1998 Allsvenskan Explained

Competition:	Allsvenskan
Season:	1998
Winners:	AIK
Relegated:	BK Häcken Östers IF
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	AIK
Continentalcup2:	UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Helsingborgs IF
League Topscorer:	Arild Stavrum, Helsingborgs IF (18)
Average Attendance:	5,647
Prevseason:	1997
Nextseason:	1999

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.

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]

Relegation play-offs

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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

References

Print

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Online

• Web site: Glenning . Clas . Sweden final tables . 2008 . 2008-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018214744/http://geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/swedish_footballpage.htm . 2009-10-18 . dead .
• Web site: SFS-Bolletinen . Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker . 2008 . 2008-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20081003235325/http://www.bolletinen.se/. 3 October 2008 . live.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lundh . Olof . Olof Lundh . Allsvenskan enligt Lundh: Makten, pengarna och tystnaden i svensk klubbfotboll . 2018 . Albert Bonniers Förlag . 9789100175252 . 66 . 19 February 2021 . Swedish . 147 av de 315 spelarna var heltidsproffs. En hel del pluggade och bara 81 av spelarna jobbade heltid, något som varit mycket vanligt bara några år tidigare..