# 1997 Allsvenskan

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 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Örebro SK | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 46 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 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 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Västerås SK (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 23 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 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 | Relegation to Division 1 |
* ↑ Helsingborg qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1997–98.

## Relegation play-offs

Östers IF won 3–1 on aggregate.
BK Häcken won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Results

| Home \ Away | 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 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mats Lilienberg | Halmstads BK | 14 |
| 1 | Christer Mattiasson | IF Elfsborg | 14 |
| 1 | Dan Sahlin | Örebro SK | 14 |
| 4 | Andreas Andersson | IFK Göteborg | 13 |
| 4 | Andreas Hermansson | Trelleborgs FF | 13 |
| 6 | Niclas Kindvall | Degerfors IF | 12 |
| 7 | Mattias Jonson | Helsingborgs IF | 11 |
| 8 | Hans Eklund | Östers IF | 10 |
| 8 | Yksel Osmanovski | Malmö FF | 10 |
| 8 | Stefan Pettersson | IFK Göteborg | 10 |