2008 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg finished inside the top three, but was nowhere near defending their title from 2007. As a consolation, IFK was able to win the cup final against Kalmar FF on penalties. The Champions League qualification ended with a 4–2 defeat away from home at FC Basel.

IFK Göteborg
2008 season
ManagerJonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn
Allsvenskan3rd
Champions League2nd Qualifying round
Svenska CupenChampions
Top goalscorerJonas Wallerstedt (8)
← 2007
2009 →

Players

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Squad

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As of 21 September 2008: 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   DEN Kim Christensen
2 DF   SWE Sebastian Eriksson
3 DF   SWE Nicklas Carlsson
5 DF   SWE Mattias Bjärsmyr
6 DF   SWE Adam Johansson
7 MF   SWE Tobias Hysén
8 MF   SWE Thomas Olsson
9 FW   SWE Stefan Selakovic
10 MF   SWE Niclas Alexandersson
12 GK   SWE David Stenman
13 MF   SWE Gustav Svensson
14 DF   ISL Hjálmar Jónsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   SWE Jakob Johansson
16 DF   SWE Erik Lund
17 FW   SWE Daniel Alexandersson
18 FW   SWE Jonas Wallerstedt
19 MF   SWE Pontus Wernbloom
22 DF   ISL Ragnar Sigurðsson
23 DF   SWE Oskar Gustafsson
24 MF   SWE Jonatan Berg
25 GK   SWE Erik Dahlin (on loan to Västra Frölunda IF)
28 MF   SWE Niklas Bärkroth
29 FW   SWE Robin Söder

Squad stats

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Total Allsvenskan Svenska Cupen Champions League Supercupen
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK   Christensen 40 40 30 5 4 1
6 RB   A. Johansson 26 27 1 19 4 4 1
5 CB   Bjärsmyr 37 38 1 27 1 6 4 1
22 CB   Sigurdsson 39 39 4 29 4 6 3 1
14 LB   Jónsson 36 36 2 25 6 4 1 1 1
10 RM   Alexandersson 28 29 7 23 6 2 3 1 1
8 CM   Olsson 25 28 5 20 3 4 1 4 1
13 CM   Svensson 27 34 3 27 3 3 3 1
7 LM   Hysén 33 41 6 30 4 6 2 4 1
18 CF   Wallerstedt 22 34 10 28 7 3 2 1 1 2
19 CF   Wernbloom 30 33 13 26 8 3 3 3 2 1
9 MF   Selakovic 15 34 4 25 2 5 1 3 1 1
2 DF   Eriksson 20 26 2 17 1 5 1 4
29 FW   Söder 17 23 7 14 5 5 4 2
15 MF   J. Johansson 11 19 4 15 2 4 2
17 MF   D. Alexandersson 8 18 12 3 2 1
15 DF   Lund 13 14 11 2 1
11 FW   Ranégie 2 12 3 9 1 2 2 1
20 MF   Karisik 9 12 7 3 1 1
24 MF   Berg 8 10 1 9 1 1
28 FW   Bärkroth 1 5 2 2 1 2 2
3 DF   Carlsson 2 2 2
20 DF   Etéus 1 1
Last updated: 18 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
0 shown as blank

Club

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Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager   Stefan Rehn
  Jonas Olsson
Assistant manager   Teddy Olausson
Goalkeeping coach   Ove Tobiasson
Fitness coach   Jonas Hellberg

Last updated: 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): ICA, KIA Motors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Other information

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Chairman   Stig Lundström
Sport director   Håkan Mild
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Ullevi (43,200 / 100x68 m)

Updated to match played 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg and Ullevi

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Allsvenskan 3rd 31 March 9 November
Svenska Cupen Second round Final 1 May 21 September
Champions League First qualifying round Second qualifying round 15 July 6 August

Updated to match played November 11
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

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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 15 9 6 50 26  +24 54 11 2 2 33 10  +23 4 7 4 17 16  +1

Last updated: November 11.
Source: svenskfotboll

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDWDWDWLWDWLLDWWWWLDLDWDWWWWDWL
Updated to match(es) played on November 11. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Competitive

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
TV
Report
1 22 March Supercupen H Kalmar FF 3 – 1 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CET
Attendance
1,643
Referee
IFK Göteborg Kalmar FF
  24',   82' Wallerstedt
  67' Jónsson
  87' Santin
2 31 March Allsvenskan 1 A Malmö FF 1 – 1 TV4 Sport
Kick off
19:45 CEST
Attendance
18,884
Referee
IFK Göteborg Malmö FF
  57' Wallerstedt
  62' Gabriel
3 6 April Allsvenskan 2 H Örebro SK 4 – 1 PPV
Kick off
15:00 CEST
Attendance
10,482
Referee
IFK Göteborg Örebro SK
  5' Sigurdsson
  43',   62' Alexandersson
  48' Wernbloom
  85' Kihlberg
4 9 April Allsvenskan 3 A Halmstads BK 1 – 1 TV4 Sport
Kick off
19:45 CEST
Attendance
6,786
Referee
IFK Göteborg Halmstads BK
  42' Olsson
  25' Larsson
5 12 April Allsvenskan 4 H IFK Norrköping 4 – 0 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
7,212
Referee
IFK Göteborg IFK Norrköping
  42' (og.) Magnusson
  53' Hysén
  72' Svensson
  77' Ranégie
6 17 April Allsvenskan 5 A GAIS 0 – 0 Canal+
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
27,238
Referee
7 21 April Allsvenskan 6 H AIK 2 – 0 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
9,679
Referee
IFK Göteborg AIK
  9' Berg
  14' Wallerstedt
8 25 April Allsvenskan 7 A Ljungskile SK 1 – 2 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
7,128
Referee
IFK Göteborg Ljungskile SK
  21' Wernbloom
  6',   58' Kristoffersson
9 28 April Allsvenskan 8 H GIF Sundsvall 1 – 0 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
6,332
Referee
IFK Göteborg GIF Sundsvall
  59' Sigurdsson
10 1 May Svenska Cupen Second round A Skövde AIK 2 – 1
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
2,673
Referee
IFK Göteborg Skövde AIK
  37' Ranégie
  59' Eriksson
  50' Muweke
11 4 May Allsvenskan 9 A Hammarby IF 0 – 0 TV4 Sport
Kick off
17:45 CEST
Attendance
12,198
Referee
12 7 May Allsvenskan 10 H Kalmar FF 3 – 2 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
12,473
Referee
IFK Göteborg Kalmar FF
  52',   55' Wallerstedt
  60' Svensson
  6' Ingelsten
  38' Santin
13 12 May Allsvenskan 11 A IF Elfsborg 0 – 3 Canal+
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
16,599
Referee
IFK Göteborg IF Elfsborg
  68',   75' Berglund
  90' Ishizaki
14 17 May Svenska Cupen Third round A Falkenbergs FF 3 – 0
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
2,445
Referee
IFK Göteborg Falkenbergs FF
  113' Ranégie
  115' Hysén
  118' Olsson
15 28 June Svenska Cupen Fourth round Ljungskile SK 1 – 0
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
1,998
Referee
IFK Göteborg Ljungskile SK
  58' J. Johansson
16 1 July Allsvenskan 12 H Trelleborgs FF 0 – 2 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
7,226
Referee
IFK Göteborg Trelleborgs FF
  29' Paulino
  75' Jensen
17 7 July Allsvenskan 13 H Helsingborgs IF 1 – 1 Canal+
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
8,246
Referee
IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF
  25' Wallerstedt
  73' C. Andersson
18 10 July Svenska Cupen Quarter-finals A GIF Sundsvall 3 – 2
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
3,457
Referee
IFK Göteborg GIF Sundsvall
  50' J. Johansson
  67' Hysén
  76' Wernbloom
  30' Saglik
  62' Sigurdsson
19 12 July Allsvenskan 14 Djurgårdens IF 2 – 1 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
10,713
Referee
IFK Göteborg Djurgårdens IF
  38' Alexandersson
  90' Söder
  37' Tauer
20 15 July Champions League First qualifying round A   Murata  5 – 0
Kick off
20:30 CEST
21 19 July Allsvenskan 15 H Gefle IF 3 – 0 PPV
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
5,101
Referee
IFK Göteborg Gefle IF
  18' Söder
  33' Eriksson
  87' Wallerstedt
22 23 July Champions League First qualifying round H Murata  4 – 0
Kick off
20:00 CEST
23 26 July Allsvenskan 16 A Gefle IF 1 – 0 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
3,930
Referee
IFK Göteborg Gefle IF
  8' Söder
24 30 July Champions League Second qualifying round H Basel  1 – 1 TV6
Kick off
20:15 CEST
25 2 August Allsvenskan 17 H Malmö FF 2 – 0 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
8,015
Referee
IFK Göteborg Malmö FF
  1' Söder
  45' Wallerstedt
26 6 August Champions League Second qualifying round A   Basel  2 – 4 TV6
Kick off
20:15 CEST
27 9 August Allsvenskan 18 A Örebro SK 2 – 4 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
7,873
Referee
IFK Göteborg Örebro SK
  18' (og.) O. Johansson
  44' Selakovic
  1' (og.) Jónsson
  30',   69' Olsen
  73' Staaf
28 23 August Allsvenskan 20 A IFK Norrköping 2 – 2 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
Attendance
4,938
Referee
IFK Göteborg IFK Norrköping
  1',   13' Wernbloom
  32' Mrdjanin
29 28 August Svenska Cupen Semi-finals A Enköpings SK 3 – 0
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
1,829
Referee
IFK Göteborg Enköpings SK
  39',   90' Wernbloom
  89' Selakovic
30 1 September Allsvenskan 21 H GAIS 0 – 1 Canal+
Kick off
20:00 CEST
31 13 September Allsvenskan 22 A AIK 0 – 0 TV4
Kick off
12:30 CEST
32 17 September Allsvenskan 19 H Halmstads BK 3 – 0 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
33 21 September Svenska Cupen Final A Kalmar FF 0 – 0
(5-4 pen.)
TV4
Kick off
15:00 CEST
Attendance
7,158
Referee
34 24 September Allsvenskan 23 H Ljungskile SK 0 – 0 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
35 29 September Allsvenskan 24 A GIF Sundsvall 5 – 0 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CEST
36 6 October Allsvenskan 25 H Hammarby IF 2 – 0 Canal+
Kick off
20:00 CEST
37 18 October Allsvenskan 26 A Kalmar FF 1 – 0 TV4
Kick off
16:00 CEST
38 26 October Allsvenskan 27 H IF Elfsborg 5 – 2 Canal+
Kick off
17:00 CET
39 29 October Allsvenskan 28 A Trelleborgs FF 0 – 0 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CET
40 3 November Allsvenskan 29 H Djurgårdens IF 3 – 1 PPV
Kick off
19:00 CET
Attendance
8,070
Referee
IFK Göteborg Djurgårdens IF
  10' Wernbloom
  22' Alexandersson
  56' Hysén
  51' Kusi-Asare
41 9 November Allsvenskan 30 A Helsingborgs IF 1 – 2 PPV
Kick off
15:00 CET
Attendance
8,592
Referee
IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF
  13' Jönsson
  54' Larsson

Last updated: November 11
Source: [1]
1IFK Göteborg goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of IFK Göteborg.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

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Match
Date
Competition or tour
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Scorers
GD
1 30 January Liverpool  1 - 3 Svensson 26' -2
2 2 February Manchester City  3 - 1 Wernbloom 2'
Hysén 4'
Berg 70'
2
3 12 February Dynamo Moscow  1 - 1 Wallerstedt 68' 0
4 18 February GKS Bełchatów  2 - 2 Ranégie 70'
Wernbloom 79'
0
5 26 February IF Elfsborg 3 - 2 Wernbloom 49', 67', 79' 1
6 6 March Stabæk  2 - 1 Wallerstedt 84'
Berg 89'
1
7 12 March Las Palmas  1 - 2 D. Alexandersson 21' -1
8 18 March FC Trollhättan 3 - 0 Ranégie 12'
Wallerstedt 50'
Selakovic 90'
3
9 18 June IF Elfsborg 1 - 3 Eriksson 62' -2
10 18 March Stabæk  0 - 0 0
11 9 October Atalanta  0 - 4 -4

Last updated: 8 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
1IFK Göteborg goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of IFK Göteborg.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Sources

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IFK Göteborg - Results & Fixtures at Soccerway