Björn Eriksson
1964–76
Swedish championPlayer profile
Overview
Björn Åke Eriksson was born on 10 September 1943 in Göteborg. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1964 season. He made his competitive debut on 11 April 1965 against Örebro SK in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 1–1.
He spent 13 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 441 appearances and scoring 83 goals. Of those 441 appearances, 129 came in Allsvenskan.
Eriksson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1969. Eriksson made 2 senior international appearances for Sweden.
Eriksson died on 6 March 2018, aged 74.
Transfers
Club records
- Most goals against Surte IS 6
- Most goals at Surte Idrotsplatts 6
- Most games against Blomstermåla IK 7
- Most games against Göteborgs AIK 3
- Most games against Karlstad BK 3
- Most games against KB Karlskoga 6
- Most games against Skövde AIK 9
- Most games at Kungshamnsvallen 2
- Most games at Södermalms Idrottsplats 4
- Most games at Valhalla Idrottsplats 42
- Most goals in one game against Surte IS 6
- Most goals in one game at Surte Idrotsplatts 6
Record rankings
- Most games in the 1970s 3rd
- Most games in the 1960s 6th
- Most goals in the 1960s 7th
- Most goals in one game 9th
- Most goals in the 1970s 12th
- Most European cup goals 15th
- Most games 17th
- Most hat-tricks (or better) 18th
- Most seasons 22nd
- Most competitive games 23rd
- Most red cards 25th
- Most goals 26th
- Most goals in competitive games 27th
- Most hat-tricks (or better) in competitive games 31st
- Oldest player in the Swedish Cup 43rd
- Most goals in one game 44th
- Most Allsvenskan goals 51st
- Oldest goalscorer 54th
- Oldest player in a competitive game 57th
- Most Allsvenskan games 62nd
- Oldest player 62nd
- Most European cup games 67th
- Most Champions League games 85th
- Best goals-per-game rate in Allsvenskan 97th
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 441 games, while game-by-game data is available for 389. Starts, substitute appearances, results, cards and the game list are based on registered game records.
Games and goals
Breakdown by competition
Win percentage
Starts and substitute appearances
Season by season
| Season | # | Games | Starts | Substitute appearances | Goals | Assist | Yellow cards | Red cards | W–D–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–0–1 |
| 1975 | 3 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 25–4–7 |
| 1974 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7–4–5 |
| 1973 | – | 35 | 26 | 7 | 11 | – | 1 | 0 | 16–7–10 |
| 1972 | – | 34 | 30 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | 18–5–7 |
| 1971 | – | 40 | 32 | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | 0 | 15–5–12 |
| 1970 | – | 44 | 40 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–10–18 |
| 1969 | – | 41 | 41 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 19–12–10 |
| 1968 | – | 38 | 30 | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | 10–10–10 |
| 1967 | – | 37 | 36 | 1 | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | 17–7–13 |
| 1966 | – | 40 | 40 | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | 0 | 20–9–11 |
| 1965 | – | 39 | 37 | 0 | 19 | – | 0 | 0 | 19–9–9 |
| 1964 | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 3–0–1 |
Game archive
Games for Björn Eriksson
IFK Göteborg
Emmaboda IS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Malmö
IS Halmia
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Trollhättans IF
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
Jönköpings Södra IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Norrby IF
Grimsås IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Råå IF
IFK Hässleholm
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
KB Karlskoga
AIK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Örebro SK
Emmaboda IS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Hässleholm
Jönköpings Södra IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
KB Karlskoga
Skövde AIK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IS Halmia
IFK Malmö
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Blomstermåla IK
IFK Göteborg
Trollhättans IF
Grimsås IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Västra Frölunda IFPhoto archive