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
	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

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football § Legend.

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

Lycksele IF	3–0	IF Älgarna

July 6, 1952

Tannen, Lycksele

Svenska Cupen 1951

Final

Malmö FF	2–1	Djurgårdens IF

July 23, 1951

Råsunda, Solna

National team results

Yugoslavia	2–1	Sweden
Bobek 18' Ognjanov 73'		Rydell 2'

September 2, 1951
Friendly
№ 294

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Baert (Belgium)

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

September 2, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 295

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 19,202

Referee: Narvestad (Norway)

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

September 30, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 296

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 29,790

Referee: Laursen (Denmark)

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

October 21, 1951
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 297

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 40,100

Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

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

November 11, 1951
Friendly
№ 298

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Ling (England)

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Turkey	1–0	Sweden
Tunçaltan 60'

November 14, 1951
Friendly
№ 299

Atatürk Stadı, Istanbul

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Caparni (Italy)

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France	0–1	Sweden
		Westerberg 85'

March 26, 1952
Friendly
№ 300

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,779

Referee: Bauwens (Belgium)

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Netherlands	0–0	Sweden

May 14, 1952
Friendly
№ 301

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 64,500

Referee: Orlandini (Italy)

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Sweden	3–1	Scotland
Sandberg 2' Löfgren 3' Bengtsson 71'		Liddell 7'

May 30, 1952
Friendly
№ 302

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 32,122

Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands)

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Denmark	0–2	Sweden
		Löfgren 43' Brodd 56'

June 11, 1952
Jubilee tournament semi-finals
№ 303

Bislett, Oslo

Attendance: 22,058

Referee: Alho (Finland)

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

June 13, 1952
Jubilee tournament final
№ 304

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 19,766

Referee: Andersen (Norway)

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

June 22, 1952
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 305

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 36,700

Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

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

July 21, 1952
1952 Olympics round of 16
№ 306

Ratinan Stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Alho (Finland)

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

July 23, 1952
1952 Olympics quarter-finals
№ 307

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Orlandini (Italy)

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

July 28, 1952
1952 Olympics semi-finals
№ 308

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Ling (England)

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Sweden	2–0	Germany
Rydell 11' Löfgren 86'

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

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Orlandini (Italy)

Notes

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.

References

Print

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