# 2003 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2003, part of the 2003 Swedish football season, was the 79th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 5 April 2003 and the last match was played 26 October 2003. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up Hammarby IF, while Östers IF and Enköpings SK were relegated.

## Participating clubs

| Club | Last season | First season in league | First season of current spell |
| AIK | 5th | 1924–25 | 1981 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 1st | 1927–28 | 2001 |
| Enköpings SK | 2nd (Superettan) | 2003 | 2003 |
| IF Elfsborg | 10th | 1926–27 | 1997 |
| IFK Göteborg | 12th | 1924–25 | 1977 |
| Halmstads BK | 6th | 1933–34 | 1993 |
| Hammarby IF | 9th | 1924–25 | 1998 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 4th | 1924–25 | 1993 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 11th | 1924–25 | 2002 |
| Malmö FF | 2nd | 1931–32 | 2001 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 8th | 1965 | 2000 |
| Örebro SK | 7th | 1946–47 | 1989 |
| Örgryte IS | 3rd | 1924–25 | 1995 |
| Östers IF | 1st (Superettan) | 1968 | 2003 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 | |
| 5 | AIK | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 39 | |
| 6 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 38 | |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 37 | |
| 8 | Örebro SK | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 37 | |
| 9 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 36 | |
| 10 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 11 | Landskrona BoIS | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 32 | |
| 12 | GIF Sundsvall (O) | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 19 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Östers IF (R) | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 17 | UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to Superettan |
| 14 | Enköpings SK (R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 14 | Relegation to Superettan |
* ↑ Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.
* ↑ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | ESK | IFE | IFKG | HBK | HAM | HEL | LBoIS | MFF | GIFS | ÖSK | ÖIS | ÖIF |
| AIK | | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–2 |
| Enköpings SK | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| IF Elfsborg | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| IFK Göteborg | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Halmstads BK | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–1 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Malmö FF | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Örebro SK | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Örgryte IS | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 4–2 |
| Östers IF | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

## Relegation play-offs

2–2 on aggregate. GIF Sundsvall won on away goals.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Niklas Skoog | Malmö FF | 22 |
| 2 | Paulinho Guará | Örgryte IS | 14 |
| 2 | Kim Källström | Djurgårdens IF | 14 |
| 4 | Gustaf Andersson | Helsingborgs IF | 12 |
| 4 | Kennedy Bakircioglü | Hammarby IF | 12 |
| 4 | Andreas Johansson | Djurgårdens IF | 12 |
| 7 | Afonso Alves | Örgryte IS | 10 |
| 7 | Mikael Andersson | Hammarby IF | 10 |
| 7 | Geert den Ouden | Djurgårdens IF | 10 |
| 7 | Igor Sypniewski | Halmstads BK | 10 |

### Attendances

| | Club | Home average | Away average | Home high |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 18,716 | 10,367 | 27,477 |
| 2 | AIK | 17,302 | 12,489 | 35,197 |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 16,083 | 16,852 | 34,267 |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 14,025 | 12,604 | 35,611 |
| 5 | IFK Göteborg | 11,586 | 13,241 | 40,382 |
| 6 | Helsingborgs IF | 10,235 | 9,567 | 15,460 |
| 7 | Örgryte IS | 8,654 | 10,337 | 37,026 |
| 8 | IF Elfsborg | 7,733 | 8,292 | 11,205 |
| 9 | Örebro SK | 7,508 | 8,054 | 11,739 |
| 10 | Halmstads BK | 7,506 | 8,158 | 14,435 |
| 11 | Östers IF | 7,025 | 9,259 | 13,215 |
| 12 | Landskrona BoIS | 6,436 | 8,716 | 11,375 |
| 13 | GIF Sundsvall | 5,675 | 7,418 | 7,675 |
| 14 | Enköpings SK | 4,451 | 7,582 | 9,102 |
| — | Total | 10,210 | — | 40,382 |