First Division. The regular season ended like this:
Hammarby IF – last with 19 points and relegated.
Orgryte IS – 11th with 21 points and relegated.
IK Brage – 10th with 24 points and relegated.
Halmstads BK – 9th with 26 points.
AIK – 8th with 27 points.
GAIS – 7th with 28 points. Finished with curious – and low – scoring record: 17-17.
Malmo FF – 6th with 28 points. Rather weak season for them.
Djurgardens IF – 5th with 33 points.
Osters IF – 4th with 36 points and going to the play-offs for the title.
Orebro SK – 3rd with 36 points and going to the play-offs for the title.
IFK Norrkoping – 2nd with 40 points and going to the play-offs for the title.
IFK Goteborg – dominant winner with 45 points from 12 wins, 4 ties and 6 losses. 41-23 goal-difference. However, nothing was decided yet – the play-offs were next.
The play-offs for the title were played in late October and in the ½ finals
Orebro SK lost to IFK Goteborg 1-1 and 1-2.
Osters IF was eliminated by IFK Norrkoping 4-3 and 1-2. Away goals decided their fate.
The big final opposed the 1st to the 2nd in the regular season – truly, a clash between the best teams this season. Everything practically ended in the first leg – IFK Norrkoping lost at home 0-3. They tried to save face in the second leg and managed 0-0, but lost the championship.
IFK Norrkoping – strong season, no doubts about it, but really the second-best team.
IFK Goteborg – consistently strong from start to finish, permitting no surprises. Well, the strongest and internationally most successful Swedish club continued to be very strong and collected their 12th title.
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