2002 Allsvenskan
# 2002 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2002, part of the 2002 Swedish football season, was the 78th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 6 April 2002 and the last match was played 2 November 2002. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up Malmö FF, while IFK Norrköping and Kalmar FF were relegated.

## Participating clubs

| Club | Last season | First season in league | First season of current spell |
| - | - | - | - |
| AIK | 3rd | 1924–25 | 1981 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2nd | 1927–28 | 2001 |
| IF Elfsborg | 10th | 1926–27 | 1997 |
| IFK Göteborg | 4th | 1924–25 | 1977 |
| Halmstads BK | 7th | 1933–34 | 1993 |
| Hammarby IF | 1st | 1924–25 | 1998 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 5th | 1924–25 | 1993 |
| Kalmar FF | 1st (Superettan) | 1949–50 | 2002 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2nd (Superettan) | 1924–25 | 2002 |
| Malmö FF | 9th | 1931–32 | 2001 |
| IFK Norrköping | 12th | 1924–25 | 1984 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 11th | 1965 | 2000 |
| Örebro SK | 8th | 1946–47 | 1989 |
| Örgryte IS | 6th | 1924–25 | 1995 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 | |
| 5 | AIK | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 6 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 36 | |
| 7 | Örebro SK | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | GIF Sundsvall | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 33 | |
| 9 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 32 | |
| 10 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Landskrona BoIS | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 30 | |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg (O) | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | IFK Norrköping (R) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 27 | Relegation to Superettan |
| 14 | Kalmar FF (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 24 | Relegation to Superettan |

* ↑ AIK qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen runners-up 2002.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | IFE | IFKG | HBK | HAM | HEL | KFF | LBoIS | MFF | IFKN | GIFS | ÖSK | ÖIS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AIK | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 3–4 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| IF Elfsborg | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 |
| Halmstads BK | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hammarby IF | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kalmar FF | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Malmö FF | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| GIF Sundsvall | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Örebro SK | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 3–2 |
| Örgryte IS | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

IFK Göteborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peter Ijeh | Malmö FF | 24 |
| 2 | Álvaro Santos | Helsingborgs IF | 16 |
| 3 | Afonso Alves | Örgryte IS | 13 |
| 4 | Kim Källström | Djurgårdens IF | 12 |
| 4 | Peter Markstedt | Hammarby IF | 12 |
| 6 | Kennedy Bakircioglu | Hammarby IF | 11 |
| 6 | Daniel Nannskog | Landskrona BoIS | 11 |
| 6 | Antti Sumiala | IFK Norrköping | 11 |
| 9 | Andreas Johansson | Djurgårdens IF | 10 |
| 10 | Hasse Berggren | IF Elfsborg | 9 |
| 10 | Niklas Skoog | Malmö FF | 9 |

### Attendances

| | Club | Home average | Away average | Home high |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AIK | 16,551 | 12,727 | 31,948 |
| 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 14,246 | 13,442 | 29,423 |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 13,296 | 12,511 | 27,888 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 13,058 | 10,792 | 24,570 |
| 5 | IFK Göteborg | 11,417 | 12,751 | 42,386 |
| 6 | IFK Norrköping | 10,957 | 8,446 | 16,047 |
| 7 | Helsingborgs IF | 10,439 | 9,522 | 16,069 |
| 8 | Örgryte IS | 8,750 | 11,005 | 37,763 |
| 9 | Örebro SK | 8,039 | 7,744 | 11,936 |
| 10 | IF Elfsborg | 7,668 | 9,507 | 16,663 |
| 11 | Landskrona BoIS | 7,546 | 9,924 | 11,902 |
| 12 | Halmstads BK | 6,940 | 8,490 | 10,552 |
| 13 | Kalmar FF | 6,709 | 7,969 | 9,290 |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall | 6,476 | 7,263 | 8,255 |
| — | Total | 10,150 | — | 42,386 |
