2016 Damallsvenskan

The 2016 Damallsvenskan is the 28th season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. FC Rosengård were the defending champions, having won the competition in 2015.[1]

Damallsvenskan
Season2016
ChampionsLinköpings FC
(3rd title)
RelegatedMallbackens IF
Umeå IK
Champions LeagueFC Rosengård
Linköpings FC
Matches played132
Goals scored404 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerPernille Harder
(24 goals)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 00:40, 12 May 2016 (UTC).

Linköpings FC is the champion of the season.[2]

Teams
Locations of the 2015 Damallsvenskan teams
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium 14,417
Eskilstuna United Eskilstuna Tunavallen 7,600
FC Rosengård Malmö Malmö IP 5,700
KIF Örebro Örebro Behrn Arena 12,624
Kopparbergs/Göteborg Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000
Kristianstads DFF Kristianstad Vilans IP 5,000
Kvarnsvedens IK Borlänge Ljungbergsplanen 1,000
Linköpings FC Linköping Arena Linköping 8,500
Mallbackens IF Värmland Strandvallen 4,000
Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena 3,000
Umeå IK Umeå T3 Arena 8,000
Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Vittsjö IP 3,000

Note: 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan.[3]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Linköpings FC (C, Q) 22 20 2 0 73 14 +59 62 Qualification to Champions League Round of 32
2 FC Rosengård (Q) 22 16 4 2 62 13 +49 52
3 Eskilstuna United 22 11 5 6 34 26 +8 38
4 Piteå IF 22 10 7 5 29 31 −2 37
5 Kopparbergs/Göteborg 22 9 6 7 35 24 +11 33
6 Djurgårdens IF 22 7 6 9 32 34 −2 27
7 Vittsjö GIK 22 5 9 8 29 37 −8 24
8 KIF Örebro 22 5 8 9 27 38 −11 23
9 Kvarnsvedens IK 22 5 8 9 30 48 −18 23
10 Kristianstads DFF 22 3 6 13 18 35 −17 15
11 Umeå IK 22 2 7 13 16 47 −31 13 Relegation to Elitettan
12 Mallbackens IF 22 3 4 15 19 57 −38 13
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top scorers
As of 5 November 2016.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Pernille Harder Linköpings FC 24
2 Sweden Stina Blackstenius Linköpings FC 20
3 Malawi Tabita Chawinga Kvarnsvedens IK 15
4 Brazil Marta FC Rosengård 13
Sweden Mimmi Larsson Eskilstuna United DFF
United States Ella Masar FC Rosengård
7 Sweden Pauline Hammarlund Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 12
Netherlands Lieke Martens FC Rosengård
9 Norway Kristine Minde Linköpings FC 11
10 Sweden Mia Jalkerud Djurgårdens IF 9

References
  1. "FC Rosengård Win the Damallsvenskan League Title 2015". Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. "Linköpings FC - Svenska Mästare 2016!" (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. "Damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. "Topscorers". Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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