2007 IFK Göteborg season

The 2007 season was IFK Göteborg's 102nd in existence, their 75th season in Allsvenskan and their 31st consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. IFK Göteborg won their first domestic title in 11 years. The club also broke its transfer record when Tobias Hysén was bought from Sunderland for 2.5 million euros.

IFK Göteborg
2007 season
ChairmanStig Lundström
Head coachJonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn
StadiumUllevi
Allsvenskan1st
Svenska CupenRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marcus Berg (14)
All:
Marcus Berg (18)
Highest home attendance41,471 vs.
Trelleborgs FF
(28 October 2007,
Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance1,521 vs.
Gefle IF
(5 July 2007,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance15,798

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SWE Bengt Andersson
2 DF  SWE Sebastian Eriksson
4 DF  SWE Bastian Rojas Diaz
5 MF  SWE Mattias Bjärsmyr
6 DF  SWE Adam Johansson (vice captain)
7 MF  SWE Tobias Hysén
8 MF  SWE Thomas Olsson
9 FW  SWE Stefan Selaković
10 MF  SWE Niclas Alexandersson (captain)
11 FW  SWE Mathias Ranégie
12 GK  SWE David Stenman
13 DF  SWE Gustav Svensson
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  ISL Hjálmar Jónsson
15 MF  SWE Jakob Johansson
16 DF  SWE Magnus Johansson
17 FW  SWE George Mourad
18 FW  SWE Jonas Wallerstedt
19 MF  SWE Pontus Wernbloom
20 MF  SWE Eldin Karišik
22 DF  ISL Ragnar Sigurðsson
23 MF  SWE Andrés Vasquez
25 GK  SWE Erik Dahlin
26 FW  CAN Ali Gerba

Club

Other information
Chairman Stig Lundström
Club director Seppo Vaihela
Director of sports Håkan Mild
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Ullevi (43,000 / 105x66 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions
Celebration at Ullevi after winning the title.

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Allsvenskan Matchday 1 Winners 6 April 200728 October 2007
Svenska Cupen Round 2 Runners-up 26 April 200727 September 2007

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan
Main article: 2007 Allsvenskan

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IFK Göteborg (C) 26 14 7 5 45 23 +22 49 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kalmar FF 26 15 3 8 43 32 +11 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Djurgårdens IF 26 13 7 6 39 24 +15 46
4 IF Elfsborg 26 10 10 6 39 30 +9 40 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 AIK 26 10 8 8 30 27 +3 38
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 14 7 5 45 23  +22 49 6 5 2 19 10  +9 8 2 3 26 13  +13

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAH
ResultDLWDWWLWLWLLDDWWWDWDDWWWWW
Position511592241526887654424411111
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

6 April 2007 Round 1 Trelleborgs FF 1–1 IFK Göteborg Trelleborg
15:00 Malmqvist  41' Report Wernbloom  5' Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
17 April 2007 Round 2 IFK Göteborg 1–2 AIK Gothenburg
19:00 J. Berg  16' Report Burgić  54'
Figueiredo  87'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 18,162
Referee: Martin Hansson
23 April 2007 Round 3 IF Brommapojkarna 1–2 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Guterstam  80' Report M. Berg  8'
Alexandersson  49'		 Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
30 April 2007 Round 4 IFK Göteborg 1–1 Halmstads BK Gothenburg
17:00 Wernbloom  44' Report Tahirović  3' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 8,320
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
7 May 2007 Round 5 Örebro SK 0–4 IFK Göteborg Örebro
19:00 Report M. Berg  33'
Karišik  46'
Olsson  63'
Vasquez  69'		 Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 9,555
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
14 May 2007 Round 6 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Gefle IF Gothenburg
19:00 M. Berg  61', 65' Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 7,310
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson
22 May 2007 Round 7 IF Elfsborg 3–1 IFK Göteborg Borås
19:00 Svensson  38', 62', 79' Report M. Berg  26' Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 16,599
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
28 May 2007 Round 8 IFK Göteborg 1–0 GAIS Gothenburg
19:00 M. Berg  76' Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,406
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
12 June 2007 Round 9 Djurgårdens IF 2–1 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Tauer  35'
Komac  45'		 Report M. Berg  2' Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 12,697
Referee: Martin Hansson
17 June 2007 Round 10 IFK Göteborg 3–2 Kalmar FF Gothenburg
17:00 Wallerstedt  33', 90'
Vasquez  44'		 Report Ari  32'
Johansson  83'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 6,754
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
27 June 2007 Round 11 Hammarby IF 3–1 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Eguren  9'
Chanko  22'
Zengin  44'		 Report M. Johansson  50' Stadium: Söderstadion
Attendance: 12,512
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
2 July 2007 Round 12 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:00 M. Berg  70' (pen.) Report Skoog  22'
Júnior  90'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 11,270
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
10 July 2007 Round 13 IFK Göteborg 0–0 Helsingborgs IF Gothenburg
19:00 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 10,768
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
15 July 2007 Round 14 Helsingborgs IF 2–2 IFK Göteborg Helsingborg
17:00 Omotoyossi  53', 79' Report Berg  29', 42' (pen.) Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 14,090
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson
31 July 2007 Round 15 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Örebro SK Gothenburg
19:00 Selaković  15'
Berg  77'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 7,712
Referee: Martin Hansson
6 August 2007 Round 16 Gefle IF 0–2 IFK Göteborg Gävle
19:00 Report Berg  24', 90' Stadium: Strömvallen
Attendance: 6,683
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
11 August 2007 Round 17 Kalmar FF 0–5 IFK Göteborg Kalmar
16:00 Report Selaković  36'
Wernbloom  45'
Berg  83'
Wallerstedt  89'
Bjärsmyr  90'		 Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 5,670
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
16 August 2007 Round 18 IFK Göteborg 1–1 Djurgårdens IF Gothenburg
20:00 Wallerstedt  79' Report Jonson  70' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt
28 August 2007 Round 19 Halmstads BK 1–3 IFK Göteborg Halmstad
20:00 Arvidsson  85' Report Wernbloom  5'
Wallerstedt  57'
Jónsson  66'		 Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 9,104
Referee: Martin Hansson
2 September 2007 Round 20 IFK Göteborg 0–0 IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg
17:00 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Martin Hansson
15 September 2007 Round 21 IFK Göteborg 2–2 IF Elfsborg Gothenburg
16:00 Svensson  3'
Wallerstedt  23'		 Report Ishizaki  37', 66' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,339
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
25 September 2007 Round 22 GAIS 0–1 IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:00 Report Wernbloom  2' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,956
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
1 October 2007 Round 23 IFK Göteborg 3–0 Hammarby IF Gothenburg
19:00 Alexandersson  4'
Lidholm  22' (o.g.)
Wallerstedt  57'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 14,543
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
6 October 2007 Round 24 Malmö FF 0–2 IFK Göteborg Malmö
16:00 Report Selaković  33'
Hysén  72'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 11,219
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
22 October 2007 Round 25 AIK 0–1 IFK Göteborg Solna
19:00 Report Bjärsmyr  19' Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 18,407
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
28 October 2007 Round 26 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Trelleborgs FF Gothenburg
15:00 UTC+1 Olsson  7'
Wernbloom  34'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 41,471
Referee: Martin Hansson

Svenska Cupen
Main article: 2007 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

26 April 2007 Round 2 Ängelholms FF 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 IFK Göteborg Ängelholm
18:00  68'
C. Augustsson  119'		 M. Berg  23', 110' Stadium: Ängelholms IP
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
Penalties
J. Augustsson
Rojas
M. Johansson
Olsson
Alexandersson
M. Berg
17 May 2007 Round 3 Ljungby IF 1–6 IFK Göteborg Ljungby
17:00 Nilsson  ?' M. Johansson  ?' (pen.)
J. Berg  ?'
Selaković  ?', ?', ?'
Wallerstedt  ?'		 Stadium: Lagavallen
Attendance: 2,080
Referee: Martin Ingdotter Olsson
5 July 2007 Round 4 IFK Göteborg 3–0 Gefle IF Gothenburg
19:00 Wernbloom  51'
M. Berg  72', 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
2 August 2007 Quarter-finals Mjällby AIF 1–2 (a.e.t.) IFK Göteborg Hällevik
18:30 Fejzullahu  10' Mourad  90'
Jónsson  111'		 Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 5,482
Referee: Michael Lerjéus
22 September 2007 Semi-finals IFK Göteborg 4–0 Landskrona BoIS Gothenburg
16:00 Wernbloom  31', 55', 74'
Bjärsmyr  62'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt
27 September 2007 Final Kalmar FF 3–0 IFK Göteborg Kalmar
19:00 Santin  22', 88' (pen.)
Ingelsten  65'		 Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 6,877
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Non competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

3 February 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–2 BK Häcken Gothenburg, Sweden
13:30 Selaković  26'
Stadium: Valhalla IP
10 February 2007 Friendly IF Elfsborg 1–0 IFK Göteborg Borås, Sweden
13:00 Keene  14' Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Åke Andreasson
15 February 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 0–0 Sibir Novosibirsk Marbella, Spain
16:00 Stadium: Marpafut
19 February 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–0 Korona Kielce Marbella, Spain
16:00 M. Berg  22' Stadium: Marpafut
Attendance: 25
6 March 2007 Friendly AaB 2–1 IFK Göteborg Aalborg, Denmark
 Selaković  60' Stadium: Hornevej
Attendance: 50
14 March 2019 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–0 Örgryte IS Gothenburg, Sweden
16:30 J. Berg  44' Stadium: Ruddalens IP
Attendance: 1,500
21 March 2019 Friendly IFK Göteborg 5–0 ASIL Lysi Larnaca, Cyprus
15:30 UTC+2
24 March 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 4–0 Aalesunds FK Larnaca, Cyprus
 Report
29 March 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 3–0 Bryne FK Gothenburg, Sweden
17:30
Stadium: Backavallen
Attendance: 1,000

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

5 June 2007 Friendly Sävedalens IF 0–3 IFK Göteborg Partille, Sweden
J. Berg  ?', ?'
Olsson  ?'		 Stadium: Vallhamra IP
24 July 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–2 Crystal Palace Grebbestad, Sweden
19:30 Mourad  74' Ifill  2'
Scowcroft  35'		 Stadium: Siljevi IP
Attendance: 1,311

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