Background The annual pre-season kick-off meeting was held at
Scandic Infra City in
Upplands Väsby on 23 March 2015. Managers and key players from the major teams as well as some of the predicted bottom teams will be interviewed by representatives from the media as well as commentators from
C More Entertainment, the official broadcasters of the league.
Season overview The season started on 4 April 2015 with two fixtures, an early afternoon fixture between newcomers
Hammarby IF and last year's fifth placed team
BK Häcken at
Tele2 Arena in
Stockholm followed by the match between
Kalmar FF and
Helsingborgs IF at
Guldfågeln Arena. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions
Malmö FF will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers
GIF Sundsvall at
Norrporten Arena on 6 April 2015. The first few match weeks include a number of high-profile matches, Malmö FF faced last years third placed team
AIK in a home fixture on 9 April 2015 and last year's runners-up
IFK Göteborg in an away fixture on match day three on 12 April 2015. Matchday seven featured both a
Scanian derby between Malmö FF and Helsingborg on 3 May 2015 and a
Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby on 4 May 2015. During the 26th round of play, a record was set as the total attendance for the season surpassed 2 million spectators. The previous record of 1,956,042 spectators was set in
1957–58.
Allsvenskans stora pris For the third year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan,
C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 5 November 2015. The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. IFK Norrköping received the most nominations with six nominations while AIK received five nominations and IFK Göteborg received four nominations. Djurgårdens IF and IF Elfsborg received two nominations and Falkenbergs FF and Malmö FF received one nomination each.
Goalkeeper of the year •
John Alvbåge (IFK Göteborg) •
Patrik Carlgren (AIK) •
Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (IF Elfsborg)
Defender of the year •
Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping) •
Haitam Aleesami (IFK Göteborg) •
Emil Salomonsson (IFK Göteborg)
Midfielder of the year •
Ebenezer Ofori (AIK) •
Daniel Sjölund (IFK Norrköping) •
Viktor Claesson (IF Elfsborg)
Forward of the year •
Emir Kujović (IFK Norrköping) •
Henok Goitom (AIK) •
Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF)
Newcomer of the year •
Kerim Mrabti (Djurgårdens IF) •
Sam Johnson (Djurgårdens IF) •
Gustaf Nilsson (Falkenbergs FF)
Manager of the year •
Jan Andersson (IFK Norrköping) •
Jörgen Lennartsson (IFK Göteborg) •
Andreas Alm (AIK)
Most valuable player of the year •
Henok Goitom (AIK) •
Emir Kujović (IFK Norrköping) •
Andreas Johansson (IFK Norrköping) ==Teams==