2016 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg

2016 season
Chairman	Frank Andersson
Head coach	Jörgen Lennartsson
Stadium	Gamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan	4th
2015–16 Svenska Cupen	Group stage
2016–17 UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Tobias Hysén (6) All: Tobias Hysén (10)
Highest home attendance	15,748 vs. Malmö FF (27 April 2016, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	1,815 vs. Halmstads BK (6 March 2016, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance	12,375 (in Allsvenskan) 10,189 (in all competitions)
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The 2016 season will be IFK Göteborg's 111th in existence, their 84th season in Allsvenskan and their 40th consecutive season in the league. They will compete in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the group stage and in qualification for the UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the play-off round. League play will start on 3 April and will last until 6 November.

Key events

• 30 August 2015: Defender Benjamin Zalo joins the club on a three-year contract, transferring from FK Ørn-Horten.^[1]
• 1 November 2015: Goalkeeper Johan Hagman leaves the club.^[2]
• 2 November 2015: Goalkeeper John Alvbåge signs a new three-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2018 season.^[3]
• 6 November 2015: Goalkeeper Erik Dahlin joins the club on a two-year contract, transferring from IK Oddevold.^[4]
• 11 November 2015: Forward Riku Riski leaves the club and returns to Rosenborg BK as his loan contract expires.^[5]
• 11 November 2015: Goalkeeper Marcus Sandberg leaves the club, transferring to Vålerenga.^[6]
• 12 November 2015: Midfielder Karl Bohm leaves the club.^[7] On 1 February 2016, he joined Utsiktens BK.
• 1 December 2015: Defender Patrick Dyrestam leaves the club on loan to Ängelholms FF for the duration of the season.^[8]
• 3 December 2015: Italian Kappa is announced to be the club's new kit manufacturer for four years.^[9]
• 4 December 2015: Club director Martin Kurzwelly is being sacked.^[10]
• 5 December 2015: Forward Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr is promoted to the first-team squad, signing a two-year contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2017 season.^[11]
• 7 December 2015: Defender Hjálmar Jónsson signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the season.^[12]
• 22 December 2015: Defender Billy Nordström signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the season.^[13]
• 14 January 2016: Midfielder Gustav Svensson leaves the club, transferring to Guangzhou R&F.^[14]
• 26 January 2016: Forward Tobias Hysén joins the club on a two-year contract, transferring Shanghai SIPG^[15]
• 8 February 2016: Chairman Karl Jartun announces his resignation from the club.^[16]
• 13 February 2016: Forward Malick Mané leaves the club.^[17] On 26 February, he joined Taraz.
• 16 February 2016: Defender Hjörtur Hermannsson joins the club on a loan deal until 22 July 2016, transferring from PSV.^[18]
• 20 February 2016: Goalkeeper John Alvbåge is selected as 2015 Archangel of the Year, an annual price given by the Supporterklubben Änglarna to a player who has shown a great loyalty to IFK Göteborg.^[19]
• 7 March 2016: Frank Andersson is selected as new chairman at the annual meeting.^[20]
• 30 March 2016: Goalkeeper Oliver Gustafsson joins the club on a three-month contract, transferring from GAIS.^[21]
• 31 March 2016: Director of sports Mats Gren is announced as new caretaker club director.^[22]
• 31 March 2016: Defender Mauricio Albornoz joins the club on a loan deal until 30 June 2016, transferring from Åtvidabergs FF.^[23]
• 5 July 2016: Goalkeeper Oliver Gustafsson signs a new one-month contract, keeping him at the club until 31 July 2016.^[24]
• 5 July 2016: Defender Mauricio Albornoz leaves the club and returns to Åtvidabergs FF as his loan contract expires.^[24]
• 7 July 2016: Defender Hjörtur Hermannsson leaves the club and returns to PSV as he transfers to Brøndby IF.^[25]
• 27 July 2016: Forward Victor Sköld leaves the club, transferring to Örebro SK.^[26]
• 27 July 2016: Goalkeeper Oliver Gustafsson leaves the club, transferring to Ljungskile SK.^[27]
• 4 August 2016: Defender Haitam Aleesami leaves the club, transferring to Palermo.^[28]
• 8 August 2016: Forward Elías Már Ómarsson joins the club on a loan deal for the rest of the season, transferring from Vålerenga.^[29]
• 11 August 2016: Defender Scott Jamieson joins the club, transferring from Western Sydney Wanderers.^[30]
• 31 August 2016: Forward Gustav Engvall leaves the club, transferring to Bristol City.^[31]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		John Alvbåge	34	2012	123	0	2018[3]	Free
2	DF		Emil Salomonsson	27	2011	135	13	2018[32]	Undisclosed
3	DF		Scott Jamieson	28	2016	3	0	2018[30]	~ 1.0M SEK[33]
6	MF		Sebastian Eriksson	27	2015	128	7	2018 (June)[34]	~ 3.0M SEK[35]
7	MF		Mads Albæk (vice captain)	26	2015	30	6	2017[36]	~ 2.9M SEK[37]
8	MF		Søren Rieks	29	2014	56	14	2017[38]	~ 3.7M SEK[39]
9	MF		Jakob Ankersen	26	2015	48	10	2017[40]	~ 4.5M SEK[41]
10	FW		Tobias Hysén	34	2016	191	75	2017[15]	Free
11	MF		Martin Smedberg-Dalence	32	2014	62	5	2017[42]	Free
13	FW		Elías Már Ómarsson	21	2016	4	1	2016[29]	Free	On loan from Vålerenga
14	DF		Hjálmar Jónsson	36	2002	252	7	2016[12]	Undisclosed
16	FW		Mikael Boman	28	2015	42	10	2017[43]	Free
17	MF		Prosper Kasim	19	2015	0	0	2020 (June)[44]	Undisclosed
18	MF		Lawson Sabah	19	2015	5	0	2020 (June)[44]	Undisclosed
21	DF		Benjamin Zalo	18	2016	0	0	2018[1]	Undisclosed
22	DF		Adam Johansson	33	2013	173	1	2016[45]	Free
23	DF		Patrick Dyrestam	20	2014	0	0	2017[46]	Youth system	On loan to Ängelholms FF
24	DF		Tom Pettersson	26	2015	37	3	2018[43]	Undisclosed
25	GK		Erik Dahlin	27	2016	23	0	2017[4]	Free
26	FW		Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr	19	2016	11	2	2017[11]	Youth system
27	DF		Billy Nordström	21	2015	5	0	2016[13]	Youth system
28	DF		Thomas Rogne	26	2015	34	1	2017[47]	Free
30	DF		Mattias Bjärsmyr (captain)	30	2012	199	6	2017[48]	Free

• Last updated: 12 September 2016
• Source: IFK Göteborg and players' Wikipedia articles
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

Midfielder and vice captain Gustav Svensson left the club for Chinese side Guangzhou R&F.

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
23	DF		Patrick Dyrestam	19	Utsiktens BK	Loan return	Winter	2015	—	ifkgoteborg.se
26	MF		Karl Bohm	20	Utsiktens BK	Loan return	Winter	2017	—	ifkgoteborg.se
21	DF		Benjamin Zalo	17	FK Ørn-Horten	Transfer	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	ifkgoteborg.se
25	GK		Erik Dahlin	26	IK Oddevold	Bosman	Winter	2017	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
26	DF		Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr	19	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	2017	—	ifkgoteborg.se
10	FW		Tobias Hysén	33	Shanghai SIPG	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
21	FW		Malick Mané	26	Najran	Loan return	Winter	2017	—	ifkgoteborg.se
3	DF		Hjörtur Hermannsson	20	PSV	Loan	Winter	2016 (June)	—	ifkgoteborg.se
31	GK		Oliver Gustafsson	22	GAIS	Bosman	Winter	2016 (June)	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
13	DF		Mauricio Albornoz	28	Åtvidabergs FF	Loan	Winter	2016 (June)	(~ 0.2M SEK)[49]	ifkgoteborg.se
13	FW		Elías Már Ómarsson	21	Vålerenga	Loan	Summer	2016	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
3	DF		Scott Jamieson	27	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	2018	(~ 1.0M SEK)[33]	ifkgoteborg.se

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
25	GK		Johan Hagman	34	Retirement	End of contract	Winter	—	ifkgoteborg.se
12	GK		Marcus Sandberg	25	Vålerenga	End of contract	Winter	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
26	MF		Karl Bohm	20	Utsiktens BK	End of contract	Winter	Free	fotbolltransfers.com
10	FW		Riku Riski	26	Rosenborg	Loan return	Winter	—	ifkgoteborg.se
23	DF		Patrick Dyrestam	19	Ängelholms FF	Loan	Winter	—	ifkgoteborg.se
13	MF		Gustav Svensson	28	Guangzhou R&F	Transfer	Winter	(~ 5.0M SEK)[50]	ifkgoteborg.se
21	FW		Malick Mané	27	Taraz	Transfer	Winter	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
3	DF		Hjörtur Hermannsson	20	PSV	Loan return	Summer	—	ifkgoteborg.se
13	DF		Mauricio Albornoz	28	Åtvidabergs FF	Loan return	Summer	—	ifkgoteborg.se
20	FW		Victor Sköld	26	Örebro SK	Transfer	Summer	(~ 0.3M SEK)[51]	ifkgoteborg.se
31	GK		Oliver Gustafsson	23	Ljungskile SK	End of contract	Summer	Free	ifkgoteborg.se
4	GK		Haitam Aleesami	25	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	(~ 13.0M SEK)[52]	ifkgoteborg.se
19	FW		Gustav Engvall	20	Bristol City	Transfer	Summer	(~ 25.0M SEK)[53]	ifkgoteborg.se

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 12 September 2016

Number	Position	Name	2016 Allsvenskan		2015–16 Svenska Cupen 2016–17 Svenska Cupen		2016–17 UEFA Europa League		Total
			Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals	Appearances	Goals
1	GK	John Alvbåge	21	0	3	0	7	0	31	0
2	DF	Emil Salomonsson	20	4	1	0	7	2	28	6
3	DF	Scott Jamieson	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
6	MF	Sebastian Eriksson	20	0	3	0	7	0	30	0
7	MF	Mads Albæk	19	3	3	0	8	1	30	4
8	MF	Søren Rieks	16	2	3	1	8	1	27	4
9	MF	Jakob Ankersen	20	4	3	0	6	1	29	5
10	FW	Tobias Hysén	19	6	3	1	7	3	29	10
11	MF	Martin Smedberg-Dalence	19	3	3	0	8	1	30	4
12	GK	Pontus Dahlberg	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	FW	Elías Már Ómarsson	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
14	DF	Hjálmar Jónsson	5	1	1	0	2	0	8	1
16	FW	Mikael Boman	15	4	3	0	7	1	25	5
17	MF	Prosper Kasim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Lawson Sabah	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
21	DF	Benjamin Zalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Adam Johansson	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	Tom Pettersson	12	2	0	0	7	0	19	2
25	GK	Erik Dahlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr	11	2	1	0	3	0	15	2
27	DF	Billy Nordström	4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
28	DF	Thomas Rogne	15	0	0	0	7	1	22	1
30	DF	Mattias Bjärsmyr	14	0	1	0	8	0	23	0
32	DF	Alexander Leksell	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players that left the club during the season
3	DF	Hjörtur Hermannsson	7	0	3	1	0	0	10	1
4	DF	Haitam Aleesami	15	0	3	0	5	0	23	0
13	DF	Mauricio Albornoz	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
19	FW	Gustav Engvall	16	3	2	1	4	2	22	6
20	FW	Victor Sköld	2	0	2	1	2	1	6	2
31	GK	Oliver Gustafsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Allsvenskan			Svenska Cupen			UEFA Europa League			Total			Notes
1	GK		John Alvbåge	2									2
2	DF		Emil Salomonsson	1						1			2
3	DF		Hjörtur Hermannsson	2									2
3	DF		Scott Jamieson	2									2
4	DF		Haitam Aleesami	2	1								2	1
6	MF		Sebastian Eriksson	4			1			3			8
7	MF		Mads Albæk	2			1						3
8	MF		Søren Rieks	4						1			5
9	MF		Jakob Ankersen	3									3
10	FW		Tobias Hysén	1						1			2
11	MF		Martin Smedberg-Dalence	3						2			5
13	DF		Mauricio Albornoz	1									1
13	FW		Elías Már Ómarsson	1									1
18	MF		Lawson Sabah	2									2
19	FW		Gustav Engvall	1						1			2
24	DF		Tom Pettersson							1			1
27	DF		Billy Nordström				1						1
28	DF		Thomas Rogne	2						1			3
30	DF		Mattias Bjärsmyr	1			1			1			3

Last updated: 12 September 2016
Source: ifkgoteborg.se
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club

The 2016 season will be Jörgen Lennartsson's second season with IFK Göteborg.

Gamla Ullevi is the fourth largest stadium in Allsvenskan.

Coaching staff

Name Role Jörgen Lennartsson Head coach Magnus Edlund Assistant coach Alf Westerberg Assistant coach / U21 head coach Johan Kristoffersson Fitness coach Stefan Remnér Goalkeeping coach Fredrik Larsson Physiotherapist Patrick Borzych Physiotherapist Tim Rahmquist Physiotherapist Jon Karlsson Club doctor Leif Swärd Club doctor Johan Örtendahl Mental coach Rolf Gustavsson Equipment manager Thomas Olsson U19 head coach Johan Claesson U19 assistant coach Roger Gustafsson Head coach youth academy Olle Sultan Head scout Linda Breding Match analyst

Other information

Chairman	Frank Andersson
Club director	Mats Gren (caretaker)
Director of sports	Mats Gren
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Gamla Ullevi (18,600 / 105x68 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	N/A	4th		3 April 2016	6 November 2016
2015–16 Svenska Cupen	Round 2	—	Group stage	19 August 2015	6 March 2016
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	—	Play-off round	30 June 2016	25 August 2016

Last updated: 25 August 2016
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	AIK	30	17	9	4	52	26	+26	60	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	IFK Norrköping	30	18	6	6	59	37	+22	60
4	IFK Göteborg	30	14	8	8	56	47	+9	50
5	IF Elfsborg	30	13	9	8	58	38	+20	48
6	Kalmar FF	30	12	8	10	45	40	+5	44

Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	10	5	6	37	30	+7	35	7	2	1	17	9	+8	3	3	5	20	21	−1

Last updated: 12 September 2016.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L
Position	3	2	2	4	8	10	7	5	6	6	6	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

Last updated: 12 September 2016.
Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Falkenbergs FF v IFK Göteborg

3 April 2016 Round 1	Falkenbergs FF	0–2	IFK Göteborg	Falkenberg
17:30		Report	Albæk  39' (pen.) Hysén  58'	Stadium: Falkenbergs IP Attendance: 5,326 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Höganäs)

IFK Göteborg v BK Häcken

6 April 2016 Round 2	IFK Göteborg	1–0	BK Häcken	Gothenburg
18:30	Rieks  8'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 14,583 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)

AIK v IFK Göteborg

11 April 2016 Round 3	AIK	3–3	IFK Göteborg	Solna
19:00	Hauksson  9' Ishizaki  54' Brustad  79'	Report	Hysén  29', 62' Jónsson  58'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 19,222 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF

17 April 2016 Round 4	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Kalmar FF	Gothenburg
17:30	Salomonsson  52' (pen.)	Report	T. Eriksson  7'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 11,871 Referee: Johan Hamlin (Bro)

Örebro SK v IFK Göteborg

24 April 2016 Round 5	Örebro SK	3–2	IFK Göteborg	Örebro
17:30	Åhman Persson  7' Sema  68', 75'	Report	Boman  26' Rieks  64'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

27 April 2016 Round 6	IFK Göteborg	0–3[lower-alpha 1]	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
18:30		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 15,748 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sigtuna)

Gefle IF v IFK Göteborg

2 May 2016 Round 7	Gefle IF	2–6	IFK Göteborg	Gävle
19:00	Williams  25', 40'	Report	Portin  10' (o.g.) Smedberg-Dalence  57' Ankersen  70', 71' Hysén  79' Karlsson Lagemyr  88'	Stadium: Gavlevallen Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Borlänge)

IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF

9 May 2016 Round 8	IFK Göteborg	2–1	Djurgårdens IF	Gothenburg
19:00	Engvall  61' Hysén  82'	Report	Sabovic  53'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 12,214 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

Östersunds FK v IFK Göteborg

15 May 2016 Round 9	Östersunds FK	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Östersund
17:30	Mukiibi  65' Ghoddos  71'	Report		Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 7,159 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

IFK Göteborg v IFK Norrköping

19 May 2016 Round 10	IFK Göteborg	1–1	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
19:00	Salomonsson  87'	Report	Traustason  49'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 15,024 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)

IFK Göteborg v Hammarby IF

23 May 2016 Round 11	IFK Göteborg	2–1	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
19:00	Smedberg-Dalence  7' Boman  67'	Report	Sævarsson  87'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,209 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

Helsingborgs IF v IFK Göteborg

29 May 2016 Round 12	Helsingborgs IF	1–3	IFK Göteborg	Helsingborg
15:00	Dahlberg  78'	Report	Ankersen  41' Engvall  64' Karlsson Lagemyr  90+2'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 9,267 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

IFK Göteborg v GIF Sundsvall

10 July 2016 Round 13	IFK Göteborg	4–1	GIF Sundsvall	Gothenburg
15:00	Engvall  2' Salomonsson  34' Boman  60' Pettersson  90+2'	Report	Dibba  40'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 10,146 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg

17 July 2016 Round 14	IF Elfsborg	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Borås
15:00	Hedlund  56'	Report	Boman  34'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 13,372 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Höganäs)

IFK Göteborg v Jönköpings Södra IF

24 July 2016 Round 15	IFK Göteborg	2–1	Jönköpings Södra IF	Gothenburg
17:30	Albæk  13', 33'	Report	Cibicki  14'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 12,186 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

Jönköpings Södra IF v IFK Göteborg

31 July 2016 Round 16	Jönköpings Södra IF	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Jönköping
15:00	Fendrich  62'	Report	Hysén  85'	Stadium: Stadsparksvallen Attendance: 6,247 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Malmö)

Djurgårdens IF v IFK Göteborg

8 August 2016 Round 17	Djurgårdens IF	3–1	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
19:00	Olunga  28', 65' Ranégie  29'	Report	Pettersson  24'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 13,681 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

IFK Göteborg v Falkenbergs FF

12 August 2016 Round 18	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Falkenbergs FF	Gothenburg
19:00	Smedberg-Dalence  60' Salomonsson  83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,327 Referee: Robert Daradć (Helsingborg)

Hammarby IF v IFK Göteborg

21 August 2016 Round 19	Hammarby IF	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
15:00	Haglund  20' Bakircioglu  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 21,848 Referee: Johan Hamlin (Bro)

IFK Göteborg v Helsingborgs IF

28 August 2016 Round 20	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Helsingborgs IF	Gothenburg
17:30	Ómarsson  1' Ankersen  70'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,445 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

12 September 2016 Round 21	Malmö FF	3–1	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
19:00	Rosenberg  15', 79' Jeremejeff  77'	Report	Jeremejeff  67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 21,273 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

BK Häcken v IFK Göteborg

19 September 2016 Round 22	BK Häcken	v	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
19:00				Stadium: Bravida Arena

IFK Göteborg v Örebro SK

22 September 2016 Round 23	IFK Göteborg	v	Örebro SK	Gothenburg
19:00				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

IFK Göteborg v Östersunds FK

26 September 2016 Round 24	IFK Göteborg	v	Östersunds FK	Gothenburg
19:00				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg

2 October 2016 Round 25	Kalmar FF	v	IFK Göteborg	Kalmar
15:00				Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena

IFK Göteborg v Gefle IF

17 October 2016 Round 26	IFK Göteborg	v	Gefle IF	Gothenburg
19:00				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

IFK Göteborg v AIK

24 October 2016 Round 27	IFK Göteborg	v	AIK	Gothenburg
19:00				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

GIF Sundsvall v IFK Göteborg

27 October 2016 Round 28	GIF Sundsvall	v	IFK Göteborg	Sundsvall
19:00				Stadium: Norrporten Arena

IFK Göteborg v IF Elfsborg

30 October 2016 Round 29	IFK Göteborg	v	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
UTC+1				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

IFK Norrköping v IFK Göteborg

6 November 2016 Round 30	IFK Norrköping	v	IFK Göteborg	Norrköping
15:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Östgötaporten

Svenska Cupen

2015–16

The tournament continued from the 2015 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HBK	IFKG	IKF	DEG
1	Halmstads BK	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	2–0	3–0
2	IFK Göteborg	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5			3–0	—	—	1–1
3	IK Frej	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2			—	1–1	—	—
4	Degerfors IF	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2			—	—	1–1	—

Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

IFK Göteborg v Degerfors IF

21 February 2016 Matchday 1	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Degerfors IF	Gothenburg
16:00	Hermannsson  28'	Report	Samuelsson  59'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,607 Referee: Johan Hamlin (Bro)

IK Frej v IFK Göteborg

28 February 2016 Matchday 2	IK Frej	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Solna
16:30	Runnemo  31'	Report	Sköld  13'	Stadium: Skytteholms IP Attendance: 941 Referee: Johan Krantz (Uppsala)

IFK Göteborg v Halmstads BK

6 March 2016 Matchday 3	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Halmstads BK	Gothenburg
16:00	Engvall  13' Rieks  33' Hysén  65'	Report		Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 1,815 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

2016–17

The tournament continued into the 2017 season.

Qualification stage

Oskarshamns AIK v IFK Göteborg

13 October 2016 Round 2	Oskarshamns AIK	v	IFK Göteborg	Oskarshamn
18:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Arena Oskarshamn

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

IFK Göteborg v Llandudno

30 June 2016 First leg	IFK Göteborg	5–0	Llandudno	Gothenburg
18:30	Engvall  11' Rieks  12' Salomonsson  36' Hysén  79', 81'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 6,074 Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

Llandudno v IFK Göteborg

7 July 2016 Second leg	Llandudno	1–2 (1–7 agg.)	IFK Göteborg	Bangor
19:00 UTC+1	Hughes  72'	Report	Smedberg-Dalence  36' Sköld  54'	Stadium: Nantporth Attendance: 841 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Second qualifying round

Piast Gliwice v IFK Göteborg

14 July 2016 First leg	Piast Gliwice	0–3	IFK Göteborg	Gliwice
20:45		Report	Rogne  2' Hysén  35' Engvall  86'	Stadium: Stadion Piast Attendance: 5,629 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

IFK Göteborg v Piast Gliwice

21 July 2016 Second leg	IFK Göteborg	0–0 (3–0 agg.)	Piast Gliwice	Gothenburg
19:00		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 7,276 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

Third qualifying round

IFK Göteborg v HJK

28 July 2016 First leg	IFK Göteborg	1–2	HJK	Gothenburg
19:00	Salomonsson  73'	Report	Tanaka  47' Morelos  75'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,046 Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

HJK v IFK Göteborg

4 August 2016 Second leg	HJK	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	IFK Göteborg	Helsinki
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Boman  35' Ankersen  82'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 10,107 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

Play-off round

IFK Göteborg v Qarabağ

18 August 2016 First leg	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Qarabağ	Gothenburg
19:00	Albæk  56'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 11,458 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Qarabağ v IFK Göteborg

25 August 2016 Second leg	Qarabağ	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	IFK Göteborg	Baku
20:30 UTC+4	Sadygov  19' Muarem  26' Quintana  51'	Report		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Non competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

IFK Göteborg v Sarpsborg 08

30 January 2016 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Sarpsborg 08	Gothenburg, Sweden
15:00	Engvall  84'	Report		Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena Attendance: 2,048 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

FC Midtjylland v IFK Göteborg

4 February 2016 The Dubai International Cup	FC Midtjylland	2–2 (5–6 p)	IFK Göteborg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4	M. Anderson  28' Poulsen  38' (pen.)	Report	Albæk  76', 77' (pen.)	Stadium: The Sevens Stadium Attendance: 46 Referee: Abdulla Al Harthi (United Arab Emirates)
		Penalties
	Onuachu Døhr Thychosen Ureña Royer Poulsen Banggaard Bödvarsson		Hysén Sköld Bjärsmyr Eriksson Smedberg-Dalence Johansson Aleesami

IFK Göteborg v Molde FK

9 February 2016 The Dubai International Cup	IFK Göteborg	2–1	Molde FK	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30 UTC+4	Boman  42' Pettersson  72'	Report	S. Svendsen  74'	Stadium: The Sevens Stadium Attendance: 63 Referee: Yaseen Almansoori (United Arab Emirates)

IFK Göteborg v Stabæk

14 February 2016 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Stabæk	Gothenburg, Sweden
16:00	Rieks  12' Hysén  34'	Report		Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

IFK Göteborg v Jönköpings Södra IF

11 March 2016 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	3–1	Jönköpings Södra IF	Gothenburg, Sweden
16:00	Rieks  23' Salomonsson  39', 53' (pen.)	Report	Gojani  74'	Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena Attendance: 1,041 Referee: Antti Kanerva (Olofstorp)

IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF

19 March 2016 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Djurgårdens IF	Gothenburg, Sweden
15:00	Ankersen  64'	Report	Walker  79'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 2,063 Referee: Adnan Jukić (Falkenberg)

IFK Göteborg v Randers FC

24 March 2016 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	0–3	Randers FC	Gothenburg, Sweden
14:00		Report	Ishak  17', 65' Babayan  85'	Stadium: Hjällbovallen Attendance: 337 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

IFK Göteborg v Strømsgodset

23 June 2016 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	2–2	Strømsgodset	Stenungsund, Sweden
16:00	Engvall  50' Boman  70'	Report	Agouda  84' Vilsvik  90+3'	Stadium: Nösnäsvallen Attendance: 604 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

Footnotes

1. The match between IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF was abandoned in the 77th minute, at 0–0, after a firecracker was being thrown towards Malmö FF player and former IFK Göteborg player Tobias Sana. The assistant referee Mathias Klasenius was near the accident as well. The referee Jonas Eriksson ordered all players and club staff of the pitch and adjoining areas as the police carried the attacker off the pitch and into custody. After a 34 minute wait the match delegate Pelle Höög announced that the referee had taken the decision to not resume the match that day.^[54] On 4 May, the Disciplinary Committee of the Swedish Football Association reached a decision on the outcome of the game. Malmö FF were awarded the game 3–0.^[55]

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