1997 Malmö FF season

Malmö FF were seriously involved in the 1997 chase for the Allsvenskan title, but fell short due to dropped points against bottom teams Degerfors and Öster in the 24th and 25th rounds out of 26. Having been unbeaten at home all season, playing decent possession football, the economic woes of the club forced them to sell Daniel Andersson and Yksel Osmanovski to Bari of Serie A the coming summer.

Malmö FF
1997 season
ManagerFrans Thijssen
Allsvenskan3rd
Svenska CupenPreliminary rounds
UEFA Cup2nd qualifying round
Top goalscorerNiclas Kindvall (12)

Squad (players used in Allsvenskan)

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Allsvenskan

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Halmstads BK (C) 26 17 1 8 49 27 +22 52 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg 26 14 7 5 50 32 +18 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Malmö FF 26 12 10 4 48 28 +20 46
4 Örebro SK 26 13 7 6 43 34 +9 46 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Örgryte IS 26 12 7 7 34 29 +5 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

6 April 1997 Round 1 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Västerås SK Malmö
Jönsson 19'
Mattisson 72'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
21 April 1997 Round 3 Malmö FF 2 – 0 Degerfors IF Malmö
Karlsson 72'
D. Andersson 72'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
5 May 1997 Round 5 IF Elfsborg 1 – 1 Malmö FF Borås
Berglund 90' (pen.) Mattisson 9' Stadium: Ryavallen
11 May 1997 Round 6 Malmö FF 3 – 0 Örgryte IS Malmö
Mattisson 10'
Pavlović 36'
Andrijevski 81'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
19 May 1997 Round 7 AIK 1 – 1 Malmö FF Solna
Nordin 65' Osmanovski 50' Stadium: Råsunda
25 May 1997 Round 8 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Östers IF Malmö
Kindvall 47' Eklund 54' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
1 June 1997 Round 9 Ljungskile SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF Ljungskile
Gravem 17' Andrijevski 47, 64' Stadium: Skarsjövallen
11 June 1997 Round 10 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Örebro SK Malmö
Andrijevski 70' Gawelin 47' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
16 June 1997 Round 11 Helsingborgs IF 2 – 1 Malmö FF Helsingborg
Jansson 12'
Nilsson 41' (pen.)
Kindvall 37' Stadium: Olympia
23 June 1997 Round 12 Malmö FF 5 – 2 Trelleborgs FF Malmö
Kindvall 34'
A. Andersson 47'
P. Olsson 52'
Osmanovski 57'
D. Andersson 74'
Hansson 15'
Thylander 53' (o.g.)
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
21 July 1997 Round 14 Malmö FF 1 – 1 IFK Göteborg Malmö
Thylander 30' Pettersson 74' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
30 July 1997 Round 15 Trelleborgs FF 2 – 1 Malmö FF Trelleborg
Hermansson 67, 90' Kindvall 86' Stadium: Vångavallen
3 August 1997 Round 16 Malmö FF 4 – 2 Helsingborgs IF Malmö
Osmanovski 5, 85'
D. Andersson 38' (pen.)
Kindvall 40'
Jonson 41'
Wahlstedt 73'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
9 August 1997 Round 17 Örebro SK 0 – 5 Malmö FF Örebro
Gudmundsson 3, 22'
Kindvall 8'
Enqvist 14'
Osmanovski 35'
Stadium: Eyravallen
16 August 1997 Round 18 Malmö FF 1 – 1 Ljungskile SK Malmö
Kindvall 52' B. Wålemark 90' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
23 August 1997 Round 19 Örgryte IS 0 – 2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
Kindvall 2, 84' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
31 August 1997 Round 20 Malmö FF 2 – 0 IF Elfsborg Malmö
Ohlsson 43'
Gudmundsson 71'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
14 September 1997 Round 21 Malmö FF 2 – 1 Halmstads BK Malmö
Kindvall 4'
Osmanovski 15'
Ljungberg 38' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
21 September 1997 Round 22 Västerås SK 1 – 2 Malmö FF Västerås
J. Svensson 47' Enqvist 8'
Mattisson 84'
Stadium: Arosvallen
29 September 1997 Round 23 Malmö FF 2 – 0 IFK Norrköping Malmö
Ohlsson 31'
Osmanovski 36'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
5 October 1997 Round 24 Degerfors IF 3 – 1 Malmö FF Degerfors
Ottosson 22, 61'
Radinović 74' (pen.)
Osmanovski 10' Stadium: Stora Valla
15 October 1997 Round 25 Östers IF 2 – 2 Malmö FF Växjö
Eklund 45'
F. Bild 76'
Osmanovski 11'
Kindvall 35'
Stadium: Värendsvallen
26 October 1997 Round 26 Malmö FF 0 – 0 AIK Malmö
Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Top scorers

Sources

  • Fotboll 1997 (Swedish football yearbook)
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