1920–21 in Swedish football

The 1920-21 season in Swedish football, starting January 1920 and ending July 1921:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1920 Swedish Champions	Djurgårdens IF	Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Division 1 Svenska Serien 1920–21	Örgryte IS
2nd level	Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1920–21	IK Sirius
	Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1920–21	IK Sleipner
	Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1920–21	Fässbergs IF
	Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1920–21	Malmö FF
Championship Cup	Svenska Mästerskapet 1920	Djurgårdens IF
Cup competition	Kamratmästerskapen 1920	IFK Göteborg
Cup competition	Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1920	No winner

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1920–21	Division 1 Svenska Serien Östra 1922–23^[1]	IK Sleipner	Unknown
Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1920–21	Division 1 Svenska Serien Västra 1922–23^[1]	Malmö FF	Unknown
Unknown	Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23^[1]	Värtans IK	Unknown
Unknown	Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1922–23^[1]	Katrineholms AIK	Unknown
Unknown	Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1922–23^[1]	Västerås IK	Unknown
Unknown	Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1922–23^[1]	IFK Vänersborg	Unknown

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1920–21	Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23^[1]	Mariebergs IK	Unknown
Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1920–21	Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23^[1]	IFK Stockholm	Unknown

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1920–21	Unknown	Upsala IF	Unknown
Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1920–21	Unknown	IF Vesta	Unknown
Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1920–21	Unknown	IFK Skövde	Unknown
Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1920–21	Unknown	IS Halmia	No Sydsvenska Serien next season
		IFK Helsingborg	No Sydsvenska Serien next season
		Husqvarna IF	No Sydsvenska Serien next season
		Jönköpings IS	No Sydsvenska Serien next season
		Landskrona BoIS	No Sydsvenska Serien next season

Domestic results

Division 1 Svenska Serien 1920–21

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Örgryte IS	18	10	5	3	27	–	10	+17	25
2	GAIS	18	10	3	5	47	–	25	+22	23
3^[2]	Hammarby IF	18	9	4	5	35	–	27	+8	22
4^[2]	Helsingborgs IF	18	9	4	5	33	–	27	+6	22
5	IFK Göteborg	18	8	4	6	39	–	21	+18	20
6	IFK Malmö	18	9	1	8	47	–	47	0	19
7	Djurgårdens IF	18	6	4	8	24	–	33	-9	16
8	AIK	18	5	3	10	30	–	38	-8	13
9	IFK Eskilstuna	18	4	3	11	23	–	45	-22	11
10	IFK Norrköping	18	2	5	11	19	–	51	-32	9

Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1920–21

Uppsvenska

Mellansvenska

Västsvenska

Sydsvenska

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IK Sirius	12	10	0	2	34	–	13	+21	20
2^[2]	IF Linnéa	12	7	1	4	32	–	21	+11	15
3^[2]	Järva IS	12	7	1	4	25	–	19	+6	15
4^[2]	Stockholms BK	12	7	1	4	21	–	23	-2	15
5	Westermalms IF	12	6	1	5	33	–	17	+16	13
6	IF Vesta	12	0	4	8	13	–	30	-27	4
7	Upsala IF	12	0	2	10	7	–	42	-35	2

Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1920–21

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IK Sleipner	14	11	2	1	36	–	14	+22	24
2	Mariebergs IK	14	10	1	3	45	–	17	+28	21
3	IK City	14	7	3	4	29	–	17	+12	17
4	IFK Västerås	14	5	3	6	23	–	29	-6	13
5	Örebro SK	14	5	1	8	20	–	30	-10	11
6^[2]	IFK Arboga	14	5	0	9	18	–	26	-8	10
7^[2]	Köpings IS	14	4	2	8	21	–	35	-14	10
8	IFK Stockholm	14	2	2	10	15	–	39	-24	6

Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1920–21

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Fässbergs IF	14	10	1	3	39	–	15	+24	21
2	Skara IF	14	8	3	3	24	–	15	+9	19
3^[2]	IF Elfsborg	14	6	4	4	46	–	24	+22	16
4^[2]	Vänersborgs IF	14	7	2	5	31	–	22	+9	16
5	IFK Uddevalla	14	7	1	6	36	–	28	+8	15
6	IK Virgo	14	5	3	6	25	–	25	0	13
7	IF Heimer	14	4	2	9	29	–	38	-9	10
8	IFK Skövde	14	1	0	13	9	–	72	-63	2

Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1920–21

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Malmö FF	10	7	1	2	31	–	20	+11	15
2	Landskrona BoIS	10	6	1	3	28	–	19	+9	13
3	IS Halmia	10	4	1	5	19	–	21	-2	9
4^[2]	Jönköpings IS	10	4	0	6	18	–	28	-10	8
5^[2]	Husqvarna IF	10	4	0	6	18	–	29	-11	8
6	IFK Helsingborg	10	3	1	6	23	–	20	+3	7

Svenska Mästerskapet 1920

Final

October 24, 1920

Djurgårdens IF	1–0	IK Sleipner

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Kamratmästerskapen 1920

Final

September 5, 1920

IFK Göteborg	2–2 3–2 (aet)	IFK Västerås

Herrgärdets IP, Västerås

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1920

Final

May 13, 1920

Hammarby IF	–^[3]	Mariebergs IK

Råsunda IP, Solna

National team results

May 30, 1920
Friendly
№ 56

Sweden	4–0	Finland
Dahl 38', 69' Krantz 75', 76'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Putz (Belgium)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Albert Andersson, Erik Lillienberg - John Johansson, Sven Friberg, Nils Karlsson - Rune Wenzel, Albin Dahl, Karl Krantz, Joel Björkman, Fridolf Johnsson.

June 6, 1920
Friendly
№ 57

Sweden	0–1	Switzerland
		Martenet 82'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Eymers (Netherlands)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Oskar Berndtsson, Ragnar Wicksell, Nils Karlsson - Rune Wenzel, Albert Olsson, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Mauritz Sandberg.

June 27, 1920
Friendly
№ 58

Norway	0–3	Sweden
		Andersson 10' Bergström 22' Karlsson 65'

Gressbanen, Kristiania

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Vestergaard (Denmark)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Einar Hemming - Oskar Berndtsson, Ragnar Wicksell, Karl Gustafsson - Rune Bergström, Sten Söderberg, Herbert Karlsson, Sune Andersson, Carl Karlstrand.

August 28, 1920
1920 Olympics 1st round
№ 59

Sweden	9–0	Greece
Olsson 4', 79' Karlsson 15', 20', 21', 51', 85' Wicksell 25' Dahl 31'

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Barette (Belgium)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Valdus Lund, Fritjof Hillén - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Ragnar Wicksell, Karl Gustafsson - Rune Bergström, Albert Olsson, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Mauritz Sandberg.

August 29, 1920
1920 Olympics quarter-finals
№ 60

Netherlands	5–4 (aet)	Sweden
Groosjohan 9', 58' Bulder 41', 88' (p) de Natris 115' (et)		Karlsson 19', 32' Olsson 20' Dahl 72'

Bosuil, Antwerp

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Fanta (Czechoslovakia)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Valdus Lund, Fritjof Hillén - Albert Öijermark, Ragnar Wicksell, Karl Gustafsson - Rune Bergström, Albert Olsson, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Mauritz Sandberg.

September 1, 1920
1920 Olympics consol. 1st round
№ 61

Spain	2–1	Sweden
Belauste 51' Acedo 53'		Dahl 28'

Bosuil, Antwerp

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mauro (Italy)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Valdus Lund, Bertil Nordenskjöld - Albert Öijermark, Ragnar Wicksell, Karl Gustafsson - Rune Bergström, Albert Olsson, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Mauritz Sandberg.

September 19, 1920
Friendly
№ 62

Finland	1–0	Sweden
Öhman 36'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Johnsen (Norway)

Sweden: Erik Hillerström - Theodor Malm, Justus Gustafsson - Oskar Berndtsson, Bruno Lindström, Edvin Holm - Oscar Hagelin, Rudolf Kock, Helge Ekroth, Helmer Edlund, Herbert Ohlsson.

September 26, 1920
Friendly
№ 63

Sweden	0–0	Norway

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Boas (Netherlands)

Sweden: Victor Olsson - Ragnar Eriksson, Gösta Wihlborg - Thure Söderqvist, Sven Friberg, August Vogel - Gottfrid Johansson, Sten Söderberg, Helge Ekroth, Karl Karlberg, Bror Arontzon.

October 10, 1920
Friendly
№ 64

Sweden	0–2	Denmark
		Hansen 30' Rohde 44'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Boas (Netherlands)

Sweden: Victor Olsson - Ragnar Eriksson, Gösta Wihlborg - Ernst Eliasson, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Gottfrid Johansson, Sjunne Hallberg, Karl Krantz, Sune Andersson, Bror Arontzon.

March 26, 1921
Friendly
№ 65

Austria	2–2	Sweden
Kuthan 42', 76'		Horndahl 5' Andersson 88'

Simmeringer Sportplatz, Vienna

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Boas (Netherlands)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - John Torstensson, Arvid Persson - Hjalmar Andersson, Gustaf Möller, Carl Lindström - Rune Bergström, Erik Andersson, Otto Malm, Victor Horndahl, Bror Arontzon ( Gösta Nilsson).

May 29, 1921
Friendly
№ 66

Sweden	0–3	Finland
		Öhman 10' Kelin 28', 89'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Andersen (Denmark)

Sweden: Victor Olsson - Gustav Ehn, Gösta Wihlborg - Paul Sellberg, Helge Andersson, Thure Söderqvist - Ernst Westerlund, Carl Söderqvist, Gustav Björk, Karl Karlberg, Nils Carlbom.

June 19, 1921
Friendly
№ 67

Norway	3–1	Sweden
Gundersen 44' Strøm 48' Resberg 73'		Kock 75'

Gressbanen, Kristiania

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Howcroft (England)

Sweden: Sven Klang - Albert Andersson, Edvin Holm - Birger Dahlgren, Sven Friberg, Axel Corall ( Justus Gustafsson) - Rune Bergström, Gustaf Svensson, Helmer Svedberg, Per Kaufeldt, Rudolf Kock.

July 22, 1921
Friendly
№ 68

Estonia	0–0	Sweden

Tiigiveski spordiplats, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Akel (Estonia)

Sweden: David Andersson - Nils Pettersson, Isidor Carlsson - Gösta Pettersson-Pejne, Harald Andersson, Eugen Boström - Ruben Nilsson, Bertil Karlsson, Eric Dahlström, John Björkström, Ivar Eriksson.

July 24, 1921
Friendly
№ 69

Sweden	1–3	Austria
Dahl 44'		Uridil 9' Kuthan 17' Swatosch 59'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Boas (Netherlands)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Albert Andersson, Erik Lillienberg - Ivar Klingström, Sven Friberg, Nils Karlsson - Heinrich Brost, Erik Andersson, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

National team players in season 1920/21

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Albert "Banjo" Andersson	DF	3	0	Örgryte IS
David "Kimpen" Andersson	GK	1	0	IK City
Erik Andersson	FW	2	1	IFK Malmö
Harald Andersson	MF	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Helge "Snopparn" Andersson	MF	1	0	Hammarby IF
Hjalmar "Julle" Andersson	MF	1	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Sune Andersson	FW	2	1	IF Olympia
Bror Arontzon	FW	3	0	IF Elfsborg
Rune Bergström	FW	6	1	AIK
Oskar Berndtsson	MF	3	0	AIK
Gustav "Måsen" Björk	FW	1	0	Hammarby IF
Joel "Jylle" Björkman	FW	1	0	GAIS
John Björkström	FW	1	0	Tunafors SK
Eugen Boström	MF	1	0	IK City
Heinrich "Hanke" Brost	FW	1	0	IFK Malmö
Nils "Nicka" Carlbom	FW	1	0	Hammarby IF
Isidor Carlsson	DF	1	0	IK City
Axel Corall	MF	1	0	IK Sleipner
Albin Dahl	FW	6	6	Landskrona BoIS
Birger Dahlgren	MF	1	0	Landskrona BoIS
Eric Dahlström	FW	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Helmer "Valdus" Edlund	FW	1	0	IK Sleipner
Gustav Ehn	DF	1	0	Stockholms BK
Helge "Ekis" Ekroth	FW	2	0	AIK
Ernst Eliasson	MF	1	0	Örgryte IS
Ivar Eriksson	FW	1	0	IK City
Ragnar Eriksson	DF	2	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Sven Friberg	MF	5	0	Örgryte IS
Justus "Negern" Gustafsson	DF/MF	2	0	AIK
Karl "Köping" Gustafsson	MF	4	0	Djurgårdens IF
Oscar (Oskar) Hagelin	FW	1	0	IK Sleipner
Sjunne Hallberg	FW	1	0	Örgryte IS
Einar "Hacko" Hemming	DF	1	0	Djurgårdens IF
Fritjof "Fritte" Hillén	DF	2	0	GAIS
Erik "Hiller" Hillerström	GK	1	0	AIK
Edvin Holm	MF/DF	2	0	AIK
Victor Horndahl	FW	1	1	Hälsingborgs IF
Gottfrid "Gotte" Johansson	FW	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
John "Snärjarn" Johansson	MF	1	0	GAIS
Fridolf Johnsson	FW	1	0	GAIS
Karl Karlberg	FW	2	0	Hammarby IF
Bertil Karlsson	FW	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Herbert "Murren" Karlsson	FW	6	8	IFK Göteborg
Nils Karlsson	MF	3	0	GAIS
Carl Karlstrand	FW	1	0	Djurgårdens IF
Per "Pära" Kaufeldt	FW	1	0	AIK
Sven Klang	GK	1	0	Mariebergs IK
Ivar "Klinga" Klingström	MF	2	0	Örgryte IS
Rudolf "Putte" Kock	FW	3	1	AIK
Karl Krantz	FW	2	2	Örgryte IS
Erik "Flintis" Lillienberg	DF	2	0	Örgryte IS
Sigfrid "Sigge" Lindberg	GK	1	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Bruno Lindström	MF	1	0	AIK
Carl Lindström	MF	1	0	IFK Malmö
Valdus "Gobben" Lund	DF	4	0	IFK Göteborg
Otto "Petter" Malm	FW	1	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Theodor "Todde" Malm	DF	1	0	AIK
Gustaf (Gustav) Möller	MF	1	0	IFK Malmö
Gösta Nilsson	FW	1	0	Malmö FF
Ruben "Brandkårn" Nilsson	FW	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Bertil "Nocke" Nordenskjöld	DF/MF	3	0	Djurgårdens IF
Herbert "Banken" Ohlsson	FW	1	0	AIK
Victor "Kucku" Olsson	GK	3	0	Hammarby IF
Albert "Abbe" Öijermark	MF	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
Albert "Abben" Olsson	FW	4	3	GAIS
Arvid Persson	DF	1	0	IFK Malmö
Nils "Knös" Pettersson	DF	1	0	IFK Norrköping
Gösta Pettersson-Pejne	MF	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Mauritz "Moje" Sandberg	FW	4	0	IFK Göteborg
Paul Sellberg	MF	1	0	Hammarby IF
Sten "Knata" Söderberg	FW	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
Carl (Karl) Söderqvist	FW	1	0	Hammarby IF
Thure Söderqvist	MF	2	0	Hammarby IF
Helmer "Pysen" Svedberg	FW	1	0	AIK
Gustaf "Sotarn" Svensson	FW	1	0	Järva IS
Henning Svensson	DF	1	0	IFK Göteborg
John "Tonte" Torstensson	DF	1	0	Malmö FF
August Vogel	MF	1	0	IFK Uddevalla
Rune Wenzel	FW	2	0	GAIS
Ernst "Rio" Westerlund	FW	1	0	Hammarby IF
Ragnar "Ragge" Wicksell	MF	4	1	Djurgårdens IF
Gösta "Pysen" Wihlborg	DF	3	0	Hammarby IF
Robert Zander	GK	7	0	Örgryte IS

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f There was to be no national league play in 1921–22 as the Swedish Football Association investigated how the leagues should be organized and composed, taking into consideration the economical difficulties the clubs had earlier experienced due to high traveling costs.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Tie breaker is goal average.
^ A final match for Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden was planned to be played on 13 May 1920, but was never played, possibly because the national league play, where both Hammarby IF and Mariebergs IK participated, had restarted after two year's absence.

References

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[noplay192122-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f There was to be no national league play in 1921–22 as the Swedish Football Association investigated how the leagues should be organized and composed, taking into consideration the economical difficulties the clubs had earlier experienced due to high traveling costs.

[gavg-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Tie breaker is goal average.

[wvnotplayed-3] A final match for Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden was planned to be played on 13 May 1920, but was never played, possibly because the national league play, where both Hammarby IF and Mariebergs IK participated, had restarted after two year's absence.

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1920–21 in Swedish football

Honours

Official titles

Competitions

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

League transfers

Relegations

Domestic results

Division 1 Svenska Serien 1920–21

Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1920–21

Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1920–21

Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1920–21

Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1920–21

Svenska Mästerskapet 1920

Kamratmästerskapen 1920

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1920

National team results

National team players in season 1920/21

Notes

References

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