Damallsvenskan

Damallsvenskan

Countries	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1988
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	Norrettan and Söderettan
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	LdB FC (2010)
Website	SvenskFotboll.se
Damallsvenskan 2011

Swedish Football Ladies League Structure
Damallsvenskan (Tier 1) Ladies Division 1 (Tier 2) Ladies Division 2 (Tier 3) Ladies Division 3 (Tier 4) Ladies Division 4 (Tier 5) Ladies Division 5 (Tier 6)

The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ladies' all-Swedish, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred as to the women's Allsvenskan, this term being used alone to refer to the men's division.

The division consists of a league of 12 teams. There is a relegation system in place with the Swedish Women's Division 1, which is split into Northern and Southern sections. The two lowest ranked teams in the league are relegated and replaced by the winners of the two Division 1 leagues.

The women's division was first held in 1973. Until the advent of Women's Professional Soccer, the Damallsvenskan was considered to be the best women's league, since the previous American WUSA league went bankrupt. The Damallsvenskan was once home to star players like Marta, Daniela, Nadine Angerer, Lisa De Vanna, Hope Solo and Hanna Ljungberg.

The top 2 teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

2011 season

The season of 2011 is made up by the following teams:

Club	Last season	First season in league	First season of current spell
Dalsjöfors GoIF	1st (Söderettan)	2011	2011
Djurgårdens IF DFF	8th	2003	2003
Hammarby IF	10th	1988	1988
Jitex BK	6th	1988	2010
KIF Örebro	5th	2003	2003
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	2nd	1988	1988
Kristianstads DFF	9th	1990	2008
LdB FC Malmö	1st	1988	1988
Linköpings FC	3rd	1998	2005
Piteå IF	1st (Norrettan)	2009	2011
Tyreso FF	4th	1993	2010
Umeå IK	7th	1996	1998

Stadiums

Club	Arena	Capacity
Dalsjöfors GoIF	Borås Arena	16,800
Djurgårdens IF DFF	Kristinebergs IP	4,500
Hammarby IF DFF	Hammarby IP	2,500
Jitex BK	Åbyvallen	2,000
KIF Örebro DFF	Behrn Arena	14,500
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	Valhalla IP	4,700
Kristianstads DFF	Vilans IP	5,000
LdB FC	Malmö IP	7,600
Linköpings FC	Folkungavallen	10,000
Piteå IF	LF Arena	6,000
Tyresö FF	Tyresövallen	3,000
Umeå IK	Gammliavallen	10,000

Previous winners

The list of Swedish champions (73-87) and winners of the Damallsvenskan (88-)^[1]:

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1973	Öxabäck IF (1)	N/A
1974	Jitex BK (1)	N/A
1975	Öxabäck IF (2)	N/A
1976	Jitex BK (2)	N/A
1977	Jakobsbergs GoIF (1)	N/A
1978	Öxabäck IF (3)	N/A
1979	Jitex BK (3)	N/A
1980	Sunnanå SK (1)	N/A
1981	Jitex BK (4)	N/A
1982	Sunnanå SK (2)	N/A
1983	Öxabäck IF (4)	N/A
1984	Jitex BK (5)	N/A
1985	Hammarby IF DFF (1)	N/A
1986	Malmö FF (1)	N/A
1987	Öxabäck IF (5)	Jitex BK
1988	Öxabäck IF (6)	Jitex BK
1989	Jitex BK (6)	Jitex BK
1990	Malmö FF (2)	Öxabäck IF
1991	Malmö FF (3)	N/A

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1992	Gideonsbergs IF (1)	N/A
1993	Malmö FF (4)	Jitex BK/JG93
1994	Malmö FF (5)	Hammarby IF DFF
1995	Älvsjö AIK (1)	Gideonsbergs IF
1996	Älvsjö AIK (2)	Malmö FF
1997	Älvsjö AIK (3)	Malmö FF
1998	Älvsjö AIK (4)	Malmö FF
1999	Älvsjö AIK (5)	Malmö FF
2000	Umeå IK (1)	Malmö FF
2001	Umeå IK (2)	Malmö FF
2002	Umeå IK (3)	Malmö FF
2003	Djurgården/Älvsjö (1)	Umeå IK
2004	Djurgården/Älvsjö (2)	Umeå IK
2005	Umeå IK (4)	Malmö FF
2006	Umeå IK (5)	Djurgården/Älvsjö
2007	Umeå IK (6)	Djurgården/Älvsjö
2008	Umeå IK (7)	Linköpings FC
2009	Linköpings FC (1)	Umeå IK
2010	LdB FC Malmö (6)	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
2011	LdB FC Malmö (7)	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

Top scorers

The following is a list of top scorers (skyttedrottningar) by season.^[2] Lena Videkull has won the award a record five times, while Hanna Ljungberg holds the record for most goals in a season with 39.

Year	Tally	Player
1984	30 goals	Pia Sundhage (Östers IF)
1985	35 goals	Pia Sundhage (Östers IF)
1984	19 goals	Lena Videkull (Trollhättans IF)
1985	22 goals	Anette Nilsson (Hammarby IF)
1986	22 goals	Gunilla Axén (Gideonsbergs IF)
1987	28 goals	Eva-Lotta Carlsson (Dalhems IF)
1988	24 goals	Lena Videkull (Öxabäck/Mark IF)
1989	25 goals	Eleonor Hultin (Jitex BK)
1991	21 goals	Lena Videkull (Malmö FF)
1992	28 goals	Lena Videkull (Malmö FF)
1995	26 goals	Anneli Andelén (Öxabäck/Mark IF)
1996	29 goals	Anneli Andelén (Öxabäck/Mark IF)
1996	33 goals	Anneli Andelén (Öxabäck/Mark IF)
1995	27 goals	Annelie Wahlgren (Bälinge IF)
1996	23 goals	Lena Videkull (Malmö FF)
1997	22 goals	Annelie Wahlgren (Bälinge IF) Lena Videkull (Malmö FF)
1998	32 goals	Victoria Svensson (Älvsjö AIK)
1999	29 goals	Luiza Pendyk (Malmö FF)
2000	25 goals	Luiza Pendyk (Malmö FF)
2001	34 goals	Victoria Svensson (Älvsjö AIK)
2002	39 goals	Hanna Ljungberg (Umeå IK)
2003	23 goals	Victoria Svensson (Djurgården/Älvsjö)
2004	22 goals	Laura Kalmari (Umeå IK) Marta (Umeå IK)
2005	21 goals	Therese Lundin (Malmö FF DFF) Marta (Umeå IK)
2006	21 goals	Lotta Schelin (Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC)
2007	26 goals	Lotta Schelin (Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC)
2008	23 goals	Marta (Umeå IK) Manon Melis (LdB FC Malmö)
2009	22 goals	Linnea Liljegärd (Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC)
2010	25 goals	Manon Melis (LdB FC Malmö)
2011	16 goals	Manon Melis (LdB FC Malmö) Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (Kristianstads DFF)

See also

• Women's football (soccer)
• Svenska Cupen (women)
• Women's football around the world
• List of sporting events in Sweden

External links

• Swedish Football Association - Damallsvenskan

References

1. ^ [http://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/historik/
2. ^ "Damallsvenskan top scorers". svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/historik/skyttedrottningar-1982-/. Retrieved 12 October 2011.