2008 Division 1 (Swedish football)

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Division 1

| season = 2008

| winners = Syrianska FC (north)
FC Trollhättan (south)

| promoted = Syrianska FC
Vasalunds IF
FC Trollhättan

| relegated = Ersboda SK
Falu FK
Bodens BK
IFK Malmö
Norrby IF
Skärhamns IK

| promotion to = Superettan

| matches =

| total goals =

| league topscorer = Niklas Moberg (21)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

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| prevseason = 2007

| nextseason = 2009

}}

The 2008 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Syrianska FC and FC Trollhättan won their respective groups, and thereby were promoted to Superettan for the 2009 season. Vasalunds IF who finished second in the northern group were also promoted after winning their playoff.

League tables

=North=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|section=North

|team1=SFC|name_SFC=Syrianska FC

|team2=VIF|name_VIF=Vasalunds IF

|team3=VSK|name_VSK=Västerås SK

|team4=GRÖ|name_GRÖ=Gröndal

|team5=UFC|name_UFC=Umeå FC

|team6=VS |name_VS =Valsta Syrianska IK

|team7=BKF|name_BKF=BK Forward

|team8=ASB|name_ASB=Syrianska Botkyrka IF

|team9=IFS|name_IFS=IF Sylvia

|team10=ÖFK|name_ÖFK=Östersunds FK

|team11=IKB|name_IKB=IK Brage

|team12=ERS|name_ERS=Ersboda

|team13=FFK|name_FFK=Falu FK

|team14=BBK|name_BBK=Boden

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to Superettan

|result1=P

|col_PP=blue1|text_PP=Qualification to Promotion playoffs

|result2=PP

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Division 2

|result12=R|result13=R|result14=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier-cuper/tabell-och-resultat/div-1-norra-herrar/15145/ svenskfotboll.se] {{in lang|sv}}

}}

=Group South=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|section=South

|team1=FCT|name_FCT=FC Trollhättan

|team2=ÖIF|name_ÖIF=Östers IF

|team3=CU |name_CU =Carlstad United BK

|team4=FCR|name_FCR=Malmö Anadolu

|team5=SAIK|name_SAIK=Skövde AIK

|team6=MAIF|name_MAIF=Motala AIF

|team7=IFKV|name_IFKV=IFK Värnamo

|team8=VFIF|name_VFIF=Västra Frölunda

|team9=LGIF|name_LGIF=Lindome

|team10=TIK|name_TIK=Torslanda IK

|team11=HFF|name_HFF=Husqvarna FF

|team12=IFKM|name_IFKM=IFK Malmö

|team13=NIF|name_NIF=Norrby IF

|team14=SKÄ|name_SKÄ=Skärhamn

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to Superettan

|result1=P

|col_PP=blue1|text_PP=Qualification to Promotion playoffs

|result2=PP

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Division 2

|result12=R|result13=R|result14=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier-cuper/tabell-och-resultat/div-1-sodra-herrar/15148/ svenskfotboll.se] {{in lang|sv}}

}}

Season statistics

=Northern group top scorers=

File:Kennedy Igboananike.JPG Kennedy Igboananike also became a top ten goalscorer in the 2010 Allsvenskan.]]

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!Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/information/?scr=scorers&ftid=15145 |title=Skytteliga |access-date=27 October 2012 |work=The Swedish Football Association |publisher=The Swedish Football Association |language=sv }}

|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} Kennedy Igboananike

|align="left"|Vasalunds IF

|18

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Bernhard Nyström

|align="left"|Falu FK

|14

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Grönvall

|align="left"|Västerås SK

|rowspan="2"|13

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jesper Carlsson

|align="left"|Gröndals IK

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Herish Kuhi

|align="left"|BK Forward

|rowspan="2"|12

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Raby Nahir Youssef

|align="left"|Gröndals IK

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Martin Andersson

|align="left"|Västerås SK

|rowspan="2"|11

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Danny Persson

|align="left"|Umeå FC

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Gustafsson

|align="left"|BK Forward

|10

rowspan="2"|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Özgür Yasar

|align="left"|Syrianska FC

|rowspan="2"|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Erik Lundström

|align="left"|Ersboda SK

=Southern group top scorers=

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!Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/information/?scr=scorers&ftid=15148 |title=Skytteliga |access-date=27 October 2012 |work=The Swedish Football Association |publisher=The Swedish Football Association |language=sv }}

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Moberg

|align="left"|Carlstad United BK

|21

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Tomas Enrique Petry

|align="left"|Östers IF

|17

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Arsim Gashi

|align="left"|Motala AIF

|rowspan="2"|14

align="left"|{{flagicon|Kosovo}} Liridon Rrustemaj

|align="left"|Malmö Anadolu

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jakob Orlov

|align="left"|Skövde AIK

|13

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Mårten Gustafsson

|align="left"|Skövde AIK

|12

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Måns Sörensson

|align="left"|IFK Malmö

|rowspan="2"|10

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Martin Scherdin

|align="left"|FC Trollhättan

rowspan="4"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Rami Kurdali

|align="left"|Lindome GIF

|rowspan="4"|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Kim Roger Strand

|align="left"|FC Trollhättan

align="left"|{{flagicon|NIG}} William Tonji Ngounou

|align="left"|Malmö Anadolu

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Leinar

|align="left"|Motala AIF

Young Player Teams of the Year

At the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called "Morgondagens Stjärnor" (English: "The Stars Of Tomorrow"). The two teams playing against each other consist of the best young players from each of the two leagues.{{cite web|url=http://morgondagensstjarnor.se/tidigare-stjarnor/2008-2/|title=2008|work=Morgondages Sjärnor|access-date=2012-11-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418102953/http://morgondagensstjarnor.se/tidigare-stjarnor/2008-2/|archive-date=2013-04-18|url-status=dead}}

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|+Team North

!Position

!Player

!Club

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Lennart Sandahl

|align="left"|Östersunds FK

rowspan="5"|DF

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Ogunnaike

|align="left"|Valsta Syrianska IK

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Englund

|align="left"|BK Forward