Allsvenskan
Season1989
ChampionsMalmö FF
(Allsvenskan champion)
IFK Norrköping
(Swedish champions after play-offs)
RelegatedGIF Sundsvall
Västra Frölunda IF
European CupMalmö FF
UEFA CupIFK Norrköping
GAIS
Matches played132
Goals scored344 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJan Hellström, IFK Norrköping (16)
Average attendance4,211
← 1988
1990 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1989.

Overview

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malmö FF (C) 22 12 7 3 35 11 +24 31 Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round
2 IFK Norrköping (S) 22 12 5 5 45 24 +21 29 Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 GAIS 22 9 8 5 31 20 +11 26
4 Örebro SK 22 10 6 6 25 21 +4 26 Allsvenskan play-offs
5 Halmstads BK 22 11 3 8 30 31 −1 25
6 Djurgårdens IF 22 9 5 8 23 24 −1 23 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
7 IFK Göteborg 22 9 4 9 34 29 +5 22
8 AIK 22 5 11 6 26 29 −3 21
9 Örgryte IS 22 6 9 7 19 28 −9 21
10 IK Brage 22 6 5 11 22 31 −9 17
11 GIF Sundsvall (R) 22 4 5 13 30 40 −10 13 Relegation to Division 1
12 Västra Frölunda (R) 22 3 4 15 24 56 −32 10
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. ^ Djurgården qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1989–90.

Results

Home \ Away AIK DIF GAIS GIF HBK IFKG IFKN IKB MFF VF ÖSK ÖIS
AIK 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–3 5–3 0–0 0–0
Djurgårdens IF 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2
GAIS 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
GIF Sundsvall 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1
Halmstads BK 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1
IFK Göteborg 4–1 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–1
IFK Norrköping 2–2 4–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 7–1 2–0 4–0
IK Brage 2–0 0–2 1–3 4–1 0–1 0–2 3–4 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1
Malmö FF 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 4–0
Västra Frölunda 0–5 0–1 1–1 1–3 3–4 0–5 1–4 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–2
Örebro SK 0–0 3–1 0–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1
Örgryte IS 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs was the eighth edition of the competition. The four best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. League runners-up IFK Norrköping won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF. The champion was determined by a final in best of three matches in contrast to previous years.

Semi-finals

First leg

14 October 1989 GAIS 2–2 Malmö FF Ullevi, Gothenburg
14 October 1989 Örebro 1–1 IFK Norrköping Eyravallen, Örebro

Second leg

28 October 1989 Malmö FF 1–0
(3–2 agg.)		 GAIS Malmö Stadion, Malmö
29 October 1989 IFK Norrköping 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Örebro Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Final

4 November 1989 IFK Norrköping 0–2 Malmö FF Idrottsparken, Norrköping
11 November 1989 Malmö FF 0–1 IFK Norrköping Malmö Stadion, Malmö
15 November 1989 Malmö FF 0–0
0–0 (aet)
3–4 (apen)		 IFK Norrköping Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Norrköping won 2–1 in matches.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Jan Hellström IFK Norrköping 16
2 Sweden Leif Engkvist Malmö FF 11
3 Sweden Patrik Andersson IFK Norrköping 10
4 Sweden Håkan Sandberg GIF Sundsvall 8
Sweden Peter Karlsson Örgryte IS 8
Sweden Tommy Frejdh Halmstads BK 8
Sweden Stefan Lindkvist Halmstads BK 8
8 Sweden Håkan Lindman Malmö FF 7
Sweden Magnus Wikström GIF Sundsvall 7
Sweden Kennet Andersson IFK Göteborg 7
England Simon Hunt IK Brage 7
Sweden Dick Lidman GIF Sundsvall 7
Sweden Kaj Eskelinen Västra Frölunda IF 7

Footnotes

References

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