2018 Damallsvenskan

Damallsvenskan
Season2018
ChampionsPiteå IF
RelegatedHammarby IF
IFK Kalmar
Champions LeaguePiteå IF
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Matches played132
Goals scored412 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerAnja Mittag
(17 goals)
Biggest home winROS 10–0 Kalmar
Biggest away winKAL 1–9 ROS
Highest attendance4,423 Kopparbergs v Rosengard
Lowest attendance118 Bunkeflo v Växjö
Average attendance894
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2018.

The 2018 Damallsvenskan was the 30th season of the Swedish Women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. It began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 27 October the same year. Linköpings FC were the defending champions, having won the competition in 2017.[1][2]

Piteå IF won the series, and so also their first Swedish National Championship title.[3]

Teams

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium 14,417
Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna Tunavallen 7,600
FC Rosengård Malmö Malmö IP 5,700
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Gothenburg Valhalla IP 4,000
Linköpings FC Linköping Arena Linköping 8,500
Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena 3,000
Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Vittsjö IP 3,000
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Malmö Limhamns IP 2,800
Hammarby IF Stockholm Zinkensdamms IP 3,000
Kristianstads DFF Kristianstad Vilans IP 5,000
IFK Kalmar Kalmar Guldfågeln Arena 12,182
Växjö DFF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena 12,173

Note: 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan.[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Piteå IF (C) 22 16 0 6 42 24 +18 48 Qualification to 2019–2020 Champions League
2 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 22 15 2 5 54 27 +27 47
3 FC Rosengård 22 14 3 5 55 18 +37 45
4 Kristianstads DFF 22 11 6 5 30 26 +4 39
5 Linköpings FC 22 9 6 7 47 31 +16 33
6 Eskilstuna United DFF 22 9 4 9 30 36 −6 31
7 Växjö DFF 22 9 2 11 29 33 −4 29
8 Djurgårdens IF 22 7 6 9 25 30 −5 27
9 Vittsjö GIK 22 7 5 10 32 26 +6 26
10 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 22 8 2 12 25 40 −15 26
11 Hammarby IF (R) 22 8 0 14 29 39 −10 24 Relegation to Elitettan
12 IFK Kalmar (R) 22 1 0 21 14 82 −68 3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Attendance

Home attendances

Team GP Attendance High Low Average
Hammarby IF 2 3,988 2,369 1,619 1,994
Eskilstuna United DFF 3 4,554 1,957 1,270 1,518
Piteå IF 3 3,714 1,448 1,018 1,238
Kristianstads DFF 3 3,135 1,518 382 1,045
Djurgårdens IF 2 1,966 1,033 933 983
IFK Kalmar 3 2,662 1,398 487 887
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2 1,410 825 585 705
FC Rosengård 2 1,351 895 456 675
Linköpings FC 2 1,316 805 511 658
Vittsjö GIK 3 1,850 669 555 616
Växjö DFF 2 919 473 446 459
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 3 858 356 228 286
Total 30 27,723 2,369 228 924

Updated to games played on 20 May 2018.[5]

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 4–2 FC Rosengård 4,423 27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) Ullevi
2 Hammarby IF 0–1 Djurgårdens IF 4,197 27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Tele2 Arena
3 Piteå IF 6–1 Växjö DFF 3,778 27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) LF Arena
4 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 0–2 FC Rosengård 3,122 31 May 2018 (2018-05-31) Stadion
5 Piteå IF 4–3 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 3,022 12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) LF Arena
6 Piteå IF 4–2 Linköpings FC 2,789 30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) LF Arena
7 FC Linköping 1–1 Vittsjö GIK 2,597 5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Linköping Arena
8 Hammarby IF 4–2 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 2,369 14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) Hammarby IP
9 Piteå IF 0–1 Kristianstads DFF 2,328 26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) LF Arena
10 Piteå IF 0–2 FC Rosengård 2,296 16 June 2018 (2018-06-16) Lombia IP

Updated to games played on 27 October 2018.[6]

Top scorers

As of End of season.[7]
Player Club Goals
Germany Anja Mittag FC Rosengård 17
Sweden Anna Anvegård Växjö DFF 14
Sweden Rebecka Blomqvist Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 14
Sweden Julia Zigiotti Olme Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 12
Sweden Julia Karlenäs Piteå IF 11

References

  1. ^ "Linköping säkrade SM-guldet". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ "SM-guld". linkopingfc.com (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ^ Jens Kärrman (27 October 2018). "Piteå tog första guldet efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Summary - Damallsvenskan - Sweden - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  6. ^ "Spelprogram - Damallsvenskan". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Skytteliga". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.