Mikael Nilsson
1987–2001
Swedish championPlayer profile
Overview
Jan Mikael Nilsson was born on 28 September 1968 in Falköping. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1987 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 11 April 1988 against IK Brage in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 3–0.
He spent 15 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 609 appearances and scoring 48 goals. Of those 609 appearances, 284 came in Allsvenskan.
Nilsson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. He was part of an IFK Göteborg Swedish Cup-winning side in 1991. He was named IFK Göteborg's Archangel of the Year in 1994. In 1994, he won World Cup bronze with the national team. Nilsson made 22 senior international appearances for Sweden.
Transfers
Club records
- Most games 609
- Most Champions League games 44
- Most games against IK Oddevold 5
- Most games against Västra Frölunda IF 20
- Most games against Örebro SK 28
- Most games in the 1990s 471
- Most games at Eyravallen 15
- Most games at Rambergsvallen 6
- Most games at Vångavallen 10
- Most competitive games 407
Record rankings
- Most Swedish Cup games 2nd
- Most European cup games 3rd
- Most Allsvenskan games 4th
- Most goals in the 1990s 11th
- Most seasons 11th
- Most European cup goals 13th
- Most games in a season 13th
- Most goals by an academy product 13th
- Most Allsvenskan goals by an academy product 14th
- Most yellow cards in Allsvenskan 17th
- Most UEFA Cup games 23rd
- Most goals in the 1980s 28th
- Most games in the 1980s 30th
- Most Swedish Cup goals 30th
- Most goals in competitive games 43rd
- Most games in the 2000s 44th
- Oldest goalscorer 44th
- Youngest Allsvenskan goalscorer 47th
- Most Allsvenskan goals 49th
- Oldest player in the Swedish Cup 49th
- Most games in a season 53rd
- Youngest player in a European cup game 53rd
- Most goals in the 2000s 54th
- Most goals 60th
- Most games in a season 64th
- Most games in a season 64th
- Most games in a season 64th
- Highest win percentage in Allsvenskan 64th
- Oldest player in Allsvenskan 67th
- Oldest player 68th
- Most international caps 71st
- Oldest Allsvenskan goalscorer 71st
- Oldest player in a competitive game 71st
- Youngest goalscorer 87th
- Highest cards-per-game rate in Allsvenskan 99th
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 609 games, while game-by-game data is available for 486. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 2–2–0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 24–14–6 |
| 1999 | 13 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 16–6–10 |
| 1998 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 0 | 18–8–11 |
| 1997 | 13 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | 0 | 29–10–9 |
| 1996 | 13 | 52 | 43 | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | 0 | 23–9–11 |
| 1995 | 13 | 52 | 46 | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | 0 | 24–12–10 |
| 1994 | 13 | 48 | 41 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 25–8–8 |
| 1993 | 13 | 53 | 36 | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | 0 | 24–6–6 |
| 1992 | 13 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 16–3–15 |
| 1991 | 13 | 58 | 40 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 23–10–7 |
| 1990 | 13 | 40 | 26 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 14–7–5 |
| 1989 | 13 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 7 | – | 1 | 0 | 14–4–9 |
| 1988 | 13 | 49 | 24 | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 15–6–6 |
| 1987 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0–0–1 |
Game archive
Games for Mikael Nilsson
Degerfors IFHenriksson 12′Vukcevic 82′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 3′, 57′Martinsson 59′Blomqvist 87′
AC Sparta PrahaBudka 88′
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgRehn 2′, 32′
Östers IF
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 67′Lindqvist 80′
Hammarby IFVlahovic 17′
Östers IF
IFK GöteborgLindqvist 7′Blomqvist 12′
IFK Göteborg(Andersson) 29′Blomqvist 36′Nilsson 45′
Borussia MönchengladbachSalaou 90+110′
Hammarby IF
IFK Göteborg
Västra Frölunda IF
IFK GöteborgNilsson 23′Martinsson 71′
IFK GöteborgGustafsson 8′Rehn 19′Wahlstedt 84′
Halmstads BKBertilsson 1′, 9′Andersson 24′Alexandersson 45′
Landskrona BoIS
IFK GöteborgBlomqvist 7′Gustafsson 89′
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 6′Erlingmark 19′(Andersson) 34′
Malmö FFWirmola 47′Nylén 51′Andersson 67′Persson 74′
Örebro SKStefansson 16′Powell 43′
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 82′Martinsson 87′
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 51′, 58′Erlingmark 80′
AIKSimpson 81′
BK Häcken
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 35′, 87′
IFK GöteborgRehn 83′
IFK Norrköping
Helsingborgs IFDahlgren 5′
IFK GöteborgBlomqvist 51′, 71′
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 11′Eriksson 28′, 74′, 83′Blomqvist 60′, 88′
Trelleborgs FF
IFK Göteborg(Andersson) 23′
Kongsvinger IL ToppfotballHauvik 90′
IFK GöteborgLeksell 5′Blomqvist 10′Rehn 52′, 84′
Fortuna Düsseldorf
IFK Göteborg
Brøndby IFEggen 90+110′
Östers IF
IFK GöteborgNilsson 18′Eriksson 72′
IFK Göteborg
IK Brage
IFK Norrköping
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgEriksson 35′Rehn 42′Martinsson 65′Mild 82′, 83′
Malmö FFPettersson 35′
Degerfors IFMild 24′ (Own goal)Stanojković 53′
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 17′, 62′Lindqvist 33′Blomqvist 73′Photo archive