1928–29 in Swedish football

The 1928-29 season in Swedish football, starting August 1928 and ending July 1929:

Honours[]

Official titles[]

Title	Team	Reason
1928–29 Swedish Champions^[1]	None	–

Competitions[]

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1928–29	Helsingborgs IF
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1928–29	Sandvikens IF
2nd level	Division 2 Södra 1928–29	Hallstahammars SK
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet^[2] 1929	Bodens BK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications[]

Promotions[]

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1928–29	Allsvenskan 1929–30	Sandvikens IF	Winners
Division 2 Södra 1928–29	Allsvenskan 1929–30	Stattena IF	Winners
Division 3 1928–29	Division 2 Norra 1929–30	Köpings IS	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1928–29	Division 2 Norra 1929–30	Sandvikens AIK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1928–29	Division 2 Södra 1929–30	BK Derby	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1928–29	Division 2 Södra 1929–30	IFK Kristianstad	Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations[]

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1928–29	Division 2 Norra 1929–30	IFK Eskilstuna	11th team
Allsvenskan 1928–29	Division 2 Norra 1929–30	Westermalms IF	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1928–29	Division 3 1929–30	Djurgårdens IF	9th team
Division 2 Norra 1928–29	Division 3 1929–30	IFK Stockholm	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1928–29	Division 3 1929–30	Jonsereds IF	10th team

Domestic results[]

Allsvenskan 1928–29[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Helsingborgs IF	22	16	3	3	89	–	35	+54	35
2	Örgryte IS	22	15	3	4	72	–	42	+30	33
3	IFK Göteborg	22	14	4	4	56	–	34	+22	32
4	IK Sleipner	22	11	3	8	54	–	49	+5	25
5	GAIS	22	9	4	9	47	–	43	+4	22
6	IF Elfsborg	22	8	3	11	41	–	54	-13	19
7^[3]	Landskrona BoIS	22	8	2	12	37	–	47	-10	18
8^[3]	IFK Malmö	22	8	2	12	32	–	47	-15	18
9	AIK	22	7	3	12	47	–	55	-8	17
10^[3]	IFK Norrköping	22	4	8	10	25	–	33	-8	16
11^[3]	IFK Eskilstuna	22	7	2	13	41	–	74	-33	16
12	Westermalms IF	22	5	3	14	34	–	62	-28	13

Division 2 Norra 1928–29[]

Norra

Södra

^[2]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Sandvikens IF	18	13	2	3	56	–	20	+36	28
2	Hallstahammars SK	18	8	5	5	31	–	28	+3	21
3	Sundbybergs IK	18	10	0	8	45	–	38	+7	20
4	Hammarby IF	18	8	3	7	30	–	27	+3	19
5^[3]	Gefle IF	18	6	5	7	39	–	34	+5	17
6^[3]	Surahammars IF	18	5	7	6	37	–	41	-4	17
7^[3]	IFK Västerås	18	7	1	10	32	–	43	-11	15
8^[3]	IK City	18	5	5	8	34	–	51	-17	15
9^[3]	Djurgårdens IF	18	5	4	9	27	–	37	-10	14
10^[3]	IFK Stockholm	18	7	0	11	34	–	43	-9	14

Division 2 Södra 1928–29[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Stattena IF	18	12	3	3	45	–	22	+23	27
2	Redbergslids IK	18	12	1	5	47	–	25	+22	25
3	Halmstads BK	18	11	1	6	46	–	29	+17	23
4	Malmö FF	18	8	2	8	42	–	41	+1	18
5	Kalmar FF	18	6	4	8	42	–	44	-2	16
6	IFK Uddevalla	18	7	1	10	29	–	43	-14	15
7^[3]	Fässbergs IF	18	7	0	11	36	–	42	-6	14
8^[3]	Krokslätts FF	18	6	2	10	29	–	40	-11	14
9^[3]	IS Halmia^[4]	18	5	4	9	23	–	34	-11	14
10^[3]	Jonsereds IF	18	6	2	10	30	–	49	-19	14

Division 2 promotion play-off 1928–29[]

23 June 1929

Sandvikens AIK	4–0

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30 June 1929

	0–5	Sandvikens AIK

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9 June 1929

IFK Kumla	1–2	Köpings IS

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16 June 1929

Köpings IS	1–1	IFK Kumla

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9 June 1929

BK Derby	4–1	Kalmar AIK

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16 June 1929

Kalmar AIK	2–3	BK Derby

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9 June 1929

Majornas IK	0–4	IFK Kristianstad

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16 June 1929

IFK Kristianstad	7–2	Majornas IK

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Norrländska Mästerskapet 1929[]

Final

August 25, 1929

	2–3	Bodens BK

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National team results[]

September 2, 1928
Friendly
№ 136

Finland	2–3	Sweden
Malmgren 55' Kanerva 77'		3' Andersson 8', 79'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: (Norway)

Sweden: - , - , , Einar Snitt - , , , Helge Andersson, Sigurd Roos.

September 30, 1928
Friendly
№ 137

Sweden	2–0	Germany
Lundahl 44' (p) Olsson 89'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hansen (Denmark)

Sweden: Anders Rydberg - Axel Alfredsson, - Åke Hansson, Nils Rosén, Torsten Johansson - Charles Brommesson, Gunnar Olsson, Harry Lundahl, Tore Keller, Knut Kroon.

October 7, 1928
1924–28 Nordic Championship
№ 138

Denmark	3–1	Sweden
Rohde 6' Jørgensen 8' Nilsson 31'		Rydell 32'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 27,500

Referee: (Germany)

Sweden: Anders Rydberg - Axel Alfredsson, - Åke Hansson, , Torsten Johansson - Rune Wenzel, Sven Rydell, Harry Lundahl, , Knut Kroon.

June 9, 1929
Friendly
№ 139

Sweden	6–2	Netherlands
Dahl 11' Rydell 17', 70', 77' Kools 74' (og) 84'		Smeets 73', 82'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Remke (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Folke Andersson, - Åke Hansson, Henning Helgesson, - , Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Albin Dahl, Knut Kroon.

June 14, 1929
1929–32 Nordic Championship
№ 140

Sweden	3–1	Finland
Lundahl 38' (p), 44' Holmberg 76'		Koponen 75'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 16,982

Referee: (Norway)

Sweden: - Nils Axelsson, - , Nils Rosén, - Vigor Lindberg, , Harry Lundahl, Carl-Erik Holmberg, .

June 16, 1929
1929–32 Nordic Championship
№ 141

Sweden	3–2	Denmark
9' Kaufeldt 31' Kroon 49'		Larsen 64' Uldaler 66'

Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg

Attendance: 20,553

Referee: Bauwens (Germany)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Folke Andersson, - Åke Hansson, Henning Helgesson, - , Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Albin Dahl, Knut Kroon.

June 23, 1929
Friendly
№ 142

Germany	3–0	Sweden
Hofmann 27', 63', 85'

Kölner Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: (Austria)

Sweden: - Folke Andersson, - Henning Helgesson, Nils Rosén, - , Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Albin Dahl, .

July 7, 1929
Friendly
№ 143

Sweden	4–1	Estonia
Lundahl 13', 65' Kroon 19' H. Dahl 79' (p)		Idlane 88'

Landskrona IP, Landskrona

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Remke (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Erik Linder (46' ), Nils Axelsson - , , Erik Persson - , Harry Dahl, Harry Lundahl, Albin Dahl, Knut Kroon.

July 28, 1929
Friendly
№ 144

Sweden	10–0	Latvia
Dahl 10', 67' Rydell 13' Kroon 15', 63' Andersson 46', 77', 87' Helgesson 62' 83'

Malmö IP, Malmö

Attendance: 8,944

Referee: Remke (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - , - , Henning Helgesson, - , Sven Rydell, Rupert Andersson, Albin Dahl, Knut Kroon.

National team players in season 1928/29[]

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Axel "Massa" Alfredsson	DF	2	0	Hälsingborgs IF
	GK	1	0	Sundbybergs IK
Folke "Börje" Andersson	DF	3	0	IK Sleipner Norrköping
Helge "Hegge" Andersson	FW	1	2	IFK Västerås
Rupert "Rubba" Andersson	FW	1	3	IK Sleipner Norrköping
	MF	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Nils Axelsson	DF	2	0	Hälsingborgs IF
	FW	1	1	IFK Västerås
	MF	4	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	MF	1	0	IK Sleipner Norrköping
Charles "Bromme" Brommesson	FW	1	0	Hälsingborgs IF
	DF	1	0	Sandvikens IF
Albin Dahl	FW	5	3	Hälsingborgs IF
Harry "Hacke" Dahl	FW	1	1	Landskrona BoIS
	FW	3	0	AIK Solna
Åke Hansson	MF	4	0	IFK Göteborg
Henning "Charmören" Helgesson	MF	4	1	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Carl-Erik "Slana" Holmberg	FW	1	1	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	DF	1	0	Landskrona BoIS
	DF	1	0	Hälsingborgs IF
	FW	1	0	IFK Västerås
Torsten Johansson	MF	2	0	IFK Norrköping
	FW	1	0	IFK Malmö
Per "Pära" Kaufeldt	FW	3	1	AIK Solna
Tore Keller	FW	1	0	IK Sleipner Norrköping
	DF	4	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Knut "Knutte" Kroon	FW	6	4	Hälsingborgs IF
	MF	2	0	Landskrona BoIS
Sigfrid "Sigge" Lindberg	GK	4	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Vigor "Kuta" Lindberg	FW	1	0	IK Sleipner Norrköping
Erik Linder	DF	1	0	Landskrona BoIS
	MF	1	0	Landskrona BoIS
	FW	1	0	Sandvikens AIK
Harry Lundahl	FW	4	5	Hälsingborgs IF
	DF/MF	1	0	GAIS Göteborg
	FW	4	3	AIK Solna
Gunnar "Lill-Gunnar" Olsson	FW	1	1	Hälsingborgs IF
	MF	1	0	Stattena IF Hälsingborg
Erik "Krassi" Persson	MF	1	0	Hälsingborgs IF
	DF	1	0	Sandvikens IF
	MF	1	0	Sandvikens IF
	GK	2	0	IFK Norrköping
Sigurd (Sigfrid) "Rosa" Roos	FW	1	0	IFK Västerås
Nils "Rossi" Rosén	MF	3	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Anders Rydberg	GK	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Sven "Trollgubben" Rydell	FW	5	5	Örgryte IS Göteborg
	DF	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Einar Snitt	MF	1	0	Sandvikens IF
	FW	1	0	GAIS Göteborg
Rune Wenzel	FW	1	0	GAIS Göteborg
	DF	2	0	GAIS Göteborg

Notes[]

^ No Swedish Champions title was awarded between the 1926–27 and 1929–30 seasons.
^ ^a ^b Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Tie breaker is goal average.
^ IS Halmia who finished second last in their league, and should have been relegated, were allowed to remain in Division 2.

References[]

Print

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[sctitle-1] No Swedish Champions title was awarded between the 1926–27 and 1929–30 seasons.

[norrland-2] Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.

[gavg-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Tie breaker is goal average.

[div2rel-4] IS Halmia who finished second last in their league, and should have been relegated, were allowed to remain in Division 2.

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