# 2012 IFK Göteborg season

The 2012 season was IFK Göteborg's 107th in existence, their 80th season in Allsvenskan and their 36th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished seventh for the third time in a row. IFK Göteborg also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2013 season, 2012–13 Svenska Cupen.
Mikael Stahre was appointed new head coach, this after the contract of the former head coach Jonas Olsson wasn't extended. A new captain was announced since former captain Adam Johansson left the squad. Forward Tobias Hysén took over the captaincy.

## 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 | SWE | John Alvbåge |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Salomonsson |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Logi Valgarðsson |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Philip Haglund |
| 6 | FW | SWE | Nicklas Bärkroth |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Tobias Hysén (captain) |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Nordin Gerzić |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Stefan Selaković (vice captain) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Daniel Sobralense |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Robin Söder |
| 12 | GK | SWE | August Strömberg |
| 14 | DF | ISL | Hjálmar Jónsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Jakob Johansson |
| 16 | DF | SWE | Erik Lund |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Sam Larsson |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Hannes Stiller |
| 20 | DF | SWE | Jonathan Azulay |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Pontus Farnerud |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Tobias Sana |
| 24 | DF | SWE | Mikael Dyrestam |
| 25 | GK | SWE | Erik Dahlin |
| 26 | FW | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson |
| 27 | MF | SWE | Joel Allansson |
| 30 | DF | SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr |

### Players in/out
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 10 | MF | Daniel Sobralense | 28 | Kalmar FF | Bosman | Winter | 2015 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 1 | GK | John Alvbåge | 29 | Örebro SK | Bosman | Winter | 2015 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 12 | GK | August Strömberg | 19 | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | 2012 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 21 | FW | Nicklas Bärkroth | 19 | IF Brommapojkarna | Loan return | Winter | 2013 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 18 | FW | Pär Ericsson | 23 | Mjällby AIF | Loan return | Winter | 2013 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 8 | MF | Thomas Olsson | 35 | Åtvidabergs FF | Loan return | Winter | 2011 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 20 | MF | Alexander Faltsetas | 24 | IK Brage | Loan return | Winter | 2011 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 4 | DF | Kjetil Wæhler | 35 | AaB | Transfer | Winter | 2013 | Undisclosed | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 8 | MF | Nordin Gerzić | 28 | Örebro SK | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | (~ 7.5M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 21 | MF | Pontus Farnerud | 31 | Stabæk | Bosman | Winter | 2013 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 26 | FW | David Moberg Karlsson | 18 | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 17 | FW | Sam Larsson | 19 | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2015 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 20 | DF | Jonathan Azulay | 19 | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2014 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 23 | MF | Sebastian Eriksson | 23 | Cagliari | Loan return | Summer | 2012 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 6 | FW | Nicklas Bärkroth | 20 | União de Leiria | Loan return | Summer | 2013 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 30 | DF | Mattias Bjärsmyr | 26 | Panathinaikos | Bosman | Summer | 2013 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | MF | Thomas Olsson | 35 | Retirement | End of contract | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 29 | MF | Kamal Mustafa | 20 | Qviding FIF | End of contract | Winter | Free | fotbolltransfers.com |
| 20 | MF | Alexander Faltsetas | 24 | Gefle IF | End of contract | Winter | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 4 | FW | Andreas Drugge | 28 | BK Häcken | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 2 | DF | Karl Svensson | 27 | Jönköpings Södra IF | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 6 | DF | Adam Johansson | 28 | Seattle Sounders | End of contract | Winter | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 1 | GK | Marcus Sandberg | 21 | Ljungskile SK | Loan | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 28 | MF | Elmar Bjarnason | 24 | Randers FC | Transfer | Winter | (~ 1.0M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 21 | FW | Nicklas Bärkroth | 20 | União de Leiria | Loan | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 18 | FW | Pär Ericsson | 23 | Mjällby AIF | Loan | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 23 | MF | Sebastian Eriksson | 23 | Cagliari | Transfer | Summer | (~ 17.5M SEK) | fotbolltransfers.com |
| 22 | MF | Tobias Sana | 23 | Ajax | Transfer | Summer | (~ 3.0M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Name | 2012 Allsvenskan | 2012 Allsvenskan | 2012–13 Svenska Cupen | 2012–13 Svenska Cupen | Total | Total |
| Number | Position | Name | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | GK | John Alvbåge | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Emil Salomonsson | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Logi Valgarðsson | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kjetil Wæhler | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Philip Haglund | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Nicklas Bärkroth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Tobias Hysén | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | Nordin Gerzić | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | Stefan Selaković | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Daniel Sobralense | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | Robin Söder | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | August Strömberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Hjálmar Jónsson | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Erik Lund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Sam Larsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Hannes Stiller | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 20 | DF | Jonathan Azulay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Pontus Farnerud | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
| 24 | DF | Mikael Dyrestam | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Erik Dahlin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | David Moberg Karlsson | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Joel Allansson | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 30 | DF | Mattias Bjärsmyr | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Players that left the club during the season |||||||||
| 22 | MF | Tobias Sana | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | John Alvbåge | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | DF | Emil Salomonsson | 4 | | | 4 | | |
| 3 | DF | Logi Valgarðsson | 4 | | | 4 | | |
| 4 | DF | Kjetil Wæhler | 5 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | |
| 5 | MF | Philip Haglund | 5 | | | 5 | | |
| 8 | MF | Nordin Gerzić | 6 | | | 6 | | |
| 9 | MF | Stefan Selaković | 6 | | | 6 | | |
| 10 | MF | Daniel Sobralense | 3 | | | 3 | | |
| 11 | FW | Robin Söder | 3 | | | 3 | | |
| 14 | DF | Hjálmar Jónsson | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 19 | FW | Hannes Stiller | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 21 | MF | Pontus Farnerud | 3 | | | 3 | | |
| 22 | MF | Tobias Sana | 3 | | | 3 | | |
| 27 | MF | Joel Allansson | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| 30 | DF | Mattias Bjärsmyr | 3 | | | 3 | | |
Source: ifkgoteborg.se Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Name | Role |
| Mikael Stahre | Head coach |
| Magnus Edlund | Assistant coach / U21 head coach |
| Roland Kaldéus | Fitness coach |
| Stefan Remnér | Goalkeeping coach |
| Fredrik Larsson | Physiotherapist |
| Tim Rahmquist | Physiotherapist |
| Jon Karlsson | Club doctor |
| Leif Swärd | Club doctor |
| Vahid Hamidy | Club doctor |
| Johan Örtendahl | Mental coach |
| Bertil Lundqvist | Equipment manager |
| Thomas Olsson | U21 assistant coach |
| Jens Wålemark | U19 head coach |
| Roger Gustafsson | Head coach youth academy |
| Olle Sultan | Head scout |

### Other information

| Chairman | Kent Olsson |
| Club director | Seppo Vaihela |
| Director of sports | Håkan Mild |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Gamla Ullevi (18,900 / 105x68 m) |
Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Allsvenskan | N/A | 7th | 1 April 2012 | 4 November 2012 |
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 52 | |
| 6 | Helsingborgs IF | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 50 | |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 39 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Åtvidabergs FF | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 37 | |
| 9 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 37 | |
* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2012–13

    The tournament continued into the 2013 season.

##### Qualification stage
## Non-competitive
### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

### Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.