2018 IFK Göteborg season

The 2018 season was IFK Göteborg's 113th in existence, their 86th season in Allsvenskan and their 42nd consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen.

IFK Göteborg
2018 season
ChairmanMats Engström
Head coachPoya Asbaghi
StadiumGamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan11th
2017–18 Svenska CupenQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Giorgi Kharaishvili (9)
All:
Elías Már Ómarsson
Giorgi Kharaishvili (9)
Highest home attendance15,467 vs.
Hammarby IF
(10 April 2018,
Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance2,041 vs.
Östers IF
(24 February 2018,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance9,978[1]

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
2 DF  SWE Emil Salomonsson
3 DF  SWE Billy Nordström
4 DF  SWE Carl Starfelt
5 DF  SWE Kristopher Da Graca
6 MF  NOR Fredrik Oldrup Jensen (on loan from Zulte Waregem)
7 FW  SWE Tobias Hysén (vice captain)
8 MF  NOR Vajebah Sakor
9 FW  SWE Robin Söder
10 FW  SWE Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr
11 MF  SWE Amin Affane
14 FW  SWE Benjamin Nygren
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  SWE Marcus Degerlund (on loan from Hammarby IF)
16 FW  SWE Sargon Abraham
19 MF  SWE August Erlingmark
20 DF  SWE Victor Wernersson
22 FW  GEO Giorgi Kharaishvili (on loan from Saburtalo Tbilisi)
23 DF  SWE David Boo Wiklander (captain)
24 FW  SWE Sebastian Ohlsson
25 GK  SWE Erik Dahlin
26 DF  ARM André Calisir
28 MF  NGA Alhassan Yusuf
31 GK  SWE Tom Amos

Club

Other information
Chairman Mats Engström
Club director Max Markusson
Director of sports Jonas Olsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Gamla Ullevi (18,600 / 105x68 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Allsvenskan N/A 11th 1 April 201811 November 2018
2017–18 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Quarter-finals 23 August 201710 March 2018

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan
Main article: 2018 Allsvenskan

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Örebro SK 30 9 8 13 34 40 −6 35
10 Kalmar FF 30 9 7 14 27 35 −8 34
11 IFK Göteborg 30 9 4 17 38 53 −15 31
12 IF Elfsborg 30 7 9 14 29 41 −12 30
13 IK Sirius 30 8 6 16 37 61 −24 30
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 9 4 17 38 53  −15 31 5 2 8 20 26  −6 4 2 9 18 27  −9

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLLWLWWLDLLLWLWLLWLDDLLLDWLLLW
Position2797107789101012121211111110111111111212121213131311
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

1 April 2018 Round 1 Trelleborgs FF 1–3 IFK Göteborg Trelleborg
17:30 Jovanović  43' Report Ómarsson  21', 49'
Sakor  72'		 Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 5,509
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
10 April 2018 Round 2 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Hammarby IF Gothenburg
19:00 Diskerud  60' Report Paulsen  62'
Hamad  90+1'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 15,467
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
15 April 2018 Round 3 Östersunds FK 2–1 IFK Göteborg Östersund
17:30 Edwards  58'
Ghoddos  64'		 Report Diskerud  73' Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Attendance: 5,048
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
19 April 2018 Round 4 IFK Göteborg 1–0 Dalkurd FF Gothenburg
19:00 Engvall  45+1' Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 9,165
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
22 April 2018 Round 5 AIK 2–0 IFK Göteborg Solna
17:30 Silva  20'
Olsson  50'		 Report Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 19,619
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
28 April 2018 Round 6 IFK Göteborg 2–1 BK Häcken Gothenburg
16:00 Ómarsson  15', 60' Report Paulinho  90' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 12,852
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
7 May 2018 Round 7 Malmö FF 1–2 IFK Göteborg Malmö
19:00 Strandberg  54' Report Wernersson  42'
Erlingmark  58'		 Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 17,715
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
13 May 2018 Round 8 IFK Göteborg 0–2 IFK Norrköping Gothenburg
15:00 Report Holmberg  47'
Skrabb  90+5'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 11,925
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
21 May 2018 Round 9 IF Elfsborg 1–1 IFK Göteborg Borås
19:00 Frick  90+5' Report Kharaishvili  63' Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 11,735
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
24 May 2018 Round 10 IFK Göteborg 1–3 Djurgårdens IF Gothenburg
19:00 Hysén  75' Report Mrabti  3'
Beijmo  22'
Ring  54'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 12,268
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
27 May 2018 Round 11 GIF Sundsvall 2–0 IFK Göteborg Sundsvall
15:00 Gall  34'
Batanero  59'		 Report Stadium: Idrottsparken
Attendance: 3,596
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
8 July 2018 Round 12 IFK Göteborg 1–3 Kalmar FF Gothenburg
15:00 Affane  73' Report Diouf  10'
Eriksson  64'
Magnusson  70'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 7,298
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
14 July 2018 Round 13 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Örebro SK Gothenburg
20:00 Kharaishvili  29'
Ómarsson  90+2'		 Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 6,479
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
22 July 2018 Round 14 IK Sirius 3–2 IFK Göteborg Uppsala
17:30 Haglund  45+2'
Arvidsson  56' (pen.), 76' (pen.)		 Report Salomonsson  12' (pen.)
Kharaishvili  37'		 Stadium: Studenternas IP
Attendance: 4,112
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
28 July 2018 Round 15 IFK Göteborg 3–0 IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg
16:00 Ómarsson  20', 85', 88' Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 7,425
Referee: Patrik Eriksson
4 August 2018 Round 16 Kalmar FF 2–1 IFK Göteborg Kalmar
16:00 Romário  50' (pen.)
Fejzullahu  68'		 Report Sakor  58' Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
10 August 2018 Round 17 IFK Göteborg 2–3 IK Sirius Gothenburg
19:00 Karlsson Lagemyr  47'
Ohlsson  57'		 Report Ogbu  65'
Haglund  80'
Lundholm  87'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 9,357
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
20 August 2018 Round 18 IFK Göteborg 2–1 Östersunds FK Gothenburg
19:00 Kharaishvili  21'
Sakor  45+1'		 Report Widgren  25' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 8,114
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
27 August 2018 Round 19 IFK Norrköping 2–1 IFK Göteborg Norrköping
19:00 Moberg Karlsson  90' (pen.)
Larsen  90+6'		 Report Abraham  75' Stadium: Nya Parken
Attendance: 9,541
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
2 September 2018 Round 20 Dalkurd FF 1–1 IFK Göteborg Gävle
15:00 Strand  33' Report Kharaishvili  90' (pen.) Stadium: Gavlevallen
Attendance: 728
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
16 September 2018 Round 21 IFK Göteborg 2–2 IF Elfsborg Gothenburg
17:30 Söder  70'
Kharaishvili  86' (pen.)		 Report Obasi  23'
Frick  33'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 10,096
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
24 September 2018 Round 22 BK Häcken 4–1 IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:00 Lundberg  26', 63'
Irandust  33'
Jeremejeff  48'		 Report Söder  69' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 6,142
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
27 September 2018 Round 23 IFK Göteborg 0–2 AIK Gothenburg
19:00 Report Elyounoussi  24'
Goitom  89'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 12,104
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
1 October 2018 Round 24 Hammarby IF 3–0 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Paulsen  26'
Hamad  72' (pen.)
Bakircioglu  79'		 Report Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 18,973
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
6 October 2018 Round 25 IFK Göteborg 2–2 Trelleborgs FF Gothenburg
16:00 Ohlsson  3'
Kharaishvili  90+10'		 Report R. Nilsson  31'
Hörberg  80'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Patrik Eriksson
22 October 2018 Round 26 IF Brommapojkarna 0–2 IFK Göteborg Solna
19:00 Report Ohlsson  25'
Wernersson  59'		 Stadium: Grimsta IP
Attendance: 2,308
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
26 October 2018 Round 27 IFK Göteborg 1–2 GIF Sundsvall Gothenburg
19:00 Kharaishvili  87' (pen.) Report Hallenius  5', 17' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 6,172
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
31 October 2018 Round 28 Djurgårdens IF 2–0 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 UTC+1 Badji  9', 45' Report Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 8,751
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
4 November 2018 Round 29 IFK Göteborg 0–3 Malmö FF Gothenburg
15:00 UTC+1 Report Gall  65'
Rieks  71'
Rosenberg  80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 13,073
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson
11 November 2018 Round 30 Örebro SK 1–3 IFK Göteborg Örebro
15:00 UTC+1 Boo Wiklander  84' (o.g.) Report Nygren  7', 89'
Kharaishvili  57' (pen.)		 Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 4,129
Referee: Johan Hamlin

2017–18
The tournament continued from the 2017 season.
Main article: 2017–18 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKG ÖIF VAR IKS
1 IFK Göteborg 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to Knockout stage — 1–1 1–0 —
2 Östers IF 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 — — 2–1 —
3 Varbergs BoIS 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 — — — 2–1
4 IK Sirius 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2 2–2 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
17 February 2018 Matchday 1 IFK Göteborg 1–0 Varbergs BoIS Gothenburg
16:00 Diskerud  75' Report Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 2,410
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
24 February 2018 Matchday 2 IFK Göteborg 1–1 Östers IF Gothenburg
14:00 Diskerud  67' Report Helg  19' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 2,041
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
4 March 2018 Matchday 3 IK Sirius 2–2 IFK Göteborg Uppsala
17:00 Arvidsson  50' (pen.)
Nygren  90+1'		 Report Ómarsson  54'
Ohlsson  80'		 Stadium: Lötens IP
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
Knockout stage
10 March 2018 Quarter-finals Malmö FF 1–0 IFK Göteborg Malmö
13:00 Nielsen  18' Report Stadium: Malmö IP
Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Glenn Nyberg

2018–19
The tournament continued into the 2019 season.
Main article: 2018–19 Svenska Cupen
Qualification stage
23 August 2018 Round 2 Torns IF 0–4 IFK Göteborg Lund
18:30 UTC+2 Report Abraham  8'
Wernersson  73'
Degerlund  76'
Ohlsson  85'		 Stadium: Klostergårdens IP
Attendance: 2,203
Referee: Robert Daradić

Non competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

20 January 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–3 AaB Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00 Salomonsson  31' Report Rolim  32'
Šafranko  51'
Kristensen  80'		 Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena
Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
27 January 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 3–2 Stabæk Gothenburg, Sweden
16:00 Salomonsson  43' (pen.)
Ohlsson  78', 89'		 Report Gyasi  4'
Sæter  10'		 Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena
Attendance: 1,755
Referee: Robert Daradić
3 February 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 2–1 OB San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 Ómarsson  68'
Salomonsson  72' (pen.)		 Report Festersen  62' Stadium: Pinatar Football Center
Attendance: 78
Referee: Salvador Lax Franco (Spain)
9 February 2018 Friendly Meizhou Meixian Techand 1–3 IFK Göteborg San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 Muriqui  27' Report Ómarsson  14'
Affane  24'
Nordström  61'		 Stadium: Pinatar Football Center
Referee: José Joaquín Gallego Gambín (Spain)
16 March 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 3–0 IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg, Sweden
17:00 Ómarsson  7', 33'
Kharaishvili  86'		 Report Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 474
Referee: Robert Daradić
24 March 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–0 Örgryte IS Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00 Nygren  76' Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 9,855
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

11 June 2018 Friendly Dalakombination 1–8 IFK Göteborg Nyhammar, Sweden
19:00 Eriksson  4' Report Ómarsson  3'
Ingebrigtsen  40', 50'
Yusuf  46', 59'
Nygren  52', 69'
Diskerud  86'		 Stadium: Åvallen
Attendance: 200
Referee: Erik Nordqvist
16 June 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–2 Djurgårdens IF Borlänge, Sweden
15:00 Hysén  65' Report Chilufya  22'
Radetinac  39'		 Stadium: Kvarnsvedens IP
Attendance: 674
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
30 June 2018 Friendly Bodens BK 1–4 IFK Göteborg Boden, Sweden
16:00 Selini  70' Report Kharaishvili  30', 52', 61' (pen.)
Ingebrigtsen  67'		 Stadium: Boden Arena
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Joel Bäckström

References
  1. "Lagstatistik" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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