Helsingborgs IF

Full name

Helsingborgs Idrottsförening

Nickname(s)

Di Röe (The Reds)
Mjölkkossan (The Milk Cow)

Short name

HIF

Founded

1907

Ground

Olympia,
Helsingborg
(Capacity: 17,173)

Chairman

Sten-Inge Fredin

Manager

Bo Nilsson

League

Allsvenskan

2008

Allsvenskan, 4th




Home colours




Away colours

Helsingborgs IF (alternative spelling Hälsingborgs IF between 1912 and 1971), most commonly referred to as HIF or Helsingborg, is a Swedish football club located in Helsingborg. The club, formed 4 June 1907, has won six national championship titles and three national cup titles. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Helsingborg was the last Swedish team to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. They did so in the 2000-01 season, eliminating Inter in the third qualifying round winning 1-0 in Helsingborg and drawing 0-0 in Milan with Alvaro Recoba missing a penalty at 90th min.

1 History
2 Current squad
- 2.1 Out on loan
3 Noted players
4 Achievements
5 Records
6 External links

History

2005: Failed year

In 2005, Helsingborg opened strong with four wins from their first five matches. But they ended at sixth place in Allsvenskan losing both derbys with rivals Malmö FF in the process.

2006: A successful Autumn

Helsingborg went through the spring of the 2006 Allsvenskan season very slowly. They once again lost the derby against Malmö FF and their manager Peter Swärdh was fired. Following the World Cup break however, Henrik Larsson arrived at Helsingborg along with a new manager, Stuart Baxter, and Helsingborg started to win matches. After victory in the derby and a 3-2 win at home against IFK Göteborg, Helsingborg finished in fourth place in the league and as winners in the Svenska Cupen after a 2–0 victory over Gefle IF in the cup final.

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996-97	UEFA Cup	2Q	Dinamo-93 Minsk	1-1	3-0	4-1
		1st Round	Aston Villa FC	0-0	1-1	1-1 (a)
		2nd Round	Neuchâtel Xamax	2-0	1-1	3-1
		3Q	RSC Anderlecht	0-0	0-1	0-1

1997-98	UEFA Cup	2Q	Ferencvárosi TC	0-1	1-0	1-1

1998-99	UEFA Cup Winner's Cup	Qualifying Round	FC Vaduz	3-0	2-0	5-0
		1st Round	Chelsea FC	0-0	0-1	0-1

1999-00	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	FK Riga	5-0	0-0	5-0
		1st Round	FC Karpaty Lviv	1-1	1-1	2-2 (a)
		2nd Round	Parma FC	1-3	0-1	1-4

2000-01	UEFA Champions League	2Q	FC BATE Borisov	0-0	3-0	3-0
		3Q	FC Internazionale	1-0	0-0	1-0
		Group F	FC Bayern München	1-3	0-0
		Group F	Paris Saint-Germain FC	1-1	1-4
		Group F	Rosenborg BK	2-0	1-6

2001-02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	MyPa	3-1	2-1	5-2
		1st Round	Odd Grenland BK	2-2	1-1	3-3 (a)
		2nd Round	Ipswich Town FC	0-0	1-3	1-3

2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	FC Koper	1-0	0-0	1-0
		2nd Round	1. FC Synot	2-0	0-4	2-4

2007-08	UEFA Cup	1Q	FC Narva Trans	6-0	3-0	9-0
		2Q	Drogheda United FC	3-0	1-1	4-1
		1st Round	SC Heerenveen	5-1	3-5	8-6
		Group H	Panionios	1-1
		Group H	Galatasaray SK		3-2
		Group H	FK Austria Wien	3-0
		Group H	FC Girondins de Bordeaux		1-2
		Round of 32	PSV	1-2	0-2	1-4

Current squad

As of 26 June 2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Daniel Andersson
2	MF	Isaac Chansa
3	DF	Adama Tamboura
4	DF	Andreas Landgren
5	DF	Hannu Patronen
7	FW	Tobias Holmqvist
8	MF	Fredrik Svanbäck
10	MF	Marcus Lantz
13	MF	Ólafur Ingi Skúlason
14	MF	Johan Eiswoldh
16	MF	René Makondele
17	FW	Henrik Larsson (captain)

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Mathias Unkuri
21	MF	Christoffer Andersson
22	GK	Oscar Berglund
23	DF	Erik Wahlstedt
24	DF	Marcus Nilsson
26	DF	Joel Ekstrand
27	FW	Mike SSerumaga
29	FW	Rasmus Jönsson
31	MF	Henrik Fribrock
33	MF	Marcus Bergholtz
35	GK	Hampus Nilsson

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Leandro Castán (Grêmio Recreativo Barueri)
30	GK	Pär Hansson (Ängelholms FF)
31	MF	Henrik Fribrock (Ängelholms FF)
28	FW	Patrik Åström (Ängelholms FF)

Noted players

Sweden:

Gustaf Andersson
Sven Andersson
Erik Edman
Hans Eklund
Sven Espling
Folke Friis
Andreas Granqvist
Jesper Jansson
Andreas Jakobsson
Ulrik Jansson
Mattias Jonson
Knut Kroon
Marcus Lantz
Henrik Larsson
Anders Linderoth
Mattias Lindström
Mats Magnusson
Jozo Matovac
Malte Mårtensson
Ola Nilsson
Roland Nilsson
John Pelu
Magnus Powell
Rade Prica
Kalle Svensson

Algeria:

Samir Beloufa

Argentina:

Franco Miranda

Austria:

Roman Kienast

Benin:

Razak Omotoyossi

Brazil:

Claudinei Resende†
Álvaro Santos

Canada:

Atiba Hutchinson

Congo DR:

René Makondele

Denmark:

Peter Christiansen
Peter Graulund

England:

Stuart Baxter

Estonia:

Tarmo Neemelo

Iceland:

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason

Jamaica:

Luton Shelton

Kenya:

McDonald Mariga

Mali:

Adama Tamboura

Nigeria:

Mike Obiku

Norway:

Lars Bakkerud
Björn Johansen
Stig Johansen
Arild Stavrum
Kenneth Storvik

Rwanda:

Olivier Karekezi

South Africa:

Thando Mngonemi

Uganda:

Mike SSerumaga

Zambia:

Isaac Chansa

Achievements

Swedish Champions:
- Winners (4): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1999
Allsvenskan:
- Winners (6): 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1999
- Runners-up (6): 1927–28, 1948–49, 1953–54, 1995, 1998, 2000
Svenska Mästerskapet:
- Runners-up (2): 1914, 1918
Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (3): 1941, 1997–98, 2006
- Runners-up (2): 1950, 1993–94
Supercupen:
- Runners-up (1): 2007

Records

Most appearances, Allsvenskan: 349, Karl Svensson 1943–1962
Most goals scored, Allsvenskan: 140, Knut Kroon 1925–1942

External links

Helsingborgs IF - official site
Kärnan - official supporter club site
HIF E-zine - supporter site
tHIFo - the terrace arrangements group site
Bakgatan - Supporter site

Football in Sweden

National association	National team	U-21	List of clubs	Champions
Records	Women's national team	List of women's clubs	Seasons

Competitions in Swedish football

Allsvenskan

Superettan

Division 1 (N, S)

Division 2

Division 3

Damallsvenskan

Svenska Cupen

Supercupen

League system

Allsvenskan 2008

AIK · Djurgårdens IF · IF Elfsborg · GAIS · Gefle IF · IFK Göteborg · Halmstads BK · Hammarby IF
Helsingborgs IF · Kalmar FF · Ljungskile SK · Malmö FF · IFK Norrköping · GIF Sundsvall
Trelleborgs FF · Örebro SK