1951–52 in Swedish football

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

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
2nd level	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	Allsvenskan 1952–53	IFK Malmö	Winners
Division 3 1951–52	Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	BK Derby	Winners of Östra
	Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Västerås SK	Winners of Norra
	Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53	IFK Trelleborg	Winners of Södra
	Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53	Örgryte IS	Winners of Västra

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1951–52	Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53	Råå IF	11th team
Allsvenskan 1951–52	Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Åtvidabergs FF	12th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1951–52	Division 3 1952–53	Sandvikens AIK	9th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1951–52		Ludvika FfI	10th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1951–52		Landskrona BoIS	9th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1951–52		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
Bobek 18' Ognjanov 73'		Rydell 2'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Baert (Belgium)

September 2, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 295

Sweden	3–2	Finland
Lundkvist 33', 70' Eriksson 88'		Vaihela 11' Lehtovirta 29'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 19,202

Referee: Narvestad (Norway)

September 30, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 296

Sweden	3–4	Norway
Rydell 13', 52' Lindh 23' (p)		Boye-Karlsen 5' (p), 71' (p) Dahlen 6' Bredesen 64'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 29,790

Referee: Laursen (Denmark)

October 21, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 297

Denmark	3–1	Sweden
Rasmussen 24' Lundberg 34' Staalgaard 35'		Jönsson 72'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 40,100

Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

November 11, 1951
Friendly
№ 298

Italy	1–1	Sweden
Amadei 56' (p)		Löfgren 6'

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Ling (England)

November 14, 1951
Friendly
№ 299

Turkey	1–0	Sweden
Tunçaltan 60'

Atatürk Stadı, Istanbul

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Caparni (Italy)

March 26, 1952
Friendly
№ 300

France	0–1	Sweden
		Westerberg 85'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,779

Referee: Bauwens (Belgium)

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
Sandberg 2' Löfgren 3' Bengtsson 71'		Liddell 7'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 32,122

Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands)

June 11, 1952
Jubilee tournament semi-finals
№ 303

Denmark	0–2	Sweden
		Löfgren 43' Brodd 56'

Bislett, Oslo

Attendance: 22,058

Referee: Alho (Finland)

June 13, 1952
Jubilee tournament final
№ 304

Finland	1–1 3–1 (aet)	Sweden
Rikberg 51', 119' Vaihela 98'		Lindh 6' (p)

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 19,766

Referee: Andersen (Norway)

June 22, 1952
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 305

Sweden	4–3	Denmark
Bengtsson 5' Brodd 8' Sandell 19', 77'		Rasmussen 57' Petersen 60' Seebach 78'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 36,700

Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

July 21, 1952
1952 Olympics round of 16
№ 306

Sweden	4–1	Norway
Brodd 23', 35' Rydell 81' Bengtsson 89'		Sørensen 82'

Ratinan Stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Alho (Finland)

July 23, 1952
1952 Olympics quarter-finals
№ 307

Sweden	3–1	Austria
Sandberg 80' Brodd 85' Rydell 87'		Grohs 40'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Orlandini (Italy)

July 28, 1952
1952 Olympics semi-finals
№ 308

Hungary	6–0	Sweden
Puskás 1' Palotás 16' Lindh 36' (og) Kocsis 57', 62' Hidegkuti 59'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Ling (England)

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

Sweden	2–0	Germany
Rydell 11' Löfgren 86'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Orlandini (Italy)

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.

References

Print

Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Glanell, Tomas; Havik, Göran; Lindberg, Thomas; Persson, Gunnar; Ågren, Bengt, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Jönsson, Ingemar; Josephson, Åke, eds. (2004). IFK Göteborg 1904-2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker. Göteborg: IFK Göteborg. ISBN 91-631-4659-2.
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[norrland-1] 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.

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