2019 Damallsvenskan Explained

The 2019 Damallsvenskan was the 32nd season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. It began on 13 April 2019, and ended on 26 October. Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC are the defending champions, having won the competition in 2018.

Kungsbacka DFF and KIF Örebro DFF were promoted from 2018 Elitettan after finishing first and second respectively. Kungsbacka makes their first appearance in Damallsvenskan.

All matches can be viewed worldwide for a fee at Damallsvenskan TV .

On 20 October, the winner of Damallsvenskan was settled, when FC Rosengård netted one point in the league table and gained an impregnable lead with one remaining round against then relatively new closest competitor Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.^[1] This is their 10th win of Damallsvenskan, the first club to achieve that. They immediately put a star on top of their emblem to mark this.^[2] Vittsjö GIK had held the second place for some time but failed to hold on to it at the end.

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	Stadium capacity1
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Natural	14,417
Eskilstuna United DFF	Eskilstuna	Tunavallen	Artificial	7,600
FC Rosengård	Malmö	Malmö IP	Artificial	5,700
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (LB07)	Malmö	Limhamns IP	Artificial	2,800
KIF Örebro DFF	Örebro	Behrn Arena	Artificial	12,624
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	Gothenburg	Valhalla IP	Artificial	4,000
Kristianstads DFF	Kristianstad	Kristianstads fotbollsarena Vilans IP	Hybrid Natural	3080[3] 5000
Linköpings FC	Linköping	Arena Linköping	Artificial	8,500
Piteå IF	Piteå	LF Arena	Artificial	3,000
Vittsjö GIK	Vittsjö	Vittsjö IP	Natural	3,000
Växjö DFF	Växjö	Myresjöhus Arena	Artificial	12,173
	Kungsbacka	Påskbergsvallen2	Natural	n/a

Notes:¹ According to each club information page previously available at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan.^[4] Since May 2018 this is no longer present.
² Kungsbacka DFF's home arena is really Tingbergsvallen, but because it didn't meet the requirements for Damallsvenskan, and SvFF did not grant dispensation, where particularly the lack of lightning was deemed unacceptable considering all games are broadcast, they had to relocate their games to Påskbergsvallen about 50 km away, in Varberg, instead.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

League table

^C Last season's champion.
^R Last season's runner up.
^P1 Promoted to Damallsvenskan from last season's Elitettan, finishing first there.
^P2 Promoted to Damallsvenskan from last season's Elitettan, finishing second there.

Position by round

Results

Results by round

Top scorers

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anna Anvegård	Växjö DFF and FC Rosengård	14
2	Rebecka Blomqvist	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	13
3	Therese Ivarsson	Kristianstads DFF	11
	Mia Jalkerud	Djurgårdens IF
5	Lisa-Marie Utland	FC Rosengård	9
	Michelle De Jongh	Vittsjö GIK
	Pauline Hammarlund	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
8	Felicia Rogic	Eskilstuna United DFF	8
	Mimmi Larsson	Linköpings FC
	Julia Karlernäs	Piteå IF
	Lina Hurtig	Linköpings FC
12	Amanda Edgren	Kristianstads DFF	7
	Clara Markstedt	Vittsjö GIK
	Loreta Kullashi	Eskilstuna United DFF
	Madelen Janogy	Piteå IF
	Sophie Sundqvist	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
	Stina Blackstenius	Linköpings FC
	Heather Williams	KIF Örebro DFF

Goal of the week

Rank	Player	Club	Score	Result	Opponent
1	Not awarded
2	Ebba Hed	Vittsjö GIK	1–0	1–1	Eskilstuna United DFF
3	Tabitha Chawinga	Kvarnsvedens IK	2–3	3–3	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
4	Emma Jansson	KIF Örebro DFF	1–0	1–2	Eskilstuna United DFF
5	Tabitha Chawinga	Kvarnsvedens IK	1–1	2–3	Vittsjö GIK
6	Cecilia Pedersen	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	1–0	2–1	Djurgårdens IF
7	Hanna Sandström	Kristianstads DFF	1–0	1–0	Piteå IF
8	Filippa Angeldal	Hammarby IF	1–3	3–3	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
9	Lieke Martens	FC Rosengård	1–0	3–0	Vittsjö GIK
10	Marija Banušić	Linköpings FC	1–0	2–0	Vittsjö GIK
11	Hanna Terry	KIF Örebro DFF	2–1	2–1	Djurgårdens IF
12	Marija Banušić	Linköpings FC	2–0	5–0	KIF Örebro DFF
13	Josefin Johansson	Piteå IF	1–0	3–2	Linköpings FC
14	Kristine Minde	Linköpings FC	1–0	2–0	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
15	Marija Banušić	Linköpings FC	2–0	2–2	FC Rosengård
16	Elin Bragnum	Piteå IF	1–0	2–0	Hammarby IF
17	Tine Schryvers	Kristianstads DFF	2–1	2–1	FC Rosengård
18	Olivia Schough	Eskilstuna United DFF	2–1	2–1	Kristianstads DFF
19	Olga Ekblom	Hammarby IF	6–1	6–1	KIF Örebro DFF

Attendance

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Highest attendances

All games with more than 1500.

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	FC Rosengård	1–1	Vittsjö GIK	3,262		Malmö IP
2	Linköpings FC	0–0	Kristianstads DFF	2,866		Linköping Arena
3	FC Rosengård	3–3	Linköpings FC	2,398		Malmö IP
4	Linköpings FC	0–0	FC Rosengård	2,384		Linköping Arena
5	Eskilstuna United DFF	2–0	Linköpings FC	2,379		Tunavallen
6	Piteå IF	1–1	FC Rosengård	1,978		LF Arena
7	Piteå IF	0–3	KIF Örebro DFF	1,876		LF Arena
8	Piteå IF	1–0	Djurgårdens IF	1,822		LF Arena
9	Piteå IF	3–1	Eskilstuna United DFF	1,779		LF Arena
10	Piteå IF	1–0	Linköpings FC	1,748		LF Arena
11	Vittsjö GIK	2–0	Kristianstads DFF	1,663		Vittsjö IP
12	Eskilstuna United DFF	1–0	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	1,646		Tunavallen
13	FC Rosengård	3–0	Växjö DFF	1,644		Malmö IP
14	FC Rosengård	3–0	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	1,586		Malmö IP
15	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	3–2	FC Rosengård	1,536		Limhamns IP
16	Kristianstads DFF	0–3	Vittsjö GIK	1,527		Kristianstads Fotbollsarena
17	Piteå IF	0–0	Vittsjö GIK	1,519		LF Arena
18	Eskilstuna United DFF	1–0	KIF Örebro DFF	1,511		Tunavallen
19	Djurgårdens IF	0–3	Eskilstuna United DFF	1,511		Tele2 Arena

Updated to games played on 20 October 2019.^[10]

External links

• Season at soccerway.com
• Season at SvFF
• Damallsvenskan TV – Video streaming of all matches both live and archived

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosengård svenska mästare. Rosengård Swedish champion. Swedish Football Association. sv. 20 October 2019. 24 Oct 2019.
2. Web site: Anvegårds fullträff ordnade guldfesten och att SM-bucklan hamnade i Malmö för elfte gången.. FC Rosengård. sv. 21 October 2019. 24 Oct 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191024225807/https://www.fcrosengard.se/12549-2/. 24 October 2019.
3. Web site: Kristianstads DFF - Svenskalag.se. www.kdff.nu. sv-SE. 2019-10-13.
4. News: Damallsvenskan. Swedish Football Association . sv. 16 April 2015.
5. News: Kungsbacka DFF saknar godkänd hemmaplan. Åkergren. Kristian. 2018-10-28. SVT. 2019-10-13. sv.
6. News: Kungsbacka tvingas resa fem mil – för varje hemmamatch. Norberg. Simon. 2018-11-20. SVT Sport. sv. 2019-10-13.
7. News: Klart: KDFF flyttar. Sandblom. Tobias. 2018-11-20. Kungsbacka-Posten. sv-SE. 2019-10-13. 2020-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20201019062549/https://kungsbackaposten.se/sport/klart-kdff-flyttar/. dead.
8. News: Kungsbacka DFF får inte spela hemma. Söderhjelm. Per. 2019-09-07. Sveriges Radio. 2019-10-13. Millberg. Lina. sv.
9. Web site: Spelarstatistik. Swedish Football Association. svenskfotboll.se . sv. 13 October 2019.
10. Web site: Spelprogram – Damallsvenskan — svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. sv. 13 October 2019.
11. Web site: Statistik/ligor — svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. sv.