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Nordic Cup (football)

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.

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)

Summary edit

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 edit

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

Results edit

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

Round of 16 edit

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

Matches edit

Skeid  0–1  Örgryte
[5]
Attendance: 7,213
Örgryte  3–2  Skeid
 [6]
  • Langhus
Attendance: 2,845

Örgryte won 4–2 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg  1–1  KB
[7]
Attendance: 5,525
KB  3–2  IFK Göteborg
 [8]

KB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vejle  3–3  IFK Norrköping
  • Enoksen (3)
 [9]
IFK Norrköping  6–0  Vejle
 [10]
Attendance: 3,856

IFK Norrköping won 9–3 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad  2–2  AIK
[11]
AIK  4–0  Fredrikstad
 [12]
Attendance: 1,829

AIK won 6–2 on aggregate.

GAIS  1–2  Helsinki-Alliance
[13]
Helsinki-Alliance  1–1  GAIS
  • Rosquist
 [14]
  • Jakobsson

Helsinki-Alliance won 3–2 on aggregate.

AB  1–3  Malmö FF
 [15]
Malmö FF  2–0  AB
 [16]
Attendance: 2,972

Malmö FF won 5–1 on aggregate.

Frem  5–1  Hälsingborg
 [17][18]
Attendance: 4,500
Hälsingborg  0–0  Frem
[19][18]
Attendance: 2,697

Frem won 5–1 on aggregate.

Skovshoved  0–3  Djurgården
[20]
Attendance: 3,500
Djurgården  5–1  Skovshoved
 [21]
  • Wollertsen
Attendance: 2,206

Djurgården won 8–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Replay
Helsinki-Alliance   6–6 (ct)   Örgryte 1–0 3–4 2–2
Djurgården   2–0   KB 1–0 1–0  
AIK   4–11   IFK Norrköping 2–5 2–6  
Frem   4–2   Malmö FF 2–0 2–2  

Matches edit

Helsinki-Alliance  1–0  Örgryte
 [23]
Örgryte  4–3  Helsinki-Alliance
 [24]
  • Kankkonen (2)
  • Nevalainen
Attendance: 3,744
Helsinki-Alliance  2–2  Örgryte
  • Pärnänen
  • Kankkonen (p)
 [25]
Attendance: 6,000

Helsinki-Alliance won on coin flipping.

Djurgården  1–0  KB
 [26]
Attendance: 1,098
KB  0–1  Djurgården
[27]
Attendance: 5,500

Djurgården won 2–0 on aggregate.

AIK  2–5  IFK Norrköping
 [28][29]
Attendance: 1,022
IFK Norrköping  6–2  AIK
 [30]
Attendance: 1,319
Referee: Hans Olsson (Sweden)

IFK Norrköping won 11–4 on aggregate.

Frem  2–0  Malmö FF
 [31][32]
Attendance: 4,000
Malmö FF  2–2  Frem
 [33][32]
Attendance: 2,700

Frem won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
IFK Norrköping   3–7   Djurgården 0–2 3–5
Helsinki-Alliance   5–2   Frem 2–1 3–1

Matches edit

IFK Norrköping  0–2  Djurgården
[34] Skiöld
Karlsson
Attendance: 4,156
Djurgården  5–3  IFK Norrköping
 [35]
Attendance: 4,230

Djurgården won 7–3 on aggregate.

Helsinki-Alliance  2–1  Frem
 [36]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Frem  1–3  Helsinki-Alliance
 [37][36]
Attendance: 3,400

Helsinki-Alliance won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Djurgården  0–1  Helsinki-Alliance
[38][4]
  • (p)
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Djurgården
1   Arne Arvidsson
2   Jan Karlsson
3   Lars Arnesson
4   Gösta Sandberg
5   Lars Broström
6   Hans Mild
7   Hans Karlsson
8   Leif Skiöld
9   Leif Eriksson
10   Lars-Olof Sandberg
11   Jan Åslund
Helsinki-Alliance
1   Anders Westerholm
2   Reijo Jalava
3   Karl Ström
4   Stig Holmqvist
5   Pertti Hartikainen
6   Sakari Pihlamo
7   Eero Rauniola
8   Hannu Kankkonen
9   Raimo Kauppinen
10   Paavo Lyytikäinen
11   Ilka Hayla

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b BEN (7 April 1961), "Norrköping har problem med sviktande försvar", Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, p. 22
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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