2019 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2019 season
Chairman	Mats Engström
Head coach	Poya Asbaghi
Stadium	Gamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan	7th
2018–19 Svenska Cupen	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Robin Söder (14); All: ; Robin Söder (14)
Highest home attendance	17,222 vs. ; IF Elfsborg; (7 April 2019, ; Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	9,248 vs. ; GIF Sundsvall; (6 July 2019, ; Allsvenskan)
Average home league attendance	12,837
Biggest win	7–1 vs. ; Östersunds FK; (2 November 2019, ; Allsvenskan)
Biggest defeat	2–6 vs. ; Hammarby IF; (15 September 2019, ; Allsvenskan)
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 season was IFK Göteborg's 114th in existence, their 87th season in Allsvenskan and their 43rd 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
1	GK	Greece GRE	Giannis Anestis
3	MF	Sweden SWE	Adil Titi
5	DF	Sweden SWE	Kristopher Da Graca
6	DF	Sweden SWE	Rasmus Wikström
7	MF	Sweden SWE	Sebastian Eriksson (vice-captain)
8	MF	Sweden SWE	Hosam Aiesh
9	FW	Sweden SWE	Robin Söder (3rd captain)
10	FW	Sweden SWE	Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr
16	FW	Sweden SWE	Sargon Abraham
17	DF	Sweden SWE	Edvin Dahlqvist
19	MF	Sweden SWE	August Erlingmark


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	Sweden SWE	Victor Wernersson
21	MF	Sweden SWE	Noah Alexandersson
22	FW	Georgia (country) GEO	Giorgi Kharaishvili
23	DF	Sweden SWE	Emil Holm
26	DF	Armenia ARM	André Calisir
27	MF	Democratic Republic of the Congo COD	Nzuzi Toko
28	MF	Nigeria NGA	Alhassan Yusuf
29	FW	Denmark DEN	Lasse Vibe (captain)
31	GK	Sweden SWE	Tom Amos
89	MF	Sweden SWE	Tobias Sana

Club

Other information

Chairman	Sweden Mats Engström
Club director	Sweden Max Markusson
Director of sports	Sweden Kennet Andersson
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	7th	31 March 2019	2 November 2019
2018–19 Svenska Cupen	Round 2	Group stage	23 August 2018	3 March 2019

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	IFK Norrköping	30	16	9	5	54	26	+28	57
6	BK Häcken	30	14	7	9	44	29	+15	49
7	IFK Göteborg	30	13	9	8	46	31	+15	48	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	IF Elfsborg	30	11	10	9	44	45	−1	43
9	Örebro SK	30	9	6	15	40	56	−16	33

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).
Notes:

↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen.

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	13	9	8	46	31	+15	48	8	5	2	26	7	+19	5	4	6	20	24	−4

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W
Position	14	8	11	4	6	5	2	2	2	4	2	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

31 March 2019 Round 1	AFC Eskilstuna	3–1	IFK Göteborg	Eskilstuna
17:30	Avdić File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Nnamani File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Nalić File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Report	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Tunavallen Attendance: 3,897 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

7 April 2019 Round 2	IFK Göteborg	3–0	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
15:00	Karlsson Lagemyr File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Nygren File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Ohlsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 17,222 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

15 April 2019 Round 3	Djurgårdens IF	2–1	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
19:00	Ulvestad File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Buya Turay File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Nygren File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 13,575 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

22 April 2019 Round 4	IFK Göteborg	3–1	Helsingborgs IF	Gothenburg
15:00	Vibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Starfelt File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Nygren File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' (pen.)	Report	Svensson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 13,340 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

25 April 2019 Round 5	Kalmar FF	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Kalmar
19:00	Diouf File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Calisir File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 4,716 Referee: Victor Wolf

29 April 2019 Round 6	IFK Göteborg	3–0	AIK	Gothenburg
19:00	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Karlsson Lagemyr File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Abraham File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 15,311 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

4 May 2019 Round 7	IK Sirius	2–4	IFK Göteborg	Uppsala
16:00	Calisir File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (o.g.) Lindberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Saebbö File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Karlsson Lagemyr File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Nygren File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 4,632 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

13 May 2019 Round 8	IFK Norrköping	1–2	IFK Göteborg	Norrköping
19:00	Krogh Gerson File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report	Karlsson Lagemyr File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 8,752 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

16 May 2019 Round 9	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
19:00		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 17,083 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

20 May 2019 Round 10	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
19:00		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 14,136 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

25 May 2019 Round 11	BK Häcken	1–2	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
16:00	Jeremejeff File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report	Vibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+7'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 6,316 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

1 June 2019 Round 12	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Örebro SK	Gothenburg
16:00		Report	Rogić File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,917 Referee: Victor Wolf

29 June 2019 Round 13	Östersunds FK	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Östersund
16:00		Report		Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

6 July 2019 Round 14	IFK Göteborg	2–1	GIF Sundsvall	Gothenburg
16:00	Eriksson File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Calisir File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Wilson File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,248 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

13 July 2019 Round 15	Falkenbergs FF	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Falkenberg
16:00	C. Johansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+6'	Report	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Stadium: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena Attendance: 6,214 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

21 July 2019 Round 16	IFK Göteborg	1–0	AFC Eskilstuna	Gothenburg
15:00	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,763 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

28 July 2019 Round 17	IFK Göteborg	0–0	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
17:30		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 14,089 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

5 August 2019 Round 18	Örebro SK	2–2	IFK Göteborg	Örebro
19:00	Larsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Report	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 63'	Stadium: Eyravallen Attendance: 7,261 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

12 August 2019 Round 19	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Falkenbergs FF	Gothenburg
19:00	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report	Björkengren File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 10,757 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

19 August 2019 Round 20	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	IFK Göteborg	Helsingborg
19:00	Svensson File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2'	Report	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Vibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 9,094 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

26 August 2019 Round 21	IFK Göteborg	4–0	Kalmar FF	Gothenburg
19:00	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 55', 72' Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 11,061 Referee: Victor Wolf

1 September 2019 Round 22	GIF Sundsvall	0–2	IFK Göteborg	Sundsvall
15:00		Report	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Aiesh File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 3,580 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

15 September 2019 Round 23	Hammarby IF	6–2	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
15:00	Rodić File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Bojanić File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Khalili File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Magyar File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Fenger File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Tanković File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 57'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 26,552 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

21 September 2019 Round 24	IFK Göteborg	2–1	IK Sirius	Gothenburg
18:00	Vibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Report	Ceesay File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

25 September 2019 Round 25	AIK	1–0	IFK Göteborg	Solna
19:00	Larsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 18,068 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

29 September 2019 Round 26	IFK Göteborg	0–0	BK Häcken	Gothenburg
15:00		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,514 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

6 October 2019 Round 27	Malmö FF	1–0	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
17:30	Beijmo File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 18,473 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

21 October 2019 Round 28	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Djurgårdens IF	Gothenburg
19:00		Report	Buya Turay File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,438 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

28 October 2019 Round 29	IF Elfsborg	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Borås
19:00 UTC+1	Alm File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Karlsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 10,167 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

2 November 2019 Round 30	IFK Göteborg	7–1	Östersunds FK	Gothenburg
13:00 UTC+1	Isherwood File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (o.g.) Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 82' Vibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Eriksson File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Yusuf File:Soccerball shade.svg 85', 90'	Report	Kadiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,629 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Svenska Cupen

2018–19

The tournament continued from the 2018 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GAIS	ÖSK	IFKG	NBIS
1	GAIS	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6	Advance to Knockout stage				4–3
2	Örebro SK	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4		2–1		3–3
3	IFK Göteborg	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4		0–3
4	Nyköpings BIS	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3			1–0	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2019. 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 2019 Matchday 1	Nyköpings BIS	0–2	IFK Göteborg	Nyköping
15:00		Report	Wikström File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Ohlsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Rosvalla IP Attendance: 927 Referee: Andreas Dufva-Johansson

25 February 2019 Matchday 2	IFK Göteborg	0–3 Awarded^{[note 1]}	GAIS	Gothenburg
19:00		Report		Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Glenn Nyberg

3 March 2019 Matchday 3	Örebro SK	3–3	IFK Göteborg	Örebro
17:00	Prodell File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.) Bertilsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Björnquist File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report	Prodell File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (o.g.) Wernersson File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Karlsson Lagemyr File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Eyravallen Attendance: 783 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

2019–20

The tournament continued into the 2020 season.

Qualification stage

22 August 2019 Round 2	BK Astrio	0–4	IFK Göteborg	Halmstad
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Abraham File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Sana File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Vibe File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Vilhelmsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Söndrums IP Attendance: 1,857 Referee: Daniel Böcker

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

19 January 2019 Friendly	IFK Göteborg Sweden	2–0	Norway Stabæk	Gothenburg, Sweden
16:00	Affane File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Saebbö File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report		Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

26 January 2019 Friendly	IFK Göteborg Sweden	2–1	Norway Odds BK	Gothenburg, Sweden
17:00	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' (pen.) Karlsson Lagemyr File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Report	Nordkvelle File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Prioritet Serneke Arena Attendance: 1,412 Referee: Nermin Čišić

11 February 2019 Friendly	IFK Göteborg Sweden	0–1	South Korea Jeonnam Dragons	Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Ahn Byung-keon File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Nora Attendance: 97 Referee: Carlos Cabral (Portugal)

8 March 2019 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	0–2	Falkenbergs FF	Gothenburg, Sweden
17:00		Report	Pogrebnyak File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Sylisufaj File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 723 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

16 March 2019 Friendly	Varbergs BoIS	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Tvååker, Sweden
15:00	Selmani File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Report	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: Övrevi IP Attendance: 475 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

23 March 2019 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Örgryte IS	Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00	Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 5,672 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

Mid-season

20 June 2019 Friendly	Helsingborgs IF	0–2	IFK Göteborg	Hässleholm, Sweden
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Kharaishvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Söder File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Österås IP Attendance: 890 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

Notes

↑ The game on 25 February was stopped near the beginning of the second half, with the score at 0–0, after fireworks set off in the stands by supporters of IFK Göteborg landed on the pitch. The abandonment of the match was declared soon afterwards. The game was originally rescheduled to 14:00 local time (UTC+1) on 26 February. GAIS appealed this, with their goalkeeper Marko Johansson said to be suffering from headaches and hearing loss as a result of the disturbance during the original match.^[1]^[2] The matter of deciding the outcome of the match was then referred to the Disciplinary Committee of the SvFF, who decided on 1 March to award a 0–3 victory to GAIS.^[3]

References

↑ "Gothenburg derby postponed after ridiculous fireworks display". Onefootball.
↑ "Klart: GAIS vinner med 3–0" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "GAIS tillerkänns segern med 3–0 i den avbrutna matchen mot Göteborg i Svenska Cupen" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.91394380429478-1] IFK Göteborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen.

[5] The game on 25 February was stopped near the beginning of the second half, with the score at 0–0, after fireworks set off in the stands by supporters of IFK Göteborg landed on the pitch. The abandonment of the match was declared soon afterwards. The game was originally rescheduled to 14:00 local time (UTC+1) on 26 February. GAIS appealed this, with their goalkeeper Marko Johansson said to be suffering from headaches and hearing loss as a result of the disturbance during the original match.^[1]^[2] The matter of deciding the outcome of the match was then referred to the Disciplinary Committee of the SvFF, who decided on 1 March to award a 0–3 victory to GAIS.^[3]

[2] "Gothenburg derby postponed after ridiculous fireworks display". Onefootball.

[3] "Klart: GAIS vinner med 3–0" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[4] "GAIS tillerkänns segern med 3–0 i den avbrutna matchen mot Göteborg i Svenska Cupen" (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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