# 2017 IFK Göteborg season

The 2017 season was IFK Göteborg's 112th in existence, their 85th season in Allsvenskan and their 41st 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Salomonsson |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Billy Nordström |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Eriksson (captain) |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Tobias Hysén |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Søren Rieks |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson |
| 11 | MF | BOL | Martin Smedberg-Dalence |
| 12 | GK | SWE | Pontus Dahlberg |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Kristopher Da Graca |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Mikael Boman |
| 19 | MF | SWE | August Erlingmark |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Benjamin Zalo |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Vajebah Sakor (on loan from Juventus) |
| 23 | DF | SWE | David Boo Wiklander (vice captain) |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Sebastian Ohlsson |
| 25 | GK | SWE | Erik Dahlin |
| 26 | FW | SWE | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Thomas Rogne |
| 42 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud (on loan from New York City) |

## Club
### Other information

| Chairman | Frank Andersson |
| Club director | Mats Palmgren (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 | 10th | 1 April 2017 | 5 November 2017 |
| 2016–17 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Quarter-finals | 13 October 2016 | 11 March 2017 |
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | IF Elfsborg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 39 |
| 9 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 38 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 37 |
| 11 | Örebro SK | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 36 |
| 12 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 32 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2016–17

    The tournament continued from the 2016 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKG | IKS | LSK | ASIF |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | — |
| 2 | IK Sirius | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Ljungskile SK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Arameiska-Syrianska IF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | | 0–6 | 0–5 | — | — |

##### Knockout stage
#### 2017–18

    The tournament continued into the 2018 season.

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

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.