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Midfielder

Kamrat number 769

Seasons 13

IFK GÖTEBORG #13

Gustav Svensson

2005–10, 2014–15, 2021–25

Swedish champion

Games 413

IFK career2005–10, 2014–15, 2021–25

Games413

Seasons13

Goals17

Starts361

League281

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Player profile

Overview

Karl Gustav Johan Svensson was born on 7 February 1987 in Göteborg. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 2005 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 2 May 2006 against GAIS in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 2–1.

He spent 13 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 413 appearances and scoring 17 goals. Of those 413 appearances, 281 came in Allsvenskan.

Svensson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 2007. He was part of an IFK Göteborg Swedish Cup-winning side in 2008 and 2014/15. He was named IFK Göteborg's Archangel of the Year in 2023. Svensson made 32 senior international appearances for Sweden.

Club changes

Transfers

2025-12-31

From IFK Göteborg To –

Retired

2021-07-22

From Guangzhou City FC To IFK Göteborg

Bosman

2016-01-14

From IFK Göteborg To Guangzhou R&F FC

Transfer 5m

2014-03-23

From Tavriya Simferopol To IFK Göteborg

Bosman

2010-09-01

From IFK Göteborg To Bursaspor

Transfer 10m

2005-01-01

From Juniorlaget To IFK Göteborg

Promoted from academy

Portraits

Facts

Full name: Karl Gustav Johan Svensson
Born: 1987-02-07
Birthplace: Göteborg
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Sweden
Youth club: Azalea BK
Wikipedia

Records at IFK Göteborg

Club records

Most games against IF Brommapojkarna 12
Most games against IFK Värnamo 8
Most games against Mjällby AIF 13
Most games in the 2020s 170
Most games at Påskbergsvallen 5
Most games at Strandvallen 7

Historical comparisons

Record rankings

Oldest player in the Swedish Cup 2nd
Oldest goalscorer 3rd
Oldest player in Allsvenskan 3rd
Oldest player in a competitive game 3rd
Oldest Allsvenskan goalscorer 4th
Oldest player 4th
Most Allsvenskan games 5th
Most competitive games 5th
Most Europa League games 6th
Most yellow cards in Allsvenskan 7th
Most Swedish Cup games 7th
Most games in the 2000s 15th
Most games in the 2010s 16th
Youngest player in a European cup game 16th
Most goals in the 2020s 19th
Most games 22nd
Most seasons 22nd
Most assists (since 2007) 23rd
Most Allsvenskan goals by an academy product 23rd
Record transfer fee 25th
Most goals in the 2000s 27th
Most assists in competitive games (since 2007) 28th
Most Allsvenskan assists (since 2007) 30th
Record transfer fee 38th
Most European cup games 41st
Most goals by an academy product 41st
Most red cards 43rd
Most international caps 44th
Youngest Allsvenskan goalscorer 48th
Highest cards-per-game rate in Allsvenskan 49th
Most goals in the 2010s 55th
Best goals-and-assists rate in Allsvenskan (since 2007) 70th
Most Champions League games 79th
Best assists-per-game rate in Allsvenskan (since 2007) 80th
Most Allsvenskan goals 87th
Youngest goalscorer 90th
Youngest player in Allsvenskan 92nd

Games413

Goals17

Starts361

Seasons13

Season by season

Games and goals

Competitions

Breakdown by competition

Results

Win percentage

Match role

Starts and substitute appearances

Season data

Season by season

All games

Season	#	Games	Starts	Substitute appearances	Goals	Assist	Yellow cards	Red cards	W–D–L
2025	13	34	30	4	1	1	4	0	19–5–10
2024	13	41	39	2	3	1	4	0	14–10–17
2023	13	37	37	0	1	2	5	0	13–13–11
2022	13	39	39	0	1	5	4	0	18–4–17
2021	13	19	19	0	0	0	2	0	8–2–9
2015	13	45	43	2	1	2	7	0	26–12–7
2014	13	30	21	9	0	0	3	1	14–11–5
2010	13	33	26	7	1	0	5	0	14–8–11
2009	13	41	38	3	2	0	3	0	23–7–11
2008	13	39	32	7	4	0	1	0	20–10–9
2007	13	37	28	10	1	0	2	0	22–8–8
2006	26	15	8	6	2	–	0	0	9–4–1
2005	26	3	1	2	0	–	0	0	2–0–1

Game archive

Games for Gustav Svensson

413 of 413


12 Nov 202312/11/23	Varbergs BoIS – IFK GöteborgVarbergs BoIS (A)	1–2(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 30A	Defender	0	0
6 Nov 20236/11/23	IFK Göteborg – AIKAIK (H)	1–1(1–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 29A	Defender	0	0
30 Oct 202330/10/23	IFK Göteborg – IF ElfsborgIF Elfsborg (H)	1–2(0–1)	Allsvenskan, rd. 28A	Defender	0	0
23 Oct 202323/10/23	IFK Värnamo – IFK GöteborgIFK Värnamo (A)	3–1(0–1)	Allsvenskan, rd. 27A	Defender	0	0
7 Oct 20237/10/23	IFK Göteborg – IK SiriusIK Sirius (H)	0–1(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 26A	Defender	0	0
1 Oct 20231/10/23	Hammarby IF – IFK GöteborgHammarby IF (A)	1–1(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 25A	Defender	0	0
24 Sep 202324/9/23	Mjällby AIF – IFK GöteborgMjällby AIF (A)	0–1(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 24A	Defender	0	0
16 Sep 202316/9/23	IFK Göteborg – IF BrommapojkarnaIF Brommapojkarna (H)	1–0(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 23A	Defender	0	0
3 Sep 20233/9/23	Malmö FF – IFK GöteborgMalmö FF (A)	2–2(0–2)	Allsvenskan, rd. 22A	Defender	0	0
27 Aug 202327/8/23	IFK Göteborg – BK HäckenBK Häcken (H)	4–2(3–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 21A	Defender	0	0
19 Aug 202319/8/23	Degerfors IF – IFK GöteborgDegerfors IF (A)	1–2(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 20A	Defender	0	0
13 Aug 202313/8/23	IFK Göteborg – Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IF (H)	2–1(0–1)	Allsvenskan, rd. 19A	Defender	0	1
7 Aug 20237/8/23	IFK Norrköping – IFK GöteborgIFK Norrköping (A)	3–0(2–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 18A	Defender	0	0
30 Jul 202330/7/23	IFK Göteborg – Kalmar FFKalmar FF (H)	2–0(1–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 17A	Defender	0	0
23 Jul 202323/7/23	IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BKHalmstads BK (H)	0–0(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 16A	Defender	0	0
16 Jul 202316/7/23	IF Elfsborg – IFK GöteborgIF Elfsborg (A)	1–1(0–1)	Allsvenskan, rd. 15A	Defender	0	0
10 Jul 202310/7/23	IFK Göteborg – Varbergs BoISVarbergs BoIS (H)	1–2(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 14A	Defender	0	0
2 Jul 20232/7/23	Halmstads BK – IFK GöteborgHalmstads BK (A)	0–0(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 13A	Defender	0	0
25 Jun 202325/6/23	Malmö FF – IFK GöteborgMalmö FF (A)	0–1(0–1)	FriendlyF	Defender↓ 86	0	0
11 Jun 202311/6/23	IK Sirius – IFK GöteborgIK Sirius (A)	2–0(1–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 12A	Defender	0	0
3 Jun 20233/6/23	IFK Göteborg – Mjällby AIFMjällby AIF (H)	0–1(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 11A	Defender	0	0
21 May 202321/5/23	IFK Göteborg – Hammarby IFHammarby IF (H)	1–1(0–1)	Allsvenskan, rd. 9A	Defender	0	0
15 May 202315/5/23	AIK – IFK GöteborgAIK (A)	2–2(1–1)	Allsvenskan, rd. 8A	Defender	0	0
8 May 20238/5/23	IF Brommapojkarna – IFK GöteborgIF Brommapojkarna (A)	0–0(0–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 7A	Defender	0	0
4 May 20234/5/23	IFK Göteborg – Degerfors IFDegerfors IF (H)	6–0(3–0)	Allsvenskan, rd. 6A	Defender↓ 78	1	0

Games

12 Nov 2023: Varbergs BoIS 1–2 IFK Göteborg. Won

12 Nov 20232023 · 15:00

Varbergs BoISZackrisson 64′

1–2HT 0–0

IFK GöteborgKåhed 74′Carlén 90+5′

CompetitionAllsvenskan30

VenuePåskbergsvallen

6 Nov 2023: IFK Göteborg 1–1 AIK. Drew

6 Nov 20232023 · 19:10

IFK GöteborgPapagiannopoulos 30′ (Own goal)

1–1HT 1–0

AIKAyari 67′

CompetitionAllsvenskan29

VenueGamla Ullevi

30 Oct 2023: IFK Göteborg 1–2 IF Elfsborg. Lost

30 Oct 20232023 · 19:10

IFK GöteborgHolmén 76′ (Own goal)

1–2HT 0–1

IF ElfsborgFrick 32′Bernhardsson 83′

CompetitionAllsvenskan28

VenueGamla Ullevi

23 Oct 2023: IFK Värnamo 3–1 IFK Göteborg. Lost

23 Oct 20232023 · 17:30

IFK VärnamoEngvall 52′Schellhas 63′Ademi 77′

3–1HT 0–1

IFK GöteborgSalomonsson 19′

CompetitionAllsvenskan27

VenueFinnvedsvallen

7 Oct 2023: IFK Göteborg 0–1 IK Sirius. Lost

7 Oct 20232023 · 17:30

IFK Göteborg

0–1HT 0–0

IK SiriusStensson 54′

CompetitionAllsvenskan26

VenueGamla Ullevi

1 Oct 2023: Hammarby IF 1–1 IFK Göteborg. Drew

1 Oct 20232023 · 17:30

Hammarby IFErabi 53′

1–1HT 0–0

IFK GöteborgMucolli 90+2′

CompetitionAllsvenskan25

VenueTele2 Arena

24 Sep 2023: Mjällby AIF 0–1 IFK Göteborg. Won

24 Sep 20232023 · 15:00

Mjällby AIF

0–1HT 0–0

IFK GöteborgSantos 84′

CompetitionAllsvenskan24

VenueStrandvallen

16 Sep 2023: IFK Göteborg 1–0 IF Brommapojkarna. Won

16 Sep 20232023 · 15:00

IFK GöteborgMucolli 62′

1–0HT 0–0

IF Brommapojkarna

CompetitionAllsvenskan23

VenueGamla Ullevi

3 Sep 2023: Malmö FF 2–2 IFK Göteborg. Drew

3 Sep 20232023 · 17:30

Malmö FFThelin 49′Olsson 90+7′

2–2HT 0–2

IFK GöteborgMucolli 13′, 36′

CompetitionAllsvenskan22

VenueStadion, Malmö

27 Aug 2023: IFK Göteborg 4–2 BK Häcken. Won

27 Aug 20232023 · 17:00

IFK GöteborgBerg 21′, 52′Hausner 35′Mucolli 41′

4–2HT 3–0

BK HäckenAmane 59′Youssef 75′

CompetitionAllsvenskan21

VenueGamla Ullevi

19 Aug 2023: Degerfors IF 1–2 IFK Göteborg. Won

19 Aug 20232023 · 15:00

Degerfors IFGranath 50′

1–2HT 0–0

IFK GöteborgSalomonsson 65′Berg 86′

CompetitionAllsvenskan20

VenueStora Valla

13 Aug 2023: IFK Göteborg 2–1 Djurgårdens IF. Won

13 Aug 20232023 · 15:00

IFK GöteborgMucolli 77′Berg 86′

2–1HT 0–1

Djurgårdens IFMilleskog 20′

CompetitionAllsvenskan19

VenueGamla Ullevi

7 Aug 2023: IFK Norrköping 3–0 IFK Göteborg. Lost

7 Aug 20232023 · 19:00

IFK NorrköpingTraustason 31′, 44′Shabani 73′

3–0HT 2–0

IFK Göteborg

CompetitionAllsvenskan18

VenueNorrköpings Idrottspark

30 Jul 2023: IFK Göteborg 2–0 Kalmar FF. Won

30 Jul 20232023 · 17:30

IFK GöteborgCarlén 40′, 62′

2–0HT 1–0

Kalmar FF

CompetitionAllsvenskan17

VenueGamla Ullevi

23 Jul 2023: IFK Göteborg 0–0 Halmstads BK. Drew

23 Jul 20232023 · 17:30

IFK Göteborg

0–0HT 0–0

Halmstads BK

CompetitionAllsvenskan16

VenueGamla Ullevi

16 Jul 2023: IF Elfsborg 1–1 IFK Göteborg. Drew

16 Jul 20232023 · 15:00

IF ElfsborgFrick 46′

1–1HT 0–1

IFK Göteborggoal 29′ (Own goal)

CompetitionAllsvenskan15

VenueBorås Arena

10 Jul 2023: IFK Göteborg 1–2 Varbergs BoIS. Lost

10 Jul 20232023 · 19:00

IFK GöteborgNorlin 90+4′

1–2HT 0–0

Varbergs BoISKrasniqi 90′, 55′

CompetitionAllsvenskan14

VenueGamla Ullevi

2 Jul 2023: Halmstads BK 0–0 IFK Göteborg. Drew

2 Jul 20232023 · 15:00

Halmstads BK

0–0HT 0–0

IFK Göteborg

CompetitionAllsvenskan13

VenueÖrjans vall

25 Jun 2023: Malmö FF 0–1 IFK Göteborg. Won

25 Jun 20232023 · 16:00

Malmö FF

0–1HT 0–1

IFK GöteborgNorlin 26′

CompetitionFriendly

VenueStadion, Malmö

11 Jun 2023: IK Sirius 2–0 IFK Göteborg. Lost

11 Jun 20232023 · 15:00

IK SiriusMatthews 6′Persson 68′

2–0HT 1–0

IFK Göteborg

CompetitionAllsvenskan12

VenueStudenternas Idrottsplats

3 Jun 2023: IFK Göteborg 0–1 Mjällby AIF. Lost

3 Jun 20232023 · 15:00

IFK Göteborg

0–1HT 0–0

Mjällby AIFStåhl 58′

CompetitionAllsvenskan11

VenueGamla Ullevi

21 May 2023: IFK Göteborg 1–1 Hammarby IF. Drew

21 May 20232023 · 17:30

IFK GöteborgBerg 87′

1–1HT 0–1

Hammarby IFSadiku 44′

CompetitionAllsvenskan9

VenueGamla Ullevi

15 May 2023: AIK 2–2 IFK Göteborg. Drew

15 May 20232023 · 19:10

AIKSvensson 13′ (Own goal)Modesto 54′

2–2HT 1–1

IFK GöteborgOhlsson 5′, 72′

CompetitionAllsvenskan8

VenueFriends Arena

8 May 2023: IF Brommapojkarna 0–0 IFK Göteborg. Drew

8 May 20232023 · 19:00

IF Brommapojkarna

0–0HT 0–0

IFK Göteborg

CompetitionAllsvenskan7

VenueGrimsta Idrottsplats

4 May 2023: IFK Göteborg 6–0 Degerfors IF. Won

4 May 20232023 · 19:00

IFK GöteborgSvensson 6′Ohlsson 21′Berg 42′, 52′Hagen 62′Wendt 84′

6–0HT 3–0

Degerfors IF

CompetitionAllsvenskan6

VenueGamla Ullevi

Gustav Svensson

Overview

Transfers

Club records

Record rankings

Statistics

Games and goals

Breakdown by competition

Win percentage

Starts and substitute appearances

Season by season

Games for Gustav Svensson

Photos of Gustav Svensson