title: 1997 Malmö FF season
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  * Niclas Kindvall 12
  * Yksel Osmanovski 10
  * Hasse Mattisson 4
  * Daniel Andersson 4
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Fotboll 1997 (Swedish football yearbook)
  
  vte1997 in Swedish football :
  
  « 1996 1998 » :
  
  