#12 Steve Gardner

Forward for IFK Göteborg 1983-1984

2 seasons, 63 games and 31 goals

Steve Gardner

Full name: Stephen David Gardner
Born: 1958-10-07 in Hemsworth, England (64 years)
Wikipedia-profile
Win percentage (known games): 59.1%
Swedish champion in 1983 and 1984
Svenska cupen 1982/83


Biography

Stephen David Gardner was born on October 7, 1958 in Hemsworth, England and made his IFK Göteborg debut in the 1983 season, which was also the debut season of team mate Roland Nilsson. As a result of this, he became the first player from England to represent IFK Göteborg. At 24 years, 9 months and 19 days, on July 27, 1983, he took part his first competetive game against Mjällby AIF in an Allsvenskan game that ended 0–0. He has spent two seasons with the IFK Göteborgs first team, and during his career he played in 63 first team games and scored 31 goals. Out of these 63 first team games, 27 were Allsvenskan games.

Steve Gardner is with his 27 Allsvenskan games number 252 on the list of those who have competed in most Allsvenskan games for IFK Göteborg. Gardner won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1983 and 1984. In the 1982/83 season he had a part in IFK Göteborg winning the Swedish Cup. He currently holds the individual club records of Most goals against Vålerenga Fotball (2) and Most goals in a game against Vålerenga Fotball (2). 64 year old Gardner completed his last season with IFK Göteborg 1984.

Steve Gardner, signatur

Statistics per season

SeasonLeagueSvenska cupenFriendliesOthers Total
198416 / 63 / 016 / 104 / 539 / 21
198311 / 12 / 03 / 28 / 724 / 10

Other statistics

Win percentage 59.1%
Win percentage in Allsvenskan 54.6%

Statistics per type of game

Games Goals Goal avg.
Allsvenskan2770.26
Svenska cupen500
European Cup331
UEFA Intertoto Cup231.5
Swedish Championship760.86
Friendlies19120.63
Total63310.49

Individual club records (2)*

Most goals against Vålerenga Fotball 2
Most goals in a game against Vålerenga Fotball 2
*) In order to get the record against another team, IFK Göteborg must have played the other team at least 5 times.

48 games and 24 goals in the database

Date Game ResultGame typePositionGoalsAssists
1984-10-28IFK Göteborg – IK BrageD 2–2 (0–0)Svenska mästerskapet, Semifinal 2 Substitute ↶ ?00
1984-10-03IFK Göteborg – FC Avenir BeggenW 9–0 (4–0)Europacupen, Omg. 1 Central midfielder20
1984-09-15IFK Göteborg – IFK NorrköpingL 0–2 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 20 Substitute ↶ ?00
1984-09-05Örgryte IS – IFK Göteborg W 1–4 (0–1)Allsvenskan, Week 19 Substitute ↶ 8500
1984-08-29Örebro SK – IFK Göteborg W 1–4 (0–2)Svenska cupen, Omg. 6 Substitute ↶ ?00
1984-08-12IFK Göteborg – AIKW 1–0 (1–0)Allsvenskan, Week 15 Substitute ↶ ?00
1984-08-08Skellefteå AIK – IFK Göteborg W 2–5 (1–2)Svenska cupen, Omg. 5 Substitute ↶ ?00
1984-08-01Gefle IF – IFK Göteborg W 0–3 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 14 Forward ↷ 5000
1984-07-25Kalmar FF – IFK Göteborg D 1–1 (0–1)Allsvenskan, Week 13 Forward00
1984-07-21IFK Göteborg – FC VítkoviceW 3–0 (1–0)Intertotocupen, Omg. 4 Forward01
1984-07-04Halmstads BK – IFK Göteborg W 0–1 (0–1)Allsvenskan, Week 12 Substitute ↶ ?00
1984-06-30IFK Göteborg – LASK LinzW 4–1 (1–1)Intertotocupen, Omg. 1 Forward20
1984-06-26IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BKL 1–2 (0–2)Allsvenskan, Week 11 Forward10
1984-06-17IFK Norrköping – IFK Göteborg W 0–3 (0–3)Allsvenskan, Week 10 Forward20
1984-06-14IFK Göteborg – Örgryte ISW 3–0 (1–0)Allsvenskan, Week 9 Forward00
1984-06-03IFK Göteborg – Östers IFW 5–0 (1–0)Allsvenskan, Week 8 Forward20
1984-05-27IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg W 2–3 (1–1)Allsvenskan, Week 7 Forward00
1984-05-17Hammarby IF – IFK Göteborg L 2–1 (0–1)Allsvenskan, Week 6 Substitute ↶ 7000
1984-05-13IFK Göteborg – Malmö FFD 1–1 (0–1)Allsvenskan, Week 5 Forward ↷ ?00
1984-05-09Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg L 4–1 (3–1)Svenska cupen, Quarter final Forward00
1984-04-28AIK – IFK Göteborg D 0–0 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 3 Forward00
1984-04-21IFK Göteborg – Gefle IFW 2–0 (1–0)Allsvenskan, Week 2 Forward00
1984-04-15IFK Göteborg – Kalmar FFL 1–2 (0–1)Allsvenskan, Week 1 Forward10
1984-04-07IFK Göteborg – Vålerenga FotballW 2–0 (1–0)FriendlyForward20
1984-03-28Inter – IFK Göteborg L 2–1 (0–0)FriendlyForward10
1984-02-18IFK Göteborg – IF BrommapojkarnaW 1–0Friendly Forward ↷ 4600
1984-01-06CD Maspalomas – IFK Göteborg W 0–7FriendlyForward30
1983-11-05IFK Göteborg – Östers IFW 3–0 (2–0)Svenska mästerskapet, Final 2 Forward10
1983-10-30Östers IF – IFK Göteborg D 1–1 (0–1)Svenska mästerskapet, Final 1 Forward ↷ ?00
1983-10-26AIK – IFK Göteborg L 2–0 (0–0)Svenska mästerskapet, Semifinal 2 Forward00
1983-10-23IFK Göteborg – AIKW 3–0 (2–0)Svenska mästerskapet, Semifinal 1 Forward20
1983-10-09IFK Göteborg – IF ElfsborgW 4–2 (1–2)Svenska mästerskapet, Kvartsfinal 2 Forward10
1983-10-05IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg W 1–2 (0–0)Svenska mästerskapet, Kvartsfinal 1 Forward20
1983-10-02Gefle IF – IFK Göteborg L 3–0 (2–0)Allsvenskan, Week 22 Forward00
1983-09-28IFK Göteborg – AS RomaW 2–1 (1–0)Europacupen, Omg. 1 Forward10
1983-09-24IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BKW 4–1 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 21 Forward00
1983-09-14AS Roma – IFK Göteborg L 3–0 (0–0)Europacupen, Omg. 1 Forward00
1983-09-10IFK Göteborg – Malmö FFW 6–1 (3–0)Allsvenskan, Week 20 Forward00
1983-09-04Hammarby IF – IFK Göteborg L 3–0 (2–0)Allsvenskan, Week 19 Forward00
1983-09-01IFK Göteborg – Örgryte ISW 2–0 (2–0)Allsvenskan, Week 18 Forward10
1983-08-28AIK – IFK Göteborg L 1–0 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 17 Forward00
1983-08-25IFK Göteborg – Djurgårdens IFW 1–0 (0–0)Svenska cupen, Omg. 6 Forward00
1983-08-22BK Häcken – IFK Göteborg W 0–1 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 16 Forward00
1983-08-14IFK Göteborg – IF ElfsborgD 0–0 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 15 Forward00
1983-08-10Helsingborgs IF – IFK Göteborg D 0–0 (0–0)Svenska cupen, Omg. 5 Forward00
1983-08-07Östers IF – IFK Göteborg W 0–1 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 14 Forward00
1983-08-04IFK Göteborg – IK BrageW 2–1 (1–0)Allsvenskan, Week 13 Forward00
1983-07-27Mjällby AIF – IFK Göteborg D 0–0 (0–0)Allsvenskan, Week 12 Forward00