List of Swedish football champions

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.^[1] IFK Göteborg holds the record of most titles with 18 Swedish championships. After winning the 2011 Allsvenskan, Helsingborgs IF are the reigning Swedish football champions. The title has been contested since 1896 in varying forms of competition. 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.

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

The current trophy, Lennart Johanssons Pokal, 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 first trophy which was in use from 1904 to 2000 was named von Rosen's Pokal after the first chairman of the Swedish FA Clarence von Rosen. However in November 2000 it was discovered that von Rosen had been active in the Swedish national socialist movement during World War II which prompted the FA to give up using the old trophy.^[4]

1 Previous winners
2 Performances
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 Bibliography
7 External links

Previous winners

Svenska Mästerskapet (1896–1925)

Year	Winner	Runners-up
1896	Örgryte IS (1)	IS Idrottens Vänner
1897	Örgryte IS (2)	Örgryte IS 2^{[nb 1]}
1898	Örgryte IS (3)	AIK
1899	Örgryte IS (4)	Göteborgs FF
1900	AIK (1)	Örgryte IS
1901	AIK (2)^{[nb 2]}	Örgryte IS 2
1902	Örgryte IS (5)	Jönköpings AIF
1903	Göteborgs IF (1)	Göteborgs FF
1904	Örgryte IS (6)	Djurgårdens IF
1905	Örgryte IS (7)	IFK Stockholm
1906	Örgryte IS (8)	Djurgårdens IF
1907	Örgryte IS (9)	IFK Uppsala
1908	IFK Göteborg (1)	IFK Uppsala
1909	Örgryte IS (10)	Djurgårdens IF
1910	IFK Göteborg (2)	Djurgårdens IF
1911	AIK (3)	IFK Uppsala
1912	Djurgårdens IF (1)^{[nb 3]}	Örgryte IS
1913	Örgryte IS (11)	Djurgårdens IF
1914	AIK (4)	Hälsingborgs IF
1915	Djurgårdens IF (2)	Örgryte IS
1916	AIK (5)	Djurgårdens IF
1917	Djurgårdens IF (3)	AIK
1918	IFK Göteborg (3)	Hälsingborgs IF
1919	GAIS (1)	Djurgårdens IF
1920	Djurgårdens IF (4)	IK Sleipner
1921	IFK Eskilstuna (1)	IK Sleipner
1922	GAIS (2)	Hammarby IF
1923	AIK (6)	IFK Eskilstuna
1924	Fässbergs IF (1)^{[nb 4]}	IK Sirius
1925	Brynäs IF (1)	BK Derby

Allsvenskan (1931–1981)

Year	Winner	Runners-up	Top scorer (club)	Goals
1930–31	GAIS (3)	AIK	John Nilsson (GAIS)	26
1931–32	AIK (7)	Örgryte IS	Carl-Erik Holmberg (Örgryte IS)	29
1932–33	Hälsingborgs IF (1)	GAIS	Torsten Bunke (Hälsingborgs IF)	21
1933–34	Hälsingborgs IF (2)	GAIS	Sven Jonasson (IF Elfsborg)	20
1934–35	IFK Göteborg (4)	AIK	Harry Andersson (IK Sleipner)	23
1935–36	IF Elfsborg (1)	AIK	Sven Jonasson (IF Elfsborg)	24
1936–37	AIK (8)	IK Sleipner	Olle Zethlerlund (AIK)	23
1937–38	IK Sleipner (1)	Landskrona BoIS	Curt Hjelm (IK Sleipner)	13
1938–39	IF Elfsborg (2)	AIK	Erik Persson (AIK) Ove Andersson (Malmö FF) Yngve Lindgren (Örgryte IS)	16
1939–40	IF Elfsborg (3)	IFK Göteborg	Anders Pålsson (Hälsingborgs IF)	17
1940–41	Hälsingborgs IF (3)	Degerfors IF	Stig Nyström (IK Brage)	17
1941–42	IFK Göteborg (5)	GAIS	Sven Jacobsson (GAIS)	20
1942–43	IFK Norrköping (1)	IF Elfsborg	Gunnar Nordahl (Degerfors IF)	16
1943–44	Malmö FF (1)	IF Elfsborg	Leif Larsson (IFK Göteborg)	19
1944–45	IFK Norrköping (2)	IF Elfsborg	Gunnar Nordahl (IFK Norrköping)	27
1945–46	IFK Norrköping (3)	Malmö FF	Gunnar Nordahl (IFK Norrköping)	25
1946–47	IFK Norrköping (4)	AIK	Gunnar Gren (IFK Göteborg)	18
1947–48	IFK Norrköping (5)	Malmö FF	Gunnar Nordahl (IFK Norrköping)	18
1948–49	Malmö FF (2)	Hälsingborgs IF	Carl-Johan Franck (Hälsingborgs IF)	19
1949–50	Malmö FF (3)	Jönköpings Södra IF	Ingvar Rydell (Malmö FF)	22
1950–51	Malmö FF (4)	Råå IF	Hasse Jeppson (Djurgårdens IF)	17
1951–52	IFK Norrköping (6)	Malmö FF	Karl-Alfred Jacobsson (GAIS)	17
1952–53	Malmö FF (5)	IFK Norrköping	Karl-Alfred Jacobsson (GAIS)	24
1953–54	GAIS (4)	Hälsingborgs IF	Karl-Alfred Jacobsson (GAIS)	21
1954–55	Djurgårdens IF (5)	Halmstads BK	Kurt Hamrin (AIK)	22
1955–56	IFK Norrköping (7)	Malmö FF	Sylve Bengtsson (Halmstads BK)	22
1956–57	IFK Norrköping (8)	Malmö FF	Harry Bild (IFK Norrköping)	19
1957–58	IFK Göteborg (6)	IFK Norrköping	Bertil Johansson (IFK Göteborg) Henry Källgren (IFK Norrköping)	27
1959	Djurgårdens IF (6)	IFK Norrköping	Rune Börjesson (Örgryte IS)	21
1960	IFK Norrköping (9)	IFK Malmö	Rune Börjesson (Örgryte IS)	24
1961	IF Elfsborg (4)	IFK Norrköping	Bertil Johansson (IFK Göteborg)	20
1962	IFK Norrköping (10)	Djurgårdens IF	Leif Skiöld (Djurgårdens IF)	21
1963	IFK Norrköping (11)	Degerfors IF	Lars Heinermann (Degerfors IF) Bo Larsson (Malmö FF)	17
1964	Djurgårdens IF (7)	Malmö FF	Krister Granbom (Hälsingborgs IF)	22
1965	Malmö FF (6)	IF Elfsborg	Bo Larsson (Malmö FF)	28
1966	Djurgårdens IF (8)	IFK Norrköping	Ove Kindvall (IFK Norrköping)	20
1967	Malmö FF (7)	Djurgårdens IF	Dag Szepanski (Malmö FF)	22
1968	Östers IF (1)	Malmö FF	Ove Eklund (Åtvidabergs FF)	16
1969	IFK Göteborg (7)	Malmö FF	Reine Almqvist (IFK Göteborg)	16
1970	Malmö FF (8)	Åtvidabergs FF	Bo Larsson (Malmö FF)	16
1971	Malmö FF (9)	Åtvidabergs FF	Roland Sandberg (Åtvidabergs FF)	17
1972	Åtvidabergs FF (1)	AIK	Ralf Edström (Åtvidabergs FF) Roland Sandberg (Åtvidabergs FF)	16
1973	Åtvidabergs FF (2)	Östers IF	Jan Mattsson (Östers IF)	20
1974	Malmö FF (10)	AIK	Jan Mattsson (Östers IF)	22
1975	Malmö FF (11)	Östers IF	Jan Mattsson (Östers IF)	31
1976	Halmstads BK (1)	Malmö FF	Rutger Backe (Halmstads BK)	21
1977	Malmö FF (12)	IF Elfsborg	Reine Almqvist (IFK Göteborg) Mats Aronsson (Landskrona BoIS)	15
1978	Östers IF (2)	Malmö FF	Tommy Berggren (Djurgårdens IF)	19
1979	Halmstads BK (2)	IFK Göteborg	Mats Werner (Hammarby IF)	14
1980	Östers IF (3)	Malmö FF	Billy Ohlsson (Hammarby IF)	19
1981	Östers IF (4)	IFK Göteborg	Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)	20

Allsvenskan Play-offs (1982–1990)

Year	Winner	Runners-up	Top scorer (club)	Goals
1982	IFK Göteborg (8) League Winner: IFK Göteborg	Hammarby IF	Dan Corneliusson (IFK Göteborg)	12
1983	IFK Göteborg (9) League Winner: IFK Göteborg	Östers IF	Thomas Ahlström (IF Elfsborg)	16
1984	IFK Göteborg (10) League Winner: AIK	IFK Norrköping	Billy Ohlsson (Hammarby IF)	14
1985	Örgryte IS (12) League Winner: Malmö FF	IFK Göteborg	Sören Börjesson (Örgryte IS) Peter Karlsson (Kalmar FF) Billy Lansdowne (Kalmar FF)	10
1986	Malmö FF (13) League Winner: Malmö FF	AIK	Johnny Ekström (IFK Göteborg)	13
1987	IFK Göteborg (11) League Winner: Malmö FF	Malmö FF	Lasse Larsson (Malmö FF)	19
1988	Malmö FF (14) League Winner: Malmö FF	Djurgårdens IF	Martin Dahlin (Malmö FF)	17
1989	IFK Norrköping (12) League Winner: Malmö FF	Malmö FF	Jan Hellström (IFK Norrköping)	16
1990	IFK Göteborg (12) League Winner: IFK Göteborg	IFK Norrköping	Kaj Eskelinen (IFK Göteborg)	10

Mästerskapsserien (1991–1992)

Year	Winner	Runners-up	Top scorer (club)	Goals
1991	IFK Göteborg (13) League Winner: IFK Göteborg	IFK Norrköping	Kennet Andersson (IFK Göteborg)	13
1992	AIK (9) League Winner: IFK Norrköping	IFK Norrköping	Hans Eklund (Östers IF)	16

Allsvenskan (1993–)

Year	Winner	Runners-up	Top scorer (club)	Goals
1993	IFK Göteborg (14)	IFK Norrköping	Henrik Bertilsson (Halmstads BK) Mats Lilienberg (Trelleborgs FF)	18
1994	IFK Göteborg (15)	Örebro SK	Niclas Kindvall (IFK Norrköping)	23
1995	IFK Göteborg (16)	Helsingborgs IF	Niklas Skoog (Västra Frölunda IF)	17
1996	IFK Göteborg (17)	Malmö FF	Andreas Andersson (IFK Göteborg)	19
1997	Halmstads BK (3)	IFK Göteborg	Mats Lilienberg (Halmstads BK) Christer Mattiasson (IF Elfsborg) Dan Sahlin (Örebro SK)	14
1998	AIK (10)	Helsingborgs IF	Arild Stavrum (Helsingborgs IF)	18
1999	Helsingborgs IF (4)	AIK	Marcus Allbäck (Örgryte IS)	15
2000	Halmstads BK (4)	Helsingborgs IF	Fredrik Berglund (IF Elfsborg)	18
2001	Hammarby IF (1)	Djurgårdens IF	Stefan Selakovic (Halmstads BK)	15
2002	Djurgårdens IF (9)	Malmö FF	Peter Ijeh (Malmö FF)	24
2003	Djurgårdens IF (10)	Hammarby IF	Niklas Skoog (Malmö FF)	22
2004	Malmö FF (15)	Halmstads BK	Markus Rosenberg (Halmstads BK)	14
2005	Djurgårdens IF (11)	IFK Göteborg	Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson (Halmstads BK)	16
2006	IF Elfsborg (5)	AIK	Ari da Silva Ferreira (Kalmar FF)	15
2007	IFK Göteborg (18)	Kalmar FF	Razak Omotoyossi (Helsingborgs IF) Marcus Berg (IFK Göteborg)	14
2008	Kalmar FF (1)	IF Elfsborg	Patrik Ingelsten (Kalmar FF)	19
2009	AIK (11)	IFK Göteborg	Wanderson do Carmo (GAIS) Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg)	18
2010	Malmö FF (16)	Helsingborgs IF	Alexander Gerndt (Gefle IF/Helsingborgs IF)	20
2011	Helsingborgs IF (5)	AIK	Mathias Ranégie (BK Häcken/Malmö FF)	21

Performances

Clubs

The following table lists the performance of each club describing winners of the Championship.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
IFK Göteborg	18	7	1908, 1910, 1918, 1934–35, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007
Malmö FF	16	15	1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2010
IFK Norrköping	12	11	1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989
Örgryte IS	12	6	1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1913, 1985
AIK	11	13	1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1931–1932, 1936–1937, 1992, 1998, 2009
Djurgårdens IF	11	11	1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005
Helsingborgs IF	5	8	1932–33, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1999, 2011
IF Elfsborg	5	6	1935–36, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1961, 2006
GAIS	4	3	1919, 1922, 1930–31, 1953–54
Östers IF	4	3	1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
Halmstads BK	4	2	1976, 1979, 1997, 2000
Åtvidabergs FF	2	2	1972, 1973
IK Sleipner	1	3	1937–38
Hammarby IF	1	3	2001
IFK Eskilstuna	1	1	1921
Kalmar FF	1	1	2008
Göteborgs IF	1	–	1903
Fässbergs IF	1	–	1924
Brynäs IF	1	–	1925

Cities

The following table lists the Swedish football champions by city.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Gothenburg	35	IFK Göteborg (18), Örgryte IS (12), GAIS (4), Göteborgs IF (1)
Stockholm	23	AIK (11), Djurgårdens IF (11), Hammarby IF (1)
Malmö	16	Malmö FF (16)
Norrköping	13	IFK Norrköping (12), IK Sleipner (1)
Borås	5	IF Elfsborg (5)
Helsingborg	5	Helsingborgs IF (5)
Växjö	4	Östers IF (4)
Halmstad	4	Halmstads BK (4)
Åtvidaberg	2	Åtvidabergs FF (2)
Eskilstuna	1	IFK Eskilstuna (1)
Kalmar	1	Kalmar FF (1)
Mölndal	1	Fässbergs IF (1)
Gävle	1	Brynäs IF (1)

Provinces

The following table lists the Swedish football champions by province.

Province	Titles	Winning Clubs
Västergötland	41	IFK Göteborg (18), Örgryte IS (12), IF Elfsborg (5), GAIS (4), Göteborgs IF (1), Fässbergs IF (1)
Uppland	22	AIK (11), Djurgårdens IF (11)
Scania	21	Malmö FF (16), Helsingborgs IF (5)
Östergötland	15	IFK Norrköping (12), Åtvidabergs FF (2), IK Sleipner (1)
Småland	5	Östers IF (4), Kalmar FF (1)
Halland	4	Halmstads BK (4)
Södermanland	2	Hammarby IF (1), IFK Eskilstuna (1)
Gästrikland	1	Brynäs IF (1)

Notes

^ Örgryte IS 2 was the reserve team 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.
^ Decided in the third match after draws in the previous two.
^ Not decided until the spring 1925 due to heavy rain the autumn 1924.

References

^ "Svenska mästare 1896-1925, 1931-" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
^ Nylin, 2004, p. 134.
^ Nylin, 2004, p. 135.
^ Thorén, Petra. "SM-pokalen ska skrotas" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/0012/13/pokal.html. Retrieved 2011-01-03.

Bibliography

Nylin, Lars (2004). Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder. Sundbyberg: Semic. ISBN 91-552-3168-3.

External links

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