Fotbollsallsvenskan 1961

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Fotbollsallsvenskan 1961
master IF Elfsborg
European Cup of
National Champions		 IFK Gothenburg
Relegated AIK Solna , Sandvikens IF
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 469  (ø 3.55 per game)
Top scorer Bertil Johansson ( IFK Gothenburg )
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The Fotbollsallsvenskan 1961 was the 37th season of the highest Swedish football league . Between April 16 and October 15, 1961, the Swedish champions were played.

Newcomers IF Elfsborg caused a surprise. The newcomer dethroned last year's champions IFK Norrköping and won the Von Rosens Cup for the fourth time 21 years after winning the last title . The relegation places occupied AIK , who was relegated for the second time after 1951 from the first class, and Sandvikens IF .

Since the European Cup season began at the end of August, the leader of the first half of the season (IFK Göteborg) was registered for the 1961/62 European Cup .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. IF Elfsborg (N)  22nd  13  5  4th 054:370 +17 31:13
 2. IFK Norrköping (M)  22nd  11  4th  7th 050:300 +20 26:18
 3. IFK Gothenburg  22nd  11  4th  7th 062:470 +15 26:18
 4th Örebro SK (N)  22nd  8th  8th  6th 039:330  +6 24:20
 5. Malmö FF  22nd  10  4th  8th 031:340  −3 24:20
 6th IFK Malmö  22nd  8th  6th  8th 030:260  +4 22:22
 7th Örgryte IS  22nd  8th  5  9 041:390  +2 21:23
 8th. Helsingborgs IF  22nd  7th  6th  9 044:440  ± 0 20:24
 9. Degerfors IF  22nd  8th  4th  10 027:380 −11 20:24
10. Hammarby IF  22nd  7th  5  10 033:520 −19 19:25
11. AIK Solna  22nd  6th  6th  10 029:420 −13 18:26
12. Sandvikens IF  22nd  5  3  14th 029:470 −18 13:31

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Swedish champion
  • Participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1961/62
  • Relegation to Division 2
    • (M) Reigning Master
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1961 IF Elfsborg IFK Norrköping IFK Gothenburg ÖRE Malmö FF IFK Malmö Helsingborgs IF Degerfors IF Hammarby IF AIK Solna Sandvikens IF
    1. IF Elfsborg 3-0 3: 2 3: 3 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1 5: 2
    2. IFK Norrköping 5: 1 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 4: 2 4-0 3-0 0: 1 6-0 5: 1
    3. IFK Gothenburg 5: 5 2: 3 2: 6 2: 3 3-0 3: 3 3: 3 0: 2 7: 1 4: 1 3: 1
    4th Örebro SK 2: 3 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 3 2-0 1: 1
    5. Malmö FF 0: 2 2: 2 0: 3 2: 4 1-0 1: 5 1: 1 2-0 1-0 6: 2 1: 3
    6th IFK Malmö 3: 1 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 4-0 0-0 2-0
    7th Örgryte IS 1: 2 2-0 3: 5 2: 1 1: 2 5: 3 0-0 0: 1 2: 4 0-0 2: 1
    8th. Helsingborgs IF 1: 4 1: 2 2: 4 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 4: 1 6: 3 4: 2 1: 1 5-0
    9. Degerfors IF 1: 1 4: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 5 0: 4 2-0 2-0 0: 2
    10. Hammarby IF 4: 4 1-0 3: 3 0-0 0: 2 0: 5 2: 2 2: 1 4: 3 1: 2 1: 4
    11. AIK Solna 1: 4 1: 1 2: 4 5: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 2 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2-0
    12. Sandvikens IF 0: 1 3: 6 2: 3 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1

    Top scorer

    IFK Göteborg's Bertil Johansson won the title of top scorer for the second time in his career. This time, 20 goals were enough for him.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 1961 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved January 10, 2019 .