# 2021 IFK Göteborg season

The 2021 season was IFK Göteborg's 116th in existence, their 89th season in Allsvenskan and their 45th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play started on 11 April and ended on 4 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 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Bernardo Vilar |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Carl Johansson |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Alexander Jallow |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Eriksson |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Hosam Aiesh |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Söder (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson |
| 12 | GK | SWE | Ole Söderberg |
| 13 | MF | SWE | Gustav Svensson |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Gustaf Norlin |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Isak Dahlqvist |
| 19 | MF | SWE | August Erlingmark |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Simon Thern |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Tobias Sana (3rd captain) |
| 23 | MF | SWE | Kevin Yakob |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Filip Ambrož |
| 25 | GK | ISL | Adam Ingi Benediktsson |
| 29 | FW | SWE | Oscar Vilhelmsson |
| 30 | DF | SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr |
| 33 | FW | SWE | Marcus Berg (captain) |
| 34 | FW | SWE | Alfons Nygaard |
| 35 | FW | SWE | Lucas Kåhed |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Name | Role |
| Mikael Stahre | Head coach |
| Patrik Persson | Assistant coach |
| Hannes Stiller | Assistant coach |
| William Strömberg | Assistant coach |
| Stefan Remnér | Goalkeeping coach |
| Roland Kaldéus | Fitness coach |
| Kalle Olsson | Strength and conditioning coach |
| Fredrik Larsson | Physiotherapist |
| Calle Persson | Physiotherapist |
| Jón Karlsson | Club doctor |
| Rolf Gustavsson | Equipment manager |
| Håkan Lindahl | Equipment manager |
| Hjálmar Jónsson | U19 head coach |

### Other information

| Chairman | Richard Berkling |
| Club director | Håkan Mild |
| 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 | 8th | 10 April 2021 | 4 December 2021 |
| 2020–21 Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Group stage | 30 September 2020 | 7 March 2021 |
Updated to match played 4 December 2021 Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Kalmar FF | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 47 |
| 7 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 44 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 41 |
| 9 | Mjällby AIF | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 38 |
| 10 | Varbergs BoIS | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 37 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 December 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Svenska Cupen
#### 2020–21

    The tournament continued from the 2020 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKN | IFKG | SIF | GIF |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | | | | | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sandvikens IF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | | 1–4 | 3–4 | | |
| 4 | GIF Sundsvall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | | | | 2–3 | |

#### 2021–22

    The tournament continued into the 2022 season.

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

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.