1983 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season	1983
Champions	IFK Göteborg; (Swedish champions after play-offs)
Relegated	Mjällby AIF; BK Häcken
European Cup	IFK Göteborg
UEFA Cup	AIK ; Östers IF
Top goalscorer	Thomas Ahlström, IF Elfsborg (16)
Average attendance	6,528
	← 1982 1984 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1983.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with AIK winning the league and IFK Göteborg winning the Swedish championship after the play-offs.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AIK (C)	22	13	6	3	37	12	+25	32	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
2	Malmö FF	22	12	5	5	46	30	+16	29	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	IFK Göteborg (S)	22	11	5	6	35	19	+16	27	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round
4	Östers IF	22	10	7	5	32	18	+14	27	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Hammarby IF	22	10	5	7	41	32	+9	25	Allsvenskan play-offs
6	Halmstads BK	22	10	5	7	32	34	−2	25
7	IF Elfsborg	22	7	9	6	31	31	0	23
8	Örgryte IS	22	6	10	6	34	26	+8	22
9	IK Brage	22	5	6	11	21	40	−19	16
10	Gefle IF	22	4	5	13	21	37	−16	13
11	Mjällby AIF (R)	22	3	7	12	18	44	−26	13	Relegation to Division 2
12	BK Häcken (R)	22	2	8	12	16	41	−25	12	Relegation to Division 2

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:

^ Malmö FF qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1983–84.

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	BKH	GIF	HBK	HIF	IFE	IFK	IKB	MFF	MAIF	ÖIS	ÖIF
AIK		1–0	5–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–0
BK Häcken	0–2		0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–6	3–0	0–0	0–2
Gefle IF	3–0	1–1		1–4	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–5	3–0	1–1	0–1
Halmstads BK	0–0	3–2	2–0		2–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–2
Hammarby IF	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1		2–2	3–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–0
IF Elfsborg	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	4–2		1–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	1–1
IFK Göteborg	3–2	5–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	6–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
IK Brage	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–0		0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2
Malmö FF	0–2	2–0	5–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	3–0		1–1	1–4	0–0
Mjällby AIF	0–6	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		3–3	2–4
Örgryte IS	1–0	7–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–1		2–2
Östers IF	0–1	0–0	3–1	5–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–0

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

Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1983 Allsvenskan play-offs was the second edition of the competition. The eight best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. IFK Göteborg who finished third in the league won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Öster who finished fourth in the league.

Quarter-finals

First leg

5 October 1983

Hammarby

2–5

AIK

Söderstadion, Stockholm

5 October 1983

Halmstad

1–2

Malmö FF

Örjans Vall, Halmstad

5 October 1983

Elfsborg

1–2

IFK Göteborg

Ryavallen, Borås

5 October 1983

Örgryte

0–1

Öster

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Second leg

9 October 1983

AIK

1–1
(6–3 agg.)

Hammarby

Råsunda, Solna

9 October 1983

Malmö FF

6–0
(8–1 agg.)

Halmstad

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

9 October 1983

IFK Göteborg

4–2
(6–3 agg.)

Elfsborg

Ullevi, Gothenburg

9 October 1983

Öster

4–0
(5–0 agg.)

Örgryte

Värendsvallen, Växjö

Semi-finals

First leg

23 October 1983

IFK Göteborg

3–0

AIK

Ullevi, Gothenburg

23 October 1983

Öster

1–0

Malmö FF

Värendsvallen, Växjö

Second leg

26 October 1983

AIK

2–0
(2–3 agg.)

IFK Göteborg

Råsunda, Solna

26 October 1983

Malmö FF

1–1
(1–2 agg.)

Öster

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Final

30 October 1983

Öster

1–1

IFK Göteborg

Värendsvallen, Växjö

5 November 1983

IFK Göteborg

3–0
(4–1 agg.)

Öster

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Ahlström	IF Elfsborg	15
2	Sören Börjesson	Örgryte IS	12
2	Mats Jingblad	Halmstads BK	12
4	Jan Mattsson	Östers IF	11
5	Peter Gerhardsson	Hammarby IF	10
6	Dan Corneliusson	IFK Göteborg	9
6	Thomas Johansson	AIK	9
8	Thomas Sunesson	Malmö FF	8
	Björn Nilsson	Malmö FF	8
	Glenn Martindahl	Örgryte IS	8
	Mikael Rönnberg	Malmö FF	8

Footnotes

References

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

[table_note_res_ECWC10.073976647608903-1] Malmö FF qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1983–84.

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