1938–39 Swedish football Division 2

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

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 →

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 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

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tie breaker is goal average.
2. Tie breaker is goal average and (probably) number of won matches.

References