# 1996 in Swedish football

The 1996 season in Swedish football, starting January 1996 and ending December 1996:

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| Swedish Champions 1996 | IFK Göteborg | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 1995–96 | AIK | Winners of Svenska Cupen |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1996 | IFK Göteborg |
| 2nd level | Division 1 Norra 1996 | Västerås SK |
| 2nd level | Division 1 Södra 1996 | IF Elfsborg |
| Cup | Svenska Cupen 1995–96 | AIK |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Division 1 Norra 1996 | Allsvenskan 1997 | Västerås SK | Winners |
| Division 1 Södra 1996 | Allsvenskan 1997 | IF Elfsborg | Winners |
| Division 1 Södra 1996 | Allsvenskan 1997 | Ljungskile SK | Winners of qualification play-off |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Norra 1997 | Assyriska Föreningen | Winners of Västra Svealand |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Norra 1997 | Lira Luleå BK | Winners of Norrland |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Norra 1997 | Nacka FF | Winners of Östra Svealand |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Norra 1997 | Enköpings SK | Winners of qualification play-off |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Södra 1997 | IFK Malmö | Winners of Södra Götaland |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Södra 1997 | Myresjö IF | Winners of Östra Götaland |
| Division 2 1996 | Division 1 Södra 1997 | Norrby IF | Winners of Västra Götaland |

### League transfers

| Transferred from | Transferred to | Team | Reason |
| Division 1 Norra 1996 | Division 1 Södra 1997 | Hertzöga BK | Geographical composition |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Allsvenskan 1996 | Division 1 Norra 1996 | Umeå FC | Losers of qualification play-off |
| Allsvenskan 1996 | Division 1 Norra 1996 | Djurgårdens IF | 13th team |
| Allsvenskan 1996 | Division 1 Södra 1997 | IK Oddevold | 14th team |
| Division 1 Norra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | Visby IF Gute | Losers of qualification play-off |
| Division 1 Norra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | IK Sirius | 12th team |
| Division 1 Norra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | BK Forward | 13th team |
| Division 1 Norra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | Gimonäs CK | 14th team |
| Division 1 Södra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | Lundby IF | 12th team |
| Division 1 Södra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | GAIS | 13th team |
| Division 1 Södra 1996 | Division 2 1997 | Kalmar FF | 14th team |

### International qualifications

| Qualified for | Enters | Team | Reason |
| UEFA Champions League 1997–98 | Qualifying round | IFK Göteborg | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 1997–98 | Qualifying round | Malmö FF | 2nd team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 1997–98 | Qualifying round | Helsingborgs IF | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 1997–98 | Qualifying round | Örebro SK | 5th team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97 | 1st round | AIK | Winners of Svenska Cupen |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 | Group stage | Östers IF | 6th team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 | Group stage | Halmstads BK | 7th team in Allsvenskan |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan 1996

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 61 | – | 23 | +38 | 56 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 33 | – | 26 | +7 | 46 |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 39 | – | 26 | +13 | 44 |
| 4 | AIK | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | – | 23 | +13 | 43 |
| 5 | Örebro SK | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 34 | – | 29 | +5 | 42 |
| 6 | Östers IF | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | – | 39 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | – | 37 | -3 | 35 |
| 8 | IFK Norrköping | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | – | 29 | +2 | 34 |
| 9 | Degerfors IF | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | – | 41 | -7 | 34 |
| 10 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | – | 30 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Umeå FC | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 35 | – | 45 | -10 | 30 |
| 12 | Trelleborgs FF | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | – | 48 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Djurgårdens IF | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | – | 43 | -15 | 27 |
| 14 | IK Oddevold | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | – | 43 | -23 | 19 |

### Division 1 Norra 1996

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Västerås SK | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 62 | – | 27 | +35 | 60 |
| 2 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 61 | – | 37 | +24 | 52 |
| 3 | Spårvägens FF | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 51 | – | 28 | +23 | 47 |
| 4 | GIF Sundsvall | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 50 | – | 35 | -15 | 42 |
| 5 | IF Brommapojkarna | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 36 | – | 41 | -5 | 41 |
| 6 | IK Brage | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 42 | – | 37 | +5 | 40 |
| 7 | Gefle IF | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 38 | – | 36 | +2 | 39 |
| 8 | Hertzöga BK | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | – | 39 | +10 | 33 |
| 9 | IFK Luleå | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 33 | – | 49 | -16 | 32 |
| 10 | Vasalunds IF | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 43 | – | 45 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Visby IF Gute | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 34 | – | 47 | -13 | 30 |
| 12 | IK Sirius | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | – | 34 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | BK Forward | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 30 | – | 51 | -21 | 20 |
| 14 | Gimonäs CK | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | – | 58 | -32 | 18 |

### Division 1 Södra 1996

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 59 | – | 24 | +35 | 50 |
| 2 | Ljungskile SK | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 53 | – | 33 | +20 | 48 |
| 3 | Stenungsunds IF | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 36 | – | 31 | +5 | 45 |
| 4 | BK Häcken | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 54 | – | 36 | +18 | 44 |
| 5 | Mjällby AIF | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 48 | – | 40 | +8 | 37 |
| 6 | IFK Hässleholm | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 29 | – | 40 | -11 | 37 |
| 7 | Gunnilse IS | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 33 | – | 39 | -6 | 34 |
| 8 | Västra Frölunda IF | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 43 | – | 37 | +6 | 32 |
| 9 | Motala AIF | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | – | 39 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | Åtvidabergs FF | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | – | 36 | -11 | 31 |
| 11 | Falkenbergs FF | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 35 | – | 47 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Lundby IF | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | – | 53 | -16 | 29 |
| 13 | GAIS | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 41 | – | 52 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Kalmar FF | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | – | 39 | -18 | 23 |