1988 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1988.

Allsvenskan

Season	1988
Champions	Malmö FF (Allsvenskan champions and Swedish champions after play-offs)
Relegated	Östers IF Hammarby IF
European Cup	Malmö FF
UEFA Cup	Örgryte IS IFK Göteborg
Top goalscorer	Martin Dahlin, Malmö FF (17)
Average attendance	5,002
← 1987 1989 →

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^[a]
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Allsvenskan Champion; (S) Swedish Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Semi-finals

First leg

Örgryte v Malmö FF

30 October 1988

Örgryte

0–1

Malmö FF

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Djurgården v IFK Göteborg

30 October 1988

Djurgården

2–0

IFK Göteborg

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Second leg

Malmö FF v Örgryte

12 November 1988

Malmö FF

2–1 (3–1 agg.)

Örgryte

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Göteborg v Djurgården

12 November 1988

IFK Göteborg

1–0 (1–2 agg.)

Djurgården

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Final

Djurgården v Malmö FF

16 November 1988

Djurgården

0–0

Malmö FF

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Malmö FF v Djurgården

19 November 1988	Malmö FF	7–3 (7–3 agg.)	Djurgården	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
	Lindman   1', 9' Ljung   26' Dahlin   31', 34', 60', 78'		Osvold   23' Fjellström   47' Galloway   84'

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

Footnotes

References

• "Swedish Football Tables - List of final tables". RSSSF. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-16.