# 2020 Hammarby Fotboll season

The 2020 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 105th in existence, their 51st season in Allsvenskan and their 6th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and Europa League during the year. League play was planned to start in early April, but was postponed until June due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Stefan Billborn made his third season as manager.

## Summary

In a season postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the side disappointedly finished 8th in the Allsvenskan table. The club won 3–0 against Puskás Akadémia in the first round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but was eliminated from the tournament in the second round against Lech Poznań through a 0–3 loss.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | David Ousted | 35 | 2020 | 25 | 0 | 2020 | Free | |
| 2 | DF | Simon Sandberg | 26 | 2018 | 71 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| 3 | DF | Dennis Widgren | 26 | 2019 | 43 | 0 | 2022 (June) | Free | |
| 4 | DF | Richard Magyar | 29 | 2019 | 70 | 4 | 2022 (June) | Free | |
| 5 | DF | David Fällman (vice captain) | 30 | 2018 | 70 | 1 | 2021 (June) | Free | |
| 6 | MF | Darijan Bojanić | 26 | 2019 | 52 | 4 | 2023 (June) | Free | |
| 7 | MF | Imad Khalili | 33 | 2015 | 100 | 16 | 2021 (June) | Free | |
| 8 | MF | Jeppe Andersen (captain) | 28 | 2017 | 95 | 3 | 2023 (June) | Free | |
| 9 | MF | Paulinho | 34 | 2020 | 16 | 3 | 2021 | Free | |
| 11 | MF | Vladimir Rodić | 27 | 2018 | 52 | 9 | 2021 | Undisclosed | On loan to Odds BK |
| 13 | DF | Mads Fenger | 30 | 2017 | 80 | 4 | 2023 | Free | |
| 14 | MF | Tim Söderström | 26 | 2019 | 42 | 1 | 2021 (June) | Free | |
| 15 | DF | Hjalmar Ekdal | 22 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2021 (June) | Undisclosed | On loan to IK Sirius |
| 16 | FW | Gustav Ludwigson | 27 | 2020 | 29 | 9 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 17 | MF | Abdul Khalili | 28 | 2020 | 27 | 2 | 2021 | Free | |
| 18 | FW | Filston Mawana | 20 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Undisclosed | On loan to IK Frej |
| 19 | MF | Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali | 28 | 2017 | 73 | 3 | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | MF | Alexander Kačaniklić | 29 | 2019 | 48 | 14 | 2021 | Free | |
| 21 | DF | Oscar Krusnell | 21 | 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2020 | Undisclosed | On loan to IK Frej |
| 23 | FW | Aron Jóhannsson | 30 | 2019 | 32 | 12 | 2022 (July) | Free | |
| 24 | GK | Oliver Nnonyelu Dovin | 18 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | On loan to IK Frej |
| 25 | GK | Davor Blažević | 27 | 2018 | 22 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| 26 | DF | Kalle Björklund | 21 | 2019 | 14 | 1 | 2021 (June) | Free | |
| 28 | DF | Jean | 25 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2021 | Undisclosed | On loan to Turun Palloseura |
| 30 | DF | Mohanad Jeahze | 23 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 31 | MF | Aimar Sher | 18 | 2019 | 22 | 1 | 2022 | Youth system | |
| 33 | MF | Akinkunmi Amoo | 18 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | 2024 (July) | Undisclosed | |
| 35 | DF | Axel Sjöberg | 20 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| – | MF | Abdul Halik Hudu | 20 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2022 (July) | Undisclosed | On loan to GIF Sundsvall |
* Last updated: 14 December 2020
* 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 |
| 16 | FW | Gustav Ludwigson | 26 | Örgryte IS | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 9 | FW | Paulinho | 33 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Bosman | Winter | 2021 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 1 | GK | David Ousted | 35 | Chicago Fire | Bosman | Winter | 2020 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 17 | MF | Abdul Khalili | 27 | Kasımpaşa | Bosman | Winter | 2021 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 33 | MF | Akinkunmi Amoo | 18 | Sidos F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 2024 (June) | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 33 | MF | Axel Sjöberg | 20 | IK Frej | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 30 | DF | Mohanad Jeahze | 23 | Mjällby AIF | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 77 | DF | Mats Solheim | 31 | Stabæk | End of contract | Winter | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 16 | MF | Leo Bengtsson | 21 | BK Häcken | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 40 | FW | Nikola Đurđić | 33 | Chengdu | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 1 | GK | Johan Wiland | 39 | Retired | End of contract | Winter | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 23 | DF | Marcus Degerlund | 21 | Jönköpings Södra | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| – | MF | Abdul Halik Hudu | 20 | GIF Sundsvall | Loan | Summer | Loan | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 34 | FW | Emil Roback | 17 | Milan | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 28 | DF | Jean | 25 | Turun Palloseura | Loan | Summer | Loan | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 11 | MF | Vladimir Rodić | 27 | Odds BK | Loan | Summer | Loan | hammarbyfotboll.se |
| 22 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 25 | AEK Athens | Transfer | Summer | Free | hammarbyfotboll.se |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Allsvenskan | Allsvenskan | 2019–20 and 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | 2019–20 and 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | DEN | David Ousted | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | SWE | Oliver Nnonyelu Dovin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SWE | Davor Blažević | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SWE | Simon Sandberg | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Dennis Widgren | 23 | 1 | 12+6 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Richard Magyar | 18 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | David Fällman | 30 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Mads Fenger | 33 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SWE | Tim Söderström | 30 | 1 | 14+10 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SWE | Kalle Björklund | 16 | 1 | 6+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | IRQ | Mohanad Jeahze | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SWE | Axel Sjöberg | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SWE | Darijan Bojanić | 28 | 2 | 17+6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Imad Khalili | 27 | 5 | 7+15 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Jeppe Andersen | 35 | 1 | 25+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Abdul Khalili | 32 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | GAB | Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali | 21 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić | 27 | 8 | 19+4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Aimar Sher | 23 | 1 | 9+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NGA | Akinkunmi Amoo | 7 | 2 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Paulinho | 23 | 4 | 10+6 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Gustav Ludwigson | 35 | 10 | 22+7 | 9 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson | 27 | 15 | 15+7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | MNE | Vladimir Rodić | 19 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SWE | Muamer Tanković | 19 | 10 | 13+1 | 7 | 3+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Jean | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SWE | Emil Roback | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 December 2020 Source: hammarbyfotboll.se

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Name | Role |
| Stefan Billborn | Head coach |
| Joachim Björklund | Assistant coach |
| Tony Gustavsson | First-team coach |
| Jimmy Lidberg | Fitness coach |
| Mikael "Mille" Olsson | Goalkeeping coach |
| Mathias Eriksson | Team manager |
| Wadda Tamimi | Assistant team manager |
| David Sumpter | Data scientist |
| Mikael Klots Rubin | Head of medical team |
| Andreas Gavelius | Physiotherapist |
| Anders Bitén | Equipment manager |
| Fredrik Samuelsson | U19 head coach |
| Jonas Holtbäck | U17 head coach |
| Gustav Scheutz | U19 and U17 goalkeeping coach |
Source:

### Other information

| Chairman | Richard von Yxkull |
| Managing director | Henrik Kindlund |
| Director of football | Jesper Jansson |
| Technical director | Ola Larsson |
| 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 |
| 6 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 46 | |
| 7 | Örebro SK | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 42 | |
| 8 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 9 | AIK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 39 | |
| 10 | IK Sirius | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 38 | |
* ↑ Hammarby IF qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen.

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

#### Matches

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

##### December
### Svenska Cupen
#### 2019–20

    The tournament continued from the 2019 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 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Varbergs BoIS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | GIF Sundsvall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |

##### Knockout stage
#### 2020–21

    The tournament continues into the 2021 season.

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

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

#### 2020–21
##### Qualifying phase and play-off round
###### Second qualifying round
## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 Hammarby IF have a cooperation with IK Frej and might temporarily loan out players during the season and recall them without further notice.