List of Swedish football champions
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Swedish football champions ({{langx|sv|Svenska mästare i fotboll}}) is a title held by the winners of the highest Swedish football league played each year, Allsvenskan.{{Cite web| url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ | title=Svenska mästare 1896-1925, 1931- |work=svenskfotboll.se|access-date=2011-03-13|language=sv}} Malmö FF are the holders of the record of most titles with 24 Swedish championships, the most recent of which was won in 2024. The title has been contested since 1896 in various competition formats.{{cite web|last1=Hedlundh|first1=Kent|title=Sweden - List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwedchamp.html|website=RSSSF.com|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=19 September 2015}} The first Swedish Champions, Örgryte IS, were declared in 1896 when the club won the cup tournament Svenska Mästerskapet. This happened before there existed any Swedish national association, which was created in 1904. The winners of Svenska Mästerskapet between 1896 and 1904 have retroactively been declared holders of the title by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF){{citation needed|date=September 2014}}. After the creation of the SvFF, the title continued to be held by the winners of Svenska Mästerskapet until 1925, even though a Swedish first national league, Svenska Serien, started in 1910.{{cite web|last1=Glenning |first1=Clas |title=Early Swedish Football tables and Championship deciding cup finals |url=http://www.geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/sweden_1st_level_1896_1925.htm |access-date=19 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041115044721/http://www.geocities.com/clasglenning/Svenska_fotbollstabeller/sweden_1st_level_1896_1925.htm |archive-date=November 15, 2004 }} Svenska Mästerskapet was discontinued in 1925.
In 1924–25, a new Swedish national league was created, Allsvenskan, but the Swedish Champions title was not awarded to the winners of that league until 1930–31.Nylin, 2004, p. 134. Since then, the winners of Allsvenskan are considered Swedish Champions, with a few exceptions. Between 1982 and 1990, the title was given to the winners of a play-off held after Allsvenskan was finished, and the following two years, 1991 and 1992, the title was given to the winners of Mästerskapsserien, a continuation league with the best teams from Allsvenskan.Nylin, 2004, p. 135.
The current trophy, Lennart Johanssons Pokal, has been awarded since 2001, with Hammarby IF being the first winners. Johansson himself handed out the trophy in Sundsvall on 27 October 2001. The first trophy which was in use from 1904 to 2000 was named von Rosen's Pokal after the first chairman of the Swedish FA Clarence von Rosen. However, in November 2000 it was discovered that von Rosen had been active in the Swedish national socialist movement during World War II which prompted the FA to give up using the old trophy.{{Cite web|last=Thorén |first=Petra | url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/0012/13/pokal.html | title=SM-pokalen ska skrotas |work=aftonbladet.se |access-date=2011-01-03|language=sv}}
Champions
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|+Key |
bgcolor="#CEF2E0" align="center"|{{dagger}}
|Winners also won Svenska Cupen during the same season |
align="center"|(number of championship titles)
|A running tally of the total number of championship titles and runners-up by each club is kept in brackets. |
=Svenska Mästerskapet (1896–1925)=
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Year
!Winner !Runners-up | ||
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1896 | Örgryte IS (1) | IS Idrottens Vänner (1) |
1897 | Örgryte IS (2) | Örgryte IS 2{{#tag:ref|Örgryte IS 2 was the reserve team of Örgryte IS.|group=nb}} (1) |
1898 | Örgryte IS (3) | AIK (1) |
1899 | Örgryte IS (4) | Göteborgs FF (1) |
1900 | AIK (1) | Örgryte IS (2) |
1901 | AIK (2){{#tag:ref|AIK won the final on walkover as the match could not be played due to darkness. AIK was considered to be the better team because they had already beaten Örgrytes main team in the semi-final and were thus given the title.|group=nb}} | Örgryte IS 2 (3) |
1902 | Örgryte IS (5) | Jönköpings AIF (1) |
1903 | Göteborgs IF (1) | Göteborgs FF (2) |
1904 | Örgryte IS (6) | Djurgårdens IF (1) |
1905 | Örgryte IS (7) | IFK Stockholm (1) |
1906 | Örgryte IS (8) | Djurgårdens IF (2) |
1907 | Örgryte IS (9) | IFK Uppsala (1) |
1908 | IFK Göteborg (1) | IFK Uppsala (2) |
1909 | Örgryte IS (10) | Djurgårdens IF (3) |
1910 | IFK Göteborg (2) | Djurgårdens IF (4) |
1911 | AIK (3) | IFK Uppsala (3) |
1912 | Djurgårdens IF (1){{#tag:ref|Decided in the third match after draws in the previous two.|group=nb}} | Örgryte IS (4) |
1913 | Örgryte IS (11) | Djurgårdens IF (5) |
1914 | AIK (4) | Hälsingborgs IF (1) |
1915 | Djurgårdens IF (2) | Örgryte IS (5) |
1916 | AIK (5) | Djurgårdens IF (6) |
1917 | Djurgårdens IF (3) | AIK (2) |
1918 | IFK Göteborg (3) | Hälsingborgs IF (2) |
1919 | GAIS (1) | Djurgårdens IF (7) |
1920 | Djurgårdens IF (4) | IK Sleipner (1) |
1921 | IFK Eskilstuna (1) | IK Sleipner (2) |
1922 | GAIS (2) | Hammarby IF (1) |
1923 | AIK (6) | IFK Eskilstuna (1) |
1924 | Fässbergs IF (1){{#tag:ref|Not decided until the spring 1925 due to heavy rain the autumn 1924.|group=nb}} | IK Sirius (1) |
1925 | Brynäs IF (1) | BK Derby (1) |
=Allsvenskan (1931–1981)=
=Allsvenskan Play-offs (1982–1990)=
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Year
!Winner !Runners-up !Top scorer (club) !Goals | ||||
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1982 | bgcolor="#CEF2E0" align="center"|IFK Göteborg (8){{dagger}} League winner: IFK Göteborg | Hammarby IF | Dan Corneliusson (IFK Göteborg) | 12 |
1983 | bgcolor="#CEF2E0" align="center"|IFK Göteborg (9){{dagger}} League winner: AIK | Östers IF | Thomas Ahlström (IF Elfsborg) | 16 |
1984 | IFK Göteborg (10) League winner: IFK Göteborg | IFK Norrköping | Billy Ohlsson (Hammarby IF) | 14 |
1985 | Örgryte IS (12) League winner: Malmö FF | IFK Göteborg | Sören Börjesson (Örgryte IS) Peter Karlsson (Kalmar FF) Billy Lansdowne (Kalmar FF) | 10 |
1986 | bgcolor="#CEF2E0" align="center"|Malmö FF (13){{dagger}} League winner: Malmö FF | AIK | Johnny Ekström (IFK Göteborg) | 13 |
1987 | IFK Göteborg (11) League winner: Malmö FF | Malmö FF | Lasse Larsson (Malmö FF) | 19 |
1988 | Malmö FF (14) League winner: Malmö FF | Djurgårdens IF | Martin Dahlin (Malmö FF) | 17 |
1989 | IFK Norrköping (12) League winner: Malmö FF | Malmö FF | Jan Hellström (IFK Norrköping) | 16 |
1990 | IFK Göteborg (12) League winner: IFK Göteborg | IFK Norrköping | Kaj Eskelinen (IFK Göteborg) | 10 |
=Mästerskapsserien (1991–1992)=
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Year
!Winner !Runners-up !Top scorer (club) !Goals | ||||
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1991 | bgcolor="#CEF2E0" align="center"|IFK Göteborg (13){{dagger}} League winner: IFK Göteborg | IFK Norrköping | Kennet Andersson (IFK Göteborg) | 13 |
1992 | AIK (9) League winner: IFK Norrköping | IFK Norrköping | Hans Eklund (Östers IF) | 16 |
=Allsvenskan (1993–present)=
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|+Allsvenskan champions since 1993 |
scope="col" rowspan="2"|Season
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Winner !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Runners-up !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Third place !scope="col"|Player !scope="col"|Goals |
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class="unsortable"
!scope="col" colspan="2"| (Top scorer) |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1993
|IFK Göteborg (14) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Henrik|Bertilsson}} (Halmstads BK) |align="center"|18 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1994
|IFK Göteborg (15) |align="center"|{{sortname|Niclas|Kindvall}} (IFK Norrköping) |align="center"|23 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1995
|IFK Göteborg (16) |align="center"|{{sortname|Niklas|Skoog}} (Västra Frölunda IF) |align="center"|17 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1996
|IFK Göteborg (17) |align="center"|{{sortname|Andreas|Andersson|Andreas Andersson (footballer, born 1974)}} (IFK Göteborg) |align="center"|19 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1997
|Halmstads BK (3) |align="center"|{{sortname|Mats|Lilienberg}} (Halmstads BK) |align="center"|14 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1998
|AIK (10) |align="center"|{{sortname|Arild|Stavrum}} (Helsingborgs IF) |align="center"|18 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|1999
|Helsingborgs IF (4) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Marcus|Allbäck}} (Örgryte IS) |align="center"|15 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2000
|Halmstads BK (4) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Fredrik|Berglund}} (IF Elfsborg) |align="center"|18 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2001
|Hammarby IF (1) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Stefan|Selaković}} (Halmstads BK) |align="center"|15 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2002
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|Djurgårdens IF (9){{dagger}} |align="center"|{{sortname|Peter|Ijeh}} (Malmö FF) |align="center"|24 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2003
|Djurgårdens IF (10) |align="center"|{{sortname|Niklas|Skoog}} (Malmö FF) |align="center"|22 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2004
|Malmö FF (15) |align="center"|{{sortname|Markus|Rosenberg}} (Halmstads BK) |align="center"|14 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2005
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|Djurgårdens IF (11){{dagger}} |align="center"|{{sortname|Gunnar|Heiðar Þorvaldsson}} (Halmstads BK) |align="center"|16 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2006
|IF Elfsborg (5) |AIK |align="center"|Ari (Kalmar FF) |align="center"|15 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2007
|IFK Göteborg (18) |align="center"|{{sortname|Marcus|Berg}} (IFK Göteborg) |align="center"|14 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2008
|Kalmar FF (1) |align="center"|{{sortname|Patrik|Ingelsten}} (Kalmar FF) |align="center"|19 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2009
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|AIK (11){{dagger}} |align="center"|{{sortname|Tobias|Hysén}} (IFK Göteborg) |align="center"|18 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2010
|Malmö FF (16) |align="center"|{{sortname|Alexander|Gerndt}} (Gefle IF / Helsingborgs IF) |align="center"|20 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2011
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|Helsingborgs IF (5){{dagger}} |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Mathias|Ranégie}} (BK Häcken / Malmö FF) |align="center"|21 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2012
|IF Elfsborg (6) |align="center"|Majeed Waris (BK Häcken) |align="center"|23 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2013
|Malmö FF (17) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Imad|Khalili}} (IFK Norrköping / Helsingborgs IF) |align="center"|15 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2014
|Malmö FF (18) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Lasse|Vibe}} (IFK Göteborg) |align="center"|23 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2015
|IFK Norrköping (13) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Emir|Kujović}} (IFK Norrköping) |align="center"|21 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2016
|Malmö FF (19) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|John|Owoeri}} (BK Häcken) |align="center"|17 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2017
|Malmö FF (20) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Kalle|Holmberg}} (IFK Norrköping) |align="center"|14 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2018
|AIK (12) |align="center"|{{sortname|Paulinho|Guerreiro}} (BK Häcken) |align="center"|20 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2019
|Djurgårdens IF (12) |align="center"|{{sortname|Mohamed|Buya Turay}} (Djurgårdens IF) |align="center"|15 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2020
|Malmö FF (21) |align="center"|{{sortname|Christoffer|Nyman}} (IFK Norrköping) |align="center"|18 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2021
|Malmö FF (22) |AIK |align="center"|{{sortname|Samuel|Adegbenro}} (IFK Norrköping) |align="center"|17 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2022
|BK Häcken (1) |align="center"|{{sortname|Alexander|Jeremejeff}} (BK Häcken) |align="center"|22 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2023
|Malmö FF (23) |align="center"|{{sortname|Isaac|Kiese Thelin}} (Malmö FF) |align="center"|16 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2024
|Malmö FF (24) |AIK |align="center"|Nikola Vasić (IF Brommapojkarna) |align="center"|17 |
Performances
=Total titles won by club=
{{Pie chart
|caption = Titles won by club (%)
|label1 = Malmö FF – 24
|value1 = 18.7
|color1 = #7EC0EE
|label2 = IFK Göteborg – 18
|value2 = 14.6
|color2 = #205090
|label3 = IFK Norrköping – 13
|value3 = 10.6
|color3 = white
|label4 = AIK – 12
|value4 = 9.8
|color4 = black
|label5 = Djurgårdens IF – 12
|value5 = 9.8
|color5 = #6A9AFC
|label6 = Örgryte IS – 12
|value6 = 9.8
|color6 = #C80000
|label7 = IF Elfsborg – 6
|value7 = 4.9
|color7 = #FFC0CB
|label8 = Helsingborgs IF – 5
|value8 = 4.1
|color8 = red
|label9 = GAIS - 4
|value9 = 3.3
|color9 = green
|label10 = Östers IF - 4
|value10 = 3.3
|color10 = #ffd700
|label11 = Halmstads BK - 4
|value11 = 3.3
|color11 = blue
|label12 = Åtvidabergs FF - 2
|value12 = 1.6
|color12 = white
|label13 = Other clubs - 8
|value13 = 6.4
|color13 = grey
}}
A total of 20 clubs have been crowned Swedish champions from Örgryte IS in 1896 until BK Häcken in 2022.
A total of 124 Swedish championships have been awarded. Malmö FF is the most successful club with 24 Swedish championships.
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|+ Performance by club |
style="width:16%;"|Club
! style="width:12%;"|Winners ! style="width:12%;"|Runners-up !scope="col"|Winning seasons |
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scope="row"| Malmö FF
| align="center"|24 | align="center"|15 | 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
scope="row"| IFK Göteborg
| align="center"|18 | align="center"|9 | 1908, 1910, 1918, 1934–35, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007 |
scope="row"| IFK Norrköping
| align="center"|13 | align="center"|11 | 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989, 2015 |
scope="row"| AIK
| align="center"|12 | align="center"|17 | 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1931–1932, 1936–1937, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2018 |
scope="row"| Djurgårdens IF
| align="center"|12 | align="center"|12 | 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019 |
scope="row"| Örgryte IS
| align="center"|12 | align="center"|6 | 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1913, 1985 |
scope="row"| IF Elfsborg
| align="center"|6 | align="center"|6 |
scope="row"| Helsingborgs IF
| align="center"|5 | align="center"|8 |
scope="row"| GAIS
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|3 |
scope="row"| Östers IF
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|3 |
scope="row"| Halmstads BK
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|2 |
scope="row"| Åtvidabergs FF
| align="center"|2 | align="center"|2 |
scope="row"| IK Sleipner
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|3 | 1937–38 |
scope="row"| Hammarby IF
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|4 | 2001 |
scope="row"| IFK Eskilstuna
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|1 | 1921 |
scope="row"| Kalmar FF
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|1 | 2008 |
scope="row"| BK Häcken
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|1 | 2022 |
scope="row"| Göteborgs IF
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|– | 1903 |
scope="row"| Fässbergs IF
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|– | 1924 |
scope="row"| Brynäs IF
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|– | 1925 |
scope="row"| IFK Uppsala Fotboll
| align="center" |
align="center"|3 |
scope="row"| Göteborgs FF
| align="center" |
align="center"|2 |
scope="row"| Degerfors IF
| align="center" |
align="center"|2 |
scope="row"| IS Idrottens Vänner
| align="center" |
align="center"|1
| 1896 |
scope="row"| Jönköpings AIF
| align="center" |
align="center"|1
| 1902 |
scope="row"| IFK Stockholm
| align="center" |
align="center"|1
| 1905 |
scope="row"| IK Sirius Fotboll
| align="center" |
align="center"|1
| 1924 |
scope="row"| BK Derby
| align="center" |
align="center"|1
| 1925 |
scope="row"| Jönköpings Södra IF
| align="center" |
align="center"|1
| 1949-50 |
=Total titles won by city=
The 20 title-winning clubs have come from a total of 13 cities. The most successful city is Gothenburg.
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|+ Total titles won by city |
scope="col"|City
!scope="col"|Titles !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Winning clubs |
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scope="row"| Gothenburg
| align="center"|36 | IFK Göteborg (18), Örgryte IS (12), GAIS (4), Göteborgs IF (1), BK Häcken (1) |
scope="row"| Stockholm
| align="center"|25 | AIK (12), Djurgårdens IF (12), Hammarby IF (1) |
scope="row"| Malmö
| align="center"|24 | Malmö FF (24) |
scope="row"| Norrköping
| align="center"|14 | IFK Norrköping (13), IK Sleipner (1) |
scope="row"| Borås
| align="center"|6 | IF Elfsborg (6) |
scope="row"| Helsingborg
| align="center"|5 | Helsingborgs IF (5) |
scope="row"| Växjö
| align="center"|4 | Östers IF (4) |
scope="row"| Halmstad
| align="center"|4 | Halmstads BK (4) |
scope="row"| Åtvidaberg
| align="center"|2 | Åtvidabergs FF (2) |
scope="row"| Eskilstuna
| align="center"|1 | IFK Eskilstuna (1) |
scope="row"| Kalmar
| align="center"|1 | Kalmar FF (1) |
scope="row"| Mölndal
| align="center"|1 | Fässbergs IF (1) |
scope="row"| Gävle
| align="center"|1 | Brynäs IF (1) |
=Total titles won by county=
The Swedish championship has been won by 20 clubs from nine counties. The most successful county is Västra Götaland.
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|+ Total titles won by county |
scope="col"|County
!scope="col"|Titles !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Winning clubs |
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scope="row"| Västra Götaland{{#tag:ref|Including the former counties Gothenburg and Bohus County and Älvsborg County.|group=nb}}
| align="center"|43 | IFK Göteborg (18), Örgryte IS (12), IF Elfsborg (6), GAIS (4), Göteborgs IF (1), Fässbergs IF (1), BK Häcken (1) |
scope="row"| Skåne{{#tag:ref|Including the former county Malmöhus County.|group=nb}}
| align="center"|29 | Malmö FF (24), Helsingborgs IF (5) |
scope="row"| Stockholm
| align="center"|25 | AIK (12), Djurgårdens IF (12), Hammarby IF (1) |
scope="row"| Östergötland
| align="center"|16 | IFK Norrköping (13), Åtvidabergs FF (2), IK Sleipner (1) |
scope="row"| Kronoberg
| align="center"|4 | Östers IF (4) |
scope="row"| Halland
| align="center"|4 | Halmstads BK (4) |
scope="row"| Södermanland
| align="center"|1 | IFK Eskilstuna (1) |
scope="row"| Gävleborg
| align="center"|1 | Brynäs IF (1) |
scope="row"| Kalmar
| align="center"|1 | Kalmar FF (1) |
See also
Notes
{{Reflist|group=nb}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Nylin |first=Lars |title=Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder |publisher=Semic |year=2004 |location=Sundbyberg |isbn=91-552-3168-3}}
External links
- {{in lang|en}} [https://svenskfotboll.se/in-english/ Swedish Football Association]
- {{in lang|en}} [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwedchamp.html Sweden – List of Champions] at the RSSSF
{{UEFA national champions}}
{{Football in Sweden}}