1938–39 Allsvenskan

15th season of Allsvenskan

Football league season

Allsvenskan
Season	1938–39
Champions	IF Elfsborg
Relegated	Degerfors IF Hallstahammars SK
Top goalscorer	Erik Persson, AIK Ove Andersson, Malmö FF Yngve Lindgren, Örgryte IS (16)
Average attendance	6,410
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1938/1939.

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/relegation
1	IF Elfsborg (C)	22	15	4	3	65	26	+39	34
2	AIK	22	11	3	8	49	34	+15	25
3	Malmö FF	22	9	7	6	30	29	+1	25
4	Landskrona BoIS	22	9	7	6	29	36	−7	25
5	Gårda	22	7	8	7	38	37	+1	22
6	IK Brage	22	6	9	7	33	38	−5	21
7	IK Sleipner	22	8	4	10	43	44	−1	20
8	Sandvikens IF	22	9	2	11	34	36	−2	20
9	Hälsingborgs IF	22	7	6	9	29	33	−4	20
10	Örgryte IS	22	8	3	11	39	43	−4	19
11	Degerfors IF (R)	22	9	1	12	43	52	−9	19	Relegation——to Division 2
12	Hallstahammar (R)	22	4	6	12	27	51	−24	14	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	DIF	GBK	HSK	HIF	IFE	IKB	IKS	BOIS	MFF	SIF	ÖIS
AIK		2–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	4–3	0–0	2–0	7–0	2–0	3–0	4–3
Degerfors IF	0–4		1–2	3–1	5–1	1–4	1–2	1–3	5–0	3–0	4–3	4–3
Gårda BK	0–1	2–1		3–3	2–2	0–5	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	3–0
Hallstahammars SK	3–1	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–7	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–6
Hälsingborgs IF	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0		1–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	5–0
IF Elfsborg	2–1	10–1	1–1	4–1	3–2		4–1	3–3	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–0
IK Brage	3–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	0–1		3–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2
IK Sleipner	2–1	2–4	3–0	4–2	0–0	2–4	6–1		1–1	2–3	2–1	3–0
Landskrona BoIS	0–4	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2		0–0	4–0	3–2
Malmö FF	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	2–0	1–1		1–1	2–0
Sandvikens IF	2–0	2–1	1–4	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–2		2–0
Örgryte IS	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–3	3–1	2–0	5–1	2–4

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

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '38 '39) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39