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Kalmar claim first Swedish crownKalmar claimed the Swedish title for the first time in the club's 98-year history after earning the point they needed to secure the championship, drawing 2-2 at Halmstads on the final day of the 2008 season. The result meant that title rivals Elfsborg could not overtake Kalmar, eventually finishing a point behind the new champions after defeating Gefle 2-0. Norrkoping have lost their Allsvenskan status following just one season back in the top flight. Sundsvall have also been demoted as well as Ljungskile, who finished a place above. Ljungskile lost the top-flight status following a two-legged play-off with Brommapojkarna, third in the second division last term. Here are all winners and losers at the end of the 2008 Swedish football league campaign:
Kalmar, who surprised many last season, are trying to become the first club since 2003 to defend their league crown but they are not exactly the same team that won the league. Brazilian playmaker Cesar Santin is now at Kobenhavn, while 2008 league top scorer Patrik Ingelsten and Swedish international Viktor Elm have joined Dutch side Heerenveen, a duo that combined for 34 of the club's 70 goals last season.
The overall number of titles for each club in Allsvenskan League since 1896 and their standings in the last five seasons. From 1896 to 1925, the Swedish Champions were decided in a knock-out competition (Cup format). The League, Allsvenskan, was not established until the season 1924/25. Stockholm vs. GoteborgStockholm and Goteborg, Sweden's two biggest cities, have half of the first-division teams with four each this season. Goteborg are the only club in Scandinavia with European trophies having won the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987. The club later went through a period of decline and financial turmoil but a title win in 2007 and a strong finish to 2008 mean Goteborg are back and likely to be strong contenders again this year. GAIS, Orgryte and Hacken are the other teams from Goteborg. Of the four Stockholm clubs, AIK are considered to have the best team, while Djurgarden, with new coaching duo of Zoran Lukic and Andree Jeglertz, Hammarby and newcomers Brommapojkarna are not expected to challenge for the title. Along with Goteborg and Malmo, AIK round out the "big three" of Swedish football. Thay finished last season in fifth place and fired coach Rikard Norling two years before the end of his contract. For the 2009 season, AIK hired Mikael Stahre, who previously coached Vasby in the second division. This page contains additional information about the 2009 Swedish First Division season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Sweden page. Henrik Larsson delays retirementHelsingborg have been boosted in terms of confidence, morale and quality by Henrik Larsson's decision to sign for one more year. The 37-year-old former Celtic, Barcelona and Manchester United striker will now stay at the club through to the end of the 2008 season, saying he had the right motivation to play another year. After winning the Scottish and Spanish leagues, the UEFA Champions League and the Golden Boot award as Europe's top scorer, this season could be Larsson's last chance to add a domestic title.
The final league standings for the 2009 season. Elfsborg favored to win Swedish titleThe five last seasons has seen five different teams take the title. After missing out on last year's trophy by just one point, Elfsborg is the bookmakers' favourite to win the 2009 Swedish football league season. Twelve of the 16 top-flight managers also picked Elfsborg as their favourites for the 2009 campaign. Goteborg and Kalmar are considered as Elfsborg's main rivals.
The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2009 Allsvenskan league posted by online bookmakers. Swedish Cup finals in last five seasons2004 Djurgarden - Goteborg 3:1 |
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key playersAIK StockholmGoalkeeper Daniel Orlund (€1m); Defense: Nils-Eric Johansson (€2m), Per Karlsson (€0.9m), Pierre Bengtsson (€0.9m), Markus Jonsson (€0.8m); Midfield: Jorge Alberto Ortiz (€2m), Jos Hooiveld (€1.1m), Kenny Pavey (€0.9m), Bojan Djordjic (€0.6m); Forward: Mauro Ivan Obolo (€1.8m), Miran Burgic (€1m). BrommapojkarnaGoalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt (€0.5m); Defense: Richard Henriksson (€0.4m), Par Asp (€0.4m), Anders Baath-Sjoblom (€0.3m), Markus Karlsson (€0.2m); Midfield: Gabriel Petrovic (€0.6m), Mauricio Albornoz (€0.3m), James Frempong (€0.2m); Forward: Pablo Pinones-Arce (€0.8m), David Carlsson (€0.7m), Joakim Runnemo (€0.6m). DjurgardenGoalkeeper Pa Dembo Touray (€0.9m); Defense: Patrik Haginge (€0.8m), Jan Tauer (€0.8m), Toni Kuivasto (€0.5m); Midfield: Sebastian Rajalakso (€1.5m), Martin Andersson (€1m), Daniel Sjolund (€0.9m), Ikpe Ekong (€0.8m), Andrej Komac (€0.7m); Forward: Mikael Dahlberg (€1m), Johan Oremo (€1m). ElfsborgGoalkeeper Ante Covic (€0.8m); Defense: Martin Andersson (€1.3m), Teddy Lucic (€0.9m); Midfield: Stefan Ishizaki (€3m), Anders Svensson (€2.5m), Emir Bajrami (€1.3m), Martin Ericsson (€1m), Helgi Valur Danielsson (€0.9m); Forward: Fredrik Berglund (€1.5m), Denni Avdic (€1m), James Keene (€0.8m). GAISGoalkeeper Dime Jankulovski (€1m); Defense: Andreas Tobiasson (€0.8m), Jonas Lunden (€0.8m), Kenneth Gustafsson (€0.6m), Mikael Dahlgren (€0.4m); Midfield: Wandersson do Carmo (€1m), Fredrik Lundgren (€0.8m), Eyjolfur Hedinsson (€0.7m), Mattias Lindstrom (€0.4m); Forward: Bjorn Andersson (€0.3m), Daniel Morais Reis (€0.2m). GefleGoalkeeper Mattias Hugosson (€0.7m); Defense: Daniel Bernhardsson (€0.7m), Anders Wikstrom (€0.6m), Omar Jawo (€0.4m), Daniel Theorin (€0.4m); Midfield: Yannick Bapupa (€1.3m), Amadou Jawo (€0.8m), Jonas Lantto (€0.5m), Johan Claesson (€0.4m); Forward: Hans Berggren (€0.5m), Daniel Westlin (€0.4m). GoteborgGoalkeeper Kim Christensen (€1.5m); Defense: Ragnar Sigurdsson (€1.8m), Mattias Bjarsmyr (€1.5m), Adam Johansson (€1.5m), Sebastian Eriksson (€0.8m), Erik Lund (€0.8m); Midfield: Tobias Hysen (€2m), Gustav Svensson (€1.5m), Jakob Johansson (€1m); Forward: Pontus Wernbloom (€1.5m), Robin Soder (€1.5m). HackenGoalkeeper Christoffer Kallqvist (€0.6m); Defense: Robin Wikman (€0.5m), Johan Lind (€0.4m), Marcus Jarlegren (€0.4m), Erik Friberg (€0.4m); Midfield: Dominic Chatto Bashir Jamilu (€1.1m), Janne Saarinen (€0.8m), Everton (€0.6m), Peter Nystrom (€0.4m); Forward: Vinicius (€0.3m), Mattias Ranegie (€0.2m). HalmstadGoalkeeper Magnus Bahne (€0.3m); Defense: Christian Jardler (€0.8m), Tommy Jonsson (€0.8m), Tomas Zvirgzdauskas (€0.5m); Midfield: Andreas Johansson (€1m), Anel Raskaj (€1m), Michael Gorlitz (€0.7m), Marcus Olsson (€0.6m); Forward: Anselmo (€2m), Emir Kujovic (€0.8m), Ajsel Kujovic (€0.8m). HammarbyGoalkeeper Rami Shaaban (€0.7m); Defense: Christian Traore (€1m), David Johansson (€0.9m), Emil Johansson (€0.8m), Jose Monteiro de Macedo (€0.7m); Midfield: Louay Chanko (€1.3m), Haris Laitinen (€0.8m), Sebastian Castro-Tello (€0.6m), Simon Helg (€0.5m); Forward: Charlie Davies (€2m), Freddy Soderberg (€0.4m). HelsingborgGoalkeeper Par Hansson (€0.8m); Defense: Adama Tamboura (€1.3m), Joel Ekstrand (€1m), Andreas Landgren (€0.9m); Midfield: Rene Muzola Makondele (€1.8m), Christoffer Andersson (€1.5m), Marcus Lantz (€1.3m), Isaac Chansa (€1m), Erik Sundin (€0.8m); Forward: Henrik Larsson (€3m), Rasmus Jonsson (€0.8m). KalmarGoalkeeper Petter Wasta (€1m); Defense: Marcus Lindberg (€1m), Stefan Larsson (€0.7m), Mikael Eklund (€0.6m), Joakim Lantz (€0.5m); Midfield: Rasmus Elm (€3m), Henrik Rydstrom (€1m), Daniel Sobralense (€0.8m); Forward: David Elm (€2m), Daniel Mendes (€1m), Abiola Dauda (€0.8m). MalmoGoalkeeper Jonas Sandqvist (€0.9m); Defense: Ricardinho (€1.9m), Guillermo Molins (€1.8m), Jimmy Dixon (€1m), Gabriel (€0.8m); Midfield: Daniel Andersson (€2.3m), Robert Ahman-Persson (€1.3m), Jeffrey Aubynn (€1m), Daniel Larsson (€0.8m); Forward: Edward Ofere (€1m), Agon Mehmeti (€0.8m). OrebroGoalkeeper John Alvbage (€0.8m); Defense: Samuel Wowoah (€0.8m), Patrik Anttonen (€0.5m), Moses Reed (€0.4m), Per Johansson (€0.4m); Midfield: Tommy Wirtanen (€0.8m), Magnus Kihlberg (€0.6m), Eric Magloire Bassombeng (€0.5m), Fredrik Nordback (€0.4m); Forward: Kim Olsen (€0.6m), Roni Porokara (€0.4m). OrgryteGoalkeeper Nathan Coe (€0.3m); Defense: Christoffer Bengtsson (€0.4m), Dennis Jonsson (€0.4m), Alex (€0.4m), David Leinar (€0.3m); Midfield: Pavel Zavadil (€0.6m), Bjorn Anklev (€0.3m), Magnus Kallander (€0.3m); Forward: Marcus Allback (€1.2m), Alvaro (€0.8m), Alexander Mellqvist (€0.3m). TrelleborgGoalkeeper Fredrik Persson (€0.2m); Defense: Rasmus Bengtsson (€1m), Mattias Nylund (€0.4m), Dennis Melander (€0.3m), Thommie Persson (€0.3m); Midfield: Magnus Andersson (€0.8m), Jens Sloth (€0.4m), Jonas Bjurstrom (€0.4m), Kristian Haynes (€0.3m); Forward: Andreas Drugge (€0.6m), Joakim Sjohage (€0.4m). |
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