1908 in Swedish football

The 1908 season in Swedish football, starting January 1908 and ending December 1908:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1908	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
Regional league	Stockholmsserien klass 1 1908	AIK
	Stockholmsserien klass 2 1908	Eriksdals IF
	Göteborgsserien klass I 1908–09	Örgryte IS
	Göteborgsserien klass II 1908–09	Holmens IS
Championship Cup	Svenska Mästerskapet 1908	IFK Göteborg
Cup competition	Corinthian Bowl 1908	Örgryte IS
	Kamratmästerskapen 1908	IFK Stockholm
	Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1908	AIK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason [1]
Stockholmsserien klass 2 1908	Stockholmsserien klass 1 1909	Eriksdals IF	Unknown
Unknown	Stockholmsserien klass 2 1909	Stockholms IS	Unknown
Göteborgsserien klass II 1908–09	Göteborgsserien klass I 1909	Holmens IS	Unknown
		Krokslätts IK	Unknown

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason [1]
Stockholmsserien klass 1 1908	Stockholmsserien klass 2 1909	Östermalms IF	Unknown
Stockholmsserien klass 2 1908	Unknown	IK Spurt	Unknown
		IK Union	Unknown
Göteborgsserien klass II 1908–09	Unknown	Göteborgs FF	No Göteborgsserien kl. II next season
		Oscarsdals BK	No Göteborgsserien kl. II next season
		IK Wega	No Göteborgsserien kl. II next season

Domestic results

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

Stockholmsserien klass 1 1908

[2]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
=1	AIK	10	5	3	2	19	–	17	+2	13
=1	IFK Stockholm	10	5	3	2	17	–	5	+12	13
3	Mariebergs IK	10	4	3	3	12	–	7	+5	11
4	Djurgårdens IF	9	4	2	3	12	–	6	+6	10
5	IFK Uppsala	8	2	2	4	7	–	8	-1	6
6	Östermalms IF	9	0	3	6	3	–	27	-24	3

Title-deciding match

November 28, 1908

AIK	1–0	IFK Stockholm

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Stockholmsserien klass 2 1908

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Eriksdals IF	14	10	3	1	22	–	6	+16	23
1	IK Göta	14	8	4	2	15	–	9	+6	20
3 [3]	Westermalms IF	14	8	1	5	18	–	12	+6	17
4 [3]	Djurgårdens SK	14	7	3	4	28	–	15	+13	17
5	Södermalms IK	14	6	2	6	16	–	13	+3	14
6	Stockholms IF	14	5	2	7	7	–	16	-9	12
7	IK Union	14	2	2	10	9	–	23	-14	6
8	IK Spurt	14	1	1	12	6	–	27	-21	3

Göteborgsserien klass I 1908–09

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Örgryte IS	4	3	1	0	20	–	5	+15	7
2	IS Göterna	4	1	1	2	7	–	13	-6	3
3	IK Vikingen	4	1	0	3	5	–	14	-9	2

Göteborgsserien klass II 1908–09

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Holmens IS	8	5	2	1	21	–	18	+3	12
2	Krokslätts IK	8	5	1	2	16	–	10	+6	11
3	IK Wega	8	4	2	2	10	–	7	+3	10
4	Oscarsdals BK	8	0	4	4	17	–	24	-7	4
5	Göteborgs FF	8	0	3	5	7	–	12	-5	3

Svenska Mästerskapet 1908

Final

October 11, 1908

IFK Göteborg	4–3	IFK Uppsala

Walhalla IP, Gothenburg

Corinthian Bowl 1908

Final

May 24, 1908

Örgryte IS	5–0	Djurgårdens IF

Idrottsplatsen, Gothenburg

Kamratmästerskapen 1908

Final

October 18, 1908

IFK Stockholm	5–2	IFK Göteborg

Idrottsparken, Stockholm

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1908

Final

November 1, 1908

AIK	2–0	Djurgårdens IF

Idrottsparken, Stockholm

National team results

July 12, 1908
Friendly
№ 1

Sweden	11–3	Norway
Gustafsson 14', 79' Börjesson 24', 60', 75', 86' E. Bergström 27', 29', 44', 89' Lindman 63' [4]		Bøhn 1', 66' Houmann 45'

Idrottsplatsen, Gothenburg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Smith (England)

Sweden: Ove Eriksson - Theodor Malm, Nils Andersson - Sven Olsson, Hans Lindman, Thor Ericsson - Gustaf Bergström, Erik Bergström, Erik Börjesson, Karl Gustafsson, Karl Ansén.

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September 8, 1908
Friendly
№ 2

Sweden	1–6	England (am.) [5]
Bergström 76'		Purnell 30', 70' Berry 31' Louch 41', 44' Hardman 74'

Walhalla IP, Gothenburg

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Gelbord (Sweden)

Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjästad, Theodor Malm - Sven Olsson, Hans Lindman, Thor Ericsson - Sune Almkvist, Erik Bergström, Karl Gustafsson, Olof Ohlsson, Karl Ansén.

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October 20, 1908
1908 Olympics 1st round
№ 3

Great Britain [6]	12–1	Sweden
Stapley 15', ??' Woodward ??', ??' Berry ??' Chapman ??' Purnell ??', 66', ??', ??' Hawkes ??', ??'		Bergström 65'

White City Stadium, London

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ibbotson (England)

Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjästad, Theodor Malm - Sven Olsson, Hans Lindman, Olof Ohlsson - Sune Almkvist, Gustaf Bergström, Karl Gustafsson, Sven Ohlsson, Karl Ansén.

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October 23, 1908
1908 Olympics 3rd place match ^[7]
№ 4

Netherlands	2–0	Sweden
Reeman 6' Snethlage 58'

White City Stadium, London

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hargreaves Pearson (England)

Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjästad, Nils Andersson - Sven Olsson, Hans Lindman, Valter Lidén - Arvid Fagrell, Gustaf Bergström, Olof Ohlsson, Karl Gustafsson, Karl Ansén.

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October 25, 1908
Friendly
№ 5

Netherlands	5–3	Sweden
Snethlage 6', 51' Welcker 41' Francken 49' Thomée 73'		Gustafsson 8', 28' O. Ohlsson 21'

De Diepput, The Hague

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Brauburger (Belgium)

Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjästad, Nils Andersson - Sven Olsson, Hans Lindman, Valter Lidén - Sune Almkvist, Gustaf Bergström, Olof Ohlsson, Karl Gustafsson, Karl Ansén.

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October 26, 1908
Friendly
№ 6

Belgium	2–1	Sweden
Kevorkian 15' [8] Goossens 17' [9]		Gustafsson 40'

Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels

Attendance: 800

Referee: Barette (Belgium)

Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjästad, Nils Andersson - Sven Olsson, Hans Lindman, Theodor Malm - Sune Almkvist, Gustaf Bergström, Sven Ohlsson, Karl Gustafsson, Karl Ansén.

National team players in season 1908

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Sune "Bandykungen" Almkvist	FW	4	0	IFK Uppsala
Nils Andersson	DF	4	0	IFK Göteborg
Karl Ansén	FW	6	0	AIK Solna
Oskar "Påsket" Bengtsson	GK	5	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Erik "Backen" Bergström	FW	2	5	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Gustaf (Gustav) "Foten" Bergström	FW	5	1	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Erik "Börje" Börjesson	FW	1	4	IFK Göteborg
Thor Ericsson	MF	2	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Ove Eriksson (Erickson;Ericksson)	GK	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Arvid Fagrell	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Åke "Tjall" Fjästad	DF	5	0	IFK Stockholm
Karl "Köping" Gustafsson	FW	6	5	IFK Köping
Valter Lidén	MF	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Hans Lindman	MF	6	1	IFK Uppsala
Theodor "Todde" Malm	DF	4	0	AIK Solna
Olof Ohlsson	FW	4	1	IFK Eskilstuna
Sven "Generalen" Ohlsson	FW	2	0	Mariebergs IK Stockholm
Sven "Bleddy" Olsson	MF	6	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg

Notes

1. There existed no regular promotion and relegation in the leagues at this time. Teams were excluded, relegated, admitted or promoted to a league on other bases than their finishing position the season before.
2. The league was abandoned, however the incomplete table is considered the final table. The following two matches were not played: IFK Uppsala against both Djurgårdens IF and Östermalms IF.
3. Unknown tie breaker.
4. Some sources attribute Hans Lindman's goal to Erik Börjesson or Karl Gustafsson.
5. The team was made up of players from the England amateur team, but the match is recorded in most sources as being played against the England national team.
6. The Great Britain team that represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Olympic football tournament was made up of only English players, predominantly from the England amateur team, but the match is recorded in most sources as being played against the England national team.
7. Sweden who had been eliminated in the 1st round replaced France A who had lost in the semi-finals but refused to play the third place match.
8. Belgian sources indicate that the goal was scored 30' and not 15'.
9. Belgian sources indicate that the goal was scored 31' and not 17'.

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