1948–49 in Swedish football

Swedish Football 1948–49
Allsvenskan (Tier 1) Division 2 (Tier 2) Division 3 (Tier 3) Svenska Cupen 1948 - Final

The 1948–49 season in Swedish football, starting August 1948 and ending July 1949:

1 Honours
- 1.1 Official titles
- 1.2 Competitions
2 Promotions, relegations and qualifications
3 Domestic results
4 National team results
5 References
6 Notes

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1948–49	Malmö FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 1948	Råå IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1948–49	Malmö FF
2nd level	Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49	Djurgårdens IF
2nd level	Division 2 Sydvästra 1948–49	Kalmar FF
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet^[1] 1949	IFK Östersund
Cup	Svenska Cupen 1948	Råå IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49	Allsvenskan 1949–50	Djurgårdens IF	Winners
Division 2 Sydvästra 1948–49	Allsvenskan 1949–50	Kalmar FF	Winners
Division 3 1948–49	Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50	IK Brage	Winners of Norra
		IK City	Winners of Östra
		IF Viken	Winners of Västra
	Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	Huskvarna Södra IS	Winners of Södra

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49	Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	IK Sleipner	Geographical composition
Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49	Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	Åtvidabergs FF	Geographical composition
Division 2 Sydvästra 1948–49	Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50	Karlstads BIK	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1948–49	Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50	Örebro SK	11th team
Allsvenskan 1948–49	Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	Landskrona BoIS	12th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49	Division 3 1949–50	Sandvikens IF	9th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49		Ludvika FfI	10th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1948–49		Tidaholms GIF	9th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1948–49		Billingsfors IK	10th team

Domestic results

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

Allsvenskan 1948–49

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Malmö FF	22	12	5	5	72	–	29	+43	29
2	Helsingborgs IF	22	11	7	4	48	–	30	+18	29
3	GAIS	22	12	3	7	41	–	29	+12	27
4	Degerfors IF	22	10	5	7	45	–	33	+12	25
5	AIK	22	11	3	8	42	–	38	+4	25
6	IFK Göteborg	22	9	5	8	36	–	33	+3	23
7	IFK Norrköping	22	8	6	8	38	–	33	+5	22
8	Jönköpings Södra IF	22	6	10	6	34	–	52	-18	22
9	IS Halmia	22	6	7	9	33	–	39	-6	19
10	IF Elfsborg	22	7	4	11	28	–	47	-19	18
11	Örebro SK	22	5	4	13	30	–	57	-27	14
12	Landskrona BoIS	22	3	5	14	26	–	60	-34	11

Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49

Nordöstra

Sydvästra

^[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Djurgårdens IF	18	17	1	0	64	–	16	+48	35
2	Åtvidabergs FF	18	8	4	6	42	–	33	+9	20
3	Sundbybergs IK	18	8	3	7	47	–	37	+10	19
4	IK Sleipner	18	8	3	7	37	–	47	-10	19
5	Surahammars IF	18	6	5	7	28	–	34	-6	17
6	Sandvikens AIK	18	7	2	9	44	–	35	+9	16
7	Karlskoga IF	18	7	2	9	30	–	36	-6	16
8	Reymersholms IK	18	6	2	10	26	–	43	-17	14
9	Sandvikens IF	18	5	3	10	30	–	40	-10	13
10	Ludvika FfI	18	4	3	11	23	–	46	-23	11

Division 2 Sydvästra 1948–49

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Kalmar FF	18	10	5	3	36	–	27	+9	25
2	IFK Malmö	18	9	4	5	42	–	35	+7	22
3	Halmstads BK	18	8	5	5	40	–	35	+5	21
4	Höganäs BK	18	7	6	5	30	–	23	+7	20
5	Råå IF	18	7	6	5	40	–	36	+4	20
6	Örgryte IS	18	8	3	7	44	–	23	+21	19
7	Jonsereds IF	18	8	2	8	44	–	34	+10	18
8	Karlstads BIK	18	6	5	7	28	–	34	-6	17
9	Tidaholms GIF	18	4	2	12	22	–	48	-26	10
10	Billingsfors IK	18	3	2	13	24	–	55	-31	8

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1949

Final

June 19, 1949	IFK Östersund	2–1	Bodens BK	Idrottsparken, Sundsvall
				Idrottsparken, Sundsvall

Svenska Cupen 1948

Final

July 25, 1948	Råå IF	3–2	BK Kenty	Olympia, Helsingborg
				Olympia, Helsingborg

National team results

August 2, 1948 1948 Olympics round of 16 № 264	Sweden	3–0	Austria	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 9,514 Referee: Ling (England)
	Nordahl 1', 9' Rosén 67'

August 5, 1948 1948 Olympics quarter-finals № 265	Sweden	12–0	South Korea	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 7,110 Referee: Caparni (Italy)
	Liedholm 11', 62' Nordahl 25', 40', 78', 80' Gren 27' Carlsson 61', 64', 82' Rosén 72', 85'

August 10, 1948 1948 Olympics semi-finals № 266	Sweden	4–2	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Boardman (England)
	Carlsson 18', 44' Rosén 30', 37'		Seebach 2' Hansen 75'

August 13, 1948 1948 Olympics final № 267	Sweden	3–1	Yugoslavia	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ling (England)
	Gren 24', 67' (p) Nordahl 48'		Bobek 42'

September 19, 1948 1948–51 Nordic Championship № 268	Norway	3–5	Sweden	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Asmussen (Denmark)
	Dahlen 14' Thoresen 32' Sørdal 88'		Nordahl 24', 44', 62', 74', 80'

September 19, 1948 1948–51 Nordic Championship № 269	Finland	2–2	Sweden	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 15,405 Referee: Jørkov (Denmark)
	Lehtovirta 37' Rytkönen 43'		Tapper 36' (p) Mårtensson 70'

October 10, 1948 1948–51 Nordic Championship № 270	Sweden	1–0	Denmark	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 37,801 Referee: Reader (England)
	Liedholm 23'			Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 37,801 Referee: Reader (England)

November 14, 1948 Friendly № 271	Austria	2–1	Sweden	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Galeati (Italy)
	Wagner 37' Habitzl 84'		Gren 88' (p)

May 13, 1949 Friendly № 272	Sweden	3–1	England	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Galeati (Italy)
	Carlsson 3' Jeppson 36' Johansson 39'		Finney 71'	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Galeati (Italy)

June 2, 1949 1950 World Cup qualification № 273	Sweden	3–1	Republic of Ireland	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Baert (Belgium)
	Andersson 18' (p) Jeppson 38' Liedholm 69'		Walsh 9'	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Baert (Belgium)

June 19, 1949 Friendly № 274	Sweden	2–2	Hungary	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 37,781 Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands)
	Jeppson 80' Gren 86'		Budai 26' Kocsis 49'

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Notes

^ ^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.

Football in Sweden

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