2015 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2015 season
Chairman Karl Jartun
Head coach Jörgen Lennartsson
Stadium Gamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan 2nd
2014–15 Svenska Cupen Winners
Svenska Supercupen Runners-up
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer League:
Søren Rieks (10)

All:
Lasse Vibe (13)
Highest home attendance 17,340 vs.
Kalmar FF
(31 October 2015,
Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance 3,423 vs.
Ljungskile SK
(8 March 2015,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance 14,350
(in Allsvenskan)
12,836
(in all competitions)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015 season was IFK Göteborg's 110th in existence, their 83rd season in Allsvenskan and their 39th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished second for the second season in a row, Svenska Cupen where they won the competition, Svenska Supercupen where they finished as runners-up and in qualification for the UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the third qualifying round. IFK Göteborg also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2016 season, 2015–16 Svenska Cupen. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 21 February, league play started on 5 April and will last until 31 October. The season will conclude on 8 November with Svenska Supercupen against IFK Norrköping.

Jörgen Lennartsson was appointed new head coach, this after the former head coach Mikael Stahre was sacked.[1][2]

The club won their 7th Svenska Cupen title on 17 May 2015 when they defeated Örebro SK with 2–1 in the final at Gamla Ullevi.


Key events

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK John Alvbåge
2 Sweden DF Emil Salomonsson
3 United States DF Heath Pearce
4 Norway DF Haitam Aleesami
6 Sweden MF Sebastian Eriksson
7 Denmark MF Mads Albæk
8 Denmark MF Søren Rieks
9 Denmark MF Jakob Ankersen
10 Finland FW Riku Riski (on loan from Rosenborg BK)
11 Bolivia MF Martin Smedberg-Dalence
12 Sweden GK Marcus Sandberg
13 Sweden MF Gustav Svensson (vice captain)
14 Iceland DF Hjálmar Jónsson
15 Denmark FW Thomas Mikkelsen
No. Position Player
16 Sweden FW Mikael Boman
17 Ghana MF Prosper Kasim
18 Ghana MF Lawson Sabah
19 Sweden FW Gustav Engvall
20 Sweden FW Victor Sköld
22 Sweden DF Adam Johansson
23 Sweden DF Patrick Dyrestam
24 Sweden DF Tom Pettersson
25 Sweden GK Johan Hagman
26 Sweden MF Karl Bohm
27 Sweden DF Billy Nordström
28 Norway DF Thomas Rogne
29 Denmark FW Lasse Vibe
30 Sweden DF Mattias Bjärsmyr (captain)

Youth players with first-team appearances

Youth players who played a competitive match for the club in 2015. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Sweden FW Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr
No. Position Player
32 Sweden DF Martin Johansson Zanjanchi

Transfers

Midfielder Sebastian Eriksson returned to the club after three and a half seasons in Cagliari.
Defender Thomas Rogne joined the club on a three-year contract from English club Wigan Athletic.
Midfielder Jakob Johansson left the club for Greek side AEK Athens after eight seasons.

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
8 MF Sweden Nordin Gerzić 31 Örebro SK Loan return Winter 2015 ifkgoteborg.se
10 MF Brazil Daniel Sobralense 31 Örebro SK Loan return Winter 2015 ifkgoteborg.se
20 DF Sweden Jonathan Azulay 20 Östersunds FK Loan return Winter 2014 ifkgoteborg.se
21 FW Senegal Malick Mané 26 Central Coast Mariners Loan return Winter 2017 ifkgoteborg.se
4 DF Norway Haitam Aleesami 23 Fredrikstad FK Transfer Winter 2018 (~ 1.0M SEK)[41] ifkgoteborg.se
16 FW Sweden Mikael Boman 26 Halmstads BK Bosman Winter 2017 Free ifkgoteborg.se
24 DF Sweden Tom Pettersson 24 Åtvidabergs FF Transfer Winter 2018 Undisclosed ifkgoteborg.se
26 MF Sweden Karl Bohm 18 Youth system Promoted Winter 2015 ifkgoteborg.se
27 MF Sweden Billy Nordström 18 Youth system Promoted Winter 2015 ifkgoteborg.se
6 MF Sweden Sebastian Eriksson 25 Cagliari Loan Winter 2015 (June) ifkgoteborg.se
3 DF United States Heath Pearce 30 Montreal Impact Transfer Winter 2015 (June) Free ifkgoteborg.se
9 MF Denmark Jakob Ankersen 24 Esbjerg fB Transfer Winter 2017 (~ 4.5M SEK)[42] ifkgoteborg.se
28 DF Norway Thomas Rogne 24 Wigan Athletic Bosman Winter 2017 Free ifkgoteborg.se
15 FW Denmark Thomas Mikkelsen 25 OB Loan Winter 2015 (June) ifkgoteborg.se
25 GK Sweden Johan Hagman 33 Örgryte IS Bosman Winter 2015 Free ifkgoteborg.se
17 MF Ghana Prosper Kasim 18 Inter Allies Transfer Summer 2020 (June) Undisclosed ifkgoteborg.se
18 MF Ghana Lawson Sabah 18 Inter Allies Transfer Summer 2020 (June) Undisclosed ifkgoteborg.se
6 MF Sweden Sebastian Eriksson 26 Cagliari Transfer Summer 2018 (June) (~ 3.0M SEK)[43] ifkgoteborg.se
20 FW Sweden Victor Sköld 25 Åtvidabergs FF Transfer Summer 2017 (~ 0.5M SEK)[44] ifkgoteborg.se
10 FW Finland Riku Riski 25 Rosenborg Loan Summer 2015 ifkgoteborg.se
7 MF Denmark Mads Albæk 25 Reims Transfer Summer 2017 (~ 2.9M SEK)[45] ifkgoteborg.se
21 FW Senegal Malick Mané 26 Hønefoss BK Loan return Summer 2017 ifkgoteborg.se

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
4 DF Norway Kjetil Wæhler 38 Vålerenga End of contract Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
3 MF Sweden Hampus Zackrisson 20 Degerfors IF End of contract Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
25 GK Sweden Mattias Hugosson 40 Retirement End of contract Winter ifkgoteborg.se
15 MF Sweden Jakob Johansson 24 AEK Athens End of contract Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
26 MF South Africa May Mahlangu 25 Konyaspor End of contract Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
20 DF Sweden Jonathan Azulay 21 Östersunds FK End of contract Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
5 MF Sweden Philip Haglund 27 Hammarby IF End of contract Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
6 DF Sweden Ludwig Augustinsson 20 CopenhagenDenmark Transfer Winter (~ 13.0M SEK)[46] ifkgoteborg.se
16 FW Denmark Kenneth Zohore 20 Fiorentina Loan return Winter ifkgoteborg.se
27 MF Sweden Joel Allansson 22 Randers FC Transfer Winter (~ 1.0M SEK)[47] ifkgoteborg.se
24 MF Costa Rica Diego Calvo 23 Vålerenga Loan return Winter ifkgoteborg.se
21 FW Senegal Malick Mané 26 Hønefoss BK Loan Winter ifkgoteborg.se
8 MF Sweden Nordin Gerzić 31 Örebro SK Transfer Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
10 MF Brazil Daniel Sobralense 31 Fortaleza Transfer Winter Free ifkgoteborg.se
6 MF Sweden Sebastian Eriksson 26 Cagliari Loan return Summer ifkgoteborg.se
3 DF United States Heath Pearce 30 Retirement End of contract Summer ifkgoteborg.se
15 FW Denmark Thomas Mikkelsen 25 OB Loan return Summer ifkgoteborg.se
29 FW Denmark Lasse Vibe 28 Brentford Transfer Summer (~ 13.0M SEK)[48] ifkgoteborg.se
26 MF Sweden Karl Bohm 19 Utsiktens BK Loan Summer ifkgoteborg.se
23 DF Sweden Patrick Dyrestam 19 Utsiktens BK Loan Summer ifkgoteborg.se
21 FW Senegal Malick Mané 26 Najran Loan Summer ifkgoteborg.se

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Number Position Name 2015 Allsvenskan 2014–15 Svenska Cupen
2015–16 Svenska Cupen
2015 Svenska Supercupen
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Total
Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals
1 GK John Alvbåge 30 0 5 0 4 0 39 0
2 DF Emil Salomonsson 30 5 8 2 4 0 42 7
3 FW Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Haitam Aleesami 30 2 6 0 4 1 40 3
6 MF Sebastian Eriksson 27 2 5 1 4 0 36 3
7 MF Mads Albæk 11 3 1 0 0 0 12 3
8 MF Søren Rieks 28 10 6 2 4 0 38 12
9 MF Jakob Ankersen 28 6 7 3 4 0 39 9
10 FW Riku Riski 11 1 1 0 0 0 12 1
11 MF Martin Smedberg-Dalence 15 0 6 1 4 0 25 1
12 GK Marcus Sandberg 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
13 MF Gustav Svensson 28 1 6 0 4 0 38 1
14 DF Hjálmar Jónsson 19 0 5 0 1 0 25 0
16 FW Mikael Boman 27 6 7 3 4 1 38 10
17 MF Prosper Kasim 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF Lawson Sabah 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Gustav Engvall 25 5 5 1 4 1 34 7
20 FW Victor Sköld 6 0 2 3 1 0 9 3
22 DF Adam Johansson 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
24 DF Tom Pettersson 25 1 8 2 3 0 36 3
25 GK Johan Hagman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Billy Nordström 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
28 DF Thomas Rogne 19 1 2 0 4 0 25 1
30 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr 23 1 7 1 4 0 34 2
32 DF Martin Johansson Zanjanchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players that left the club during the season
3 DF Heath Pearce 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
15 FW Thomas Mikkelsen 9 1 1 0 0 0 10 1
23 DF Patrick Dyrestam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Karl Bohm 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW Lasse Vibe 16 6 6 7 1 0 23 13

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name Allsvenskan Svenska Cupen
Svenska Supercupen
UEFA Europa League Total Notes
1 GK Sweden John Alvbåge 1 1
2 DF Sweden Emil Salomonsson 1 1
4 DF Norway Haitam Aleesami 2 1 1 4
6 MF Sweden Sebastian Eriksson 6 2 8
7 MF Denmark Mads Albæk 1 1
8 MF Denmark Søren Rieks 6 6
9 MF Denmark Jakob Ankersen 5 1 6
10 FW Finland Riku Riski 2 2
13 MF Sweden Gustav Svensson 4 1 5
14 DF Iceland Hjálmar Jónsson 1 1
19 FW Sweden Gustav Engvall 2 2
20 FW Sweden Victor Sköld 1 1
24 DF Sweden Tom Pettersson 2 1 1 3 1
28 DF Norway Thomas Rogne 5 1 6
29 FW Denmark Lasse Vibe 1 1
30 DF Sweden Mattias Bjärsmyr 1 1

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

The 2015 season was Jörgen Lennartsson's first season with IFK Göteborg.
Gamla Ullevi was the fourth largest stadium in Allsvenskan in 2015.

Coaching staff

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

Other information

Chairman Sweden Karl Jartun
Club director Sweden Martin Kurzwelly
Director of sports Sweden 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 2nd 5 April 201531 October 2015
2014–15 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Winners 20 August 201417 May 2015
Svenska Supercupen Final Runners-up 8 November 2015
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 16 July 20156 August 2015

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2015 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IFK Norrköping (C) 30 20 6 4 60 33 +27 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg 30 18 9 3 52 22 +30 63 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 AIK 30 18 7 5 54 34 +20 61
4 IF Elfsborg 30 16 7 7 59 42 +17 55
5 Malmö FF 30 15 9 6 54 34 +20 54
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).[49]
(C) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 18 9 3 52 22  +30 63 10 4 1 30 8  +22 8 5 2 22 14  +8

Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
Result W W L W W D W W W W D W W D D D L W L W W W W W D W D D W D
Position 6 2 6 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2

Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Svenska Cupen

2014–15

The tournament continued from the 2014 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKG FCT LSK MYR
1 IFK Göteborg 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Advance to Knockout stage 5–0
2 FC Trollhättan 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 2–2 2–1
3 Ljungskile SK 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 1–1
4 Myresjö/Vetlanda FK 3 0 0 3 1 13 12 0 0–6 0–5
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team
Knockout stage

2015–16

The tournament continued into the 2016 season.
Qualification stage

Svenska Supercupen

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round

Non competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

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