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Allsvenskan
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Country Sweden
Confederation UEFA
Founded 13 January 1924
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Superettan
Domestic cup(s) Svenska Cupen
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Malmö FF (22nd title)
(2016)
Most championships Malmö FF (22 titles)
TV partners TV4 Group
Website Allsvenskan
2017 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan (Swedish pronunciation: [²alːˌsvɛnskan]; English: The All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, English: The Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924, and is the top flight of the Swedish football league system, operating on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan. Seasons run from late March or early April to the beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meeting each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide.

Allsvenskan is ranked 20th in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. As it stands now, Allsvenskan is ranked highest of the leagues in Scandinavia. The current champions are Malmö FF, who won the title in the 2016 season.

Including the 2016 season, Allsvenskan has been running for an unbroken streak of 91 seasons, which amongst national-level football leagues is one of the longest such streaks in Europe as well as in the world.

Allsvenskan started in the 1924–25 Allsvenskan season and the first winner was GAIS. The one-league twelve team Allsvenskan replaced the Svenska Serien, consisting of a southern and northern group that was held before. In 1931, the league started to decide the Swedish football champions.

In the early years, Norrland and Gotland teams were not allowed to play on higher levels in the league system, which was gradually changed to include the Norrland and Gotland teams on higher levels. In the 1955–56 season, Lycksele IF became the first Norrland team to play in an Allsvenskan promotion play-off, however they lost to GAIS.


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