From our football correspondent
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for IFK Goteborg.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Marked 7.79 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Malmo FF have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Ahmed Saeed is the month's best young player — 7.06
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.06 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Helsingborg player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gefle can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Oct 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hammarby is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody made more than Mayckel Lahdo this month
3 assists, 8.06, and a Malmo FF player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Best marks in the division for Mayckel Lahdo — 8.06
8.06 on average across 4 matches for Malmo FF. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Market1 Oct 2029
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at IFK Goteborg heard it as anything else.
Market1 Oct 2029
AIK may not be able to give Amin Sarr what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Amin Sarr wants continental football; whether AIK can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
4 goals in 4 appearances for IF Elfsborg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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4 goals in 5 appearances for IFK Norrkoping leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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4 in 5 for Malmo FF. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Nobody scored more than Max Fenger
The month closes with Max Fenger out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and Djurgarden have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Richard Koné is the division's player of the month — 8.02
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a IF Elfsborg man on 8.02 with 4 goal contributions.
Market1 Sep 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Halmstad people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Ludvig Arvidsson is the month's best young player — 7.14
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.14 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Halmstad player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gefle can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2029
Halmstad come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hammarby did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Sep 2029
Only the photograph left for Måns Berggren
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Måns Berggren will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Gefle the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Nobody made more than Samuel Wikman this month
4 assists, 6.99, and a Orebro player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Richard Koné is the division's best-marked player — 8.02
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.02 across 4 matches for IF Elfsborg.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Stephen Odey up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Halmstad — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Djurgarden leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Amin Sarr keeps the pressure on
3 goals in 4 appearances for AIK leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for AIK.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Player of the month: Lucas Assadi — 8.42
Everybody in the division was measured and a AIK man came out on top: 8.42 across the month and 7 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Market1 Aug 2029
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Halmstad waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Hammarby is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Elton Otto is the month's best young player — 6.61
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.61 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Kalmar FF player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Aug 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Orebro, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Aug 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Aug 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Helsingborg they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
The division’s top provider is Mayckel Lahdo — 7.91
5 assists across the month from a Malmo FF player marked 7.91. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Salifou Soumah is the division's best-marked player — 8.46
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.46 across 4 matches for AIK.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
5 goals in 4 appearances for IFK Goteborg, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
4 goals in 4 appearances for Malmo FF, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
4 goals in 4 appearances for AIK, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
Frederik Ihler is the division’s leading scorer
7 goals in 5 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. IF Elfsborg have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
Marked 8.34 across it, 10 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. IF Elfsborg have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Halmstad
Ludvig Arvidsson was marked 7.05 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Jul 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Jul 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Halmstad, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
The division’s top provider is Taylor Silverholt — 7.77
5 assists across the month from a IF Elfsborg player marked 7.77. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Jul 2029
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Aduana Stars had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market1 Jul 2029
Only the photograph left for Jonas Bager
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jonas Bager will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IFK Goteborg the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
Lucas Assadi is the division's best-marked player — 8.42
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.42 across 5 matches for AIK.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
6 in 5 for Halmstad. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
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6 in 5 for IF Elfsborg. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
5 appearances, 6 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Djurgarden.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Djurgarden man on 8.17 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Young player of the month: Axel Brönner — 7.12
7.12 across the month and 1 goal contributions from a Helsingborg player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Jun 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Malmo FF, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Max Fenger leads the division for assists — 7.74
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Djurgarden player marked 7.74, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Jun 2029
Canadá has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around IFK Goteborg they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.17 across 4 matches for Djurgarden.
Market1 Jun 2029
Gonzalo Plata wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at IFK Goteborg hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Stephen Odey up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Halmstad — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
2 in 4 for Djurgarden. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
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3 in 4 for Malmo FF. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Diego García up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Malmo FF — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Scoring charts1 May 2029
Stephen Odey is the division’s leading scorer
11 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Halmstad have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Player of the month: Stephen Odey — 9.12
Everybody in the division was measured and a Halmstad man came out on top: 9.12 across the month and 11 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Ludvig Arvidsson is the month's best young player — 7.17
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.17 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Halmstad player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 May 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 May 2029
Hammarby come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Halmstad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 May 2029
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Taha Ayari had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market1 May 2029
Lucas Kåhed has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Halmstad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
The division’s top provider is André Boman — 7.52
4 assists across the month from a Halmstad player marked 7.52. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
4 goals in 4 appearances for IF Elfsborg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
4 appearances, 6 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
5 in 4 for AIK. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
4 in 4 for Malmo FF. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
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Market1 Apr 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. GIF Sundsvall have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Apr 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Apr 2029
Helsingborg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and IFK Norrkoping did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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Market1 Mar 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. IFK Norrkoping have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Mar 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what IFK Norrkoping can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Mar 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Market1 Feb 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at IF Elfsborg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around GIF Sundsvall they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Feb 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. AIK have lost him in all but the paperwork.
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Market1 Jan 2029
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market1 Jan 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hammarby, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jan 2029
Emeka Nnamani has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kalmar FF they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
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Market1 Dec 2028
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at GIF Sundsvall, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Dec 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Halmstad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Dec 2028
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at AIK heard it as anything else.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Stephen Odey is the division’s leading scorer
6 goals in 3 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Halmstad have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Player of the month: Stephen Odey — 8.52
Everybody in the division was measured and a Halmstad man came out on top: 8.52 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Hammarby
Élohim Kaboré was marked 7.78 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Nov 2028
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Atvidaberg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Nov 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marius Söderbäck will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kalmar FF the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The division’s top provider is Albin Andersson — 7.91
2 assists across the month from a Falkenberg player marked 7.91. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Halmstad man
Stephen Odey averaged 8.52 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 Nov 2028
Fredrik Bjørkan wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at AIK hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
4 goals in 3 appearances for Djurgarden leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Amin Sarr up among the month's scorers
A productive month at AIK — 2 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Mayckel Lahdo up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Malmo FF — 2 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
2 in 3 for Falkenberg. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.