Swedish football champions
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Swedish football champions (Swedish: Svenska mästare i fotboll) is a title held by the winners of the highest Swedish football league played each year, Allsvenskan.
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[edit] History
The first Swedish Champions, Örgryte IS, were declared in 1896 when the club won the cup tournament Svenska Mästerskapet. This happened before there existed any Swedish national association, which was not created until 1904. The winners of Svenska Mästerskapet between 1896 and 1904 have retroactively been declared holders of the title by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). After the creation of the SvFF, the title continued to be held by the winners of Svenska Mästerskapet until 1925, even though a Swedish first national league, Svenska Serien, started in 1910. Svenska Mästerskapet was discontinued in 1925 and the title would not be given to any team in the following years.
In 1924–25, a new Swedish national league was created, Allsvenskan, but the Swedish Champions title wasn't awarded to the winners of that league until 1930–31.[1] Since then, the winners of Allsvenskan are considered Swedish Champions, with a few exceptions. Between 1982 and 1990, the title was given to the winners of a play-off held after Allsvenskan was finished, and the following two years, 1991 and 1992, the title was given to the winners of Mästerskapsserien, a continuation league with the best teams from Allsvenskan.
The current trophy, Lennart Johansson's trophy, has been awarded since 2001 with Hammarby IF being the first winners. Johansson himself handed out the trophy in Sundsvall on 27 October 2001. The old trophy from 1904, von Rosen's trophy, was abandoned due to Clarence von Rosen himself, the Swedish FA's first chairman for which the trophy was named after, being active in a Nazi party during World War II.
[edit] Previous winners
[edit] Title champions
| Titles | Club |
|---|---|
| 17 | IFK Göteborg |
| 15 | Malmö FF |
| 12 | IFK Norrköping |
| 12 | Örgryte IS |
| 11 | Djurgårdens IF |
| 10 | AIK |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg |
| 4 | GAIS |
| 4 | Halmstads BK |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF |
| 4 | Östers IF |
| 2 | Åtvidabergs FF |
| 1 | Brynäs IF |
| 1 | IFK Eskilstuna |
| 1 | Fässbergs IF |
| 1 | Göteborgs IF |
| 1 | Hammarby IF |
| 1 | IK Sleipner |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
Online
- Repinski, Marek (n.d.). Allsvenskan.just.nu. Retrieved 9 Feb., 2006.
- Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker (n.d.). SFS-Bolletinen. Retrieved 9 Feb., 2006.
- Swedish Football Association (n.d.). [1]. Retrieved 30 Aug., 2006.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b There is no mention in any of the references as to why the title was not awarded during these years.
- ^ a b Örgryte IS 2 was the reserve team of Örgryte IS.
- ^ a b Göteborgs FF was a feeder club of Örgryte IS.
- ^ AIK won the final on walkover as the match could not be played due to darkness. AIK was considered to be the better team and were thus given the title.
- ^ Göteborgs IF was a feeder club of Örgryte IS.
- ^ Decided in the third match after draws in the previous two.
- ^ Not decided until the spring 1925 due to heavy rain the autumn 1924.
[edit] External links
- (English) Swedish Football Association
