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	1911–12	Westermalms IF
2nd level	1912
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	1912–13	Gefle IF	Unknown
		IFK Gävle	Unknown
			Unknown
		Mariebergs IK	Unknown
		Sandvikens AIK	Unknown
		IFK Stockholm	Unknown

Relegations[]

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason^[1]
Svenska Serien 1911–12	1912–13	Mariebergs IK	Unknown
	1912–13	IFK Eskilstuna	Withdrew
	Unknown	Göteborgs FF	Unknown
	Unknown	Vikingarnas FK	Withdrew
1911–12	Unknown		Withdrew
		IFK Uppsala	Withdrew
			Unknown
			Withdrew
1911–12	Unknown		Unknown
1911–12	Unknown		Withdrew

Domestic results[]

Svenska Serien 1911–12[]

Location of the participating clubs

Pos	Team v t	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
–	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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ Jump up to: ^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

Västsvenska

^[2]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Westermalms IF	7	7	0	0	29	–	11	+18	14
2^[3]		8	4	0	4	18	–	19	-1	8
3^[3]		8	3	2	3	15	–	15	0	8
4^[4]		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]		4	2	1	1	9	–	7	+2	5
–^[5]	IFK Uppsala	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
–^[5]		0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0

Västsvenska Serien 1912[]

^[6]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1		6	4	1	1	16	–	8	+8	9
2	GAIS	6	3	2	1	18	–	9	+9	8
3		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]		0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0

Svenska Mästerskapet 1911[]

Final

October 8, 1911

AIK	3–2	IFK Uppsala

Råsunda IP, Solna

Corinthian Bowl 1911[]

Final

May 28, 1911

Örgryte IS	5–2	Djurgårdens IF

Walhalla IP, Gothenburg

Kamratmästerskapen 1911[]

Final

October 15, 1911

IFK Norrköping	1–0	IFK Stockholm

Råsunda IP, Solna

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1911[]

Final

November 5, 1911

IFK Stockholm	3–2	Westermalms IF

Råsunda IP, Solna

National team results[]

June 18, 1911
Friendly
№ 9

Sweden	2–4	Germany
Gustafsson 28', 29'		Dumke 13', 44', 83' Kipp 54'

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Buchwald (Denmark)

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

September 17, 1911
Friendly
№ 10

Sweden	4–1	Norway
Ekroth 8', 35' Börjesson 15' 47'		Maartmann^[7] 60'

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Middelboe (Denmark)

Sweden: Knut Gustavsson - Theodor Malm, Erik Lavass - , Götrik Frykman, - Ivar Friberg, , Erik Börjesson, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

October 22, 1911
Friendly
№ 11

Finland	2–5	Sweden
Lindbäck 3' 5'		40' 46' 65', 86' 88'

Eläintarha Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: (Finland)

Sweden: - , - Sven Svensson, Hans Lindman, - , , , , .

October 29, 1911
Friendly
№ 12

Germany	1–3	Sweden
Möller 81'		Börjesson 15', 35' 60'

, Hamburg

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: (Netherlands)

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

June 16, 1912
Friendly
№ 13

Norway	1–2	Sweden
Maartmann 22'		Ekroth 37', 75'

, Kristiania

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Middelboe (Denmark)

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

June 20, 1912
Friendly
№ 14

Sweden	2–2	Hungary
Bergström 8' Swensson 46'		Bodnár 38' Schlosser^[8] 67'

Walhalla IP, Gothenburg

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: (Netherlands)

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

June 27, 1912
Friendly
№ 15

Sweden	7–1	Finland
Lorichs 1', 50', 65' Dahlström 52', 87' 80', 88'		Wiberg 38'

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Meisl (Austria)

Sweden: - Theodor Malm, Konrad Törnqvist - Gustaf Ekberg, Knut Nilsson, Oscar Gustafsson - , , Eric Dahlström, Hjalmar Lorichs, .

June 29, 1912
1912 Olympics prel. round (1/8 final)
№ 16

Sweden	3–4 (aet)	Netherlands
Swensson 3', 80' Börjesson 62' (p)		Bouvy 28', 52' Vos 43', 91' (et)

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: (England)

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

July 1, 1912
1912 Olympics consol. 1st round (1/4 final)
№ 17

Sweden	0–1	Italy
		Bontadini 15'^[9]

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: (Netherlands)

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
	FW	1	1	IFK Uppsala
Karl Ansén	FW	6	0	AIK Solna
	FW	2	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Oskar "Påsket" Bengtsson	GK	1	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	GK	1	0	IFK Stockholm
Erik "Backen" Bergström	FW/DF	3	1	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	MF	1	0	IFK Uppsala
	FW	1	0	IF Verdandi Eskilstuna
Erik "Börje" Börjesson	FW	5	4	Örgryte IS Göteborg (2) Jonsereds GIF (3)
Josef Börjesson	GK	4	0	Göteborgs FF
	FW	1	2	IFK Uppsala
	FW	1	0	Westermalms IF Stockholm
Eric Dahlström	FW	2	2	IFK Eskilstuna
	FW	1	1	IFK Stockholm
Gustaf "Blekberg" Ekberg	FW/MF	2	0	Johanneshofs IF
Helge "Ekis" Ekroth	FW	4	4	AIK Solna
	FW	1	1	IFK Uppsala
Arvid Fagrell	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Ivar Friberg	FW	1	0	Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Götrik "Putte" Frykman	MF	3	0	Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Karl "Köping" Gustafsson	FW/MF	5	2	Köpings IS
Oscar Gustafsson	MF	1	0	Johanneshofs IF
Knut Gustavsson	GK	1	0	Mariebergs IK Stockholm
Einar Halling-Johansson	FW	2	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	DF	1	0	IFK Uppsala
Erik Lavass	DF	1	0	Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Jacob Levin	DF	4	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Hans Lindman	MF	1	0	IFK Uppsala
Hjalmar Lorichs	FW	1	3	Köpings IS
	MF	1	0	IFK Stockholm
Theodor "Todde" Malm	DF	4	0	AIK Solna
Herman Myhrberg	FW	6	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Knut "Knutte" Nilsson	MF	2	0	AIK Solna
	MF	1	0	Mariebergs IK Stockholm
	MF	1	1	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	FW	2	3	IFK Uppsala (1) Sandvikens AIK (1)
	GK	1	0	IFK Uppsala
	DF	1	0	IFK Gävle
	FW	1	0	IFK Uppsala
Gustav (Gustaf) "Skädda" Sandberg	MF	3	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Knut Sandlund	DF	1	0	Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Henning Svensson	DF	1	0	IFK Göteborg
	GK	1	0	Mariebergs IK Stockholm
Sven Svensson	MF	1	0	IFK Uppsala
Iwar "Iffa-Sven" Swensson	FW	3	3	IFK Norrköping
Konrad Törnqvist	DF	3	0	IFK Göteborg
	MF	1	0	AIK Solna
Ragnar "Ragge" Wicksell	MF	6	0	Djurgårdens IF Stockholm

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following seven matches were not played: –, –, –Westermalms IF, –, Westermalms IF–, –IFK Västerås and Westermalms IF–Köpings IS.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Tie breaker is most scored goals.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b replaced which withdrew after four rounds, their match results were included in the table of which only played one more match.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c IFK Uppsala, and withdrew from their respective leagues before the league started.
^ The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following eight matches were not played: –IF Elfsborg, IFK Uddevalla–IF Elfsborg, –IFK Uddevalla, –IFK Uddevalla, IF Elfsborg–GAIS, IF Elfsborg–, – and –GAIS.
^ Norwegian sources indicate that it was and not Maartmann that scored the goal.
^ Hungarian sources indicate that it was Pataki and not Schlosser that scored the goal.
^ Italian sources indicate that the goal was scored 30' and not 15'.

References[]

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[table_hth_DIF0.46498231658013-2] Jump up to: ^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.

[table_note_GFF0.46498231658013-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[promrel-1] Jump up to: ^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.

[msabandoned-4] The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following seven matches were not played: –, –, –Westermalms IF, –, Westermalms IF–, –IFK Västerås and Westermalms IF–Köpings IS.

[gf-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Tie breaker is most scored goals.

[msreplacements-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b replaced which withdrew after four rounds, their match results were included in the table of which only played one more match.

[withdrew-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c IFK Uppsala, and withdrew from their respective leagues before the league started.

[vsabandoned-8] The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following eight matches were not played: –IF Elfsborg, IFK Uddevalla–IF Elfsborg, –IFK Uddevalla, –IFK Uddevalla, IF Elfsborg–GAIS, IF Elfsborg–, – and –GAIS.

[maartmannnysted-9] Norwegian sources indicate that it was and not Maartmann that scored the goal.

[patakischlosser-10] Hungarian sources indicate that it was Pataki and not Schlosser that scored the goal.

[bontadinigoal-11] Italian sources indicate that the goal was scored 30' and not 15'.

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