In 2006 IF Elfsborg, the Swedish football club located in Borås, won their first national title since 1961, thanks to a dramatic finish to the season, where Elfsborg hit top form at the end of the year, sealing the title thanks to Joakim Sjöhage's goal against Djurgården. When Djurgården's claim for a penalty was waved off in stoppage time, Elfsborg overhauled AIK by a single point.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Johan Wiland

Abbas Hassan

Nicholas Sharro

Defenders

Johan Sjöberg

Martin Andersson

Daniel Mobaeck

Jon Jönsson

Jesper Arvidsson

Markus Falk Olander

Andreas Augustsson

Midfielders

Johan Karlsson

Jari Ilola

Anders Svensson

Samuel Holmén

Magnus Samuelsson

Sebastian Göransson

Emir Bajrami

Léandre Griffit

Stefan Ishizaki

Elmin Kurbeqović

Daniel Eres

Attackers

Mathias Svensson

Joakim Sjöhage

Daniel Alexandersson

Denni Avdić

Allsvenskan

Matches

Elfsborg-IFK Göteborg 1-1

1-0 Samuel Holmén

1-1 Karl Svensson

Öster-Elfsborg 3-4

0-1 Stefan Ishizaki

1-1 Helgi Daníelsson

1-2 Mathias Svensson

2-2 Marco da Silva

2-3 Samuel Holmén

3-3 Tomas Backman

3-4 Anders Svensson

Halmstad-Elfsborg 0-1

0-1 Andreas Augustsson

Elfsborg-Kalmar FF 1-0

1-0 Stefan Ishizaki

Elfsborg-Häcken 2-2

0-1 Hans Berggren

1-1 Anders Svensson

1-2 Hans Berggren

2-2 Mathias Svensson

Örgryte-Elfsborg 0-2

0-1 Joakim Sjöhage

0-2 Joakim Sjöhage

AIK-Elfsborg 2-2

1-0 Markus Jonsson

2-0 Dulee Johnson

2-1 Anders Svensson

2-2 Daniel Alexandersson

Elfsborg-Gefle 0-1

0-1 Yannick Bapupa

Elfsborg-Helsingborg 0-0

Djurgården-Elfsborg 1-1

1-0 Abgar Barsom

1-1 Andreas Augustsson

GAIS-Elfsborg 0-3

0-1 Samuel Holmén

0-2 Jon Jönsson

0-3 Joakim Sjöhage

Elfsborg-Malmö FF 4-2

0-1 Júnior

1-1 Anders Svensson

1-2 Júnior

2-2 Anders Svensson

3-2 Daniel Alexandersson

4-2 Samuel Holmén

Malmö FF-Elfsborg 1-1

1-0 Daniel Andersson

1-1 Anders Svensson

Elfsborg-Halmstad 3-0

1-0 Jon Jönsson

2-0 Daniel Alexandersson

3-0 Mathias Svensson

IFK Göteborg-Elfsborg 1-1

0-1 Stefan Ishizaki

1-1 Gustaf Svensson

Elfsborg-AIK 1-1

1-0 Andreas Augustsson

1-1 Daniel Mendes

Gefle-Elfsborg 1-1

0-1 Anders Svensson

1-1 Johan Claesson

Häcken-Elfsborg 1-4

0-1 Mathias Svensson

1-1 Dioh Williams

1-2 Mathias Svensson

1-3 Jon Jönsson

1-4 own goal

Elfsborg-Örgryte 2-0

1-0 Stefan Ishizaki

2-0 Daniel Alexandersson

Elfsborg-Öster 0-0

Kalmar FF-Elfsborg 0-1

0-1 Jon Jönsson

Elfsborg-GAIS 1-0

1-0 Samuel Holmén

Helsingborg-Elfsborg 1-1

0-1 Mathias Svensson

1-1 Olivier Karekezi

Elfsborg-Djurgården 1-0

1-0 Joakim Sjöhage

Topscorers

Anders Svensson 7

Samuel Holmén 5

Stefan Ishizaki 4

Mathias Svensson 4

Jon Jönsson 4

Daniel Alexandersson 4

Sources

IF Elfsborg -- FootballSquads

IF Elfsborg seasons

Elfsborg

Swedish football championship-winning seasons

2006 IF Elfsborg season