Leif Carlsen

Leif Carlsen was a Danish football forward that represented the Danish Copenhagen side Frem in the Danish top league from 1964 to 1966.[1] During the 1967 and 1968 seasons, he represented Hvidovre IF where he scored 6 goals.[2][3] One of them was in the Danish Cup final, Carlsen scored the second goal in the 2-0 victory against Esbjerg fB[4] Thereafter he moved across the Øresund to Swedish team Landskrona BoIS. After the 1970 season he became a celebrated hero for his new club. Landskrona BoIS had at the time been outside the finest Swedish football assembly, Allsvenskan for two entire decades. In 1968 their arch rivals Helsingborgs IF had been relegated down to Division 2 for the first time ever. And "HIF" failed to return to Allsvenskan in the 1969 season, due to a lost qualification. But by 1970 it was time for Landskrona BoIS instead. In August 1970 Leif Carlsen represented BoIS in the perhaps most important match ever played at Landskrona IP, primarily as the game most likely would decide which of the arch rival clubs that would win the regional Division 2 South league, Landskrona BoIS or Helsingborgs IF. Secondly for what later would become historic reasons.

In front of 15.015 attenders Leif Carlsen scored the only goal.[5] And now a qualification league for promotion to Allsvenskan awaited for Carlsen and his BoIS. This qualification league comprised four teams, the winners of the four regional Division 2 leagues. Apart from Landskrona BoIS, winner of the southern division 2 league, also Sandvikens IF (eastern), IFK Luleå (northern) and Skövde AIK (western) participated. Only two of the teams would be promoted. The rules stipulated one game should be played at home, one game away, and the last game would be played at neutral ground. BoIS started at home, and defeated Sandviken in front of 15.685 attenders, 2-0. The goals were scored by Sonny Johansson and Tommy "Gyxa" Gustafsson. Then followed a goalless draw in the very northern town Luleå and the last and decisive qualification match was played at neutral ground, Nya Ullevi in Gothenburg. Landskrona BoIS that had missed qualifications in 1958, 1959, 1962 and 1968 now got nervous, as Skövde scored twice. However Sonny Johansson broke "the spell" and scored 1-2, followed by an equalizer from Leif Carlsen.[6]

So, Leif Carlsen contributed in the highest degree to both Hvidove's Danish cup gold in 1967/68 as well to the promotion of Swedish Landskrona BoIS to Allsvenskan in 1970 [7] However non-Swedish citizens were at the time not allowed to play in the top Swedish league, hence Leif Carlsen couldn't represent Landskrona BoIS in 1971, much due to his own efforts for the club! While Landskrona BoIS made a rather successful return to Allsvenskan in 1971, their arch-rivals Helsingborg IF was yet again relegated down to Division 3 in 1971,[8] and wouldn't play in Allsvenskan again for another 21 seasons. Leif Carlsens single decisive goal at Landskrona IP in September 1970, hence grew in importance by time and in retrospect.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fodboldhistorik.dk/Fodbold-historik/samlemapper/mappe-valg/dk/dK_65/65.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.hif.dk/Administration/HIF/Historie/Spillerstatistik
  3. ↑ http://www.hvidovrefanklub.dk/index.php?option=com_playerarchive&view=playerprofile&playerid=284&Itemid=74
  4. ↑ Go down to "Landspokal 1967/68" http://www.hilmarkragh.dk/13630651
  5. ↑ "Annars började seriespelet trevande för stans stolthet. HIF, som trillat ur allsvenskan två år tidigare och missat kvalet 1969, var favoriter till en ny serieseger. Bois fick emellertid stabilitet i spelet och inför drygt 15 000 åskådare en härlig augustikväll 1970 besegrades HIF med 1-0 genom mål av Leif Carlsen och vägen till kvalspel låg öppen." http://www.landskronadirekt.com/hildingtxt/1970.htm
  6. ↑ "Men nerverna svek inledningsvis och Skövde kunde ta ledningen med både ett och två mål innan Kenneth Axelsson räddade ett tredje Skövdemål på mållinjen. Sonny Johansson kunde istället elegant nicka in 1-2 och Leif Carlsen fastställde slutresultatet till 2-2. Saken var klar, Landskrona Bois var åter allsvenskt efter 21 år i division två. För Kjell Lindstrand blev drömmen om allsvenskt spel äntligen verklighet och med sina tolv kvalmatcher blev han Sveriges meste kvalspelare." at http://www.landskronadirekt.com/hildingtxt/1970.htm
  7. ↑ http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/2ndlevel/21970.htm.(Is closing down by 2014-08-31) Division 2 (2nd level) 1970 "You are free to copy this document, but please state the source, Clas Glenning NORRLAND 1. IFK Luleå 22 17 3 2 43-14 37 Playoff 2. Sandåkerns SK, Umeå 22 14 2 6 33-21 30 3. GIF Sundsvall 22 13 3 6 40-28 29 4. IFK Holmsund 22 12 4 6 32-16 28 5. Brynäs IF, Gävle 22 12 3 7 51-24 27 6. Skellefteå AIK 22 9 7 6 34-26 25 7. Domsjö IF 22 6 8 8 24-27 20 8. Lycksele IF 22 5 6 11 23-28 16 9. Ljusdals IF 22 4 8 10 18-32 16 10.IFK Östersund 22 4 5 13 24-51 13 Relegated 11.IFK Härnösand 22 5 2 15 24-43 12 Relegated 12.Essviks AIF 22 4 3 15 19-55 11 Relegated Promoted to division 2 from division 3: Bodens BK; Kubikenborgs IF, Sundsvall & Timrå IK. SVEALAND 1. Sandvikens IF 22 13 8 1 42-11 34 Playoff 2. IK Sirius, Uppsala 22 12 8 2 37-18 32 3. IK Brage, Borlänge 22 12 1 9 39-35 25 4. IFK Stockholm 22 8 8 6 26-27 24 5. IFK Eskilstuna 22 9 4 9 28-25 22 6. IK Sleipner, Norrköping 22 8 6 8 28-25 22 7. IF Brommapojkarna 22 9 3 10 35-35 21 8. Älvsjö AIK 22 8 4 10 27-31 20 9. Södertälje SK 22 8 3 11 20-36 19 10.Köpings IS 22 6 5 11 26-35 17 Relegated 11.Malungs IF 22 5 6 11 24-32 17 Relegated 12.IK City, Eskilstuna 22 3 6 13 18-40 12 Relegated Promoted to division 2 from division 3: IF Vesta, Uppsala; Nyköpings BIS & Råsunda IS, Solna. NORRA GÖTALAND 1. Skövde AIK 22 15 5 2 42-13 35 Playoff 2. KB Karlskoga 22 15 2 5 39-21 32 3. IF Saab, Linköping 22 12 5 5 51-25 29 4. Jönköping Södra IF 22 13 3 6 48-26 29 5. Västra Frölunda IF 22 9 7 6 38-27 25 6. Grimsås IF 22 7 10 5 26-26 24 7. Degerfors IF 22 8 6 8 32-32 22 8. Hovås IF 22 6 5 11 27-42 17 9. IFK Arvika 22 6 4 12 34-46 16 10.Norrby IF, Borås 22 4 4 14 28-52 12 Relegated 11.IFK Värnamo 22 4 3 15 15-44 11 Relegated 12.Tidaholms GIF 22 2 6 14 28-54 10 Relegated Promoted to division 2 from division 3: Karlstads BK & Skogens IF, Göteborg. Relegated from allsvenskan to division 2: GAIS, Göteborg & IFK Göteborg. SÖDRA GÖTALAND 1. Landskrona BoIS 22 12 6 4 41-19 30 Playoff 2. Hälsingborgs IF 22 11 7 4 35-23 29 3. Nybro IF 22 9 6 7 35-26 24 4. IFK Malmö 22 9 5 8 36-33 23 5. Perstorps SK 22 7 9 6 28-27 23 6. Halmstads BK 22 10 2 10 34-31 22 7. Kalmar FF 22 9 4 9 32-31 22 8. IFK Trelleborg 22 9 4 9 22-27 22 9. IS Halmia, Halmstad 22 8 5 9 22-28 21 10.IFK Ystad 22 8 5 9 31-59 21 Relegated 11.Hässleholms IF 22 7 5 10 26-33 19 Relegated 12.IFÖ/Bromölla IF 22 2 4 16 21-46 8 Relegated Promoted to division 2 from division 3: Blomstermåla IK; Gnosjö IF; Gunnarstorps IF & Varbergs BoIS. Playoff to allsvenskan 1. Landskrona BoIS 3 1 2 0 4-2 4 Promoted 2. IFK Luleå 3 1 2 0 3-2 4 Promoted 3. Sandvikens IF 3 1 0 2 4-4 2 4. Skövde AIK 3 0 2 1 3-6 2 NB: The games Landskrona BoIS - Skövde AIK (at Råsunda, Solna) & IFK Luleå - Sandvikens IF (at Ullevi, Göteborg) were played on neutral grounds. Landskrona BoIS & IFK Luleå promoted to Allsvenskan." Comment author Claes Glenning has confused Råsunda and Ullevi, the game Landskrona BoIS - Skövde AIK was indeed played at Ullevi.
  8. ↑ http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/2ndlevel/21971.htm, since it will shtdown by 2014-08-31 the entire text is "Division 2 (2nd level) 1971 You are free to copy this document, but please state the source, Clas Glenning NORRLAND 1. Sandvikens IF 22 16 4 2 65-16 36 Playoff 2. IFK Holmsund 22 14 2 6 52-29 30 3. Domsjö IF 22 13 2 7 41-21 28 4. Brynäs IF, Gävle 22 8 9 5 43-30 25 5. GIF Sundsvall 22 11 3 8 45-35 25 6. Kubikenborgs IF, Sundsvall 22 11 3 8 33-28 25 7. Skellefteå AIK 22 9 7 6 38-35 25 8. Ljusdals IF 22 10 4 8 30-28 24 Relegated 9. Sandåkerns SK, Umeå 22 9 3 10 30-34 21 Relegated 10.Lycksele IF 22 2 7 13 14-45 11 Relegated 11.Bodens BK 22 2 3 17 19-65 7 Relegated 12.Timrå IK 22 3 0 19 22-64 6 Relegated SVEALAND 1. IF Saab, Linköping 22 14 4 4 44-16 32 Playoff 2. IK Sirius, Uppsala 22 14 3 5 45-21 31 3. IK Sleipner, Norrköping 22 11 6 5 42-24 28 4. Nyköpings BIS 22 12 3 7 33-27 28 5. Älvsjö AIK 22 11 2 9 32-31 24 6. IFK Eskilstuna 22 9 5 8 36-31 23 7. IF Brommapojkarna 22 9 5 8 38-36 23 8. IK Brage, Borlänge 22 8 4 10 37-41 20 Relegated 9. Södertälje SK 22 7 5 10 43-43 19 Relegated 10.IFK Stockholm 22 6 5 11 33-40 17 Relegated 11.IF Vesta, Uppsala 22 3 7 12 22-41 13 Relegated 12.Råsunda IS, Solna 22 2 3 17 12-66 7 Relegated Promoted to division 2 from division 3: BK Derby, Linköping, Spånga IS & Tidaholms GIF. NORRA GÖTALAND 1. GAIS, Göteborg 22 19 0 3 72-28 38 Playoff 2. Jönköping Södra IF 22 13 2 7 55-39 28 3. IFK Göteborg 22 12 2 8 42-30 26 4. Skövde AIK 22 12 2 8 44-38 26 5. IFK Arvika 22 8 6 8 27-33 22 6. KB Karlskoga 22 8 5 9 36-37 21 7. Skogens IF, Göteborg 22 9 3 10 32-35 21 8. Grimsås IF 22 7 7 8 23-29 21 Relegated 9. Västra Frölunda IF 22 9 2 11 32-38 20 Relegated 10.Degerfors IF 22 6 6 10 29-37 18 Relegated 11.Hovås IF 22 3 6 13 28-49 12 Relegated 12.Karlstads BK 22 4 3 15 19-46 11 Relegated SÖDRA GÖTALAND 1. Halmstads BK 22 14 5 3 41-20 33 Playoff 2. Perstorps SK 22 10 7 5 60-27 27 3. IFK Malmö 22 10 7 5 28-21 27 4. IS Halmia, Halmstad 22 9 7 6 40-29 25 5. IFK Trelleborg 22 11 2 9 34-31 24 6. Kalmar FF 22 8 7 7 30-32 23 7. Blomstermåla IK 22 8 6 8 32-38 22 8. Varbergs BoIS 22 6 7 9 29-37 19 Relegated 9. Gnosjö IF 22 7 4 11 28-42 18 Relegated 10.Helsingborgs IF 22 6 6 10 29-44 18 Relegated 11.Nybro IF 22 5 5 12 33-42 15 Relegated 12.Gunnarstorps IF 22 4 5 13 28-49 13 Relegated NB: The city of Hälsingborg changed the spelling of its town name to Helsingborg during 1971. Playoff to allsvenskan 1. GAIS, Göteborg 3 2 1 0 5-2 5 Promoted 2. Halmstads BK 3 1 1 1 5-5 3 Promoted 3. Sandvikens IF 3 1 0 2 2-2 2 4. IF Saab, Linköping 3 1 0 2 5-8 2 NB: The games Halmstads BK - Sandvikens IF (at Råsunda, Solna) & GAIS, Göteborg - IF Saab, Linköping (at Ryavallen, Borås) were played on neutral grounds. GAIS, Göteborg & Halmstads BK promoted to Allsvenskan. NOTE Division 2 is being restructured from four groups to three 1972. The groups will now be called Norra, Mellersta & Södra and will have 12 teams each. All three groupwinners will be directly promoted, playoff to Allsvenskan is thus abolished. Promoted to division 2 Norra from division 3: Gefle IF, Gävle & IFK Sundsvall. Promoted to division 2 Mellersta from division 3: BK Derby, Linköping, Spånga IS & Tidaholms GIF. Promoted to division 2 Södra from division 3: Hässleholms IF; IFK Ystad & Kungshamns IF. Relegated from allsvenskan to division 2 Norra: IFK Luleå. Relegated from allsvenskan to division 2 Södra: IF Elfsborg, Borås."
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