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
Manager	Frans Thijssen
Allsvenskan	3rd
Svenska Cupen	Preliminary rounds
UEFA Cup	2nd qualifying round
Top goalscorer	Niclas Kindvall (12)

Squad (players used in Allsvenskan)

Goalkeepers

• Jonnie Fedel

Defenders

• Mattias Thylander
• Jörgen Ohlsson
• Christian Karlsson
• Tommy Jönsson
• Brune Tavell
• Olof Persson
• Mike Owusu
• Jonas Wirmola

Midfielders

• Hasse Mattisson
• Daniel Andersson
• Goran Trpevski
• Anders Andersson
• Björn Enqvist
• Niklas Gudmundsson

Attackers

• Yksel Osmanovski
• Patrik Olsson
• Dejan Pavlović
• Greger Andrijevski
• Niclas Kindvall

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) Champion.

Matches

Malmö FF v Västerås SK

6 April 1997 Round 1	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Västerås SK	Malmö
	Jönsson  19' Mattisson  72'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Halmstads BK v Malmö FF

13 April 1997 Round 2	Halmstads BK	3 – 1	Malmö FF	Halmstad
	R. Andersson  53' Mattsson  65' Sakiri  90'		A. Andersson  50'	Stadium: Örjans Vall

Malmö FF v Degerfors IF

21 April 1997 Round 3	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Degerfors IF	Malmö
	Karlsson  72' D. Andersson  72'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

IFK Norrköping v Malmö FF

24 April 1997 Round 4	IFK Norrköping	2 – 2	Malmö FF	Norrköping
	Suominen  28' Saarenpää  84'		Kindvall  4' D. Andersson  14'	Stadium: Idrottsparken

IF Elfsborg v Malmö FF

5 May 1997 Round 5	IF Elfsborg	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Borås
	Berglund  90' (pen.)		Mattisson  9'	Stadium: Ryavallen

Malmö FF v Örgryte IS

11 May 1997 Round 6	Malmö FF	3 – 0	Örgryte IS	Malmö
	Mattisson  10' Pavlović  36' Andrijevski  81'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

AIK v Malmö FF

19 May 1997 Round 7	AIK	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Solna
	Nordin  65'		Osmanovski  50'	Stadium: Råsunda

Malmö FF v Östers IF

25 May 1997 Round 8	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Östers IF	Malmö
	Kindvall  47'		Eklund  54'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Ljungskile SK v Malmö FF

1 June 1997 Round 9	Ljungskile SK	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Ljungskile
	Gravem  17'		Andrijevski  47, 64'	Stadium: Skarsjövallen

Malmö FF v Örebro SK

11 June 1997 Round 10	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Örebro SK	Malmö
	Andrijevski  70'		Gawelin  47'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Helsingborgs IF v Malmö FF

16 June 1997 Round 11	Helsingborgs IF	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Helsingborg
	Jansson  12' Nilsson  41' (pen.)		Kindvall  37'	Stadium: Olympia

Malmö FF v Trelleborgs FF

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

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

28 June 1997 Round 13	IFK Göteborg	1 – 1	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
	Lindqvist  44'		Osmanovski  13'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

21 July 1997 Round 14	Malmö FF	1 – 1	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
	Thylander  30'		Pettersson  74'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Trelleborgs FF v Malmö FF

30 July 1997 Round 15	Trelleborgs FF	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Trelleborg
	Hermansson  67, 90'		Kindvall  86'	Stadium: Vångavallen

Malmö FF v Helsingborgs IF

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

Örebro SK v Malmö FF

9 August 1997 Round 17	Örebro SK	0 – 5	Malmö FF	Örebro
			Gudmundsson  3, 22' Kindvall  8' Enqvist  14' Osmanovski  35'	Stadium: Eyravallen

Malmö FF v Ljungskile SK

16 August 1997 Round 18	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Ljungskile SK	Malmö
	Kindvall  52'		B. Wålemark  90'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Örgryte IS v Malmö FF

23 August 1997 Round 19	Örgryte IS	0 – 2	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
			Kindvall  2, 84'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Malmö FF v IF Elfsborg

31 August 1997 Round 20	Malmö FF	2 – 0	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
	Ohlsson  43' Gudmundsson  71'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Malmö FF v Halmstads BK

14 September 1997 Round 21	Malmö FF	2 – 1	Halmstads BK	Malmö
	Kindvall  4' Osmanovski  15'		Ljungberg  38'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Västerås SK v Malmö FF

21 September 1997 Round 22	Västerås SK	1 – 2	Malmö FF	Västerås
	J. Svensson  47'		Enqvist  8' Mattisson  84'	Stadium: Arosvallen

Malmö FF v IFK Norrköping

29 September 1997 Round 23	Malmö FF	2 – 0	IFK Norrköping	Malmö
	Ohlsson  31' Osmanovski  36'			Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Degerfors IF v Malmö FF

5 October 1997 Round 24	Degerfors IF	3 – 1	Malmö FF	Degerfors
	Ottosson  22, 61' Radinović  74' (pen.)		Osmanovski  10'	Stadium: Stora Valla

Östers IF v Malmö FF

15 October 1997 Round 25	Östers IF	2 – 2	Malmö FF	Växjö
	Eklund  45' F. Bild  76'		Osmanovski  11' Kindvall  35'	Stadium: Värendsvallen

Malmö FF v AIK

26 October 1997 Round 26	Malmö FF	0 – 0	AIK	Malmö
				Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Top scorers

• Niclas Kindvall 12
• Yksel Osmanovski 10
• Hasse Mattisson 4
• Daniel Andersson 4

Sources

• Fotboll 1997 (Swedish football yearbook)