1956–57 Allsvenskan

This article is about a Swedish football season. For handball, see 1956–57 Allsvenskan (men's handball).

Allsvenskan

Season	1956–57
Champions	IFK Norrköping
Relegated	Västerås SK Hammarby IF
European Cup	IFK Norrköping
Top goalscorer	Harry Bild, IFK Norrköping (19)
Average attendance	11,404
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

These are the statistics for the 1956–1957 season of Allsvenskan, the top tier of the Swedish football league system.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with the defending champion IFK Norrköping winning the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Norrköping (C)	22	17	1	4	64	25	+39	35	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Malmö FF	22	11	6	5	50	30	+20	28
3	Hälsingborgs IF	22	9	9	4	37	26	+11	27
4	GAIS	22	10	4	8	46	42	+4	24
5	Djurgårdens IF	22	9	6	7	35	33	+2	24
6	AIK	22	9	5	8	39	30	+9	23
7	Sandvikens IF	22	9	5	8	34	47	−13	23
8	Halmstads BK	22	6	9	7	35	38	−3	21
9	IFK Göteborg	22	8	3	11	39	41	−2	19
10	IFK Malmö	22	3	9	10	25	41	−16	15
11	Västerås SK (R)	22	5	3	14	25	57	−32	13	Relegation to Division 2
12	Hammarby IF (R)	22	2	8	12	24	43	−19	12

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

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	GAIS	HBK	HAIF	HÄIF	IFKG	IFKM	IFKN	MFF	SIF	VSK
AIK		2–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–1		0–5	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–4	2–1	1–2	1–0
GAIS	2–1	0–1		4–4	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Halmstads BK	1–1	0–0	1–2		3–1	1–0	4–2	4–2	0–4	0–2	2–4	1–2
Hammarby IF	0–0	2–5	4–2	2–0		1–1	3–6	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–3
Hälsingborgs IF	5–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0
IFK Göteborg	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–2		2–0	1–2	5–3	3–2	3–1
IFK Malmö	0–2	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–1		0–3	0–0	1–1	3–0
IFK Norrköping	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	4–2	1–3	5–1		5–2	4–0	6–2
Malmö FF	4–4	1–1	8–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2		3–1	8–1
Sandvikens IF	2–1	4–3	1–9	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	1–3		0–1
Västerås SK	1–4	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–5	2–2	1–5	1–2	2–3

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

Attendances

#	Club	Average	Highest
1	IFK Göteborg	15,559	25,943
2	Malmö FF	15,540	21,408
3	AIK	14,315	34,640
4	GAIS	13,422	26,322
5	Djurgårdens IF	12,375	16,594
6	IFK Malmö	10,946	20,533
7	Hälsingborgs IF	10,765	19,290
8	Västerås SK FK	9,078	12,790
9	Sandvikens IF	8,943	11,846
10	IFK Norrköping	8,843	12,505
11	Hammarby IF	8,840	16,483
12	Halmstads BK	8,223	11,497

Source:

References

• "Swedish Football Tables - List of final tables". RSSSF. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-16.