Allsvenskan
Season1998
ChampionsAIK
RelegatedBK Häcken
Östers IF
Champions LeagueAIK
UEFA CupHelsingborgs IF
Top goalscorerArild Stavrum, Helsingborgs IF (18)
Average attendance5,647
← 1997
1999 →

Allsvenskan 1998, part of the 1998 Swedish football season, was the 74th Allsvenskan season played. AIK won the league ahead of runners-up Helsingborgs IF, while BK Häcken and Östers IF were relegated. AIK won the title despite having the fewest goals (25) scored in the league.

Of the 315 players who participated, fewer than half (147) were full-time professional footballers. Many were students, while just over a quarter (81) had full-time jobs outside football, although this proportion had substantially reduced from previous Allsvenskan seasons.[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AIK (C) 26 11 13 2 25 15 +10 46 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Helsingborgs IF 26 12 8 6 43 28 +15 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Hammarby IF 26 11 9 6 39 34 +5 42 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
4 Halmstads BK 26 12 5 9 42 40 +2 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Västra Frölunda 26 10 8 8 29 31 −2 38
6 Örebro SK 26 10 6 10 35 38 −3 36
7 IFK Norrköping 26 9 8 9 43 35 +8 35
8 IFK Göteborg 26 9 8 9 27 29 −2 35 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
9 Malmö FF 26 9 6 11 35 30 +5 33
10 IF Elfsborg 26 8 9 9 36 33 +3 33
11 Trelleborgs FF (O) 26 8 8 10 31 35 −4 32 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12 Örgryte IS (O) 26 7 7 12 35 36 −1 28
13 BK Häcken (R) 26 7 6 13 27 46 −19 27 Relegation to Division 1
14 Östers IF (R) 26 5 7 14 26 43 −17 22
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. ^ IFK Göteborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen runners-up 1998–99.

Relegation play-offs

Landskrona BoIS2–3Trelleborgs FF
?, Landskrona
Trelleborgs FF4–1Landskrona BoIS
?, Trelleborg
Umeå FC2–3Örgryte IS
?, Umeå
Örgryte IS3–0Umeå FC
?, Gothenburg

Results

Home \ Away AIK BKH HBK HAIF HEIF IFE IFKG IFKN MFF TFF VF ÖSK ÖIS ÖIF
AIK 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
BK Häcken 1–1 3–2 4–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–5 0–1 2–4 0–2 0–1
Halmstads BK 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2
Hammarby IF 0–2 3–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
Helsingborgs IF 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 6–2 0–0 2–1 3–1
IF Elfsborg 1–1 2–0 3–4 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1
IFK Göteborg 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–5 1–1
IFK Norrköping 2–0 5–1 4–6 1–2 3–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–0
Malmö FF 0–0 4–0 5–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 2–0
Trelleborgs FF 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Västra Frölunda 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Örebro SK 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 4–2 4–0 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–1
Örgryte IS 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–4
Östers IF 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Norway Arild Stavrum Helsingborgs IF 18
2 Sweden Hans Berggren Hammarby IF 13
3 Sweden Christer Mattiasson IF Elfsborg 12
4 Sweden Mats Lilienberg Halmstads BK 11
5 Sweden Dan Sahlin Örebro SK 10
Sweden Dejan Pavlovic Malmö FF 10
Sweden Henrik Bertilsson Örgryte IS 10
8 Sweden Tomas Rosenkvist Västra Frölunda 8
Sweden Andreas Hermansson IFK Göteborg 8
Sweden Andreas Ottosson Östers IF 8
Sweden Patrik Andersson Hammarby IF 8

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lundh, Olof (2018). Allsvenskan enligt Lundh: Makten, pengarna och tystnaden i svensk klubbfotboll (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers Förlag. p. 66. ISBN 9789100175252. Retrieved 19 February 2021. 147 av de 315 spelarna var heltidsproffs. En hel del pluggade och bara 81 av spelarna jobbade heltid, något som varit mycket vanligt bara några år tidigare.

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