The 1928 Provinsmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold (Unofficial English translation: 1928 Provincial Football Championship Tournament) was the 15th edition of the Danish provincial championship play-off, Provinsmesterskabsturneringen, the second highest senior cup competition, crowning the best provincial championship club of the five regional football associations outside the dominating Copenhagen football clubs, organised and financially supported by the national football organization Danish FA (DBU). This was the first edition of the tournament under its new status as a separate championship cup tournament, no longer being an essential part of the road to winning the Danish Football Championship, which it had been under the previous structure of Landsfodboldturneringen. The new Danish Football Championship structure, had its debut this season, 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen. Following a recommendation by the five provincial football associations, the Danish FA finally decided to re-establish a provincial football tournament in late March 1928.
The four matches in the tournament were held during June 1928 following the conclusion of each of the 1927–28 regional league championship seasons for Bornholm FA, Funen FA, Jutland FA, Lolland-Falster FA and Zealand FA. In advance of the tournament, a play-off structure had been agreed, which meant that the semi-finals consisted of two matches; on one side the senior champions of FBUs Mesterskabsrække played against the champions of JBUs Mesterskabsrække and in the other match, the champions of the BBUs Mesterskabsrække tournament played against the winners of a preliminary round between the league champions of SBUs Mesterskabsrække and LFBUs Mesterskabsrække. Initially the rules of the tournament dictated that each match should be played on a neutral ground, but only one match ended up doing so.
The tournament was won by the Jutland FA representative Aalborg BK, by defeating the Zealand FA representative and defending provincial champions, Skovshoved IF, in the championship final held at Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg on 24 June 1928. This was the first provincial championship title by Aalborg BK, who had also secured the combined regional league championship for both north and south Jutland and the regional cup title after winning the JBUs Pokalturnering this season. This would be the first time, that the city of Aalborg hosted an important national or provincial final match. The top scorers of the tournament became Svend Strømann (Skovshoved IF) and Søren Andersen (Aalborg BK) with seven goals each, scoring in all the matches, that they played in (three and two matches respectively).
Qualified teams
The following five teams qualified for the tournament. This was Aalborg BK's first participation in the Provincial Football Championship Tournament, while B 1901 had participated in all previous tournaments.
TeamAssociationQualificationParticipation IK Viking Bornholm FA Winners of the 1927–28 BBUs Mesterskabsrække 8th B 1913 Funen FA Winners of the 1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække 3rd Aalborg BK Jutland FA Winners of the 1927–28 JBUs Mesterskabsrække 1st B 1901 Lolland-Falster FA Winners of the 1927–28 LFBUs Mesterskabsrække 15th Skovshoved IF Zealand FA Winners of the 1927–28 SBUs Mesterskabsrække 4th
Matches Bracket
Provincial tournament, preliminary round Match summary The preliminary round was played between the representative club champions of Zealand FA and Lolland-Falster FA. Skovshoved IF qualified to the tournament after winning their third consecutive regional league final just one week prior to the match; their fourth Zealand League Championship in total. B 1901 qualified by winning the regional football league, LFBUs Mesterskabsrække for the 20th time in the league's history, and had participated in all 15th previous editions of the Provinsmesterskabsturneringen. The match was originally scheduled to take place on 3 June 1928, but was postponed with one week due to the late decision regarding the Zealand League Championship winner.
The only match in the preliminary round, played on 10 June 1928 at 13:30 CEST, was attended by a couple of thousands on the home field of B 1901 in Nykøbing Falster. It was reportedly described as hard played, exiting to the end and with the result of the match ending in a narrow victory of the score 3–2 to Skovshoved IF, who were playing in a blue kit. Skovshoved IF's center forward Svend Strømann scored the first goal after 25 minutes of play, which became the only goal in the first half. The 1–0 lead for the away team was equalized in the 10th minute in the second half with a goal by Holger Brodthagen, after which a colleague, Svend Aage Eriksen, scored another goal for B 1901 in the 26th minute of the second half, giving the home team a 2–1 lead. Only two minutes later Strømann scored his second goal in the match and Skovhoved IF's left inner winger Axel Guhle scored the third goal in the 42nd minutes of the second half, securing the victory for the Zealandians. A regional newspaper, Lolland-Falster Social-Demokrat (Nakskov), praised the young Skovshoved IF halfback, Hans Møller, as the best player on the football field, and highlighted his efforts of keeping B 1901's forward Svend Aage Eriksen in check during the match.
Match details The home team was B 1901, because the match was played at their regular home turf.
Provincial tournament, semi-finals Pre-match The two provincial semi-finals were played between the representative club champions of Zealand FA and Bornholm FA in one match and the club champions of Jutland FA and Funen FA in the other match. Both IK Viking and Aalborg BK had received byes from the preliminary round and did not enter the tournament until the semi-finalsthis was only the second time in the competition's history (last one was in the 1913–14 edition), that a team from Bornholm FA played in the semi-finals. Prior to Skovshoved IF's next semi-final match, the club's administration arranged a training match at their home ground in Skovshoved on 14 June 1928 against the first team of Akademisk BK in preparation for the semi-final matchthe unofficial evening match won 3–1 by the academics of Copenhagen. Prior to the match, the newspapers predicted, that the IK Viking team would not get many chances for a victory. The line-up for IK Viking, that was going to travel overseas from Bornholm, was assembled after an evening match on 14 June 1928 between the first and second (reserves) team, that ended in an 8–0 victory, and consisted of the following players (listed goalkeeper to left wing): Vilhelm Reker, Harry Pedersen, H. P. Hansen, Niels Mortensen, Arthur Aakerlund, Harald Mortensen, Knud Hansen, Knud Christiansen, Charles Olsen, Carlo Christiansen and Carl Mortensen, while the reserve player was Edm. Larsen and the team's leader was Jens P. Pedersen.
Match summaries The semi-final match between Skovshoved IF and IK Viking took place at Skovshoved Idrætspark on 17 June 1928 13:30 CEST in front of approximately 300 spectators and the Danish FA had assigned the well known former goalkeeper on the national football team, Sophus Hansen (affiliated with BK Frem), to be the referee at the game. Skovshoved IF's forwards had several engaging attacks in the first 30 minutes of the game, but they were all either saved by the Rønne-goalkeeper Vilhelm Reker or the attackers were lacking shooting skills, while the IK Viking's players on the other hand could not get their game and the passes to function effectively. In the last 15 minutes of the first half, the Vikings regained the upper hand and eventually got a 1–0 lead, after Charles Olsen scored the team's only goal with a one-man performance five minutes before the referee whistled for the half time break. A local newspaper from northern Zealand concluded, that away-team's positive activities were due to the strong tailwind that the visiting players had towards the home-team's goal postan advantage that had been decided at the beginning of the match by a drawing of lots.
As a consequence of the strong winds IK Viking Rønne was able to compete on equal terms against the much stronger Skovshoved IF-players, which was emphasized during the second half. After a few minutes, SIF scored the first goal, greatly assisted by IK Viking's Niels Mortensen, whereafter they progressed in gaining the upper hand for the remaining part of the match, and were quite dominant in the last 15 minutesa local newspaper, based on Bornholm, referred this to insufficient training on the Rønne-players' part. The Rønne-team's Charles Olsen and Karl Mortensen had some great opportunities for scoring goals, but both failed to accomplish the objective. During the second half, the home team's centerforward, Svend Strømann, scored four goalsbetween two and three goals using his headwhile the team's right winger Ernst Sørensen and the team captain, Helmuth Thomas, each scored one goalcontributing to Skovshoved IF's victory of 6–1. According to the local Bornholm newspaper, players on both teams hailed the IK Viking goalkeeper, Vilhelm Reker, as the best player on the field.
The inaugural match in the newly refounded Provincial Football Championship was played on 3 June 1928 on a neutral football field in Randers in front of approximately 2,000 spectators, which took place two weeks after the league final in the JBUs Mesterskabsrække and over a month had passed after the final round of regular league fixtures had been played in the FBUs Mesterskabsrække. To the match, B 1913's line-up consisted of Frederik Johansen, Poul Espe, Richard Rasmussen, Harry Christensen, Børge Jensen (forward), Chr. Larsen, Martin Petersen, Knud Lindegaard, Albert Fischer (forward), Carl Hansen and Kaj Seeback, while the line-up for Aalborg BK consisted of goalkeeper Folmer Olesen, defenders Harry Jensen and Dalhoff Jørgensen (Captain), midfielders Harald Christensen, Ejner Hansen and Egon Thon and forwards Børge Lunde, Axel Villadsen, Søren Andersen, Kaj Mølback and Aage Nielsen. The Jutlandian championship club, Aalborg BK, won the semi-final match 3–2 after having obtained a lead of 3–0 after 60 minutes of play in the second halfall Alborg BK goals in the victory were scored by center forward Søren Andersenbefore the Odense team was able to get in two goals. Originally scheduled to be played at Aarhus Stadium, only a few days before the first semi-final match, it was moved to Randers Stadium due to the stadium being occupied by other activities; and Peder Remtoft (Copenhagen) was assigned as referee to the match.
Match details The home team was Skovshoved IF, because the match was played at their regular home turf.
The home team (for administrative purposes) was determined to be B 1913 although Randers Stadium was located closer to Aalborg BK's home.
Provincial Championship Final Pre-match