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.
| 2008 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Jonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn |
| Allsvenskan | 3rd |
| Champions League | 2nd Qualifying round |
| Svenska Cupen | Champions |
| Top goalscorer | Jonas Wallerstedt (8) |
Players
editSquad
editAs of 21 September 2008: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad stats
edit| Total | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Champions League | Supercupen | ||||||||||
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| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Sts |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1 | GK | 
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Christensen | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | RB | 
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A. Johansson | 26 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | CB |
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Bjärsmyr | 37 | 38 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 22 | CB | 
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Sigurdsson | 39 | 39 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 14 | LB |
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Jónsson | 36 | 36 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | RM |
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Alexandersson | 28 | 29 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | CM |
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Olsson | 25 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 13 | CM |
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Svensson | 27 | 34 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 7 | LM |
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Hysén | 33 | 41 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 18 | CF |
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Wallerstedt | 22 | 34 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | CF |
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Wernbloom | 30 | 33 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 | MF |
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Selakovic | 15 | 34 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | DF |
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Eriksson | 20 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 29 | FW |
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Söder | 17 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 15 | MF |
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J. Johansson | 11 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | MF |
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D. Alexandersson | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | DF |
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Lund | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | FW |
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Ranégie | 2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 20 | MF |
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Karisik | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 24 | MF |
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Berg | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 28 | FW |
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Bärkroth | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | DF |
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Carlsson | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 20 | DF |
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Etéus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Last updated: 18 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
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Source: IFK Göteborg
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
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Club
editCoaching staff
edit| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Stefan Rehn Jonas Olsson
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| Assistant manager | Teddy Olausson
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| Goalkeeping coach | Ove Tobiasson
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| Fitness coach | Jonas Hellberg
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Last updated: 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
Kit
editSupplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): ICA, KIA Motors
       Home
Domestic |
  Away
Domestic |
Source: [citation needed]
Other information
edit| Chairman | Stig Lundström
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| Sport director | Håkan Mild
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| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Ullevi (43,200 / 100x68 m) |
Updated to match played 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg and Ullevi
Competitions
editOverall
edit| 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
editResults summary
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
editUpdated to match(es) played on November 11. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Competitive
edit| Game |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
TV |
Report | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 22 March | Supercupen | H | Kalmar FF | 3 – 1 | TV4 |
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| 2 | 31 March | Allsvenskan | 1 | A | Malmö FF | 1 – 1 | TV4 Sport |
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| 3 | 6 April | Allsvenskan | 2 | H | Örebro SK | 4 – 1 | PPV |
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| 4 | 9 April | Allsvenskan | 3 | A | Halmstads BK | 1 – 1 | TV4 Sport |
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| 5 | 12 April | Allsvenskan | 4 | H | IFK Norrköping | 4 – 0 | TV4 |
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| 6 | 17 April | Allsvenskan | 5 | A | GAIS | 0 – 0 | Canal+ |
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| 7 | 21 April | Allsvenskan | 6 | H | AIK | 2 – 0 | PPV |
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| 8 | 25 April | Allsvenskan | 7 | A | Ljungskile SK | 1 – 2 | PPV |
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| 9 | 28 April | Allsvenskan | 8 | H | GIF Sundsvall | 1 – 0 | PPV |
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| 10 | 1 May | Svenska Cupen | Second round | A | Skövde AIK | 2 – 1 | – |
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| 11 | 4 May | Allsvenskan | 9 | A | Hammarby IF | 0 – 0 | TV4 Sport |
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| 12 | 7 May | Allsvenskan | 10 | H | Kalmar FF | 3 – 2 | PPV |
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| 13 | 12 May | Allsvenskan | 11 | A | IF Elfsborg | 0 – 3 | Canal+ |
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| 14 | 17 May | Svenska Cupen | Third round | A | Falkenbergs FF | 3 – 0 | – |
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| 15 | 28 June | Svenska Cupen | Fourth round | Ljungskile SK | 1 – 0 | – |
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| 16 | 1 July | Allsvenskan | 12 | H | Trelleborgs FF | 0 – 2 | PPV |
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| 17 | 7 July | Allsvenskan | 13 | H | Helsingborgs IF | 1 – 1 | Canal+ |
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| 18 | 10 July | Svenska Cupen | Quarter-finals | A | GIF Sundsvall | 3 – 2 | – |
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| 19 | 12 July | Allsvenskan | 14 | Djurgårdens IF | 2 – 1 | TV4 |
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| 20 | 15 July | Champions League | First qualifying round | A 
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5 – 0 | – |
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| 21 | 19 July | Allsvenskan | 15 | H | Gefle IF | 3 – 0 | PPV |
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| 22 | 23 July | Champions League | First qualifying round | H | Murata
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4 – 0 | – |
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| 23 | 26 July | Allsvenskan | 16 | A | Gefle IF | 1 – 0 | TV4 |
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| 24 | 30 July | Champions League | Second qualifying round | H | Basel
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1 – 1 | TV6 |
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| 25 | 2 August | Allsvenskan | 17 | H | Malmö FF | 2 – 0 | TV4 |
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| 26 | 6 August | Champions League | Second qualifying round | A
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2 – 4 | TV6 |
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| 27 | 9 August | Allsvenskan | 18 | A | Örebro SK | 2 – 4 | TV4 |
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| 28 | 23 August | Allsvenskan | 20 | A | IFK Norrköping | 2 – 2 | TV4 |
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| 29 | 28 August | Svenska Cupen | Semi-finals | A | Enköpings SK | 3 – 0 | – |
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| 30 | 1 September | Allsvenskan | 21 | H | GAIS | 0 – 1 | Canal+ |
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| 31 | 13 September | Allsvenskan | 22 | A | AIK | 0 – 0 | TV4 |
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| 32 | 17 September | Allsvenskan | 19 | H | Halmstads BK | 3 – 0 | PPV |
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| 33 | 21 September | Svenska Cupen | Final | A | Kalmar FF | 0 – 0 (5-4 pen.) |
TV4 |
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| 34 | 24 September | Allsvenskan | 23 | H | Ljungskile SK | 0 – 0 | PPV |
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| 35 | 29 September | Allsvenskan | 24 | A | GIF Sundsvall | 5 – 0 | PPV |
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| 36 | 6 October | Allsvenskan | 25 | H | Hammarby IF | 2 – 0 | Canal+ |
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| 37 | 18 October | Allsvenskan | 26 | A | Kalmar FF | 1 – 0 | TV4 |
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| 38 | 26 October | Allsvenskan | 27 | H | IF Elfsborg | 5 – 2 | Canal+ |
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| 39 | 29 October | Allsvenskan | 28 | A | Trelleborgs FF | 0 – 0 | PPV |
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| 40 | 3 November | Allsvenskan | 29 | H | Djurgårdens IF | 3 – 1 | PPV |
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| 41 | 9 November | Allsvenskan | 30 | A | Helsingborgs IF | 1 – 2 | PPV |
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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
edit| Match |
Date |
Competition or tour |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Scorers |
GD |
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| 1 | 30 January | — | Liverpool
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1 - 3 | Svensson 26' | -2 | |
| 2 | 2 February | — | Manchester City
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3 - 1 | Wernbloom 2' Hysén 4' Berg 70' |
2 | |
| 3 | 12 February | — | Dynamo Moscow
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1 - 1 | Wallerstedt 68' | 0 | |
| 4 | 18 February | — | GKS Bełchatów
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2 - 2 | Ranégie 70' Wernbloom 79' |
0 | |
| 5 | 26 February | — | IF Elfsborg | 3 - 2 | Wernbloom 49', 67', 79' | 1 | |
| 6 | 6 March | — | Stabæk
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2 - 1 | Wallerstedt 84' Berg 89' |
1 | |
| 7 | 12 March | — | Las Palmas
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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
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0 - 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 9 October | — | Atalanta
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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