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.

Malmö FF
1997 season
ManagerFrans Thijssen
Allsvenskan3rd
Svenska CupenPreliminary rounds
UEFA Cup2nd qualifying round
Top goalscorerNiclas Kindvall (12)
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Squad (players used in Allsvenskan)

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Goalkeepers

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Defenders

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Midfielders

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Attackers

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Allsvenskan

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Halmstads BK (C) 26 17 1 8 49 27 +22 52 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg 26 14 7 5 50 32 +18 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Malmö FF 26 12 10 4 48 28 +20 46
4 Örebro SK 26 13 7 6 43 34 +9 46 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Örgryte IS 26 12 7 7 34 29 +5 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

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6 April 1997 Round 1 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Västerås SK Malmö
Jönsson   19'
Mattisson   72'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
13 April 1997 Round 2 Halmstads BK 3 – 1 Malmö FF Halmstad
R. Andersson   53'
Mattsson   65'
Sakiri   90'
A. Andersson   50' Stadium: Örjans Vall
21 April 1997 Round 3 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Degerfors IF Malmö
Karlsson   72'
D. Andersson   72'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
24 April 1997 Round 4 IFK Norrköping 2 – 2 Malmö FF Norrköping
Suominen   28'
Saarenpää   84'
Kindvall   4'
D. Andersson   14'
Stadium: Idrottsparken
5 May 1997 Round 5 IF Elfsborg 1 – 1 Malmö FF Borås
Berglund   90' (pen.) Mattisson   9' Stadium: Ryavallen
11 May 1997 Round 6 Malmö FF 3 – 0 Örgryte IS Malmö
Mattisson   10'
Pavlović   36'
Andrijevski   81'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
19 May 1997 Round 7 AIK 1 – 1 Malmö FF Solna
Nordin   65' Osmanovski   50' Stadium: Råsunda
25 May 1997 Round 8 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Östers IF Malmö
Kindvall   47' Eklund   54' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
1 June 1997 Round 9 Ljungskile SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF Ljungskile
Gravem   17' Andrijevski   47, 64' Stadium: Skarsjövallen
11 June 1997 Round 10 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Örebro SK Malmö
Andrijevski   70' Gawelin   47' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
16 June 1997 Round 11 Helsingborgs IF 2 – 1 Malmö FF Helsingborg
Jansson   12'
Nilsson   41' (pen.)
Kindvall   37' Stadium: Olympia
23 June 1997 Round 12 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
28 June 1997 Round 13 IFK Göteborg 1 – 1 Malmö FF Gothenburg
Lindqvist   44' Osmanovski   13' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
21 July 1997 Round 14 Malmö FF 1 – 1 IFK Göteborg Malmö
Thylander   30' Pettersson   74' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
30 July 1997 Round 15 Trelleborgs FF 2 – 1 Malmö FF Trelleborg
Hermansson   67, 90' Kindvall   86' Stadium: Vångavallen
3 August 1997 Round 16 Malmö FF 4 – 2 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
Osmanovski   5, 85'
D. Andersson   38' (pen.)
Kindvall   40'
Jonson   41'
Wahlstedt   73'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
9 August 1997 Round 17 Örebro SK 0 – 5 Malmö FF Örebro
Gudmundsson   3, 22'
Kindvall   8'
Enqvist   14'
Osmanovski   35'
Stadium: Eyravallen
16 August 1997 Round 18 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Ljungskile SK Malmö
Kindvall   52' B. Wålemark   90' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
23 August 1997 Round 19 Örgryte IS 0 – 2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
Kindvall   2, 84' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
31 August 1997 Round 20 Malmö FF 2 – 0 IF Elfsborg Malmö
Ohlsson   43'
Gudmundsson   71'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
14 September 1997 Round 21 Malmö FF 2 – 1 Halmstads BK Malmö
Kindvall   4'
Osmanovski   15'
Ljungberg   38' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
21 September 1997 Round 22 Västerås SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF Västerås
J. Svensson   47' Enqvist   8'
Mattisson   84'
Stadium: Arosvallen
29 September 1997 Round 23 Malmö FF 2 – 0 IFK Norrköping Malmö
Ohlsson   31'
Osmanovski   36'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
5 October 1997 Round 24 Degerfors IF 3 – 1 Malmö FF Degerfors
Ottosson   22, 61'
Radinović   74' (pen.)
Osmanovski   10' Stadium: Stora Valla
15 October 1997 Round 25 Östers IF 2 – 2 Malmö FF Växjö
Eklund   45'
F. Bild   76'
Osmanovski   11'
Kindvall   35'
Stadium: Värendsvallen
26 October 1997 Round 26 Malmö FF 0 – 0 AIK Malmö
Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Top scorers

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Sources

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  • Fotboll 1997 (Swedish football yearbook)