1911–12 in Swedish football

The 1911–12 season in Swedish football, starting January 1911 and ending July 1912:

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
1911 Swedish Champions AIK Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level Svenska Serien 1911–12 Örgryte IS
2nd level Mellansvenska Serien 1911–12 Westermalms IF
Västsvenska Serien 1912 IK Wega
Championship Cup Svenska Mästerskapet 1911 AIK
Cup competition Corinthian Bowl 1911 Örgryte IS
Kamratmästerskapen 1911 IFK Norrköping
Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1911 IFK Stockholm

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason[1]
Unknown Svenska Serien 1912–13 IFK Uppsala Unknown
Unknown Uppsvenska Serien 1912–13 Gefle IF Unknown
IFK Gävle Unknown
IF Heimdal Unknown
Mariebergs IK Unknown
Sandvikens AIK Unknown
IFK Stockholm Unknown

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason[1]
Svenska Serien 1911–12 Uppsvenska Serien 1912–13 Mariebergs IK Unknown
Mellansvenska Serien 1912–13 IFK Eskilstuna Withdrew
Unknown Göteborgs FF Unknown
Vikingarnas FK Withdrew
Mellansvenska Serien 1911–12 Unknown Eriksdals IF Withdrew
IFK Uppsala Withdrew
Verdandi VoIF Unknown
Örebro BK Withdrew
Västsvenska Serien 1911–12 Unknown Jonsereds GIF Unknown
Rantens IF Withdrew

Domestic results

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football § Legend.

Svenska Serien 1911–12

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Location of the participating clubs
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Örgryte IS (C) 11 8 1 2 29 20 1.450 17[a]
2 Djurgårdens IF 10 6 2 2 19 14 1.357 14[a]
3 IFK Göteborg 11 4 3 4 28 27 1.037 11[a]
4 AIK 10 4 1 5 25 23 1.087 9[a]
5 IFK Norrköping 9 2 2 5 15 25 0.600 6[a]
6 Göteborgs FF[b] (R) 7 1 2 4 12 17 0.706 4[a] Relegation to Unknown Division
7 Marieberg[b] (R) 6 1 1 4 9 11 0.818 3[a] Relegation to Uppsvenska Serien
– Vikingarna[b] (R) 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.000 2 Relegation to Unknown Division
– IFK Eskilstuna[b] (R) 1 0 0 1 0 7 0.000 0 Relegation to Mellansvenska Serien
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g The league was abandoned due to trouble finding days to play the remaining matches as the national team prepared for the 1912 Olympic football tournament by playing test matches, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following ten matches were not played: Djurgårdens IF–Mariebergs IK, Göteborgs FF–Mariebergs IK, IFK Norrköping–Djurgårdens IF, Mariebergs IK–Göteborgs FF, IFK Göteborg–Mariebergs IK, Göteborgs FF–AIK, Örgryte IS–Mariebergs IK, AIK–Göteborgs FF, Göteborgs FF–IFK Norrköping and Mariebergs IK–IFK Norrköping.
  2. ^ a b c d Göteborgs FF and Mariebergs IK replaced IFK Eskilstuna and Vikingarnas FK which both withdrew after only one round, their two match results are not included in the table of the other teams. Mariebergs IK then withdrew after six matches, but were allowed back in again after a while.

Mellansvenska Serien 1911–12

Mellansvenska
Eriksdals IF
Johanneshofs IF
Köpings IS
IF Svea
IFK Uppsala
Verdandi VoIF
IFK Västerås
Westermalms IF
Örebro BK
Västsvenska
IF Elfsborg
GAIS
Jonsereds GIF
Rantens IF
IFK Uddevalla
IK Wega
[2] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Westermalms IF 7 7 0 0 29 – 11 +18 14
2[3] IF Svea 8 4 0 4 18 – 19 -1 8
3[3] Verdandi VoIF 8 3 2 3 15 – 15 0 8
4[4] Johanneshofs IF 5 3 1 1 14 – 9 +5 7
5 Köpings IS 9 1 3 5 11 – 21 -10 5
6 IFK Västerås 9 1 2 6 16 – 28 -12 4
–[4] Eriksdals IF 4 2 1 1 9 – 7 +2 5
–[5] IFK Uppsala 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0
–[5] Örebro BK 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0

Västsvenska Serien 1912

[6] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IK Wega 6 4 1 1 16 – 8 +8 9
2 GAIS 6 3 2 1 18 – 9 +9 8
3 Jonsereds GIF 3 1 1 1 5 – 5 0 3
4[3] IF Elfsborg 4 1 0 3 8 – 15 -7 2
5[3] IFK Uddevalla 5 1 0 4 4 – 14 -10 2
–[5] Rantens IF 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0

Svenska Mästerskapet 1911

Final
AIK3–2IFK Uppsala

Corinthian Bowl 1911

Final
Örgryte IS5–2Djurgårdens IF

Kamratmästerskapen 1911

Final
IFK Norrköping1–0IFK Stockholm

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1911

Final
IFK Stockholm3–2Westermalms IF

National team results

Sweden 2–4 Germany
Gustafsson 28', 29' Dumke 13', 44', 83'
Kipp 54'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Buchwald (Denmark)

Sweden Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Knut Sandlund, Jacob Levin - Ragnar Wicksell, Götrik Frykman, Sixten Öberg - Herman Myhrberg, Gustaf Ekberg, Karl Gustafsson, Josef Appelgren, Karl Ansén.

Sweden 4–1 Norway
Ekroth 8', 35'
Börjesson 15'
Dahlström 47'		 Maartmann[7] 60'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Middelboe (Denmark)

Sweden Sweden: Knut Gustavsson - Theodor Malm, Erik Lavass - Axel Lyberg, Götrik Frykman, Fritz Welander - Ivar Friberg, William Dahlström, Erik Börjesson, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

Finland 2–5 Sweden
Lindbäck 3'
Jerima-Jefimoff 5'		 Ericsson 40'
Persson 46'
Brolin 65', 86'
Andersson 88'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eerikäinen (Finland)

Sweden Sweden: Gerhard Pettersson - Johannes Hellgren, Sven Pettersson - Sven Svensson, Hans Lindman, Erik Bohlin - Gunnar Pleijel, Karl Persson, Ludvig Ericsson, Adrian Brolin, Rudolf Andersson.

Germany 1–3 Sweden
Möller 81' Börjesson 15', 35'
Olsson 60'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Willing (Netherlands)

Sweden Sweden: Josef Börjesson - Theodor Malm, Jacob Levin - Ragnar Wicksell, Knut Nilsson, John Olsson - Herman Myhrberg, Josef Appelgren, Erik Börjesson, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

Norway 1–2 Sweden
Maartmann 22' Ekroth 37', 75'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Middelboe (Denmark)

Sweden Sweden: Erik Bergqvist - Konrad Törnqvist, Henning Svensson - Ragnar Wicksell, Gustav Sandberg, Karl Gustafsson - Herman Myhrberg, Einar Halling-Johansson, Arvid Fagrell, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

Sweden 2–2 Hungary
Bergström 8'
Swensson 46'		 Bodnár 38'
Schlosser[8] 67'
Attendance: 2,500

Sweden Sweden: Josef Börjesson - Theodor Malm, Jacob Levin - Ragnar Wicksell, Gustav Sandberg, Karl Gustafsson - Herman Myhrberg, Einar Halling-Johansson, Erik Börjesson, Iwar Swensson, Erik Bergström.

Sweden 7–1 Finland
Lorichs 1', 50', 65'
Dahlström 52', 87'
Persson 80', 88'		 Wiberg 38'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Meisl (Austria)

Sweden Sweden: Herbert Svensson - Theodor Malm, Konrad Törnqvist - Gustaf Ekberg, Knut Nilsson, Oscar Gustafsson - Axel Bohm, Karl Persson, Eric Dahlström, Hjalmar Lorichs, Birger Carlsson.

Sweden 3–4
(aet)		 Netherlands
Swensson 3', 80'
Börjesson 62' (p)		 Bouvy 28', 52'
Vos 43', 91' (et)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Wagstaffe-Simmons (England)

Sweden Sweden: Josef Börjesson - Jacob Levin, Erik Bergström - Ragnar Wicksell, Gustav Sandberg, Karl Gustafsson - Herman Myhrberg, Iwar Swensson, Erik Börjesson, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

Sweden 0–1 Italy
Bontadini 15'[9]
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Willing (Netherlands)

Sweden Sweden: Josef Börjesson - Erik Bergström, Konrad Törnqvist - Ragnar Wicksell, Götrik Frykman, Karl Gustafsson - Herman Myhrberg, Iwar Swensson, Erik Börjesson, Eric Dahlström, Karl Ansén.

National team players in season 1911/12

name pos. caps goals club
Rudolf Andersson FW 1 1 IFK Uppsala
Karl Ansén FW 6 0 AIK
Josef "Päron" Appelgren FW 2 0 Örgryte IS
Oskar "Påsket" Bengtsson GK 1 0 Örgryte IS
Erik "Berka" Bergqvist GK 1 0 IFK Stockholm
Erik "Backen" Bergström FW/DF 3 1 Örgryte IS
Erik Bohlin MF 1 0 IFK Uppsala
Axel Bohm FW 1 0 IF Verdandi
Erik "Börje" Börjesson FW 5 4 Örgryte IS (2)
Jonsereds GIF (3)
Josef Börjesson GK 4 0 Göteborgs FF
Adrian Brolin FW 1 2 IFK Uppsala
Birger Carlsson FW 1 0 Westermalms IF
Eric Dahlström FW 2 2 IFK Eskilstuna
William "Kata" Dahlström FW 1 1 IFK Stockholm
Gustaf "Blekberg" Ekberg FW/MF 2 0 Johanneshofs IF
Helge "Ekis" Ekroth FW 4 4 AIK
Ludvig Ericsson FW 1 1 IFK Uppsala
Arvid Fagrell FW 1 0 IFK Göteborg
Ivar Friberg FW 1 0 Djurgårdens IF
Götrik "Putte" Frykman MF 3 0 Djurgårdens IF
Karl "Köping" Gustafsson FW/MF 5 2 Köpings IS
Oscar Gustafsson MF 1 0 Johanneshofs IF
Knut Gustavsson GK 1 0 Mariebergs IK
Einar Halling-Johansson FW 2 0 Örgryte IS
Johannes "Janne" Hellgren DF 1 0 IFK Uppsala
Erik Lavass DF 1 0 Djurgårdens IF
Jacob Levin DF 4 0 Örgryte IS
Hans Lindman MF 1 0 IFK Uppsala
Hjalmar Lorichs FW 1 3 Köpings IS
Axel "Nyggen" Lyberg MF 1 0 IFK Stockholm
Theodor "Todde" Malm DF 4 0 AIK
Herman Myhrberg FW 6 0 Örgryte IS
Knut "Knutte" Nilsson MF 2 0 AIK
Sixten Öberg MF 1 0 Mariebergs IK
John Olsson MF 1 1 Örgryte IS
Karl Persson FW 2 3 IFK Uppsala (1)
Sandvikens AIK (1)
Gerhard Pettersson GK 1 0 IFK Uppsala
Sven Pettersson DF 1 0 IFK Gävle
Gunnar Pleijel FW 1 0 IFK Uppsala
Gustav (Gustaf) "Skädda" Sandberg MF 3 0 Örgryte IS
Knut Sandlund DF 1 0 Djurgårdens IF
Henning Svensson DF 1 0 IFK Göteborg
Herbert Svensson GK 1 0 Mariebergs IK
Sven Svensson MF 1 0 IFK Uppsala
Iwar "Iffa-Sven" Swensson FW 3 3 IFK Norrköping
Konrad Törnqvist DF 3 0 IFK Göteborg
Fritz "Fritte" Welander MF 1 0 AIK
Ragnar "Ragge" Wicksell MF 6 0 Djurgårdens IF

Notes

  1. ^ a b There existed no regular promotion and relegation in the leagues at this time. Teams were excluded, relegated, admitted or promoted to a league on other bases than their finishing position the season before.
  2. ^ The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following seven matches were not played: Verdandi VoIF–Eriksdals IF, Eriksdals IF–IF Svea, IF Svea–Westermalms IF, Eriksdals IF–Verdandi VoIF, Westermalms IF–Eriksdals IF, Eriksdals IF–IFK Västerås and Westermalms IF–Köpings IS.
  3. ^ a b c d Tie breaker is most scored goals.
  4. ^ a b Johanneshofs IF replaced Eriksdals IF which withdrew after four rounds, their match results were included in the table of Johanneshofs IF which only played one more match.
  5. ^ a b c IFK Uppsala, Örebro BK and Rantens IF withdrew from their respective leagues before the league started.
  6. ^ The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following eight matches were not played: Jonsereds GIF–IF Elfsborg, IFK Uddevalla–IF Elfsborg, IK Wega–IFK Uddevalla, Jonsereds GIF–IFK Uddevalla, IF Elfsborg–GAIS, IF Elfsborg–Jonsereds GIF, IK Wega–Jonsereds GIF and Jonsereds GIF–GAIS.
  7. ^ Norwegian sources indicate that it was Nysted and not Maartmann that scored the goal.
  8. ^ Hungarian sources indicate that it was Pataki and not Schlosser that scored the goal.
  9. ^ Italian sources indicate that the goal was scored 30' and not 15'.

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