1983 Allsvenskan
# 1983 Allsvenskan

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 |
| 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 | Allsvenskan play-offs |
| 7 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 23 | Allsvenskan play-offs |
| 8 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 22 | Allsvenskan play-offs |
| 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 |

* ↑ 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 | |

## 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.

## 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 |
| 8 | Björn Nilsson | Malmö FF | 8 |
| 8 | Glenn Martindahl | Örgryte IS | 8 |
| 8 | Mikael Rönnberg | Malmö FF | 8 |
