Damallsvenskan

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Damallsvenskan
Country	Sweden
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1988
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	Norrettan and Söderettan
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Women's Cup
Current champions	Umeå IK (2007)
Website	Damallsvenskan home page
Damallsvenskan 2008

The Damallsvenskan, "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. The Damallsvenskan is considered to be the best women's league, since the American league went bankrupt. In the Damallsvenskan you find players like Marta, Daniela, Nadine Angerer and Hanna Ljungberg.

[edit] 2008 season

The season of 2008 is made up by the following teams:

• AIK
• Bälinge IF
• Djurgårdens IF DFF
• Hammarby IF
• KIF Örebro
• Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
• Kristianstads DFF
• LdB FC
• Linköpings FC
• Sunnanå SK
• Umeå IK (winners)
• Umea Sodra FF

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Swedish Football Association - Damallsvenskan

Football in Sweden v • d • e
National association National team List of clubs Champions Records Women's national team List of women's clubs Seasons
Competitions in Swedish football
Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 (N, S) Division 2 Division 3 Damallsvenskan Svenska Cupen Supercupen League system
Damallsvenskan 2007 v • d • e
AIK | Bälinge IF | Djurgårdens IF | Falköpings KIK | Hammarby IF | KIF Örebro | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | LdB FC | Linköpings FC | QBIK | Sunnanå SK | Umeå IK