2016 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season2016
ChampionsMalmö FF
22nd Allsvenskan title
19th Swedish title
RelegatedHelsingborgs IF
Gefle IF
Falkenbergs FF
Champions LeagueMalmö FF
Europa LeagueAIK
IFK Norrköping
Östersunds FK, via cup
Matches played240
Goals scored737 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Owoeri (17 goals)
Biggest home winBK Häcken 7–0 Falkenbergs FF (6 Nov 2016)
Biggest away winFalkenbergs FF 0–5 Jönköpings Södra IF (6 Aug 2016)
Highest scoringGefle IF 2–6 IFK Göteborg (2 May 2016)
Longest winning run5 matches
Malmö FF
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
IFK Norrköping
Longest winless run17 matches
Falkenbergs FF
Longest losing run8 matches
Gefle IF
Highest attendance31,756
Hammarby IF 1–1 Östersunds FK
(4 April 2016)
Lowest attendance1,424
BK Häcken 6–1 Gefle IF
(28 April 2016)
Average attendance9,184
2015
2017
All statistics correct as of 6 November 2016.

The 2016 Allsvenskan season was the 92nd edition of top tier Allsvenskan football competition since its founding in 1924 under the authority of the Swedish Football Association in Sweden; the 2016 Swedish football season. The season started on 2 April 2016 and ended in November 2016. 16 teams contested. The fixtures were released on 9 December 2015 and it included a match between the two most recent champions IFK Norrköping and Malmö FF (in Malmö) as the opening game, a revisit of their 2015 final match.[1][2]

IFK Norrköping unsuccessfully defended its 2015 title. Malmö FF successfully defended its away pursuit of their 22nd title on 26 October 2016 in the 2016 final defeating Falkenbergs FF at Falkenbergs IP, 3-0 this season; and their 19th Swedish championship overall.

  1. ^ "Östersund ställs mot Hammarby i premiären". Sportbladet. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Allsvenska spelordningen 2016". Swedish Football Association. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.