Ernst Andersson
1927/28–1942/43
Swedish championPlayer profile
Overview
Ernst Andersson was born on 26 March 1909 in Göteborg. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1927/28 season. He came through IFK Göteborg's youth system before the senior debut and is regarded by the club as a home-grown player. He made his competitive debut on 9 September 1928 against Landskrona BoIS in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 4–1.
He spent 16 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 469 appearances and scoring 14 goals. Of those 469 appearances, 275 came in Allsvenskan.
Andersson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1934-35 and 1941-42. Andersson made 29 senior international appearances for Sweden.
Andersson died on 9 October 1989, aged 80.
Transfers
Club records
- Most games against Alingsås IF 4
- Most games against Marieholms BoIK 9
- Most games against Sandvikens IF 22
- Most games against Surte IS 4
- Most games against Vänersborgs IF 2
- Most games in the 1930s 332
- Most games at Jonsereds Idrottsplats 3
- Most games at Krokslättsplan 3
- Most games at Mjörnvallen 4
- Most games at Surte Idrotsplatts 4
- Most games at Tingvalla Idrottsplats 3
Record rankings
- Most seasons 6th
- Most games 8th
- Most Allsvenskan games 8th
- Most games in the 1940s 17th
- Most competitive games 17th
- Most goals in the 1930s 20th
- Most games in the 1920s 25th
- Oldest player in the Swedish Cup 30th
- Most goals in the 1940s 32nd
- Oldest player in Allsvenskan 36th
- Oldest player in a competitive game 37th
- Oldest player 41st
- Oldest Allsvenskan goalscorer 46th
- Most goals by an academy product 48th
- Most international caps 56th
- Oldest goalscorer 56th
- Most Allsvenskan goals by an academy product 61st
- Most red cards 75th
- Highest win percentage in Allsvenskan 91st
- Highest win percentage in all games 93rd
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 469 games, while game-by-game data is available for 460. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942/43 | – | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8–8–6 |
| 1941/42 | – | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18–4–6 |
| 1940/41 | – | 32 | 30 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 15–7–8 |
| 1939/40 | – | 34 | 34 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 26–3–5 |
| 1938/39 | – | 35 | 35 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 27–3–5 |
| 1937/38 | – | 33 | 33 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 18–5–10 |
| 1936/37 | – | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–6–13 |
| 1935/36 | – | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 14–8–9 |
| 1934/35 | – | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24–3–7 |
| 1933/34 | – | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24–4–7 |
| 1932/33 | – | 35 | 35 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 22–3–10 |
| 1931/32 | – | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18–7–8 |
| 1930/31 | – | 31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 21–6–5 |
| 1929/30 | – | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 17–7–7 |
| 1928/29 | – | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7–2–3 |
| 1927/28 | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3–0–1 |
Game archive
Games for Ernst Andersson
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Norrköping
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IF Elfsborg
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
Norrbygärde IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
Degerfors IF
IF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
Malmö FF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Norrköping
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
AIK
IFK Eskilstuna
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Sandvikens IF
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
Gårda BK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Halmstads BK
Degerfors IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Trollhättan
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Degerfors IF
Malmö FF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Reymersholms IK
IFK Göteborg
IFK NorrköpingPhoto archive