1981 Allsvenskan
# 1981 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1981.

## Overview

The league was contested by 14 teams, with Östers IF winning the championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Östers IF (C) | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 20 | +37 | 40 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 36 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | IFK Norrköping | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | IK Brage | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 30 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 27 | |
| 6 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 27 | |
| 7 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 25 | |
| 8 | AIK | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 24 | |
| 9 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 24 | |
| 10 | Åtvidabergs FF | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 22 | |
| 11 | IF Elfsborg (O) | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 22 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Kalmar FF (O) | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 21 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | IFK Sundsvall (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 18 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 14 | Djurgårdens IF (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 16 | Relegation to Division 2 |

* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 1981–82.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | HBK | HIF | IFE | IFKG | IFKN | IFKS | IKB | KFF | MFF | ÅFF | ÖIS | ÖIF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AIK | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Halmstads BK | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Hammarby IF | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| IF Elfsborg | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–2 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| IFK Sundsvall | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| IK Brage | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Kalmar FF | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Malmö FF | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Åtvidabergs FF | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Örgryte IS | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 |
| Östers IF | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

Elfsborg won 2–1 on aggregate. Kalmar FF won 4–2 on aggregate.

