# 1996 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 1996, part of the 1996 Swedish football season, was the 72nd Allsvenskan season played. IFK Göteborg won the league ahead of runners-up Malmö FF, while Umeå FC, Djurgårdens IF and IK Oddevold were relegated.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 23 | +38 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | AIK | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 43 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Örebro SK | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 6 | Östers IF | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 36 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 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 (R) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Trelleborgs FF (O) | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Djurgårdens IF (R) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 14 | IK Oddevold (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 19 | Relegation to Division 1 |
* ↑ AIK qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1996–97.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DEG | DIF | HBK | HIF | IFKG | IFKN | IKO | MFF | TFF | UFC | ÖSK | ÖIS | ÖIF |
| AIK | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Degerfors IF | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–7 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 |
| Halmstads BK | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| IFK Göteborg | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| IK Oddevold | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Malmö FF | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Umeå FC | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Örebro SK | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Örgryte IS | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 |
| Östers IF | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andreas Andersson | IFK Göteborg | 19 |
| 2 | Marino Rahmberg | Degerfors IF | 13 |
| 4 | Steve Galloway | Umeå FC | 12 |
| 4 | Hans Eklund | Östers IF | 12 |
| 4 | Robert Steiner | IFK Norrköping | 12 |
| 6 | Dan Sahlin | Örebro SK | 11 |
| 7 | Magnus Gustafsson | IFK Norrköping | 10 |
| 8 | Milenko Vukčević | Degerfors IF | 9 |
| 9 | Pascal Simpson | AIK | 8 |
| 9 | Marcus Allbäck | Örgryte IS | 8 |
| 9 | Jonas Axeldal | Östers IF | 8 |