1997 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Season	1997
Champions	Halmstads BK
Relegated	Västerås SK (after play-offs) Degerfors IF Ljungskile SK
Champions League	Halmstads BK
UEFA Cup	IFK Göteborg Malmö FF Örebro SK ...
Top goalscorer	Mats Lilienberg, Halmstads BK Christer Mattiasson, IF Elfsborg Dan Sahlin, Örebro SK (14)
Average attendance	5,570
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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	UEFA Champions League 1998-99 First qualifying round
2	IFK Göteborg	26	14	7	5	50	32	+18	49	1998–99 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	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
5	Örgryte IS	26	12	7	7	34	29	+5	43	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6	Helsingborgs IF	26	10	11	5	40	28	+12	41	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round 1
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	Relegation Playoffs
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1997–98.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

Djurgårdens IF v Östers IF

October 29, 1997

Djurgårdens IF	1–1	Östers IF

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Östers IF v Djurgårdens IF

November 1, 1997

Östers IF	2–0	Djurgårdens IF

Värensvallen, Växjö

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BK Häcken v Västerås SK

November 5, 1997

BK Häcken	1–1	Västerås SK

?, Gothenburg

Västerås SK v BK Häcken

November 6, 1997

Västerås SK	2–4	BK Häcken

?, Västerås

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