1938–39 Swedish football Division 2

Swedish League Division 2
Season	1938–39
Champions	Hammarby IF; IFK Norrköping; IFK Göteborg; Halmstads BK;
Promoted	Hammarby IF; IFK Göteborg;
Relegated	Bollnäs GIF; IFK Grängesberg; IF Rune; Motala AIF; Arvika BK; Fässbergs IF; Oskarströms IS; Kalmar AIK;
	← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1938–39 season.

League standings

Division 2 Norra 1938–39

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, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hammarby IF	18	12	2	4	46	20	+26	26	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Ludvika FfI	18	10	4	4	40	27	+13	24
3	Djurgårdens IF	18	9	4	5	43	32	+11	22
4	Ljusne AIK	18	7	6	5	41	28	+13	20^[a]
5	Reymersholms IK	18	7	6	5	40	30	+10	20^[a]
6	Värtans IK	18	8	2	8	29	28	+1	18
7	Gefle IF	18	7	3	8	37	37	0	17
8	Enköpings SK	18	5	5	8	27	43	−16	15
9	Bollnäs GIF	18	4	2	12	18	50	−32	10	Relegated to Division 3
10	IFK Grängesberg	18	2	4	12	26	52	−26	8	Relegated to Division 3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tie breaker is goal average.

Division 2 Östra 1938–39

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Norrköping	18	13	3	2	44	15	+29	29	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IFK Eskilstuna	18	13	2	3	59	19	+40	28
3	Skärblacka IF	18	11	2	5	47	25	+22	24
4	Surahammars IF	18	7	5	6	37	30	+7	19
5	Mjölby AI	18	7	3	8	33	35	−2	17^[a]
6	Husqvarna IF	18	7	3	8	29	55	−26	17^[a]
7	IK Tord	18	6	4	8	27	31	−4	16
8	IFK Västerås	18	6	3	9	31	35	−4	15	League transfer within league level
9	IF Rune	18	2	4	12	35	66	−31	8	Relegated to Division 3
10	Motala AIF	18	3	1	14	25	56	−31	7	Relegated to Division 3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tie breaker is goal average.

Division 2 Västra 1938–39

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Göteborg	18	13	4	1	48	11	+37	30	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	GAIS	18	12	5	1	42	13	+29	29
3	Varbergs BoIS	18	12	2	4	38	22	+16	26
4	Tidaholms GIF	18	8	5	5	40	24	+16	21
5	Billingsfors IK	18	8	2	8	31	37	−6	18
6	Karlskoga IF	18	5	6	7	29	37	−8	16
7	Jonsereds IF	18	6	3	9	27	25	+2	15
8	Deje IK	18	3	4	11	27	45	−18	10
9	Arvika BK	18	2	4	12	28	63	−35	8	Relegated to Division 3
10	Fässbergs IF	18	2	3	13	21	54	−33	7	Relegated to Division 3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Division 2 Södra 1938–39

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Halmstads BK	18	14	1	3	54	20	+34	29^[a]	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IS Halmia	18	13	3	2	49	22	+27	29^[a]
3	BK Landora	18	9	4	5	38	30	+8	22
4	Malmö BI	18	9	1	8	39	39	0	19^[b]
5	IFK Trelleborg	18	8	3	7	42	42	0	19^[b]
6	IFK Värnamo	18	7	4	7	36	32	+4	18
7	IFK Malmö	18	6	2	10	41	49	−8	14
8	Höganäs BK	18	5	2	11	30	42	−12	12
9	Oskarströms IS	18	4	3	11	25	36	−11	11	Relegated to Division 3
10	Kalmar AIK	18	2	3	13	23	65	−42	7	Relegated to Division 3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tie breaker is goal average.
^ ^a ^b Tie breaker is goal average and (probably) number of won matches.

References

Sweden - List of final tables (Clas Glenning)

[table_hth_LAIK0.37429526325981-1] Tie breaker is goal average.

[table_hth_MAI0.37054504098862-2] Tie breaker is goal average.

[table_hth_HAL0.65046850668754-3] Tie breaker is goal average.

[table_hth_MBI0.65046850668754-4] Tie breaker is goal average and (probably) number of won matches.

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