1997 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF
1997 season
Manager	Frans Thijssen
Allsvenskan	3rd
Svenska Cupen	Preliminary rounds
UEFA Cup	2nd qualifying round
Top goalscorer	Niclas Kindvall (12)
← 1996 1998 →

Malmö FF were seriously involved in the 1997 chase for the Allsvenskan title, but fell short due to dropped points against bottom teams Degerfors and Öster in the 24th and 25th rounds out of 26. Having been unbeaten at home all season, playing decent possession football, the economic woes of the club forced them to sell Daniel Andersson and Yksel Osmanovski to Bari of Serie A the coming summer.

Squad (players used in Allsvenskan)

Goalkeepers

Jonnie Fedel

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Yksel Osmanovski
Patrik Olsson
Dejan Pavlović
Greger Andrijevski
Niclas Kindvall

Allsvenskan

Matches

Round 1 6 April 1997	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Västerås SK	Malmö
	Jönsson 19' Mattisson 72'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 2 13 April 1997	Halmstads BK	3 – 1	Malmö FF	Halmstad
	R. Andersson 53' Mattsson 65' Sakiri 90'		A. Andersson 50'	Stadium: Örjans Vall

Round 3 21 April 1997	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Degerfors IF	Malmö
	Karlsson 72' D. Andersson 72'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 4 24 April 1997	IFK Norrköping	2 – 2	Malmö FF	Norrköping
	Suominen 28' Saarenpää 84'		Kindvall 4' D. Andersson 14'	Stadium: Idrottsparken

Round 5 5 May 1997	IF Elfsborg	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Borås
	Berglund 90' (pen.)		Mattisson 9'	Stadium: Ryavallen

Round 6 11 May 1997	Malmö FF	3 – 0	Örgryte IS	Malmö
	Mattisson 10' Pavlović 36' Andrijevski 81'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 7 19 May 1997	AIK	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Solna
	Nordin 65'		Osmanovski 50'	Stadium: Råsunda

Round 8 25 May 1997	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Östers IF	Malmö
	Kindvall 47'		Eklund 54'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 9 1 June 1997	Ljungskile SK	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Ljungskile
	Gravem 17'		Andrijevski 47, 64'	Stadium: Skarsjövallen

Round 10 11 June 1997	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Örebro SK	Malmö
	Andrijevski 70'		Gawelin 47'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 11 16 June 1997	Helsingborgs IF	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Helsingborg
	Jansson 12' Nilsson 41' (pen.)		Kindvall 37'	Stadium: Olympia

Round 12 23 June 1997	Malmö FF	5 – 2	Trelleborgs FF	Malmö
	Kindvall 34' A. Andersson 47' P. Olsson 52' Osmanovski 57' D. Andersson 74'		Hansson 15' Thylander 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 13 28 June 1997	IFK Göteborg	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
	Lindqvist 44'		Osmanovski 13'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Round 14 21 July 1997	Malmö FF	1 – 1	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
	Thylander 30'		Pettersson 74'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 15 30 July 1997	Trelleborgs FF	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Trelleborg
	Hermansson 67, 90'		Kindvall 86'	Stadium: Vångavallen

Round 16 3 August 1997	Malmö FF	4 – 2	Helsingborgs IF	Malmö
	Osmanovski 5, 85' D. Andersson 38' (pen.) Kindvall 40'		Jonson 41' Wahlstedt 73'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 17 9 August 1997	Örebro SK	0 – 5	Malmö FF	Örebro
			Gudmundsson 3, 22' Kindvall 8' Enqvist 14' Osmanovski 35'	Stadium: Eyravallen

Round 18 16 August 1997	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Ljungskile SK	Malmö
	Kindvall 52'		B. Wålemark 90'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 19 23 August 1997	Örgryte IS	0 – 2	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
			Kindvall 2, 84'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Round 20 31 August 1997	Malmö FF	2 – 0	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
	Ohlsson 43' Gudmundsson 71'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 21 14 September 1997	Malmö FF	2 – 1	Halmstads BK	Malmö
	Kindvall 4' Osmanovski 15'		Ljungberg 38'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 22 21 September 1997	Västerås SK	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Västerås
	J. Svensson 47'		Enqvist 8' Mattisson 84'	Stadium: Arosvallen

Round 23 29 September 1997	Malmö FF	2 – 0	IFK Norrköping	Malmö
	Ohlsson 31' Osmanovski 36'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Round 24 5 October 1997	Degerfors IF	3 – 1	Malmö FF	Degerfors
	Ottosson 22, 61' Radinović 74' (pen.)		Osmanovski 10'	Stadium: Stora Valla

Round 25 15 October 1997	Östers IF	2 – 2	Malmö FF	Växjö
	Eklund 45' F. Bild 76'		Osmanovski 11' Kindvall 35'	Stadium: Värendsvallen

Round 26 26 October 1997	Malmö FF	0 – 0	AIK	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Top Scorers

Sources

Fotboll 1997 (Swedish football yearbook)

Malmö FF seasons