# 2016 IFK Göteborg season

The 2016 season was IFK Göteborg's 111th in existence, their 84th season in Allsvenskan and their 40th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the group stage and in qualification for the UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the play-off round. League play started on 3 April and ended on 6 November.

## Key events

* 30 August 2015: Defender Benjamin Zalo joins the club on a three-year contract, transferring from FK Ørn-Horten.
* 1 November 2015: Goalkeeper Johan Hagman leaves the club.
* 2 November 2015: Goalkeeper John Alvbåge signs a new three-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2018 season.
* 6 November 2015: Goalkeeper Erik Dahlin joins the club on a two-year contract, transferring from IK Oddevold.
* 11 November 2015: Forward Riku Riski leaves the club and returns to Rosenborg BK as his loan contract expires.
* 11 November 2015: Goalkeeper Marcus Sandberg leaves the club, transferring to Vålerenga.
* 12 November 2015: Midfielder Karl Bohm leaves the club. On 1 February 2016, he joined Utsiktens BK.
* 1 December 2015: Defender Patrick Dyrestam leaves the club on loan to Ängelholms FF for the duration of the season.
* 3 December 2015: Italian Kappa is announced to be the club's new kit manufacturer for four years.
* 4 December 2015: Club director Martin Kurzwelly is being sacked.
* 5 December 2015: Forward Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr is promoted to the first-team squad, signing a two-year contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2017 season.
* 7 December 2015: Defender Hjálmar Jónsson signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the season.
* 22 December 2015: Defender Billy Nordström signs a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the season.
* 14 January 2016: Midfielder Gustav Svensson leaves the club, transferring to Guangzhou R&F.
* 26 January 2016: Forward Tobias Hysén joins the club on a two-year contract, transferring Shanghai SIPG
* 8 February 2016: Chairman Karl Jartun announces his resignation from the club.
* 13 February 2016: Forward Malick Mané leaves the club. On 26 February, he joined Taraz.
* 16 February 2016: Defender Hjörtur Hermannsson joins the club on a loan deal until 22 July 2016, transferring from PSV.
* 20 February 2016: Goalkeeper John Alvbåge is selected as 2015 Archangel of the Year, an annual price given by the Supporterklubben Änglarna to a player who has shown a great loyalty to IFK Göteborg.
* 7 March 2016: Frank Andersson is selected as new chairman at the annual meeting.
* 30 March 2016: Goalkeeper Oliver Gustafsson joins the club on a three-month contract, transferring from GAIS.
* 31 March 2016: Director of sports Mats Gren is announced as new caretaker club director.
* 31 March 2016: Defender Mauricio Albornoz joins the club on a loan deal until 30 June 2016, transferring from Åtvidabergs FF.
* 5 July 2016: Goalkeeper Oliver Gustafsson signs a new one-month contract, keeping him at the club until 31 July 2016.
* 5 July 2016: Defender Mauricio Albornoz leaves the club and returns to Åtvidabergs FF as his loan contract expires.
* 7 July 2016: Defender Hjörtur Hermannsson leaves the club and returns to PSV as he transfers to Brøndby IF.
* 27 July 2016: Forward Victor Sköld leaves the club, transferring to Örebro SK.
* 27 July 2016: Goalkeeper Oliver Gustafsson leaves the club, transferring to Ljungskile SK.
* 4 August 2016: Defender Haitam Aleesami leaves the club, transferring to Palermo.
* 8 August 2016: Forward Elías Már Ómarsson joins the club on a loan deal for the rest of the season, transferring from Vålerenga.
* 11 August 2016: Defender Scott Jamieson joins the club, transferring from Western Sydney Wanderers.
* 31 August 2016: Forward Gustav Engvall leaves the club, transferring to Bristol City.

## 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 | SWE | John Alvbåge |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Salomonsson |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Scott Jamieson |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Eriksson |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mads Albæk (vice captain) |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Søren Rieks |
| 9 | MF | DEN | Jakob Ankersen |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Tobias Hysén |
| 11 | MF | BOL | Martin Smedberg-Dalence |
| 12 | GK | SWE | Pontus Dahlberg |
| 13 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson (on loan from Vålerenga) |
| 14 | DF | ISL | Hjálmar Jónsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Mikael Boman |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Prosper Kasim |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Lawson Sabah |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Benjamin Zalo |
| 22 | DF | SWE | Adam Johansson |
| 24 | DF | SWE | Tom Pettersson |
| 25 | GK | SWE | Erik Dahlin |
| 26 | FW | SWE | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr |
| 27 | DF | SWE | Billy Nordström |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Thomas Rogne |
| 30 | DF | SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr (captain) |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 23 | DF | Patrick Dyrestam | 19 | Utsiktens BK | Loan return | Winter | 2015 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 26 | MF | Karl Bohm | 20 | Utsiktens BK | Loan return | Winter | 2017 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 21 | DF | Benjamin Zalo | 17 | FK Ørn-Horten | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 25 | GK | Erik Dahlin | 26 | IK Oddevold | Bosman | Winter | 2017 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 26 | FW | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr | 19 | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | 2017 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 10 | FW | Tobias Hysén | 33 | Shanghai SIPG | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 21 | FW | Malick Mané | 26 | Najran | Loan return | Winter | 2017 | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 3 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 20 | PSV | Loan | Winter | 2016 (June) | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 31 | GK | Oliver Gustafsson | 22 | GAIS | Bosman | Winter | 2016 (June) | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 13 | DF | Mauricio Albornoz | 28 | Åtvidabergs FF | Loan | Winter | 2016 (June) | (~ 0.2M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 13 | FW | Elías Már Ómarsson | 21 | Vålerenga | Loan | Summer | 2016 | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 3 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 27 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | (~ 1.0M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 25 | GK | Johan Hagman | 34 | Retirement | End of contract | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 12 | GK | Marcus Sandberg | 25 | Vålerenga | End of contract | Winter | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 26 | MF | Karl Bohm | 20 | Utsiktens BK | End of contract | Winter | Free | fotbolltransfers.com |
| 10 | FW | Riku Riski | 26 | Rosenborg | Loan return | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 23 | DF | Patrick Dyrestam | 19 | Ängelholms FF | Loan | Winter | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 13 | MF | Gustav Svensson | 28 | Guangzhou R&F | Transfer | Winter | (~ 5.0M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 21 | FW | Malick Mané | 27 | Taraz | Transfer | Winter | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 3 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 20 | PSV | Loan return | Summer | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 13 | DF | Mauricio Albornoz | 28 | Åtvidabergs FF | Loan return | Summer | — | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 20 | FW | Victor Sköld | 26 | Örebro SK | Transfer | Summer | (~ 0.3M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 31 | GK | Oliver Gustafsson | 23 | Ljungskile SK | End of contract | Summer | Free | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 4 | GK | Haitam Aleesami | 25 | Palermo | Transfer | Summer | (~ 13.0M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |
| 19 | FW | Gustav Engvall | 20 | Bristol City | Transfer | Summer | (~ 25.0M SEK) | ifkgoteborg.se |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 12 September 2016
| Number | Position | Name | 2016 Allsvenskan | 2016 Allsvenskan | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen 2016–17 Svenska Cupen | 2015–16 Svenska Cupen 2016–17 Svenska Cupen | 2016–17 UEFA Europa League | 2016–17 UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| Number | Position | Name | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | GK | John Alvbåge | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Emil Salomonsson | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 9 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Sebastian Eriksson | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mads Albæk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Søren Rieks | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 6 |
| 9 | MF | Jakob Ankersen | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | Tobias Hysén | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 13 |
| 11 | MF | Martin Smedberg-Dalence | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | Pontus Dahlberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Elías Már Ómarsson | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 14 | DF | Hjálmar Jónsson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Mikael Boman | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
| 17 | MF | Prosper Kasim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Lawson Sabah | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Alexander Leksell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Benjamin Zalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Adam Johansson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Tom Pettersson | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 25 | GK | Erik Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | Billy Nordström | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Thomas Rogne | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Mattias Bjärsmyr | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Players that left the club during the season |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Haitam Aleesami | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Mauricio Albornoz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Gustav Engvall | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
| 20 | FW | Victor Sköld | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 31 | GK | Oliver Gustafsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | John Alvbåge | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| 2 | DF | Emil Salomonsson | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | DF | Hjörtur Hermannsson | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| 3 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| 4 | DF | Haitam Aleesami | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Sebastian Eriksson | 4 | | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 7 | MF | Mads Albæk | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| 8 | MF | Søren Rieks | 4 | | | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | MF | Jakob Ankersen | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| 10 | FW | Tobias Hysén | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | MF | Martin Smedberg-Dalence | 3 | | | 2 | 5 | |
| 13 | DF | Mauricio Albornoz | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 13 | FW | Elías Már Ómarsson | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 18 | MF | Lawson Sabah | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| 19 | FW | Gustav Engvall | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | DF | Tom Pettersson | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | DF | Billy Nordström | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 28 | DF | Thomas Rogne | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | |
| 30 | DF | Mattias Bjärsmyr | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Last updated: 12 September 2016 Source: ifkgoteborg.se Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Name | Role |
| Jörgen Lennartsson | Head coach |
| Magnus Edlund | Assistant coach |
| Alf Westerberg | Assistant coach / U21 head coach |
| Johan Kristoffersson | Fitness coach |
| Stefan Remnér | Goalkeeping coach |
| Fredrik Larsson | Physiotherapist |
| Patrick Borzych | Physiotherapist |
| Tim Rahmquist | Physiotherapist |
| Jon Karlsson | Club doctor |
| Leif Swärd | Club doctor |
| Johan Örtendahl | Mental coach |
| Rolf Gustavsson | Equipment manager |
| Thomas Olsson | U19 head coach |
| Johan Claesson | U19 assistant coach |
| Roger Gustafsson | Head coach youth academy |
| Olle Sultan | Head scout |
| Linda Breding | Match analyst |

### Other information

| Chairman | Frank Andersson |
| Club director | Mats Gren (caretaker) |
| Director of sports | Mats Gren |
| 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 | 4th | 3 April 2016 | 6 November 2016 |
| 2015–16 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Group stage | 19 August 2015 | 6 March 2016 |
| UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Play-off round | 30 June 2016 | 25 August 2016 |
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 50 | |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 48 | |
| 6 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 44 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2015–16

    The tournament continued from the 2015 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HBK | IFKG | IKF | DEG |
| 1 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | | 3–0 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 3 | IK Frej | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | | — | 1–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | | — | — | 1–1 | — |

#### 2016–17

    The tournament continued into the 2017 season.

##### Qualification stage
### UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

#### Qualifying phase and play-off round
##### Play-off round
## Non-competitive
### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.