1998 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 1998, part of the 1998 Swedish football season, was the 74th Allsvenskan season played. AIK won the league ahead of runners-up Helsingborgs IF, while BK Häcken and Östers IF were relegated. AIK won the title despite having the fewest goals (25) scored in the league.

Allsvenskan

Season	1998
Champions	AIK
Relegated	BK Häcken Östers IF
Champions League	AIK
UEFA Cup	Helsingborgs IF
Top goalscorer	Arild Stavrum, Helsingborgs IF (18)
Average attendance	5,647
← 1997 1999 →

Of the 315 players who participated, fewer than half (147) were full-time professional footballers. Many were students, while just over a quarter (81) had full-time jobs outside football, although this proportion had substantially reduced from previous Allsvenskan seasons.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AIK (C)	26	11	13	2	25	15	+10	46	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Helsingborgs IF	26	12	8	6	43	28	+15	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Hammarby IF	26	11	9	6	39	34	+5	42	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
4	Halmstads BK	26	12	5	9	42	40	+2	41	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Västra Frölunda	26	10	8	8	29	31	−2	38
6	Örebro SK	26	10	6	10	35	38	−3	36
7	IFK Norrköping	26	9	8	9	43	35	+8	35
8	IFK Göteborg	26	9	8	9	27	29	−2	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
9	Malmö FF	26	9	6	11	35	30	+5	33
10	IF Elfsborg	26	8	9	9	36	33	+3	33
11	Trelleborgs FF (O)	26	8	8	10	31	35	−4	32	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	Örgryte IS (O)	26	7	7	12	35	36	−1	28
13	BK Häcken (R)	26	7	6	13	27	46	−19	27	Relegation to Division 1
14	Östers IF (R)	26	5	7	14	26	43	−17	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen runners-up 1998–99.

Relegation play-offs

November 12, 1998

Landskrona BoIS	2–3	Trelleborgs FF

?, Landskrona

November 15, 1998

Trelleborgs FF	4–1	Landskrona BoIS

?, Trelleborg

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November 12, 1998

Umeå FC	2–3	Örgryte IS

?, Umeå

November 15, 1998

Örgryte IS	3–0	Umeå FC

?, Gothenburg

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	BKH	HBK	HAIF	HEIF	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	MFF	TFF	VF	ÖSK	ÖIS	ÖIF
AIK		2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
BK Häcken	1–1		3–2	4–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–5	0–1	2–4	0–2	0–1
Halmstads BK	1–1	0–1		1–3	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2
Hammarby IF	0–2	3–3	1–1		3–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1
Helsingborgs IF	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2		2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	6–2	0–0	2–1	3–1
IF Elfsborg	1–1	2–0	3–4	0–1	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	2–1
IFK Göteborg	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–5	1–1
IFK Norrköping	2–0	5–1	4–6	1–2	3–4	1–1	0–1		2–1	3–0	1–3	4–0	1–1	1–0
Malmö FF	0–0	4–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–3	3–1	2–0
Trelleborgs FF	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
Västra Frölunda	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–3	3–1		1–1	1–0	3–0
Örebro SK	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–3	4–2	4–0	1–3	0–0	4–2	1–1		1–1	2–1
Örgryte IS	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0		4–4
Östers IF	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–1

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arild Stavrum	Helsingborgs IF	18
2	Hans Berggren	Hammarby IF	13
3	Christer Mattiasson	IF Elfsborg	12
4	Mats Lilienberg	Halmstads BK	11
5	Dan Sahlin	Örebro SK	10
	Dejan Pavlovic	Malmö FF	10
	Henrik Bertilsson	Örgryte IS	10
8	Tomas Rosenkvist	Västra Frölunda	8
	Andreas Hermansson	IFK Göteborg	8
	Andreas Ottosson	Östers IF	8
	Patrik Andersson	Hammarby IF	8