# 2006 Helsingborgs IF season

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

* Daniel Andersson
* Oscar Berglund
* Pär Hansson

### Defenders

* Tony Mahr
* Adama Tamboura
* Jacob Augustsson
* Andreas Jakobsson
* Andreas Granqvist
* Franco Miranda
* Erik Wahlstedt
* Fredrik Björck
* Oskar Rönningberg
* Andreas Landgren

### Midfielders

* Fredrik Svanbäck
* Andreas Dahl
* McDonald Mariga
* Babis Stefanidis
* Fahrudin Karišik
* Eldin Karišik
* Patrik Åström

### Attackers

* Olivier Karekezi
* Luton Shelton
* Henrik Larsson
* Gustaf Andersson
* Tobias Holmqvist
* Alexander Zaim

## Allsvenskan
### Matches

* Hammarby-Helsingborg 4-2
* 1-0 Paulinho Guará 20'
* 2-0 Paulinho Guará 32'
* 3-0 Björn Runström 35'
* 3-1 Gustaf Andersson 68'
* 4-1 Max von Schlebrügge 84'
* 4-2 McDonald Mariga 89'
* Helsingborg-GAIS 1-0
* 1-0 Olivier Karekezi 25'
* IFK Göteborg-Helsingborg 2-2
* 0-1 Olivier Karekezi 15'
* 0-2 McDonald Mariga 18'
* 1-2 Thomas Olsson 25'
* 2-2 Jonas Wallerstedt 47'
* Helsingborg-AIK 1-1
* 0-1 Wílton Figueiredo 25'
* 1-1 Babis Stefanidis 81'
* Gefle-Helsingborg 1-0
* 1-0 Kristen Viikmäe 55'
* Helsingborg-Öster 4-0
* 1-0 Luton Shelton 43'
* 2-0 Olivier Karekezi 45'
* 3-0 Olivier Karekezi 63'
* 4-0 Babis Stefanidis 74'
* Malmö FF-Helsingborg 3-1
* 1-0 Edward Ofere 19'
* 1-1 Babis Stefanidis 52'
* 2-1 Afonso Alves 78'
* 3-1 Marcus Pode 88'
* Helsingborg-Halmstad 1-1
* 1-0 Luton Shelton 3'
* 1-1 Dušan Đurić 8'
* Elfsborg-Helsingborg 0-0
* Helsingborg-Häcken 1-3
* 0-1 Hans Berggren 17'
* 1-1 Olivier Karekezi 45'
* 1-2 Robert Mambu-Mumba 72'
* 1-3 Daniel Larsson 90'
* Örgryte-Helsingborg 1-1
* 1-0 Aílton Almeida 77'
* 1-1 Gustaf Andersson 87'
* Helsingborg-Kalmar FF 2-1
* 0-1 Viktor Elm 58'
* 1-1 Henrik Larsson 69'
* 2-1 Luton Shelton 89'
* Djurgården-Helsingborg 2-1
* 1-0 Matias Concha 40'
* 1-1 Luton Shelton 70'
* 2-1 Tobias Hysén 74'
* Helsingborg-Djurgården 1-1
* 1-0 Luton Shelton 14'
* 1-1 Mattias Jonson 25'
* Helsingborg-Hammarby 3-1
* 0-1 Max von Schlebrügge 18'
* 1-1 Henrik Larsson 45'
* 2-1 Henrik Larsson 47'
* 3-1 Fredrik Svanbäck 69'
* GAIS-Helsingborg 0-2
* 0-1 McDonald Mariga 70'
* 0-2 Olivier Karekezi 75'
* Helsingborg-Malmö FF 3-1
* 0-1 Jonatan Johansson 23'
* 1-1 Luton Shelton 53'
* 2-1 Luton Shelton 66'
* 3-1 Gustaf Andersson 90'
* Halmstad-Helsingborg 1-1
* 0-1 Henrik Larsson 20'
* 1-1 Martin Fribrock 64'
* Helsingborg-Gefle 2-0
* 1-0 Babis Stefanidis 28'
* 2-0 Olivier Karekezi 75'
* Öster-Helsingborg 0-3
* 0-1 Olivier Karekezi 7'
* 0-2 Henrik Larsson 20'
* 0-3 McDonald Mariga 82'
* Helsingborg-IFK Göteborg 3-2
* 1-0 Fredrik Svanbäck 13'
* 2-0 Babis Stefanidis 32'
* 3-0 Henrik Larsson 40'
* 3-1 Stefan Selaković 89'
* 3-2 Pontus Wernbloom 90'
* AIK-Helsingborg 2-2
* 0-1 Luton Shelton 39'
* 1-1 Miran Burgič 47'
* 2-1 Nicklas Carlsson 60'
* 2-2 own goal 90'
* Helsingborg-Örgryte 2-1
* 1-0 Olivier Karekezi 3'
* 1-1 Ola Toivonen 6'
* 2-1 Olivier Karekezi 82'
* Kalmar FF-Helsingborg 2-4
* 1-0 Ari 9'
* 1-1 own goal 11'
* 1-2 Luton Shelton 25'
* 1-3 Henrik Larsson 61'
* 2-3 Ari 72'
* 2-4 Henrik Larsson 83'
* Helsingborg-Elfsborg 1-1
* 0-1 Mathias Svensson 62'
* 1-1 Olivier Karekezi 64'
* Häcken-Helsingborg 3-0
* 1-0 Dioh Williams 34'
* 2-0 Teddy Lučić 46'
* 3-0 Jonas Henriksson 65'

### Topscorers

* Olivier Karekezi 11
* Luton Shelton 9
* Henrik Larsson 8
* McDonald Mariga 4
* Babis Stefanidis 4
* Gustaf Andersson 3
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