Allsvenskan: Helsingborg IF

[DanneS]

Helsingborg IF - the home of Henrik Larsson

The Union Jack is flying high at the Olympia Stadium in Helsingborg, Sweden along with the red-yellow flag of the region of Skåne (Scania) and the colours of Helsingborg, red and blue. After the great season that Luton Shelton has had there's also a couple of Jamaican Flags waving in the wind.

Helsingborg has a new manager Stuart Baxter, born in Birmingham UK, and the hopes are high that he could inspire the team to lift itself from the middle of the table to the top of the swedish league Allsvenskan. Update: Which he surely has helped the team to achieve since his arrival.

The results after Larsson has arrived are Outstanding! 30 points in the last twelve games.
HIF vs Hammarby 3-1 (Larsson back in top shape)
GAIS vs HIF 0-2 (I was there, it was a great game)
HIF vs Malmö FF 3-1 (the Scanian derby)
Halmstad vs HIF 1-1 (we should have won)
HIF vs Gefle 2-0 (another convincing performance)
Öster vs Helsingborg 0-3 (amazing, we keep winning)
Helsingborg vs Göteborg 3-2 (an outstanding first half)
AIK Stockholm vs Helsingborg IF 2-2 (thanks for the OG)
Helsingborg vs Öster IF 3-0 (no problems in this game)
Helsingborg vs Örgryte IS 2-1 (28 shots on goal)
Kalmar FF vs Helsingborg 2-4 (Henrik Larsson: 2 goals)
Helsingborg vs Elfsborg 1-1 (A draw between two of the top teams)
<to be updated>
The latest news of 12 November is in my last post of this thread. (http://www.fbtz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=581425&postcount=26)

Here's the A-team of 2006

http://xs206.xs.to/xs206/06373/HIF2006.jpg

Luton Shelton is from Jamaica. He's on fire, he scores in every game right now.
Fredrik Svanbäck is from Finland, Franco Miranda is from Argentina and McDonald Mariga is from Kenya.
We've also got one player from Rwanda and one from Mali. The rest of the team are swedish citizens.

The top goalscorers after the World Cup

Henrik Larsson 12
Luton Shelton 12

The club's official homepage http://www.hif.se (the shop is in english)
About the city of Helsingborg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsingborg

Stuart Baxter began his football career as a player in Preston North End FC in 1968. He later went to Sweden to play for Helsingborgs IF, before settling in that country as a coach. He led AIK Stockholm to become Swedish champions and in 2004 he became manager of the South African national team. Baxter speaks fluent swedish and his son has played for swedish teams. Returning to Helsingborg is a sort of homecoming for him.

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[akibo]

btw. is Henke above the heads of other players in the Swedish premier league, or has the age already came to get him..

[DanneS]

btw. is Henke above the heads of other players in the Swedish premier league, or has the age already came to get him..
He is a bit slower than three-four years ago but his skill and experience still shows. He's a very good 35 year old player.

The first couple of games after the WC he did nothing spectacular but after that he has been the main reason that the club is moving up in the table.

He has been suspended for two games now but will be back for the difficult away match on Sunday against Halmstad.

[akibo]

Good to hear that, keep this thread updated for it'll always be great to hear of how's one of the true greats doing.

[DanneS]

Good to hear that, keep this thread updated for it'll always be great to hear of how's one of the true greats doing.
I will.

Please feel free to ask me anything about Henrik Larsson, Helsingborg
or swedish football in general.

If I could cap with my computer/dvd-player I'd upload a Helsingborg game with Larsson.
Maybe someone else with Canal+ could do us a favour... :cool:

[jak914]

I will.

Please feel free to ask me anything about Henrik Larsson, Helsingborg
or swedish football in general.

If I could cap with my computer/dvd-player I'd upload a Helsingborg game with Larsson.
Maybe someone else with Canal+ could do us a favour... :cool:
yea that would be interesting to see a swedish game with larson in it :)

[Zandis87]

1 AIK 17 9 6 2 33-17 33
2 Elfsborg 18 8 9 1 31-16 33
3 IFK Göteborg 17 8 6 3 28-16 30
4 Djurgården 18 8 6 4 22-15 30
5 Malmö FF 18 8 4 6 30-25 28
6 Hammarby 18 9 3 6 29-25 27
7 Kalmar FF 17 8 2 7 23-19 26
8 Helsingborg 17 6 6 5 26-22 24
9 Gefle 18 6 5 7 19-26 23
10 Gais 18 5 6 7 19-24 21
11 Halmstad 17 4 6 7 13-21 18
12 Häcken 17 2 6 9 18-31 12
13 Örgryte 17 2 5 10 16-29 11
14 Öster 17 2 4 11 12-33 10

i wonder who is gona win the league this year...

[DanneS]

The match today: Halmstad vs Helsingborg 1-1

Henrik Larsson scored again. ;)

Luton Shelton had to be subbed because of an injury, maybe a hamstring problem.

[Zandis87]

have HIF been playing good ever since baxter came ?

[Fenianbhoy]

Whats the dates of the start & end of the swedish season. did Henke start playing mid way thro ther season.

Was also Suprised that Stuart Baxter was English .:eek:

[DanneS]

Whats the dates of the start & end of the swedish season. did Henke start playing mid way thro ther season.

Was also Suprised that Stuart Baxter was English .:eek:
Maybe Baxter has some scottish background as well? Anyway...Helsingborg has done very well since he came.

The season ends on 5th of November.... Henrik has played 7 league games, he came after the world cup.

Edit.
Another Victory tonight. Helsingborg vs Gefle 2-0.

*******News*******
We keep winning. Öster vs Helsingborg 0-3.
and Henrik Larsson scored of course

The Table of Allsvenskan 27 September 2006
1. Elfsborg - 39 points
2. AIK Stockholm - 39 points
3. IFK Göteborg - 32 points
4. Helsingborg IF - 31 points

Next game, which I will see live if I can get a ticket.
Helsingborg vs IFK Göteborg on Saturday at 4 pm.

http://xs107.xs.to/xs107/06393/hif_vs_ifk.jpg

[ANTONIO_65]

congratulations DanneS great thread!!!
is perfect that you inform us about henrik larsson and his team.
as I can see he is scoring a lot of goals. I'm glad!!!
un saludo

[DanneS]

Helsingborg IF vs IFK Göteborg
This match is on swedish television right now so I stayed at home to avoid the rainclouds.

At Half Time it's 3-0 and it's Party Time! :D:D:D
Goals: Fredrik Svanbäck, Babis Stefanidis and Henrik Larsson

Let's hope the crushing of the former swedish giants of football continues after the break.

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Nope, that didn't happen, Helsingborg took it a bit more easy than Göteborg in the 2nd half.

The end result of this game: Helsingborg 3 - Göteborg 2

The game went downhill in the second half, the Ref lost control and didn't see two penalties - one for each team, but managed to give Mariga of Helsingborg two shitty yellow cards and we had to play for half an hour with 10 men. Göteborg came back in a strong fashion the last 10 minutes and scored two goals.

Our coach Baxter was mad like hell that we let that happen. So am I. :mad: But it's still a party tonight. :D


The Football Life of Henrik Larsson
Born 20 September 1971 in Helsingborg, Sweden

Seasons --- Clubs --- Games/Goals
1989-1992 --- Högaborg BK --- not available
1992-1993 --- Helsingborg IF --- 56/50
1993-1997 --- Feyenoord --- 101/26
1997-2004 --- Celtic FC --- 315/242 >>> :eek:
2004-2006 --- FC Barcelona --- 33/12
2006-???? --- Helsingborg IF --- 14/9

The National Team - 1993-2006 - 93 games/26 goals

http://svt.se/content/1/c6/63/08/02/henkemal3752223_411.jpg

[nimme]

Quite funny that Bengt Andersson (keeper in IFK Göteborg) critizised the swedish goalkeepers and then he does a terrible match and HIF wins.. :D

[DanneS]

There's a very difficult and very important game today at 3pm.

AIK Stockholm vs Helsingborg IF

If we want to win the league we need three points but AIK needs them too for the same reason.
It will be a very tough game, I hope we could continue our winning streak.

The top of the table right now.
1. Elfsborg - 40 pts
2. AIK Stockholm - 40
3. Helsingborg - 34
4. Djurgården - 33
5. IFK Göteborg - 32

We need to end top four to qualify for the Scandinavian League 'Royal League' this winter.
All teams have five games left to play.

*****Update*****
Halftime 0-1 (Luton Shelton)

The result after 60 minutes 2-1 :mad:

Hahaha... it's unbelievable, AIK scored an OWN GOAL in the last minute of the extratime.

FT 2-2 - and I'm pleased with that result. :D:D

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[Hyland]

Nice goal by Arnefjord I have to say! :D

[Weeela]

Do you think it's a definite win for Elfsborg after yesterday's match? I think so..

[Hyland]

I sure hope so but it aint over 'til Fetto-Lennart sings! :D

[DanneS]

Two important games coming up.
Today 19 October: Helsingborg vs Östers IF - The Semifinal of the Swedish Cup
Sunday 22 October: Helsingborg vs Örgryte IS - Allsvenskan (The Swedish League)

http://xs208.xs.to/xs208/06424/hif19_22okt.jpg
The crowd loves this guy, Luton Shelton from Jamaica. They bring Jamaican flags to the match to cheer for him.

***Update***
Helsingborg vs Öster IF 3-0
Goals: Larsson, Karekezi and Shelton. We're in the Cup Final! :cool:

...:) :) :)

[Hyland]

Good luck in the UEFA-cup! Gefle should be a piece of cake for you. I don't know how Larssons contract is written but will he play next year as well? Would sure be nice if you would qualify for the UEFA-cup and still have Henrik Larsson on your team.
Well well, you have to win against Gefle first. :cool:

[DanneS]

Good luck in the UEFA-cup!
Thanks, it will be a fight to the end with your team Djurgarden to get the third or fourth spot in the League. Maybe it's our turn now to play in the Royal League?

I've read at the HIF website that Henrik Larsson will stay the whole next season according to his contract and the club has also an option for another year after that.

Next season, in 2007, the club celebrates 100 years and then I hope we play as well as we do now - from the start. A good performance in the UEFA Cup would also be nice to see. But first we need to win the final vs. Gefle. :cool:

Facts about Larssons contract (in swedish)
http://www.hif.se/Arkiv/news/060216


***Update 22 October***
Helsingborg vs Örgryte IS 2-1
Olivier Karekezi scored both goals (3, 82) and was MotM.

http://www.hif.se/images/pics/playerGallery/p_%7B0D0C51A8-587B-42E2-BD63-A80410CA753F%7D/banners/0_olivierkarekezi.jpg

The ÖIS keeper Dick Last was very good today, it could have been a lot worse for Örgryte. According to the match statistics we had 28 shots on goal. Our team is still undefeated since 5th of August. Three games left of the league and we are on a more solid third place right now.

1. IF ELFSBORG - 43
2. AIK STOCKHOLM - 42
3. HELSINGBORG - 38
4. DJURGÅRDEN - 36
5. IFK GÖTEBORG - 35

@Nimme... Come on ÖIS! I hope they'll win their next games!

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***Update 26 October***
A difficult away game... we need the win to hold the other teams off.

Final result.
Kalmar FF vs Helsingborg 2-4
Goals: Luton Shelton 2, Henrik Larsson 2

Cheers to Baxter, Larsson, Shelton and the rest of the team!
We have set a new record. 12 games in a row without losing, 9 wins and 3 draws.
The last time the club was this succesful was in 1933, the old golden glory days of Helsingborg.

There are now three games left of the season. Let's make it 15, shall we? ;)

29 October: Helsingborgs IF vs IF Elfsborg (we could rob them from winning the title)
5 November: BK Häcken vs Helsingborgs IF (I'm going to see this game 'live')
11 November: Helsingborg vs Gefle (the Cup Final is played at Råsunda, Stockholm)

The table right now
1. Elfsborg - 46
2. AIK Stockholm - 45
3. Helsingborg - 41
4. Djurgården - 37
5. Hammarby - 37

It will be difficult to win the league but a third place and a win in the cup final would be "ok". The season started in a terrible way but it has gone quite alright since midseason when Henrik Larsson came back and we got ourselves a great new coach!

[DanneS]

The result of today's game.
Helsingborg vs Elfsborg 1-1
Goal: Olivier Karekezi

Our chance to win the league is now gone and we need to concentrate on getting the third place - a draw in our last game will be enough - and of course winning the Cupfinal. Maybe we've also helped AIK to take the title. I would like to apologize to all fans of Elfsborg if that will the case. We know more the 5th November.

The table after 25 games
1. Elfsborg - 47 points
2. AIK Stockholm - 46
3. Helsingborg - 42
4. Hammarby - 40
5. Djurgården - 40

[nimme]

Our chance to win the league is now over and we need to concentrate on getting the third place - a draw in our last game will be enough - and of course winning the Cupfinal. Maybe we've also helped AIK to take the title. I would like to apologize to all fans of Elfsborg if that will the case. We know more the 5th November.


hehe, well don't be sad because you can't win.. we have like 1% chance of not geting relegated! :mad: :(

[Zandis87]

nimme how good has Ola Toivonen been this season ?
i am hearing rumors that he is on his way to Göteborg, you know anything about that ?

or you maybe dont watch the games ?

[nimme]

nimme how good has Ola Toivonen been this season ?
i am hearing rumors that he is on his way to Göteborg, you know anything about that ?

or you maybe dont watch the games ?

It took a white for him, he had it really tough in the start of the season but he played his way into the team and is becoming better each game. I remember two certain freekicks. One at rambergsvalle against Häcken, oh what a beauty. And one against Ifk Göteborg at Nya Ullevi, i almost cried. Scoring such a goal against IFK it just doesn't happen for us! :)

As for the Göteborg rumour, it would not surprise me but it would kill me. I just don't want to see him play for them.. it makes me shiver.

[DanneS]

Winner Of The Swedish Cup Final on the 11 of November
Helsingborg IF
Gefle IF vs Helsingborg 0-2 (Luton Shelton, Babis Stefanidis)

The League ended last week and the final table looks like this.
1. IF ELFSBORG 50 points --> Surprise winners!
2. AIK 49 points
3. HAMMARBY IF 43 points
4. HELSINGBORG IF 42 points --> our team lost the last awaygame vs a team that fought off relegation by winning...

The fourth place qualifies the club to play the Royal League this season.
It's a danish/norwegian/swedish league where the best teams play for the title 'best scandinavian team of the season'.

I think I may start a thread about that league later....

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[Zandis87]

well since this is the closest we get to a swedish thread, what do you guys think about the award cermony(or whatever you call it) ?

i was suprised when i heard that Ljungberg won the big one, i thought it would been a showdown between Allbäck and Linderoth

[DanneS]

well since this is the closest we get to a swedish thread, what do you guys think about the award cermony(or whatever you call it) ?
Freddy Ljungberg has been the best swedish player in the national this year and he's the new captain.
It's not a surprise that he was given the Guldbollen-award. (The Golden Ball)

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The match today 19 November
The Royal League - The All-Scandinavian Winter League
Helsingborg vs Rosenborg (The Champions of Norway) 3-1
Goals: Karekezi, Larsson, Karekezi

We owned the match completely in the second half and could have scored a few more goals.
Henrik Larsson was excellent just like rest of the team.
There's probably a Big Party in some of the pubs of Helsingborg tonight. :D

[Hyland]

Freddy Ljungberg has been the best swedish player in the national this year and he's the new captain.
It's not a surprise that he was given the Guldbollen-award. (The Golden Ball)

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The match today 19 November
The Royal League - The All-Scandinavian Winter League
Helsingborg vs Rosenborg (The Champions of Norway) 3-1
Goals: Karekezi, Larsson, Karekezi

We owned the match completely in the second half and could have scored a few more goals.
Henrik Larsson was excellent just like rest of the team.
There's probably a Big Party in some of the pubs of Helsingborg tonight. :D
I was really impressed of your performance against Rosenborg, although I understand they had some key players injured? I would say Helsingborg is the best team in Sweden at the moment. But we all know that can change quickly. I mean Elfsborg winning the league!? Still can't get over that! Well, rather Elfsborg than Dirty AIK. :cool:

[DanneS]

We beat OB 1-0 tonight in Royal League.

1 SK Brann (no) - 8
2 Helsingborg (se) - 8
3 OB (dk) - 4
4 Rosenborg (no) - 1

On Sunday we play Brann at home if it's possible.... look at the photo....
The weather today was appalling and the pitch is beyond belief. I think we need artificial grass. :(

http://media.hd.se/2006/12/07/184144/large/olympia1.jpg

[DanneS]

Helsingborg vs Kalmar FF 5-0
Larsson scored 2 himself and was the brain behind the other 3 goals with his excellent passes.

A photo for all his fans!

http://www.svenskafans.com/image/5/41381.jpg

Helsingborg is 6 points behind the top of Allsvenskan but we can change that.
We play two of the leading teams in our next two games, if we win we're at the top ourselves.

[PortGlasgow]

Why havent I seen this thread before? Im a fan of the Allsvenskan/Superettan league. 2nd 5-0 defeat in a row for Kalmar LOL whats happening to them used to be a decent solid team, seen a bit about it on goalisimo forgot what they said. Still the league is wide open tricky game for hels away to elfs then home to to DIF. Gotto beat DIF.

Elfsborg home to Valencia the tuesday/wed after they play you so they might rest a couple of players (hopefully) and concentrate on the champions league.

[DanneS]

The table right now. Played games-Win-Draw-Lost-Goals-Points

1 IF Elfsborg 18 9 5 4 30:19 32
2 Djurgårdens IF 18 9 5 4 24:15 32
3 Halmstads BK 18 9 5 4 27:20 32
4 IFK Göteborg 18 8 5 5 31:20 29
5 AIK 18 8 4 6 22:19 28
6 Malmö FF 18 7 6 5 23:16 27
7 Helsingborgs IF 18 7 5 6 32:23 26
8 Kalmar FF 18 8 2 8 23:26 26
9 Hammarby IF 18 7 3 8 22:19 24
10 Gefle IF 18 6 5 7 16:19 23
11 GAIS 18 5 6 7 17:25 21
12 Brommapojkarna 18 4 4 10 15:34 16
13 Trelleborgs FF 18 4 3 11 18:31 15
14 Örebro SK 18 3 6 9 17:31 15

[PortGlasgow]

After the big two youve got 3 must win games

16.09.2007 D1 Allsvenskan Helsingborgs IF Brommapojkarna
24.09.2007 D1 Allsvenskan Örebro SK Helsingborgs IF
30.09.2007 D1 Allsvenskan Helsingborgs IF Trelleborgs FF

Get something from the the DIF and elfs then 9 points in the bag hopefully with those 3, AIK and Malmo will drop points so should see you top 4 with a bit of luck.

/edit btw do you know how much the tv rights sold for Allsvenskan and Tippielagen sold for?

[DanneS]

After the big two youve got 3 must win games

16.09.2007 D1 Allsvenskan Helsingborgs IF Brommapojkarna
24.09.2007 D1 Allsvenskan Örebro SK Helsingborgs IF
30.09.2007 D1 Allsvenskan Helsingborgs IF Trelleborgs FF

Get something from the the DIF and elfs then 9 points in the bag hopefully with those 3, AIK and Malmo will drop points so should see you top 4 with a bit of luck.
Yes, we have a chance to go top 3 if we play at our best in the next two difficult games.
At least 4 points would be nice to get from them.
The easy games we have after that are as you write must-wins but you never know....those teams are fighting to avoid relegation.

/edit btw do you know how much the tv rights sold for Allsvenskan and Tippielagen sold for?
I'll google it for you.

Allsvenskan
A company called Kentaro bought the tv rights 2006 for an amount of 100 million pounds (1.35 billion SEK)
and then it was handed over to Canal+ and TV4 for a secret amount of money. They are still in control of the rights.

[Hyland]

I f*cking hate this season. Every game nearly gives me a heartattack. :mad:

[DanneS]

Elfsborg vs Helsingborg last weekend ended 0-0 but we could have won it. :mad:
Next weekend we play Djurgården of Stockholm.
According to this ad they are known to have a lot of fans that are Chavs, Bimbos and Upperclass Twits. :D

http://www.hif.se/images/common/topbanner/20070831/www.hif.se_DIF.jpg

Today it's the 2nd leg of UEFA qualification Helsingborg vs Drogheda (Ireland)

Here's Henrik Larsson's Diary @icons.com where he talks about this game and some more.
http://www.icons.com/HL/diary.html

We won 3-0 and now we're going to meet Heerenveen in the UEFA Cup! :D

[Weeela]

Woah! What happened against Herenveen :eek:! Grats man, heard you played a great game!

[DanneS]

Woah! What happened against Herenveen :eek:! Grats man, heard you played a great game!
Thanks, it was the Best Game of The Season! :D:D

Heerenveen won the first game two weeks ago = 5-3 :eek:

Henrik Larsson's Helsingborg needed only 2-0 to go through thanks to the 3 away goals
But Larsson destroyed Heerenveen. He was very satisfied with the game. He was world class.
Heerenveen's brazilian star Afonso Alves who has had a great season did nothin' to stop us. :p

Yesterday's result: 5-1

UEFA Group Stage here we come! :cool:

[serpetry]

nice to see larsson is still the king. :D

[DanneS]

Our UEFA Cup Group Fixtures

25 October: Helsingborg vs Panionios --> a must win ---> Sadly, the result was 1-1, Larsson scored a late equaliser
8 November: Galatasaray vs Helsingborg --> very difficult ---> But we made it. We won! 3-2 :D
29 November: Helsingborg vs Austria Wien --> surprise points to be taken --> Yes. We won 3-0!
6 December: Bordeaux vs Helsingborg --> difficult

We must win our first game and then get some surprise points from one of the other games
- if we want to end up at least at third place in the group and go through.

http://www.hif.se/images/common/topbanner/20071016/www.hif.se_Panionios.gif

The last swedish league game vs HBK (Halmstad) is of no importance, we will stay at 9th place.
It's a thrown away league season, only Larsson and Omotoyossi have been at their best.
All the fans are looking forward to see what Helsingborg could do in the UEFA Cup to save the season.

[DanneS]

Helsingborg won the last game of the Swedish League season. :):D

Helsingborg vs Halmstad 9-0 --> That's right folks NINE vs ZERO :cool:

1-0 Christoffer Andersson (16)
2-0 Own goal (27)
3-0 René Makondele (36)
4-0 Christoffer Andersson (44)
5-0 Razak Omotoyossi (49)
6-0 Henrik Larsson (55)
7-0 Erik Wahlstedt (65)
8-0 Andreas Landgren (76)
9-0 René Makondele (85)

Henrik Larsson gave an assist on many of those goals
and he won The Swedish Goal Assist League this season.

This Helsingborg player, Razak Omotoyossi from Benin, won The Swedish Goal Scoring League.

http://www.expressen.se/polopoly_fs/1.761594!slot100slotWide75ArticleFull/3447786819.jpg

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So how did Allsvenskan 2007 end?
Congrats to IFK Göteborg who are the champs again (after 11 years) and they will be fighting to play Champions League next season.

The final table of Allsvenskan 2007


Team Goals Points
IFK Göteborg +22 49
Kalmar FF +11 48
Djurgårdens IF +15 46
IF Elfsborg +9 40
AIK +3 38
Hammarby IF +4 36
Halmstads BK -8 36
Helsingborgs IF +12 35
Malmö FF +1 34
Gefle IF -1 34
GAIS -13 29
Örebro SK -17 25
Trelleborgs FF -16 23
Brommapojkarna -22 23

The reason why Helsingborg ended in the mid-table was some major defensive problems.
Central defenders were sold and the new players didn't get their act together until recently.
But at least there haven't been any problems with scoring goals this season.

http://media.hd.se/2007/10/23/262181/large/_Larsson_27.jpg

Is this his last season of football? We'll know soon how he is planning his life 2008.

The 36 year old legend is thinking of retiring. :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Larsson
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[Hyland]

Nice result from Helsingborg. 3-2 against Galatasaray in Turkey. Congrats. ;)

[DanneS]

Nice result from Helsingborg. 3-2 against Galatasaray in Turkey. Congrats. ;)
Thanks, we're trying to do something good for Swedish Club Football. :)

http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00451/bragd_451935w.jpg

[ELLADA]

My pal who is a GS fan called me for the result (he had an exam and could not watch it). Let us just say that he is absolutely demoralized and will probably fail his exam.

To win in Turkey is not easy... you can ask Inter & Liverpool, among others...

[serpetry]

fabulous game in istanbul. i think larsson can play like this untill he's 50 yrs old.

[DanneS]

One Hour To Go: Helsingborg vs Austria Vienna in the UEFA Cup.
I think we need the win tonight or else we are out.

http://www.hif.se/images/common/topbanner/20071029/www.hif.se_Austria_Wien.jpg


Update
Helsingborg won 3-0
All goals in the second half (Skulason, Omotoyossi, Omotoyossi)
Henrik Larsson MotM.

We're through to the second phase of the UEFA Cup next year.
The last game vs Bordeaux (away) will decide who is the group winner.
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[jak914]

congrats on the win. hope they have some success in the next stage.

Just read this article on UEFA.com Hope larsson keeps on playing. he really seems like he is helping the team alot and it seems he is enjoying playing for his old team.

Article (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=630100.html?cid=newsletter&att=text)

[DanneS]

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Watch Henrik Larsson's maybe last international game. Right now.
Bordeaux vs Helsingborg

It's 1-1 after 15 minutes, latest goal scored by Henrik Larsson. :D

A Legal stream of this game is up at http://www.eurosport.se/fotboll/mcplayervideo_vid57784.shtml
Excellent quality if you rightclick and choose Zoom-->full screen.

[hibby1875]

Wow, thanks for the heads-up Dannes - excellent quality stream.

Go Helsingborg, go Larsson! :D

[DanneS]

Bordeaux vs Helsingborg
This game is about who will be the group winner and meet a little less difficult team in February.
1-1 at half time. It's a tough game for us and Tamboura is inches away from getting a red card.

Bordeaux needs the win to be sure of being number 1 of the group. They're going to go for it 100%.
No matter the result Helsingborg looks like at least number 2 in the group
but then we need to play a 3rd place CL team, like Benfica or Rangers/Lyon...

Update
We're down to 10 men and Bordeaux scored 2-1.
20 minutes left but the game is almost over.

Our UEFA Cup Group Fixtures
25 October: Helsingborg vs Panionios --> a must win ---> Sadly, the result was 1-1, Larsson scored a late equaliser
8 November: Galatasaray vs Helsingborg --> very difficult ---> But we made it. We won! 3-2 :D
29 November: Helsingborg vs Austria Wien --> surprise points to be taken --> Yes. We won 3-0!
6 December: Bordeaux vs Helsingborg --> difficult--> We lost 2-1. We had lots of chances to score more goals - but we didn't.


Group H after today's two games
Bordeaux 3 played - 9 points
Helsingborg 4 played - 7 points
Panionios 3 played - 4 points
Galatasaray 3 played - 3 points
Austria Wien 3 played - 0 points
Bordeaux and Helsingborg have made it out of the group.
Only the third place in the group is up for grabs in two weeks time.

[hibby1875]

Full time 2-1. Helsingborg can consider themselves very unlucky tonight. They were much the better side prior to Tamboura's dismissal (which was merited), although Makondele's and Omotoyossi's distribution/finishing was pretty wasteful.

Even after the red card Svanbäck had an excellent chance and I believe a Bordeaux player should have been red-carded for elbowing/punching Skúlason at a corner. Also thought the keeper (Andersson?) made some excellent reaction saves. :cool:

As expected, Larsson was impecable in his general linkplay and movement - it's a shame you only have one of him! :rolleyes:

Never mind, hopefully the team you get from the CL is Rangers, as having watched them this season I reckon your team (and Larsson :p) can beat them over two legs. Here's hoping! :)

[DanneS]

So which team will Helsingborg have to play in February? The draw is coming up soon.

It will be one of the third-placed teams in the Champions League groups.
Olympique Marseille
Rosenborg
Werder Bremen
Benfica
Rangers
Sporting Lissabon
PSV Eindhoven
Slavia Prague

I hope the draw will give us either Slavia Prague or Rosenborg - and not any portuguese team or Werder Bremen.
It would be nice to go to the round of 16.

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Look here at the top scorers of the UEFA Cup so far: --> http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/index.html

6 goals
Henrik Larsson, Helsingborg
Razak Omotoyossi, Helsingborg
5 goals
Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Panathinaikos
Agüero, Atlético Madrid

And we don't know yet if both or any of them will play that game in February.

Update
We got PSV Eindhoven, not the worst alternative but it will of course be very difficult to punish them.

No news yet of Henrik Larsson's future or who will be the new coach of the club.
But the management wants Larsson to be part of the coaching team this year.
They want to hire people that have strong local support for the job of leading the club.
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[jimmy]

whats the latest on larsson then?

[Zandis87]

Larsson has signed up for another year with Helsingborg, atleast Helsingborg now will have a chance in the uefa cup.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/allsvenskan/helsingborg/article1615921.ab

[hibby1875]

Great news for Helsingborgs and football in general IMO. :cool:

Looks like Henke wants to see what this team can do in europe - hopefully they'll beat PSV and then who knows?! :D

I'll be watching and supporting them if I can. ;)

[DanneS]

Great news for Helsingborgs and football in general IMO. :cool:

Looks like Henke wants to see what this team can do in europe - hopefully they'll beat PSV and then who knows?! :D

I'll be watching and supporting them if I can. ;)

Thanks Hibby!
If some of you people really like Larsson after his time in Celtic, Man United or Barca
and want some smallish team to support except your own, just for fun,
you could always get behind our red-blue flag and cheer for Helsingborg.

Henrik Larsson wants to get Helsingborgs IF another title before he ends his career.
The UEFA Cup would be great (and beyond belief) but if that turns out to be too hard,
winning Allsvenskan - the swedish top league 2008 - will be fine.

Henrik wants to end his career as a winner also in his home town.
He is rumoured to having had a serious chat with the chairman of the board
to ensure that there will be full support from the bosses this season
and no stupid and greedy selling of key players of the defense like last season.

Larsson is also planning to take the courses needed to get a Manager License in the future.

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[DanneS]

Henrik Larsson and Razak Omotoyossi will still haunt the defenses of the other clubs.
Helsingborg scored the highest amount of goals last season: 49 goals/26 games.
Razak was top scorer and Henrik was the leading assist-maker. I hope this trend continues.

http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08130/hif2008773.jpg
It looks like the photographer told them I want your funny face, not your fighting face.

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Our big problem 2007 was losing too many games because of defensive errors due to selling/getting rid of main defenders.
Our previous coach failed to approach this problem. We can't afford to have the same problems now. I'm curious to see what has been done about it.

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[DanneS]

Helsingborg vs Manchester City 2-0

The under-21 teams of HIF and Man City played yesterday in Sweden.
Our youth manager is very satisfied with the result. City is a much bigger club.
Helsingborg have a couple of really bright young talents who have made some good work
for the club in the league this autumn. The future of swedish football is already here.

http://www.hif.se/images/pics/playerGallery/p_%7BD46B258F-6E32-4324-B4BF-883FB6A64F9E%7D/banners/0_andreaslandgren.png

http://www.hif.se/images/pics/playerGallery/p_%7B5022A83D-1205-4080-A52B-8AB5B334055B%7D/banners/0_joelekstrand.png

http://www.hif.se/images/pics/playerGallery/p_%7B94E96B0B-4EF4-4F0A-B4AD-391D240541C5%7D/banners/0_rasmusjonsson.png

[DanneS]

The team of Helsingborg 2009

The old experienced players and the young talents.
Henrik is 37 and Rasmus is 19. The are both strikers in Helsingborg.
http://www.hif.se/images/common/topbanner/20090205/www.hif.se_H_R_1.jpg

The team will be back from their winter training in South Africa tomorrow.
Because of the economical crisis and lack of sponsorship there are few new faces in the squad
- but from that 2008 first team picture only Omotoyossi and Granqvist are gone.
We need to be lucky with avoiding injuries to do well this season. Top 5 is ok.

[DanneS]

Summerbreak in Allsvenskan
1. IFK GÖTEBORG - 27 points
2. IF ELFSBORG - 24 points
3. HELSINGBORG IF - 22 points

http://www.hif.se/images/common/topbanner/20090526/www.hif.se_sommar.jpg
Looong niiice summer evenings at the Olympia Stadion :D