1959 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Season	1959
Champions	Djurgårdens IF
Relegated	Halmstads BK GAIS
European Cup	IFK Göteborg
Top goalscorer	Rune Börjesson, Örgryte IS (21)
Average attendance	13,369
← 1957–58 1960 →

Malmö FF-IFK Norrköping

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1959.

Overview

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Djurgårdens IF (C)	22	11	10	1	46	20	+26	32
2	IFK Norrköping	22	14	3	5	58	30	+28	31
3	IFK Göteborg	22	14	3	5	56	28	+28	31	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
4	Örgryte IS	22	13	4	5	53	38	+15	30
5	Malmö FF	22	12	4	6	50	29	+21	28
6	Hammarby IF	22	9	1	12	38	56	−18	19
7	Sandvikens IF	22	7	5	10	35	54	−19	19
8	Hälsingborgs IF	22	7	4	11	44	45	−1	18
9	IFK Malmö	22	8	2	12	34	48	−14	18
10	AIK	22	6	5	11	37	46	−9	17
11	Halmstads BK (R)	22	7	2	13	38	46	−8	16	Relegation to Division 2
12	GAIS (R)	22	2	1	19	20	69	−49	5

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

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	GAIS	HBK	HAIF	HÄIF	IFKG	IFKM	IFKN	MFF	SIF	ÖIS
AIK		1–1	6–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–4
Djurgårdens IF	4–2		6–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2
GAIS	1–2	1–1		0–2	1–0	2–6	0–5	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–4
Halmstads BK	4–2	0–1	7–0		0–2	2–4	1–1	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–1
Hammarby IF	3–2	0–2	2–1	4–2		3–2	4–2	2–6	3–2	1–6	3–2	1–3
Hälsingborgs IF	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–1		0–2	1–2	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–3
IFK Göteborg	4–0	0–2	3–2	3–0	3–2	1–0		5–0	1–3	3–1	7–0	0–3
IFK Malmö	2–1	3–5	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–3		2–1	1–2	3–4	0–1
IFK Norrköping	5–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	5–1	5–3	2–3	3–0		3–0	2–1	4–1
Malmö FF	0–0	0–1	5–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	1–4		6–0	3–3
Sandvikens IF	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	5–4	2–5	3–2	1–1	1–0		3–5
Örgryte IS	3–1	1–1	3–1	6–2	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	3–1

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

References

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