1924–25 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season 1924–25
Champions GAIS
Relegated Västerås IK Fotboll
Hammarby IF
Matches played 132
Goals scored 542 (4.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Filip "Svarte-Filip" Johansson, IFK Göteborg (39)
Average attendance 2,891
Swedish Football
1924–25

Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Division 2 (Tier 2)
Division 3 (Tier 3)

The 1924–25 Allsvenskan, part of the 1924–25 Swedish football season, was the first Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 3 August 1924 and the last match was played 7 June 1925. GAIS won the league ahead of runners-up IFK Göteborg, while Västerås IK and Hammarby IF were relegated.

A total of 12 teams contested the league, 11 teams had played in Svenska Serien for the 1923–24 season and one team, Västerås IK, had played in Division 2.

Contents

Participating clubs

Club Last season First season
in league
First season of
current spell
AIK 1st (Svenska Serien Östra) 1924–25 1924–25
IFK Eskilstuna 3rd (Svenska Serien Östra) 1924–25 1924–25
GAIS 2nd (Svenska Serien Västra) 1924–25 1924–25
IFK Göteborg 4th (Svenska Serien Västra) 1924–25 1924–25
Hammarby IF 4th (Svenska Serien Östra) 1924–25 1924–25
Hälsingborgs IF 3rd (Svenska Serien Västra) 1924–25 1924–25
Landskrona BoIS 6th (Svenska Serien Västra) 1924–25 1924–25
IFK Malmö 5th (Svenska Serien Västra) 1924–25 1924–25
IFK Norrköping 5th (Svenska Serien Östra) 1924–25 1924–25
IK Sleipner 2nd (Svenska Serien Östra) 1924–25 1924–25
Västerås IK 1st (Div. 2 Mellansvenska Serien) 1924–25 1924–25
Örgryte IS 1st (Svenska Serien Västra) 1924–25 1924–25

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 GAIS (C) 22 17 4 1 63 16 +47 38
2 IFK Göteborg 22 16 4 2 87 30 +57 36
3 Örgryte IS 22 15 5 2 67 17 +50 35
4 Hälsingborgs IF 22 12 4 6 50 29 +21 28
5 AIK 22 12 0 10 57 38 +19 24
6 Landskrona BoIS 22 7 6 9 30 52 −22 20
7 IK Sleipner 22 7 4 11 37 49 −12 18
8 IFK Norrköping 22 8 1 13 27 49 −22 17
9 IFK Eskilstuna 22 6 4 12 41 58 −17 16
10 IFK Malmö 22 5 5 12 39 55 −16 15
11 Västerås IK (R) 22 2 5 15 21 66 −45 9 Relegation to the Division 2
12 Hammarby IF (R) 22 2 4 16 23 83 −60 8

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Results

AIK IFKE GAIS IFKG HAM HÄL LBoIS IFKM IFKN IKS VIK ÖIS
AIK 6–1 0–2 3–4 1–0 5–2 3–1 6–3 5–0 3–2 5–1 1–3
IFK Eskilstuna 2–5 1–2 2–8 7–2 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–4
GAIS 2–1 4–0 3–4 5–1 3–2 6–0 6–0 3–2 4–0 4–0 1–1
IFK Göteborg 1–0 2–2 1–3 8–0 2–1 6–0 6–1 3–1 9–1 8–1 2–2
Hammarby IF 1–7 0–2 0–5 0–6 0–6 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 2–1
Hälsingborgs IF 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–3 4–1 1–2 4–2 4–3 1–0 5–0 1–1
Landskrona BoIS 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 2–3 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–5
IFK Malmö 0–1 8–3 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 4–1 3–3 0–1
IFK Norrköping 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–5
IK Sleipner 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 6–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–1
Västerås IK 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–5
Örgryte IS 5–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 6–1 7–1

Attendances

Club Home average Away average Home high
1 Örgryte IS 6,297 3,755 11,046
2 AIK 5,436 3,467 12,000
3 GAIS 5,073 4,173 8,768
4 IFK Göteborg 4,440 4,622 7,330
5 Hammarby IF 4,182 2,263 12,000
6 Hälsingborgs IF 3,471 3,294 6,000
7 IFK Malmö 1,966 2,570 3,276
8 IK Sleipner 1,794 2,891 2,800
9 Landskrona BoIS 1,620 3,108 2,315
10 IFK Norrköping 1,557 3,930 2,300
11 IFK Eskilstuna 1,505 2,525 2,700
12 Västerås IK 1,125 1,867 2,300
Total 3,205 12,000

Top scorers

Player Nat Club Goals
1 Filip Johansson IFK Göteborg 39
2 Sven Rydell Örgryte IS 23
3 Gunnar Rydberg IFK Göteborg 21
4 Carl-Erik Holmberg Örgryte IS 18
Albert Olsson GAIS 18

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