2025 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2025 season
Chairman	Magnus Nilsson
Head coach	Stefan Billborn
Stadium	Gamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan	4th
2024–25 Svenska Cupen	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Fenger (12); All: ; Max Fenger (15)
Highest home attendance	26,190 vs. ; Hammarby IF; (9 March 2025, ; Svenska Cupen); Allsvenskan:; 18,021 vs. ; GAIS; (28 April 2025)
Lowest home attendance	4,811 vs. ; Sandvikens IF; (22 February 2025, ; Svenska Cupen); Allsvenskan:; 15,357 vs. ; IF Brommapojkarna; (21 September 2025)
Average home league attendance	16,615
Biggest win	4–0 vs. ; Hammarby IF; (9 March 2025, ; Svenska Cupen); 4–0 vs. ; Qviding FIF; (20 August 2025, ; Svenska Cupen)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs. ; Hammarby IF; (30 March 2025, ; Allsvenskan)

The 2025 season was IFK Göteborg's 120th in existence, their 93rd season in Allsvenskan and their 49th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play started on 30 March and ended on 9 November.

Players

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Pontus Dahlberg (3rd captain)
3	DF	SWE	August Erlingmark (vice-captain)
4	DF	GHA	Rockson Yeboah
5	DF	DEN	Jonas Bager
7	FW	TOG	Sebastian Clemmensen
8	MF	SWE	Imam Jagne
9	FW	DEN	Max Fenger
10	MF	SWE	Ramon Pascal Lundqvist
11	FW	CMR	Saidou Alioum
13	DF	SWE	Gustav Svensson (captain)
14	FW	NOR	Tobias Heintz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	DEN	David Kruse
16	FW	SWE	Linus Carlstrand
18	DF	SWE	Felix Eriksson
19	FW	ALB	Arbnor Muçolli
22	DF	SWE	Noah Tolf
23	MF	ISL	Kolbeinn Þórðarson
25	GK	SWE	Elis Bishesari
26	MF	SWE	Benjamin Brantlind
27	FW	SWE	Alfons Borén
28	MF	SWE	Lucas Kåhed
29	DF	DEN	Thomas Santos

Club

Coaching staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Stefan Billborn
Assistant coach	Joachim Björklund
Second assistant coach	Marcus Berg
Goalkeeping coach	Lee Baxter
Technical manager	Magnus Edlund
Analyst	Liam Wohlén
Scout	David Vuković
Strength and conditioning coach	Hakeem Araba
Physiotherapists	Fredrik Larsson
	Kaj Leuther
	Calle Persson
Equipment managers	Rolf Gustavsson
Equipment managers	Håkan Lindahl

Other information

Chairman	Magnus Nilsson
Club director	Håkan Mild
Head of football	Jesper Jansson
Sporting director	Hannes Stiller
Assistant sporting director	Oscar Wendt
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Gamla Ullevi (18,454 / 105x68 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	Matchday 1	4th	30 March 2025	9 November 2025
2024–25 Svenska Cupen	Round 2	Semi-finals	22 August 2024	16 March 2025

Updated to match played 9 November 2025
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Hammarby IF	30	19	5	6	60	29	+31	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	GAIS	30	14	10	6	45	30	+15	52	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	IFK Göteborg	30	16	3	11	41	33	+8	51
5	Djurgårdens IF	30	13	10	7	52	32	+20	49
6	Malmö FF	30	13	10	7	46	33	+13	49

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in 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).
Notes:

^ The 2025–26 Svenska Cupen winners qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. Since the two cup finalists (Mjällby AIF and Hammarby IF) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	3	11	41	33	+8	51	7	1	7	19	16	+3	9	2	4	22	17	+5

Last updated: 9 November 2025.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W
Position	15	10	5	10	6	7	10	11	12	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	4	5	6	4	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2025. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

30 March 2025 Round 1	Hammarby IF	4–0	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
14:00	M. Karlsson 21' Erabi 42' Besara 73' Strand 85'	Report		Stadium: 3Arena Attendance: 30,217 Referee: Oscar Johnson

5 April 2025 Round 2	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Halmstads BK	Gothenburg
15:00	Fenger 54'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 17,251 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

13 April 2025 Round 3	IFK Värnamo	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Värnamo
14:00		Report	Fenger 37'	Stadium: Finnvedsvallen Attendance: 4,108 Referee: Tess Olofsson

20 April 2025 Round 4	IFK Göteborg	2–3	BK Häcken	Gothenburg
16:30	Þórðarson 38' Fenger 45' (pen.)	Report	Hrstić 23' Layouni 45+2' Gustafson 90+7'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 17,318 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

24 April 2025 Round 5	IFK Norrköping	2–3	IFK Göteborg	Norrköping
19:00	Nyman 41' Watson 45+1'	Report	Clemmensen 61' Fenger 76', 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 8,718 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

28 April 2025 Round 6	IFK Göteborg	1–1	GAIS	Gothenburg
19:10	Kruse 67'	Report	Ibrahim 15'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 18,021 Referee: Joakim Östling

4 May 2025 Round 7	Mjällby AIF	1–0	IFK Göteborg	Hällevik
16:30	Røjkjær 30'	Report		Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 5,496 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

12 May 2025 Round 8	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Djurgårdens IF	Gothenburg
19:10	Danielson 25' (o.g.)	Report	Nguen 4' Haarala 77'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,872 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

15 May 2025 Round 9	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Östers IF	Gothenburg
19:00		Report	Bishesari 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 15,754 Referee: Erik Mattsson

19 May 2025 Round 10	Degerfors IF	1–3	IFK Göteborg	Degerfors
19:00	Rafferty 52'	Report	Heintz 6', 32' Fenger 9'	Stadium: Stora Valla Attendance: 5,722 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

25 May 2025 Round 11	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
14:00	Þórðarson 58'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,284 Referee: Victor Wolf

1 June 2025 Round 12	IF Brommapojkarna	1–3	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
14:00	Jakobsen 63' (pen.)	Report	Þórðarson 24', 42' Clemmensen 90+8'	Stadium: Grimsta IP Attendance: 2,682 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

29 June 2025 Round 13	AIK	3–0	IFK Göteborg	Solna
14:00	Benković 30' Filling 43' Hove 61'	Report		Stadium: Nationalarenan Attendance: 38,172 Referee: Oscar Johnson

6 July 2025 Round 14	IFK Göteborg	3–1	IK Sirius	Gothenburg
14:00	Fenger 38' (pen.), 87' Clemmensen 90+3'	Report	Walta 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,212 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

12 July 2025 Round 15	IFK Göteborg	1–2	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
15:00	Clemmensen 26'	Report	Wikström 40', 45'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,617 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

20 July 2025 Round 16	IK Sirius	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Uppsala
14:00		Report	Kruse 59'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 6,730 Referee: Adi Aganović

28 July 2025 Round 17	IF Elfsborg	4–3	IFK Göteborg	Borås
19:00	Wikström 19' Erlingmark 62' (o.g.) Larsson 90+3', 90+5'	Report	Heintz 4' Fenger 14' Alioum 20'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 14,304 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

4 August 2025 Round 18	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Degerfors IF	Gothenburg
19:00	Fenger 36' Þórðarson 45' Santos 51'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,605 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

11 August 2025 Round 19	GAIS	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
19:00		Report	Þórðarson 12'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 18,078 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

17 August 2025 Round 20	IFK Göteborg	2–1	AIK	Gothenburg
14:00	Heintz 37', 55'	Report	Isherwood 60'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 17,023 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

24 August 2025 Round 21	Malmö FF	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
16:30		Report		Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 20,597 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

30 August 2025 Round 22	IFK Göteborg	1–0	IFK Värnamo	Gothenburg
15:00	Tolf 45'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 15,919 Referee: Richard Sundell

15 September 2025 Round 23	BK Häcken	1–2	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
19:10	Rygaard 40'	Report	Heintz 13', 71'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 6,316 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

21 September 2025 Round 24	IFK Göteborg	0–1	IF Brommapojkarna	Gothenburg
14:00		Report	Alladoh 56'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Adi Aganović

29 September 2025 Round 25	Östers IF	0–2	IFK Göteborg	Växjö
19:10		Report	Fenger 62' Þórðarson 89'	Stadium: Spiris Arena Attendance: 8,047 Referee: Oscar Johnson

5 October 2025 Round 26	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
14:00	Fenger 81'	Report	Abraham 3', 61'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,644 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

20 October 2025 Round 27	IFK Göteborg	0–2	Mjällby AIF	Gothenburg
19:10		Report	Bergström 21' Pettersson 28'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,937 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

26 October 2025 Round 28	Halmstads BK	0–3	IFK Göteborg	Halmstad
16:30 UTC+1		Report	Heintz 44' Þórðarson 48' Brantlind 86'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 8,424 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

2 November 2025 Round 29	Djurgårdens IF	0–0	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
16:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: 3Arena Attendance: 26,809 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

9 November 2025 Round 30	IFK Göteborg	2–0	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
15:00 UTC+1	Alioum 62' Jagne 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Svenska Cupen

2024–25

The tournament continued from the 2024 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	IFKG	DIF	SIF	IKO
1	IFK Göteborg	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to Knockout stage			3–0	2–0
2	Djurgårdens IF	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4		3–4		2–0
3	Sandvikens IF	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3					1–0
4	IK Oddevold	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1			2–2

Source: SvFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Lowest disciplinary points; 6) Highest ranked team

16 February 2025 Matchday 1	IFK Göteborg	2–0	IK Oddevold	Gothenburg
15:15	Merbom Adolfsson 58' (o.g.) Heintz 72'	Report		Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 5,157 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

22 February 2025 Matchday 2	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Sandvikens IF	Gothenburg
17:30	Lundqvist 14' Clemmensen 51' Jagne 70'	Report		Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,811 Referee: Joakim Östling

2 March 2025 Matchday 3	Djurgårdens IF	3–4	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
13:00	Žugelj 27' Fallenius 41' Kosugi 90+6'	Report	Jagne 12' Fenger 45', 67' Santos 86'	Stadium: 3Arena Attendance: 17,731 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Knockout stage

9 March 2025 Quarter-finals	IFK Göteborg	4–0	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
13:00	Heintz 25' Markovic 33', 72', 82'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 26,190 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

16 March 2025 Semi-finals	Malmö FF	3–2 (a.e.t.)	IFK Göteborg	Malmö
16:00	Kiese Thelin 31', 45+2' Berg 112'	Report	Fenger 72' Þórðarson 87'	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 20,742 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

2025–26

The tournament continued into the 2026 season.

Qualification stage

20 August 2025 Round 2	Qviding FIF	0–4	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
18:30 UTC+2		Report	Markovic 34' Trondsen 38' Bager 65', 88'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Fredrik Oppong

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

25 January 2025 Friendly	Lillestrøm SK	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Lillestrøm, Norway
14:00	Drammeh 61' Svenningsen 84'	Report		Stadium: LSK-Hallen Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

30 January 2025 The Atlantic Cup	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Rosenborg BK	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
19:00 UTC+0	Markovic 41'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 50 Referee: Fá Sanhá (Portugal)

5 February 2025 The Atlantic Cup	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Brentford B	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00 UTC+0	Erlingmark 44'	Report	Morgan 45+1' Avenell 73'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 50 Referee: Marcos Brazão (Portugal)

22 March 2025 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	2–0	IFK Mariehamn	Gothenburg, Sweden
14:00	Fenger 13' Clemmensen 78'	Report		Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 1,033 Referee: Fikret Buqa

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

19 June 2025 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	3–3	Östers IF	Alingsås, Sweden
16:00	Svensson 6' Fenger 75', 87' (pen.)	Report	Uddenäs 12' Ljung 72' Seger 80'	Stadium: Mjörnvallen Attendance: 1,846 Referee: Fredrik Oppong

8 October 2025 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Lillestrøm SK	Ljungskile, Sweden
14:00		Report		Stadium: Skarsjövallen Attendance: 120 Referee: Philip Lindh

References

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.48763477545587-1] The 2025–26 Svenska Cupen winners qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. Since the two cup finalists (Mjällby AIF and Hammarby IF) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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