2018 Damallsvenskan

{{ infobox football league season

| competition = Damallsvenskan

| season = 2018

| winners = Piteå IF

| relegated = Hammarby IF
IFK Kalmar

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Piteå IF
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

| matches = 132

| total goals = 412

| league topscorer = Anja Mittag
{{small|(17 goals)}}

| biggest home win = ROS 10–0 Kalmar

| biggest away win = KAL 1–9 ROS

| highest scoring =

| highest attendance = 4,423 Kopparbergs v Rosengard

| lowest attendance = 118 Bunkeflo v Växjö

| attendance =

| average attendance = 894

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

| updated = 20 May 2018

}}

The 2018 Damallsvenskan was the 30th season of the Swedish Women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. It began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 27 October the same year. Linköpings FC were the defending champions, having won the competition in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/arkiv/damallsvenskan/2017/10/linkoping-sakrade-sm-guldet/|title=Linköping säkrade SM-guldet|publisher=Swedish Football Association|website=svenskfotboll.se |language=sv|date=29 October 2017|access-date=30 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.linkopingfc.com/2017/10/sm-guld/|title=SM-guld|publisher=Linköpings FC|website=linkopingfc.com|language=sv|date=30 October 2017|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028145427/https://www.linkopingfc.com/2017/10/sm-guld/|url-status=dead}}

Piteå IF won the series, and so also their first Swedish National Championship title.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/just-nu-vem-tar-hem-det-allsvenska-guldet/|title=Piteå tog första guldet efter dramatik|publisher=Dagens nyheter|language=sv|author=Jens Kärrman|date=27 October 2018|access-date=27 October 2018}}

Teams

{{location map+|Sweden

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|alt=Locations of the 2018 Damallsvenskan

|caption=Locations of the 2018 Damallsvenskan

|places=

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=55.5724415|long=12.914774899999998|label=LB07|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=55.584091|long=13.045674599999984|label=Rosengård|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=56.02939360000001|long=14.156677800000011|label=Kristianstad|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=59.326284|long=18.113215099999934|label=Djurgården|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=59.31836529999999|long=16.38328290000004|label=Eskilstuna|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=57.70148319999999|long=11.990306099999998|label=Göteborg|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=58.4174203|long=15.65017469999998|label=Linköping|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=65.3234328|long=21.477548999999954|label=Piteå IF|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=56.34200019999999|long=13.664125900000045|label=Vittsjö|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=59.3164746|long=18.05053399999997|label=Hammarby|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=56.8801|long=14.7769|label=Växjö|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden|lat=56.6913|long=16.3149|label=IFK Kalmar|position=right}}

}}

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! Team

! Location

! Stadium

! Stadium capacity1

Djurgårdens IF

|Stockholm

|Stockholm Olympic Stadium

|align="center"| 14,417

Eskilstuna United DFF

|Eskilstuna

|Tunavallen

|align="center" |7,600

FC Rosengård

|Malmö

|Malmö IP

|align="center" |5,700

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

|Gothenburg

|Valhalla IP

|align="center" |4,000

Linköpings FC

|Linköping

|Arena Linköping

|align="center" |8,500

Piteå IF

|Piteå

|LF Arena

|align="center" |3,000

Vittsjö GIK

|Vittsjö

|Vittsjö IP

|align="center" |3,000

IF Limhamn Bunkeflo

|Malmö

|Limhamns IP

|align="center" |2,800

Hammarby IF

|Stockholm

|Zinkensdamms IP

|align="center" |3,000

Kristianstads DFF

|Kristianstad

|Vilans IP

|align="center" |5,000

IFK Kalmar

|Kalmar

|Guldfågeln Arena

|align="center" | 12,182

Växjö DFF

|Växjö

|Myresjöhus Arena

|align="center" |12,173

Note: 1 According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Damallsvenskan.{{cite news |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/ |title=Damallsvenskan|publisher=Swedish Football Association |language=sv|access-date=16 April 2015}}

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|source=[https://svenskfotboll.se/serier/damallsvenskan/tabell-och-resultat/ svenskfotboll.se]

|start_date=2018

|update=27 October 2018

|team1=PIT

|team2=GÖT

|team3=ROS

|team4=KRI

|team5=LIN

|team6=ESK

|team7=VAX

|team8=DJU

|team9=VIT

|team10=LIM

|team11=HAM

|team12=KAL

|win_DJU=7 |draw_DJU=6 |loss_DJU=9 |gf_DJU=25 |ga_DJU=30

|win_ESK=9 |draw_ESK=4 |loss_ESK=9 |gf_ESK=30 |ga_ESK=36

|win_GÖT=15|draw_GÖT=2 |loss_GÖT=5 |gf_GÖT=54 |ga_GÖT=27

|win_HAM=8 |draw_HAM=0 |loss_HAM=14|gf_HAM=29 |ga_HAM=39 |status_HAM=R

|win_KAL=1 |draw_KAL=0 |loss_KAL=21|gf_KAL=14 |ga_KAL=82 |status_KAL=R

|win_KRI=11|draw_KRI=6 |loss_KRI=5 |gf_KRI=30 |ga_KRI=26

|win_LIM=8 |draw_LIM=2 |loss_LIM=12|gf_LIM=25 |ga_LIM=40

|win_LIN=9 |draw_LIN=6 |loss_LIN=7 |gf_LIN=47 |ga_LIN=31

|win_PIT=16|draw_PIT=0 |loss_PIT=6 |gf_PIT=42 |ga_PIT=24 |status_PIT=C

|win_ROS=14|draw_ROS=3 |loss_ROS=5 |gf_ROS=55 |ga_ROS=18

|win_VIT=7 |draw_VIT=5 |loss_VIT=10|gf_VIT=32 |ga_VIT=26

|win_VAX=9 |draw_VAX=2 |loss_VAX=11|gf_VAX=29 |ga_VAX=33

|name_DJU=Djurgårdens IF

|name_ESK=Eskilstuna United DFF

|name_GÖT=Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

|name_HAM=Hammarby IF

|name_KAL=IFK Kalmar

|name_KRI=Kristianstads DFF

|name_LIM=IF Limhamn Bunkeflo

|name_LIN=Linköpings FC

|name_PIT=Piteå IF

|name_ROS=FC Rosengård

|name_VAX=Växjö DFF

|name_VIT=Vittsjö GIK

|class_rules = 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

|result1=CL |result2=CL |result11=REL |result12=REL

|res_col_header = QR

|col_CL = green1 |text_CL = Qualification to 2019–2020 Champions League

|col_REL = red1 |text_REL = Relegation to Elitettan

}}

Attendance

=Home attendances=

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Team

!{{Tooltip|GP|Home games played}}

!{{Tooltip|Attendance|Home attendance}}

!{{Tooltip|High|Highest season attendance}}

!{{Tooltip|Low|Lowest season attendance}}

!{{Tooltip|Average|Average season attendance}}

Hammarby IF23,988bgcolor="#98FB98"| 2,369bgcolor="#98FB98"| 1,619bgcolor="#98FB98"| 1,994
Eskilstuna United DFF3bgcolor="#98FB98"| 4,5541,9571,2701,518
Piteå IF33,7141,4481,0181,238
Kristianstads DFF33,1351,5183821,045
Djurgårdens IF21,9661,033933983
IFK Kalmar32,6621,398487887
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC21,410825585705
FC Rosengård21,351895456675
Linköpings FC21,316805511658
Vittsjö GIK31,850669555616
Växjö DFF2919473446459
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo3bgcolor="#FFC0CB" | 858bgcolor="#FFC0CB" | 356bgcolor="#FFC0CB" | 228bgcolor="#FFC0CB" | 286
Total || 30 || 27,723 || 2,369 || 228 || 924

Updated to games played on 20 May 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/sweden/damallsvenskan/2018/regular-season/r44993/|title=Summary - Damallsvenskan - Sweden - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway}}

=Highest attendances=

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! Rank

! Home team

! Score

! Away team

! Attendance

! Date

! Stadium

1Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC4–2FC Rosengård4,423{{start date|df=yes|2018|10|27}}Ullevi
2Hammarby IF0–1Djurgårdens IF4,197{{start date|df=yes|2018|5|27}}Tele2 Arena
3Piteå IF6–1Växjö DFF3,778{{start date|df=yes|2018|10|27}}LF Arena
4IF Limhamn Bunkeflo0–2FC Rosengård3,122{{start date|df=yes|2018|5|31}}Stadion
5Piteå IF4–3Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC3,022{{start date|df=yes|2018|8|12}}LF Arena
6Piteå IF4–2Linköpings FC2,789{{start date|df=yes|2018|9|30}}LF Arena
7FC Linköping1–1Vittsjö GIK2,597{{start date|df=yes|2018|8|5}}Linköping Arena
8Hammarby IF4–2IF Limhamn Bunkeflo2,369{{start date|df=yes|2018|4|14}}Hammarby IP
9Piteå IF0–1Kristianstads DFF2,328{{start date|df=yes|2018|8|26}}LF Arena
10Piteå IF0–2FC Rosengård2,296{{start date|df=yes|2018|6|16}}Lombia IP

Updated to games played on 27 October 2018.{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/spelprogram/|title=Spelprogram - Damallsvenskan|website=svenskfotboll.se|publisher=Swedish Football Association|language=sv|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430075910/http://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/spelprogram/|archive-date=30 April 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Top scorers

{{updated|End of season}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier/damallsvenskan/spelarstatistik/|title=Skytteliga|publisher=Swedish Football Association|website=svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028112257/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier/damallsvenskan/spelarstatistik/|url-status=dead}}

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! Player

! Club

! Goals

align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Anja Mittag

|align="left"|FC Rosengård

|17

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Anvegård

|align="left"|Växjö DFF

|14

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecka Blomqvist

|align="left"|Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

|14

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Julia Zigiotti Olme

|align="left"|Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

|12

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Julia Karlenäs

|align="left"|Piteå IF

|11

References

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