1996 in Swedish football

The 1996 season in Swedish football, starting January 1996 and ending December 1996:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1996	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 1995–96	AIK	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1996	IFK Göteborg
2nd level	Division 1 Norra 1996	Västerås SK
	Division 1 Södra 1996	IF Elfsborg
Cup	Svenska Cupen 1995–96	AIK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 1 Norra 1996	Allsvenskan 1997	Västerås SK	Winners
Division 1 Södra 1996		IF Elfsborg	Winners
		Ljungskile SK	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 2 1996	Division 1 Norra 1997	Assyriska Föreningen	Winners of Västra Svealand
		Lira Luleå BK	Winners of Norrland
		Nacka FF	Winners of Östra Svealand
		Enköpings SK	Winners of qualification play-off
Division 2 1996	Division 1 Södra 1997	IFK Malmö	Winners of Södra Götaland
		Myresjö IF	Winners of Östra Götaland
		Norrby IF	Winners of Västra Götaland

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 1 Norra 1996	Division 1 Södra 1997	Hertzöga BK	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1996	Division 1 Norra 1996	Umeå FC	Losers of qualification play-off
		Djurgårdens IF	13th team
	Division 1 Södra 1997	IK Oddevold	14th team
Division 1 Norra 1996	Division 2 1997	Visby IF Gute	Losers of qualification play-off
		IK Sirius	12th team
		BK Forward	13th team
		Gimonäs CK	14th team
Division 1 Södra 1996	Division 2 1997	Lundby IF	12th team
		GAIS	13th team
		Kalmar FF	14th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
UEFA Champions League 1997–98	Qualifying round	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Allsvenskan
UEFA Cup 1997–98	Qualifying round	Malmö FF	2nd team in Allsvenskan
		Helsingborgs IF	3rd team in Allsvenskan
		Örebro SK	5th team in Allsvenskan[1]
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97	1st round	AIK	Winners of Svenska Cupen
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997	Group stage	Östers IF	6th team in Allsvenskan
		Halmstads BK	7th team in Allsvenskan

Domestic results

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football § Legend.

Allsvenskan 1996

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Göteborg	26	17	5	4	61	–	23	+38	56
2	Malmö FF	26	13	7	6	33	–	26	+7	46
3	Helsingborgs IF	26	13	5	8	39	–	26	+13	44
4	AIK	26	12	7	7	36	–	23	+13	43
5	Örebro SK	26	13	3	10	34	–	29	+5	42
6	Östers IF	26	10	6	10	37	–	39	-2	36
7	Halmstads BK	26	9	8	9	34	–	37	-3	35
8	IFK Norrköping	26	9	7	10	31	–	29	+2	34
9	Degerfors IF	26	9	7	10	34	–	41	-7	34
10	Örgryte IS	26	8	7	11	27	–	30	-3	31
11	Umeå FC	26	8	6	12	35	–	45	-10	30
12	Trelleborgs FF	26	9	3	14	33	–	48	-15	30
13	Djurgårdens IF	26	8	3	15	28	–	43	-15	27
14	IK Oddevold	26	5	4	17	20	–	43	-23	19

Allsvenskan qualification play-off 1996

Ljungskile SK	0–1	Umeå FC

October 30, 1996

?, Ljungskile

Umeå FC	2–3 (ag)	Ljungskile SK

November 3, 1996

?, Umeå

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Hammarby IF	2–1	Trelleborgs FF

October 30, 1996

?, Stockholm

Trelleborgs FF	3–1	Hammarby IF

November 3, 1996

?, Trelleborg

Division 1 Norra 1996

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Västerås SK	26	19	3	4	62	–	27	+35	60
2	Hammarby IF	26	16	4	6	61	–	37	+24	52
3	Spårvägens FF	26	14	5	7	51	–	28	+23	47
4	GIF Sundsvall	26	11	9	6	50	–	35	-15	42
5	IF Brommapojkarna	26	13	2	11	36	–	41	-5	41
6	IK Brage	26	11	7	8	42	–	37	+5	40
7	Gefle IF	26	12	3	11	38	–	36	+2	39
8	Hertzöga BK	26	9	6	11	29	–	39	+10	33
9	IFK Luleå	26	10	2	14	33	–	49	-16	32
10	Vasalunds IF	26	8	7	11	43	–	45	-2	31
11	Visby IF Gute	26	9	3	14	34	–	47	-13	30
12	IK Sirius	26	6	8	12	29	–	34	-5	26
13	BK Forward	26	5	5	16	30	–	51	-21	20
14	Gimonäs CK	26	4	6	16	26	–	58	-32	18

Division 1 Södra 1996

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IF Elfsborg	26	15	5	6	59	–	24	+35	50
2	Ljungskile SK	26	13	9	4	53	–	33	+20	48
3	Stenungsunds IF	26	14	3	9	36	–	31	+5	45
4	BK Häcken	26	13	5	8	54	–	36	+18	44
5	Mjällby AIF	26	10	9	7	48	–	40	+8	37
6	IFK Hässleholm	26	9	10	7	29	–	40	-11	37
7	Gunnilse IS	26	8	10	8	33	–	39	-6	34
8	Västra Frölunda IF	26	9	5	12	43	–	37	+6	32
9	Motala AIF	26	8	7	11	32	–	39	-7	31
10	Åtvidabergs FF	26	7	10	9	25	–	36	-11	31
11	Falkenbergs FF	26	8	7	11	35	–	47	-12	31
12	Lundby IF	26	8	5	13	37	–	53	-16	29
13	GAIS	26	5	9	12	41	–	52	-11	24
14	Kalmar FF	26	5	8	13	21	–	39	-18	23

Division 1 qualification play-off 1996

1st round

Piteå IF	0–2	Visby IF Gute

October 26, 1996

?, ?

Visby IF Gute	1–0	Piteå IF

October 30, 1996

?, ?

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Enköpings SK	2–2	Sandvikens IF

October 26, 1996

?, ?

Sandvikens IF	2–2 2–3 (aet)	Enköpings SK

October 30, 1996

?, ?

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Kalmar AIK	1–5	Falkenbergs FF

October 27, 1996

?, ?

Falkenbergs FF	2–1	Kalmar AIK

October 30, 1996

?, ?

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Högaborgs BK	1–1	Qviding FIF

October 27, 1996

?, ?

Qviding FIF	3–1	Högaborgs BK

October 30, 1996

?, ?

2nd round

Visby IF Gute	1–0	Enköpings SK

November 3, 1996

?, ?

Enköpings SK	3–1	Visby IF Gute

November 9, 1996

?, ?

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Falkenbergs FF	4–2	Qviding FIF

November 3, 1996

?, ?

Qviding FIF	2–2	Falkenbergs FF

November 9, 1996

?, ?

Svenska Cupen 1995–96

Final

AIK	0–0 1–0 (agg)	Malmö FF

May 23, 1996

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

National team results

Main article: Sweden national football team 1996