1989 Allsvenskan
# 1989 Allsvenskan

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 | Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to Division 1 |

* ↑ Djurgården qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1989–90.

## 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 | |

## Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs was the eight 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.

### Final

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 |
| 4 | Peter Karlsson | Örgryte IS | 8 |
| 4 | Tommy Frejdh | Halmstads BK | 8 |
| 4 | Stefan Lindkvist | Halmstads BK | 8 |
| 8 | Håkan Lindman | Malmö FF | 7 |
| 8 | Magnus Wikström | GIF Sundsvall | 7 |
| 8 | Kennet Andersson | IFK Göteborg | 7 |
| 8 | Simon Hunt | IK Brage | 7 |
| 8 | Dick Lidman | GIF Sundsvall | 7 |
| 8 | Kaj Eskelinen | Västra Frölunda IF | 7 |
