1997 Swedish football division 1

Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1997.

Swedish League Division 1

Season	1997
Champions	Hammarby IF Västra Frölunda IF
Promoted	Hammarby IF Västra Frölunda IF BK Häcken
Relegated	Lira Luleå BK Enköpings SK IF Brommapojkarna Vasalunds IF Hertzöga BK Myresjö IF IFK Malmö IK Oddevold
Top goalscorer	Mathias Larsson, Tomas Rosenkvist, and Kjell-Åke Engström (22 goals, Norra)[1] Hans Berggren (20 goals, Norra)[2]
← 1996 1998 →

Overview

It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Västra Frölunda IF won the championship.

Vasalunds IF was awarded technical losses in nine matches due to using four non-EU-players per match (among them Jones Kusi-Asare), one more than the allowed three.^[3]

League standings

Norra

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF	26	19	5	2	55	17	+38	62
2	Djurgårdens IF	26	17	6	3	65	30	+35	57
3	Umeå FC	26	12	7	7	52	38	+14	43
4	GIF Sundsvall	26	11	6	9	40	31	+9	39
5	Gefle IF	26	10	7	9	44	31	+13	37
6	Nacka FF	26	10	7	9	36	48	−12	37
7	IFK Luleå	26	9	9	8	27	29	−2	36
8	IK Brage	26	8	8	10	48	39	+9	32
9	Assyriska Föreningen	26	8	8	10	35	48	−13	32
10	Spårvägens FF	26	6	11	9	33	39	−6	29
11	Lira Luleå BK	26	7	8	11	36	45	−9	29
12	Enköpings SK	26	8	5	13	37	47	−10	29
13	IF Brommapojkarna	26	6	7	13	27	47	−20	25
14	Vasalunds IF	26	2	4	20	18	64	−46	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Södra

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Västra Frölunda IF	26	15	9	2	72	24	+48	54
2	BK Häcken	26	15	6	5	64	29	+35	51
3	Gunnilse IS	26	14	9	3	55	23	+32	51
4	Åtvidabergs FF	26	11	9	6	37	38	−1	42
5	Stenungsunds IF	26	11	7	8	43	35	+8	40
6	Mjällby AIF	26	9	10	7	42	38	+4	37
7	IFK Hässleholm	26	11	4	11	46	44	+2	37
8	Motala AIF	26	10	7	9	31	35	−4	37
9	Falkenbergs FF	26	9	8	9	50	38	+12	35
10	Norrby IF	26	8	9	9	41	45	−4	33
11	Hertzöga BK	26	5	11	10	34	53	−19	26
12	Myresjö IF	26	6	2	18	27	65	−38	20
13	IFK Malmö	26	3	8	15	30	63	−33	17
14	IK Oddevold	26	4	3	19	24	66	−42	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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