1939–40 Allsvenskan - Misplaced Pages

16th season of Allsvenskan Football league season

Allsvenskan
Season	1939–40
Champions	IF Elfsborg
Relegated	Örgryte IS Hammarby IF
Top goalscorer	Anders Pålsson, Hälsingborgs IF (17)
Average attendance	5,498
← 1938–39 1940–41 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1939/1940.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IF Elfsborg winning the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IF Elfsborg (C)	22	13	6	3	66	31	+35	32
2	IFK Göteborg	22	15	2	5	49	27	+22	32
3	Hälsingborgs IF	22	12	3	7	49	32	+17	27
4	IK Brage	22	10	6	6	42	38	+4	26
5	Sandvikens IF	22	10	2	10	38	37	+1	22
6	AIK	22	8	5	9	38	38	0	21
7	Landskrona BoIS	22	7	7	8	42	50	−8	21
8	IK Sleipner	22	8	5	9	33	49	−16	21
9	Gårda	22	5	10	7	27	39	−12	20
10	Malmö FF	22	4	10	8	25	28	−3	18
11	Örgryte IS (R)	22	3	8	11	28	44	−16	14	Relegation to Division 2
12	Hammarby IF (R)	22	3	4	15	34	58	−24	10	Relegation to Division 2

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

Home \ Away	AIK	GBK	HAIF	HÄIF	IFE	IFK	IKB	IKS	BOIS	MFF	SIF	ÖIS
AIK		2–2	2–1	0–4	2–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–2	4–2
Gårda BK	1–0		2–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1
Hammarby IF	0–3	7–1		2–5	1–4	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–5	2–2	2–1	1–1
Hälsingborgs IF	4–1	4–2	5–2		0–2	1–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–0
IF Elfsborg	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1		3–2	8–0	2–2	7–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
IFK Göteborg	3–2	1–0	6–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	7–2	6–0	1–0	1–3	3–1
IK Brage	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	2–1	5–3	2–2
IK Sleipner	4–3	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–5	2–0	1–1		3–1	3–2	3–2	2–0
Landskrona BoIS	3–2	7–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	4–4	1–1		5–2	2–1	1–1
Malmö FF	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0		1–2	0–0
Sandvikens IF	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–1	5–1	0–2	3–0	1–0		1–1
Örgryte IS	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–6	1–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	1–4	0–1

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

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Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40