title: 1959 Allsvenskan
text: # 1959 Allsvenskan
  
  Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1959.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The league was contested by 12 teams, with Djurgårdens IF winning the championship.
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 32 | |
  | 2 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 31 | |
  | 3 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 31 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
  | 4 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 30 | |
  | 5 | Malmö FF | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 28 | |
  | 6 | Hammarby IF | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 19 | |
  | 7 | Sandvikens IF | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 19 | |
  | 8 | Hälsingborgs IF | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 18 | |
  | 9 | IFK Malmö | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 18 | |
  | 10 | AIK | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 17 | |
  | 11 | Halmstads BK (R) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 16 | Relegation to Division 2 |
  | 12 | GAIS (R) | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 69 | −49 | 5 | Relegation to Division 2 |
  
  * ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1959.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | GAIS | HBK | HAIF | HÄIF | IFKG | IFKM | IFKN | MFF | SIF | ÖIS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | AIK | | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
  | Djurgårdens IF | 4–2 | | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
  | GAIS | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
  | Halmstads BK | 4–2 | 0–1 | 7–0 | | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
  | Hammarby IF | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
  | Hälsingborgs IF | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
  | IFK Göteborg | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 0–3 |
  | IFK Malmö | 2–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
  | IFK Norrköping | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
  | Malmö FF | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | | 6–0 | 3–3 |
  | Sandvikens IF | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–5 |
  | Örgryte IS | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
  