1914–15 in Swedish football

The 1914-15 season in Swedish football, starting August 1914 and ending July 1915:

Honours edit

Official titles edit

Title	Team	Reason
1914 Swedish Champions	AIK	Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet

Competitions edit

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	1914–15 Svenska Serien	IFK Göteborg
2nd level	Uppsvenska Serien 1915	Mariebergs IK
	Mellansvenska Serien 1914–15	Johanneshofs IF
	Östsvenska Serien 1915	Hammarby IF
	Västsvenska Serien 1914–15	GAIS
Championship Cup	Svenska Mästerskapet 1914	AIK
Cup competition	Kamratmästerskapen 1914	IFK Göteborg
Cup competition	Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1914	AIK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications edit

Promotions edit

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason^[1]
Västsvenska Serien 1914–15	Svenska Serien 1915–16	GAIS	Unknown
Unknown	Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16	Falu IK	Unknown
Unknown	Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16	IK Sirius	Unknown

League transfers edit

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Östsvenska Serien 1915	Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16	Hammarby IF	Unknown
Uppsvenska Serien 1915	Mellansvenska Serien 1915–16	Mariebergs IK	Unknown

Relegations edit

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason^[1]
Mellansvenska Serien 1914–15	Unknown	Johanneshofs IF	Unknown
		IFK Stockholm	Unknown
		Westermalms IF	Unknown
Östsvenska Serien 1915	Unknown	IF Linnéa	Unknown
Västsvenska Serien 1914–15	Unknown	IS Halmia	Withdrew

Domestic results edit

Svenska Serien 1914–15 edit

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Göteborg	8	6	0	2	25	–	13	+12	12
2^[2]	AIK	8	5	0	3	30	–	15	+15	10
3^[2]	Örgryte IS	8	5	0	3	22	–	18	+4	10
4	Djurgårdens IF	8	3	1	4	17	–	26	-9	7
5	IFK Norrköping	8	0	1	7	7	–	37	-30	1

Uppsvenska Serien 1915 edit

Uppsvenska

Mellansvenska

Östsvenska

Västsvenska

^[3]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1^[2]	Mariebergs IK	6	5	0	1	17	–	3	+14	10
2^[2]	Sandvikens AIK	6	5	0	1	16	–	6	+10	10
3	IFK Gävle	6	1	1	4	9	–	19	-10	3
4	Gefle IF	6	0	1	5	3	–	17	-14	1

Mellansvenska Serien 1914–15 edit

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Johanneshofs IF	14	7	4	3	31	–	18	+13	18
2^[2]	IFK Eskilstuna	14	5	7	2	21	–	14	+7	17
3^[2]	IK Sleipner	14	6	5	3	25	–	18	+7	17
4^[2]	IFK Uppsala	14	6	5	3	36	–	29	+7	17
5	IFK Stockholm	14	5	4	5	25	–	24	+1	14
6	Köpings IS	14	4	3	7	16	–	26	-10	11
7^[2]	IFK Västerås	14	3	3	8	19	–	32	-13	9
8^[2]	Westermalms IF	14	3	3	8	15	–	27	-12	9

Östsvenska Serien 1915 edit

^[4]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF^[5]	14	12	1	1	45	–	9	+36	25
2	IK City	14	8	1	5	32	–	20	+12	17
3	Södermalms IK	14	7	2	5	24	–	13	+11	16
4^[2]	IF Swithiod	14	7	1	6	32	–	28	+4	15
5^[2]	IF Linnéa	14	7	1	6	32	–	30	+2	15
6	Enköpings AIF	14	4	2	8	20	–	49	-29	10
7	IF Verdandi	14	4	1	9	18	–	25	-7	9
8	Västerås SK	14	1	3	10	17	–	46	-29	5

Västsvenska Serien 1914–15 edit

^[6]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	GAIS	6	5	1	0	17	–	5	+12	11
2	IF Elfsborg	7	4	1	2	20	–	11	+9	9
3	IK Wega	7	3	2	2	12	–	8	+4	8
4^[2]	Surte IS	7	1	1	5	13	–	26	-13	3
5^[2]	IFK Uddevalla	7	0	3	4	9	–	21	-12	3
–^[7]	IS Halmia	4	2	1	1	13	–	7	+6	5

Svenska Mästerskapet 1914 edit

Final

November 11, 1914

AIK	7–2	Helsingborgs IF

Råsunda IP, Solna

Kamratmästerskapen 1914 edit

Final

December 6, 1914

IFK Göteborg	9–0	IFK Stockholm

Walhalla IP, Gothenburg

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1914 edit

Final

May 27, 1914

AIK	4–1	Djurgårdens IF

Råsunda IP, Solna

National team results edit

October 25, 1914
Friendly
№ 30

Sweden	7–0	Norway
Ekroth 5', 80', 86' Söderberg 20', 65', 68' Johansson 47'

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Vestergaard (Denmark)

Sweden: Erik Bergqvist - Theodor Malm, Erik Runeborg - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Ragnar Wicksell, David Spångberg - Gottfrid Johansson, Sten Söderberg, Iwar Swensson, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

June 6, 1915
Friendly
№ 31

Denmark	2–0	Sweden
Olsen 47' Nielsen 53'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Tromp (Netherlands)

Sweden: John Karlsson-Nottorp - Albert Andersson, Valdus Lund - Sven Friberg, Ragnar Wicksell, Josef Appelgren - Bror Hagard, Caleb Schylander, Erik Börjesson, Erik Hjelm, Rolf Borssén.

June 27, 1915
Friendly
№ 32

Norway	1–1	Sweden
Engebretsen 54'		Gunnarsson 82'

Gamle Frogner Stadion, Kristiania

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Vestergaard (Denmark)

Sweden: Erik Bergqvist - Theodor Malm, Erik Runeborg - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Bruno Lindström, Gustaf Ekberg - Marcus Dantowitch, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Sten Söderberg, Karl Ansén.

National team players in season 1914/15 edit

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Albert "Banjo" Andersson	DF	1	0	Örgryte IS
Karl Ansén	FW	2	0	AIK
Josef "Päron" Appelgren	MF	1	0	Örgryte IS
Erik "Berka" Bergqvist	GK	2	0	AIK
Erik "Börje" Börjesson	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Rolf Borssén	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Marcus Dantowitch (Dante)	FW	1	0	Johanneshofs IF
Gustaf "Blekberg" Ekberg	MF	1	0	Johanneshofs IF
Helge "Ekis" Ekroth	FW	1	3	AIK
Sven Friberg	MF	1	0	Örgryte IS
Walfrid "Valle" Gunnarsson	FW	1	1	AIK
Bror Hagard	FW	1	0	Örgryte IS
Erik Hjelm	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Gottfrid "Gotte" Johansson	FW	1	1	Djurgårdens IF
John "Stjärna" Karlsson-Nottorp	GK	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Bruno Lindström	MF	1	0	AIK
Valdus "Gobben" Lund	DF	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Theodor "Todde" Malm	DF	2	0	AIK
Bertil "Nocke" Nordenskjöld	MF	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
Erik Runeborg	DF	2	0	AIK
Caleb "Kairo" Schylander	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Sten "Knata" Söderberg	FW	2	3	Djurgårdens IF
David "Spånga" Spångberg	MF	1	0	AIK
Iwar "Iffa-Sven" Swensson	FW	2	0	AIK
Ragnar "Ragge" Wicksell	MF	2	0	Djurgårdens IF

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b There existed no regular promotion and relegation in the national leagues at this time. Teams were excluded, relegated, admitted or promoted to a league on other bases than their finishing position the season before.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Tie breaker is goal average.
^ One match ended in a walkover for the home team, Mariebergs IK–IFK Gävle, this match has been counted as 0–0 but two points to the home team.
^ Four matches ended in walkovers for the home team, Södermalms IK–IF Swithiod, Hammarby IF–IF Verdandi, IF Linnéa–IF Verdandi and IF Swithiod–IK City, these matches have been counted as 0–0 but two points to the home teams.
^ Klara SK merged with Hammarby IF after eight rounds, and the team then continued to play in the league under the name Hammarby IF. The score for Klara SK after the eighth round was seven wins, zero draws, one loss, the goal difference 23–14 (+9) and 14 points.
^ The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following three matches were not played: GAIS–IK Wega, IF Elfsborg–IFK Uddevalla and GAIS–Surte IS.
^ IS Halmia withdrew after four rounds, their four match results are not included in the table of the other teams.

References edit

Print

Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Andersson, Torbjörn (2002). Kung fotboll: den svenska fotbollens kulturhistoria från 1800-talets slut till 1950. Eslöv: Brutus Östlings bokförlag Symposion. ISBN 91-7139-565-2.
Glanell, Tomas; Havik, Göran; Lindberg, Thomas; Persson, Gunnar; Ågren, Bengt, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Jönsson, Ingemar; Josephson, Åke, eds. (2004). IFK Göteborg 1904-2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker. Göteborg: IFK Göteborg. ISBN 91-631-4659-2.
Jönsson, Åke (2006). Fotboll: hur världens största sport växte fram. Lund: Historiska media. ISBN 91-85377-48-1.
Nylin, Lars (2004). Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder. Sundbyberg: Semic. ISBN 91-552-3168-3.
Persson, Lennart K. (2002). "Fotbollens uppkomst och tidiga utveckling i Sverige och Göteborg". Idrottsarvet: årets bok (2002): 31–69.

Online

"Fakta och historik". AIK Fotboll. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Glenning, Clas (2006). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
"SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
"svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2006. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.

[promrel-1] There existed no regular promotion and relegation in the national leagues at this time. Teams were excluded, relegated, admitted or promoted to a league on other bases than their finishing position the season before.

[gavg-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Tie breaker is goal average.

[uswalkovers-3] One match ended in a walkover for the home team, Mariebergs IK–IFK Gävle, this match has been counted as 0–0 but two points to the home team.

[oswalkovers-4] Four matches ended in walkovers for the home team, Södermalms IK–IF Swithiod, Hammarby IF–IF Verdandi, IF Linnéa–IF Verdandi and IF Swithiod–IK City, these matches have been counted as 0–0 but two points to the home teams.

[kskhif-5] Klara SK merged with Hammarby IF after eight rounds, and the team then continued to play in the league under the name Hammarby IF. The score for Klara SK after the eighth round was seven wins, zero draws, one loss, the goal difference 23–14 (+9) and 14 points.

[vsabandoned-6] The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following three matches were not played: GAIS–IK Wega, IF Elfsborg–IFK Uddevalla and GAIS–Surte IS.

[withdrew-7] IS Halmia withdrew after four rounds, their four match results are not included in the table of the other teams.

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