# 2022 Hammarby Fotboll season

The 2022 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 107th in existence, their 53rd season in Allsvenskan and their 8th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen, as defending champions. League play started in April. Martí Cifuentes made his first season as head coach.

## Summary

On 13 December 2021, shortly after the final league fixture the previous campaign, head coach Miloš Milojević was sacked by Hammarby IF, after he had sought a move to Norwegian side Rosenborg BK and visited Trondheim without Hammarby's permission, in a deal that ultimately fell through. The club's board called his behavior "unacceptable" and stated that they had "lost all their trust" in Milojević.
On 7 January 2022, Hammarby sold midfielder Aziz Ouattara Mohammed to Belgian First Division A club Genk. The terms were undisclosed, but the club confirmed they had received the second biggest transfer fee in its history, reportedly set at around 30 million SEK. On 31 January 2022, Hammarby sold winger Akinkunmi Amoo for reportedly 46 million SEK to F.C. Copenhagen, at the time a record transfer fee for the club.
In early January 2022, Martí Cifuentes was appointed as new head coach, signed from Danish club AaB on a three-year contract. In late May, Hammarby reached the final of the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen, but lost 4–5 on penalties to Malmö FF after the game ended in a 0–0 draw.
During the summer transfer window, Hammarby sold Williot Swedberg to Celta de Vigo for a reported fee of 56 million SEK bonuses and a sell-on clause, making it a new record breaking transfer for Hammarby. At the same time, Hammarby paid a new record breaking fee in July, signing Veton Berisha from Viking FK for a reported sum of around 20 million NOK.
In Allsvenskan, Hammarby finished 3rd in the table, thus qualifying for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. Midfielder Nahir Besara played all 30 fixtures, scoring 11 goals and providing 11 assists, the most in the whole league. At the end of the season, he was nominated for Allsvenskan Midfielder of the Year, an award that eventually went to Mikkel Rygaard, but was voted Hammarby Player of the Year by the supporters of the club.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | Simon Sandberg | 28 | 2018 | 122 | 1 | 2022 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Richard Magyar | 31 | 2019 | 92 | 5 | 2022 (July) | Free |
| 5 | DF | Mohanad Jeahze | 25 | 2020 | 61 | 4 | 2023 | Undisclosed |
| 6 | MF | Darijan Bojanić (captain) | 28 | 2019 | 110 | 9 | 2023 (July) | Free |
| 8 | MF | Jeppe Andersen | 30 | 2017 | 148 | 6 | 2023 (July) | Free |
| 9 | FW | Veton Berisha | 28 | 2022 | 14 | 4 | 2026 | Undisclosed |
| 11 | FW | Bubacarr Trawally | 28 | 2022 | 9 | 2 | 2023 | Undisclosed |
| 13 | DF | Mads Fenger | 32 | 2017 | 135 | 6 | 2023 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Dennis Collander | 20 | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2026 (July) | Undisclosed |
| 15 | MF | Pavle Vagić | 22 | 2022 | 12 | 0 | 2026 | Undisclosed |
| 16 | FW | Gustav Ludwigson | 29 | 2020 | 88 | 32 | 2026 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | MF | David Concha | 26 | 2022 | 13 | 0 | 2024 | Free |
| 18 | MF | Loret Sadiku | 31 | 2022 | 21 | 0 | 2024 | Free |
| 20 | MF | Nahir Besara | 31 | 2022 | 99 | 27 | 2023 | Free |
| 21 | DF | Edvin Kurtulus | 22 | 2022 | 27 | 2 | 2024 | Free |
| 22 | MF | Joel Nilsson | 28 | 2022 | 22 | 5 | 2023 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Jón Guðni Fjóluson | 33 | 2021 | 21 | 1 | 2023 | Free |
| 24 | GK | Oliver Dovin | 20 | 2019 | 26 | 0 | 2024 (July) | Youth system |
| 25 | GK | Davor Blažević | 29 | 2018 | 37 | 0 | 2022 | Free |
| 26 | DF | Kalle Björklund | 23 | 2019 | 14 | 1 | 2022 | Free |
| 27 | GK | Sebastian Selin | 19 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Free |
| 29 | FW | Bayéré Junior Loué | 21 | 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2023 | Undisclosed |
| 30 | DF | Shaquille Pinas | 24 | 2022 | 14 | 0 | 2025 | Undisclosed |
| 32 | DF | Nathaniel Adjei | 20 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2026 (July) | Undisclosed |
| 34 | MF | Alper Demirol | 20 | 2022 | 13 | 0 | 2024 | Youth system |
| 40 | FW | Abdelrahman Saidi | 23 | 2022 | 17 | 3 | 2026 | Undisclosed |
* Last updated: 6 November 2022
* Source: Hammarby Fotboll and players' Wikipedia articles
* Ordered by squad number.

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 21 | DF | Edvin Kurtulus | 21 | Halmstads BK | Bosman | Winter | 2024 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 22 | MF | Joel Nilsson | 27 | Mjällby AIF | Bosman | Winter | 2023 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 27 | GK | Sebastian Selin | 18 | Västerås SK | Transfer | Winter | 2025 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 14 | MF | Dennis Collander | 19 | Örebro SK | Transfer | Winter | 2026 (June) | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 20 | MF | Nahir Besara | 30 | Örebro SK | Bosman | Winter | 2023 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 18 | MF | Loret Sadiku | 30 | Kasımpaşa | Bosman | Winter | 2024 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 11 | FW | Bubacarr Trawally | 27 | Ajman | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 17 | MF | David Concha | 25 | Badajoz | Bosman | Summer | 2024 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 15 | MF | Pavle Vagić | 22 | Rosenborg | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 32 | DF | Nathaniel Adjei | 19 | Danbort FC | Transfer | Summer | 2026 (July) | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 40 | FW | Abdelrahman Saidi | 22 | Degerfors IF | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 30 | DF | Shaquille Pinas | 24 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 34 | MF | Alper Demirol | 19 | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | 2024 | – | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 9 | FW | Veton Berisha | 28 | Viking FK | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | David Ousted | 36 | Retired | End of contract | Winter | | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 11 | MF | Vladimir Rodić | 28 | Free transfer | End of contract | Winter | Free | expressen.se |
| 9 | FW | Paulinho Guerreiro | 35 | São José | End of contract | Winter | Free | fotbollskanalen.se |
| 35 | DF | Axel Sjöberg | 21 | Free transfer | End of contract | Winter | Free | fotbollskanalen.se |
| 20 | MF | David Accam | 31 | Nashville SC | End of loan | Winter | End of loan | fotbollskanalen.se |
| 27 | DF | Josafat Mendes | 18 | AIK | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 32 | MF | Aziz Ouattara Mohammed | 20 | Genk | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 33 | MF | Akinkunmi Amoo | 19 | Copenhagen | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 7 | FW | Aljoša Matko | 21 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Loan | Winter | Loan | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 18 | FW | Filston Mawana | 21 | Åtvidabergs FF | Transfer | Winter | Free transfer | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 44 | MF | Williot Swedberg | 18 | RC Celta de Vigo | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 15 | MF | Mayckel Lahdo | 19 | AZ Alkmaar | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 42 | DF | Bjørn Paulsen | 31 | OB | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 17 | MF | Abdul Khalili | 30 | Free transfer | End of contract | Summer | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 9 | FW | Astrit Selmani | 25 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 3 | DF | Dennis Widgren | 28 | IK Sirius | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 31 | DF | Ben Engdahl | 18 | Nordsjælland | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 7 | FW | Aljoša Matko | 22 | Celje | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | 2021–22 and 2022–23 Svenska Cupen | 2021–22 and 2022–23 Svenska Cupen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 24 | GK | SWE | Oliver Dovin | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | SWE | Davor Blažević | 17 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Sebastian Selin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SWE | Simon Sandberg | 33 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Richard Magyar | 13 | 2 | 7+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | IRQ | Mohanad Jeahze | 33 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Mads Fenger | 33 | 2 | 25+1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | SWE | Edvin Kurtulus | 32 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Jón Guðni Fjóluson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SWE | Kalle Björklund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SUR | Shaquille Pinas | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GHA | Nathaniel Adjei | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SWE | Darijan Bojanić | 36 | 6 | 26+3 | 4 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Jeppe Andersen | 34 | 2 | 15+12 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Dennis Collander | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Pavle Vagić | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | David Concha | 14 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KOS | Loret Sadiku | 24 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Nahir Besara | 36 | 13 | 27+3 | 11 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Joel Nilsson | 28 | 6 | 11+11 | 5 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | SWE | Fredrik Hammar | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SWE | Alper Demirol | 15 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SWE | Abdelrahman Saidi | 18 | 3 | 10+7 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NOR | Veton Berisha | 15 | 4 | 12+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GAM | Bubacarr Trawally | 11 | 2 | 4+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Gustav Ludwigson | 33 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Jusef Erabi | 12 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Bayéré Junior Loué | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SWE | Dennis Widgren | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SVN | Aljoša Matko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KOS | Astrit Selmani | 19 | 6 | 8+5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Mayckel Lahdo | 13 | 2 | 4+6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Abdul Khalili | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Ben Engdahl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | DEN | Bjørn Paulsen | 19 | 2 | 2+11 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | SWE | Williot Swedberg | 16 | 5 | 9+1 | 5 | 4+2 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 November 2022 Source: hammarbyfotboll.se

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Martí Cifuentes |
| Assistant coaches | Xavi Calm |
| Assistant coaches | Imad Khalili |
| Data analyst | Ábel Lőrincz |
| Fitness coach | Perry Wild |
| Goalkeeper coach | Mikael "Mille" Olsson |
| Team administrators | Atena Gerontidou |
| Team administrators | Wadda Tamimi |
| Equipment manager | Anders Bitén |
| Physios | Magnus Svärd |
| Physios | Ludvig Axelsson |
| U19 head coach | Fredrik Samuelsson |
| U17 head coach | Jonas Holtbäck |
| U19 and U17 goalkeeper coach | Gustav Scheutz Dahlström |

### Other information

| Chairman | Mattias Fri |
| Managing director | Richard von Yxkull |
| Director of football | Jesper Jansson |
| Head of scouting | Mikael Hjelmberg |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Tele2 Arena (33,000 / ) |
Source:

## Competitions
### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BK Häcken (C) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | AIK | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 50 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in (UTC+01) unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2021–22

    The tournament continued from the 2021 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

##### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | BK Häcken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 6 | |
| 3 | Falkenbergs FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ytterhogdals IK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | |

##### Knockout stage
#### 2022–23

    The tournament continues into the 2023 season.