1915–16 in Swedish football

The 1915-16 season in Swedish football, starting August 1915 and ending July 1916:

Contents

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 1915 Djurgårdens IF Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level Svenska Serien 1915–16 IFK Göteborg
2nd level Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16 Westermalms IF
Mellansvenska Serien 1915–16 IK Sleipner
Västsvenska Serien 196 Surte IS
Championship Cup Svenska Mästerskapet 1915 Djurgårdens IF
Cup competition Kamratmästerskapen 1915 IFK Göteborg
Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1915 Djurgårdens IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason[1]
Unknown Svenska Serien 1916–17 Helsingborgs IF Unknown
Unknown Västsvenska Serien 1916–17 IS Halmia Unknown
IFK Halmstad Unknown
Jönköpings IS Unknown

League transfers

Transferred from Transferred to Team Reason
Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16 Mellansvenska Serien 1916–17 Westermalms IF Unknown

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason[1]
Svenska Serien 1915–16 Västsvenska Serien 1916–17 GAIS Unknown
Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16 Unknown Falu IK Unknown
Västsvenska Serien 1916 Unknown Surte IS Unknown

Domestic results

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

Svenska Serien 1915–16

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1[2] IFK Göteborg 10 6 3 1 27 – 9 +18 15
2[2] AIK 10 7 1 2 33 – 13 +20 15
3 Örgryte IS 10 5 1 4 21 – 15 +6 11
4 GAIS 10 4 0 6 17 – 24 -7 8
5 IFK Norrköping 10 3 0 7 12 – 36 -24 6
6 Djurgårdens IF 10 2 1 7 15 – 28 -13 5


Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16

Uppsvenska
Mellansvenska
Västsvenska
[3] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1[2] Westermalms IF[4] 12 7 3 2 36 – 12 +24 17
2[2] Sandvikens AIK 12 7 3 2 35 – 18 +17 17
3[2] Hammarby IF 12 8 1 3 43 – 27 +16 17
4 Gefle IF 12 6 1 5 17 – 17 0 13
5 IK Sirius 12 4 3 5 21 – 22 -1 11
6 IFK Gävle 12 2 2 8 11 – 40 -29 6
7 Falu IK 12 1 1 10 16 – 43 -27 3

Mellansvenska Serien 1915–16

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IK Sleipner 12 7 4 1 22 – 15 +7 18
2 Mariebergs IK 12 6 5 1 29 – 16 +13 17
3 IFK Uppsala 12 6 3 3 22 – 16 +6 15
4[2] IFK Stockholm[4] 12 3 4 5 22 – 23 -1 10
5[2] IFK Västerås 12 4 2 6 19 – 25 -6 10
6 IFK Eskilstuna 12 2 4 6 18 – 22 -4 8
7 Köpings IS 12 3 0 9 11 – 26 -15 6

Västsvenska Serien 1916

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1[2] Surte IS 3 2 0 1 6 – 4 +2 4
2[2] IFK Uddevalla 3 2 0 1 7 – 7 0 4
3[2] IF Elfsborg 3 1 0 2 10 – 6 +4 2
4[2] IK Wega 3 1 0 2 4 – 10 -6 2

Svenska Mästerskapet 1915

Final
October 17, 1915
 Djurgårdens IF 4–1 Örgryte IS Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Kamratmästerskapen 1915

Final
August 15, 1915
 IFK Göteborg 10–0 IFK Gävle Walhalla IP, Gothenburg

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1915

Final
November 7, 1915
 Djurgårdens IF 1–0 AIK Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

National team results

October 24, 1915
Friendly
№ 33
 Sweden  5–2  Norway Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Vestergaard (Denmark)
Swensson 10', 14', 61'
Gunnarsson 44', 77'		 Ditlev-Simonsen 65'
Wold 85' (p)		 
Sweden: Sven Jonsson - Melcher Johansson-Säwensten, Helmer Lundberg - Bruno Lindström, Knut Nilsson, Gustaf Carlson - Rune Bergström, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Helge Ekroth, Gunnar Linder.
October 31, 1915
Friendly
№ 34
 Sweden  0–2  Denmark Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Meerum-Terwogt (Netherlands)
Nielsen 4'
Rohde 42'		 
Sweden: John Karlsson-Nottorp - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Götrik Frykman, Ragnar Wicksell - Georg Bengtsson, Caleb Schylander, Iwar Swensson, Erik Hjelm, Carl Karlstrand.
June 4, 1916
Friendly
№ 35
 Denmark  2–0  Sweden Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tromp (Netherlands)
Nielsen 19', 48' 
Sweden: John Karlsson-Nottorp - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Sven Friberg, Bruno Lindström, Josef Appelgren - Harry Magnusson, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Louis Groth, Carl Karlstrand.
July 2, 1916
Friendly
№ 36
 Sweden  6–0  Norway Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Vestergaard (Denmark)
Karlstrand 25'
Gustafsson 30', 61', 80'
Wicksell 50'
Swensson 65'		 
Sweden: Erik Bergqvist - Theodor Malm, Oscar Gustafsson - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Ragnar Wicksell, Bruno Lindström - Rune Bergström, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Karl Gustafsson, Carl Karlstrand.

National team players in season 1915/16

name pos. caps goals club
Josef "Päron" Appelgren MF 1 0 Örgryte IS Göteborg
Georg "Joije" Bengtsson FW 1 0 Hälsingborgs IF
Erik "Berka" Bergqvist GK 1 0 AIK Solna
Rune Bergström FW 2 0 AIK Solna
Gustaf "Gurra" Carlson MF 1 0 Mariebergs IK Stockholm
Helge "Ekis" Ekroth FW 1 0 AIK Solna
Sven Friberg MF 1 0 Örgryte IS Göteborg
Götrik "Putte" Frykman MF 1 0 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Louis "Grålle" Groth FW 1 0 AIK Solna
Walfrid "Valle" Gunnarsson FW 3 2 AIK Solna
Karl "Köping" Gustafsson FW 1 3 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Oscar Gustafsson DF 1 0 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Erik Hjelm FW 1 0 IFK Göteborg
Melcher Johansson-Säwensten DF 1 0 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Sven "Fiskarn" Jonsson GK 1 0 IK Sleipner Norrköping
John "Stjärna" Karlsson-Nottorp GK 2 0 IFK Göteborg
Carl Karlstrand FW 3 1 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Gunnar "Max" Linder FW 1 0 Mariebergs IK Stockholm
Bruno Lindström MF 3 0 AIK Solna
Valdus "Gobben" Lund DF 2 0 IFK Göteborg
Helmer Lundberg DF 1 0 Mariebergs IK Stockholm
Harry "Dicko" Magnusson FW 1 0 Örgryte IS Göteborg
Theodor "Todde" Malm DF 1 0 AIK Solna
Knut "Knutte" Nilsson MF 1 0 AIK Solna
Bertil "Nocke" Nordenskjöld MF 2 0 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm
Caleb "Kairo" Schylander FW 1 0 IFK Göteborg
Henning Svensson DF 2 0 IFK Göteborg
Iwar "Iffa-Sven" Swensson FW 4 4 AIK Solna
Ragnar "Ragge" Wicksell MF 2 1 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm

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Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Tie breaker is goal average.
  3. ^ One match ended in a walkover for the home team, Gefle IF–Falu IK, this match has been counted as 0–0 but two points to the home team.
  4. ^ a b Westermalms IF and IFK Stockholm joined their respective leagues after the league had started.
National teams
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Cup competitions
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