andreas Alm | 16 December 2010[12] | Pre-season |
Halmstads BK | Lars Jacobsson | Sacked | 19 November 2010[13] | Pre-season | Josep Clotet Ruiz | 5 December 2010[14] | Pre-season |
Djurgårdens IF | Lennart Wass | Sacked | 3 May 2011[15] | 15th | Magnus Pehrsson | 3 May 2011[15] | 15th |
Malmö FF | Roland Nilsson | Signed by Copenhagen | 29 May 2011[16] | 4th | Rikard Norling | 3 June 2011[16] | 4th |
Halmstads BK | Josep Clotet Ruiz | Sacked | 5 July 2011[17] | 16th | Jens Gustafsson | 5 July 2011[17] | 16th |
Abandoned matches
The 2011 Allsvenskan was marred by several incidents involving both pyrotechnical items and supporter violence, with two matches needing to be suspended and one match needing to be re-played. According to Aftonbladet, even if one club's fans were responsible for a particular incident, each club was responsible for their own supporter sections in every match. In other words, even if one club's fans were responsible, the other club would have been sanctioned if the incident occurred in any of their supporter sections.[18] In each of the three matches, either of the teams were up by one goal.
Syrianska FC vs. AIK
The match between Syrianska FC and AIK on 25 April 2011 was halted after twenty minutes of play when an assistant referee was hit by fireworks and, as a result, suffered tinnitus. Syrianska FC at that time led the game 1–0.[19] Right before the fireworks were launched, AIK's striker, Teteh Bangura, was sent off after stamping Syrianska FC goalkeeper Dwayne Miller on his foot.[20] Several firecrackers were thrown. The Swedish Football Association (SFA) concluded that it couldn't be proved which club's supporter section the firecrackers came from, but concluded that the behaviour of the AIK fans shortly after led to the suspension of the game. As a consequence, the game was awarded 3–0 in Syrianska FC's favour on 12 May 2011; AIK were fined 150,000 SEK.[21]
Malmö FF vs. Helsingborgs IF
In a similar incident on 24 May 2011, a Skåne derby match between Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF had to be abandoned after thirty minutes, right after Helsingborg had scored to take the lead 1–0. Helsingborg goalkeeper Pär Hansson was left injured by a firecracker thrown by a spectator from Malmö FF's standing section detonating right beside him, before being pushed by a spectator who made it onto the pitch from the same standing section.[22] The SFA did not disqualify the theory that the man throwing the firecracker might have been the same man as the one who invaded the pitch.[23] (The Malmö District Court later concluded that was the case.) Both Malmö FF and Canal+, the broadcaster of the match, sued the man invading the pitch for abandoning the match and television broadcasting of it.[24][25] The game was awarded 3–0 in Helsingborg's favour on 17 June 2011. Malmö were given a 150,000 SEK fine, while Helsingborg were fined 25,000 SEK.[26]
On 18 October 2011, the man who invaded the pitch was sentenced by the Malmö District Court to 120 day-fines for a total of 10,000 SEK, not only for invading the pitch but also for throwing the firecracker.[27][28]
Malmö FF vs. Djurgårdens IF
Malmö FF were involved in another incident at their home arena, Swedbank Stadion, this time in a match against Djurgårdens IF, on 30 July 2011. Like the Syrianska–AIK and Malmö–Helsingborg matches, the Malmö–Djurgården match was abandoned, after eleven minutes, after four fireworks had been launched. At that time, Malmö FF were leading 1–0. A total of six fireworks were launched, forcing the referee to abandon the match.[29][30] According to Canal+, one of the fireworks was close to hitting a photographer.[31] There were different opinions as to where the fireworks came from: Canal+ believed that the fireworks came from the section above the Djurgården terrace while the police believed that the fireworks came from within the Djurgården section.[32] Swedish Discipline Committee chairman Khennet Thallinger stated that they "want to preserve the due process".[33] On 5 September 2011, the Committee decided that the game would be replayed from the first kick-off, since it could not be verified which club's supporter section the fireworks came from.[34][35] The SFA's Competition Committee decided that the rematch would be played on 15 October 2011. This forced them to delay the Malmö–Syrianska and Halmstad–Djurgården games in-between to 17 October, as all Allsvenskan teams should have at least one rest day between each game.[36][37] The rematch was won by Malmö 1–0.[38]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Helsingborgs IF (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
4 | Malmö FF | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 54 | |
5 | GAIS | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 51 | |
6 | BK Häcken | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 49 | |
7 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 45 | |
8 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 44 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
9 | Gefle IF | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 41 | |
10 | Mjällby AIF | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 40 | |
11 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 36 | |
12 | Örebro SK | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 36 | |
13 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 34 | |
14 | Syrianska FC (O) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
15 | Trelleborgs FF (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 25 | Relegation to Superettan |
16 | Halmstads BK (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 14 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- AIK qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as they received the qualifying spot reserved for the winner of 2011 Svenska Cupen, as cup winner Helsingborg were already qualified to the UEFA Champions League through winning Allsvenskan. Kalmar FF, Svenska Cupen runners-up 2011, qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
Positions by round
Note: Since some matches were postponed, the positions were corrected in hindsight.
Leader | |
2012–13 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round | |
2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to Superettan |
Results
Relegation play-offs
Ängelholm | 2–1 | Syrianska FC |
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Andersson 53' Blomberg 79' |
Report | Ijeh 50' |
Syrianska FC won 4–3 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[39] |
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1 | Mathias Ranégie | Häcken/Malmö FF | 21 |
2 | Tobias Hysén | IFK Göteborg | 16 |
3 | Teteh Bangura | AIK | 15 |
4 | Mervan Çelik | GAIS | 14 |
5 | Lasse Nilsson | Elfsborg | 10 |
Wánderson | GAIS | 10 | |
Mikael Dahlberg | Gefle | 10 | |
8 | Rasmus Jönsson | Helsingborgs IF | 9 |
Marcus Ekenberg | Mjällby | 9 | |
Kristian Haynes | Trelleborgs FF | 9 | |
11 | 7 players | 8 | |
18 | 10 players | 7 | |
28 | 8 players | 6 | |
36 | 9 players | 5 | |
45 | 14 players | 4 | |
59 | 25 players | 3 | |
84 | 38 players | 2 | |
122 | 69 players | 1 |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[40] |
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1 | Wánderson | GAIS | 12 |
René Makondele | Häcken | 12 | |
3 | Daniel Sjölund | Djurgårdens IF | 9 |
Daniel Larsson | Malmö FF | 9 | |
5 | Martin Mutumba | AIK | 8 |
Stefan Ishizaki | Elfsborg | 8 | |
Jonas Lantto | Gefle | 8 | |
8 | Alexander Gerndt | Helsingborgs IF | 7 |
9 | John Chibuike | Häcken | 6 |
Stefan Selaković | IFK Göteborg | 6 | |
Daniel Mendes | Kalmar FF | 6 | |
David Löfquist | Mjällby | 6 | |
Mattias Adelstam | Trelleborgs FF | 6 | |
14 | 8 players | 5 | |
22 | 10 players | 4 | |
32 | 19 players | 3 | |
51 | 42 players | 2 | |
93 | 83 players | 1 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Mathias Ranégie | Häcken | Syrianska FC | 5–1 | 17 April 2011 |
Mathias Ranégie | Häcken | Trelleborgs FF | 4–1 | 18 June 2011 |
Stefan Selaković | IFK Göteborg | Syrianska FC | 3–0 | 10 July 2011 |
Teteh Bangura4 | AIK | Halmstads BK | 4–0 | 11 July 2011 |
Tobias Hysén | IFK Göteborg | Halmstads BK | 3–1 | 25 July 2011 |
Kennedy Igboananike | Djurgården | Trelleborgs FF | 4–3 | 11 September 2011 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
Scoring
- First goal of the season (time of day): Imad Khalili for IFK Norrköping against GAIS (15:15, 3 April 2011)[41]
- First goal of the season (match minute): Peter Ijeh for Syrianska FC against Gefle (4' min, 3 April 2011)[42]
- Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Häcken 6–0 Mjällby (3 July 2011)[1]
- Highest scoring game: 10 goals – Helsingborgs IF 7–3 Trelleborgs FF (23 June 2011)[1]
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals – Helsingborgs IF 7–3 Trelleborgs FF (23 June 2011)[1]
- Fewest games failed to score in: 2 – Helsingborgs IF[43]
- Most games failed to score in: 15 – Syrianska FC[43]
Discipline
- Worst overall disciplinary record (1 pt per yellow card, 3 pts per red card): 70 – Syrianska FC (55 yellow cards, 5 red cards)[44][45]
- Best overall disciplinary record: 27 – Gefle (24 yellow cards, 1 red card)[44][45]
- Most yellow cards (club): 55 – Syrianska FC[44]
- Most yellow cards (player): 11 – Ivan Ristić (Syrianska FC)[44]
- Most red cards (club): 5 – Syrianska FC[45]
- Most red cards (player): 2 – Bobbie Friberg da Cruz (IFK Norrköping)[45]
- Most fouls (player): 51 – Shpëtim Hasani (IFK Norrköping)[46][47]
Clean sheets
- Most clean sheets: 12 – AIK[43]
- Fewest clean sheets: 4 – Trelleborgs FF[43]
See also
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