1989 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1989.

Overview

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (AC)	22	12	7	3	35	11	+24	31	1989 Allsvenskan play-offs, 1990–91 European Cup First round
2	IFK Norrköping (SC)	22	12	5	5	45	24	+21	29	1989 Allsvenskan play-offs, 1990–91 UEFA Cup First round
3	GAIS	22	9	8	5	31	20	+11	26
4	Örebro SK	22	10	6	6	25	21	+4	26	1990 Allsvenskan play-offs
5	Halmstads BK	22	11	3	8	30	31	−1	25
6	Djurgårdens IF	22	9	5	8	23	24	−1	23	1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
7	IFK Göteborg	22	9	4	9	34	29	+5	22
8	AIK	22	5	11	6	26	29	−3	21
9	Örgryte IS	22	6	9	7	19	28	−9	21
10	IK Brage	22	6	5	11	22	31	−9	17
11	GIF Sundsvall (R)	22	4	5	13	30	40	−10	13	Relegation to Division 1
12	Västra Frölunda (R)	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Djurgården qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1989–90.
(AC) = Allsvenskan Champion; (SC) = Swedish Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

1989 Allsvenskan play-offs

The 1989 Allsvenskan play-offs was the eight edition of the competition. The four best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. League runners-up IFK Norrköping won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF. The champion was determined by a final in best of three matches in contrast to previous years.

Semi-finals

First leg

GAIS v Malmö FF

14 October 1989	GAIS	2–2	Malmö FF	Ullevi, Gothenburg

Örebro v IFK Norrköping

14 October 1989	Örebro	1–1	IFK Norrköping	Eyravallen, Örebro

Second leg

Malmö FF v GAIS

28 October 1989	Malmö FF	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	GAIS	Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Norrköping v Örebro

29 October 1989	IFK Norrköping	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Örebro	Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Final

IFK Norrköping v Malmö FF

4 November 1989	IFK Norrköping	0–2	Malmö FF	Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Malmö FF v IFK Norrköping

11 November 1989	Malmö FF	0–1	IFK Norrköping	Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Malmö FF v IFK Norrköping

15 November 1989	Malmö FF	0–0 0–0 (aet) 3–4 (apen)	IFK Norrköping	Malmö Stadion, Malmö

IFK Norrköping won 2–1 in matches.