# 2016 Östersunds FK season

The 2016 season is Östersund' 1st season in the top flight of Swedish football and 19th year in existence as a football club. They entered this season as a newly promoted side after finishing second in the 2015 Superettan, and will participate in the Svenska Cupen. The season covers the period from 1 January 2016 to 1 November 2016.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Director of Football | Daniel Kindberg |
| Head coach | Graham Potter |
| Assistant coach | Billy Reid |
| Assistant coach | Björn Hamberg |
| Goalkeeper coach | Linus Eriksson |
| Senior Opposition Scout | Kyle Macaulay |
| Physiotherapist | Frida Eklund |
| Physiotherapist | Jenny Larsson |
| Pilates Instructor | Rachel Potter |
| International Head Coach | Bengt Olsson |
Source: Östersunds FK

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 25 July 2016.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Aly Keita | GK | (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986 (age 38) |
| 77 | Haraldur Björnsson | GK | (1989-01-11) 11 January 1989 (age 35) |
| 16 | Hampus Nilsson | GK | (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 34) |
| Defenders |||||
| 5 | Walid Atta | CB / RB | (1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) |
| 6 | Doug Bergqvist | CB | (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31) |
| 14 | Bobo Sollander | CB | (1985-06-05) 5 June 1985 (age 39) |
| 19 | Dennis Widgren | LB | (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) |
| 24 | Ronald Mukiibi | CB | (1991-09-16) 16 September 1991 (age 33) |
| 25 | Samuel Mensah | CB / RB | (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 35) |
| 31 | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | CB | (1990-09-05) 5 September 1990 (age 34) |
| 39 | Stefan Karlsson | CB | (1988-12-15) 15 December 1988 (age 36) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Sebastian Lundbäck | CM | (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28) |
| 7 | Monday Samuel | LM | (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 (age 31) |
| 8 | Jamie Hopcutt | AM | (1992-06-23) 23 June 1992 (age 32) |
| 10 | Hosam Aiesh | RM | (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995 (age 29) |
| 12 | Ken Sema | RM | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) |
| 17 | Curtis Edwards | CM | (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 30) |
| 20 | Gabriel Somi | LM | (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) |
| 21 | Fouad Bachirou | DM | (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34) |
| 22 | Brwa Nouri | DM | (1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 37) |
| 23 | Alex Dyer | DM | (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34) |
| 27 | Piotr Johansson | RW | (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29) |
| Strikers |||||
| 11 | Andrew Stadler | CF | (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 18 | Alhaji Gero | CF | (1993-10-10) 10 October 1993 (age 31) |
| 93 | Saman Ghoddos | CF | (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 31) |

## Transfers
### In
#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 93 | ST | Saman Ghoddos | Syrianska | £56,000 | 1 January 2016 |
| 25 | CB | Samuel Mensah | Örebro | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| 20 | LM | Gabriel Somi | Syrianska | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| 24 | CB | Ronald Mukiibi | BK Häcken | Undisclosed | 1 January 2016 |
| 12 | RM | Ken Sema | Ljungskile | Undisclosed | 5 January 2016 |
| 18 | ST | Alhaji Gero | Viborg | Free | 18 January 2016 |
| 5 | CB | Walid Atta | Gençlerbirliği | Free | 23 February 2016 |
| 17 | CM | Curtis Edwards | Ytterhogdals IK | Undisclosed | 23 July 2016 |
| 39 | CM | Stefan Karlsson | Djurgårdens IF | Undisclosed | 24 July 2016 |

### Out
#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| — | RM | Moon Seon-min | Djurgården | Undisclosed | 1 January 2016 |
| — | RB | James Sinclair | GAIS | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| — | CB | Tomáš Peciar | FK Poprad | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| — | LB | Jonathan Azulay | Degerfors | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| — | ST | Dragan Kapcevic | IK Sirius | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| — | LB | Kujtim Bala | IK Sirius | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| — | AM | Linus Sjöberg | Västerås SK | Free | 10 February 2016 |
| — | ST | Taylor Morgan | Tulsa Roughnecks | Free | 23 February 2016 |
| — | CB | Robert Hammarstedt | Piteå IF | Free | 3 March 2016 |
| — | ST | Grace Tanda | Skellefteå | Free | 17 March 2016 |
| 9 | ST | Emir Smajic | Unattached | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| 29 | ST | Michael Omoh | Örebro SK | Undisclosed | 15 July 2016 |
| 77 | GK | Haraldur Björnsson | Lillestrøm SK | Undisclosed | 16 August 2016 |

### Loan in
#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| 27 | GK | Jamal Blackman | Chelsea | 18 March 2016 | 31 May 2016 |
| 27 | RW | Piotr Johansson | Malmö FF | 15 July 2016 | 1 December 2016 |
| 16 | GK | Hampus Nilsson | Djurgårdens IF | 11 August 2016 | 1 December 2016 |

### Loan out
#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
| 10 | RM | Hosam Aiesh | Varbergs BoIS | 31 March 2016 | 22 June 2016 | |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Allsvenskan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 040.00 |
| Svenska Cupen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 039.13 |
Updated to match played 31 August 2016 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 9 | Örebro SK | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 41 | |
| 10 | BK Häcken | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 40 | |
* ↑ Östersunds FK qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 August 2016. Source: Allsvenskan

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
* ↑ Game declared a 1–1 draw, having been originally given a win for Östersund.

#### Score overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score |
| AIK | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Djurgården | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Elfsborg | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Falkenberg | 6–1 | 2–1 |
| Gefle | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Göteborg | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Häcken | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Hammarby | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Helsingborg | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Jönköping | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kalmar | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Malmö | 1–4 | 3–0 |
| Norrköping | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Örebro | 2–4 | 5–1 |
| Sundsvall | 4–0 | 0–5 |
* ↑ Game abandoned, declared a 1-1 draw, as it stood.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture
* ↑ Game abandoned in the 90th minute, declared a 1–1 draw.

### Svenska Cupen

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Svenska Cupen | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Aly Keita | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Sebastian Lundbäck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Walid Atta | 14 (4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Doug Bergqvist | 11 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Monday Samuel | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jamie Hopcutt | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Hosam Aiesh | 3 (3) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Andrew Stadler | 10 (5) | 3 | 2 (1) | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ken Sema | 9 (6) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Bobo Sollander | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Hampus Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Curtis Edwards | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Alhaji Gero | 7 (5) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Dennis Widgren | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Gabriel Somi | 9 (2) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Fouad Bachirou | 11 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Brwa Nouri | 19 | 3 | 3 (1) | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Alex Dyer | 15 (1) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ronald Mukiibi | 11 (1) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Samuel Mensiro | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Piotr Johansson | 2 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Stefan Karlsson | 5 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | Saman Ghoddos | 18 (1) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Emir Smajic | 4 (5) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Jamal Blackman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Michael Omoh | 4 (3) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | Haraldur Björnsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 September 2016. Source: Östersunds FK

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Total |
| 1 | FW | 93 | Saman Ghoddos | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Alex Dyer | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Alhaji Gero | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Andrew Stadler | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 12 | Ken Sema | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 22 | Brwa Nouri | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Curtis Edwards | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 24 | Ronald Mukiibi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Walid Atta | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Emir Smajic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Hosam Aiesh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 43 | 5 | 48 |
Last updated: 9 May 2017. Source: Östersunds FK

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Aly Keita | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 27 | Jamal Blackman | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 16 | Hampus Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 77 | Haraldur Björnsson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Last updated: 7 September 2016. Source: Östersunds FK

### Summary

| Games played | 23 (20 Allsvenskan) (4 Svenska Cupen) |
| Games won | 9 (8 Allsvenskan) (2 Svenska Cupen) |
| Games drawn | 5 (5 Allsvenskan) (0 Svenska Cupen) |
| Games lost | 9 (7 Allsvenskan) (2 Svenska Cupen) |
| Goals scored | 29 (26 Allsvenskan) (5 Svenska Cupen) |
| Goals conceded | 36 (31 Allsvenskan) (5 Svenska Cupen) |
| Goal difference | –7 (–5 Allsvenskan) (0 Svenska Cupen) |
| Clean sheets | 8 (7 Allsvenskan) (2 Svenska Cupen) |
| Yellow cards | 28 (23 Allsvenskan) (7 Svenska Cupen) |
| Red cards | 0 (0 Allsvenskan) (0 Svenska Cupen) |
| Most appearances | 23 Appearances (Saman Ghoddos) |
| Top scorer | 7 (Saman Ghoddos) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 10/24 (41.67%) |
Last updated: 7 September 2016. Source: Östersunds FK

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Month | Source |