Pre 1924

EARLY SWEDISH FOOTBALL TABLES AND CHAMPIONSHIP-DECIDING CUP FINALS

This document deals with the very early Swedish football championships. The first championship was played 1896 through a cup tournament. That form lasted until 1925, when it was decided that the winner of the Allsvenskan was Swedish champion. Actually, no official champion was declared 1926-30. Only from 1931 was the winner of Allsvenskan officially declared champion. But the winners of said series 1926-30 is to be considered Swedish champions, albeit not officially. To complicate things further, two champions was declared 1925, Brynäs IF, Gävle as cup winners and GAIS, Göteborg as winners of Allsvenskan! In 1910 Sweden began to play the so called "Svenska Serien" (Swedish series) between the best teams. But, at the same time the champion was declared through the cup tournament written about above. So the winner of svenska serien was not champions. Written below are the cupfinals from 1896-1925 as well as Svenska serien from 1910 to 1923/24. It should also be understood that the cup tournament here was played to declare a Swedish champion. Later on (1941) a new cup tournament was installed, but there the winner was cupwinners. Thanks to Claudio Nicoletti for the Svenska Serien 1918 and 1919 tables. Göteborg = Gothenburg.

CUPFINALS FOR THE SWEDISH TITLE 1896-1925

1896: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Idrottens Vänner, Göteborg 3-0

The first Swedish Champions: Örgryte IS 1896.

1897: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Örgryte IS 2, Göteborg 1-0

1898: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - AIK, Solna 3-0

1899: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Göteborgs FF 4-0

1900: AIK, Solna - Örgryte IS, Göteborg 1-0

1901: AIK, Solna - Örgryte IS 2, Göteborg w.o.

1902: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Jönköpings AIF 9-0

1903: Göteborgs IF - Göteborgs FF 5-2

1904: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 2-1

1905: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - IFK Stockholm 2-1

1906: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 4-3

1907: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - IFK Uppsala 4-1

1908: IFK Göteborg - IFK Uppsala 4-3

1909: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 8-2

1910: IFK Göteborg - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 3-0

1911: AIK, Solna - IFK Uppsala 3-2

1912: Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm - Örgryte IS, Göteborg 3-1

1913: Örgryte IS, Göteborg - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 3-2

1914: AIK, Solna - Helsingborgs IF 7-2

1915: Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm - Örgryte IS, Göteborg 4-1

1916: AIK, Solna - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 3-1

1917: Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm - AIK, Solna 3-1

1918: IFK Göteborg - Helsingborgs IF 5-0

1919: GAIS, Göteborg - Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 4-1

1920: Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm - IK Sleipner, Norrköping 1-0

1921: IFK Eskilstuna - IK Sleipner, Norrköping 2-1

1922: GAIS, Göteborg - Hammarby IF, Stockholm 3-1

1923: AIK, Solna - IFK Eskilstuna 5-1

1924: Fässbergs IF, Mölndal - IK Sirius, Uppsala 5-0

1925: Brynäs IF, Gävle - BK Derby, Linköping 4-2

SVENSKA SERIEN 1910-1923/24

1st tiebreaker is goal quota, not goal difference. Check out for example 1915-16; there IFK Göteborg had +18 and AIK +20 in respective goal difference. But IFK Göteborgs goal quota is 3.00, AIK´s is 2.54.

1910

1. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 14 8 3 3 52-22 19

2. AIK, Solna 14 8 3 3 50-28 19

3. IFK Göteborg 14 8 2 4 41-32 18

4. IFK Norrköping 14 6 3 5 31-26 15

5. Göteborgs FF 14 5 3 6 24-24 13

6. Vikingarnas FK 13 4 2 7 28-38 10

7. Västmanland-Nerikes BK 13 3 2 8 25-50 8

8. IFK Eskilstuna 14 3 2 9 30-61 8

NB: The game Vikingarnas FK - Västmanland-Nerikes BK was not played. Reason unknown to the author.

1911

No series played

1912/13

1. IFK Göteborg 10 7 2 1 25- 9 16

2. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 10 6 1 3 36-14 13

3. AIK, Solna 10 6 0 4 23-27 12

4. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 10 5 0 5 19-25 10

5. IFK Uppsala 10 3 1 6 22-23 7

6. IFK Norrköping 10 0 2 8 7-34 2

1913/14

1. IFK Göteborg 10 8 1 1 37-11 17

2. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 10 7 1 2 23- 9 15

3. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 10 3 4 3 16-17 10

4. AIK, Solna 10 4 1 5 17-27 9

5. IFK Norrköping 10 2 1 7 19-34 5

6. IFK Uppsala 10 1 2 7 14-28 4

1914/15

1. IFK Göteborg 8 6 0 2 25-13 12

2. AIK, Solna 8 5 0 3 30-15 10

3. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 8 5 0 3 22-18 10

4. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 8 3 1 4 17-18 7

5. IFK Norrköping 8 0 1 7 7-37 1

1915/16

1. IFK Göteborg 10 6 3 1 27- 9 15

2. AIK, Solna 10 7 1 2 33-13 15

3. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 10 5 1 4 21-15 11

4. GAIS, Göteborg 10 4 0 6 17-24 8

5. IFK Norrköping 10 3 0 7 12-36 6

6. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 10 2 1 7 15-28 5

1916/17

1. IFK Göteborg 10 8 0 2 34- 8 16

2. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 10 6 1 3 27-15 13

3. AIK, Solna 10 4 2 4 17-24 10

4. Helsingborgs IF 10 4 1 5 15-19 9

5. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 10 2 2 6 11-20 6

6. IFK Norrköping 10 2 2 6 15-33 6

1918

1. IFK Göteborg 6 5 1 0 21- 4 11

2. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 6 3 2 1 13- 4 8

3. AIK, Solna 6 1 1 4 7-17 4

4. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 6 0 2 4 3-19 2

1919

1. IFK Göteborg 5 3 0 2 8- 6 6

2. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 4 2 0 2 10- 6 4

3. AIK, Solna 4 1 2 1 6- 8 4

4. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 5 1 2 2 9-13 4

1920/21

1. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 18 10 5 3 27-10 25

2. GAIS, Göteborg 18 10 3 5 47-25 23

3. Hammarby IF, Stockholm 18 9 4 5 35-27 22

4. Helsingbprgs IF 18 9 4 5 33-27 22

5. IFK Göteborg 18 8 4 6 39-21 20

6. IFK Malmö 18 9 1 8 47-47 19

7. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 18 6 4 8 24-33 16

8. AIK, Solna 18 5 3 10 30-38 13

9. IFK Eskilstuna 18 4 3 11 23-45 11

10.IFK Norrköping 18 2 5 11 19-51 9

1922/23

Östra (East)

1. AIK, Solna 10 7 1 2 28-17 15

2. IFK Eskilstuna 10 4 2 4 21-17 10

3. Hammarby IF, Stockholm 10 4 1 5 16-18 9

4. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 10 3 3 4 16-19 9

5. IK Sleipner, Norrköping 10 4 1 5 14-20 9

6. IFK Norrköping 10 4 0 6 15-19 8

Västra (West)

1. GAIS, Göteborg 10 5 3 2 15-10 13

2. IFK Göteborg 10 5 2 3 18- 9 12

3. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 10 5 2 3 17- 9 12

4. Helsingborgs IF 10 4 4 2 14- 9 12

5. IFK Malmö 10 3 1 6 8-22 7

6. Malmö FF 10 1 2 7 6-19 4

Series final

GAIS, Göteborg - AIK, Solna 3-1 2-0

1923/24

Östra (East)

1. AIK, Solna 10 6 2 2 29-20 14

2. IK Sleipner, Norrköping 10 6 0 4 16-18 12

3. IFK Eskilstuna 10 5 0 5 21-25 10

4. Hammarby IF, Stockholm 10 3 3 4 16-18 9

5. IFK Norrköping 10 3 2 5 14-15 8

6. Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm 10 3 1 6 18-18 7

Västra (West)

1. Örgryte IS, Göteborg 10 8 1 1 37-11 17

2. GAIS, Göteborg 10 5 2 3 26-17 12

3. Helsingborgs IF 10 4 2 4 18-15 10

4. IFK Göteborg 10 4 2 4 16-17 10

5. IFK Malmö 10 4 0 6 6-25 8

6. Landskrona BoIS 10 0 3 7 8-26 3

Series final

AIK, Solna - Örgryte IS, Göteborg 0-1 0-1

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