Football in Stockholm

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.

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.

Stockholm's most successful team is AIK, with twelve national championship golds and eight cup golds. Djurgårdens IF has eleven national championship 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 squad of 1900.
AIK–Djurgårdens IF in 2013.

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.

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), Assyriska Föreningen (debut in 2005), IF Brommapojkarna (debut in 2007) and Syrianska FC (debut in 2011) 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)
AIK1891[lower-alpha 1]Friends Arena54,000
Djurgårdens IF1891[lower-alpha 2]Tele2 Arena30,001
Hammarby IF1897[lower-alpha 3]Tele2 Arena30,001
Superettan (3)
IF Brommapojkarna1942Grimsta IP8,000
IK Frej1968Vikingavallen1,250
Syrianska FC1977Södertälje Fotbollsarena7,500
Division 1 (3)
Akropolis IF1968Akalla BP2,000
Sollentuna FK2013Sollentunavallen4,500
Vasalunds IF1934Skytteholms IP3,000
Division 2 (6)
Assyriska Föreningen1974Södertälje Fotbollsarena7,500
Arameisk-Syrianska IF1980[lower-alpha 4]Brunna IP
Enskede IK1914Enskede IP1,000
Huddinge IF1912Källbrinks IP2,5000
IFK Aspudden-TellusAspuddens IP
Södertälje FK2012Södertälje IP1,5000
Division 3 (19)
Älta IF1941Älta IP
Älvsjö AIK1915Älvsjö IP
Bele Barkarby FFVeddestavallen
BKV Norrtälje1933Norrtälje Sportcentrum1,000
Enebybergs IF
FOC FarstaFarsta IP
IFK Haninge/BrandbergenTorvalla IP
IFK Österåker1928Åkersberga IP
IFK Viksjö1983Viksjövallen
Järna SK1924
Karlbergs BK1912Kristinebergs IP
Märsta IK1927
Segeltorps IF1925Segeltorps IP
Spårvägens FF1919Skarpnäcks sportfält
Srbija FFVårbergs IP
Sundbybergs IK1893Sundbybergs IP
Täby FK
Vallentuna BK1919Vallentuna IP
Värmdö IF1948Värmdövallen

Most successful teams
Team Swedish champions Svenska Cupen Supercupen Domestic total
AIK128119
Djurgårdens IF124015
Hammarby IF1001

Notes
  1. Football department in 1896.
  2. Football department in 1899.
  3. Football department in 1915.
  4. as Arameiska-Syrianska KIF

References
  1. http://www.stff.se/om-stff/fakta/
  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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