2020 Allsvenskan


The 2020 Allsvenskan, part of the 2020 Swedish football season, will be the 96th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams will participate. Djurgårdens IF are the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.
The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April and end on 8 November 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden the opening games of the season were delayed. On 4 June 2020, the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced that the travel restrictions within Sweden were lifted. There were therefore no restrictions that were prohibiting resuming league play in Sweden and the Swedish Football Association announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would resume on 14 June 2020.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but was postponed indefinitely on 19 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. On 17 April, a target start date of 14 June was established for the competition by chairman of the Swedish Football Association, Karl-Erik Nilsson. It was initially speculated that matches would not be played behind closed doors, as the country had not gone into lockdown like other European countries at the time. The guidelines and rules issued by the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden did however prevent a start of the 2020 Allsvenskan, as they advised against all non-essential travel within Sweden, which would limit the possibilities of Allsvenskan teams to travel to the Allsvenskan games. On 4 June 2020, it was announced that the Swedish travel restrictions were lifted and there were therefore no restrictions preventing Allsvenskan to resume play. The Swedish Football Association accordingly announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would commence on 14 June 2020.
New guidelines regarding league play were issued on 8 June 2020, which detailed that due to the ban on gathering of more than 50 people in Sweden, all games were to be played without any attendance. Other guidelines included that no players with symptoms were allowed to travel or play and that the travel option with the most limited number of social contacts should be used.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season, and two promoted teams from the 2019 Superettan.
GIF Sundsvall and AFC Eskilstuna were relegated at the end of the 2019 season after finishing at the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2019 Superettan champions Mjällby AIF and runners-up Varbergs BoIS.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Unibet as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor
AIK NikeNotar
BK Häcken PumaBRA
Djurgårdens IF
AdidasPrioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF AdidasGekås Ullared
Hammarby IF CraftJobman
Helsingborgs IF PumaResurs Bank
IF Elfsborg UmbroSparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg CraftSerneke
IFK Norrköping NikeHolmen
IK Sirius SelectVarious
Kalmar FF SelectHjältevadshus
Malmö FF PumaVolkswagen
Mjällby AIF PumaVarious
Varbergs BoIS CraftVarious
Örebro SK PumaÖBAB
Östersunds FK AdidasVolkswagen

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Sead HakšabanovićIFK Norrköping5
2 Axel BjörnströmIK Sirius4
2 Rasmus LauritsenIFK Norrköping4
2 Haris RadetinacDjurgårdens IF4
2 Ahmed Yasin GhaniBK Häcken4

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Fredrik UlvestadDjurgårdens IFKalmar FF28 June 2020

Discipline

Player