Karl Olsson
1910–21, 1923/24
Swedish championPlayer profile
Overview
Karl Oskar Olsson was born on 4 September 1892 in Göteborg. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1910 season. He made his competitive debut on 29 May 1910 against IFK Norrköping in Svenska Serien, a match that finished 4–1.
He spent 13 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 221 appearances and scoring 51 goals.
Olsson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1910 and 1918. Olsson made 4 senior international appearances for Sweden, scoring 1 goal.
Olsson died on 11 December 1971, aged 79.
For seasons before 1922, surviving participation records are not always complete. Match and goal totals from that period should therefore be read as the best available documented record.
Transfers
Record rankings
- Most known games in the 1910s 3rd
- Most known goals in the 1910s 6th
- Youngest goalscorer 15th
- Most goals in the 1920s 20th
- Most seasons 22nd
- Most games in the 1920s 26th
- Most hat-tricks (or better) in competitive games 31st
- Youngest player in a competitive game 32nd
- Most hat-tricks (or better) 42nd
- Most goals 58th
- Best goals-per-game rate (competitive games) 62nd
- Most international goals 68th
- Most goals in competitive games 68th
- Most games 81st
- Youngest player 81st
- Oldest player in a competitive game 95th
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 221 games, while game-by-game data is available for 209. Starts, substitute appearances, results, cards and the game list are based on registered game records. For seasons before 1922, the total is the best available compilation of known games because complete appearance records have not always survived.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923/24 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–0–0 |
| 1921 | – | 19 | 19 | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–3–4 |
| 1920 | – | 26 | 23 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 10–6–7 |
| 1919 | – | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14–4–3 |
| 1918 | – | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–0–2 |
| 1917 | – | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–4–7 |
| 1916 | – | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 14–5–5 |
| 1915 | – | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0–2–1 |
| 1914 | – | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–0–2 |
| 1913 | – | 20 | 20 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 11–5–4 |
| 1912 | – | 22 | 22 | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | 0 | 14–5–3 |
| 1911 | – | 24 | 16 | 0 | 16 | – | 0 | 0 | 4–5–7 |
| 1910 | – | 21 | 20 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 14–2–4 |
Game archive
Games for Karl Olsson
IFK Göteborg
SC Victoria Berlin
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
AIK
IFK GöteborgKarlsson 39′, 44′Börjesson
IFK Göteborg
AIK
IFK Göteborg
Lyn SFK
IFK Göteborg
Hannover 96
IFK Göteborg
AIK
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
AIK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Fælledklubbarna-komb.
IFK Göteborg
Kjøbenhavns BK
Kjøbenhavns BK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
IFK Malmö
IFK GöteborgKarlsson 35′Börjesson
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Göteborg
IK Sirius
Djurgårdens IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
BK af 1893
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Malmö
IFK Göteborg
Kjøbenhavns BKPhoto archive