1939–40 in Swedish football

The 1939–40 season in Swedish football, starting August 1939 and ending July 1940:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1939–40 Swedish Champions	IF Elfsborg	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1939–40	IF Elfsborg
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Reymersholms IK
	Division 2 Östra 1939–40	IFK Norrköping
	Division 2 Västra 1939–40	Degerfors IF
	Division 2 Södra 1939–40	IS Halmia

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Östra 1939–40	Allsvenskan 1940–41	IFK Norrköping	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Västra 1939–40		Degerfors IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Sundbybergs IK	Winners of Östsvenska
		Hofors AIF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Östra 1940–41	Åtvidabergs FF	2nd team in Mellansvenska[1]
		Örebro SK	Winners of promotion play-off
		Örebro FF	2nd team in Centralserien, norra[2]
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Arvika BK	Winners of Nordvästra
		Lundby IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Södra 1940–41	Kalmar AIK	Winners of Sydöstra
		IFK Kristianstad	Winners of Sydsvenska

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Division 2 Östra 1940–41	IFK Västerås	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1939–40	Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Örgryte IS	11th team
	Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Hammarby IF	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	Ljusne AIK	9th team
		Enköpings SK	10th team
Division 2 Östra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	Skärbläcka IF	Withdrew[2]
		IK Tord	9th team
		IFK Kumla	10th team
Division 2 Västra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	Jonsereds IF	9th team
		IF Örnen	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	IFK Trelleborg	9th team
		Ängelholms IF	10th team

Domestic results

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football § Legend.

Allsvenskan 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1[3]	IF Elfsborg	22	13	6	3	66	–	31	+35	32
2[3]	IFK Göteborg	22	15	2	5	49	–	27	+22	32
3	Helsingborgs 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[3]	AIK	22	8	5	9	38	–	38	0	21
7[3]	Landskrona BoIS	22	7	7	8	42	–	50	-8	21
8[3]	IK Sleipner	22	8	5	9	33	–	49	-16	21
9	Gårda BK	22	5	10	7	27	–	39	-12	20
10	Malmö FF	22	4	10	8	25	–	28	-3	18
11	Örgryte IS	22	3	8	11	28	–	44	-16	14
12	Hammarby IF	22	3	4	15	34	–	58	-24	10

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1939–40

IFK Norrköping	3–2	Reymersholms IK

June 2, 1940

?, Norrköping

Reymersholms IK	3–4	IFK Norrköping

June 9, 1940

?, Solna

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IS Halmia	3–3	Degerfors IF

June 2, 1940

?, Halmstad

Degerfors IF	1–0	IS Halmia

June 9, 1940

?, Degerfors

Division 2 Norra 1939–40

Norra

Östra

Västra

Södra

[4]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Reymersholms IK	18	13	2	3	58	–	24	+34	28
2	Djurgårdens IF	18	10	6	2	39	–	17	+22	26
3	Gefle IF	18	10	3	5	47	–	32	+15	23
4[3]	Värtans IK	18	9	3	6	33	–	25	+8	21
5[3]	Ludvika FfI	18	8	5	5	40	–	33	+7	21
6	Nynäshamns IF	18	7	3	8	34	–	43	-9	17
7	Sandvikens AIK	18	7	0	11	30	–	40	-10	14
8	IFK Västerås	18	4	5	9	25	–	41	-16	13
9	Ljusne AIK	18	4	3	11	25	–	39	-14	11
10	Enköpings SK	18	2	2	14	13	–	50	-37	6

Division 2 Östra 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Norrköping	18	13	3	2	46	–	15	+31	29
2	Surahammars IF	18	10	6	2	42	–	16	+26	26
3	IFK Eskilstuna	18	10	3	5	46	–	26	+20	23
4	Mjölby AI	18	9	4	5	40	–	32	+8	22
5	Hallstahammars SK	18	10	1	7	39	–	29	+10	21
6[3]	Skärblacka IF[2]	18	6	3	9	32	–	38	-6	15
7[3]	Husqvarna IF	18	6	3	9	25	–	40	-15	15
8[3]	Finspångs AIK	18	5	3	10	36	–	49	-13	13
9[3]	IK Tord	18	5	3	10	28	–	54	-26	13
10	IFK Kumla	18	0	3	15	19	–	54	-35	3

Division 2 Västra 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Degerfors IF	18	16	0	2	69	–	14	+55	32
2	Karlskoga IF	18	10	2	6	51	–	26	+25	22
3[3]	GAIS	18	9	3	6	48	–	31	+17	21
4[3]	Skara IF	18	10	1	7	41	–	29	+12	21
5[3]	Varbergs BoIS	18	9	1	8	44	–	33	+11	19
6[3]	Tidaholms GIF	18	8	3	7	33	–	37	-4	19
7[3]	Deje IK	18	6	3	9	32	–	37	-5	15
8[3]	Billingsfors IK	18	7	1	10	28	–	39	-11	15
9	Jonsereds IF	18	4	5	9	34	–	51	-17	13
10	IF Örnen	18	1	1	16	15	–	98	-83	3

Division 2 Södra 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IS Halmia	18	13	3	2	57	–	21	+36	29
2	Malmö BI	18	9	5	4	31	–	22	+9	23
3[3]	Halmstads BK	18	8	6	4	37	–	23	+14	22
4[3]	IFK Värnamo	18	10	2	6	34	–	22	+12	22
5[3]	BK Landora	18	9	4	5	42	–	32	+10	22
6	Olofströms IF	18	6	6	6	38	–	45	-7	18
7	IFK Malmö	18	5	5	8	35	–	39	-4	15
8	Höganäs BK	18	3	7	8	24	–	36	-12	13
9	IFK Trelleborg	18	2	7	9	23	–	43	-20	11
10	Ängelholms IF	18	1	3	14	17	–	55	-38	5

Division 2 promotion play-off 1939–40

Iggesunds IK	5–0	Hofors AIF

June 9, 1940

?, ?

Hofors AIF	2–1	Iggesunds IK

June 16, 1940

?, ?

Hofors AIF	2–0[5]	Iggesunds IK

June 23, 1940

?, ?

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IF Rune	4–6	Örebro SK

June 2, 1940

?, ?

Örebro SK	5–1	IF Rune

June 9, 1940

?, ?

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Kinna IF	1–3	Lundby IF

June 2, 1940

?, ?

Lundby IF	5–1	Kinna IF

June 9, 1940

?, ?

National team results

Norway	2–3	Sweden
Navestad 8' (p) Yven 84'		Nyberg 19', 73' Lennartson 81'

September 17, 1939
1937–47 Nordic Championship
№ 225

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 29,504

Referee: Ulrich (Denmark)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Knut Johansson, Ragnar Lennartsson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

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Sweden	4–1	Denmark
Lennartson 40' Johansson 43' Nyström 58' Dahl 85'		Jørgensen 8'

October 1, 1939
1937–47 Nordic Championship
№ 226

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 23,354

Referee: Daehlen (Norway)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Knut Johansson, Ragnar Lennartsson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

National team players in season 1939/40

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)	GK	2	0	Hammarby IF
Gösta Dahl	MF	2	1	IF Elfsborg
Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson	MF	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Karl-Erik Grahn	MF	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Knut Johansson	FW	2	1	IF Elfsborg
Sven "Jonas" Jonasson	FW	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Erik "Järnbacken" Källström	DF	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Ragnar "Raggen" Lennartsson	FW	2	2	IF Elfsborg
Harry Nilsson	DF	2	0	Landskrona BoIS
Arne Nyberg	FW	2	2	IFK Göteborg
Stig Nyström	FW	2	1	IK Brage

Notes

1. Åtvidabergs FF were promoted as the winners of Division 3 Mellansvenska, Waggeryds IK, declined promotion.
2. Skärblacka IF withdrew from Division 2 Östra to Division 3 after the season ended, and an extra team had to be promoted in their place. The losers of the qualification play-off, IF Rune, declined promotion and Örebro FF were promoted in their place.
3. Tie breaker is goal average.
4. Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season.
5. Since extra time, aggregate score and the away goals rule was not used, a third match played on neutral ground decided the play-off.

References

Print

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