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
Chairman	Mats Engström
Head coach	Poya Asbaghi
Stadium	Gamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan	11th
2017–18 Svenska Cupen	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Giorgi Kharaishvili (9) All: Giorgi Kharaishvili Elías Már Ómarsson (9)
Highest home attendance	15,467 vs. Hammarby IF (10 April 2018, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	2,041 vs. Östers IF (24 February 2018, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance	9,978
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 (3rd captain)
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 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

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W
Position	2	7	9	7	10	7	7	8	9	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11

Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Trelleborgs FF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Hammarby IF

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

Östersunds FK v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Dalkurd FF

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

AIK v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v BK Häcken

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

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v IFK Norrköping

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

IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF

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

GIF Sundsvall v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF

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

IFK Göteborg v Örebro SK

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

IK Sirius v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna

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

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v IK Sirius

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

IFK Göteborg v Östersunds FK

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

IFK Norrköping v IFK Göteborg

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

Dalkurd FF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v IF Elfsborg

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

BK Häcken v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v AIK

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

Hammarby IF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Trelleborgs FF

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

IF Brommapojkarna v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v GIF Sundsvall

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

Djurgårdens IF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

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

Örebro SK v IFK Göteborg

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

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

IFK Göteborg v Varbergs BoIS

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

IFK Göteborg v Östers IF

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

IK Sirius v IFK Göteborg

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

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

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

Torns IF v IFK Göteborg

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.

IFK Göteborg v AaB

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

IFK Göteborg v Stabæk

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

IFK Göteborg v OB

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)

Meizhou Meixian Techand v IFK Göteborg

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)

IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna

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

IFK Göteborg v Örgryte IS

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.

Dalakombination v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF

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

Bodens BK v IFK Göteborg

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