Football in Stockholm organises about 60,000 players and is governed by Stockholm Football Association since 1917. Stockholm has several of Sweden's leading football clubs, and the city is home to 39 teams in the national league system and more than 100 amateur leagues regulated by the Stockholm Football Association. At the moment there are three Stockholm teams in the first-tier Allsvenskan, four in the second-tier Superettan, four in the third-tier Division 1.
Stockholm's most successful team is AIK, with twelve national championship golds and eight cup golds. DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF has twelve national championship golds and five cup golds. Hammarby IF has one national championship gold, which was won in 2001. AIK played their first national championship final in 1898 Svenska Mästerskapet.
Strawberry Arena in Solna, is the national stadium of Sweden men's national football team and the largest stadium in Sweden. It is also home ground to AIK. 3Arena is the home ground for both Hammarby IF and DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF since 2013. The old ground of AIK was called RÃÂ¥sunda Stadium and was active up until 2012. DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF played at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium until 2013 and Hammarby IF had their home games at Söderstadion until 2013.
AIK started a football department in 1896 and played in the 1898 Svenska Mästerskapet final, which they lost to ÃÂrgryte IS of Gothenburg. In 1899, AIK played DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF, in their first match, which ended 2âÂÂ1 to AIK on LadugÃÂ¥rdsgärdet. Their rivalry later became Tvillingderbyt (The Twin derby).
Football in Stockholm was early organised into leagues and in the 1902 season AIK, AIK II, DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF, IF Sleipner, IF Swithiod, Norrmalms SK, and ÃÂstermalms SK played in the Svenska Bollspelsförbundets första serie that DjurgÃÂ¥rden won.
In the 1924âÂÂ25 season, AIK and Hammarby IF participated in the first Allsvenskan. Later also Westermalms IF (debut in 1926âÂÂ27), DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF (debut in 1927âÂÂ28), Reymersholms IK (debut in 1941âÂÂ42) and IF Brommapojkarna (debut in 2007) have participated in Allsvenskan.
In 2001, three Stockholm teams ended top-three in Swedish top-tier Allsvenskan, Hammarby IF won, DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF Fotboll finished second and AIK finished third.
The table below lists all Stockholm clubs in the top five tiers of the Swedish football league system: from the top division (Allsvenskan), down to the Division 3. League status is correct for the 2024 season in Swedish football.
The list only includes clubs that are affiliated to the Stockholm Football Association.