BK Hacken Fixtures 2010

The surprise package from 2009 begin with a home game against Djurgarden in March.

March 14th: Djurgarden (home) 14:00
March 22nd: IFK Goteborg (away) 19:00
March 30th: Trelleborgs (home) 19:00
April 6th: Elfsborg (away) 19:00
April 10th: Atvidabergs (home) 16:00
April 14th: Malmo (away) 19:00
April 19th: Mjallby (home) 19:00
April 24th: AIK (away) 16:00
April 28th: GAIS (home) 19:00
May 2nd: Orebro (away) 17:00
May 5th: Gefle (home) 19:00
May 9th: Halmstads (away) 17:00
May 15th: IF Brommapojkarna (away) 16:00
May 22nd: Kalmar (home) 16:00
July 18th: Helsingborgs (home)
July 25th: Helsingborgs (away)
August 1st: Djurgarden (away)
August 8th: IFK Goteborg (home)
August 15th: Trelleborgs (away)
August 22nd: Elfsborg (away)
August 29th: Gefle (away)
September 12th: Halmstads (home)
September 15th: Mjallby (away)
September 19th: AIK (home)
September 26th: GAIS (away)
October 3rd: Orebro (home)
October 17th: Atvidabergs (away)
October 24th: Malmo (home)
October 31st: Kalmar (away)
November 7th: IF Brommapojkarna (home)

AIK Fixtures 2010

AIK fresh from winning the title back at the start of November will begin their title defense on March 14th against Superettan champions Mjallby.

March 14th: Mjallby (home) 14:30
March 20th: IF Brommapojkarna (away) 16:00
March 29th: GAIS (away) 19:00
April 5th: Orebro (home) 15:00
April 11th: Gefle (away) 15:00
April 14th: Halmstads (home) 19:00
April 19th: Kalmar (away) 19:00
April 24th: BK Hacken (home) 16:00
April 29th: Helsingborgs (away) 19:00
May 2nd: Djurgarden (home) 12:30
May 6th: IFK Goteborg (away) 17:00
May 9th: Trelleborgs (home) 20:00
May 12th: Elfsborg (away) 19:00
May 17th: Atvidabergs (home) 19:00
July 18th: Malmo (home)
July 25th: Malmo (away)
August 1st: Mjallby (away)
August 8th: IF Brommapojkarna (home)
August 15th: GAIS (home)
August 22nd: Orebro (away)
August 29th: IFK Goteborg (home)
September 12th: Trelleborgs (away)
September 15th: Kalmar (home)
September 19th: BK Hacken (away)
September 26th: Helsingborgs (home)
October 3rd: Djurgarden (home)
October 17th: Gefle (home)
October 24th: Halmstads (away)
October 31st: Elfsborg (home)
November 7th: Atvidabergs (away)

Orebro season review 2009

2009 was a solid showing from Orebro. The club were playing well and getting very good results in difficult places while also keeping pace with the chasing pack for the Europa League places.
In the first half of the season the team started well and having lost Emra Tahirovic in the summer they continued their good form until the end of the season when they lost out of a Europa League place.
2009 saw Kim Olsen finish as top scorer for the club with 11 goals in a good campaign for the big Dane. Olsen was also joined in the charts by Finnish international Roni Porokara who himself got 8 goals while cpatain Fredrik Nordback got an impressive 5 goals over the course of 2009.
The club also bought in players over the winter notebly Alejandro Bedoya. The American took no-time into settling into his new surroundings of the Swedish top flight and got two goals both against BK Hacken.
Adriano Munoz also arrived at the club from Tromso in the summer and played a good role in the 2nd half of the season. Coach Sixten Bostrom knows a bargain when he sees one and who knows what star will be coming from Finland this winter.

A 6th place finish is an improvement from 2008 which is positive news and the club could go one better in 2010 and grab a Europa League place.

Patrik Ingelsten on the move

Patrik Ingelsten has left Heerenveen to sign for Norway's Viking. Ingelsten, who left 2008 Allsvenskan champions Kalmar a year ago wasn't getting anywhere near the amount of first-team chances at Heerenveen than he got at Kalmar.
The top scorer from 2008 has moved to Norway after it was revealed Kalmar showed no interest in taking back their former goal ace.

2010 Allsvenskan Fixtures released

The 2010 Fixtures have been released for the Allsvenskan. The opening day will begin on the 14th March 2010. It is almost a full month earlier than 2009 due to the world cup finals taking place.
The League takes a break from 16th of May to July 18th in which the season will resume until the end of the season on the 7th of November 2010.
The opening game will be champions AIK against Superettan champions Mjallby on March 14th.

Free agents on demand

The 16 clubs have been doing their fair share of planning for 2010 and there are quiet a few free agents available in the process.
IF Brommapojkarna:
Mikael Nilsson
Max Clauss
Jon Persson

Djurgarden:
Toni Kuivasto

Halmstads:
Magnus Bahne
Ajsel Kujovic
Emil Jensen

Helsingborgs:
Ólafur Skúlason

Kalmar:
Mikael Eklund
Joakim Karlsson
Tobias Carlsson
Lasse Johansson
Marcus Martensson

Malmo:
Jonas Sandqvist

Trelleborgs:
Yousef Fahkro
Mattias Thylander

Atvidabergs:
Prince Efe Ehiorobo (medical)

Jonas Sandqvist leaves

Former Malmo no.1 goalkeeper Jonas Sandqvist has left the club. Malmo bought in Sweden u-21 goalkeeper Johan Dahlin in the summer and that was the beginning of the end for Sandqvist. Having been a regular in the first time for last couple of years and was looking for a new club in the summer.
Jonas Sandqvist should be a target for Halmstad who let go Magnus Bahne recently and are on the lookout for a new goalkeeper.

What for the relegated clubs?

Both Hammarby and Orgryte were relegated in 2009 with Djurgarden escaping by the narrowest of margins. Hammarby have been suffering long-term while Orgryte left themselves with a massive hole to dig out of in the summer.

Orgryte:
Orgryte had a miserable start to the season with just two points collected before the summer break. The 2nd half of the season did improve and managed a further 23 points but it wasn't enough. Orgryte simply had too much of a gap to recover.
They go back down having won promotion last year and although they could bounce back up at the first time of asking, the Superettan is a competitive league.

Hammarby:
Hammarby go down with misery but as i have mentioned it has been comming for the last few years. Swedish champions as recently as 2001 this is a dark period for the club and face a diffiuclt but acheivable task of promotion next year.

Hammarby?

Hammarby suffered the embarresment of being relegated this year but was it a surprise. The club hailing from Stockholm and have very passionate fans will see 2009 as one of the worst seasons in the club's history. The Soderstadion side were expected to be up and arround the European places but ended up going down.
Not only going down but Hammarby finished bottom of the league. This time last year the club finished in 9th place which many felt was disappointing. Players such as Charlie Davies, Louay Chanko and Petter Andersson were still around but all were sold durring 2008 as Hammarby's financial position got worse.

Problems:
The Financial problems have played a massive part in the relegation but the club didn't replace the likes of Charlie Davies or Louay Chanko properly. Relegation might be what the club needs to get back on track but when looking at club that suffered similar feats in Sweden and abroad it will take time.

Examples:
Looking abroad clubs have bounced back but some have taking time to get back while other are still on the recovery road.
Looking no further than Leeds United. Hammarby didn't spend anywhere near as much but Leeds got relegated in 2004 from the top level and three years later were relegated from the Championship and are still some way off a recovery.
In Spain an example of a club like Hammarby would be Real Zaragoza. in 2007-08 the club had a squad capable of reaching the Champions League but ended up going down. Similar to Hammarby.
Others include Altay in Turkey, Parma and Fiorentina in Italy. All these clubs had suffered financial problems.