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 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1989.

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 (C)	22	12	7	3	35	11	+24	31	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round
2	IFK Norrköping (S)	22	12	5	5	45	24	+21	29	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to 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	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	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
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 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.
(C) Allsvenskan Champion; (S) Swedish Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	GAIS	GIF	HBK	IFKG	IFKN	IKB	MFF	VF	ÖSK	ÖIS
AIK		1–1	1–1	4–2	2–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–3	5–3	0–0	0–0
Djurgårdens IF	0–0		3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2
GAIS	2–0	0–0		1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0
GIF Sundsvall	0–1	2–2	0–1		2–2	2–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Halmstads BK	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1
IFK Göteborg	4–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–2		3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	0–1
IFK Norrköping	2–2	4–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1		3–0	0–1	7–1	2–0	4–0
IK Brage	2–0	0–2	1–3	4–1	0–1	0–2	3–4		0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1
Malmö FF	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0		4–0	3–0	4–0
Västra Frölunda	0–5	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–4	0–5	1–4	1–3	2–0		0–0	1–2
Örebro SK	0–0	3–1	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–1		1–1
Örgryte IS	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–3	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs was the eighth 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

GAIS v Malmö FF

14 October 1989

GAIS

2–2

Malmö FF

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Örebro v IFK Norrköping

14 October 1989

Örebro

1–1

IFK Norrköping

Eyravallen, Örebro

Second leg

Malmö FF v GAIS

28 October 1989

Malmö FF

1–0 (3–2 agg.)

GAIS

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Norrköping v Örebro

29 October 1989

IFK Norrköping

3–0 (4–1 agg.)

Örebro

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Final

IFK Norrköping v Malmö FF

4 November 1989

IFK Norrköping

0–2

Malmö FF

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Malmö FF v IFK Norrköping

11 November 1989

Malmö FF

0–1

IFK Norrköping

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Malmö FF v IFK Norrköping

15 November 1989

Malmö FF

0–0 0–0 (aet) 3–4 (apen)

IFK Norrköping

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Norrköping won 2–1 in matches.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Hellström	IFK Norrköping	16
2	Leif Engkvist	Malmö FF	11
3	Patrik Andersson	IFK Norrköping	10
4	Håkan Sandberg	GIF Sundsvall	8
	Peter Karlsson	Örgryte IS	8
	Tommy Frejdh	Halmstads BK	8
	Stefan Lindkvist	Halmstads BK	8
8	Håkan Lindman	Malmö FF	7
	Magnus Wikström	GIF Sundsvall	7
	Kennet Andersson	IFK Göteborg	7
	Simon Hunt	IK Brage	7
	Dick Lidman	GIF Sundsvall	7
	Kaj Eskelinen	Västra Frölunda IF	7

References

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