1949–50 in Swedish football

The 1949–50 season in Swedish football, starting August 1949 and ending July 1950:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1949–50	Malmö FF	Winners of Allsvenskan
Swedish Cup Champions 1949	AIK	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1949–50	Malmö FF
2nd level	Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50	Örebro SK
2nd level	Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	Råå IF
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet^[1] 1950	Skellefteå AIK
Cup	Svenska Cupen 1949	AIK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50	Allsvenskan 1950–51	Örebro SK	Winners
Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	Allsvenskan 1950–51	Råå IF	Winners
Division 3 1949–50	Division 2 Nordöstra 1950–51	Hammarby IF	Winners of Östra
	Division 2 Nordöstra 1950–51	Sandvikens IF	Winners of Norra
	Division 2 Sydvästra 1950–51	Lunds BK	Winners of Södra
	Division 2 Sydvästra 1950–51	Norrby IF	Winners of Västra

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50	Division 2 Nordöstra 1950–51	Åtvidabergs FF	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1949–50	Division 2 Sydvästra 1950–51	IFK Göteborg	11th team
Allsvenskan 1949–50	Division 2 Sydvästra 1950–51	IS Halmia	12th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50	Division 3 1950–51	Sundbybergs IK	9th team
Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50		Reymersholms IK	10th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50		Jonsereds IF	9th team
Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50		IK Sleipner	10th team

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 1949–50

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Malmö FF	22	20	2	0	82	–	21	+61	42
2	Jönköpings Södra IF	22	12	3	7	50	–	37	+13	27
3	Helsingborgs IF	22	10	6	6	45	–	38	+7	26
4	AIK	22	10	6	6	34	–	31	+3	26
5	GAIS	22	7	7	8	34	–	42	-8	21
6	IFK Norrköping	22	9	2	11	36	–	45	-9	20
7	IF Elfsborg	22	6	7	9	34	–	45	-11	19
8	Djurgårdens IF	22	8	2	12	34	–	39	-5	18
9	Kalmar FF	22	5	8	9	25	–	33	-8	18
10	Degerfors IF	22	6	6	10	26	–	35	-9	18
11	IFK Göteborg	22	5	5	12	33	–	49	-16	15
12	IS Halmia	22	6	2	14	28	–	46	-18	14

Division 2 Nordöstra 1949–50

Nordöstra

Sydvästra

^[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Örebro SK	18	11	6	1	49	–	24	+25	28
2	Surahammars IF	18	11	3	4	43	–	23	+20	25
3	IK City	18	11	2	5	47	–	32	+15	24
4	Karlstads BIK	18	9	2	7	27	–	24	+3	20
5	IF Viken	18	8	0	10	36	–	41	-5	16
6	Karlskoga IF	18	5	6	7	28	–	34	-6	16
7	IK Brage	18	6	3	9	31	–	46	-15	15
8	Sandvikens AIK	18	6	2	10	30	–	39	-9	14
9	Sundbybergs IK	18	4	3	11	29	–	42	-13	11
10	Reymersholms IK	18	3	5	10	19	–	34	-15	11

Division 2 Sydvästra 1949–50

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Råå IF	18	14	2	2	45	–	13	+32	30
2	Halmstads BK	18	9	6	3	59	–	43	+16	24
3	Landskrona BoIS	18	8	4	6	38	–	29	+9	20
4	Örgryte IS	18	8	2	8	41	–	32	+9	18
5	Huskvarna Södra IS	18	9	0	9	35	–	39	-4	18
6	Höganäs BK	18	8	2	8	28	–	33	-5	18
7	Åtvidabergs FF	18	8	1	9	41	–	43	-2	17
8	IFK Malmö	18	7	2	9	33	–	36	-3	16
9	Jonsereds IF	18	6	1	11	34	–	50	-16	13
10	IK Sleipner	18	2	2	14	24	–	60	-36	6

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1950

Final

June 18, 1950

Skellefteå AIK	4–0	Ljusdals IF

Gammliavallen, Umeå

Svenska Cupen 1949

Final

July 24, 1949

AIK	1–0	Landskrona BoIS

Råsunda, Solna

National team results

October 2, 1949
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 275

Sweden	3–3	Norway
Lindskog 60' Jeppson 76' Simonsson 79'		Bredesen 15', 89' Hennum 75'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 37,750

Referee: Laursen (Denmark)

October 2, 1949
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 276

Sweden	8–1	Finland
Jönsson 7', 9', 17' Rydell 24', 75', 83' Palmér 41' Jacobsson 89'		Vaihela 4'

Malmö IP, Malmö

Attendance: 18,247

Referee: Jørkov (Denmark)

October 23, 1949
1948–51 Nordic Championship
№ 277

Denmark	3–2	Sweden
Petersen 62' J. W. Hansen 64' E. Hansen 85' (p)		Jeppson 28' Mellberg 75'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Alho (Finland)

November 13, 1949
1950 World Cup qualification
№ 278

Republic of Ireland	1–3	Sweden
Martin 61' (p)		Palmér 4', 40', 68'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 41,031

Referee: Ling (England)

November 20, 1949
Friendly
№ 279

Hungary	5–0	Sweden
Kocsis 8', 49', 63' Puskás 23' Deák 69'

Megyeri úti stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Reader (England)

June 8, 1950
Friendly
№ 280

Sweden	4–1	Netherlands
Jeppson 21', 87' Palmér 28' Nilsson 57'		Clavan 31'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Ling (England)

June 25, 1950
1950 World Cup 1st group stage
№ 281

Sweden	3–2	Italy
Jeppson 25', 69' Andersson 34'		Carapellese 7' Muccinelli 75'

Estádio do Pacaembú, São Paulo

Attendance: 36,502

Referee: Lutz (Switzerland)

June 29, 1950
1950 World Cup 1st group stage
№ 282

Sweden	2–2	Paraguay
Sundqvist 17' Palmér 25'		López Fretes 34' López 74'

Estádio Durival Britto, Curitiba

Attendance: 7,903

Referee: Mitchell (Scotland)

July 9, 1950
1950 World Cup final group stage
№ 283

Brazil	7–1	Sweden
Ademir 17', 37', 51', 57' Chico 39', 87' Maneca 85'		Andersson 66' (p)

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 138,886

Referee: Ellis (England)

July 13, 1950
1950 World Cup final group stage
№ 284

Uruguay	3–2	Sweden
Ghiggia 39' Míguez 77', 84'		Palmér 4' Sundqvist 40'

Estádio do Pacaembú, São Paulo

Attendance: 7,987

Referee: Galeati (Italy)

July 16, 1950
1950 World Cup final group stage
№ 285

Sweden	3–1	Spain
Sundqvist 15' Mellberg 34' Palmér 79'		Zarra 82'

Estádio do Pacaembú, São Paulo

Attendance: 11,227

Referee: Meer (Netherlands)

Notes

^ ^a ^b 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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[norrland-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.

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