Lennart Nilsson
1954/55–1965
Swedish championPlayer profile
Overview
Lennart Georg Nilsson was born on 19 April 1937 in Göteborg. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1954/55 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 23 September 1956 against Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 1–4.
He spent 11 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 333 appearances. Of those 333 appearances, 165 came in Allsvenskan.
Nilsson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1957-58. Nilsson made 1 senior international appearance for Sweden.
Nilsson died on 5 January 2001, aged 63.
Transfers
Club records
- Most games against Sparta Rotterdam 5
Record rankings
- Most games in a season 5th
- Most games in the 1960s 8th
- Most games in the 1950s 13th
- Most European cup games 28th
- Most Champions League games 30th
- Most seasons 35th
- Most Allsvenskan games 37th
- Most games 43rd
- Most competitive games 51st
- Most red cards 94th
- Youngest player in a European cup game 95th
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 333 games, while game-by-game data is available for 252. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–1–0 |
| 1964 | – | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11–3–14 |
| 1963 | – | 38 | 27 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9–6–12 |
| 1962 | – | 39 | 27 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15–4–8 |
| 1961 | – | 45 | 43 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 22–6–15 |
| 1960 | – | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6–9–8 |
| 1959 | – | 42 | 31 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 17–3–11 |
| 1957/58 | – | 62 | 44 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 26–5–13 |
| 1956/57 | – | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11–2–11 |
| 1955/56 | – | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–1–0 |
| 1954/55 | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–0–0 |
Game archive
Games for Lennart Nilsson
Surte IS
IFK GöteborgEriksson 20′
IFK GöteborgGranbom 48′
Västra Frölunda IFNordin 53′
Nefttji Baku
IFK Göteborg
Torpedo Kutaisi
IFK Göteborg
Djurgårdens IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Norrköping
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Örebro SK
Örgryte IS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IF Elfsborg
AIK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
Degerfors IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Eskilstuna
Malmö FF
IFK Göteborg
IF Viken
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
AIK
IF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
Örebro SK
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Norrköping
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Djurgårdens IF
IFK Göteborg
Degerfors IFPhoto archive