2018 IFK Göteborg season

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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]
← 2017
2019 →

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.

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

Club[]

Other information[]

Chairman Sweden Mats Engström
Club director Sweden Max Markusson
Director of sports Sweden 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 2018 11 November 2018
2017–18 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Quarter-finals 23 August 2017 10 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[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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 Goal 43' Report Ómarsson Goal 21', 49'
Sakor Goal 72'		 Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 5,509
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
10 April 2018 Round 2 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Hammarby IF Gothenburg
19:00 Diskerud Goal 60' Report Paulsen Goal 62'
Hamad Goal 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 Goal 58'
Ghoddos Goal 64'		 Report Diskerud Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 20'
Olsson Goal 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 Goal 15', 60' Report Paulinho Goal 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 Goal 54' Report Wernersson Goal 42'
Erlingmark Goal 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 Goal 47'
Skrabb Goal 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 Goal 90+5' Report Kharaishvili Goal 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 Goal 75' Report Mrabti Goal 3'
Beijmo Goal 22'
Ring Goal 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 Goal 34'
Batanero Goal 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 Goal 73' Report Diouf Goal 10'
Eriksson Goal 64'
Magnusson Goal 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 Goal 29'
Ómarsson Goal 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 Goal 45+2'
Arvidsson Goal 56' (pen.), 76' (pen.)		 Report Salomonsson Goal 12' (pen.)
Kharaishvili Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 50' (pen.)
Fejzullahu Goal 68'		 Report Sakor Goal 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 Goal 47'
Ohlsson Goal 57'		 Report Ogbu Goal 65'
Haglund Goal 80'
Lundholm Goal 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 Goal 21'
Sakor Goal 45+1'		 Report Widgren Goal 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 Goal 90' (pen.)
Larsen Goal 90+6'		 Report Abraham Goal 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 Goal 33' Report Kharaishvili Goal 90' (pen.) Stadium: Gavlevallen
Attendance: 728
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg
16 September 2018 Round 21 IFK Göteborg 2–2 IF Elfsborg Gothenburg
17:30 Söder Goal 70'
Kharaishvili Goal 86' (pen.)		 Report Obasi Goal 23'
Frick Goal 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 Goal 26', 63'
Irandust Goal 33'
Jeremejeff Goal 48'		 Report Söder Goal 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 Goal 24'
Goitom Goal 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 Goal 26'
Hamad Goal 72' (pen.)
Bakircioglu Goal 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 Goal 3'
Kharaishvili Goal 90+10'		 Report R. Nilsson Goal 31'
Hörberg Goal 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 Goal 25'
Wernersson Goal 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 Goal 87' (pen.) Report Hallenius Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 65'
Rieks Goal 71'
Rosenberg Goal 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 Goal 84' (o.g.) Report Nygren Goal 7', 89'
Kharaishvili Goal 57' (pen.)		 Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 4,129
Referee: Johan Hamlin

Svenska Cupen[]

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 Goal 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 Goal 67' Report Helg Goal 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 Goal 50' (pen.)
Goal 90+1'		 Report Ómarsson Goal 54'
Ohlsson Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 8'
Wernersson Goal 73'
Degerlund Goal 76'
Ohlsson Goal 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 Sweden 1–3 Denmark AaB Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00 Salomonsson Goal 31' Report Rolim Goal 32'
Šafranko Goal 51'
Kristensen Goal 80'		 Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena
Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
27 January 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 3–2 Norway Stabæk Gothenburg, Sweden
16:00 Salomonsson Goal 43' (pen.)
Ohlsson Goal 78', 89'		 Report Gyasi Goal 4'
Sæter Goal 10'		 Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena
Attendance: 1,755
Referee: Robert Daradić
3 February 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–1 Denmark OB San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 Ómarsson Goal 68'
Salomonsson Goal 72' (pen.)		 Report Festersen Goal 62' Stadium: Pinatar Football Center
Attendance: 78
Referee: Salvador Lax Franco (Spain)
9 February 2018 Friendly Meizhou Meixian Techand China 1–3 Sweden IFK Göteborg San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 Muriqui Goal 27' Report Ómarsson Goal 14'
Affane Goal 24'
Nordström Goal 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 Goal 7', 33'
Kharaishvili Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 4' Report Ómarsson Goal 3'
Ingebrigtsen Goal 40', 50'
Yusuf Goal 46', 59'
Nygren Goal 52', 69'
Diskerud Goal 86'		 Stadium: Åvallen
Attendance: 200
Referee: Erik Nordqvist
16 June 2018 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–2 Djurgårdens IF Borlänge, Sweden
15:00 Hysén Goal 65' Report Chilufya Goal 22'
Radetinac Goal 39'		 Stadium: Kvarnsvedens IP
Attendance: 674
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
30 June 2018 Friendly Bodens BK 1–4 IFK Göteborg Boden, Sweden
16:00 Selini Goal 70' Report Kharaishvili Goal 30', 52', 61' (pen.)
Ingebrigtsen Goal 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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