2013 Damallsvenskan

Damallsvenskan
Season2013
ChampionsLdB FC Malmö
RelegatedMallbackens IF, Sunnanå SK
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueLdB FC Malmö, Tyresö FF
Matches played126
Goals scored640 (5.08 per match)
Top goalscorerChristen Press (23 goals)
Biggest home winTFF 10–2 SSK (19 May)
Biggest away winSSK 0–8 TFF (3 Sep)
Highest scoringTFF 10–2 SSK (19 May)
Longest winning run10 games
LdB Malmö
Longest losing run11 games
Sunnanå SK
Highest attendance5,361
LFC 2–2 KIFÖ (5 May)
Lowest attendance179
JBK 5–2 SSK (4 May)
Total attendance97,860
Average attendance741
← 2012
2014 →
All statistics are retrieved from svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

The 2013 Damallsvenskan, part of the 2013 Swedish football season, is the 26th season of Damallsvenskan since its establishment in 1988.[1] The season began on 13 April 2013 and ends on 20 October 2013.[2] Tyresö FF are the defending champions, having won their first title the previous season.[3]

A total of 12 teams played in the league; 10 returned from the 2012 season and 2 were promoted from Division 1.

Teams

Djurgårdens IF and AIK were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table.[4][5][6] They were replaced by Division 1 division champions Sunnanå SK and Mallbackens IF.

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Locations of the 2013 Damallsvenskan teams
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity[a]
Jitex BK Mölndal Åbyvallen 1,500
KIF Örebro DFF Örebro Behrn Arena 13,500
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Gothenburg Valhalla IP 3,000
Kristianstads DFF Kristianstad Vilans IP 5,000
LdB FC Malmö Malmö Malmö IP 6,800
Linköpings FC Linköping Arena Linköping 8,500
Mallbackens IF Lysvik Strandvallen 4,000
Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena 3,950
Sunnanå SK Skellefteå Norrvalla IP 3,000
Tyresö FF Tyresö Tyresövallen 3,500
Umeå IK Umeå T3 Arena 9,000
Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Vittsjö IP 3,000
  1. ^ According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.[7]

League table

Tyresö FF, second placed team in 2013 Damallsvenskan, would have qualified for the Champions League, but renounced its place after economic problems. As a result, the berth was given to Linköpings FC, the third placed team of the league.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 LdB FC Malmö (C, Q) 22 17 4 1 55 14 +41 55 Qualification to Champions League Round of 32
2 Tyresö FF 22 14 6 2 71 24 +47 48
3 Linköpings FC (Q) 22 14 4 4 46 25 +21 46 Qualification to Champions League Round of 32
4 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 22 9 6 7 33 31 +2 33
5 Umeå IK 22 9 4 9 31 29 +2 31
6 KIF Örebro DFF 22 7 8 7 37 35 +2 29
7 Piteå IF 22 7 6 9 31 32 −1 27
8 Vittsjö GIK 22 7 6 9 32 34 −2 27
9 Kristianstads DFF 22 7 3 12 38 43 −5 24
10 Jitex BK 22 5 7 10 20 37 −17 22
11 Mallbackens IF (R) 22 3 7 12 17 40 −23 16 Relegation to Elitettan
12 Sunnanå SK (R) 22 0 5 17 15 82 −67 5
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away JBK KIFÖ KGFC KDFF LdB LFC MIF PIF SSK TFF UIK VGIK
Jitex BK 2–4 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 0–7 2–1 0–0
KIF Örebro DFF 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–5 4–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 4–0 3–1
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 0–0 4–1 4–3 0–5 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–1
Kristianstads DFF 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–2 1–1
LdB FC Malmö 1–0 4–2 3–1 5–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 4–0
Linköpings FC 4–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–0
Mallbackens IF 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–3
Piteå IF 3–2 0–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 3–0
Sunnanå SK 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–4 1–1 2–5 0–8 0–1 1–5
Tyresö FF 5–0 3–0 4–1 5–1 2–3 2–0 5–0 2–1 10–2 1–0 2–1
Umeå IK 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–2
Vittsjö GIK 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 5–0 0–2 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2013. Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Updated as of matches played on 20 October 2013.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 United States Christen Press Tyresö FF 23
2 Denmark Pernille Harder Linköpings FC 18
3 Germany Anja Mittag LdB FC Malmö 13
Iceland Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir Kristianstads DFF 13
5 Nigeria Sarah Michael KIF Örebro DFF 12
Brazil Marta Tyresö FF 12
7 Finland Sanna Talonen KIF Örebro DFF 11
Netherlands Manon Melis LdB FC Malmö 11
Scotland Jane Ross Vittsjö GIK 11
10 Switzerland Ramona Bachmann LdB FC Malmö 10
Sweden Lina Hurtig Umeå IK 10
England Jodie Taylor Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 10

References

  1. ^ "Historik". Swedish Football. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Spelprogram". Swedish Football. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Damallsvenskan 2012 Results". Swedish Football. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Djurgården tog farväl med seger". Damfotboll. 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Upp igen för AIK?". Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Damfotboll.com´s årskrönika 2012". Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Linköping får europaplats" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 10 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Skytteliga". The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 20 April 2013.