2018 Damallsvenskan

The 2018 Damallsvenskan was the 30th season of the Swedish Women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. It began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 27 October the same year. Linköpings FC were the defending champions, having won the competition in 2017.[1][2]

Damallsvenskan
Season2018
ChampionsPiteå IF
RelegatedHammarby IF
IFK Kalmar
Champions LeaguePiteå IF
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Matches played132
Goals scored412 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerAnja Mittag
(17 goals)
Biggest home winROS 10–0 Kalmar
Biggest away winKAL 1–9 ROS
Highest attendance4,423 Kopparbergs v Rosengard
Lowest attendance118 Bunkeflo v Växjö
Average attendance894
← 2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2018.

Piteå IF won the series, and so also their first Swedish National Championship title.[3]

Teams
Locations of the 2018 Damallsvenskan
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium 14,417
Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna Tunavallen 7,600
FC Rosengård Malmö Malmö IP 5,700
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000
Linköpings FC Linköping Arena Linköping 8,500
Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena 3,000
Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Vittsjö IP 3,000
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Malmö Limhamns IP 2,800
Hammarby IF Stockholm Zinkensdamms IP 3,000
Kristianstads DFF Kristianstad Vilans IP 5,000
IFK Kalmar Kalmar Guldfågeln Arena 12,182
Växjö DFF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena 12,173

Note: 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan.[4]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Piteå IF (C) 22 16 0 6 42 24 +18 48 Qualification to 2019–2020 Champions League
2 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 22 15 2 5 54 27 +27 47
3 FC Rosengård 22 14 3 5 55 18 +37 45
4 Kristianstads DFF 22 11 6 5 30 26 +4 39
5 Linköpings FC 22 9 6 7 47 31 +16 33
6 Eskilstuna United DFF 22 9 4 9 30 36 −6 31
7 Växjö DFF 22 9 2 11 29 33 −4 29
8 Djurgårdens IF 22 7 6 9 25 30 −5 27
9 Vittsjö GIK 22 7 5 10 32 26 +6 26
10 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 22 8 2 12 25 40 −15 26
11 Hammarby IF (R) 22 8 0 14 29 39 −10 24 Relegation to Elitettan
12 IFK Kalmar (R) 22 1 0 21 14 82 −68 3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source: svenskfotboll.se
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; (R) Relegated

Attendance

Home attendances
Team GP Attendance High Low Average
Hammarby IF23,9882,3691,6191,994
Eskilstuna United DFF34,5541,9571,2701,518
Piteå IF33,7141,4481,0181,238
Kristianstads DFF33,1351,5183821,045
Djurgårdens IF21,9661,033933983
IFK Kalmar32,6621,398487887
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC21,410825585705
FC Rosengård21,351895456675
Linköpings FC21,316805511658
Vittsjö GIK31,850669555616
Växjö DFF2919473446459
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo3858356228286
Total3027,7232,369228924

Updated to games played on 20 May 2018.[5]

Highest attendances
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC4–2FC Rosengård4,42327 October 2018 (2018-10-27)Ullevi
2Hammarby IF0–1Djurgårdens IF4,19727 May 2018 (2018-05-27)Tele2 Arena
3Piteå IF6–1Växjö DFF3,77827 October 2018 (2018-10-27)LF Arena
4IF Limhamn Bunkeflo0–2FC Rosengård3,12231 May 2018 (2018-05-31)Stadion
5Piteå IF4–3Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC3,02212 August 2018 (2018-08-12)LF Arena
6Piteå IF4–2Linköpings FC2,78930 September 2018 (2018-09-30)LF Arena
7FC Linköping1–1Vittsjö GIK2,5975 August 2018 (2018-08-05)Linköping Arena
8Hammarby IF4–2IF Limhamn Bunkeflo2,36914 April 2018 (2018-04-14)Hammarby IP
9Piteå IF0–1Kristianstads DFF2,32826 August 2018 (2018-08-26)LF Arena
10Piteå IF0–2FC Rosengård2,29616 June 2018 (2018-06-16)Lombia IP

Updated to games played on 27 October 2018.[6]

Top scorers
As of End of season.[7]
Player Club Goals
Germany Anja Mittag FC Rosengård 17
Sweden Anna Anvegård Växjö DFF 14
Sweden Rebecka Blomqvist Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 14
Sweden Julia Zigiotti Olme Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 12
Sweden Julia Karlenäs Piteå IF 11

References
  1. "Linköping säkrade SM-guldet". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "SM-guld". linkopingfc.com (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. Jens Kärrman (27 October 2018). "Piteå tog första guldet efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. "Damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. "Summary - Damallsvenskan - Sweden - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  6. "Spelprogram - Damallsvenskan". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. "Skytteliga". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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