page_title: IF Elfsborg
section_title: Records
hierarchical_section_title: IF Elfsborg / Records
caption_attribution_description: Sven Jonasson, record holder of most goals and appearances in Swedish football team IF Elfsborg. The picture was taken before Sven´s 300 consecutive game in Allsvenskan.The image qualifies as a photographic picture (fotografisk bild) since there is nothing original about the photo and the fact that anyone could have taken it. Therefore since this photographic picture was taken in 1941, thus before 1969, it is in the Swedish public domain according to the Swedish transitional regulations of 1994.
context_page_description: Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg, is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Swedish football. Their homeground is Borås Arena, where they have played since 17 April 2005.
  The club was founded in 1904 by a group of 19 youngsters which all were 14–15 years old. Borås Fotbollslag was formed in Ordenshuset at Landala on 26 June 1904. The main protagonist in the formation, Carl Larson, who in addition to football also practiced athletics and wrestling. Claimed the reason was that the main sports club in the city, Borås Athletic and Sports Society, would not exert football in their program.
  Carl Larson, however, found that there were too many clubs containing the city name Borås which contributed to the name change in 1906 by Riksidrottsförbundet to the current, IF Elfsborg. The name is derived from Älvsborg County where instead of making use of the modern spelling Älvsborg, they used out of the older spelling with an E.
context_section_description: In the 2013 Elfsborg played their 70th season in Allsvenskan from its inception in 1924 up to and including the 2013 season. This placing them on a 5th place of those teams who have participated in total seasons. They have also played top-flight football continually in Sweden since 1997, which currently is the 3rd longest top-flight tenure of any club in Sweden—the longest one is IFK Göteborg, since 1977.
  The club is currently placed 5th in the all-time Allsvenskan table, "maratontabellen" in Swedish, which is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Allsvenskan since its inception in 1924–25. Furthermore, Elfsborg is placed 6th in the all-time medal table, with a total of 24 medals of different value – the most recent was received in 2012.
  The player in IF Elfsborg who holds most club and national records is Sven Jonasson. In 409 games, most appearances ever in Elfsborg, he scored a total of 252 goals in Allsvenskan, which makes it an all-time record. He played in Elfsborg throughout his career, which started in 1927 and ended 1947, a total of 20 years. What's more, the most remarkable achievement is his unbreakable record of 344 games in consecutive. A record that was broken in a most unfortunate way, he missed his first game in 14 years because of failure to receive furlough during his military service. He was also the first goalscorer ever for the Sweden national football team in a worldcup. It was in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where he scored two goals in Sweden's 3–2 victory against Argentina.
  Most appearances, total: 409,  Sven Jonasson
  Most goals scored, total: 252,  Sven Jonasson*
  Most appearances in Sweden while playing for Elfsborg, total: 106,  Anders Svensson*
  Most consecutive games, total: 344,  Sven Jonasson, 1927–41*
  Biggest victory, Svenska cupen: 19–0 vs. Varbergs BoIS, 21 January 1996*
  Biggest defeat, Allsvenskan: 0–7 vs. GAIS, 25 August 1926
  Home victory, Allsvenskan: 10–1 vs. Degerfors IF, 28 August 1938
  Away victory, Allsvenskan: 12–2 vs. IFK Eskilstuna, 19 April 1936*
  International victory, UEFA Europa League: 8–0 vs. Floriana F.C., 5 July 2012*
  Highest attendance, Ryavallen: 22,654 vs. IFK Norrköping, 1961
  Highest attendance, Borås Arena: 17,070 vs. Kalmar FF, 4 July 2005
  Highest attendance, Ramnavallen: 16,340 vs. AIK, 7 June 1936
  Highest average attendance, season 1961: 14,608
  Highest away attendance, Ullevi: 48 296 vs. IFK Göteborg, 2 June 1977
   Allsvenskan all-time record.
caption: Sven Jonasson, record holder of most consecutive games and goals scored in Allsvenskan.[130]
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