1961 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season	1961
Champions	IF Elfsborg
Relegated	AIK; Sandvikens IF
European Cup	IFK Göteborg
Top goalscorer	Bertil "Bebben" Johansson, IFK Göteborg (20)
Average attendance	11,265
	← 1960 1962 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1961.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IF Elfsborg winning the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IF Elfsborg (C)	22	13	5	4	54	37	+17	31
2	IFK Norrköping	22	11	4	7	50	30	+20	26
3	IFK Göteborg	22	11	4	7	62	47	+15	26	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round^[a]
4	Örebro SK	22	8	8	6	39	33	+6	24
5	Malmö FF	22	10	4	8	31	34	−3	24
6	IFK Malmö	22	8	6	8	30	26	+4	22
7	Örgryte IS	22	8	5	9	41	39	+2	21
8	Hälsingborgs IF	22	7	6	9	44	44	0	20
9	Degerfors IF	22	8	4	10	27	38	−11	20
10	Hammarby IF	22	7	5	10	33	52	−19	19
11	AIK (R)	22	6	6	10	29	42	−13	18	Relegation to Division 2
12	Sandvikens IF (R)	22	5	3	14	29	47	−18	13	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:

^ IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1961.

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	HAIF	HÄIF	IFE	IFKG	IFKM	IFKN	MFF	SIF	ÖSK	ÖIS
AIK		1–1	3–1	2–2	1–4	2–4	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	5–1	1–2
Degerfors IF	2–0		2–0	0–4	1–1	0–1	3–1	4–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–5
Hammarby IF	1–2	4–3		2–1	4–4	3–3	0–5	1–0	0–2	1–4	0–0	2–2
Hälsingborgs IF	1–1	6–3	4–2		1–4	2–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	5–0	1–2	4–1
IF Elfsborg	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–0		3–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	5–2	3–3	1–1
IFK Göteborg	4–1	0–2	7–1	3–3	5–5		3–0	2–3	2–3	3–1	2–6	3–3
IFK Malmö	0–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1
IFK Norrköping	6–0	3–0	0–1	4–0	5–1	3–1	0–0		0–1	5–1	2–1	4–2
Malmö FF	6–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	2–2		1–3	2–4	1–5
Sandvikens IF	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	3–6	3–1		2–2	2–1
Örebro SK	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1		2–0
Örgryte IS	0–0	0–1	2–4	0–0	1–2	3–5	5–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1

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