Nordic Cup
The Stockholm Olympic Stadium in Stockholm hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates19 June 1959 – 31 July 1962
Teams16 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsFinland Helsinki-Alliance
Runners-upSweden Djurgården
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored112 (3.73 per match)

The Nordic Cup (Danish: Nordisk cup; Swedish: Nordisk cup) was a cup competition for club teams from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden staged on one occasion, starting in June 1959 and ending on 31 July 1962.

Summary

In December 1958, the group Stævnet proposed a cup competition for club teams from the Nordic countries at a Scandinavian football conference in Copenhagen, which was decided and 16 teams were invited.[1] The teams responding to the invitation were IFK Norrköping, Djurgården, IFK Göteborg, GAIS, Malmö FF, Hälsingborg, and AIK from Sweden, Viking FK, Skeid, and Fredrikstad from Norway, and Vejle, KB, AB, Frem, and Skovshoved from Denmark, while the Finnish teams only wanted to join as a combination team, which initially was rejected.[2]

Initially the final was scheduled to be played in autumn 1960, but the participating team had problems finding match days and the semi-finals were rescheduled to spring 1961.[3]

The Nordic cup saw low attendances.[3]

On 31 July 1962, the first edition of the cup ended with a final on Stockholm Olympic Stadium between Djurgården of Stockholm and the Helsinki-Alliance, which the Helsinki team won with 1–0 on a penalty in first half, and won the trophy donated by Scandinavian Airlines.[4]

Teams

Denmark AB Denmark Vejle Sweden AIK Sweden IFK Göteborg
Denmark Frem Finland Helsinki-Alliance Sweden Djurgården Sweden IFK Norrköping
Denmark KB Norway Fredrikstad Sweden GAIS Sweden Malmö FF
Denmark Skovshoved Norway Skeid Sweden Hälsingborg Sweden Örgryte

Results

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Norway Fredrikstad202
 
 
 
Sweden AIK246
 
Sweden AIK224
 
 
 
Sweden IFK Norrköping5611
 
Denmark Vejle303
 
 
 
Sweden IFK Norrköping369
 
Sweden IFK Norrköping033
 
 
 
Sweden Djurgården257
 
Denmark Skovshoved011
 
 
 
Sweden Djurgården358
 
Sweden Djurgården112
 
 
 
Denmark KB000
 
Sweden IFK Göteborg123
 
31 July 1962 – Stockholm
 
Denmark KB134
 
Sweden Djurgården0
 
 
 
Finland Helsinki-Alliance1
 
Sweden GAIS112
 
 
 
Finland Helsinki-Alliance213
 
Finland Helsinki-Alliance (ct)13 (2)6
 
 
 
Sweden Örgryte04 (2)6
 
Norway Skeid022
 
 
 
Sweden Örgryte134
 
Finland Helsinki-Alliance235
 
 
 
Denmark Frem112
 
Denmark Frem505
 
 
 
Sweden Hälsingborg101
 
Denmark Frem224
 
 
 
Sweden Malmö FF022
 
Denmark AB101
 
 
Sweden Malmö FF325
 

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Skeid Norway 2–4 Sweden Örgryte 0–1 2–3
IFK Göteborg Sweden 3–4 Denmark KB 1–1 2–3
Vejle Denmark 3–9 Sweden IFK Norrköping 3–3 0–6
Fredrikstad Norway 2–6 Sweden AIK 2–2 0–4
GAIS Sweden 2–3 Finland Helsinki-Alliance 1–2 1–1
AB Denmark 1–5 Sweden Malmö FF 1–3 0–2
Frem Denmark 5–1 Sweden Hälsingborg 5–1 0–0
Skovshoved Denmark 1–8 Sweden Djurgården 0–3 1–5

Matches

Skeid Norway0–1Sweden Örgryte
[5]
  • Wetterlind
Attendance: 7,213
Örgryte Sweden3–2Norway Skeid
 [6]
  • Langhus
Attendance: 2,845

Örgryte won 4–2 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg Sweden1–1Denmark KB
[7]
Attendance: 5,525
KB Denmark3–2Sweden IFK Göteborg
 [8]

KB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vejle Denmark3–3Sweden IFK Norrköping
  • Enoksen (3)
 [9]
IFK Norrköping Sweden6–0Denmark Vejle
  • Holmqvist (2)
  • Johnsson
  • Källgren
  • Bild
  • Eriksson
 [10]
Attendance: 3,856

IFK Norrköping won 9–3 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad Norway2–2Sweden AIK
[11]
AIK Sweden4–0Norway Fredrikstad
 [12]
Attendance: 1,829
Referee: Tore Sjöberg (Sweden)

AIK won 6–2 on aggregate.

GAIS Sweden1–2Finland Helsinki-Alliance
[13]
Helsinki-Alliance Finland1–1Sweden GAIS
  • Rosquist
 [14]
  • Jakobsson

Helsinki-Alliance won 3–2 on aggregate.

AB Denmark1–3Sweden Malmö FF
 [15]
Malmö FF Sweden2–0Denmark AB
 [16]
Attendance: 2,972

Malmö FF won 5–1 on aggregate.

Frem Denmark5–1Sweden Hälsingborg
 [17][18]
  • Ahlberg
Frederiksberg Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)
Hälsingborg Sweden0–0Denmark Frem
[19][18]
Attendance: 2,697
Referee: Evert Månsson (Sweden)

Frem won 5–1 on aggregate.

Skovshoved Denmark0–3Sweden Djurgården
[20]
Attendance: 3,500
Djurgården Sweden5–1Denmark Skovshoved
 [21]
  • Wollertsen
Attendance: 2,206

Djurgården won 8–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Originally, the matches were supposed to be played before 15 November 1959.[22]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legReplay
Helsinki-Alliance Finland 6–6 (ct) Sweden Örgryte 1–0 3–42–2
Djurgården Sweden 2–0 Denmark KB 1–0 1–0 
AIK Sweden 4–11 Sweden IFK Norrköping 2–5 2–6 
Frem Denmark 4–2 Sweden Malmö FF 2–0 2–2 

Matches

Helsinki-Alliance Finland1–0Sweden Örgryte
  • Ekman
 [23]
Örgryte Sweden4–3Finland Helsinki-Alliance
 [24]
  • Kankkonen (2)
  • Nevalainen
Attendance: 3,744
Helsinki-Alliance Finland2–2Sweden Örgryte
  • Pärnänen
  • Kankkonen (p)
 [25]
Attendance: 6,000

Helsinki-Alliance won on coin flipping.

Djurgården Sweden1–0Denmark KB
 [26]
Attendance: 1,098
KB Denmark0–1Sweden Djurgården
[27]
Attendance: 5,500

Djurgården won 2–0 on aggregate.

AIK Sweden2–5Sweden IFK Norrköping
 [28][29]
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Yngve Johansson (Sweden)
IFK Norrköping Sweden6–2Sweden AIK
 [30]
  • Bengtsson
  • Johansson
Attendance: 1,319
Referee: Hans Olsson (Sweden)

IFK Norrköping won 11–4 on aggregate.

Frem Denmark2–0Sweden Malmö FF
 [31][32]
Attendance: 4,000
Malmö FF Sweden2–2Denmark Frem
 [33][32]
  • Nielsen (p)
  • Johansen
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Edvin Mårtensson (Sweden)

Frem won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
IFK Norrköping Sweden 3–7 Sweden Djurgården 0–2 3–5
Helsinki-Alliance Finland 5–2 Denmark Frem 2–1 3–1

Matches

IFK Norrköping Sweden0–2Sweden Djurgården
[34] Skiöld
Karlsson
Attendance: 4,156
Djurgården Sweden5–3Sweden IFK Norrköping
 [35]
  • Lagerlund (2)
  • Löfgren
Attendance: 4,230

Djurgården won 7–3 on aggregate.

Helsinki-Alliance Finland2–1Denmark Frem
 [36]
  • Gronemann
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Frem Denmark1–3Finland Helsinki-Alliance
  • Petersen
 [37][36]
  • Stück (3)
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Ejner Poulsen (Denmark)

Helsinki-Alliance won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

Djurgården Sweden0–1Finland Helsinki-Alliance
[38][4]
  • (p)
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Djurgården
1 Sweden Arne Arvidsson
2 Sweden Jan Karlsson
3 Sweden Lars Arnesson
4 Sweden Gösta Sandberg
5 Sweden Lars Broström
6 Sweden Hans Mild
7 Sweden Hans Karlsson
8 Sweden Leif Skiöld
9 Sweden Leif Eriksson
10 Sweden Lars-Olof Sandberg
11 Sweden Jan Åslund
Helsinki-Alliance
1 Finland Anders Westerholm
2 Finland Reijo Jalava
3 Finland Karl Ström
4 Finland Stig Holmqvist
5 Finland Pertti Hartikainen
6 Finland Sakari Pihlamo
7 Finland Eero Rauniola
8 Finland Hannu Kankkonen
9 Finland Raimo Kauppinen
10 Finland Paavo Lyytikäinen
11 Finland Ilka Hayla

See also

References

  1. ↑ "16 lag deltar i Nordisk cup", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 22, 19 December 1958
  2. ↑ UP (16 January 1959), "Åtta svenska lag i Nordisk cup", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 17
  3. 1 2 BEN (7 April 1961), "Norrköping har problem med sviktande försvar", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 22
  4. 1 2 BEN (1 August 1962), "Finsk seger på straff mot Djurgården i cupen", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 13
  5. ↑ "ÖIS-seger 1–0 i Nordisk cup", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 17, 10 June 1959
  6. ↑ "Örgryteseger 3–2 över Skeid", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 12, 12 August 1959
  7. ↑ "Bara oavgjort för mästarlaget", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 20, 11 June 1959
  8. ↑ "Göteborg åkte ur cupen, 2–3", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 14, 13 August 1959
  9. ↑ "Norrköping 3–3 mot danska Vejle", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 19, 17 June 1959
  10. ↑ "Norrköping vann stort", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 30 July 1959
  11. ↑ "AIK 2–2 i Norge", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 17, 25 June 1959
  12. ↑ "AIK lekte för mycket", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 30 July 1960
  13. ↑ "Helsingfors-alliansen besegrade på onsdagen GAIS", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 13, 2 July 1959
  14. ↑ "GAIS ur cupen 1–1 mot H-fors", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 12, 29 July 1959
  15. ↑ "MFF slog AB", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 12, 29 July 1959
  16. ↑ "MFF vidare i Nordisk cup", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 5 August 1959
  17. ↑ "Stor HIF-förlust", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 13, 31 July 1959
  18. 1 2 "Boldklubben FREM". www.bkfrem.dk.
  19. ↑ "Hälsingborgs cupsaga slut", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 13, 6 August 1959
  20. ↑ "DIF vann med 3–0 i Köpenhamn", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 5 August 1959
  21. ↑ "Djurgården i lektagen", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 15, 9 September 1959
  22. ↑ "Norrköping–AIK i Nordiska cupen", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 14, 13 August 1959
  23. ↑ "ÖIS och IFK Göteborg båda slagna i cupspel", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 17, 10 September 1959
  24. ↑ "Örgryte får spela en tredje match", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 19, 14 October 1959
  25. ↑ "Lotten gav ÖIS respass", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 18, 29 June 1960
  26. ↑ STRONG (21 October 1959), "Djurgården vann 1–0 inför 1 098 åskådare", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 21
  27. ↑ DAN (2 June 1960), "Djurgården besegrade danska div. I-ledarna", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 23
  28. ↑ "AIK–Norrköping i Nordisk cup", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 19, 22 October 1959
  29. ↑ BEN (23 October 1959), "Torbjörn Jonsson glänste när Norrköping slog AIK", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 25
  30. ↑ "Pekings Ulf Jansson stort framtidslöfte", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 19, 9 November 1949
  31. ↑ "MFF besegrat 0–2 mot Frem", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 26, 1 April 1960
  32. 1 2 "Boldklubben FREM". www.bkfrem.dk.
  33. ↑ "2–2 även i Malmö", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 18, 29 June 1960
  34. ↑ BEN (10 April 1961), ""Leffe" Skiöld glänste – Mästarlaget ej i form", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 17
  35. ↑ D. (26 June 1962), "Äkta hat trick av Leif Eriksson", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 15
  36. 1 2 "Boldklubben FREM". www.bkfrem.dk.
  37. ↑ BEN (16 August 1961), "Helsingfors-Alliansen besegrade danska Frem", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 14
  38. ↑ "Nordisk cupfinal DIF–Helsingfors", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 11, 31 July 1962
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