Allsvenskan 2003, part of the 2003 Swedish football season, was the 79th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 5 April 2003 and the last match was played 26 October 2003. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up Hammarby IF, while Östers IF and Enköpings SK were relegated.

Allsvenskan
Season2003
ChampionsDjurgårdens IF
RelegatedÖsters IF
Enköpings SK
Champions LeagueDjurgårdens IF
UEFA CupHammarby IF
Matches played182
Goals scored518 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerNiklas Skoog, Malmö FF (22)
Average attendance10,208
2002
2004

Participating clubs

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Club Last season First season
in league
First season of
current spell
AIK 5th 1924–25 1981
Djurgårdens IF 1st 1927–28 2001
Enköpings SK 2nd (Superettan) 2003 2003
IF Elfsborg 10th 1926–27 1997
IFK Göteborg 12th 1924–25 1977
Halmstads BK 6th 1933–34 1993
Hammarby IF 9th 1924–25 1998
Helsingborgs IF 4th 1924–25 1993
Landskrona BoIS 11th 1924–25 2002
Malmö FF 2nd 1931–32 2001
GIF Sundsvall 8th 1965 2000
Örebro SK 7th 1946–47 1989
Örgryte IS 3rd 1924–25 1995
Östers IF 1st (Superettan) 1968 2003

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Djurgårdens IF (C) 26 19 1 6 62 26 +36 58 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hammarby IF 26 15 6 5 50 30 +20 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Malmö FF 26 14 6 6 50 23 +27 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Örgryte IS 26 14 3 9 42 40 +2 45
5 AIK 26 11 6 9 39 34 +5 39
6 Helsingborgs IF 26 11 5 10 35 36 −1 38
7 IFK Göteborg 26 10 7 9 37 28 +9 37
8 Örebro SK 26 10 7 9 29 33 −4 37
9 Halmstads BK 26 11 3 12 41 37 +4 36
10 IF Elfsborg 26 9 7 10 29 34 −5 34 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
11 Landskrona BoIS 26 8 8 10 26 39 −13 32
12 GIF Sundsvall (O) 26 3 10 13 25 43 −18 19 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 Östers IF[b] (R) 26 3 8 15 31 56 −25 17 UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to Superettan
14 Enköpings SK (R) 26 3 5 18 22 59 −37 14 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:
  1. ^ Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.
  2. ^ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

Results

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Home \ Away AIK DIF ESK IFE IFKG HBK HAM HEL LBoIS MFF GIFS ÖSK ÖIS ÖIF
AIK 3–3 3–0 4–0 0–2 4–2 1–3 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1
Djurgårdens IF 2–1 3–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–3 5–2
Enköpings SK 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 0–2
IF Elfsborg 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 4–0
IFK Göteborg 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 5–2 1–0
Halmstads BK 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–4 3–0 0–4 2–0 2–3 2–1 3–0
Hammarby IF 1–1 2–3 7–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 2–2
Helsingborgs IF 5–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–3
Landskrona BoIS 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0
Malmö FF 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 6–0 5–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–2
GIF Sundsvall 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1
Örebro SK 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–1
Örgryte IS 3–1 0–3 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–4 1–0 2–0 4–2
Östers IF 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 4–4 3–3 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2
Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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BK Häcken1–2GIF Sundsvall
Uusimäki   64' Svenning   19' (pen.)
Lundqvist   47'
Attendance: 2,317

GIF Sundsvall0–1BK Häcken
Skiljo   46'

2–2 on aggregate. GIF Sundsvall won on away goals.


Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Niklas Skoog Malmö FF 22
2   Paulinho Guará Örgryte IS 14
  Kim Källström Djurgårdens IF 14
4   Gustaf Andersson Helsingborgs IF 12
  Kennedy Bakircioglü Hammarby IF 12
  Andreas Johansson Djurgårdens IF 12
7   Afonso Alves Örgryte IS 10
  Mikael Andersson Hammarby IF 10
  Geert den Ouden Djurgårdens IF 10
  Igor Sypniewski Halmstads BK 10

Attendances

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Club Home average Away average Home high
1 Malmö FF 18,716 10,367 27,477
2 AIK 17,302 12,489 35,197
3 Djurgårdens IF 16,083 16,852 34,267
4 Hammarby IF 14,025 12,604 35,611
5 IFK Göteborg 11,586 13,241 40,382
6 Helsingborgs IF 10,235 9,567 15,460
7 Örgryte IS 8,654 10,337 37,026
8 IF Elfsborg 7,733 8,292 11,205
9 Örebro SK 7,508 8,054 11,739
10 Halmstads BK 7,506 8,158 14,435
11 Östers IF 7,025 9,259 13,215
12 Landskrona BoIS 6,436 8,716 11,375
13 GIF Sundsvall 5,675 7,418 7,675
14 Enköpings SK 4,451 7,582 9,102
Total 10,210 40,382

References

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