2006 Helsingborgs IF season explained

Season:	2006
League Result:	4th
League Topscorer:	Olivier Karekezi (11)
Cup2 Result:	Champions
Nextseason:	2007

Helsingborgs IF had a successful season with the return of Henrik Larsson from Barcelona putting the club into international spotlight. Following a dire start to the season, coach Peter Swärdh was sacked and replaced by Stuart Baxter, the Englishman's first Swedish job for five years. A strong end to the season saw Helsingborg briefly go into title contention, but that was not to be. Instead, Helsingborg beat Gefle 2-0 in the cup final, qualifying for the UEFA Cup as an effect.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Allsvenskan

Matches

Hammarby-Helsingborg 4-2
- - - - 1-0 Paulinho Guará 2-0 Paulinho Guará 3-0 Björn Runström 3-1 Gustaf Andersson 4-1 Max von Schlebrügge 4-2 McDonald Mariga Helsingborg-GAIS 1-0
- 1-0 Olivier Karekezi IFK Göteborg-Helsingborg 2-2
  - - - 0-1 Olivier Karekezi 0-2 McDonald Mariga 1-2 Thomas Olsson 2-2 Jonas Wallerstedt Helsingborg-AIK 1-1
  - 0-1 Wílton Figueiredo 1-1 Babis Stefanidis Gefle-Helsingborg 1-0
- 1-0 Kristen Viikmäe Helsingborg-Öster 4-0
  - - - 1-0 Luton Shelton 2-0 Olivier Karekezi 3-0 Olivier Karekezi 4-0 Babis Stefanidis Malmö FF-Helsingborg 3-1
      - 1-0 Edward Ofere 1-1 Babis Stefanidis 2-1 Afonso Alves 3-1 Marcus Pode Helsingborg-Halmstad 1-1
  - 1-0 Luton Shelton 1-1 Dušan Đurić Elfsborg-Helsingborg 0-0
Helsingborg-Häcken 1-3
- - - - 0-1 Hans Berggren 1-1 Olivier Karekezi 1-2 Robert Mambu-Mumba 1-3 Daniel Larsson Örgryte-Helsingborg 1-1
  - 1-0 Aílton Almeida 1-1 Gustaf Andersson Helsingborg-Kalmar FF 2-1
    - 0-1 Viktor Elm 1-1 Henrik Larsson 2-1 Luton Shelton Djurgården-Helsingborg 2-1
    - 1-0 Matias Concha 1-1 Luton Shelton 2-1 Tobias Hysén Helsingborg-Djurgården 1-1
  - 1-0 Luton Shelton 1-1 Mattias Jonson Helsingborg-Hammarby 3-1
    - - 0-1 Max von Schlebrügge 1-1 Henrik Larsson 2-1 Henrik Larsson 3-1 Fredrik Svanbäck GAIS-Helsingborg 0-2
  - 0-1 McDonald Mariga 0-2 Olivier Karekezi Helsingborg-Malmö FF 3-1
    - - 0-1 Jonatan Johansson 1-1 Luton Shelton 2-1 Luton Shelton 3-1 Gustaf Andersson Halmstad-Helsingborg 1-1
  - 0-1 Henrik Larsson 1-1 Martin Fribrock Helsingborg-Gefle 2-0
  - 1-0 Babis Stefanidis 2-0 Olivier Karekezi Öster-Helsingborg 0-3
    - 0-1 Olivier Karekezi 0-2 Henrik Larsson 0-3 McDonald Mariga Helsingborg-IFK Göteborg 3-2
      - 1-0 Fredrik Svanbäck 2-0 Babis Stefanidis 3-0 Henrik Larsson 3-1 Stefan Selaković 3-2 Pontus Wernbloom AIK-Helsingborg 2-2
      - 0-1 Luton Shelton 1-1 Miran Burgič 2-1 Nicklas Carlsson 2-2 own goal Helsingborg-Örgryte 2-1
    - 1-0 Olivier Karekezi 1-1 Ola Toivonen 2-1 Olivier Karekezi Kalmar FF-Helsingborg 2-4
      - 1-0 Ari 1-1 own goal 1-2 Luton Shelton 1-3 Henrik Larsson 2-3 Ari 2-4 Henrik Larsson Helsingborg-Elfsborg 1-1
  - 0-1 Mathias Svensson 1-1 Olivier Karekezi Häcken-Helsingborg 3-0

Topscorers