Westermalms IF

Westermalms IF is a Swedish football club based in Kungsholmen, the center of Stockholm. The club is best known for its football team, which was one of the most important teams in the early days of Swedish football and the late 1920s, played two seasons in the Allsvenskan. Currently, the team plays in the neuntklassigen Division 7

History

Westermalms IF was founded on 1 August 1902. The team was barely a decade later, already one of the best teams in Sweden, but without being able to win a title. Individual players such as Herbert Almqvist, Rune Bergström or Birger Carlsson were among a number of players of the club, who have been nominated for the Swedish national team and came to international match honors.

As 1924 Allsvenskan was established as the highest Swedish league to life, Westermalms IF failed to qualify and first had to take second-rate. In their season while the team was able to win the championship before Sundbybergs IK and local rivals Djurgårdens IF and thus qualify for the promotion of games. There, however, went with two defeats against IK City the short straw and remained in the second division. In the following season once again succeeded before Sundbybergs IK and Djurgårdens IF the Championship and thus qualified for the promotion games. There succeeded after a 2-2 draw at Örebro SK a clear 4-0 second leg victory, so this time the rise could be made perfect. In the first division, however, you could not stay up Penultimate and as a table with two points behind the last non relegation zone occupied by IF Elfsborg had the club after just one year in the second division back. There again could Sundbybergs IK be relegated to second place and in the rise of games the team placed after a 2-2 draw and a 2-1 away win against SK Hallstahammar by. However, the first division again proved too strong for the club from Stockholm and as Table adopted it again directly from the House of Lords.

As a seventh in Westermalms IF missed the direct return to the first division and in the second season saved only the better Torquotient against IK City the club from relegation to the third division. In 1933 it was then, however, when, with five wins and three draws had the team at the end of the season two points behind BK Derby and played from now on only in the Division 3 Here lacking in third place in the first season, ten points on the season winner and local rivals Årsta SK, who ascended to the second division. Only two years later was at the next descent. Nine points in 18 games this season marked the second to last place in the standings and thus together with Vasteras SK the aisle in the Viertklassigkeit. Thus, the association also disappeared from the higher-class Swedish football.

The Hockey section of the club took part in the seasons 1940 and 1946 at the time still in the Cup mode discharged Swedish Championship.

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