Life in the Swedish Allsvenskan began for 2009 as Kalmar FF embarked on the focal objective of defending their title crown, despite an initial drawback as they stranded a one-goal advantage to draw with Gefle IF.
After accomplishing their first championship in 2008, Kalmer travelled northwards to the city of Gävle in pursuit of their title protection and Rasmus Elm, whose brother Victor and last season’s top goalscorer Patrik Ingelsten both departed for SC Heerenveen over the winter months, ensured the season started to almost perfection by successfully converting a penalty on 29 minutes. Old-hand Hasse Berggren drew the scoreline parallel on the 69th minute for Gefle IF, an outcome which has left both on one point joint-sixth.
2004 victors and all-time leading champions Malmo FF beat BK Hacken when Serbian defender Mijan Mutavdzic clinched the winner five minutes from the end, while early-installed favourites Elfsborg clawed back to draw 1-1 with Hammarby thanks to Stefan Ishizaki’s equaliser. At the Olympia, Helsingborgs IF narrowly overcame 13-time Allsvenskan conquerers IFK Göteborg, who bask in the glory of their UEFA Cup jubilations in 1982 and 1987, but cross-city competitor’s GAIS Göteborg stole an early march in the table by annihilating a subdued Örgryte IS 5-1.
One of the many allures and charms of Sweden’s top-flight domestic competition is the densely-packed, heavily-concentrated race for the title, which can be tussled and fought out between plenty of clubs. The Allsvenskan can be considered as one of the continent’s most erratic and unpredictable leagues as the past five seasons have each produced different winners, a world apart from the majority of other European top-tiers which are prone to falling under the supremacy of the same select few teams.
Swedish Allsvenskan - Matchday 1 Results
- BK Häcken Göteborg 0 - 1 Malmö FF
- IF Elfsborg Boras 1 - 1 Hammarby IF
- Örgryte IS Göteborg 1 - 5 GAIS Goteborg
- AIK Solna 1 - 0 Halmstads BK
- Trelleborgs FF 0 - 0 IF Brommapojkarna
- Gefle IF 1 - 1 Kalmar
- Djurgårdens IF 1 - 0 Orebro SK
- Helsingborgs IF 1 - 0 IFK Goteborg
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