2024 BK Häcken season

BK Häcken
2024 season
Manager	Paco Johansen; (until 23 Septmber); Joop Oosterveld; (from 24 September)
Stadium	Bravida Arena
Allsvenskan	9th
Svenska Cupen	Group stage
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Julius Lindberg (4); All: ; Julius Lindberg (5)
Biggest defeat	Malmö 4–0 Häcken
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023

The 2024 BK Häcken season is the club's 85th year in existence and their 16th consecutive season in the Swedish top flight. Häcken played their first match on 17 February.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2024^[1]

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	Johan Brattberg
3	DF	SWE	Johan Hammar
5	DF	NOR	Even Hovland
7	DF	DEN	Jacob Barrett Laursen
8	MF	NGA	Ishaq Abdulrazak (on loan from Anderlecht)
9	FW	NOR	Ola Kamara
10	MF	TUN	Ali Youssef
11	MF	SWE	Julius Lindberg
12	DF	ISL	Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson
13	DF	SWE	Simon Sandberg
14	MF	SWE	Simon Gustafson
15	DF	BIH	Kadir Hodžić
16	MF	SWE	Pontus Dahbo
17	FW	ZAM	Edward Chilufya (on loan from Midtjylland)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	DEN	Mikkel Rygaard
19	FW	SRB	Srđan Hrstić
20	FW	JAM	Blair Turgott
22	MF	SWE	Tobias Sana
24	FW	TUN	Amor Layouni
26	GK	SWE	Peter Abrahamsson
27	MF	CIV	Amane Romeo
29	FW	MKD	Filip Trpchevski
30	GK	SWE	Sebastian Banozic
31	DF	SWE	Charlie Axede
32	GK	SWE	Andreas Linde
33	FW	UGA	John Paul Dembe (on loan from KCCA)
35	DF	SWE	Sigge Jansson

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SWE	Semir Bosnic (to Norrby until 30 November 2023)
—	FW	SWE	Anomnachi Chidi (to Ahlafors until 30 November 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Julius Lindberg	GAIS	Free	8 January 2024
DF	Adam Lundqvist	Austin FC	Free	1 February 2024	^[2]
FW	John Paul Dembe	Kampala City	Undisclosed	1 February 2024	^[3]
GK	Andreas Linde	Greuther Fürth	Undisclosed	1 February 2024	^[4]
DF	Nikola Zečević	FK Voždovac	Undisclosed	6 February 2024	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Aiham Ousou	Slavia Prague	Loan return	31 December 2023	^[6]
MF	Momodou Sonko	KAA Gent	€8,000,000	29 January 2024	^[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

25 January 2024 Friendly	Häcken	2–4	Midtjylland	Gothenburg
11:30	Amane 13' Layouni 23' Faye 38'	Report	Simsir 3', 41', 25' Iheanacho 68' Musa 103'	Stadium: Bravida Arena

2 February 2024 Friendly	Tromsø	4–2	Häcken	Marbella, Spain
16:00				Stadium: Banús Football Center

6 February 2024 Friendly	Häcken	2–4	Haugesund	Marbella, Spain
16:00				Stadium: Banús Football Center

10 February 2024 Friendly	Nordsjælland	3–0	Häcken	Farum, Denmark
13:00				Stadium: Right to Dream Park

9 March 2024 Friendly	Häcken	2–1	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
14:00	Hrstić 5' Lindberg 16'		Pinas 64'	Stadium: Gothia Park Academy

16 March 2024 Friendly	Häcken	1–3	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
13:00	Rygaard 9'	Report	Ouma 7' Frick 72' Söderberg 89'	Stadium: Bravida Arena

22 March 2024 Friendly	Häcken	5–1	Næstved BK	Gothenburg
12:00	Chilufya 6' Amane 14' Lindberg 45+1' Layouni 62' Abdulrazak 85'	Report	Friedrich 67'	Stadium: Bravida Arena

28 June 2024 Friendly	Kalmar FF	3–2	Häcken
16:00

30 June 2024 Friendly	Häcken	4–2	Halmstads BK	Borgholm
15:00	Lindberg 3' Youssef 22' Layouni 47' Inoussa 54'		Turgott 11' Wallentin 50'	Stadium: Ekerum Park
Note: 2 X 35 minutes.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Allsvenskan	31 March 2024	November 2024	Matchday 1		17	8	3	6	35	30	+5	047.06
Svenska Cupen	17 February 2024	2 March 2024	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	033.33
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round		3	3	0	0	18	4	+14	100.00
Total					23	12	4	7	58	38	+20	052.17

Last updated: 2 June 2024
Source: Soccerway

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	GAIS	30	14	6	10	36	34	+2	48
7	IF Elfsborg	30	13	6	11	52	44	+8	45
8	BK Häcken	30	12	6	12	54	51	+3	42
9	IK Sirius	30	12	5	13	47	46	+1	41
10	IF Brommapojkarna	30	8	10	12	46	53	−7	34

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
13	6	2	5	24	22	+2	20	4	1	2	16	11	+5	2	1	3	8	11	−3

Last updated: 2 June 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W					L
Position	10	11	9	6	3	6	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 March 2024 1	Häcken	0–1	Mjällby	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Gustafson 63'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,631 Referee: Oscar Johnson

8 April 2024 2	Djurgården	3–3	Häcken	Stockholm
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Nguen 87', 89' Danielson 90+4' (pen.)		Chilufya 23' Lindberg 58' Inoussa 64'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 22,485 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

15 April 2024 3	Häcken	4–3	IF Brommapojkarna	Gothenburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 3' Layouni 35' Inoussa 57' Chilufya 65' Lindberg 69', 72'		Irandust 16' Fritzson 25' Barslund 60'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

21 April 2024 4	Häcken	2–1	Hammarby	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 62' Hovland 87'		Kurtulus 30'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Fredrik Klitte

24 April 2024 5	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Häcken	Gothenburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Layouni 45+6'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

28 April 2024 6	Häcken	1–2	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrstić 63'		Prica 25' Traustason 59'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

4 May 2024 7	Sirius	0–3	Häcken	Uppsala
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Lindberg 6' Hrstić 17' Inoussa 27'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Referee: Joakim Östling

12 May 2024 8	Häcken	3–1	Kalmar FF	Gothenburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrstić 41', 52' Rygaard 55'		Trenskow 36'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Granit Maqedonci

15 May 2024 9	Halmstad	3–0	Häcken	Halmstad
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wallentin 22' Mohammed 44' Granath 46'			Stadium: Örjans Vall Referee: Richard Sundell

20 May 2024 10	Häcken	2–2	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Lindberg 76' Gustafson 90+3' (pen.)		Nanasi 8' Kiese Thelin 48'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Fredrik Klitte

25 May 2024 11	GAIS	3–0	Häcken	Gothenburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milovanovic 4' Cooper Love 45+2', 57'			Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

29 May 2024 17	Mjällby AIF	2–1	Häcken	Sölvesborg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bergström 6' Stroud 46'		Lunddal Friðriksson 48'	Stadium: Strandvallen Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

2 June 2024 12	Häcken	4–1	AIK	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lunddal Friðriksson 21' Chilufya 42' Layouni 50' Rygaard 53'		Pittas 57'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Joakim Östling

2023–24 Svenska Cupen

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	IFB	BKH	ÖFK	LAN
1	IF Brommapojkarna	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to Knockout stage			1–0	3–0
2	BK Häcken	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4		1–1		2–0
3	Östersunds FK	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3					1–0
4	Landskrona BoIS	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3			3–2

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

17 February 2024 1	Häcken	2–0	Östersund	Gothenburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zečević 12' Hrstić 32' Youssef 52' Abdulrazak 83' Layouni 90+1'	Report	Jablinski 60' N'sa 81'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Joakim Östling

26 February 2024 2	Landskrona BoIS	3–2	Häcken	Landskrona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dzabic 29' Edvardsson 42' Egnell 55' Karlsson 77'		Lindberg 13', 57' Sandberg 45+2' Hrstić 49' Rygaard 81' Zečević 88' Lundqvist 90+3'	Stadium: Landskrona IP Referee: Per Melin

2 March 2024 3	Häcken	1–1	IF Brommapojkarna	Gothenburg
15:15 CET (UTC+1)	Youssef 5' Lundqvist 39' Zečević 84' Lindberg 87'		Odefalk 45+4' Sidklev 88'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Fredrik Oppong

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 First leg	F91 Dudelange	2–6	Häcken	Dudelange, Luxembourg
19:00	Stumpf 22' Hadji 32' (pen) 44' (pen) Englaro 34' Zrankeon 71' Decker 78' Kirch 79'	Report	Inoussa 6' Layouni 21', 45+1' Rygaard 31' Youssef 35', 60' Lundqvist 43' Hrstić 88'	Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Antoni Bandić

31 July 2024 Second leg	Häcken	6–1 (12–3 agg.)	F91 Dudelange	Gothenburg
19:00	Agbonifo 16', 27' 31' Hrstić 45', 48' Nioule 53' Hammar 57'	Report	Bojić 4' Decker 19' 39'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,061 Referee: Igor Stojchevski

Third qualifying round

7 August 2024 First leg	Häcken	6–1	Paide Linnameeskond	Gothenburg
19:00	Amane 5', 6' Layouni 35', 90+1' Inoussa 64' Hrstić 70' Agbonifo 89'	Report	Ceesay 32' 59'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,889 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

13 August 2024 Second leg	Paide Linnameeskond	1–1 (7–2 agg.)	Häcken	Tallinn, Estonia
18:30	Luts 31' Saarma 33' Medić 44' D. Luts 55' Piht 90+2'	Report	Lundqvist 7' 55' Layouni 68'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Volen Chinkov

Play-off round

22 August 2024 First leg	Häcken	1–2	Heidenheim	Gothenburg
19:00	Rygaard 36' Layouni 45+1'	Report	Conteh 31' 34' Kerber 57' Léo Scienza 65' Maloney 90+2'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi

29 August 2024 Second leg	Heidenheim	v	Häcken	Heidenheim, Germany
				Stadium: Voith-Arena Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

References

^ "Herr" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "BK Häcken agerar - nyförvärv presenterat".
^ "Swedish Premier League club BK Hacken signs Ugandan talent Dembe - SportsAfrica". 16 December 2023.
^ "Därför valde Linde Häcken: "Utvecklats"". 31 January 2024.
^ "Nikola Zecevic är klar för BK Häcken". 6 February 2024.
^ "Aiham Ousou si v dresu Slavie zřejmě už nezahraje! Čeká jej velký přestup?". 23 December 2023.
^ ""Mijn vermoorde broer zei dat ik nooit mocht stoppen met voetballen": wie is Gentse recordaankoop Sonko (18) die als kind stage liep bij Liverpool?". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

External links

Official website

[1] "Herr" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[2] "BK Häcken agerar - nyförvärv presenterat".

[3] "Swedish Premier League club BK Hacken signs Ugandan talent Dembe - SportsAfrica". 16 December 2023.

[4] "Därför valde Linde Häcken: "Utvecklats"". 31 January 2024.

[5] "Nikola Zecevic är klar för BK Häcken". 6 February 2024.

[6] "Aiham Ousou si v dresu Slavie zřejmě už nezahraje! Čeká jej velký přestup?". 23 December 2023.

[7] ""Mijn vermoorde broer zei dat ik nooit mocht stoppen met voetballen": wie is Gentse recordaankoop Sonko (18) die als kind stage liep bij Liverpool?". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

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