1952–53 in Swedish football

The 1952–53 season in Swedish football, starting August 1952 and ending July 1953:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1952–53	Malmö FF	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1952–53	Malmö FF
2nd level	Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Sandvikens IF
2nd level	Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53	Kalmar FF
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet^[1] 1953	Fagerviks GF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Allsvenskan 1953–54	Sandvikens IF	Winners
Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53	Allsvenskan 1953–54	Kalmar FF	Winners
Division 3 1952–53	Division 2 Norrland 1953–54	Lycksele IF	Winners of Norrländska Norra
		Skellefteå AIK	2nd team in Norrländska Norra
		Fagerviks GF	Winners of Norrländska Södra
		Ljunga IF	2nd team in Norrländska Södra
		Sollefteå GIF	3rd team in Norrländska Södra
		Sandvikens AIK	2nd team in Norra
		IFK Östersund	4th team in Norra
		IF Älgarna	5th team in Norra
		Ljusne AIK	6th team in Norra
		GIF Sundsvall	7th team in Norra
	Division 2 Svealand 1953–54	Avesta AIK	Winners of Norra
		Falu BS	3rd team in Norra
		Västerås IK	2nd team in Östra
		IFK Eskilstuna	3rd team in Östra
		Karlskoga IF	2nd team in Västra
	Division 2 Götaland 1953–54	IK Sleipner	Winners of Östra
		Redbergslids IK	Winners of Västra
		Landskrona BoIS	Winners of Södra

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Division 2 Svealand 1953–54	IK City	2nd team
		Hammarby IF	6th team
		Västerås SK	7th team
		IK Brage	8th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Division 2 Götaland 1953–54	Motala AIF	3rd team
		Åtvidabergs FF	4th team
		BK Derby	5th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53		Höganäs BK	2nd team
		Norrby IF	3rd team
		Halmstads BK	4th team
		Örgryte IS	5th team
		Råå IF	6th team
		BK Häcken	7th team
		IFK Trelleborg	8th team

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1952–53	Division 2 Svealand 1953–54	Örebro SK	11th team
Allsvenskan 1952–53	Division 2 Götaland 1953–54	IFK Malmö	12th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53	Division 3 1953–54	Karlstads BIK	9th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53		IF Viken	10th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53		Lunds BK	9th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53		IS Halmia	10th team

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 1952–53

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Malmö FF	22	14	3	5	60	–	32	28	31
2	IFK Norrköping	22	12	3	7	49	–	32	17	27
3	Djurgårdens IF	22	11	4	7	41	–	34	7	26
4	Helsingborgs IF	22	8	8	6	33	–	23	10	24
5	AIK	22	10	4	8	36	–	36	0	24
6	GAIS	22	11	1	10	50	–	50	0	23
7	Jönköpings Södra IF	22	7	7	8	40	–	43	-3	21
8	Degerfors IF	22	8	4	10	41	–	36	5	20
9	IFK Göteborg	22	9	2	11	32	–	54	-22	20
10	IF Elfsborg	22	7	4	11	28	–	36	-8	18
11	Örebro SK	22	6	4	12	23	–	40	-17	16
12	IFK Malmö	22	5	4	13	29	–	46	-17	14

Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53

Nordöstra

Sydvästra

^[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Sandvikens IF	18	13	2	3	51	–	13	38	28
2	IK City	18	12	4	2	48	–	16	32	28
3	Motala AIF	18	11	3	4	38	–	28	10	25
4	Åtvidabergs FF	18	11	1	6	40	–	23	17	23
5	BK Derby	18	7	4	7	25	–	28	-3	18
6	Hammarby IF	18	7	3	8	25	–	23	2	17
7	Västerås SK	18	5	3	10	23	–	41	-18	13
8	IK Brage	18	5	3	10	25	–	47	-22	13
9	Karlstads BIK	18	2	4	12	19	–	42	-23	8
10	IF Viken	18	3	1	14	20	–	53	-33	7

Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Kalmar FF	18	11	2	5	31	–	24	7	24
2	Höganäs BK	18	8	5	5	33	–	22	11	21
3	Norrby IF	18	6	8	4	31	–	20	11	20
4	Halmstads BK	18	8	4	6	35	–	27	8	20
5	Örgryte IS	18	8	4	6	37	–	33	4	20
6	Råå IF	18	8	4	6	26	–	26	0	20
7	BK Häcken	18	8	4	6	35	–	36	-1	20
8	IFK Trelleborg	18	6	3	9	24	–	32	-8	15
9	Lunds BK	18	6	2	10	25	–	31	-6	14
10	IS Halmia	18	1	4	13	20	–	46	-26	6

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1953

Final

June 14, 1953

Fagerviks GF	3–1	Lycksele IF

Idrottsparken, Sundsvall

National team results

September 21, 1952
Nordic Championship
№ 310

Finland	1–8	Sweden

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 20132

Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

October 5, 1952
Nordic Championship
№ 311

Norway	1–2	Sweden

Ullevål, Oslo

Attendance: 36458

Referee: Helge (Denmark)

October 26, 1952
Friendly
№ 312

Sweden	1–1	Italy

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 37679

Referee: Evans (England)

May 6, 1953
Friendly
№ 313

Scotland	1–2	Sweden

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 83000

Referee: Ling (England)

May 28, 1953
World Cup 1954 Qualification
№ 314

Sweden	2–3	Belgium

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 31491

Referee: Mowat (Scotland)

June 11, 1953
Friendly
№ 315

Sweden	1–0	France

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 35571

Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

June 21, 1953
Nordic Championship
№ 316

Denmark	1–3	Sweden

Idraetsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 39500

Referee: Ahlo (Finland)

July 5, 1953
Friendly
№ 317

Sweden	2–4	Hungary

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 35876

Referee: Van Der Meer (Netherlands)

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

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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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Swedish Football 1952–53
Allsvenskan (Tier 1)
Division 2 (Tier 2)
Division 3 (Tier 3)
Svenska Cupen - not played