#17 Björn Nordqvist
Left centre-back for IFK Göteborg 1975-1978
4 seasons, 146 games and 2 goals
Full name: Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist
Born: 1942-10-06 in Hallsberg (80 years)
Wikipedia-profile
Win percentage (known games): 56.1%
Svenska cupen 1978/79
1977 Archangel of the year
Winner of Kristallkulan 1976
Winner of Guldbollen 1968
115 caps (0 goals)
Biography
Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist was born on October 6, 1942 in Hallsberg and made his IFK Göteborg debut in the 1975 season, which was also the debut season of team mate Torbjörn Nilsson. At 32 years, 8 months and 4 days, on June 11, 1975, he took part his first competetive game against Kalmar FF in a Division 2 Södra game that ended 0–1. He has spent four seasons with the IFK Göteborgs first team, and during his career he played in 146 first team games and scored 2 goals. Out of these 146 first team games, 47 were Allsvenskan games.
Björn Nordqvist is with his 47 Allsvenskan games number
181 on the list of those who have competed in most Allsvenskan games for IFK Göteborg. He was awarded Ärkeängel of the year 1977. He won Kristallkulan in 1976, and Guldbollen in 1968. In the 1978/79 season he had a part in IFK Göteborg winning the Swedish Cup. In total, Nordqvist has represented his country at the highest level on 115 occasions. 80 year old Nordqvist completed his last season with IFK Göteborg 1978.
Statistics per season
| Season | League | Svenska cupen | Friendlies | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 22 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 15 / 0 | 0 | 41 / 0 |
| 1977 | 25 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 15 / 0 | 0 | 44 / 0 |
| 1976 | 22 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 13 / 0 | 0 | 37 / 0 |
| 1975 | 14 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 8 / 0 | 0 | 24 / 2 |
Other statistics
| Win percentage | 56.1% |
| Win percentage in Allsvenskan | 38.3% |
Statistics per type of game
| Games | Goals | Goal avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allsvenskan | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Svenska cupen | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Div 2 Södra | 36 | 2 | 0.06 |
| Friendlies | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 146 | 2 | 0.01 |
114 games and 3 goals in the database
| Date | Game | Result | Game type | Position | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-11-21 | Bermuda FA-komb. – IFK Göteborg | L 2–0 (1–0) | Friendly | Central midfielder | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-11-14 | Leyton Orient FC – IFK Göteborg | W 0–2 (0–1) | Friendly | Central midfielder | 1 | 1 |
| 1978-10-29 | IFK Göteborg – Malmö FF | D 0–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 26 | Central midfielder | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-10-22 | Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg | L 1–0 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 25 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-10-17 | BK Häcken – IFK Göteborg | W 1–5 (1–1) | Svenska cupen, Quarter final | Central midfielder | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-10-14 | IFK Göteborg – AIK | W 2–1 (0–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 24 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-10-11 | Landskrona BoIS – IFK Göteborg | L 4–1 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 23 | Central midfielder | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-10-07 | IFK Göteborg – Åtvidabergs FF | W 1–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 22 | Right centre-back ↷ ? | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-09-24 | Örebro SK – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 21 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-09-20 | IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg | L 4–2 (2–2) | Allsvenskan, Week 20 | Right centre-back ↷ ? | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-09-17 | IFK Göteborg – Västerås SK | W 1–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 19 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-09-11 | Djurgårdens IF – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 18 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-09-06 | IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BK | W 2–1 (2–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 17 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-27 | Östers IF – IFK Göteborg | D 2–2 (0–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 16 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-24 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Norrköping | W 4–0 (2–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 15 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-21 | Hammarby IF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–3 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 14 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-17 | Mjällby AIF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–4 (0–1) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 6 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-14 | IFK Göteborg – Hammarby IF | W 5–1 (3–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 13 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-10 | IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg | W 1–2 (1–2) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 5 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-08-06 | IFK Norrköping – IFK Göteborg | L 4–1 (2–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 12 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-07-31 | IFK Göteborg – Östers IF | L 1–2 (1–2) | Allsvenskan, Week 11 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-07-26 | Åtvidabergs FF – IFK Göteborg | L 1–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 10 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-07-23 | Örebro SK – IFK Göteborg | D 2–2 (2–2) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 4 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-07-16 | IFK Göteborg – Örebro SK | D 2–2 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 9 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-07-09 | Västerås SK – IFK Göteborg | W 0–2 (0–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 8 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-05-11 | IFK Göteborg – IF Elfsborg | W 1–0 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 7 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-05-07 | Kalmar FF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–1 (0–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 6 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-05-04 | IFK Göteborg – Malmö FF | L 0–1 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 5 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-03-27 | Örgryte IS – IFK Göteborg | W 0–3 (0–0) | Triangelserien | Defender | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-03-07 | Southampton FC – IFK Göteborg | L 2–1 (1–1) | Friendly | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-03-04 | IFK Göteborg – IK Sirius | W 4–0 (3–0) | Friendly | Defender | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-12-15 | Hong Kong – IFK Göteborg | W 1–3 (0–2) | Friendly, Semi-final | Defender | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-11-06 | IFK Göteborg – 1. FC Kaiserslautern | W 3–2 (1–1) | Friendly | Defender | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-10-08 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Norrköping | D 1–1 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 25 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-10-02 | IFK Göteborg – BK Derby | W 4–1 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 24 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-09-25 | Hammarby IF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–3 (0–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 23 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-09-19 | IFK Göteborg – Malmö FF | L 0–1 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 22 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-09-11 | Halmstads BK – IFK Göteborg | L 2–1 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 21 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-09-01 | IFK Göteborg – Djurgårdens IF | D 2–2 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 20 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-28 | Kalmar FF – IFK Göteborg | L 5–1 (2–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 19 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-24 | IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg | L 4–0 (2–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 18 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-14 | IFK Göteborg – Örebro SK | D 0–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 17 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-11 | AIK – IFK Göteborg | W 3–6 (1–3) | Allsvenskan, Week 16 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-08 | IFK Göteborg – Landskrona BoIS | W 4–1 (2–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 15 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-03 | Östers IF – IFK Göteborg | L 6–0 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 14 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-07-27 | IFK Göteborg – Southampton FC | L 0–3 (0–0) | Friendly | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-07-25 | IFK Göteborg – Landskrona BoIS | W 4–2 (2–2) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 4 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-06-29 | IFK Göteborg – Östers IF | W 4–1 (2–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 13 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-06-26 | IF Verdandi – IFK Göteborg | W 1–2 (1–0) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 3 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-06-22 | Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg | L 1–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 12 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-06-19 | IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BK | D 2–2 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 11 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-06-12 | Örebro SK – IFK Göteborg | D 4–4 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 10 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-06-02 | IFK Göteborg – IF Elfsborg | L 1–2 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 9 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-05-30 | BK Derby – IFK Göteborg | D 0–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 8 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-05-23 | IFK Göteborg – Hammarby IF | W 3–2 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 7 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-05-15 | Djurgårdens IF – IFK Göteborg | L 4–0 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 6 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-05-07 | IFK Göteborg – Kalmar FF | D 2–2 (1–2) | Allsvenskan, Week 5 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-05-01 | IFK Norrköping – IFK Göteborg | W 1–3 (0–2) | Allsvenskan, Week 4 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-04-23 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Sundsvall | W 2–0 (0–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 3 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-04-16 | Landskrona BoIS – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (1–1) | Allsvenskan, Week 2 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-04-11 | IFK Göteborg – AIK | D 1–1 (1–0) | Allsvenskan, Week 1 | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-04-05 | IFK Göteborg – Lillestrøm SK | D 1–1 | Friendly | Defender | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-03-27 | IFK Göteborg – GAIS | W 2–1 (1–1) | Triangelserien | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-03-19 | IFK Göteborg – Östers IF | W 2–0 (2–0) | Friendly | Defender ↷ 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-03-05 | IFK Göteborg – Lillestrøm SK | W 2–0 (1–0) | Friendly | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-02-26 | IFK Göteborg – Vålerenga Fotball | D 2–2 (0–2) | Friendly | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-02-19 | IFK Göteborg – Grimsås IF | W 2–1 (0–0) | Friendly | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-02-13 | IFK Göteborg – Norge | D 1–1 (0–1) | Friendly | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-11-09 | IFK Göteborg – FC Bayern München | W 3–2 (3–1) | Friendly | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-11-06 | IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg | L 2–0 (1–0) | Svenska cupen, Quarter final | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-10-30 | IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BK | W 4–2 (2–1) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 1 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-10-16 | KB Karlskoga – IFK Göteborg | W 1–5 (0–3) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 26 | Left centre-back ↷ ? | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-10-02 | Råå IF – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 24 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-09-27 | IFK Göteborg – Grimsås IF | W 3–2 (3–2) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 23 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-09-17 | Norrby IF – IFK Göteborg | D 2–2 (1–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 22 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-09-13 | IFK Göteborg – Jönköpings Södra IF | W 4–0 (2–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 21 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-09-03 | Emmaboda IS – IFK Göteborg | D 0–0 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 20 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-08-30 | IFK Göteborg – Motala AIF | W 5–3 (1–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 19 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-08-23 | Trollhättans IF – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 18 | Left centre-back ↷ ? | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-08-19 | IFK Göteborg – GAIS | W 3–0 (2–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 17 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-08-15 | IFK Malmö – IFK Göteborg | W 1–3 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 16 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-08-08 | IFK Göteborg – IS Halmia | W 3–2 (1–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 15 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-08-04 | Helsingborgs IF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–1 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 14 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-06-10 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Malmö | L 1–2 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 10 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-06-07 | IS Halmia – IFK Göteborg | W 2–3 (2–2) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 9 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-05-25 | IFK Göteborg – Trollhättans IF | W 5–2 (2–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 8 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-05-20 | GAIS – IFK Göteborg | W 1–3 (1–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 7 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-05-16 | Jönköpings Södra IF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–4 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 6 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-05-08 | IFK Göteborg – Norrby IF | W 1–0 (1–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 5 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-05-03 | Grimsås IF – IFK Göteborg | W 2–3 (0–2) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 4 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-04-24 | IFK Göteborg – Råå IF | W 3–1 (1–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 3 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-04-19 | IFK Hässleholm – IFK Göteborg | W 0–1 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 2 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-04-10 | IFK Göteborg – KB Karlskoga | W 3–0 (1–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 1 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-03-20 | AIK – IFK Göteborg | W 0–3 (0–0) | Friendly | Defender | 0 | 0 |
| 1976-03-06 | IFK Göteborg – IF Elfsborg | W 1–0 (1–0) | Friendly | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-11-08 | Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (0–0) | Svenska cupen, Quarter final | Right centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-11-01 | IFK Göteborg – Örebro SK | W 3–1 (1–0) | Svenska cupen, Omg. 1 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-10-19 | Emmaboda IS – IFK Göteborg | W 1–5 (1–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 26 | Left centre-back | 1 | 0 |
| 1975-10-11 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Hässleholm | W 3–0 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 25 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-10-05 | Jönköpings Södra IF – IFK Göteborg | W 0–2 (0–2) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 24 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-09-27 | IFK Göteborg – KB Karlskoga | D 0–0 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 23 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-09-21 | Skövde AIK – IFK Göteborg | W 0–2 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 22 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-09-14 | IFK Göteborg – IS Halmia | W 5–0 (2–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 21 | Left centre-back | 1 | 0 |
| 1975-09-07 | IFK Malmö – IFK Göteborg | D 1–1 (1–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 20 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-08-29 | IFK Göteborg – Blomstermåla IK | W 5–0 (2–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 19 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-08-25 | IFK Göteborg – Trollhättans IF | W 6–1 (2–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 18 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-08-19 | Grimsås IF – IFK Göteborg | W 1–3 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 17 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-08-10 | IFK Göteborg – Västra Frölunda IF | W 3–1 (0–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 16 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-08-07 | Kalmar FF – IFK Göteborg | L 3–1 (2–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 15 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-08-04 | IFK Göteborg – Helsingborgs IF | W 2–0 (1–0) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 14 | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-07-26 | Hönö IS – IFK Göteborg | W 0–12 | Friendly | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-07-23 | IFK Göteborg – Leicester City FC | L 1–2 (1–1) | Friendly | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-07-21 | IFK Göteborg – Fulham FC | W 4–1 (3–1) | Friendly | Left centre-back | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-06-11 | IFK Göteborg – Kalmar FF | L 0–1 (0–1) | Division 2 Södra, Omg. 10 | Substitute ↶ ? | 0 | 0 |