1996 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Season	1996
Champions	IFK Göteborg
Relegated	Umeå FC (after play-offs) Djurgårdens IF IK Oddevold
Champions League	IFK Göteborg
UEFA Cup	Malmö FF Helsingborgs IF Örebro SK ...
Top goalscorer	Andreas Andersson, IFK Göteborg (19)
Average attendance	4,989
← 1995 1997 →

Allsvenskan 1996, part of the 1996 Swedish football season, was the 72nd Allsvenskan season played. IFK Göteborg won the league ahead of runners-up Malmö FF, while Umeå FC, Djurgårdens IF and IK Oddevold were relegated.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Göteborg (C)	26	17	5	4	61	23	+38	56	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Malmö FF	26	13	7	6	33	26	+7	46	1997–98 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3	Helsingborgs IF	26	13	5	8	39	26	+13	44
4	AIK	26	12	7	7	36	23	+13	43	1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ^1
5	Örebro SK	26	13	3	10	34	29	+5	42	1997–98 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
6	Östers IF	26	10	6	10	37	39	−2	36	1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
7	Halmstads BK	26	9	8	9	34	37	−3	35
8	IFK Norrköping	26	9	7	10	31	29	+2	34
9	Degerfors IF	26	9	7	10	34	41	−7	34
10	Örgryte IS	26	8	7	11	27	30	−3	31
11	Umeå FC (R)	26	8	6	12	35	45	−10	30	Relegation Playoffs
12	Trelleborgs FF (O)	26	9	3	14	33	48	−15	30
13	Djurgårdens IF (R)	26	8	3	15	28	43	−15	27	Relegation to Division 1
14	IK Oddevold (R)	26	5	4	17	20	43	−23	19

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹AIK qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1996–97.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

Ljungskile SK v Umeå FC

October 30, 1996

Ljungskile SK	0–1	Umeå FC

Skarsjövallen, Ljungskile

Umeå FC v Ljungskile SK

November 3, 1996

Umeå FC	2–3 (ag)	Ljungskile SK

Gammliavallen, Umeå

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Hammarby IF v Trelleborgs FF

October 30, 1996

Hammarby IF	2–1	Trelleborgs FF

Söderstadion, Stockholm

Trelleborgs FF v Hammarby IF

November 3, 1996

Trelleborgs FF	3–1	Hammarby IF

Vångavallen, Trelleborg

References

Print

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Glanell, Tomas; Havik, Göran; Lindberg, Thomas; Persson, Gunnar; Ågren, Bengt, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Nylin, Lars (2004). Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder. Sundbyberg: Semic. ISBN 91-552-3168-3.

Online

• Glenning, Clas (2008). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16.