1956–57 Swedish football Division 2

Swedish League Division 2
Season	1956–57
Champions	GIF Sundsvall; IFK Eskilstuna; Örgryte IS; Motala AIF;
Promoted	IFK Eskilstuna; Motala AIF;
Relegated	IF Friska Viljor; Fagerviks GF; Ljusne AIK; IK City; Avesta AIK; Karlstads BIK; Fässbergs IF; Skara IF; IFK Trollhättan; Nybro IF; BK Kenty; Gunnarstorps IF;
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1956–57 season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	GIF Sundsvall	18	12	2	4	51	30	+21	26	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Skellefteå AIK	18	12	2	4	45	27	+18	26
3	IFK Holmsund	18	10	5	3	50	30	+20	25
4	Bodens BK	18	11	3	4	42	23	+19	25
5	Lycksele IF	18	10	1	7	48	32	+16	21
6	IFK Luleå	18	6	3	9	29	41	−12	15
7	Gefle IF	18	6	0	12	32	43	−11	12
8	IF Friska Viljor	18	5	1	12	27	56	−29	11	Relegated to Division 3
9	Fagerviks GF	18	4	2	12	30	45	−15	10
10	Ljusne AIK	18	3	3	12	23	50	−27	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Eskilstuna	22	15	3	4	45	20	+25	33	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Örebro SK	22	13	4	5	52	26	+26	30
3	IFK Stockholm	22	12	5	5	49	30	+19	29
4	Degerfors IF	22	9	7	6	40	27	+13	25
5	IK Brage	22	9	6	7	39	41	−2	24
6	Köpings IS	22	8	6	8	45	40	+5	22
7	Katrineholms SK	22	9	3	10	51	51	0	21
8	IFK Bofors	22	7	5	10	36	40	−4	19
9	Surahammars IF	22	8	2	12	35	47	−12	18
10	IK City	22	6	5	11	20	37	−17	17	Relegated to Division 3
11	Avesta AIK	22	5	6	11	37	50	−13	16
12	Karlstads BIK	22	4	2	16	28	68	−40	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motala AIF	22	13	6	3	48	27	+21	32	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Landskrona BoIS	22	14	3	5	56	29	+27	31
3	BK Derby	22	13	5	4	48	26	+22	31
4	Höganäs BK	22	13	3	6	51	30	+21	29
5	IK Sleipner	22	10	9	3	51	33	+18	29
6	IFK Kristianstad	22	9	6	7	56	44	+12	24
7	Åtvidabergs FF	22	7	5	10	32	39	−7	19
8	Råå IF	22	6	6	10	33	35	−2	18
9	Kalmar FF	22	8	0	14	34	53	−19	16
10	Nybro IF	22	6	3	13	35	61	−26	15	Relegated to Division 3
11	BK Kenty	22	6	1	15	37	59	−22	13
12	Gunnarstorps IF	22	3	1	18	33	78	−45	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Örgryte IS	22	17	2	3	72	26	+46	36	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IF Elfsborg	22	15	4	3	52	24	+28	34
3	Waggeryds IK	22	13	3	6	51	33	+18	29
4	Norrby IF	22	11	4	7	47	34	+13	26
5	Jönköpings Södra IF	22	12	1	9	44	32	+12	25
6	IS Halmia	22	9	5	8	41	44	−3	23
7	Husqvarna IF	22	7	4	11	45	39	+6	18
8	IK Oddevold	22	6	6	10	43	39	+4	18
9	Kinna IF	22	7	3	12	32	48	−16	17
10	Fässbergs IF	22	6	3	13	26	58	−32	15	Relegated to Division 3
11	Skara IF	22	6	3	13	24	67	−43	15
12	IFK Trollhättan	22	3	2	17	25	58	−33	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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