# 2020 IFK Göteborg season

The 2020 season was IFK Göteborg's 115th in existence, their 88th season in Allsvenskan and their 44th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League. League play started on 14 June and ended on 6 December.

## 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 | GRE | Giannis Anestis |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Jesper Tolinsson |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Kristopher Da Graca |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Alexander Jallow |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Wikström |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Eriksson |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Hosam Aiesh |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Söder (captain) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Amin Affane |
| 14 | FW | SWE | Christian Kouakou |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Jakob Johansson |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Sargon Abraham |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Alexander Farnerud |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Isak Dahlqvist |
| 19 | MF | SWE | August Erlingmark (3rd captain) |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Noah Alexandersson |
| 22 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Kharaishvili |
| 23 | DF | SWE | Emil Holm |
| 26 | DF | ARM | André Calisir (vice-captain) |
| 27 | DF | SWE | Yahya Kalley |
| 28 | MF | NGA | Alhassan Yusuf |
| 30 | DF | SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr |
| 31 | GK | SWE | Tom Amos |
| 86 | MF | SWE | Pontus Wernbloom |
| 89 | MF | SWE | Tobias Sana |

## Club
### Other information

| Chairman | Mats Engström |
| Club director | Max Markusson |
| Director of sports | Pontus Farnerud |
| 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 | 12th | 14 June 2020 | 6 December 2020 |
| 2019–20 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Winners | 22 August 2019 | 30 July 2020 |
| 2020–21 UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 17 September 2020 | 17 September 2020 |
Updated to match played 6 December 2020 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | IK Sirius | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 37 | |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 34 | |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 33 | |
| 14 | Kalmar FF (O) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 December 2020. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2019–20

    The tournament continued from the 2019 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKG | VSK | IKS | SFK |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Västerås SK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | | | | | 4–0 |
| 3 | IK Sirius | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | | | 0–3 | | |
| 4 | Sollentuna FK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | | 0–2 | | 1–8 | |

##### Knockout stage
#### 2020–21

    The tournament continued into the 2021 season.

##### Qualification stage
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase and play-off round
## Non-competitive
### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.