# 1998 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 1998, part of the 1998 Swedish football season, was the 74th Allsvenskan season played. AIK won the league ahead of runners-up Helsingborgs IF, while BK Häcken and Östers IF were relegated. AIK won the title despite having the fewest goals (25) scored in the league.
Of the 315 players who participated, fewer than half (147) were full-time professional footballers. Many were students, while just over a quarter (81) had full-time jobs outside football, although this proportion had substantially reduced from previous Allsvenskan seasons.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AIK (C) | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 46 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 4 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Västra Frölunda | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 38 | |
| 6 | Örebro SK | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 36 | |
| 7 | IFK Norrköping | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 35 | |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 9 | Malmö FF | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 33 | |
| 10 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Trelleborgs FF (O) | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Örgryte IS (O) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | BK Häcken (R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 27 | Relegation to Division 1 |
| 14 | Östers IF (R) | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 22 | Relegation to Division 1 |
* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen runners-up 1998–99.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | BKH | HBK | HAIF | HEIF | IFE | IFKG | IFKN | MFF | TFF | VF | ÖSK | ÖIS | ÖIF |
| AIK | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| BK Häcken | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Halmstads BK | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Hammarby IF | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| IF Elfsborg | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Malmö FF | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Trelleborgs FF | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Västra Frölunda | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Örebro SK | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Örgryte IS | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 4–4 |
| Östers IF | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Arild Stavrum | Helsingborgs IF | 18 |
| 2 | Hans Berggren | Hammarby IF | 13 |
| 3 | Christer Mattiasson | IF Elfsborg | 12 |
| 4 | Mats Lilienberg | Halmstads BK | 11 |
| 5 | Dan Sahlin | Örebro SK | 10 |
| 5 | Dejan Pavlovic | Malmö FF | 10 |
| 5 | Henrik Bertilsson | Örgryte IS | 10 |
| 8 | Tomas Rosenkvist | Västra Frölunda | 8 |
| 8 | Andreas Hermansson | IFK Göteborg | 8 |
| 8 | Andreas Ottosson | Östers IF | 8 |
| 8 | Patrik Andersson | Hammarby IF | 8 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Lundh, Olof (2018). Allsvenskan enligt Lundh: Makten, pengarna och tystnaden i svensk klubbfotboll (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers Förlag. p. 66. ISBN 9789100175252. Retrieved 19 February 2021. 147 av de 315 spelarna var heltidsproffs. En hel del pluggade och bara 81 av spelarna jobbade heltid, något som varit mycket vanligt bara några år tidigare.