# 2023 IFK Göteborg season

The 2023 season was IFK Göteborg's 118th in existence, their 91st season in Allsvenskan and their 47th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play started on 2 April and ended on 12 November.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Pontus Dahlberg |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Salomonsson |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Johan Bångsbo |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Ohlsson |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Anders Trondsen |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Eriksson |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Marcus Berg (captain) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Hussein Carneil |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Eman Markovic |
| 12 | GK | ISL | Adam Ingi Benediktsson |
| 13 | MF | SWE | Gustav Svensson (3rd captain) |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Gustaf Norlin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | DEN | Sebastian Hausner |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt (vice-captain) |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Arbnor Muçolli |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Adam Carlén |
| 22 | FW | KOS | Astrit Selmani (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Kolbeinn Þórðarson |
| 24 | MF | CIV | Abundance Salaou |
| 26 | MF | SWE | David Pérez (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 28 | MF | SWE | Lucas Kåhed |
| 29 | DF | DEN | Thomas Santos |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Name | Role |
| Jens Berthel Askou | Head coach |
| William Lundin | Assistant coach |
| Lee Baxter | Goalkeeping coach |
| Kalle Olsson | Strength and conditioning coach |
| Fredrik Larsson | Physiotherapist |
| Kaj Leuther | Physiotherapist |
| Calle Persson | Physiotherapist |
| Fred Jähnke | Match analyst |
| Stig Torbjørnsen | Head scout |
| Olle Sultan | Scout |
| David Vuković | Sports assistant |
| Rolf Gustavsson | Equipment manager |
| Håkan Lindahl | Equipment manager |

### Other information

| Chairman | Richard Berkling |
| Club director | Håkan Mild |
| Technical director | Ola Larsson |
| Team manager | Hannes Stiller |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Gamla Ullevi (18,600 / 105x68 m) |
Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Allsvenskan | Matchday 1 | 13th | 2 April 2023 | 12 November 2023 |
| 2022–23 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Group stage | 31 August 2022 | 5 March 2023 |
Updated to match played 12 November 2023 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | AIK | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 36 | |
| 12 | Halmstads BK | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 36 | |
| 13 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 34 | |
| 14 | IF Brommapojkarna (O) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 33 | Qualification for the Allsvenskan play-off |
| 15 | Degerfors IF (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 26 | Relegation to Superettan |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 November 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2022–23

    The tournament continued from the 2022 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKN | GAIS | IFKG | UBK |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | | 3–3 |
| 2 | GAIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | | 0–4 | | | 3–2 |
| 4 | Utsiktens BK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | | | 0–2 | | |

#### 2023–24

    The tournament continued into the 2024 season.

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

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.