# 1988 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1988.

## Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with Malmö FF winning the league and the Swedish championship after the play-offs.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malmö FF (C, S) | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 32 | Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 31 | Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 27 | Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 23 | Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | GIF Sundsvall | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 21 | |
| 7 | IK Brage | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 | |
| 8 | GAIS | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Västra Frölunda | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 18 | |
| 10 | AIK | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 18 | |
| 11 | Östers IF (R) | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 17 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 12 | Hammarby IF (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 13 | Relegation to Division 1 |
* ↑ Djurgården qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen runners-up 1988–89.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | GAIS | GIF | HIF | IFKG | IFKN | IKB | MFF | VF | ÖIS | ÖIF |
| AIK | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 0–0 | | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| GAIS | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| IFK Göteborg | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| IK Brage | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Malmö FF | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Västra Frölunda | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Örgryte IS | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 |
| Östers IF | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |

## Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1988 Allsvenskan play-offs was the seventh edition of the competition. The four best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Djurgården who finished third in the league.

### Final
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Martin Dahlin | Malmö FF | 17 |
| 2 | Peter Karlsson | Örgryte IS | 14 |
| 2 | Jan Hellström | IFK Norrköping | 14 |
| 4 | Hans Eklund | Östers IF | 10 |
| 4 | Samir Bakaou | GAIS | 10 |
| 4 | Steve Galloway | Djurgårdens IF | 10 |
| 4 | Thomas Johansson | AIK | 10 |
| 8 | Håkan Lindman | Malmö FF | 9 |
| 9 | Thomas Lundin | Hammarby IF | 8 |
| 9 | Göran Holter | IFK Norrköping | 8 |
| 9 | Stefan Rehn | Djurgårdens IF | 8 |