the first association to administer a swedish national football tournament was "svenska idrottsförbundet", founded 1895 in gothenburg, the dominating football town in sweden, at the time. the association arranged svenska mästerskapet in 1896 which örgryte is won. the tournament was played until 1925 when the first national league, allsvenskan, was started. in the late 1890s, the ifk associations began playing football, and by 1901, the first "kamratmästerskap" (ifk championship) in football was arranged.