2002 Allsvenskan Explained

Competition:Allsvenskan
Season:2002
Winners:Djurgårdens IF
Relegated:IFK Norrköping
Kalmar FF
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Djurgårdens IF
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Malmö FF
Matches:182
Total Goals:512
League Topscorer:Peter Ijeh, Malmö FF (24)
Average Attendance:10,180
Prevseason:2001
Nextseason:2003

Allsvenskan 2002, part of the 2002 Swedish football season, was the 78th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 6 April 2002 and the last match was played 2 November 2002. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up Malmö FF, while IFK Norrköping and Kalmar FF were relegated.

Participating clubs

ClubLast seasonFirst season
in league
First season of
current spell
AIK3rd1924–251981
Djurgårdens IF2nd1927–282001
IF Elfsborg10th1926–271997
IFK Göteborg4th1924–251977
Halmstads BK7th1933–341993
Hammarby IF1st1924–251998
Helsingborgs IF5th1924–251993
Kalmar FF1st (Superettan)1949–502002
Landskrona BoIS2nd (Superettan)1924–252002
Malmö FF9th1931–322001
IFK Norrköping12th1924–251984
GIF Sundsvall11th19652000
Örebro SK8th1946–471989
Örgryte IS6th1924–251995

League table

Relegation play-offs

----IFK Göteborg won 3–1 on aggregate.----

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Peter IjehMalmö FF24
2 Álvaro SantosHelsingborgs IF16
3 Afonso AlvesÖrgryte IS13
4 Kim KällströmDjurgårdens IF12
Peter MarkstedtHammarby IF12
6 Kennedy BakirciogluHammarby IF11
Daniel NannskogLandskrona BoIS11
Antti SumialaIFK Norrköping11
9 Andreas JohanssonDjurgårdens IF10
10 Hasse BerggrenIF Elfsborg9
Niklas SkoogMalmö FF9

Attendances

ClubHome averageAway averageHome high
1AIK16,55112,72731,948
2Djurgårdens IF14,24613,44229,423
3Hammarby IF13,29612,51127,888
4Malmö FF13,05810,79224,570
5IFK Göteborg11,41712,75142,386
6IFK Norrköping10,9578,44616,047
7Helsingborgs IF10,4399,52216,069
8Örgryte IS8,75011,00537,763
9Örebro SK8,0397,74411,936
10IF Elfsborg7,6689,50716,663
11Landskrona BoIS7,5469,92411,902
12Halmstads BK6,9408,49010,552
13Kalmar FF6,7097,9699,290
14GIF Sundsvall6,4767,2638,255
Total10,15042,386

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