Allsvenskan
Season1983
ChampionsIFK Göteborg
(Swedish champions after play-offs)
RelegatedMjällby AIF
BK Häcken
European CupIFK Göteborg
UEFA CupAIK
Östers IF
Top goalscorerThomas Ahlström, IF Elfsborg (16)
Average attendance6,528
← 1982
1984 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1983.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with AIK winning the league and IFK Göteborg winning the Swedish championship after the play-offs.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AIK (C) 22 13 6 3 37 12 +25 32 Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
2 Malmö FF 22 12 5 5 46 30 +16 29 Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 IFK Göteborg (S) 22 11 5 6 35 19 +16 27 Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round
4 Östers IF 22 10 7 5 32 18 +14 27 Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Hammarby IF 22 10 5 7 41 32 +9 25 Allsvenskan play-offs
6 Halmstads BK 22 10 5 7 32 34 −2 25
7 IF Elfsborg 22 7 9 6 31 31 0 23
8 Örgryte IS 22 6 10 6 34 26 +8 22
9 IK Brage 22 5 6 11 21 40 −19 16
10 Gefle IF 22 4 5 13 21 37 −16 13
11 Mjällby AIF (R) 22 3 7 12 18 44 −26 13 Relegation to Division 2
12 BK Häcken (R) 22 2 8 12 16 41 −25 12
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Allsvenskan Champion; (S) Swedish Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Malmö FF qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1983–84.

Results

Home \ Away AIK BKH GIF HBK HIF IFE IFK IKB MFF MAIF ÖIS ÖIF
AIK 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0
BK Häcken 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–6 3–0 0–0 0–2
Gefle IF 3–0 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–5 3–0 1–1 0–1
Halmstads BK 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–2
Hammarby IF 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 6–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0
IF Elfsborg 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–1 4–1 1–3 2–0 0–4 1–1
IFK Göteborg 3–2 5–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 6–1 0–0 2–0 0–1
IK Brage 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2
Malmö FF 0–2 2–0 5–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–4 0–0
Mjällby AIF 0–6 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–4
Örgryte IS 1–0 7–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–2
Östers IF 0–1 0–0 3–1 5–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1983 Allsvenskan play-offs was the second edition of the competition. The eight best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. IFK Göteborg who finished third in the league won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Öster who finished fourth in the league.

Quarter-finals

First leg

5 October 1983 Hammarby 2–5 AIK Söderstadion, Stockholm
5 October 1983 Halmstad 1–2 Malmö FF Örjans Vall, Halmstad
5 October 1983 Elfsborg 1–2 IFK Göteborg Ryavallen, Borås
5 October 1983 Örgryte 0–1 Öster Ullevi, Gothenburg

Second leg

9 October 1983 AIK 1–1
(6–3 agg.)		 Hammarby Råsunda, Solna
9 October 1983 Malmö FF 6–0
(8–1 agg.)		 Halmstad Malmö Stadion, Malmö
9 October 1983 IFK Göteborg 4–2
(6–3 agg.)		 Elfsborg Ullevi, Gothenburg
9 October 1983 Öster 4–0
(5–0 agg.)		 Örgryte Värendsvallen, Växjö

Semi-finals

First leg

23 October 1983 IFK Göteborg 3–0 AIK Ullevi, Gothenburg
23 October 1983 Öster 1–0 Malmö FF Värendsvallen, Växjö

Second leg

26 October 1983 AIK 2–0
(2–3 agg.)		 IFK Göteborg Råsunda, Solna
26 October 1983 Malmö FF 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Öster Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Final

30 October 1983 Öster 1–1 IFK Göteborg Värendsvallen, Växjö
5 November 1983 IFK Göteborg 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Öster Ullevi, Gothenburg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Thomas Ahlström IF Elfsborg 15
2 Sweden Sören Börjesson Örgryte IS 12
Sweden Mats Jingblad Halmstads BK 12
4 Sweden Jan Mattsson Östers IF 11
5 Sweden Peter Gerhardsson Hammarby IF 10
6 Sweden Dan Corneliusson IFK Göteborg 9
Sweden Thomas Johansson AIK 9
8 Sweden Thomas Sunesson Malmö FF 8
Sweden Björn Nilsson Malmö FF 8
Sweden Glenn Martindahl Örgryte IS 8
Sweden Mikael Rönnberg Malmö FF 8

Footnotes

References

  • "Swedish Football Tables - List of final tables". RSSSF. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
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