1997 Allsvenskan

73rd season of Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 1997 Halmstads BK Västerås SK (after play-offs)Degerfors IFLjungskile SK Champions League Halmstads BK UEFA Cup IFK GöteborgMalmö FFÖrebro SK Mats Lilienberg, Halmstads BKChrister Mattiasson, IF ElfsborgDan Sahlin, Örebro SK (14) 5,570 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 main WDL 5 QR HBK Halmstads BK IFKG IFK Göteborg MFF Malmö FF ÖSK Örebro SK ÖIS Örgryte IS HEL Helsingborgs IF IFE IF Elfsborg AIK AIK IFKN IFK Norrköping TFF Trelleborgs FF ÖIF Östers IF VSK Västerås SK DIF Degerfors IF LSK Panos Ljungskile 17 1 8 49 27 C 14 7 5 50 32 12 10 4 48 28 13 7 6 43 34 12 7 7 34 29 10 11 5 40 28 12 5 9 45 35 9 10 7 38 26 7 7 12 27 36 8 4 14 32 48 4 11 11 28 44 O 6 5 15 26 49 R 4 8 14 29 47 R 5 5 16 31 57 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 UC1 lavender Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 lavender Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1997–98. CWCQ red2 Qualification to Relegation play-offs RP RP red1 Relegation to Division 1 R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Relegation play-offs October 29, 1997 Djurgårdens IF 1–1 Östers IF Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm November 5, 1997 Östers IF 2–0 Djurgårdens IF Värensvallen, Växjö Östers IF won 3–1 on aggregate. November 1, 1997 BK Häcken 1–1 Västerås SK ?, Gothenburg November 6, 1997 Västerås SK 2–4 BK Häcken ?, Västerås BK Häcken won 5–3 on aggregate. Results main FBR grey 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 complete Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1SWE Mats LilienbergHalmstads BK14SWE Christer MattiassonIF Elfsborg14SWE Dan SahlinÖrebro SK144SWE Andreas AnderssonIFK Göteborg13SWE Andreas HermanssonTrelleborgs FF136SWE Niclas KindvallDegerfors IF127SWE Mattias Jonson Helsingborgs IF118SWE Hans EklundÖsters IF10SWE Yksel OsmanovskiMalmö FF10SWE Stefan PetterssonIFK Göteborg10 Attendances # Club Average Highest 1 Helsingborgs IF 9,159 14,301 2 IFK Göteborg 7,850 13,156 3 IF Elfsborg 7,507 16,232 4 Örebro SK 6,941 10,511 5 Malmö FF 6,820 17,704 6 Halmstads BK 6,736 14,184 7 AIK 6,733 13,422 8 Degerfors IF 5,176 8,799 9 IFK Norrköping 4,569 8,112 10 Västerås SK FK 4,308 10,034 11 Östers IF 3,773 7,212 12 Ljungskile SK 2,780 5,549 13 Örgryte IS 2,762 8,684 14 Trelleborgs FF 2,647 5,214 Source:Attendances: Sweden 1997 https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/swe/aveswe1997.htm European Football Statistics 2026-05-28 References Sources Print Alsiö Martin Frantz, Alf Lindahl, Jimmy Persson, Gunnar 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken Stroemberg Media Group 2004 Vällingby 91-86184-59-8 Glanell Tomas Havik, Göran Lindberg, Thomas Persson, Gunnar Ågren, Bengt 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1 Stroemberg Media Group 2004 Vällingby 91-86184-59-8 Nylin Lars Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder Semic 2004 Sundbyberg 91-552-3168-3 Online Glenning Clas Sweden final tables 2008 http://www.geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/swedish_footballpage.htm 2008-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20091018214744/http://geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/swedish_footballpage.htm 2009-10-18 dead SFS-Bolletinen Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker 2008 http://www.bolletinen.se/ 2008-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20081003235325/http://www.bolletinen.se/ 3 October 2008 live Category:Allsvenskan seasons Swed 1