1983 in Swedish football

The 1983 season in Swedish football, starting January 1983 and ending December 1983:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1983	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Allsvenskan play-off
Swedish Cup Champions 1982–83	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1983	AIK
	Allsvenskan play-off 1983	IFK Göteborg
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1983	IFK Norrköping
	Södra 1983	Kalmar FF
Cup	Svenska Cupen 1982–83	IFK Göteborg

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1983	Allsvenskan 1984	IFK Norrköping	Winners of promotion play-off
Södra 1983		Kalmar FF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1983	Division 2 Norra 1984	Degerfors IF	Winners of promotion play-off
		Nyköpings BIS	Winners of promotion play-off
		Skellefteå AIK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1983	Södra 1984	GAIS	Winners of promotion play-off
		Lunds BK	Winners of promotion play-off
		Norrby IF	Winners of promotion play-off

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Södra 1983	Division 2 Norra 1984	Åtvidabergs FF	Geographic composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1983	Södra 1984	Mjällby AIF	11th team
		BK Häcken	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1983	Division 3 1984	Ope IF	12th team
Södra 1983	Division 3 1984	Karlskrona AIF	12th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
European Cup 1984–85	1st round	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Allsvenskan play-off
1984–85	1st round	AIK	Winners of Allsvenskan[1]
		Östers IF	4th team in Allsvenskan[2]
1983–84	1st round	Hammarby IF	Runners-up of Svenska Cupen[3]
International Football Cup 1984	Group stage	AIK	Winners of Allsvenskan
		Malmö FF	2nd team in Allsvenskan
		IFK Göteborg	3rd team in Allsvenskan
		Östers IF	4th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 1983

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	AIK	22	13	6	3	37	–	12	+25	32
2	Malmö FF	22	12	5	5	46	–	30	+16	29
3	IFK Göteborg	22	11	5	6	35	–	19	+16	27
4	Östers IF	22	10	7	5	32	–	18	+14	27
5	Hammarby IF	22	10	5	7	41	–	32	+9	25
6	Halmstads BK	22	10	5	7	32	–	34	-2	25
7	IF Elfsborg	22	7	9	6	31	–	31	0	23
8	Örgryte IS	22	6	10	6	34	–	26	+8	22
9	IK Brage	22	5	6	11	21	–	40	-19	16
10	Gefle IF	22	4	5	13	21	–	37	-16	13
11	Mjällby AIF	22	3	7	12	18	–	44	-26	13
12	BK Häcken	22	2	8	12	16	–	41	-25	12

Allsvenskan play-off 1983

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1983

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Division 2 Norra 1983

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Norrköping	22	16	3	3	68	–	14	+54	35
2	Djurgårdens IF	22	13	5	4	46	–	22	+24	31
3	Örebro SK	22	10	7	5	36	–	27	+9	27
4	IF Brommapojkarna	22	11	4	7	37	–	33	+4	24
5	Västerås SK	22	9	5	8	39	–	41	-2	23
6	Sandvikens IF	22	8	6	8	26	–	29	-3	22
7	IFK Sundsvall	22	8	5	9	30	–	29	+1	21
8	Vasalunds IF	22	6	7	9	27	–	38	-11	19
9	Karlslunds IF	22	4	8	10	26	–	37	-11	16
10	IFK Västerås	22	6	3	13	26	–	52	-26	15
11	IFK Eskilstuna	22	5	5	12	15	–	41	-26	15
12	Ope IF	22	4	6	12	23	–	36	-13	14

Division 2 Södra 1983

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Kalmar FF	22	14	4	4	34	–	15	+19	32
2	IFK Malmö	22	13	2	7	41	–	24	+17	28
3	Landskrona BoIS	22	12	3	7	35	–	23	+12	27
4	Åtvidabergs FF	22	9	7	6	26	–	17	+9	25
5	IS Halmia	22	7	9	6	31	–	23	+8	23
6	Kalmar AIK	22	8	7	7	31	–	31	0	23
7	Trelleborgs FF	22	8	6	8	26	–	28	-2	22
8	Myresjö IF	22	7	7	8	25	–	27	-2	21
9	Grimsås IF	22	5	10	7	27	–	35	-8	20
10	Västra Frölunda IF	22	5	9	8	18	–	26	-8	19
11	Helsingborgs IF	22	6	5	11	22	–	32	-10	17
12	Karlskrona AIF	22	1	5	16	14	–	49	-35	7

Division 2 promotion play-off 1983

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Svenska Cupen 1982–83

Final

National team results

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Notes

References

Print

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• Andersson, Torbjörn (2002). Kung fotboll: den svenska fotbollens kulturhistoria från 1800-talets slut till 1950. Eslöv: Brutus Östlings bokförlag Symposion.
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• Jönsson, Åke (2006). Fotboll: hur världens största sport växte fram. Lund: Historiska media.
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• Persson, Lennart K. (2002). "Fotbollens uppkomst och tidiga utveckling i Sverige och Göteborg". Idrottsarvet: årets bok (2002): 31–69.

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• "Fakta och historik". AIK Fotboll. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
• Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
• Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
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