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6 unusual facts about Allsvenskan


Alexej Fashutdinov

During the 2008/2009 season Faskhutdinov played for Växjö Lakers, Allsvenskan in Sweden.

Degerfors

Despite the relatively small size of the town, Degerfors has always had a strong local support, and played a total of 29 years in the highest division Allsvenskan.

Eric Healey

On August 5, 2008, Healey signed with Swedish team Mora IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan.

Hans Mild

Mild won Allsvenskan two times with Djurgårdens IF and capped 31 times for the national football team.

Ice hockey in Sweden

HockeyAllsvenskan is the second tier of men's ice hockey, and has by far the highest average attendance of second-tier ice hockey leagues in Europe.

Martin Samuelsson

Martin Tobias Samuelsson (born January 25, 1982 in Upplands Väsby, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey player who last played for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League.


1989 Allsvenskan

League runners-up IFK Norrköping won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF.

1990 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan champions IFK Göteborg won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating IFK Norrköping who finished as runners-up in the league.

Aluspah Brewah

He stayed there for just one season, moving next to Sweden with Hammarby IF Allsvenskan.

Bengt Madsen

Madsen is also famous for being a controversial figure in the sport such as an incident in 2002 when Madsen verbally criticized referee Anders Frisk in half-time in an Allsvenskan match between Malmö FF and Hammarby IF.

Betegy

In the summer of 2013, the amount of leagues were extended to 12; as they introduced a few more: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FIFA World Cup, Eredivisie (Holland), Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A (Brazil), Major League Soccer (United States), Tippeligaen (Norway), Primera A (Argentina), Allsvenskan (Sweden), J-league (Japan), K League (South Korea), Primeira Liga (Potugal), Superliga Denmark, Ukrainian Premier League.

Haris Radetinac

Haris Radetinac (born 28 October 1985 in Novi Pazar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a serbian footballer who plays Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan as a midfielder.

Jarmo Alatensiö

He played three seasons in the Finnish top division Mestaruussarja and was signed by Swedish Allsvenskan club IK Brage in 1988.

Leif Holmgren

Afterwards, Holmgren moved to the Allsvenskan and signed with Vallentuna BK where he scored 32 points with 17 goals to his credit.

Medborgarplatsen

In 2001, Hammarby celebrated its first victory in the Allsvenskan in front of about 35,000 supporters in the square.

Ola Nilsson

From day one of his spell at HIF, he was a first team regular and in 1992, when the club was re-promoted to Allsvenskan after 24 years in lower divisions, Ola Nilsson formed the backbone of the team together with other HIF stars, such as Mats Magnusson and Henrik Larsson.

Pekka Lyyski

His son Jani is a professional footballer, currently representing Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Pelé runaround move

Swedish player Jesper Blomqvist managed to perform a variant of the Pele runaround move with more success, adding a fake, that resulted in a goal when his IFK Göteborg played Helsingborgs IF in the Allsvenskan in 1995.

Robert Nordmark

He was the headcoach for Almtuna IS in Allsvenskan (the Swedish second division) in the 2007/2008 season, but he was replaced by Leif Boork in November 2007 because of poor results.

Sula Matovu

Sula Matovu (born 17 July 1992 in Kampala) is an Ugandan soccer player, who plays as a striker for Sweden Allsvenskan club BK Häcken.

Tim Parkin

He featured in the final of the Intercontinental Cup, won the Svenska Cupen in 1980, and helped the club to a second place finish in the Allsvenskan.

Yussif Chibsah

In the 2006/07 season he played for Asanta Kotoko FC in Ghana and later on came close to sign for Danish side Randers FC but eventually signed in October 2007 a two year contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Gefle IF under manager Per Olsson.


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