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 Martin Strömberg
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