1933–36 Nordic Football Championship

The 1933–36 Nordic Football Championship was the third Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Football Association of Norway. The trophy was named the Nordiske Pokal (Nordic Trophy). A total of 24 matches were played with 104 goals scored giving an average of 4.33 goals per match.

1933–36 Nordic Football Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Finland Norway Sweden
Dates	11 June 1933 – 27 September 1936
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	104 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pauli Jørgensen Bertil Ericsson (8 goals each)
← 1929–32 1937–47 →

Results

1933

11 June 1933

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	2–2	Norway
Thielsen 14', 35'	Report	Pedersen 33', 37'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

18 June 1933

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2–3	Denmark
Ericsson 7', 20'	Report	Jørgensen 27' Kleven 57', 82'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 20,297

Referee: Karl Wunderlin (Switzerland)

14 July 1933

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2–0	Finland
Kroon 58' (pen.) Bunke 86'	Report

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 15,246

Referee: Poul Yssing (Denmark)

3 September 1933

13:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1–5	Norway
Åström 32'	Report	Juve 20', 36', 46' Viinioksa 49' (o.g.) Hansen 83'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 6,271

Referee: Gustaf Ekberg (Sweden)

24 September 1933

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Dunker 55'

Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Poul Yssing (Denmark)

8 October 1933

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	2–0	Finland
Taarup 30' Uldaler 57'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Thoralv Kristiansen (Norway)

1934

17 June 1934

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3–5	Sweden
Uldaler 5' Jørgensen 40', 48'	Report	Ericsson 6', 35', 60', 62' Persson 23'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Thoralv Kristiansen (Norway)

1 July 1934

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3–3	Norway
Karlsson 5' Andersson 13' (pen.) Ericsson 55'	Report	Pettersen 17' (pen.) Svendsen 29' Pedersen 38'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sophus Hansen (Denmark)

3 July 1934

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	2–1	Denmark
Taipale 19' Salin 63'	Report	Lundsteen 30'

Pallokenttä, Helsinki

Attendance: 5,722

Referee: Georg Wittbolt (Sweden)

2 September 1934

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	4–2	Finland
Berglie 14', 21' (pen.) Kvammen 24' Hansen 26'	Report	Lönnberg 27', 67'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Einer Ulrich (Denmark)

23 September 1934

14:15 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	5–4	Sweden
Koponen 2', 21' Lintamo 33', 50' Åström 49'	Report	Persson 6', 42', 87' Keller 59'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 10,442

Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark)

23 September 1934

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	3–1	Denmark
Berglie 62' Hansen 78', 88'	Report	Lundsteen 57'

Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

1935

12 June 1935

19:15 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2–2	Finland
Persson 46' Nyberg 80'	Report	Weckström 11', 70'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (Norway)

16 June 1935

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3–1	Denmark
Grahn 44' Jonasson 54' Hallman 83'	Report	Jørgensen 34'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Albert Fogg (England)

23 June 1935

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	1–0	Norway
Nordbø 29' (o.g.)	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Esko Pekonen (Finland)

8 September 1935

13:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1–5	Norway
Larvo 28'	Report	Hoel 23', 52', 62' Jamissen 68' Kvammen 88'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 6,557

Referee: Ivar Gustafsson (Sweden)

22 September 1935

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Nilsson 42' Grahn 77'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 35,495

Referee: Poul Drejø (Denmark)

6 October 1935

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	5–1	Finland
Thielsen 8' Uldaler 37', 41' Sørensen 51' Kleven 59'	Report	Grönlund 48'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: John Johansson (Sweden)

1936

14 June 1936

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	4–3	Sweden
Søbirk 11' Sven Andersson 41' (o.g.) Jørgensen 47' Thielsen 81'	Report	Jensen 2' (o.g.) Jonasson 15' Josefsson 76'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 35,600

Referee: Thoralv Kristiansen (Norway)

30 June 1936

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1–4	Denmark
Salin 17'	Report	Jørgensen 65', 81' Kleven 77' Hansen 89'

Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 8,357

Referee: Sölve Flisberg (Sweden)

5 July 1936

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2–0	Norway
Jonasson 25', 36'	Report

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

Attendance: 21,133

Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)

6 September 1936

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	0–2	Finland
	Report	Weckström 3' Lehtonen 48'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark)

20 September 1936

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	3–3	Denmark
Brustad 8' Frantzen 11', 78'	Report	Søbirk 14', 67' Jørgensen 49'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Karl Weingärtner (Germany)

27 September 1936

13:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1–2	Sweden
Kanerva 85' (pen.)	Report	Jonasson 44' Ericsson 50'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 11,922

Referee: Kolbjørn Dæhlen (Norway)

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	12	7	2	3	31	22	+9	16
2	Denmark	12	6	2	4	30	25	+5	14
3	Norway	12	4	3	5	25	21	+4	11
4	Finland	12	3	1	8	18	36	−18	7

Winner

1933–36 Nordic Football Championship
Sweden first title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

8 goals

• Pauli Jørgensen
• Bertil Ericsson

5 goals

• Sven Jonasson
• Erik Persson

4 goals

• Eyolf Kleven
• Eigil Thielsen
• Kaj Uldaler
• Sverre Hansen

3 goals

• Helmut Søbirk
• Kurt Weckström
• Jørgen Juve
• Odd Hoel
• Sverre Berglie

2 goals

• Carl Lundsteen
• Gunnar Åström
• Nuutti Lintamo
• Albin Lönnberg
• Holger Salin
• Odd Frantzen
• Reidar Kvammen
• Ragnar Pedersen
• Karl-Erik Grahn
• Gustaf Josefsson

1 goal

• Kaj Hansen
• Thøger Nordbø
• Knud Sørensen
• Georg Taarup
• Ernst Grönlund
• William Kanerva
• Aulis Koponen
• Pentti Larvo
• Aatos Lehtonen
• Lauri Taipale
• Arne Brustad
• Carl Jamissen
• Birger Pedersen
• Morten Pettersen
• Thorleif Svendsen
• Sven Andersson
• Lennart Bunke
• Gösta Dunker
• Åke Hallman
• Emil Karlsson
• Tore Keller
• Knut Kroon
• Axel Nilsson
• Arne Nyberg

1 own goal

• Max Viinioksa (against Norway)
• Sven Andersson (against Denmark)
• Poul Toft Jensen (against Sweden)

See also

• Balkan Cup
• Baltic Cup
• Central European International Cup
• Mediterranean Cup

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904–2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Aarhus, Lars; Elbech, Søren; Pietarinen, Heikki (2001-02-06). "Nordic Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
• "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU. Retrieved 2007-03-02.

External links

• Nordic Championships 1933–36 at RSSSF