Allsvenskan
Season1997
ChampionsHalmstads BK
RelegatedVästerås SK (after play-offs)
Degerfors IF
Ljungskile SK
Champions LeagueHalmstads BK
UEFA CupIFK Göteborg
Malmö FF
Örebro SK
Top goalscorerMats Lilienberg, Halmstads BK
Christer Mattiasson, IF Elfsborg
Dan Sahlin, Örebro SK (14)
Average attendance5,570
← 1996
1998 →

Allsvenskan 1997, part of the 1997 Swedish football season, was the 73rd Allsvenskan season played. Halmstads BK won the league ahead of runners-up IFK Göteborg, while Västerås SK, Degerfors IF and Panos Ljungskile SK were relegated.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Halmstads BK (C) 26 17 1 8 49 27 +22 52 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg 26 14 7 5 50 32 +18 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Malmö FF 26 12 10 4 48 28 +20 46
4 Örebro SK 26 13 7 6 43 34 +9 46 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Örgryte IS 26 12 7 7 34 29 +5 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Helsingborgs IF 26 10 11 5 40 28 +12 41 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[a]
7 IF Elfsborg 26 12 5 9 45 35 +10 41
8 AIK 26 9 10 7 38 26 +12 37
9 IFK Norrköping 26 7 7 12 27 36 −9 28
10 Trelleborgs FF 26 8 4 14 32 48 −16 28
11 Östers IF (O) 26 4 11 11 28 44 −16 23 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12 Västerås SK (R) 26 6 5 15 26 49 −23 23
13 Degerfors IF (R) 26 4 8 14 29 47 −18 20 Relegation to Division 1
14 Panos Ljungskile (R) 26 5 5 16 31 57 −26 20
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1997–98.

Relegation play-offs

Djurgårdens IF1–1Östers IF
Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm
Östers IF2–0Djurgårdens IF
Värensvallen, Växjö

Östers IF won 3–1 on aggregate.

BK Häcken1–1Västerås SK
?, Gothenburg
Västerås SK2–4BK Häcken
?, Västerås

BK Häcken won 5–3 on aggregate.

Results

Home \ Away AIK DEG HBK HIF IFE IFKG IFKN LSK MFF TFF VSK ÖSK ÖIS ÖIF
AIK 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2
Degerfors IF 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2
Halmstads BK 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–1
Helsingborgs IF 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 7–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0
IF Elfsborg 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–1
IFK Göteborg 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 3–0
IFK Norrköping 0–2 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
Ljungskile SK 0–3 2–0 5–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 3–0
Malmö FF 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Trelleborgs FF 0–3 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–5 1–2 0–0 0–3
Västerås SK 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 3–0
Örebro SK 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–5 4–1 5–0 2–0 2–0
Örgryte IS 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Östers IF 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 0–2
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Mats Lilienberg Halmstads BK 14
Sweden Christer Mattiasson IF Elfsborg 14
Sweden Dan Sahlin Örebro SK 14
4 Sweden Andreas Andersson IFK Göteborg 13
Sweden Andreas Hermansson Trelleborgs FF 13
6 Sweden Niclas Kindvall Degerfors IF 12
7 Sweden Mattias Jonson Helsingborgs IF 11
8 Sweden Hans Eklund Östers IF 10
Sweden Yksel Osmanovski Malmö FF 10
Sweden Stefan Pettersson IFK Göteborg 10

References

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