1961 Swedish football Division 2

Swedish League Division 2

Season	1961
Champions	GIF Sundsvall Djurgårdens IF Östers IF Högadals IF
Promoted	Djurgårdens IF Högadals IF
Relegated	IF Friska Viljor Sollefteå GIF IFK Östersund IK City IFK Sunne Hallstahammars SK Husqvarna IF Huskvarna Södra IF Fässbergs IF IF Saab Gunnarstorps IF Hässleholms IF
← 1960 1962 →

Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1961 season.

League standings

Norrland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	GIF Sundsvall	18	11	4	3	45	21	+24	26	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IFK Holmsund	18	11	4	3	39	19	+20	26
3	Skellefteå AIK	18	11	1	6	48	32	+16	23
4	Bodens BK	18	7	5	6	35	27	+8	19
5	Lycksele IF	18	7	4	7	30	28	+2	18
6	IFK Luleå	18	7	4	7	38	38	0	18
7	IFK Kalix	18	7	3	8	26	32	−6	17
8	IF Friska Viljor	18	7	2	9	33	33	0	16	Relegation to Division 3
9	Sollefteå GIF	18	4	1	13	21	64	−43	9
10	IFK Östersund	18	3	2	13	29	50	−21	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Svealand

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Djurgårdens IF	22	17	2	3	77	21	+56	36	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IFK Stockholm	22	17	2	3	65	18	+47	36
3	Sundbybergs IK	22	13	3	6	63	41	+22	29
4	Karlstads BIK	22	12	1	9	40	42	−2	25
5	IFK Eskilstuna	22	11	2	9	52	48	+4	24
6	Avesta AIK	22	9	4	9	35	38	−3	22
7	IK Brage	22	9	2	11	34	38	−4	20
8	Köpings IS	22	6	5	11	21	53	−32	17
9	SK Sifhälla	22	6	4	12	29	39	−10	16
10	IK City	22	5	6	11	32	49	−17	16	Relegation to Division 3
11	IFK Sunne	22	5	3	14	36	70	−34	13
12	Hallstahammars SK	22	4	2	16	18	45	−27	10

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Västra Götaland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Östers IF	22	17	4	1	62	31	+31	38	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IS Halmia	22	15	3	4	63	30	+33	33
3	Jönköpings Södra IF	22	14	1	7	48	27	+21	29
4	Norrby IF	22	13	3	6	56	41	+15	29
5	GAIS	22	11	2	9	37	27	+10	24
6	IK Oddevold	22	12	0	10	47	50	−3	24
7	Halmstads BK	22	8	4	10	46	38	+8	20
8	Kungshamns IF	22	8	2	12	34	57	−23	18
9	Billingsfors IK	22	6	5	11	43	48	−5	17
10	Husqvarna IF	22	6	4	12	40	45	−5	16	Relegation to Division 3
11	Huskvarna Södra IF	22	4	2	16	30	63	−33	10
12	Fässbergs IF	22	3	0	19	26	75	−49	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Östra Götaland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Högadals IS	22	14	5	3	54	20	+34	33	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan
2	IFK Kristianstad	22	11	9	2	72	36	+36	31
3	Malmö BI	22	13	5	4	48	25	+23	31
4	Landskrona BoIS	22	11	6	5	50	30	+20	28
5	BK Derby	22	9	5	8	44	35	+9	23
6	Råå IF	22	8	7	7	38	32	+6	23
7	Motala AIF	22	9	2	11	43	47	−4	20
8	Kalmar FF	22	7	5	10	41	51	−10	19
9	Åtvidabergs FF	22	5	6	11	34	52	−18	16
10	IF Saab	22	4	7	11	32	45	−13	15	Relegation to Division 3
11	Gunnarstorps IF	22	5	5	12	33	68	−35	15
12	Hässleholms IF	22	4	2	16	23	71	−48	10

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Allsvenskan promotion playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Djurgårdens IF (C)	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	6	Promotion to Allsvenskan
2	Högadal	3	2	0	1	12	7	+5	4
3	GIF Sundsvall	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1
4	Östers IF	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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

References

• Sweden - List of final tables (Clas Glenning)