Football in Stockholm

Last updated October 19, 2023

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Location of Greater Stockholm teams of the national league system.

Red: Allsvenskan;

Yellow: Superettan;

Orange: Division 1 Norra;

Blue: Division 2 Norra Svealand;

Green: Division 2 Södra Svealand;

Purple: Division 3 Östra Svealand;

Pink: Division 3 Södra Svealand.

Football in Stockholm organises about 60,000 players^[1] and is governed by Stockholm Football Association since 1917. Stockholm has several of Sweden's leading football clubs, and the city is home to 39 teams in the national league system and more than 100 amateur leagues regulated by the Stockholm Football Association. At the moment there are three Stockholm teams in the first-tier Allsvenskan, four in the second-tier Superettan, four in the third-tier Division 1.

Stockholm's most successful team is AIK, with twelve national championship golds and eight cup golds. Djurgårdens IF has twelve national championship golds and five cup golds. Hammarby IF has one national championship gold, which was won in 2001. AIK played their first national championship final in 1898 Svenska Mästerskapet.^[2]

Friends Arena in Solna, is the national stadium of Sweden national football team and the largest stadium in Sweden. It is also home ground to AIK. Tele2 Arena is the home ground for both Hammarby IF and Djurgårdens IF since 2013. The old ground of AIK was called Råsunda Stadium and was active up until 2012. Djurgårdens IF played at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium until 2013 and Hammarby IF had their home games at Söderstadion until 2013.

History

AIK started a football department in 1896 and played in the 1898 Svenska Mästerskapet final, which they lost to Örgryte IS of Gothenburg.^[3] In 1899, AIK played Djurgårdens IF, in their first match, which ended 2–1 to AIK on Ladugårdsgärdet.^[4] Their rivalry later became Tvillingderbyt (The Twin derby).

Football in Stockholm was early organised into leagues and in the 1902 season AIK, AIK II, Djurgårdens IF, IF Sleipner, IF Swithiod, Norrmalms SK, and Östermalms SK played in the Svenska Bollspelsförbundets första serie that Djurgården won.^[5]

In the 1924–25 season, AIK and Hammarby IF participated in the first Allsvenskan. Later also Westermalms IF (debut in 1926–27), Djurgårdens IF (debut in 1927–28), Reymersholms IK (debut in 1941–42) and IF Brommapojkarna (debut in 2007) have participated in Allsvenskan.

In 2001, three Stockholm teams ended top-three in Swedish top-tier Allsvenskan, Hammarby IF won, Djurgårdens IF Fotboll finished second and AIK finished third.

Teams

Team	Founded	Stadium	Capacity
Allsvenskan (3)
AIK	1891^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Friends Arena	54,000
Djurgårdens IF	1891^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Tele2 Arena	30,001
Hammarby IF	1897^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Tele2 Arena	30,001
Superettan (3)
IF Brommapojkarna	1942	Grimsta IP	8,000
IK Frej	1968	Vikingavallen	1,250
Division 1 (3)
Sollentuna FK	2013	Sollentunavallen	4,500
Vasalunds IF	1934	Skytteholms IP	3,000
Division 2 (6)
Enskede IK	1914	Enskede IP	1,000
Huddinge IF	1912	Källbrinks IP	2,500
IFK Aspudden-Tellus		Aspuddens IP
Södertälje FK	2012	Södertälje IP	1,500
Division 3 (19)
Älta IF	1941	Älta IP
Älvsjö AIK	1915	Älvsjö IP
Bele Barkarby FF		Veddestavallen
BKV Norrtälje	1933	Norrtälje Sportcentrum	1,000
Enebybergs IF
FOC Farsta		Farsta IP
IFK Haninge/Brandbergen		Torvalla IP
IFK Österåker	1928	Åkersberga IP
IFK Viksjö	1983	Viksjövallen
Järna SK	1924
Karlbergs BK	1912	Kristinebergs IP
Märsta IK	1927
Segeltorps IF	1925	Segeltorps IP
Spårvägens FF	1919	Skarpnäcks sportfält
Sundbybergs IK	1893	Sundbybergs IP
Täby FK
Vallentuna BK	1919	Vallentuna IP
Värmdö IF	1948	Värmdövallen

Most successful teams

Team	Swedish champions	Svenska Cupen	Supercupen	Domestic total
AIK	12	8	1	19
Djurgårdens IF	12	5	0	15
Hammarby IF	1	1	0	2

Notes

↑ Football department in 1896.
↑ Football department in 1899.
↑ Football department in 1915.

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References

↑ "Fakta — Stockholms FF". www.stff.se. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10.
↑ Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; et al., eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
↑ Cederquist, Jonas (2010). Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010[History of Football in Stockholm 1880–2010] (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 978-91-7031-222-9.
↑ Cederquist, Jonas (2010). Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010[History of Football in Stockholm 1880–2010] (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 978-91-7031-222-9.
↑ Cederquist, Jonas (2010). Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010[History of Football in Stockholm 1880–2010] (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 978-91-7031-222-9.

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[6] Football department in 1896.

[7] Football department in 1899.

[8] Football department in 1915.

[1] "Fakta — Stockholms FF". www.stff.se. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10.

[2] Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; et al., eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

[3] Cederquist, Jonas (2010). Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010[History of Football in Stockholm 1880–2010] (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 978-91-7031-222-9.

[4] Cederquist, Jonas (2010). Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010[History of Football in Stockholm 1880–2010] (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 978-91-7031-222-9.

[5] Cederquist, Jonas (2010). Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010[History of Football in Stockholm 1880–2010] (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 978-91-7031-222-9.

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