1990 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 1990, part of the 1990 Swedish football season, was the 66th Allsvenskan season played. IFK Göteborg won the league ahead of runners-up IFK Norrköping, while IK Brage, Örgryte IS and Hammarby IF were relegated.

Allsvenskan

Season	1990
Champions	IFK Göteborg (Allsvenskan champions and Swedish champions after play-offs)
Relegated	IK Brage Örgryte IS Hammarby IF
European Cup	IFK Göteborg
UEFA Cup	Örebro SK Östers IF
Top goalscorer	Kaj Eskelinen, IFK Göteborg (10)
Average attendance	4,608
← 1989 1991 →

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IFK Göteborg winning the league and the Swedish championship after the play-offs.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Göteborg (C, S)	22	14	3	5	39	22	+17	45	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to European Cup first round
2	IFK Norrköping	22	12	4	6	41	23	+18	40	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Örebro SK	22	10	6	6	23	17	+6	36	Allsvenskan play-offs, Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Östers IF	22	10	6	6	28	27	+1	36
5	Djurgårdens IF	22	9	6	7	37	23	+14	33
6	Malmö FF	22	6	10	6	20	15	+5	28
7	GAIS	22	7	7	8	17	17	0	28
8	AIK	22	8	3	11	25	39	−14	27
9	Halmstads BK	22	7	5	10	27	34	−7	26
10	IK Brage (R)	22	5	9	8	23	26	−3	24	Relegation to Division 1
11	Örgryte IS (R)	22	6	3	13	22	40	−18	21
12	Hammarby IF (R)	22	5	4	13	32	51	−19	19

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 1990–91.

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	GAIS	HBK	HIF	IFKG	IFKN	IKB	MFF	ÖSK	ÖIS	ÖIF
AIK		1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–1		2–1	2–0	9–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	7–1	4–0
GAIS	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0
Halmstads BK	2–2	0–0	3–0		4–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–0
Hammarby IF	4–1	3–0	0–2	1–2		2–4	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	4–2	2–2
IFK Göteborg	5–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0
IFK Norrköping	4–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	6–0		2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–2
IK Brage	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Malmö FF	2–3	0–0	0–0	5–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–1		0–0	0–2	1–1
Örebro SK	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–6	1–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	0–0
Örgryte IS	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–2		2–3
Östers IF	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	5–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0

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

Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1990 Allsvenskan play-offs was the ninth and final edition of the competition. The four best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. Allsvenskan champions IFK Göteborg won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating IFK Norrköping who finished as runners-up in the league.

Semi-finals

First leg

Örebro v IFK Göteborg

13 October 1990

Örebro

1–1

IFK Göteborg

Eyravallen, Örebro

Öster v IFK Norrköping

13 October 1990

Öster

4–3

IFK Norrköping

Värendsvallen, Växjö

Second leg

IFK Göteborg v Örebro

21 October 1990

IFK Göteborg

2–1 (3–2 agg.)

Örebro

Ullevi, Gothenburg

IFK Norrköping v Öster

20 October 1990

IFK Norrköping

(ag) 2–1 (5–5 agg.)

Öster

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Final

IFK Norrköping v IFK Göteborg

28 October 1990

IFK Norrköping

0–3

IFK Göteborg

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

IFK Göteborg v IFK Norrköping

3 November 1990

IFK Göteborg

0–0 (3–0 agg.)

IFK Norrköping

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kaj Eskelinen	IFK Göteborg	10
2	Peter Skoog	Djurgårdens IF	8
	Jan Hellström	IFK Norrköping	8
	Kenneth Andersson	IFK Göteborg	8
	Niclas Jönsson	Hammarby IF	8
	Nicklas Karlström	Djurgårdens IF	8
	Patrik Andersson	IFK Norrköping	8
8	Martin Dahlin	Malmö FF	7
	Tomas Brolin	IFK Norrköping	7
	Steve Whitton	Halmstads BK	7
	Hans Eklund	Östers IF	7
	Tor Arne Fredheim	IFK Norrköping	7
	Magnus Gustafsson	GAIS	7
	Lasse Asp	Hammarby IF	7