''Göteborgsalliansen'' is a football alliance created in 1921 by the three

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-clubs

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and

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. The clubs were dominating

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at the time and got together to arrange big international games with the best players from each team. Carl Linde became its first chairman. The most notable games were against the Swedish national team in the opening game of the new Gothenburg-stadium

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in 1958, which ended 2–2, and against

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in front of 47,214 in the attendance. For its 50th anniversary 1971 they invited the Russian Olympic football team, a game in which

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played for Göteborgsalliansen. In modern era, the alliance is foremost known for sharing the same stadium

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References

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