1987 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1987.

Allsvenskan

Season	1987
Champions	Malmö FF (Allsvenskan champions) IFK Göteborg (Swedish champions after play-offs)
Relegated	Halmstads BK IF Elfsborg
European Cup	IFK Göteborg
UEFA Cup	Malmö FF Östers IF IK Brage
Top goalscorer	Lars Larsson, Malmö FF (19)
Average attendance	4,504
← 1986 1988 →

Overview

Allsvenskan 1987 was played between 12 April and 4 October 1987 and was won by Malmö FF. The championship play-off finals were played from 10 to 31 October 1987 and was won by IFK Göteborg, who defeated Malmö FF in the final and thus became Swedish champions.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	22	14	6	2	50	21	+29	34	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
2	IFK Norrköping	22	11	7	4	33	19	+14	29	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	IFK Göteborg (S)	22	9	8	5	39	24	+15	26	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round
4	Östers IF	22	10	4	8	25	26	−1	24	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	IK Brage	22	7	10	5	21	23	−2	24	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Hammarby IF	22	6	10	6	37	27	+10	22
7	Västra Frölunda	22	6	9	7	21	29	−8	21
8	Örgryte IS	22	5	10	7	32	33	−1	20
9	AIK	22	5	10	7	15	17	−2	20
10	GIF Sundsvall	22	4	9	9	25	31	−6	17
11	Halmstads BK (R)	22	4	9	9	22	39	−17	17	Relegation to Division 1
12	IF Elfsborg (R)	22	3	4	15	18	49	−31	10

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:

1. IFK Norrköping qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1987–88.

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	GIF	HBK	HIF	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	IKB	MFF	VF	ÖIS	ÖIF
AIK		0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1
GIF Sundsvall	0–1		1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–4	2–0	2–4	0–1
Halmstads BK	0–0	0–0		0–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1
Hammarby IF	1–1	2–3	6–0		2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	4–3
IF Elfsborg	1–0	2–6	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–5	1–1
IFK Göteborg	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–0		3–2	2–3	1–2	6–1	1–2	0–0
IFK Norrköping	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–0	0–0		0–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–0
IK Brage	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1		0–3	1–1	4–0	1–0
Malmö FF	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0		2–2	2–2	0–0
Västra Frölunda	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	0–2
Örgryte IS	0–0	1–1	7–3	0–0	3–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	3–7	0–0		1–2
Östers IF	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–6	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0

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

Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1987 Allsvenskan play-offs was the sixth edition of the competition. The four 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 Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF.

Semi-finals

First leg

Öster v Malmö FF

10 October 1987

Öster

1–2

Malmö FF

Värendsvallen, Växjö

IFK Göteborg v IFK Norrköping

10 October 1987

IFK Göteborg

3–0

IFK Norrköping

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Second leg

Malmö FF v Öster

17 October 1987

Malmö FF

2–1 (4–2 agg.)

Öster

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Norrköping v IFK Göteborg

17 October 1987

IFK Norrköping

2–2 (2–5 agg.)

IFK Göteborg

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Final

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

24 October 1987

IFK Göteborg

1–0

Malmö FF

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

31 October 1987

Malmö FF

2–1 (ag) (2–2 agg.)

IFK Göteborg

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lars Larsson	Malmö FF	19
2	Mats Magnusson	Malmö FF	12
	Thomas Lundin	Hammarby IF	12
4	Stefan Pettersson	IFK Göteborg	10
5	Peter Karlsson	Örgryte IS	9
	Lennart Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	9
7	Göran Holter	IFK Norrköping	8
	Peter Truedsson	Östers IF	8
	Ulf Köhl	IF Elfsborg	8
	Anders Erlandsson	IK Brage	8