# 1915–16 in Swedish football

The 1915-16 season in Swedish football, starting August 1915 and ending July 1916:

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| Swedish Champions 1915 | Djurgårdens IF | Winners of Svenska Mästerskapet |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Svenska Serien 1915–16 | IFK Göteborg |
| 2nd level | Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16 | Westermalms IF |
| 2nd level | Mellansvenska Serien 1915–16 | IK Sleipner |
| 2nd level | Västsvenska Serien 1916 | Surte IS |
| Championship Cup | Svenska Mästerskapet 1915 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Cup competition | Kamratmästerskapen 1915 | IFK Göteborg |
| Cup competition | Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1915 | Djurgårdens IF |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Unknown | Svenska Serien 1916–17 | Helsingborgs IF | Unknown |
| Unknown | Västsvenska Serien 1916–17 | IS Halmia | Unknown |
| Unknown | Västsvenska Serien 1916–17 | IFK Halmstad | Unknown |
| Unknown | Västsvenska Serien 1916–17 | Jönköpings IS | Unknown |

### League transfers

| Transferred from | Transferred to | Team | Reason |
| Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16 | Mellansvenska Serien 1916–17 | Westermalms IF | Unknown |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Svenska Serien 1915–16 | Västsvenska Serien 1916–17 | GAIS | Unknown |
| Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16 | Unknown | Falu IK | Unknown |
| Västsvenska Serien 1916 | Unknown | Surte IS | Unknown |

## Domestic results
### Svenska Serien 1915–16

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | – | 9 | +18 | 15 |
| 2 | AIK | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | – | 13 | +20 | 15 |
| 3 | Örgryte IS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | – | 15 | +6 | 11 |
| 4 | GAIS | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | – | 24 | -7 | 8 |
| 5 | IFK Norrköping | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | – | 36 | -24 | 6 |
| 6 | Djurgårdens IF | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | – | 28 | -13 | 5 |

### Uppsvenska Serien 1915–16

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Westermalms IF | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 36 | – | 12 | +24 | 17 |
| 2 | Sandvikens AIK | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | – | 18 | +17 | 17 |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 43 | – | 27 | +16 | 17 |
| 4 | Gefle IF | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | – | 17 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | IK Sirius | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | – | 22 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | IFK Gävle | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | – | 40 | -29 | 6 |
| 7 | Falu IK | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 16 | – | 43 | -27 | 3 |

### Mellansvenska Serien 1915–16

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IK Sleipner | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | – | 15 | +7 | 18 |
| 2 | Mariebergs IK | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29 | – | 16 | +13 | 17 |
| 3 | IFK Uppsala | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | – | 16 | +6 | 15 |
| 4 | IFK Stockholm | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | – | 23 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | IFK Västerås | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | – | 25 | -6 | 10 |
| 6 | IFK Eskilstuna | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | – | 22 | -4 | 8 |
| 7 | Köpings IS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | – | 26 | -15 | 6 |

### Västsvenska Serien 1916

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Surte IS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 2 | IFK Uddevalla | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | IF Elfsborg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | – | 6 | +4 | 2 |
| 4 | IK Wega | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – | 10 | -6 | 2 |

### Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1915
#### Final
## National team results

Sweden: Sven Jonsson - Melcher Johansson-Säwensten, Helmer Lundberg - Bruno Lindström, Knut Nilsson, Gustaf Carlson - Rune Bergström, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Helge Ekroth, Gunnar Linder.
Sweden: John Karlsson-Nottorp - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Götrik Frykman, Ragnar Wicksell - Georg Bengtsson, Caleb Schylander, Iwar Swensson, Erik Hjelm, Carl Karlstrand.
Sweden: John Karlsson-Nottorp - Valdus Lund, Henning Svensson - Sven Friberg, Bruno Lindström, Josef Appelgren - Harry Magnusson, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Louis Groth, Carl Karlstrand.
Sweden: Erik Bergqvist - Theodor Malm, Oscar Gustafsson - Bertil Nordenskjöld, Ragnar Wicksell, Bruno Lindström - Rune Bergström, Walfrid Gunnarsson, Iwar Swensson, Karl Gustafsson, Carl Karlstrand.

## National team players in season 1915/16

| name | pos. | caps | goals | club |
| Josef "Päron" Appelgren | MF | 1 | 0 | Örgryte IS |
| Georg "Joije" Bengtsson | FW | 1 | 0 | Hälsingborgs IF |
| Erik "Berka" Bergqvist | GK | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Rune Bergström | FW | 2 | 0 | AIK |
| Gustaf "Gurra" Carlson | MF | 1 | 0 | Mariebergs IK |
| Helge "Ekis" Ekroth | FW | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Sven Friberg | MF | 1 | 0 | Örgryte IS |
| Götrik "Putte" Frykman | MF | 1 | 0 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Louis "Grålle" Groth | FW | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Walfrid "Valle" Gunnarsson | FW | 3 | 2 | AIK |
| Karl "Köping" Gustafsson | FW | 1 | 3 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Oscar Gustafsson | DF | 1 | 0 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Erik Hjelm | FW | 1 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Melcher Johansson-Säwensten | DF | 1 | 0 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Sven "Fiskarn" Jonsson | GK | 1 | 0 | IK Sleipner |
| John "Stjärna" Karlsson-Nottorp | GK | 2 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Carl Karlstrand | FW | 3 | 1 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Gunnar "Max" Linder | FW | 1 | 0 | Mariebergs IK |
| Bruno Lindström | MF | 3 | 0 | AIK |
| Valdus "Gobben" Lund | DF | 2 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Helmer Lundberg | DF | 1 | 0 | Mariebergs IK |
| Harry "Dicko" Magnusson | FW | 1 | 0 | Örgryte IS |
| Theodor "Todde" Malm | DF | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Knut "Knutte" Nilsson | MF | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Bertil "Nocke" Nordenskjöld | MF | 2 | 0 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Caleb "Kairo" Schylander | FW | 1 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Henning Svensson | DF | 2 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Iwar "Iffa-Sven" Swensson | FW | 4 | 4 | AIK |
| Ragnar "Ragge" Wicksell | MF | 2 | 1 | Djurgårdens IF |