The 2020 Damallsvenskan was the 33rd season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. The league was originally set to commence on 3 April 2020, but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed, and eventually set to begin on 27 June, and end on 15 November. All matches were played without spectators.

Damallsvenskan
Season2020
ChampionsKopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Relegated
Champions League
Matches played132
Goals scored383 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerAnna Anvegård
(16 goals)
Biggest home winRosengård 7–1 Linköpings (12 August 2020)

Rosengård 6–0 Örebro (24 July 2020)
Biggest away winUppsala 1–9 Rosengård (7 August 2020)
Highest scoringUppsala 1–9 Rosengård (7 August 2020)
2019
2021
All statistics correct as of 15 November 2020.

Legandary Umeå IK returned to the top tier after 3 years in Elitettan but were relegated alongside Uppsala again at the end of the season.[1][2] Göteborg were the champions, claiming their first Damallsvenskan title.

All matches were viewed worldwide, except for Mexico, for a fee at Damallsvenskan TV Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Aftonbladet have bought broadcasting rights for all Damallsvenskan matches from 2020 to 2022 and will have them available at Sportbladet Play.

Teams

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Team Location Stadium Turf Stadium capacitya
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium Natural 14,417
Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna Tunavallen Artificial 7,600
FC Rosengård Malmö Malmö IP Artificial 5,700
KIF Örebro DFF Örebro Behrn Arena Artificial 12,624
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Gothenburg Valhalla IP Artificial 4,000
Kristianstads DFF Kristianstad Kristianstads fotbollsarena Hybrid 3,080b
Vilans IP Natural 5,000b
Linköpings FC Linköping Arena Linköping Artificial 8,500
Piteå IF Piteå LF Arena Artificial 3,000
Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Vittsjö IP Natural 3,000
Växjö DFF Växjö Myresjöhus Arena Artificial 12,173
Umeå IK Umeå Umeå Energi Arena Artificial 8,000
IK Uppsala Fotboll Uppsala Lötens IP Artificial n/a

Notes: a According to each club information page previously available at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan,[3] unless otherwise noted. Since May 2018 this is no longer present. Numbers were usually lower than official stadium numbers.
b According to Kristianstads DFF's history web page.[4]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (C) 22 17 3 2 55 10 +45 54 Qualification to Champions League second round
2 FC Rosengård 22 14 5 3 57 14 +43 47
3 Kristianstads DFF 22 14 3 5 48 29 +19 45 Qualification to Champions League first round
4 Linköpings FC 22 12 3 7 32 34 −2 39
5 Vittsjö GIK 22 9 4 9 33 35 −2 31
6 Växjö DFF 22 8 3 11 18 32 −14 27
7 KIF Örebro DFF 22 7 5 10 26 36 −10 26
8 Piteå IF 22 7 4 11 21 33 −12 25
9 Djurgårdens IF 22 6 6 10 20 31 −11 24
10 Eskilstuna United DFF 22 7 2 13 31 35 −4 23
11 Umeå IK (R) 22 6 5 11 21 40 −19 23 Relegation to Elitettan
12 IK Uppsala Fotboll (R) 22 3 1 18 21 54 −33 10
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated


Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC1321111111122222111111
FC Rosengård5243322222211111222222
Kristianstads DFF1212119765443343333333333
Linköpings FC2112233334434444444444
Vittsjö GIK10118101012121112121198555555555
Växjö DFF1110121212111110111112121212111111107976
KIF Örebro DFF7756578975656667866667
Piteå IF34344445678101010910101110898
Djurgårdens IF88989978101098788978910109
Eskilstuna United DFF666785675857991086787810
Umeå IK99101111101012967657769911111111
IK Uppsala Fotboll4575689689111111111212121212121212
Source: everysport.com
  = Leader;   = Runner up;   = Third Place;   = Relegation to 2021 Elitettan

Results

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Home \ Away DIF ESK FCR KGFC KIFÖ KDFF LFC PIF UIK UPP VÄX VGIK
Djurgårdens IF 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Eskilstuna United DFF 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 3–1
FC Rosengård 3–0 1–2 3–0 6–0 1–2 7–1 2–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 1–0
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–1
KIF Örebro DFF 2–0 3–3 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–2
Kristianstads DFF 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–0
Linköpings FC 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–7 1–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–2
Piteå IF 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–5 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0
Umeå IK 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–4 3–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 3–0
IK Uppsala Fotboll 3–2 2–4 1–9 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–1
Växjö DFF 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2
Vittsjö GIK 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 4–0 3–3 1–2 0–1 3–2 4–2 3–1
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

WDL table

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
FC RosengårdWWLWWWDWWWDWWWWDDLDWWL
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Position5243322222211111222222
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FCWDWWWWWWWWWLLWWWWWDWWW
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAAH
Position1321111111122222111111
Vittsjö GIKLLDLLLWWLWWWWWWDDWDLWL
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHHAHA
Position10118101011121112121098555555555
Eskilstuna United DFFDDWLLWLLWLWLLLLWWLLWLL
GroundAHAAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
Position666785675857991086787810
Linköpings FCWWWDWLWLLLWWDWLWDWWLLW
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHA
Position2112233334434444444444
Piteå IFWDWDWLLLLDLLLLWLDLWWLW
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Position34344445678101010910101110898
Kristianstads DFFLLDWWDWDWWWLWWWLWWWWWL
GroundAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH
Position1212119765443343333333333
KIF Örebro DFFDDWLWLLLWWLWDDLLLWDWLL
GroundHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAH
Position7756578975656667866667
Växjö DFFLDLLLWDWLLLLLDWWLWWLWW
GroundAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHHA
Position1110121212111110111112121212111111107976
Djurgårdens IFLDLWLDWLLDDWWLLDWLLLDW
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Position88989978101098788978910109
Umeå IKLDLLLWDDWWLWWLLDLLLLDW
GroundHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
Position99101111101012967657769911111111
IK Uppsala FotbollWDLWLLLWLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
GroundHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHA
Position4575689689111111111212121212121212
Source: everysport.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader;   = Runner up;   = Relegation to 2021 Elitettan

Player statistics

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Top scorers

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As of matches played on 15 November 2020.
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Anna Anvegård FC Rosengård 16
2   Pauline Hammarlund Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 12
  Mimmi Larsson FC Rosengård
4   Karin Lundin KIF Örebro DFF 11
  Loreta Kullashi Eskilstuna United DFF
  Felicia Rogic Eskilstuna United DFF
7   Rebecka Blomqvist Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 9
  Clara Markstedt Vittsjö GIK

References

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  1. ^ Nordling, Björn (2019-10-12). "Här är Umeås uppgång, fall – och uppgång" [Here is Umeå's rise, fall – and rise]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  2. ^ "Umeå IK tillbaka i Damallsvenskan" [Umeå IK back in Damallsvenskan]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). SvFF. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  3. ^ "Damallsvenskan" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Kristianstads DFF - Svenskalag.se". www.kdff.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-10-13.
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