League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GA | GC | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 66 | 31 | 32 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 27 |
| 4 | IK Brage | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 38 | 26 |
| 5 | Sandvikens IF | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 22 |
| 6 | AIK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 21 |
| 7 | Landskrona BoIS | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 21 |
| 8 | IK Sleipner | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 49 | 21 |
| 9 | Gårda BK | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 39 | 20 |
| 10 | Malmö FF | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 18 |
| 11 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 14 |
| 12 | Hammarby IF | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 58 | 10 |
Fixtures
| Date | Time | Round | Match | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939-07-26 | wk. 1 | Gårda BK – IFK Göteborg | 1–2 (0–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 10897 | |
| 1939-07-30 | wk. 2 | IK Brage – IFK Göteborg | 2–0 (0–0) | Domnarsvallen | 5749 | |
| 1939-08-06 | wk. 3 | IFK Göteborg – Hammarby IF | 6–1 (0–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 7743 | |
| 1939-08-11 | wk. 4 | Örgryte IS – IFK Göteborg | 1–2 (1–1) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 9250 | |
| 1939-08-20 | 17:45 | wk. 5 | IFK Göteborg – AIK | 3–2 (2–1) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 14298 |
| 1939-09-03 | wk. 6 | Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg | 1–1 (0–1) | Malmö Idrottsplats | 4914 | |
| 1939-09-10 | wk. 7 | IFK Göteborg – IK Brage | 2–1 (2–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 12490 | |
| 1939-09-24 | wk. 8 | Hammarby IF – IFK Göteborg | 0–1 (0–0) | Stockholms Stadion | 10098 | |
| 1939-10-08 | wk. 9 | IFK Göteborg – Helsingborgs IF | 2–0 (0–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 13022 | |
| 1939-10-15 | wk. 10 | IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg | 3–2 (2–0) | Ramnavallen | 9709 | |
| 1939-10-29 | wk. 11 | Sandvikens IF – IFK Göteborg | 2–1 (2–0) | Norra Idrottsplatsen Norra Idrottsplatsen (Norra IP) var tidigare Sandvikens IF och Sandviken AIK:s hemmaarena. | 2467 | |
| 1939-11-05 | 13:30 | wk. 12 | AIK – IFK Göteborg | 2–2 (1–1) | Råsunda Fotbollsstadion | 6835 |
| 1939-11-12 | wk. 13 | IFK Göteborg – Malmö FF | 1–0 (1–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 6729 | |
| 1940-04-07 | wk. 14 | IFK Göteborg – Sandvikens IF | 1–3 (1–1) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 5760 | |
| 1940-04-26 | wk. 15 | IFK Göteborg – Gårda BK | 1–0 (1–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 3169 | |
| 1940-05-02 | wk. 16 | IK Sleipner – IFK Göteborg | 2–0 (1–0) | Norrköpings Idrottspark | 2667 | |
| 1940-05-10 | wk. 17 | IFK Göteborg – Örgryte IS | 3–1 (2–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 3428 | |
| 1940-05-13 | wk. 18 | Landskrona BoIS – IFK Göteborg | 1–2 (1–0) | Landskrona Idrottsplats | 2605 | |
| 1940-05-19 | wk. 19 | IFK Göteborg – IF Elfsborg | 2–1 (1–1) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 10297 | |
| 1940-05-26 | wk. 20 | IFK Göteborg – Landskrona BoIS | 6–0 (1–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 4966 | |
| 1940-05-29 | wk. 21 | IFK Göteborg – IK Sleipner | 7–2 (2–1) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 4653 | |
| 1940-06-02 | wk. 22 | Helsingborgs IF – IFK Göteborg | 1–2 (1–1) | Olympia | 9189 |
Contributing players
| Name | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | Bennhov (Bengtsson), Holger | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | Hultfeldt, Olof | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andersson, Ernst | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nyberg, Arne | 21 | 6 | 1 | 7 | Mossberg, Bengt | 21 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Berg, Fritz | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johansson, Folke | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hallman, Åke | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Larsson, Folke | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Olausson (Ohlsson), Axel | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hultén, Vallentin | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eriksson, Nils | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larsson, Leif | 8 | 10 | 0 | 10 | Johansson, Gustav | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliasson, Karl-Erik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Pervik (Pettersson), Berth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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