# 2018 IFK Göteborg season

The 2018 season was IFK Göteborg's 113th in existence, their 86th season in Allsvenskan and their 42nd consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Salomonsson (3rd captain) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Billy Nordström |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Carl Starfelt |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Kristopher Da Graca |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Oldrup Jensen (on loan from Zulte Waregem) |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Tobias Hysén (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Vajebah Sakor |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Söder |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Amin Affane |
| 14 | FW | SWE | Benjamin Nygren |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Marcus Degerlund (on loan from Hammarby IF) |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Sargon Abraham |
| 19 | MF | SWE | August Erlingmark |
| 20 | DF | SWE | Victor Wernersson |
| 22 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Kharaishvili (on loan from Saburtalo Tbilisi) |
| 23 | DF | SWE | David Boo Wiklander (captain) |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Sebastian Ohlsson |
| 25 | GK | SWE | Erik Dahlin |
| 26 | DF | ARM | André Calisir |
| 28 | MF | NGA | Alhassan Yusuf |
| 31 | GK | SWE | Tom Amos |

## Club
### Other information

| Chairman | Mats Engström |
| Club director | Max Markusson |
| Director of sports | Jonas Olsson |
| 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 | N/A | 11th | 1 April 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| 2017–18 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Quarter-finals | 23 August 2017 | 10 March 2018 |
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Örebro SK | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 35 |
| 10 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 34 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 31 |
| 12 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 30 |
| 13 | IK Sirius | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 30 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2017–18

    The tournament continued from the 2017 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKG | ÖIF | VAR | IKS |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Östers IF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Varbergs BoIS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | IK Sirius | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | — |

##### Knockout stage
#### 2018–19

    The tournament continued into the 2019 season.

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

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

### Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.