# 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.

## Players
### Squad

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

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen | Champions League | Champions League | Supercupen | 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 | | | | | | | |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| 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

### Kit

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): ICA, KIA Motors
| Home Domestic | Away Domestic |
Source:

### Other information

| 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
### Overall

| 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
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 11. Source: svenskfotboll

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L |

### Competitive

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | TV | Report |
| 1 | 22 March | Supercupen | | H | Kalmar FF | 3 – 1 | TV4 | Kick off 16:00 CET Attendance 1,643 Referee Martin Hansson 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 Peter Fröjdfeldt 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 Daniel Stålhammar 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 Stefan Johannesson 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 Martin Ingvarsson 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 Jonas Eriksson |
| 7 | 21 April | Allsvenskan | 6 | H | AIK | 2 – 0 | PPV | Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 9,679 Referee Martin Hansson 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 Martin Ingvarsson 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 Markus Strömbergsson 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 Johnny Lundbäck 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 Peter Fröjdfeldt |
| 12 | 7 May | Allsvenskan | 10 | H | Kalmar FF | 3 – 2 | PPV | Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 12,473 Referee Stefan Johannesson 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 Martin Hansson 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 Håkan Jonasson 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 Johnny Lundbäck 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 Sven-Martin Åkesson 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 Martin Hansson 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 Michael Lerjéus 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 Martin Ingvarsson 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 Åke Andreasson 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 Tobias Mattsson 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 Martin Hansson 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 Åke Andreasson 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 Daniel Stålhammar 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 Tobias Mattsson 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 Peter Fröjdfeldt |
| 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 Åke Andreasson 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 Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF 27' Alexandersson 13' Jönsson 54' Larsson |
Last updated: November 11 Source: $^1$IFK 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

| Match | Date | Competition or tour | Opponent | Score$^1$ | 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 $^1$IFK 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

IFK Göteborg - Results & Fixtures at Soccerway
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