1951–52 in Swedish football

Swedish Football
1951–52

Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Division 2 (Tier 2)
Division 3 (Tier 3)
Svenska Cupen 1951 - Final

The 1951–52 season in Swedish football, starting August 1951 and ending July 1952:

Contents

Honours

Official titles

Title Team Reason
Swedish Champions 1951–52 IFK Norrköping Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 1951 Malmö FF Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level Competition Team
1st level Allsvenskan 1951–52 IFK Norrköping
2nd level Division 2 Nordöstra 1951–52 AIK
Division 2 Sydvästra 1951–52 IFK Malmö
Regional Championship Norrländska Mästerskapet[1] 1952 Lycksele IF
Cup Svenska Cupen 1951 Malmö FF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from Promoted to Team Reason
Division 2 Nordöstra 1951–52 Allsvenskan 1952–53 AIK Winners
Division 2 Sydvästra 1951–52 IFK Malmö Winners
Division 3 1951–52 Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 BK Derby Winners of Östra
Västerås SK Winners of Norra
Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 IFK Trelleborg Winners of Södra
Örgryte IS Winners of Västra

Relegations

Relegated from Relegated to Team Reason
Allsvenskan 1951–52 Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 Råå IF 11th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 Åtvidabergs FF 12th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1951–52 Division 3 1952–53 Sandvikens AIK 9th team
Ludvika FfI 10th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1951–52 Landskrona BoIS 9th team
Ronneby BK 10th team

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 1951–52

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IFK Norrköping 22 15 5 2 50 21 +29 35
2 Malmö FF 22 15 2 5 50 17 +33 32
3 Helsingborgs IF 22 11 4 7 40 24 +16 26
4 IFK Göteborg 22 10 5 7 46 37 +9 25
5 GAIS 22 9 6 7 41 34 +7 24
6 Degerfors IF 22 9 5 8 36 29 +7 23
7 Djurgårdens IF 22 10 3 9 39 42 -3 23
8 Örebro SK 22 9 5 8 40 45 -5 23
9 Jönköpings Södra IF 22 7 3 12 34 40 -6 17
10 IF Elfsborg 22 4 6 12 27 47 -20 14
11 Råå IF 22 4 4 14 22 58 -36 12
12 Åtvidabergs FF 22 1 8 13 21 52 -31 10


Division 2 Nordöstra 1951–52

Nordöstra
Sydvästra
[1] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AIK 18 15 2 1 56 21 +35 32
2 Karlstads BIK 18 7 6 5 30 26 +4 20
3 Sandvikens IF 18 7 6 5 28 25 +3 20
4 Hammarby IF 18 6 7 5 35 28 +7 19
5 Motala AIF 18 7 5 6 33 36 -3 19
6 IF Viken 18 5 6 7 33 40 -7 16
7 IK City 18 6 3 9 27 34 -7 15
8 IK Brage 18 4 6 8 27 31 -4 14
9 Sandvikens AIK 18 6 2 10 34 45 -11 14
10 Ludvika FfI 18 4 3 11 22 39 -17 11

Division 2 Sydvästra 1951–52

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IFK Malmö 18 13 2 3 43 22 +21 28
2 Halmstads BK 18 8 5 5 40 28 +12 21
3 Norrby IF 18 9 2 7 34 27 +7 20
4 Lunds BK 18 8 3 7 35 32 +3 19
5 BK Häcken 18 7 4 7 26 27 -1 18
6 Kalmar FF 18 7 3 8 26 22 +4 17
7 IS Halmia 18 7 3 8 26 31 -5 17
8 Höganäs BK 18 7 2 9 23 30 -7 16
9 Landskrona BoIS 18 5 4 9 24 30 -6 14
10 Ronneby BK 18 4 2 12 24 52 -28 10

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1952

Final
July 6, 1952
Lycksele IF 3–0 IF Älgarna Tannen, Lycksele

Svenska Cupen 1951

Final
July 23, 1951
Malmö FF 2–1 Djurgårdens IF Råsunda, Solna

National team results

September 2, 1951
Friendly
№ 294

Yugoslavia  2–1  Sweden Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Baert (Belgium)
Bobek 18'
Ognjanov 73'
Rydell 2'

September 2, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 295

Sweden  3–2  Finland Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Narvestad (Norway)
Lundkvist 33', 70'
Eriksson 88'
Vaihela 11'
Lehtovirta 29'

September 30, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 296

Sweden  3–4  Norway Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 29,790
Referee: Laursen (Denmark)
Rydell 13', 52'
Lindh 23' (p)
Boye-Karlsen 5' (p), 71' (p)
Dahlen 6'
Bredesen 64'

October 21, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 297

Denmark  3–1  Sweden Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 40,100
Referee: Pedersen (Norway)
Rasmussen 24'
Lundberg 34'
Staalgaard 35'
Jönsson 72'

November 11, 1951
Friendly
№ 298

Italy  1–1  Sweden Stadio Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Ling (England)
Amadei 56' (p) Löfgren 6'

November 14, 1951
Friendly
№ 299

Turkey  1–0  Sweden Atatürk Stadı, Istanbul
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Caparni (Italy)
Tunçaltan 60'

March 26, 1952
Friendly
№ 300

France  0–1  Sweden Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,779
Referee: Bauwens (Belgium)
Westerberg 85'

May 14, 1952
Friendly
№ 301

Netherlands  0–0  Sweden Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: Orlandini (Italy)

May 30, 1952
Friendly
№ 302

Sweden  3–1  Scotland Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 32,122
Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands)
Sandberg 2'
Löfgren 3'
Bengtsson 71'
Liddell 7'

June 11, 1952
Jubilee tournament semi-finals
№ 303

Denmark  0–2  Sweden Bislett, Oslo
Attendance: 22,058
Referee: Alho (Finland)
Löfgren 43'
Brodd 56'

June 13, 1952
Jubilee tournament final
№ 304

Finland  1–1
3–1 (aet)
 Sweden Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 19,766
Referee: Andersen (Norway)
Rikberg 51', 119'
Vaihela 98'
Lindh 6' (p)

June 22, 1952
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 305

Sweden  4–3  Denmark Råsunda, Solna
Attendance: 36,700
Referee: Pedersen (Norway)
Bengtsson 5'
Brodd 8'
Sandell 19', 77'
Rasmussen 57'
Petersen 60'
Seebach 78'

July 21, 1952
1952 Olympics round of 16
№ 306

Sweden  4–1  Norway Ratinan Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Alho (Finland)
Brodd 23', 35'
Rydell 81'
Bengtsson 89'
Sørensen 82'

July 23, 1952
1952 Olympics quarter-finals
№ 307

Sweden  3–1  Austria Tölö bollplan, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Orlandini (Italy)
Sandberg 80'
Brodd 85'
Rydell 87'
Grohs 40'

July 28, 1952
1952 Olympics semi-finals
№ 308

Hungary  6–0  Sweden Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ling (England)
Puskás 1'
Palotás 16'
Lindh 36' (og)
Kocsis 57', 62'
Hidegkuti 59'

August 1, 1952
1952 Olympics 3rd place match
№ 309

Sweden  2–0  Germany Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Orlandini (Italy)
Rydell 11'
Löfgren 86'

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Notes

  1. ^ 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.