1978 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Season	1978
Champions	Östers IF
Relegated	Örebro SK Västerås SK
European Cup	Östers IF
UEFA Cup	Malmö FF Kalmar FF ...
Top goalscorer	Tommy Berggren, Djurgårdens IF (19)
Average attendance	6,670
← 1977 1979 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1978.

Overview

The league was contested by 14 teams, with Östers IF winning the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Östers IF (C)	26	15	8	3	46	20	+26	38	1979–80 European Cup First round
2	Malmö FF	26	12	8	6	29	15	+14	32	1979–80 UEFA Cup First round
3	IFK Göteborg	26	13	5	8	39	29	+10	31	1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
4	Kalmar FF	26	11	9	6	35	30	+5	31	1979–80 UEFA Cup First round
5	Djurgårdens IF	26	10	10	6	50	32	+18	30
6	IF Elfsborg	26	10	9	7	44	37	+7	29
7	AIK	26	10	7	9	31	35	−4	27
8	Halmstads BK	26	7	11	8	24	29	−5	25
9	Hammarby IF	26	9	5	12	32	38	−6	23
10	Landskrona BoIS	26	6	10	10	28	38	−10	22
11	IFK Norrköping	26	7	7	12	33	39	−6	21
12	Åtvidabergs FF	26	9	1	16	31	42	−11	19
13	Örebro SK (R)	26	5	8	13	31	45	−14	18	Relegation to Division 2
14	Västerås SK (R)	26	6	6	14	20	44	−24	18

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1978–79.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.