1972 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1972.

Allsvenskan

Season	1972
Champions	Åtvidabergs FF
Relegated	Halmstads BK
European Cup	Åtvidabergs FF
UEFA Cup	AIK Östers IF
Top goalscorer	Ralf Edström, Åtvidabergs FF Roland Sandberg, Åtvidabergs FF (16)
Average attendance	7,813
← 1971 1973 →

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with Åtvidabergs FF winning the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Åtvidabergs FF (C)	22	15	3	4	65	22	+43	33	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	AIK	22	11	10	1	41	24	+17	32	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Östers IF	22	11	4	7	37	24	+13	26
4	IFK Norrköping	22	9	6	7	34	32	+2	24
5	Örebro SK	22	8	7	7	31	30	+1	23
6	Malmö FF	22	9	5	8	27	26	+1	23	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
7	Djurgårdens IF	22	8	5	9	41	39	+2	21
8	Landskrona BoIS	22	6	9	7	29	29	0	21
9	Örgryte IS	22	7	6	9	21	31	−10	20
10	Hammarby IF	22	5	7	10	30	47	−17	17
11	GAIS	22	4	4	14	32	56	−24	12
12	Halmstads BK (R)	22	2	8	12	14	42	−28	12	Relegation to Division 2

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

1. Malmö FF qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1972–73.

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	GAIS	HBK	HIF	IFK	BOIS	MFF	ÅFF	ÖSK	ÖIS	ÖIF
AIK		1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–3
Djurgårdens IF	1–2		4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–4	3–1	3–3
GAIS	2–3	4–1		2–2	2–1	1–4	2–5	0–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	0–4
Halmstads BK	0–2	0–2	2–0		1–4	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–3
Hammarby IF	0–3	1–8	4–3	7–0		0–0	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–3	2–2	0–0
IFK Norrköping	1–4	3–2	4–2	2–1	4–1		1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0
Landskrona BoIS	2–2	2–0	2–4	3–0	0–0	0–0		2–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–1
Malmö FF	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	1–2	3–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0
Åtvidabergs FF	0–0	4–2	5–2	4–0	6–1	4–1	5–1	4–1		2–2	5–0	0–0
Örebro SK	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–6		0–2	3–1
Örgryte IS	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–2		2–0
Östers IF	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–4	0–2	1–0

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