In the 2020s, the Swedish Allsvenskan has been very competitive overall, but in the end, the result stayed the same for most years. Over the last couple of years, Malmö FF have won four out of five Swedish top-flight titles, with only BK Häcken being able to win one in...
Centre-forwards have dominated the 2025 summer transfer window at the top of the Premier League. Two of the names that have been at the centre of transfer speculation all summer are Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, who’s been heavily linked with a move to big-spending Liverpool this summer, and Viktor...
Bazoumana Toure is slowly but surely taking the Allsvenskan league by storm. The young Hammarby IF winger is rising through the ranks with his electric performances. He has already attracted the attention of European giants like Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, and Manchester United. This Côte d'Ivoire youngster is brimming with...
Another Allsvenskan season has concluded, and for a second season in a row, Henrik Rydström’s Malmö FF have emerged victorious as Swedish champions. Much has been written about Rydström’s innovative ‘relationist’ tactics in possession, including our tactical analysis in 2023. However, Di Blåe also ended the 2024 campaign with the...
Few clubs across Europe — and, indeed, all of world football — have had as much of an astronomical rise as Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap (GAIS) over the past few seasons. A couple of years ago, GAIS were toiling away in Sweden’s third tier, a decade removed from their last...
Few clubs across Europe — and, indeed, all of world football — have had as much of an astronomical rise as Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap (GAIS) over the past few seasons. A couple of years ago, GAIS were toiling away in Sweden’s third tier, a decade removed from their last...
With the majority of European leagues ramping up their preparations for the start of the 2024/25 season over the coming weeks, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was no quality football available to follow. While the European Championships, and now the Olympics, may have offered some distractions from...
Welcome to the set-piece roundtable! Each month, we will travel to new leagues and nations across the world to bring to the limelight the most interesting and innovative tactical set-piece tweaks/ideas or any routines which stand out. These ideas will range from extremely effective to ineffective, but we will make...
We’re now five games into the 2024 Allsvenskan season for most sides, and reigning champions Malmö, under the guidance of highly regarded manager Henrik Rydström, who helped the club to their 23rd Swedish top-flight title last season, have begun their attempted title defence in style, winning each of their first...
On the men's side of things, the Swedish top-flight season came to a dramatic conclusion as Malmö claimed the Allsvenskan title on the final day of the season, defeating Elfsborg, who they would leapfrog to move to first place. We also enjoyed a fairy tale in Damallsvenskan, as after a...
The 2023 Allsvenskan season sees its finale take place tomorrow. Of course, it's a league format without a 'final' in the traditional sense. However, we do have something of an epic clash between the two best teams to decide which team ends the campaign glorious, as league leaders Elfsborg (64...
IFK Norrköping is a prominent football club based in Sweden. With a rich history dating back to its foundation in 1897, the club has not only established itself as a force in Swedish football but has also nurtured through some young talent from its youth development program. Emil Roback is...
The Allsvenskan has produced and developed some incredibly talented young players in recent years. Amane Romeo and Bénié Traoré are prime examples; the former is widely regarded as one of the best young players in the league, whilst the latter recently signed for newly promoted Premier League side Sheffield United....
Djurgårdens are fourth in the Allsvenskan with 40 points from 22 matches — eight behind the leaders, IF Elfsborg, with 48 points. One of Djurgårdens' most notable features is their exceptional use of corner kicks. They are the team that scores the most corner kicks in Allsvenskan with seven goals,...
Malmö FF are looking to bounce back into the UEFA Champions League and to the top of the Allsvenskan after a disappointing 2022 campaign where they finished in seventh. They are currently stood in second place in the league after 18 games of the season already played. Ex-Leeds and Brentford central...
Quite often, many conversation topics I see at this time of year centre around ‘the season being over’. And indeed, this is true for many of Europe’s most popular leagues. Still, if you’re in a similar situation, and you or people you like spending time with have been lamenting the...
After finishing sixth in the Allsvenskan last season, Elfsborg has had a tremendous start to the 2023 season. Jimmy Thelin's side is currently in second place, two points back of Malmö. However, going into last weekend’s matches, they were top of the Swedish league before dropping points to Djurgåden. With that being said, Elfsborg still...
In the latest episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by his co-host Bryant Marques to examine Malmö youngster Hugo Larsson, who has massively benefitted from the switch from positional play to relationism. In this verbal scout report, the duo analyse the 18-year-old's strengths, weaknesses, and style of play...
Malmö FF have enjoyed a solid start to the Allsvenskan this season. The side is at the top of the league, having won six out of six games and scored the joint-most goals. Henrik Rydström, the head coach, took charge after the 2022 season and has successfully instilled an intriguing...
On this episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully and co-host Bryant Marques discuss IFK Göteborg's highly-rated young attacker Hussein Carneil who is undoubtedly one of the best talents in Swedish football right now. In this verbal scout report, the duo analyse Carneil’s style of play, his strengths...
