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
IFK GöteborgLucic 85′
FC Bayern MünchenJancker 2′Hamann 35′Élber 90′
Östers IFÞórðarson 45′, 52′
IFK GöteborgKarlsson 69′
Skövde AIK
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgTetteh 15′Alexandersson 84′
IF ElfsborgMattiasson 10′Nsubuga 63′
Paris Saint-Germain FCN'Gotty 28′Lucic 51′ (Own goal)Raí 81′
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte ISVennberg 69′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 45′, 56′Lucic 61′
IFK GöteborgLucic 19′
Ljungskile SK
Rangers FCMiller 23′
IFK GöteborgAndersson 49′
Örebro SK
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgAndersson 19′, 55′Pettersson 32′Henriksson 89′
IFK Norrköping
IFK GöteborgAlexandersson 10′Andersson 58′
Västerås SK
Halmstads BKLilienberg 21′Selaković 57′, 58′, 70′Rosén 64′Shakiri 90′
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgKarlsson 3′Pettersson 85′
Degerfors IFOttosson 54′, 70′
Åsebro IF
IFK Göteborg
Malmö FFThylander 30′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 74′
IFK Göteborg
Liverpool FC
IFK Göteborg
Blackburn Rovers
IFK GöteborgLindqvist 44′
Malmö FFOsmanovski 13′
Degerfors IFJohansson 57′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 20′Alexandersson 26′Ekström 85′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 18′Karlsson 81′
Halmstads BK
Västerås SKMarkstedt 82′
IFK GöteborgAlexandersson 57′Andersson 75′
IFK NorrköpingGustafsson 2′
IFK GöteborgAlexandersson 23′Gustafsson 33′ (Own goal)Martinsson 84′
IFK GöteborgAlexandersson 25′Andersson 59′, 70′Tetteh 69′
Trelleborgs FFHansson 34′
Helsingborgs IFJonson 35′, 72′
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgAndersson 16′, 40′, 66′, 67′Pettersson 25′
Örebro SKTjernström 6′Sahlin 15′Photo archive