1922–23 in Swedish football

The 1922-23 season in Swedish football, starting March 1922 and ending July 1923:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1922 Swedish Champions	GAIS	Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Division 1 Svenska Serien Östra 1922–23	AIK
	Division 1 Svenska Serien Västra 1922–23	GAIS
	Division 1 Svenska Serien play-off 1922–23	GAIS
2nd level	Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23	Stockholms BK
	Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1922	Västerås IK
	Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1922–23	Fässbergs IF
Championship Cup	Svenska Mästerskapet 1922	GAIS
Cup competition	Kamratmästerskapen 1922	IFK Göteborg

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Unknown	Division 1 Svenska Serien 1923–24	Landskrona BoIS	Winners of qualification play-off
Unknown	Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1923–24	Avesta IF	Unknown
		Brynäs IF	Unknown
		Domnarvets GIF	Unknown
		Falu IK	Unknown
		Gefle IF	Unknown
		Grycksbo IF	Unknown
		Sandvikens AIK	Unknown
		Skutskärs IF	Unknown

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23	Division 2 Östsvenska Serien 1923–24	IF Linnéa	League name change
		Mariebergs IK	League name change
		IK Sirius	League name change
		Stockholms BK	League name change
		IFK Stockholm	League name change
		Westermalms IF	League name change
		Östermalms IF	League name change

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Division 1 Svenska Serien 1922–23	Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1923–24	Malmö FF	Losers of qualification play-off
Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23	Unknown	Järva IS	Unknown

Domestic results

Division 1 Svenska Serien Östra 1922–23

Östra

Västra

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	AIK	10	7	1	2	28	–	17	+11	15
2	IFK Eskilstuna	10	4	2	4	21	–	17	+4	10
3^[1]	Hammarby IF	10	4	1	5	16	–	18	-2	9
4^[1]	Djurgårdens IF	10	3	3	4	16	–	19	-3	9
5^[1]	IK Sleipner	10	4	1	5	14	–	20	-6	9
6	IFK Norrköping	10	4	0	6	15	–	19	-4	8

Division 1 Svenska Serien Västra 1922–23

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	GAIS	10	5	3	2	15	–	10	+5	13
2^[1]	IFK Göteborg	10	5	2	3	18	–	9	+9	12
3^[1]	Örgryte IS	10	5	2	3	17	–	9	+8	12
4^[1]	Helsingborgs IF	10	4	4	2	14	–	9	+5	12
5	IFK Malmö	10	3	1	6	8	–	22	-14	7
6	Malmö FF	10	1	2	7	6	–	19	-13	4

Division 1 Svenska Serien play-off 1922–23

June 17, 1923

GAIS	3–1	AIK

?, Gothenburg

July 8, 1923

AIK	0–2	GAIS

?, Stockholm

Division 1 Svenska Serien qualification play-off 1922–23

May 27, 1923

Västerås IK^[2]	1–2	IFK Norrköping

?, Västerås

June 10, 1923

IFK Norrköping	4–1	Västerås IK

?, Norrköping

May 27, 1923

Malmö FF	1–1	Landskrona BoIS^[2]

?, Malmö

May 31, 1923

Landskrona BoIS	2–0	Malmö FF

?, Landskrona

Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1922–23

Uppsvenska

Mellansvenska

Västsvenska

^[3]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1^[2]	Stockholms BK	14	10	2	2	42	–	17	+25	22
2	Westermalms IF	14	9	2	3	31	–	14	+17	20
3	IFK Stockholm	14	8	3	3	31	–	21	+10	19
4	IK Sirius	14	6	2	6	25	–	25	0	14
5	IF Linnéa	14	4	4	6	22	–	26	-4	12
6	Östermalms IF^[4]	14	5	1	8	24	–	33	-9	11
7	Mariebergs IK	14	2	5	7	14	–	26	-12	9
8	Järva IS	14	2	1	11	12	–	39	-27	5

Division 2 Mellansvenska Serien 1922

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1^[2]	Västerås IK	12	11	0	1	35	–	11	+24	22
2	Örebro SK	12	9	0	3	32	–	21	+11	18
3	Katrineholms AIK	12	5	2	5	23	–	21	+2	12
4	IK City	12	5	1	6	28	–	25	+3	11
5	Köpings IS	12	5	0	7	15	–	24	-9	10
6	IFK Arboga	12	2	2	8	21	–	30	-9	6
7	IFK Västerås	12	2	1	9	12	–	34	-22	5

Division 2 Västsvenska Serien 1922–23

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1^[2]	Fässbergs IF	14	11	1	2	32	–	13	+19	23
2	IK Virgo	14	9	0	5	29	–	21	+8	18
3	IFK Uddevalla	14	8	1	5	30	–	20	+10	17
4^[1]	IF Elfsborg	14	5	2	7	27	–	24	+3	12
5^[1]	Vänersborgs IF	14	4	4	6	21	–	30	-9	12
6^[1]	Skara IF	14	5	2	7	16	–	25	-9	12
7	IFK Vänersborg	14	4	2	8	14	–	28	-14	10
8	IF Heimer	14	3	2	9	29	–	37	-8	8

Svenska Mästerskapet 1922

Final

October 8, 1922

GAIS	3–1	Hammarby IF

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Kamratmästerskapen 1922

Final

May 29, 1924

IFK Göteborg	7–0	IFK Stockholm

Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg

National team results

May 28, 1922
Friendly
№ 74

Sweden	1–2	Poland
Svedberg 56'		Klotz 27' (p) Garbień 74'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 16,142

Referee: Meisl (Austria)

Sweden: Frithiof Rudén - Valdus Lund, Einar Hemming - Gunnar Eriksson, Helge Andersson, Harry Sundberg - Rune Bergström, Helmer Svedberg, Per Kaufeldt, Helge Ekroth, Rudolf Kock.

June 5, 1922
Friendly
№ 75

Finland	1–4	Sweden
Katajavuori 15'		Edlund 5', 47' Kaufeldt 10', 73'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Meisl (Austria)

Sweden: Frithiof Rudén - Valdus Lund, Einar Hemming - Justus Gustafsson, Gunnar Holmberg, Nils Karlsson ( Helmer Svedberg) - Rune Bergström ( Herbert Ohlsson), Helmer Edlund, Per Kaufeldt, Helge Ekroth, Rudolf Kock.

July 9, 1922
Friendly
№ 76

Sweden	1–1	Hungary
Börjesson 43'		Hirzer 76'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 15,752

Referee: Andersen (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Ivar Klingström, Sven Friberg, Helge Ekroth - Rune Bergström, Herbert Karlsson, Erik Börjesson, Erik Hjelm, Rudolf Kock.

August 13, 1922
Friendly
№ 77

Sweden	0–2	Czechoslovakia
		Sloup-Štapl 29' Dvořáček 37'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Hansen (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Erik Levin, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Rune Wenzel, Albert Olsson, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

August 23, 1922
Friendly
№ 78

Sweden	0–0	Norway

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Ulrich (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Erik Lillienberg - Erik Levin, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Rune Bergström, Harry Dahl, Herbert Karlsson, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

September 24, 1922
Friendly
№ 79

Norway	0–5	Sweden
		Malm 4', 25' A. Dahl 30', 40', 75'

Gressbanen, Kristiania

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Andersen (Denmark)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Hjalmar Andersson, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Rune Wenzel, Harry Dahl, Otto Malm, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

October 1, 1922
Friendly
№ 80

Denmark	1–2	Sweden
Nielsen 34'		H. Dahl 25' A. Dahl 58'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Eymers (Netherlands)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund ( Fritjof Hillén), Henning Svensson - Hjalmar Andersson, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Rune Wenzel, Harry Dahl, Otto Malm, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

May 21, 1923
Friendly
№ 81

Sweden	2–4	England
Dahl 33', 83'		Walker 22', 75' Thornewell 25' Moore 40'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Meisl (Austria)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Hjalmar Andersson, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Gunnar Olsson, Harry Dahl, Otto Malm, Erik Hjelm, Rudolf Kock.

June 10, 1923
Friendly
№ 82

Sweden	4–2	Austria
H. Dahl 39' Olsson 43' A. Dahl 73', 88'		Swatosch 40' Wieser 52'

Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Herites (Czechoslovakia)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Ivar Klingström, Sven Friberg, Erik Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Harry Dahl, Gunnar Olsson, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

June 20, 1923
Friendly
№ 83

Sweden	5–4	Finland
Rydell 1' Paulsson 31', 48', 64' Carlsson 37'		Kelin 4' Linna 20', 54' Eklöf 66'

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 4,055

Referee: Bauwens (Germany)

Sweden: Robert Zander - Gösta Wihlborg, Oskar Forsberg - Sven Lindqvist, Gunnar Holmberg, Gösta Pettersson-Pejne - Thure Sterne, Sven Rydell, Bror Carlsson, Gunnar Paulsson, Olle Ringdahl.

June 29, 1923
Friendly
№ 84

Sweden	2–1	Germany
H. Dahl 47' A. Dahl 64'		Seiderer 38'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Smedvik (Norway)

Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Ivar Klingström, Sven Friberg, Erik Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Harry Dahl, Gunnar Olsson, Albin Dahl, Rudolf Kock.

National team players in season 1922/23

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Erik "Mickel" Andersson	MF	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Helge "Snopparn" Andersson	MF	1	0	Hammarby IF
Hjalmar "Julle" Andersson	MF	3	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Rune Bergström	FW	4	0	AIK
Erik "Börje" Börjesson	FW	1	1	Jonsereds IF
Bror "Brollan" Carlsson	FW	1	1	GAIS
Albin Dahl	FW	6	7	Hälsingborgs IF
Harry "Hacke" Dahl	FW	6	5	Hälsingborgs IF (3) Landskrona BoIS (3)
Helmer "Valdus" Edlund	FW	1	2	IK Sleipner
Helge "Ekis" Ekroth	FW	3	0	AIK
Gunnar Eriksson	MF	1	0	AIK
Oskar Forsberg	DF	1	0	Sandvikens AIK
Sven Friberg	MF	8	0	Örgryte IS
Justus "Negern" Gustafsson	DF/MF	1	0	AIK
Einar "Hacko" Hemming	DF	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
Fritjof "Fritte" Hillén	DF	1	0	GAIS
Erik Hjelm	FW	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Gunnar "Bajadären" Holmberg	MF	2	0	GAIS
Herbert "Murren" Karlsson	FW	3	0	IFK Göteborg
Nils Karlsson	MF	1	0	GAIS
Per "Pära" Kaufeldt	FW	2	2	AIK
Ivar "Klinga" Klingström	MF	8	0	Örgryte IS
Rudolf "Putte" Kock	FW	10	0	AIK
Erik "Bagarn" Levin	MF	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Erik "Flintis" Lillienberg	DF	1	0	Örgryte IS
Sigfrid "Sigge" Lindberg	GK	8	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Sven "Linkan" Lindqvist	MF	1	0	AIK
Valdus "Gobben" Lund	DF	10	0	IFK Göteborg
Otto "Petter" Malm	FW	3	2	Hälsingborgs IF
Herbert "Banken" Ohlsson	FW	1	0	AIK
Albert "Abben" Olsson	FW	1	0	GAIS
Gunnar "Lill-Gunnar" Olsson	FW	3	1	Hälsingborgs IF
Gunnar Paulsson	FW	1	3	GAIS
Gösta Pettersson-Pejne	MF	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna
Olle Ringdahl	FW	1	0	IFK Norrköping
Frithiof "Fritte" Rudén	GK	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
Sven "Trollgubben" Rydell	FW	1	1	Örgryte IS
Thure "Turken" Sterne	FW	1	0	IFK Stockholm
Harry Sundberg	MF	1	0	Djurgårdens IF
Helmer "Pysen" Svedberg	FW	2	1	AIK
Henning Svensson	DF	7	0	IFK Göteborg
Rune Wenzel	FW	5	0	GAIS
Gösta "Pysen" Wihlborg	DF	1	0	Hammarby IF
Robert Zander	GK	1	0	Örgryte IS

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Tie breaker is goal average.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e It is unknown how spots for the qualification play-off against the two sixth placed teams in Svenska Serien were awarded. Västerås IK were probably given a spot as they won their league, Mellansvenska Serien, but it is not known why the winners of Uppsvenska Serien or Västsvenska Serien were not given any spots, or why Landskrona BoIS, which had not even played in a national league during the season, were given a spot.
^ One match ended in a walkover for the away team, Mariebergs IK–IK Sirius, this match has been counted as 0–0 but two points to the away team. The following two matches were not played but have been counted as 0–0 and one point to each team: Mariebergs IK–Östermalms IF and Mariebergs IK–IF Linnéa.
^ Värtans IK merged with Östermalms IF after seven rounds, and the team then continued to play in the league under the name Östermalms IF. The score for Värtans IK after the seventh round was three wins, zero draws, four losses, the goal difference 11–18 (-7) and 6 points.

References

Print

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[gavg-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Tie breaker is goal average.

[playoffteams-2] It is unknown how spots for the qualification play-off against the two sixth placed teams in Svenska Serien were awarded. Västerås IK were probably given a spot as they won their league, Mellansvenska Serien, but it is not known why the winners of Uppsvenska Serien or Västsvenska Serien were not given any spots, or why Landskrona BoIS, which had not even played in a national league during the season, were given a spot.

[uswalkovers-3] One match ended in a walkover for the away team, Mariebergs IK–IK Sirius, this match has been counted as 0–0 but two points to the away team. The following two matches were not played but have been counted as 0–0 and one point to each team: Mariebergs IK–Östermalms IF and Mariebergs IK–IF Linnéa.

[vikoif-4] Värtans IK merged with Östermalms IF after seven rounds, and the team then continued to play in the league under the name Östermalms IF. The score for Värtans IK after the seventh round was three wins, zero draws, four losses, the goal difference 11–18 (-7) and 6 points.

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