Statistics of

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in season 1997.

Overview

It was contested by 28 teams, and

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and

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won the championship.

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was awarded technical losses in nine matches due to using four non-EU-players per match (among them

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), one more than the allowed three.

League standings

Norra

Södra

Footnotes

References

Sweden - List of final tables (Clas Glenning)
{{1997 in Swedish football

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