2023 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2023 season
ChairmanRichard Berkling
Head coachMikael Stahre
(until 8 March)
William Lundin & Alexander Tengryd
(caretakers, 8 March–7 June)
Jens Berthel Askou
(from 7 June)
StadiumGamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan13th
2022–23 Svenska CupenGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marcus Berg (7)
All:
Marcus Berg (7)
Highest home attendance17,875 vs.
BK Häcken
(27 August 2023,
Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance3,259 vs.
Utsiktens BK
(20 February 2023,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance16,190
Biggest win6–0 vs.
Degerfors IF
(4 May 2023,
Allsvenskan)
Biggest defeat0–4 vs.
IFK Norrköping
(5 March 2023,
Svenska Cupen)
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 season was IFK Göteborg's 118th in existence, their 91st season in Allsvenskan and their 47th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play started on 2 April and ended on 12 November.

Players

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Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Pontus Dahlberg
2 DF Sweden SWE Emil Salomonsson
3 DF Sweden SWE Johan Bångsbo
5 MF Sweden SWE Sebastian Ohlsson
6 DF Norway NOR Anders Trondsen
7 MF Sweden SWE Sebastian Eriksson
9 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Berg (captain)
10 MF Sweden SWE Hussein Carneil
11 MF Norway NOR Eman Marković
12 GK Iceland ISL Adam Ingi Benediktsson
13 MF Sweden SWE Gustav Svensson (3rd captain)
14 MF Sweden SWE Gustaf Norlin
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Denmark DEN Sebastian Hausner
17 DF Sweden SWE Oscar Wendt (vice-captain)
19 MF Albania ALB Arbnor Muçolli
20 FW Nigeria NGA Suleiman Abdullahi
21 MF Sweden SWE Adam Carlén
22 FW Kosovo KOS Astrit Selmani (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
23 MF Iceland ISL Kolbeinn Þórðarson
24 MF Ivory Coast CIV Abundance Salaou
26 MF Sweden SWE David Pérez (on loan from Atalanta)
28 MF Sweden SWE Lucas Kåhed
29 DF Denmark DEN Thomas Santos

Club

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The 2023 season was Jens Berthel Askou's first season at IFK Göteborg.

Coaching staff

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Name Role
Denmark Jens Berthel Askou Head coach
Sweden William Lundin Assistant coach
Sweden Hannes Stiller Team manager
Scotland Lee Baxter Goalkeeping coach
Sweden Kalle Olsson Strength and conditioning coach
Sweden Fredrik Larsson Physiotherapist
Sweden Kaj Leuther Physiotherapist
Sweden Calle Persson Physiotherapist
Sweden Fred Jähnke Match analyst
Norway Stig Torbjørnsen Head scout
Sweden Olle Sultan Scout
Sweden David Vuković Sports assistant
Sweden Rolf Gustavsson Equipment manager
Sweden Håkan Lindahl Equipment manager

Other information

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Chairman Sweden Richard Berkling
Club director Sweden Håkan Mild
Technical director Sweden Ola Larsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Gamla Ullevi (18,600 / 105x68 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Allsvenskan Matchday 1 13th 2 April 2023 12 November 2023
2022–23 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Group stage 31 August 2022 5 March 2023

Updated to match played 12 November 2023
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

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Main article: 2023 Allsvenskan

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 AIK 30 9 9 12 34 38 −4 36
12 Halmstads BK 30 9 9 12 30 44 −14 36
13 IFK Göteborg 30 8 10 12 33 37 −4 34
14 IF Brommapojkarna (O) 30 10 3 17 40 53 −13 33 Qualification for the Allsvenskan play-off
15 Degerfors IF (R) 30 7 5 18 30 62 −32 26 Relegation to Superettan
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) 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).
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 8 10 12 33 37  −4 34 5 4 6 20 14  +6 3 6 6 13 23  −10

Last updated: 12 November 2023.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultLLLLDWDDDLLLDLDDWLWWWDWWDLLLDW
Position121515161615131213141414151515151515151412121110101213131313
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

2 April 2023 Round 1 IFK Göteborg 0–1 IFK Värnamo Gothenburg
17:30 Report Berg 90+2' (o.g.) Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 16,180
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
9 April 2023 Round 2 Kalmar FF 2–0 IFK Göteborg Kalmar
17:30 Skrabb 31'
Hümmet 90+4'		 Report Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 8,902
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
17 April 2023 Round 3 IFK Göteborg 0–1 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:10 Report Kiese Thelin 20' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,051
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
23 April 2023 Round 4 Djurgårdens IF 1–0 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
15:00 Finndell 6' Report Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 22,529
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
1 May 2023 Round 5 IFK Göteborg 1–1 IFK Norrköping Gothenburg
15:00 Ohlsson 8' Report Salomonsson 28' (o.g.) Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 14,983
Referee: Victor Wolf
4 May 2023 Round 6 IFK Göteborg 6–0 Degerfors IF Gothenburg
19:00 Svensson 6'
Ohlsson 21'
Berg 42', 52'
Hagen 62'
Wendt 84'		 Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 13,644
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
8 May 2023 Round 7 IF Brommapojkarna 0–0 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Report Stadium: Grimsta IP
Attendance: 2,556
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
15 May 2023 Round 8 AIK 2–2 IFK Göteborg Solna
19:10 Svensson 13' (o.g.)
Modesto 54'		 Report Ohlsson 5', 72' Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 21,113
Referee: Victor Wolf
21 May 2023 Round 9 IFK Göteborg 1–1 Hammarby IF Gothenburg
17:30 Berg 87' (pen.) Report Sadiku 44' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,289
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
29 May 2023 Round 10 BK Häcken 4–1 IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:10 Larsen 16'
Rygaard 48'
Traoré 55'
Dahbo 87'		 Report Norlin 34' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 6,141
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
3 June 2023 Round 11 IFK Göteborg 0–1 Mjällby AIF Gothenburg
15:00 Report Ståhl 58' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 14,616
Referee: Richard Sundell
11 June 2023 Round 12 IK Sirius 2–0 IFK Göteborg Uppsala
15:00 Matthews 6'
Persson 68'		 Report Stadium: Studenternas IP
Attendance: 6,876
Referee: Oscar Johnson
2 July 2023 Round 13 Halmstads BK 0–0 IFK Göteborg Halmstad
15:00 Report Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 9,804
Referee: Joakim Östling
10 July 2023 Round 14 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Varbergs BoIS Gothenburg
19:00 Norlin 90+4' (pen.) Report Krasniqi 55', 90' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 15,687
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
16 July 2023 Round 15 IF Elfsborg 1–1 IFK Göteborg Borås
15:00 Frick 46' Report Lagerbielke 29' (o.g.) Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 14,379
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
23 July 2023 Round 16 IFK Göteborg 0–0 Halmstads BK Gothenburg
17:30 Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 16,110
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
30 July 2023 Round 17 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Kalmar FF Gothenburg
17:30 Carlén 40', 62' Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 15,055
Referee: Joakim Östling
7 August 2023 Round 18 IFK Norrköping 3–0 IFK Göteborg Norrköping
19:00 Traustason 31', 44'
Shabani 73'		 Report Stadium: Nya Parken
Attendance: 9,390
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim
13 August 2023 Round 19 IFK Göteborg 2–1 Djurgårdens IF Gothenburg
15:00 Muçolli 77'
Berg 86'		 Report Milleskog 20' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 16,729
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
19 August 2023 Round 20 Degerfors IF 1–2 IFK Göteborg Degerfors
15:00 Granath 50' Report Salomonsson 65'
Berg 86'		 Stadium: Stora Valla
Attendance: 5,880
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
27 August 2023 Round 21 IFK Göteborg 4–2 BK Häcken Gothenburg
17:30 Berg 21', 52'
Hausner 35'
Muçolli 41'		 Report Romeo 59'
Youssef 75'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,875
Referee: Glenn Nyberg
3 September 2023 Round 22 Malmö FF 2–2 IFK Göteborg Malmö
17:30 Kiese Thelin 49' (pen.)
Olsson 90+7'		 Report Muçolli 13', 36' Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 20,907
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
16 September 2023 Round 23 IFK Göteborg 1–0 IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg
15:00 Muçolli 62' (pen.) Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 16,191
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
24 September 2023 Round 24 Mjällby AIF 0–1 IFK Göteborg Hällevik
15:00 Report Santos 84' Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Adam Ladebäck
1 October 2023 Round 25 Hammarby IF 1–1 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
17:30 Erabi 53' Report Muçolli 90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 25,784
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
7 October 2023 Round 26 IFK Göteborg 0–1 IK Sirius Gothenburg
17:30 Report Stensson 54' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,099
Referee: Victor Wolf
23 October 2023 Round 27 IFK Värnamo 3–1 IFK Göteborg Värnamo
19:00 Engvall 52'
Johansson 63'
Ademi 77'		 Report Salomonsson 19' Stadium: Finnvedsvallen
Attendance: 3,269
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
30 October 2023 Round 28 IFK Göteborg 1–2 IF Elfsborg Gothenburg
19:10 UTC+1 Holmén 76' (o.g.) Report Frick 32'
Bernhardsson 83'		 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,228
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
6 November 2023 Round 29 IFK Göteborg 1–1 AIK Gothenburg
19:10 UTC+1 Papagiannopoulos 30' (o.g.) Report Ayari 67' Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,116
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson
12 November 2023 Round 30 Varbergs BoIS 1–2 IFK Göteborg Varberg
15:00 UTC+1 Zackrisson 64' Report Kåhed 74'
Carlén 90+5'		 Stadium: Påskbergsvallen
Attendance: 3,713
Referee: Granit Maqedonci

Svenska Cupen

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2022–23

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The tournament continued from the 2022 season.
Main article: 2022–23 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKN GAIS IFKG UBK
1 IFK Norrköping 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Advance to Knockout stage 3–3
2 GAIS 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 0–1 2–1
3 IFK Göteborg 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3 0–4 3–2
4 Utsiktens BK 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1 0–2
Source: SvFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Lowest disciplinary points; 6) Highest ranked team
20 February 2023 Matchday 1 IFK Göteborg 3–2 Utsiktens BK Gothenburg
18:30 Marković 12'
Carneil 39'
Hagen 42'		 Report Skoglund 35'
Martinsson 82'		 Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 3,259
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
26 February 2023 Matchday 2 GAIS 2–1 IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
13:00 Norén 56'
Çelik 62' (pen.)		 Report Carlén 42' Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 5,375
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
5 March 2023 Matchday 3 IFK Göteborg 0–4 IFK Norrköping Gothenburg
15:15 Report Sigurðsson 37', 64' (pen.)
Traustason 45+1'
Shabani 75'		 Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 4,379
Referee: Granit Maqedonci

2023–24

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The tournament continued into the 2024 season.
Main article: 2023–24 Svenska Cupen
Qualification stage
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23 August 2023 Round 2 IK Zenith 0–2 IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:00 UTC+2 Report Tyrén 17'
Selmani 70'		 Stadium: Hovgårdsvallen
Attendance: 4,041
Referee: Philip Lindh

Non-competitive

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Pre-season

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Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

20 January 2023 Friendly IFK Göteborg 4–1 Degerfors IF Gothenburg, Sweden
18:00 Ohlsson 2'
Carlstrand 61', 66'
Salomonsson 65'		 Report Hedén Lindskog 90+2' Stadium: Valhalla IP
Attendance: 2,254
Referee: Bojan Pandžić
28 January 2023 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–1 Halmstads BK Gothenburg, Sweden
12:00 Salomonsson 43' Report Vik. Granath 34' Stadium: Valhalla IP
Attendance: 2,056
Referee: Joakim Östling
6 February 2023 Friendly Tromsø IL Norway 0–2 Sweden IFK Göteborg Alicante, Spain
15:05 Report Hagen 8'
Abdullahi 28'		 Stadium: Albir Garden Pitch
Attendance: 75
11 February 2023 Friendly Viborg FF Denmark 3–0 Sweden IFK Göteborg San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
15:00 Leemans 10'
Bonde 25'
Paulinho 81'		 Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Attendance: 250
10 March 2023 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–1 Finland IFK Mariehamn Gothenburg, Sweden
20:00 Carneil 10' Report Dé 83' Stadium: Valhalla IP
Attendance: 355
Referee: Andreas Dufva-Johansson
18 March 2023 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–0 Jönköpings Södra IF Gothenburg, Sweden
14:00 Hagen 69' Report Stadium: Valhalla IP
Referee: Fredrik Oppong
25 March 2023 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–1 Norway Sarpsborg 08 Gothenburg, Sweden
12:30 Norlin 29' Report Salomonsson 25' (o.g.) Stadium: Valhalla IP
Referee: Granit Maqedonci

Mid-season

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25 June 2023 Friendly Malmö FF 0–1 IFK Göteborg Malmö, Sweden
16:00 UTC+2 Report Norlin 26' Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 4,930
Referee: Oscar Johnson

References

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