2021 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2021 season
Chairman	Richard Berkling
Head coach	Roland Nilsson; (until 2 June); Mikael Stahre; (from 2 June)
Stadium	Gamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan	8th
2020–21 Svenska Cupen	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marcus Berg (10); All: ; Marcus Berg (10)
Highest home attendance	16,781 vs. ; Malmö FF; (7 November 2021, ; Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs. ; GIF Sundsvall; (28 February 2021, ; Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance	7,444
Biggest win	4–0 vs. ; Östersunds FK; (28 November 2021, ; Allsvenskan)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs. ; Hammarby IF; (23 September 2021, ; Allsvenskan)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season was IFK Göteborg's 116th in existence, their 89th season in Allsvenskan and their 45th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play started on 11 April and ended on 4 December.

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	GRE	Giannis Anestis
3	DF	BRA	Bernardo Vilar
4	DF	SWE	Carl Johansson
5	DF	SWE	Alexander Jallow
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Eriksson
8	MF	SWE	Hosam Aiesh
9	FW	SWE	Robin Söder (vice-captain)
10	FW	SWE	Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr
11	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
12	GK	SWE	Ole Söderberg
13	MF	SWE	Gustav Svensson
14	MF	SWE	Gustaf Norlin
17	DF	SWE	Oscar Wendt


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	SWE	Isak Dahlqvist
19	MF	SWE	August Erlingmark
20	MF	SWE	Simon Thern
22	MF	SWE	Tobias Sana (3rd captain)
23	MF	SWE	Kevin Yakob
24	MF	CRO	Filip Ambrož
25	GK	ISL	Adam Ingi Benediktsson
29	FW	SWE	Oscar Vilhelmsson
30	DF	SWE	Mattias Bjärsmyr
33	FW	SWE	Marcus Berg (captain)
34	FW	SWE	Alfons Nygaard
35	FW	SWE	Lucas Kåhed

Club

The 2021 season was Mikael Stahre's first season in his second spell at IFK Göteborg.

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Mikael Stahre	Head coach
Patrik Persson	Assistant coach
Hannes Stiller	Assistant coach
William Strömberg	Assistant coach
Stefan Remnér	Goalkeeping coach
Roland Kaldéus	Fitness coach
Kalle Olsson	Strength and conditioning coach
Fredrik Larsson	Physiotherapist
Calle Persson	Physiotherapist
Jón Karlsson	Club doctor
Rolf Gustavsson	Equipment manager
Håkan Lindahl	Equipment manager
Hjálmar Jónsson	U19 head coach

Other information

Chairman	Richard Berkling
Club director	Håkan Mild
Director of sports	Pontus Farnerud
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	Matchday 1	8th	10 April 2021	4 December 2021
2020–21 Svenska Cupen	Round 2	Group stage	30 September 2020	7 March 2021

Updated to match played 4 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Kalmar FF	30	13	8	9	41	39	+2	47
7	IFK Norrköping	30	13	5	12	45	41	+4	44
8	IFK Göteborg	30	11	8	11	42	39	+3	41
9	Mjällby AIF	30	9	11	10	34	27	+7	38
10	Varbergs BoIS	30	9	10	11	35	38	−3	37

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	11	8	11	42	39	+3	41	6	3	6	23	17	+6	5	5	5	19	22	−3

Last updated: 4 December 2021.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W
Position	7	4	8	9	10	10	11	10	12	9	7	8	9	9	9	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	9	8	10	9	8	8

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

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

10 April 2021 Round 1	Örebro SK	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Örebro
17:30		Report		Stadium: Eyravallen Attendance: 8 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

19 April 2021 Round 2	IFK Göteborg	2–0	AIK	Gothenburg
19:00	Sigþórsson 3', 38'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

26 April 2021 Round 3	IFK Göteborg	2–3	Degerfors IF	Gothenburg
18:30	Aiesh 52' Yakob 74'	Report	Ayaz 27' Bertilsson 38', 49'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8 Referee: Victor Wolf

2 May 2021 Round 4	Halmstads BK	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Halmstad
15:00	Antonsson 10'	Report	Sana 51'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

8 May 2021 Round 5	IFK Göteborg	1–1	BK Häcken	Gothenburg
15:00	Sana 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Ekpolo 56'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

12 May 2021 Round 6	Kalmar FF	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Kalmar
18:30		Report		Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

17 May 2021 Round 7	IFK Göteborg	2–2	IK Sirius	Gothenburg
18:30	Yakob 24' Hamšík 52'	Report	Kouakou 38', 65'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

23 May 2021 Round 8	Djurgårdens IF	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
17:30		Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

5 July 2021 Round 9	IFK Göteborg	0–1	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
19:00		Report	Larsson 75'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8,773 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

11 July 2021 Round 10	Östersunds FK	2–3	IFK Göteborg	Östersund
17:30	Jno-Baptiste 57' Kroon 88'	Report	Sigþórsson 12' Eriksson 45' Söder 78'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 1,380 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

18 July 2021 Round 11	IFK Göteborg	3–2	Mjällby AIF	Gothenburg
17:30	Sigþórsson 39' Berg 51' Jallow 83'	Report	Sarr 20', 60'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Victor Wolf

26 July 2021 Round 12	Varbergs BoIS	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Varberg
19:00	Alfonsi 5' Moon 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Påskbergsvallen Attendance: 608 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

2 August 2021 Round 13	IFK Göteborg	1–2	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
19:00	Berg 56'	Report	Agardius 20' Björk 34'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 9,742 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

8 August 2021 Round 14	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
17:30		Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 9,337 Referee: Victor Wolf

14 August 2021 Round 15	Malmö FF	2–3	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
15:00	Čolak 7' Abubakari 86'	Report	Berg 17' Larsson 55' (o.g.) Sana 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 5,652 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

23 August 2021 Round 16	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Varbergs BoIS	Gothenburg
19:00	Söder 90+2'	Report	Tranberg 6' Moon 49'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

29 August 2021 Round 17	BK Häcken	3–2	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
15:00	Bengtsson 25' Jeremejeff 40' (pen.) Wålemark 48'	Report	Sana 3' (pen.) Berg 62'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 1,820 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

12 September 2021 Round 18	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Halmstads BK	Gothenburg
17:30	Sana 45' Berg 63'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 7,101 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

20 September 2021 Round 19	AIK	3–1	IFK Göteborg	Solna
19:00	Bahoui 5', 13' Otieno 33'	Report	Thern 25'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 14,077 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

23 September 2021 Round 20	Hammarby IF	3–0	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
19:00	Amoo 6' Ouattara 45+3' Rodić 70'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 9,655 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

27 September 2021 Round 21	IFK Göteborg	0–2	Kalmar FF	Gothenburg
19:00		Report	Romário 17' J. Ring 60'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 6,384 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

1 October 2021 Round 22	IF Elfsborg	1–0	IFK Göteborg	Borås
19:00	Okkels 39'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 11,285 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

17 October 2021 Round 23	IFK Göteborg	2–0	Örebro SK	Gothenburg
17:30	Wendt 43', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,345 Referee: Victor Wolf

24 October 2021 Round 24	Mjällby AIF	1–3	IFK Göteborg	Hällevik
15:00	Sarr 49'	Report	Johansson 28', 75' Berg 83'	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 4,216 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

28 October 2021 Round 25	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Djurgårdens IF	Gothenburg
19:00	Erlingmark 20' Berg 50' Sana 52'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 12,251 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

1 November 2021 Round 26	Degerfors IF	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Degerfors
19:00 UTC+1		Report	Vilhelmsson 39'	Stadium: Stora Valla Attendance: 4,086 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

7 November 2021 Round 27	IFK Göteborg	0–2	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
17:30 UTC+1		Report	Rieks 27', 70'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,781 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

21 November 2021 Round 28	IK Sirius	3–3	IFK Göteborg	Uppsala
17:30 UTC+1	Sylisufaj 33' Hellborg 45', 85'	Report	Aiesh 20' Vilhelmsson 38' Bjärsmyr 90+1'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 4,197 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

28 November 2021 Round 29	IFK Göteborg	4–0	Östersunds FK	Gothenburg
15:00 UTC+1	Berg 3', 56' Sana 24' Ouattara 73' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 10,824 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

4 December 2021 Round 30	IFK Norrköping	1–2	IFK Göteborg	Norrköping
15:00 UTC+1	Nyman 36'	Report	Berg 14' Bernardo 59'	Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

Svenska Cupen

2020–21

The tournament continued from the 2020 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	IFKN	IFKG	SIF	GIF
1	IFK Norrköping	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to Knockout stage		1–1		2–0
2	IFK Göteborg	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5					1–1
3	Sandvikens IF	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3		1–4	3–4
4	GIF Sundsvall	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1				2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2021. Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

20 February 2021 Matchday 1	Sandvikens IF	3–4	IFK Göteborg	Sandviken
13:00	Mohammed 27', 49' Bonnah 46'	Report	Wernbloom 37' Jallow 67' Söder 73' C. Johansson 76'	Stadium: Jernvallen Attendance: 8 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

28 February 2021 Matchday 2	IFK Göteborg	1–1	GIF Sundsvall	Gothenburg
13:00	Sana 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Hallenius 63'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

7 March 2021 Matchday 3	IFK Norrköping	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Norrköping
17:00	Hakšabanović 45'	Report	Söder 26'	Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 0 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

2021–22

The tournament continued into the 2022 season.

Qualification stage

17 August 2021 Round 2	Österlen FF	0–3	IFK Göteborg	Skillinge
18:30 UTC+2		Report	Norlin 6' Söder 15' Aiesh 50'	Stadium: Skillinge IP Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Adi Aganović

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

5 February 2021 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Halmstads BK	Gothenburg
15:00	Nygaard 62'	Report	Tot Wikström 7'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 0 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

9 February 2021 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	2–2	Degerfors IF	Gothenburg
16:00	Norlin 85' Wikström 89'	Report	Edvardsen 49', 59'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 0 Referee: Joakim Östling

13 February 2021 Friendly	Helsingborgs IF	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Helsingborg
14:00		Report		Stadium: Olympiafältet Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

13 March 2021 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–0	IK Sirius	Linköping
16:00	Sana 67'	Report		Stadium: Linköping Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Dufva-Johansson

19 March 2021 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	4–0	Landskrona BoIS	Gothenburg
18:00	Yusuf 13' Thern 42' Yakob 62', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 0 Referee: Joakim Östling

26 March 2021 Friendly	Malmö FF	2–1	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
14:00	Čolak 48' (pen.) Nanasi 53'	Report	Sana 13'	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg

2 April 2021 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	3–3	IFK Värnamo	Gothenburg
14:00 UTC+2	Yakob 33', 61' Yusuf 81'	Report	Johansson 20', 51' Magashy 36'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 0 Referee: Fredrik Oppong

Mid-season

23 June 2021 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Brøndby IF	Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00 UTC+2	Sigþórsson 9'	Report	Singh 72' Uhre 83'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 500 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the maximum attendance was initially 8 people. This was increased to 500 from 1 June and to approximately 3,000 per section from 1 July. From 29 September, full capacity was allowed.

References

[covid-1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the maximum attendance was initially 8 people. This was increased to 500 from 1 June and to approximately 3,000 per section from 1 July. From 29 September, full capacity was allowed.

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