1956–57 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1956/1957.

Allsvenskan

Season	1956–57
Champions	IFK Norrköping
Relegated	Västerås SK Hammarby IF
European Cup	IFK Norrköping
Top goalscorer	Harry Bild, IFK Norrköping (19)
Average attendance	11,404
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IFK Norrköping winning the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Norrköping (C)	22	17	1	4	64	25	+39	35	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Malmö FF	22	11	6	5	50	30	+20	28
3	Hälsingborgs IF	22	9	9	4	37	26	+11	27
4	GAIS	22	10	4	8	46	42	+4	24
5	Djurgårdens IF	22	9	6	7	35	33	+2	24
6	AIK	22	9	5	8	39	30	+9	23
7	Sandvikens IF	22	9	5	8	34	47	−13	23
8	Halmstads BK	22	6	9	7	35	38	−3	21
9	IFK Göteborg	22	8	3	11	39	41	−2	19
10	IFK Malmö	22	3	9	10	25	41	−16	15
11	Västerås SK (R)	22	5	3	14	25	57	−32	13	Relegation to Division 2
12	Hammarby IF (R)	22	2	8	12	24	43	−19	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	GAIS	HBK	HAIF	HÄIF	IFKG	IFKM	IFKN	MFF	SIF	VSK
AIK		2–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–1		0–5	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–4	2–1	1–2	1–0
GAIS	2–1	0–1		4–4	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Halmstads BK	1–1	0–0	1–2		3–1	1–0	4–2	4–2	0–4	0–2	2–4	1–2
Hammarby IF	0–0	2–5	4–2	2–0		1–1	3–6	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–3
Hälsingborgs IF	5–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0
IFK Göteborg	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–2		2–0	1–2	5–3	3–2	3–1
IFK Malmö	0–2	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–1		0–3	0–0	1–1	3–0
IFK Norrköping	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	4–2	1–3	5–1		5–2	4–0	6–2
Malmö FF	4–4	1–1	8–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2		3–1	8–1
Sandvikens IF	2–1	4–3	1–9	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	1–3		0–1
Västerås SK	1–4	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–5	2–2	1–5	1–2	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.