Division 2 1956–57

Swedish League Division 2

Season	1956–57
Champions	GIF Sundsvall IFK Eskilstuna Örgryte IS Motala AIF
Promoted	IFK Eskilstuna Motala AIF
Relegated	IF Friska Viljor Fagerviks GF Ljusne AIK IK City Avesta AIK Karlstads BIK Fässbergs IF Skara IF IFK Trollhättan Nybro IF BK Kenty Gunnarstorps IF
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← Division 2 1955–56 Division 2 1957–58 →

Allsvenskan (Tier 1) Division 2 (Tier 2) Division 3 (Tier 3) Svenska Cupen - not played

Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1956/1957.

League standings

Norrland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	GIF Sundsvall	18	12	2	4	51	30	21	26
2	Skellefteå AIK	18	12	2	4	45	27	18	26
3	IFK Holmsund	18	10	5	3	50	30	20	25
4	Bodens BK	18	11	3	4	42	23	19	25
5	Lycksele IF	18	10	1	7	48	32	16	21
6	IFK Luleå	18	6	3	9	29	41	-12	15
7	Gefle IF	18	6	0	12	32	43	-11	12
8	IF Friska Viljor	18	5	1	12	27	56	-29	11
9	Fagerviks GF	18	4	2	12	30	45	-15	10
10	Ljusne AIK	18	3	3	12	23	50	-27	9

Svealand

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Eskilstuna	22	15	3	4	45	20	25	33
2	Örebro SK	22	13	4	5	52	26	26	30
3	IFK Stockholm	22	12	5	5	49	30	19	29
4	Degerfors IF	22	9	7	6	40	27	13	25
5	IK Brage	22	9	6	7	39	41	-2	24
6	Köpings IS	22	8	6	8	45	40	5	22
7	Katrineholms SK	22	9	3	10	51	51	0	21
8	IFK Bofors	22	7	5	10	36	40	-4	19
9	Surahammars IF	22	8	2	12	35	47	-12	18
10	IK City	22	6	5	11	20	37	-17	17
11	Avesta AIK	22	5	6	11	37	50	-13	16
12	Karlstads BIK	22	4	2	16	28	68	-40	10

Östra Götaland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motala AIF	22	13	6	3	48	27	21	32
2	Landskrona BoIS	22	14	3	5	56	29	27	31
3	BK Derby	22	13	5	4	48	26	22	31
4	Höganäs BK	22	13	3	6	51	30	21	29
5	IK Sleipner	22	10	9	3	51	33	18	29
6	IFK Kristianstad	22	9	6	7	56	44	12	24
7	Åtvidabergs FF	22	7	5	10	32	39	-7	19
8	Råå IF	22	6	6	10	33	35	-2	18
9	Kalmar FF	22	8	0	14	34	53	-19	16
10	Nybro IF	22	6	3	13	35	61	-26	15
11	BK Kenty	22	6	1	15	37	59	-22	13
12	Gunnarstorps IF	22	3	1	18	33	78	-45	7

Västra Götaland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Örgryte IS	22	17	2	3	72	26	46	36
2	IF Elfsborg	22	15	4	3	52	24	28	34
3	Waggeryds IK	22	13	3	6	51	33	18	29
4	Norrby IF	22	11	4	7	47	34	13	26
5	Jönköpings Södra IF	22	12	1	9	44	32	12	25
6	IS Halmia	22	9	5	8	41	44	-3	23
7	Husqvarna IF	22	7	4	11	45	39	6	18
8	IK Oddevold	22	6	6	10	43	39	4	18
9	Kinna IF	22	7	3	12	32	48	-16	17
10	Fässbergs IF	22	6	3	13	26	58	-32	15
11	Skara IF	22	6	3	13	24	67	-43	15
12	IFK Trollhättan	22	3	2	17	25	58	-33	8

Allsvenskan promotion playoffs

• GIF Sundsvall - IFK Eskilstuna 3-6 (1-1, 2-2, 0-3)
• Örgryte IS - Motala AIF 3-8 (3-4, 0-4)

IFK Eskilstuna and Motala AIF promoted to Allsvenskan.

Footnotes

	Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan.
	Relegation to Division 3.

References

• Sweden - List of final tables (Clas Glenning)