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54th season of Allsvenskan Football league season

Allsvenskan
Season	1978
Champions	Östers IF
Relegated	Örebro SK Västerås SK
European Cup	Östers IF
UEFA Cup	Malmö FF Kalmar FF
Top goalscorer	Tommy Berggren, Djurgårdens IF (19)
Average attendance	6,670
← 1977 1979 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1978.

Overview

The league was contested by 14 teams, with Östers IF winning the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Östers IF (C)	26	15	8	3	46	20	+26	38	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Malmö FF	26	12	8	6	29	15	+14	32	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	IFK Göteborg	26	13	5	8	39	29	+10	31	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Kalmar FF	26	11	9	6	35	30	+5	31	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Djurgårdens IF	26	10	10	6	50	32	+18	30
6	IF Elfsborg	26	10	9	7	44	37	+7	29
7	AIK	26	10	7	9	31	35	−4	27
8	Halmstads BK	26	7	11	8	24	29	−5	25
9	Hammarby IF	26	9	5	12	32	38	−6	23
10	Landskrona BoIS	26	6	10	10	28	38	−10	22
11	IFK Norrköping	26	7	7	12	33	39	−6	21
12	Åtvidabergs FF	26	9	1	16	31	42	−11	19
13	Örebro SK (R)	26	5	8	13	31	45	−14	18	Relegation to Division 2
14	Västerås SK (R)	26	6	6	14	20	44	−24	18	Relegation to Division 2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1978–79.

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	HBK	HIF	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	KFF	BOIS	MFF	VSK	ÅFF	ÖSK	ÖIF
AIK		0–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0
Djurgårdens IF	0–0		4–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	7–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2
Halmstads BK	1–2	2–2		1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Hammarby IF	1–1	4–1	0–0		2–4	0–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–2
IF Elfsborg	3–1	3–3	1–1	2–3		4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2
IFK Göteborg	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–0		4–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2
IFK Norrköping	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–1		1–2	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–3	0–0	1–0
Kalmar FF	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	2–1	0–1	2–1		0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2
Landskrona BoIS	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–2	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2
Malmö FF	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		3–1	1–0	0–2	1–2
Västerås SK	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–4	1–1	2–1		0–4	4–2	1–0
Åtvidabergs FF	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–3	3–0	0–3	3–1		2–3	1–2
Örebro SK	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0		1–1
Östers IF	5–0	2–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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League competitions

Men	Allsvenskan Division 2 Division 3
Women	Division 1

Cup competitions

Men	Svenska Cupen ('77–'78 (Final), '78–'79)

European competitions

Men	European Cup ('77–'78, '78–'79) European Cup Winners' Cup ('77–'78, '78–'79) UEFA Cup ('77–'78, '78–'79)

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80