2004 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season	2004
Champions	Malmö FF
Relegated	Örebro SK (financial reasons); AIK; Trelleborgs FF
Champions League	Malmö FF
UEFA Cup	Halmstads BK
Matches played	182
Goals scored	443 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Markus Rosenberg, Halmstads BK (14)
Average attendance	9,768
	← 2003 2005 →

Allsvenskan 2004, part of the 2004 Swedish football season, was the 80th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 3 April 2004 and the last match was played 30 October 2004. Malmö FF won the league ahead of runners-up Halmstads BK, while AIK and Trelleborgs FF were relegated.

Summary

Djurgårdens IF announced in early November 2003 that the club would move its home games to Råsunda Stadium from 2004.^[1]
The game Hammarby IF-Malmö FF (0–0) was played in front of 15 626 spectators at Söderstadion in Stockholm on Tuesday, 6 April 2004. Following the game, a group of Malmö FF supporters were given mass media publicity for using a banner where three deceased well-known Hammarby IF-personalities were mocked.^[2]^[3]
Following riots during the game Hammarby IF-AIK (1-1) on Monday, 18 October at Råsunda Stadium AIK was required to play the home game against Örgryte IS on 24 October 2004 at the same stadium without any spectators.^[4] AIK lost, 0-3, and were related from Allsvenskan. Sportbladet's Lasse Sandlin described the atmosphere at the empty stadium as the "Valley of the Shadow of Death".^[5]
On Friday 5 November, the competition committee of the Swedish Football Association met to discuss debates regarding too many non-EU players. Örgryte IS was stripped on one point from the game GIF Sundsvall–Örgryte IS, which was played on 18 April 2004 and originally ended in a 1–1 draw. The result was changed, instead giving the victory to GIF Sundsvall, 3–0. The decision was criticised for changing the table following the end of the season. Malmö FF was involved in a similar decision, but not stripped on any points.^[6]

Participating clubs

Club	Last season	First season in league	First season of current spell
AIK	5th	1924–25	1981
Djurgårdens IF	1st	1927–28	2001
IF Elfsborg	10th	1926–27	1997
IFK Göteborg	7th	1924–25	1977
Halmstads BK	9th	1933–34	1993
Hammarby IF	2nd	1924–25	1998
Helsingborgs IF	6th	1924–25	1993
Kalmar FF	1st (Superettan)	1949–50	2004
Landskrona BoIS	11th	1924–25	2002
Malmö FF	3rd	1931–32	2001
GIF Sundsvall	12th	1965	2000
Trelleborgs FF	2nd (Superettan)	1985	2004
Örebro SK	8th	1946–47	1989
Örgryte IS	4th	1924–25	1995

Location of the 2004 Allsvenskan teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	26	15	7	4	44	21	+23	52	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Halmstads BK	26	14	8	4	53	27	+26	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	IFK Göteborg	26	14	5	7	33	20	+13	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Djurgårdens IF	26	11	8	7	38	32	+6	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[a]
5	Kalmar FF	26	10	10	6	27	18	+9	40
6	Hammarby IF	26	10	7	9	28	28	0	37
7	GIF Sundsvall	26	9	7	10	30	29	+1	34
8	Örebro SK (R)	26	9	6	11	32	45	−13	33	Relegation to Superettan^[b]
9	IF Elfsborg	26	8	8	10	25	32	−7	32
10	Helsingborgs IF	26	7	9	10	41	33	+8	30
11	Landskrona BoIS	26	7	9	10	27	33	−6	30
12	Örgryte IS (O)	26	6	9	11	24	35	−11	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13	AIK (R)	26	5	10	11	23	35	−12	25	Relegation to Superettan
14	Trelleborgs FF (R)	26	2	7	17	18	55	−37	13	Relegation to Superettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Djurgården qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2004.
^ After the 2004 season, The Swedish FA licensing committee denied Örebro the licence needed to play in Allsvenskan the next season due to the club's economic situation and they were thus relegated to Superettan 2005. Assyriska Föreningen were promoted in place of Örebro.

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	IFE	IFKG	HBK	HAM	HEL	KFF	LBoIS	MFF	GIFS	TFF	ÖSK	ÖIS
AIK		1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–3
Djurgårdens IF	3–1		3–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	5–0	5–1	2–1
IF Elfsborg	1–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–5	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–2
IFK Göteborg	1–0	2–0	3–0		0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–0
Halmstads BK	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1		2–1	3–2	1–0	5–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–2
Hammarby IF	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		2–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1
Helsingborgs IF	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	3–1		1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0
Kalmar FF	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Landskrona BoIS	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–1	0–2		2–1	3–2	4–0	0–1	0–2
Malmö FF	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–0	4–2	5–1	1–0
GIF Sundsvall	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	3–2		1–0	1–0	3–0^[7]
Trelleborgs FF	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–4	2–2	1–6	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–2	1–1
Örebro SK	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–5	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–3	3–0		1–0
Örgryte IS	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–2

Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

3 November 2004

19:00

Assyriska FF	2–1	Örgryte IS
Isakovic 5' Samura 51'		Paulinho 41'

Bårsta IP, Södertälje

Attendance: 5,242

Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

7 November 2004

13:10

Örgryte IS	1–0	Assyriska FF
Guðmundsson 90'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 7,485

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Stocksund)

2–2 on aggregate. Örgryte IS won on away goals.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Markus Rosenberg	Halmstads BK	14
2	Afonso Alves	Malmö FF	12
3	Andreas Johansson	Djurgårdens IF	11
4	Dedé Anderson	Kalmar FF	10
	Peter Graulund	Helsingborgs IF	10
	Peter Ijeh	IFK Göteborg	10
	Sharbel Touma	Halmstads BK	10
8	Mattias Lindström	Helsingborgs IF	9
8	Jonas Wallerstedt	GIF Sundsvall	9
10	Aílton Almeida	Örgryte IS	8
	Hasse Berggren	IF Elfsborg	8
	Niklas Skoog	Malmö FF	8

Attendances

	Club	Home average	Away average	Home high
1	Malmö FF	20,061	12,522	27,343
2	IFK Göteborg	14,618	13,681	38,983
3	AIK	13,881^[8]	11,264	27,612
4	Hammarby IF	12,877	11,797	24,165
5	Djurgårdens IF	12,322	11,651	32,590
6	Helsingborgs IF	10,169	8,550	16,069
7	Halmstads BK	9,113	9,063	16,867
8	Örgryte IS	7,518	8,341^[8]	40,186
9	Kalmar FF	7,123	8,261	9,031
10	Örebro SK	7,012	8,070	10,485
11	IF Elfsborg	6,443	8,686	10,635
12	GIF Sundsvall	6,270	7,848	8,040
13	Landskrona BoIS	5,881	8,526	11,036
14	Trelleborgs FF	3,459	8,487	9,843
—	Total	9,768	—	40,186

References

Print

Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Glanell, Tomas; Havik, Göran; Lindberg, Thomas; Persson, Gunnar; Ågren, Bengt, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Nylin, Lars (2004). Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder. Sundbyberg: Semic. ISBN 91-552-3168-3.

Online

Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
"SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
"svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

External links

Allsvenskan 2004 – Svensk Fotboll

Notes

^ "Djurgården flyttar till Råsunda" (in Swedish). Expressen. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ Jennifer Wegerup (7 April 2004). "Banderollen som förstörde festen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ Mathias Lühr (8 April 2004). "De hånade min farfar" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "AIK's straff" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 22 October 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ Lasse Sandlin (25 October 2004). "Superfiaskot" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "TU beslut 5 November 2004" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ After the season's end it was disclosed that Örgryte IS had played the away match against GIF Sundsvall with four non-EU/EEA players, one more player than the rules allowed. The result in the match was changed from 1–1 to a 0–3 loss. This had a positive effect on GIF Sundsvall which thus advanced one position in the final table.
^ ^a ^b AIK chose to play their last home match of the season against Örgryte IS without any attendance, AIK's average for the twelve other home games was 15,037 and Örgryte IS' average for the twelve other away games was 9,036.

[table_note_res_DIF0.83237352959457-7] Djurgården qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2004.

[table_note_res_ÖSK0.83237352959457-8] After the 2004 season, The Swedish FA licensing committee denied Örebro the licence needed to play in Allsvenskan the next season due to the club's economic situation and they were thus relegated to Superettan 2005. Assyriska Föreningen were promoted in place of Örebro.

[1] "Djurgården flyttar till Råsunda" (in Swedish). Expressen. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[2] Jennifer Wegerup (7 April 2004). "Banderollen som förstörde festen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[3] Mathias Lühr (8 April 2004). "De hånade min farfar" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[4] "AIK's straff" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 22 October 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[5] Lasse Sandlin (25 October 2004). "Superfiaskot" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[6] "TU beslut 5 November 2004" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[orgryteis-9] After the season's end it was disclosed that Örgryte IS had played the away match against GIF Sundsvall with four non-EU/EEA players, one more player than the rules allowed. The result in the match was changed from 1–1 to a 0–3 loss. This had a positive effect on GIF Sundsvall which thus advanced one position in the final table.

[aikoisatt-10] AIK chose to play their last home match of the season against Örgryte IS without any attendance, AIK's average for the twelve other home games was 15,037 and Örgryte IS' average for the twelve other away games was 9,036.

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