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
Champions Helsinki-Alliance
Runners-up Djurgården
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored112 (3.73 per match)

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

Results
 
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
Team 1 Agg. 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
Skeid 0–1 Örgryte
[5]
  • Wetterlind
Attendance: 7,213
Örgryte 3–2 Skeid
 [6]
  • Langhus
Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,845

Örgryte won 4–2 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 1–1 KB
[7]
Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
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
  • Holmqvist (2)
  • Johnsson
  • Källgren
  • Bild
  • Eriksson
 [10]
Attendance: 3,856

IFK Norrköping won 9–3 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad 2–2 AIK
[11]
AIK 4–0 Fredrikstad
 [12]
Attendance: 1,829
Referee: Tore Sjöberg (Sweden)

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

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

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legReplay
Helsinki-Alliance 6–6 (ct) Örgryte 1–0 3–42–2
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
Helsinki-Alliance 1–0 Örgryte
  • Ekman
 [23]
Örgryte 4–3 Helsinki-Alliance
 [24]
  • Kankkonen (2)
  • Nevalainen
Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
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
Referee: Yngve Johansson (Sweden)
IFK Norrköping 6–2 AIK
  • Källgren (3)
  • Bild (2)
  • Martinsson
 [30]
  • Bengtsson
  • Johansson
Attendance: 1,319
Referee: Hans Olsson (Sweden)

IFK Norrköping won 11–4 on aggregate.

Frem 2–0 Malmö FF
 [31][32]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)
Malmö FF 2–2 Frem
 [33][32]
  • Nielsen (p)
  • Johansen
Malmö Stadium, Malmö
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 3–7 Djurgården 0–2 3–5
Helsinki-Alliance 5–2 Frem 2–1 3–1

Matches
IFK Norrköping 0–2 Djurgården
[34] Skiöld
Karlsson
Attendance: 4,156
Djurgården 5–3 IFK Norrköping
 [35]
  • Lagerlund (2)
  • Löfgren
Attendance: 4,230

Djurgården won 7–3 on aggregate.

Helsinki-Alliance 2–1 Frem
  • Kankkonen (2)
 [36]
  • Gronemann
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Frem 1–3 Helsinki-Alliance
  • Petersen
 [37][36]
  • Stück (3)
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Ejner Poulsen (Denmark)

Helsinki-Alliance won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final
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

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