Allsvenskan Begins! [R]
 

Today was the first day of Allsvenskan.

only one match played, and I like the result....

Landskrona 2 - 1 Göteborg

AIK began the road to the title!!
 

AIK Solna - Enköping 3-0

20.000 in the crowd on a cold day! AIK RULES!!!

Also

Helsingborg - Örgryte 4-1

I heard that Alvaro Santos scored 2 very nice goals I have to watch "Fotbollskväll" tonight to see them.

To complete the first round...

Monday
Halmstad - GIF Sundsvall 2-0
Hammarby - Elfsborg 3-0
Malmö FF - Örebro SK 2-0
Tuesday
Öster - Djurgården 0-4

Some things worth noting:

*Helsingborg's brazilian striker Alvaro Santos scored two goals in the first 50 minutes against Örgryte but the game still ended in agony for Santos. After a though tackle from fellow brazilian Valter Thomaz Jr, Santos had to leave the pitch with an injured knee. He will be out for at least two months.

*Östers return to Allsvenskan was watched by an impressive 13.000+ crowd, among them 4.000 travelling Djurgården fans.

*The interest in Allsvenska seems to continue to be high. Besides Öster, AIK had almost 20.000 and Malmö FF 16.000+.

*No real surprises in the first round, The only result that could raise an eyebrow is Helsinborgs big win against Örgryte.

Atiba Hutchinson (Canadian) also made his debut for Osters in the game. Not a great game to make your debut....

I think there are now about 10 Canadian players scattered around the Swedish and Norweigan leagues.

I assume this is the Swedish league. Is there an English website where I can find what teams are in or near Orboro, Stockholm and Helsingboy?

Assuming "Orboro" is just an incorrect spelling for Örebro, then you have Örebro SK from that town playing in Allsvenskan.

There are three Stockholm clubs in Allsvenskan.
AIK who play their home games at Råsunda Stadion in Solna north of Stockholm.
Djurgården who play at Stockholms old Olympic Stadium and Hammarby who plays in the southern parts of Stockholm.

With "Helsingboy" I guess you mean Helsingborg. Helsingborg's IF plays in Allsvenskan.

I do not know of any good English website with detailed information about Allsvenskan but www.soccerbot.com is usually a good source if you are looking for results, scorers, roster information and such.

i think it was quite expected örgryte depends a little to much on Afonso in the attack. without him there is no creativity up front

the big 3 from stockholm have all made an impressive start!

Thanks for the info. Most of those places were misspelled, but then again I am going by a rough outline of what my schedule is going to be and that is how those cities were spelled. Sorry if I butchered it.

DIF is the best.

dif lost to örebro