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Allsvenskan (; , also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, ) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924, and is the top flight of the Swedish football league system, operating on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan. Seasons run from late March or early April to beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meeting each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide.
Allsvenskan is ranked 20th in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. As it stands now, Allsvenskan is ranked highest of the leagues in Scandinavia. The current champions are IFK Norrköping, who won the title in the 2015 season.
, which amongst national-level football leagues is one of the longest such streaks in Europe as well as in the world.
Allsvenskan is the highest league of Swedish football for men.
Allsvenskan (the all Swedish) is also the name of several Swedish sport leagues:
- Damallsvenskan, highest women's football league
- Allsvenskan (bandy), second highest bandy league since the 2007–08 season
- Allsvenskan and Elitserien (bandy), combined highest bandy leagues until the 2007–08 season
- Allsvenskan (men's handball), second highest men's handball league
- Allsvenskan (women's handball), second highest women's handball league
- Allsvenskan (rugby), highest rugby league
- HockeyAllsvenskan, second highest ice hockey league
- Superallsvenskan, defunct ice hockey league
- Allsvenskan play-offs, a Swedish football cup held to decide the Swedish football champions between 1982 and 1990
Allsvenskan (literally, "The All Swedish") is since the 2007–08 the second highest level of bandy in Sweden and comprises 24 teams in two regional groups. This change was made when Allsvenskan and Elitserien were cancelled and a new top-tier called Elitserien was created.
Allsvenskan (literally, "The National League") is the second tier in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises 7 Swedish speedway teams. Until the introduction of the Elitserien in 1982 the Allsvenskan was the highest level of Swedish Speedway.
The Allsvenskan is the highest tier of the national rugby union competition in Sweden. The first Swedish championship took place in 1943.
Allsvenskan is the Swedish second division in women's team handball. Earlier, the name was used by the top division. The league is organized by the Swedish Handball Federation.