1957–58 in Swedish football

The 1957–58 season in Swedish football, starting August 1957 and ending December 1958:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1957–58	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1957–58	IFK Göteborg
2nd level	Division 2 Norrland 1957–58	Skellefteå AIK
	Division 2 Svealand 1957–58	Hammarby IF
	Division 2 Östra Götaland 1957–58	Landskrona BoIS
	Division 2 Västra Götaland 1957–58	Örgryte IS

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Svealand 1957–58	Allsvenskan 1959	Hammarby IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Västra Götaland 1957–58	Allsvenskan 1959	Örgryte IS	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1957–58	Division 2 Norrland 1959	Fagerviks GF	Winners of Södra Norrland
		Luleå SK	Winners of Norra Norrland
		IF Älgarna	Winners of Mellersta Norrland
Division 3 1957–58	Division 2 Svealand 1959	Avesta AIK	Winners of Norra Svealand
		IK City	Winners of Östra Svealand
		Karlstads BIK	Winners of Västra Svealand
Division 3 1957–58	Division 2 Östra Götaland 1959	Billesholms GIF	Winners of Södra Götaland
		Finspångs AIK	Winners of Nordöstra Götaland
		Högadals IS	Winners of Sydöstra Götaland
Division 3 1957–58	Division 2 Västra Götaland 1959	Fässbergs IF	Winners of Nordvästra Götaland
		Trollhättans IF	Winners of Mellersta Götaland
		Varbergs BoIS	Winners of Sydvästra Götaland

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Östra Götaland 1957–58	Division 2 Svealand 1959	Katrineholms SK	Geographical composition
Division 2 Svealand 1957–58	Division 2 Västra Götaland 1959	SK Sifhälla	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1957–58	Division 2 Svealand 1959	IFK Eskilstuna	11th team
Allsvenskan 1957–58	Division 2 Östra Götaland 1959	Motala AIF	12th team
Division 2 Norrland 1957–58	Division 3 1959	Gefle IF	8th team
		Bodens BK	9th team
		Skellefteå IF	10th team
Division 2 Svealand 1957–58	Division 3 1959	Vasalunds IF	10th team
		IFK Bofors	11th team
		Surahammars IF	12th team
Division 2 Östra Götaland 1957–58	Division 3 1959	IF Saab	10th team
		IF Allians	11th team
		Kalmar AIK	12th team
Division 2 Västra Götaland 1957–58	Division 3 1959	Tranemo IF	10th team
		Jonsereds IF	11th team
		Tidaholms GIF	12th team

International qualifications

Qualified for	Enters	Team	Reason
European Cup 1958–59	Preliminary round	IFK Göteborg	Leader of Allsvenskan in spring 1958^[1]

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 1957–58

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Göteborg	33	22	3	8	92	–	49	+43	47
2	IFK Norrköping	33	20	7	6	74	–	43	+31	47
3	Djurgårdens IF	33	16	10	7	69	–	48	+21	42
4	Malmö FF	33	16	8	9	62	–	49	+13	40
5	Helsingborgs IF	33	14	8	11	70	–	56	+14	36
6	GAIS	33	12	9	12	44	–	41	+3	33
7	IFK Malmö	33	11	6	16	39	–	59	-20	28
8	Halmstads BK	33	11	6	16	47	–	68	-21	28
9	AIK	33	8	10	15	47	–	55	-8	26
10	Sandvikens IF	33	9	8	16	50	–	61	-11	26
11	IFK Eskilstuna	33	8	8	17	45	–	77	-32	24
12	Motala AIF	33	6	7	20	35	–	68	-33	19

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1957–58

November 12, 1958

Skellefteå AIK	0–0	Hammarby IF

?, Skellefteå

November 18, 1958

Hammarby IF	6–2	Skellefteå AIK

?, Solna

November 11, 1958

Örgryte IS	5–0	Landskrona BoIS

?, Gothenburg

November 19, 1958

Landskrona BoIS	0–1	Örgryte IS

?, Landskrona

Division 2 Norrland 1957–58

Norrland

Svealand

Östra Götaland

Västra Götaland

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Skellefteå AIK	27	18	2	7	66	–	34	+32	38
2	IFK Holmsund	27	13	11	3	58	–	27	+31	37
3	Marma IF	27	13	9	5	68	–	45	+23	35
4	GIF Sundsvall	27	13	4	10	62	–	49	+13	30
5	Lycksele IF	27	10	8	9	48	–	53	-5	28
6	IFK Luleå	27	10	5	12	54	–	66	-12	25
7	IFK Östersund	27	8	8	11	58	–	53	+5	24
8	Gefle IF	27	10	3	14	53	–	67	-14	23
9	Bodens BK	27	5	5	17	51	–	80	-29	15
10	Skellefteå IF	27	4	7	16	36	–	80	-44	15

Division 2 Svealand 1957–58

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF	33	25	5	3	117	–	32	+85	55
2	Degerfors IF	33	21	6	6	87	–	42	+45	48
3	Örebro SK	33	22	3	8	91	–	41	+50	47
4	IK Brage	33	20	1	12	70	–	67	+3	41
5	Köpings IS	33	17	4	12	80	–	74	+6	38
6	Västerås SK	33	12	7	14	71	–	64	+7	31
7	IFK Stockholm	33	13	4	16	54	–	61	-7	30
8	SK Sifhälla	33	11	6	16	45	–	54	-9	28
9	Hallstahammars SK	33	10	7	16	56	–	77	-21	27
10	Vasalunds IF	33	9	5	19	54	–	82	-28	23
11	IFK Bofors	33	6	4	23	43	–	105	-62	16
12	Surahammars IF	33	3	6	24	27	–	96	-69	12

Division 2 Östra Götaland 1957–58

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Landskrona BoIS	33	24	4	5	97	–	34	+63	52
2	Råå IF	33	19	9	5	71	–	38	+33	47
3	IFK Kristianstad	33	17	5	11	84	–	63	+21	39
4	BK Derby	33	15	5	13	74	–	57	+17	35
5	IK Sleipner	33	13	9	11	69	–	54	+15	35
6	Höganäs BK	33	14	6	13	58	–	63	-5	34
7	Kalmar FF	33	14	4	15	66	–	66	0	32
8	Katrineholms SK	33	13	6	14	45	–	51	-6	32
9	Åtvidabergs FF	33	12	6	15	56	–	73	-17	30
10	IF Saab	33	11	7	15	58	–	82	-24	29
11	IF Allians	33	4	8	21	35	–	79	-44	16
12	Kalmar AIK	33	6	3	24	44	–	97	-53	15

Division 2 Västra Götaland 1957–58

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Örgryte IS	33	25	5	3	118	–	42	+76	55
2	IF Elfsborg	33	22	6	5	78	–	34	+44	50
3	Norrby IF	33	19	7	7	68	–	30	+38	45
4	Jönköpings Södra IF	33	14	7	12	61	–	58	+3	35
5	IK Oddevold	33	14	5	14	53	–	67	-14	33
6	Kinna IF	33	12	7	14	44	–	53	-9	31
7	Husqvarna IF	33	12	6	15	62	–	60	+2	30
8	Waggeryds IK	33	11	6	16	61	–	71	-10	28
9	IS Halmia	33	10	8	15	38	–	53	-15	28
10	Tranemo IF	33	9	7	17	39	–	60	-21	25
11	Jonsereds IF	33	10	4	19	48	–	78	-30	24
12	Tidaholms GIF	33	3	6	24	31	–	95	-64	12

National team results

September 22, 1957
Nordic Championship
№ 353

Sweden	5–1	Finland

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 22233

Referee: Jörgensen (Denmark)

October 13, 1957
Nordic Championship
№ 354

Sweden	5–2	Norway

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 29840

Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

November 20, 1957
Friendly
№ 355

West Germany	1–0	Sweden

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 76000

Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

May 7, 1958
Friendly
№ 356

Sweden	3–2	Switzerland

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 20257

Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)

June 8, 1958
1958 World Cup Groupstage
№ 357

Sweden	3–0	Mexico
Simonsson 17', 64' Liedholm 57' (pen)

Solna, Råsunda Stadium

Attendance: 45000

Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)

June 12, 1958
19:00
1958 World Cup Groupstage
№ 358

Sweden	2–1	Hungary
Hamrin 34', 55'	(Report)	Tichy 77'

Solna, Råsunda Stadium

Attendance: 40000

Referee: Mowat (Scotland)

June 15, 1958
14:00
1958 World Cup Groupstage
№ 359

Sweden	0–0	Wales
	(Report)

Solna, Råsunda Stadium

Attendance: 35000

Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)

June 19, 1958
19:00
1958 World Cup Quarterfinals
№ 360

Sweden	2–0	Soviet Union
Hamrin 49' Simonsson 88'	(Report)

Solna, Råsunda Stadium

Attendance: 45000

Referee: Leafe (England)

June 24, 1958
19:00
1958 World Cup Semifinals
№ 361

West Germany	1–3	Sweden
Schäfer 24'	(Report)	Skoglund 32' Gren 81' Hamrin 88'

Gothenburg, Ullevi

Attendance: 50000

Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

June 29, 1958
15:00
1958 World Cup Final
№ 362

Sweden	2–5	Brazil
Liedholm 4' Simonsson 80'	(Report)	Vavá 9', 32' Pelé 55', 90' Zagallo 68'

Solna, Råsunda Stadium

Attendance: 51800

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Notes

^ Up to and including the 1963 season, the leading team after the first half (the spring half) of the season—which thus not always was the final winner—qualified for that year's European Cup tournament.

References

Print

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Online

"Fakta och historik". AIK Fotboll. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
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"SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
"svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2006. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.

[eurocup-1] Up to and including the 1963 season, the leading team after the first half (the spring half) of the season—which thus not always was the final winner—qualified for that year's European Cup tournament.

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Swedish Football 1957–58
Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Division 2 (Tier 2)
Division 3 (Tier 3)
Svenska Cupen - not played