Fotbollsallsvenskan 1997

Fotbollsallsvenskan 1997
master	Halmstads BK
Champions League qualification	Halmstads BK
UEFA Cup qualification	IFK Gothenburg Malmö FF
UI cup	Örebro SK , Örgryte IS
Relegation ↓	Östers IF Västerås SK
Relegated	Västerås SK Degerfors IF Ljungskile SK
Teams	14th
Games	182 + 4 relegation games
Gates	520  (ø 2.86 per game)
Top scorer	Mats Lilienberg ( Halmstads BK ) Christer Mattiasson ( IF Elfsborg ) Dan Sahlin ( Örebro SK )
← Fotbollsallsvenskan 1996 Fotbollsallsvenskan 1998 →
Division 1 ↓

The 1997 Fotbollsallsvenskan was the 73rd season of the top Swedish football league . Between April 6 and October 26, 1997, the Swedish football champions were played in it.

Halmstads BK won the Von Rosens Cup as Swedish champion for the third time after 1976 and 1979 . The team supervised by Tom Prahl with players like Torbjörn Arvidsson , top scorer Mats Lilienberg , Jesper Mattsson , Stefan Selakovic and Håkan Svensson relegated last year's champions IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF to their places.

At the end of the table, Östers IF and newly promoted Västerås SK reached the relegation places . While Östers IF was able to prevail, Västerås SK had to go into the second division. Degerfors IF and newly promoted Ljungskile SK , who occupied the direct relegation places, accompanied the club from the province of Västmanland in Division 1 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Halmstads BK	26th	17th	1	8th	049:270	+22	52
2.	IFK Gothenburg (M)	26th	14th	7th	5	050:320	+18	49
3.	Malmö FF	26th	12	10	4th	048:280	+20	46
4th	Örebro SK	26th	13	7th	6th	043:340	+9	46
5.	Örgryte IS	26th	12	7th	7th	034:290	+5	43
6th	Helsingborgs IF	26th	10	11	5	040:280	+12	41
7th	IF Elfsborg (N)	26th	12	5	9	045:350	+10	41
8th.	AIK Solna (P)	26th	9	10	7th	038:260	+12	37
9.	IFK Norrköping	26th	7th	7th	12	027:360	−9	28
10.	Trelleborgs FF	26th	8th	4th	14th	032:480	−16	28
11.	Östers IF	26th	4th	11	11	028:440	−16	23
12.	Västerås SK (N)	26th	6th	5	15th	026:490	−23	23
13.	Degerfors IF	26th	4th	8th	14th	029:470	−18	20th
14th	Ljungskile SK (N)	26th	5	5	16	031:570	−26	20th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Swedish champion and participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1998/99

Participation in the relegation against relegation

Relegation to Division 1

(M)	Reigning Master
(P)	Reigning cup winner 1995/96
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

1997

TRE

LJU

1.

Halmstads BK

6-0

3: 1

3: 2

3: 1

3: 1

3-0

1-0

1-0

1: 2

2: 1

2: 1

2-0

3-0

2.

IFK Gothenburg

2-0

1: 1

5: 2

2-0

2: 2

2: 2

3-0

4-0

4: 1

3-0

2-0

2: 2

1-0

3.

Malmö FF

2: 1

1: 1

1: 1

3-0

4: 2

2-0

0-0

2-0

5: 2

1: 1

2-0

2-0

1: 1

4th

Örebro SK

2: 1

0-0

0: 5

2-0

0-0

1-0

3: 2

2: 3

4: 1

2-0

5-0

1-0

3: 1

5.

Örgryte IS

1: 1

1: 3

0: 2

0-0

2: 2

2-0

1-0

3: 2

2-0

1: 1

2: 1

3: 1

1-0

6th

Helsingborgs IF

2: 1

2-0

2: 1

1: 1

3: 1

1-0

0-0

0-0

1: 1

2-0

1: 2

2: 2

7-0

7th

IF Elfsborg

3: 1

3-0

1: 1

2: 1

0: 1

1: 3

3: 1

0: 1

3: 2

4: 1

2-0

2: 1

3-0

8th.

AIK Solna

0: 2

0-0

1: 1

2-0

1: 1

2: 1

2: 2

1-0

3-0

2: 2

1: 2

1: 1

6-0

9.

IFK Norrköping

0: 3

1: 3

2: 2

0: 1

1: 2

2: 2

1: 2

0: 2

0-0

1-0

4-0

2-0

3: 2

10.

Trelleborgs FF

0: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 2

0-0

2-0

3: 2

0: 3

0: 1

0: 3

3: 5

3: 1

3: 1

11.

Östers IF

0: 1

2: 1

2: 2

1: 1

0: 2

0-0

2: 4

0-0

1: 1

3: 3

2-0

3: 2

1: 1

12.

Västerås SK

1-0

1: 2

1: 2

2: 2

0: 4

0: 1

0: 3

1: 1

0-0

0: 2

3-0

1: 3

3: 1

13.

Degerfors IF

0: 2

1: 3

3: 1

1: 2

0: 2

1: 1

2: 2

2: 4

1: 1

1-0

2: 2

0-0

2: 1

14th

Ljungskile SK

5: 2

3: 4

1: 2

2: 3

1: 1

0: 1

1: 1

0: 3

2: 1

1-0

3-0

2: 2

2-0

Relegation

The third and fourth from bottom of the Allsvenskan competed in the first and second leg against the respective runners-up of the individual Division 1 relays. The first division clubs Östers IF and Västerås SK met BK Häcken and Djurgårdens IF , where Östers IF managed to stay in the league and BK Häcken made it to the top division.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BK hooks	5: 3	Västerås SK	1: 1	4: 2
Djurgårdens IF	1: 3	Östers IF	1: 1	0: 2

List of goalscorers

The title of the Swedish top scorer was shared by three players. Mats Lilienberg from Halmstads BK, Christer Mattiasson from IF Elfsborg and Dan Sahlin from Örebro SK each scored 14 goals this season.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Mats Lilienberg	Halmstads BK	14th
	Christer Mattiasson	IF Elfsborg
	Dan Sahlin	Örebro SK
4th	Andreas Andersson	IFK Gothenburg	13
	Andreas Hermansson	Trelleborgs FF
6th	Niclas Kindvall	Degerfors IF	12
7th	Mattias Jonson	Helsingborgs IF	11
8th.	Hans Eklund	Östers IF	10
	Yksel Osmanovski	Malmö FF
	Stefan Pettersson	IFK Gothenburg

Web links

• Allsvenskan playing times on eu-football.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1997 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .