Mjallby's Allsvenskan triumph: The numbers behind their miracle title victory

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Mjallby players celebrate securing the title vs IFK Goteborg
Mjallby players celebrate securing the title vs IFK GoteborgBildbyran / ddp USA / Profimedia

The phrase "tiny fishing village" had never been uttered in a football context as regularly as it was in October 2025, the month when Mjallby AIF, from the "tiny fishing village" of Hallevik, Sweden, won the Allsvenskan title, their first major trophy.

In this special feature for Flashscore, we break down the numbers and statistics that go some way to putting Mjallby's extraordinary achievement into some kind of context.

Mjallby by numbers

0 - The number of major trophies Mjallby had won before the 2025 season, previously coming closest in 2023, when they were beaten 4-1 by Hacken in the Svenska Cupen final.

0 - The number of European campaigns the club have ever played, which will change next summer, as they enter the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League.

0 - Karl-Marius Aksum had zero senior coaching experience before he was appointed assistant coach in January 2024. He holds a PhD in visual perception in elite football, and his "scanning" method has transformed Mjallby's play in possession.

1 - Mjallby's one and only league defeat all season came away at AIK on 11th May, in which they took an early lead before falling to a 2-1 loss.

2 - The number of first-team regular players - Ludvig Thorell and Axel Noren - who signed for the club at the start of the season, or during the campaign, who have played over 600 minutes in the league, as Mjallby have generally stuck with the side that finished fifth a year ago.  

2 - Draws with Elfsborg and GAIS in the first two rounds of the season meant Mjallby's campaign began with their longest winless run! A 3-0 win away at Hacken in round three set them on their way.

3 - MAIF won the league with three matches to spare, as their 2-0 away victory over IFK Goteborg took them 11 points clear after 27 of the Allsvenskan's 30 rounds of fixtures.

4 - Mjallby have been remarkably consistent this season, winning many games by small margins. The most goals they scored in a league match before securing the title was four, doing so just once when they beat Degerfors 4-1 in April.

5 - That 4-1 victory was their biggest win of the season until they won 5-0 at Varnamo in November. Mjallby had already wrapped up the title and points record by then, while Varnamo were already relegated.

The Mjallby squad after beating Norrkoping
The Mjallby squad after beating NorrkopingJonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP / AFP / Profimedia

5 - Before this season, Mjallby had never finished higher than fifth in the Swedish top flight, doing so in 2020 and 2024.

6 - Their longest winning streak came in the final six matches of the season, as MAIF were unrelenting even after securing the gold medals.

9 - Despite their lofty placing, no Mjallby player scored more than the nine league goals of Elliot Stroud, with three coming against Varnamo after the title was won. Herman Johansson and Abdoulie Manneh each have seven, while 12 players have scored at least once. Johansson has 10 assists.

9 - Only nine years ago, in 2016, Mjallby needed a win on the final day of the season to avoid relegation to the fourth tier of Swedish football, a prospect that would have likely bankrupted the club.

12 - In their 15 away matches this season, the Yellow and Blacks won 12, drew two and lost once. That gave them 38 away points, compared to 37 at home.

12 - The number of years ago Anders Torstensson began the first of his three spells in charge of Mjallby. He began his senior coaching career 10 years prior, and worked as a school headteacher in between his stints at MAIF and other clubs, including Karlskrona.

13 - Mjallby won the title at a canter, finishing 13 points clear of second-placed Hammarby, while the next closest challengers, GAIS and Goteborg, were 23 and 24 points behind, respectively.

15 - Depite picking up one more point on the road, MAIF went unbeaten in their 15 matches at their Strandvallen home this season, winning 11 and drawing four.

16 - MAIF have become the 16th different club to win the Allsvenskan, and the fourth to earn a maiden win in the 21st Century.

Jacob Bergstrom celebrates with a makeshift Allsvenskan trophy
Jacob Bergstrom celebrates with a makeshift Allsvenskan trophyJonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP / AFP / Profimedia

18 - Mjallby conceded only 18 times in their 30 matches, 11 fewer than any other side in the division. 57 goals scored is the second-best return in the Allsvenskan, further highlighting the significance of their defence. Noel Tornqvist registered 13 clean sheets from 29 appearances.

22 - Since their only league defeat of the season, Mjallby have gone 22 games without a loss in the Allsvenskan, winning 18 and drawing four. 

23 - The number of wins Mjallby amassed en route to winning the title, drawing six and losing the other one of their 30 games.

30 - All of Mjallby's draws ended either 1-1 or 2-2, and their only defeat ended 2-1, which means they scored in all 30 matches this season. They needed a deflected Alexander Johansson strike in the 81st minute of the final match to take that record to the end of the season.

50 - The 2024 season saw Mjallby hit their previous club-record points total, reaching a half century for the first time.

69 - With a 2-1 win over Norrkoping at the end of October, MAIF put the cherry on top of their already-lavish cake by setting a new Allsvenskan points record of 69, eclipsing the 67 Malmo recorded in 2010 and AIK in 2018.

75 - Having set a new points record, Mjallby increased it in their last two matches, becoming the first team in the Allsvenskan to surpass the 70-point mark when they thrashed Varnamo to reach 72, then beat Hacken 1-0 to reach three-quarters of a century.

85 - Mjallby AIF came into existence in 1939, 85 years ago, as a merger between local sides Listers IF and Halleviks IF. They have played at Strandvallen ever since.

800 - The approximate population of Hallevik, the village on the Swedish south coast that is home to the club's home ground, Strandvallen. Around 1,250 people live in Mjallby town, while only 17,500 live in the Solvesborg Municipality, which MAIF call home.

Strandvallen, Mjallby's home ground
Strandvallen, Mjallby's home groundJonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP / AFP / Profimedia

7,000 - The capacity of Strandvallen, which has unsurprisingly sold out regularly this season as Mjallby did the impossible. The stadium is smaller than Cherrywood Road, home of Farnborough FC, who ply their trade in National League South, in the sixth tier of English football.

350,000 - The amount of money in GBP Mjallby were in debt in 2016, putting them at risk of going out of business. That prompted an overhaul in the club's business model, and now the club has an annual turnover of £2.3m.

16.85m - The value in EUR of Mjallby's entire squad according to Transfermarkt, making them only the ninth most valuable set of players in the Allsvenskan, and less valuable than Bolton Wanderers, who play in England's third tier, League One.

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