1937–38 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Season	1937–38
Champions	IK Sleipner
Relegated	IFK Göteborg GAIS
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Top goalscorer	Curt Hjelm, IK Sleipner (13)
Average attendance	8,140
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1937/1938.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IK Sleipner winning the championship. Following Sleipner in the table were three clubs all with the same points, thus leaving goal ratio as the tie breaker (as was the case until the 1940–41 season).

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IK Sleipner (C)	22	12	6	4	46	28	+18	30
2	Hälsingborgs IF	22	12	2	8	36	27	+9	26
3	Landskrona BoIS	22	10	6	6	40	31	+9	26
4	IF Elfsborg	22	12	2	8	44	37	+7	26
5	Gårda	22	8	9	5	29	28	+1	25
6	AIK	22	9	6	7	44	37	+7	24
7	IK Brage	22	9	3	10	45	44	+1	21
8	Sandvikens IF	22	8	5	9	29	32	−3	21
9	Malmö FF	22	6	8	8	20	30	−10	20
10	Örgryte IS	22	7	5	10	33	37	−4	19
11	IFK Göteborg (R)	22	6	4	12	28	35	−7	16	Relegation to Division 2
12	GAIS (R)	22	3	4	15	19	47	−28	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.