1989 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season 1989
Champions Malmö FF
(Allsvenskan champion)
IFK Norrköping
(Swedish champions after play-offs)
Relegated GIF Sundsvall
Västra Frölunda IF
European Cup Malmö FF
UEFA Cup IFK Norrköping
GAIS
Matches played 132
Goals scored 344 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Jan Hellström, IFK Norrköping (16)
Average attendance 4,211
1988
1990
Swedish Football
1989

Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Division 1 (Tier 2)
Division 2 (Tier 3)
Division 3 (Tier 4)
Svenska Cupen 1988-89
- Final

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1989.

Contents

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with Malmö FF winning the league and IFK Norrköping winning 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 (AC) 22 12 7 3 35 11 +24 31 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs, 1990–91 European Cup First round
2 IFK Norrköping (SC) 22 12 5 5 45 24 +21 29 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs, 1990–91 UEFA Cup First round
3 GAIS 22 9 8 5 31 20 +11 26
4 Örebro SK 22 10 6 6 25 21 +4 26 1990 Allsvenskan play-offs
5 Halmstads BK 22 11 3 8 30 31 −1 25
6 Djurgårdens IF 22 9 5 8 23 24 −1 23 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
7 IFK Göteborg 22 9 4 9 34 29 +5 22
8 AIK 22 5 11 6 26 29 −3 21
9 Örgryte IS 22 6 9 7 19 28 −9 21
10 IK Brage 22 6 5 11 22 31 −9 17
11 GIF Sundsvall (R) 22 4 5 13 30 40 −10 13 Relegation to the Division 1
12 Västra Frölunda (R) 22 3 4 15 24 56 −32 10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Djurgården qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1989–90.
(AC) = Allsvenskan Champion; (SC) = Swedish Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

1989 Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs was the eight edition of the competition. The four best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. League runners-up IFK Norrköping won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF. The champion was determined by a final in best of three matches in contrast to previous years.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

IFK Norrköping won 2–1 in matches.

Footnotes

References