2026 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2026 season
ChairmanMagnus Nilsson
Head coachStefan Billborn
StadiumGamla Ullevi
AllsvenskanPre-season
2025–26 Svenska CupenQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
All:
Saidou Alioum (2)
Highest home attendance5,682 vs.
Degerfors IF
(8 March 2026,
Svenska Cupen)
Lowest home attendance5,507 vs.
Östersunds FK
(21 February 2026,
Svenska Cupen)
Biggest win4–0 vs.
Trelleborgs FF
(28 February 2026,
Svenska Cupen)

The 2026 season is IFK Göteborg's 121th in existence, their 94th season in Allsvenskan and their 50th consecutive season in the league. They will compete in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play will start on 5 April and end on 29 November.

Players

Squad information

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Jonathan Rasheed 34 2026 0 0 2026[1] Free
3 DF August Erlingmark (captain) 27 2024 159 8 2028[2] Free
4 DF Rockson Yeboah 21 2024 13 0 2028[3] Undisclosed
5 DF Jonas Bager (vice-captain) 29 2024 27 0 2027[4] Free
7 FW Sebastian Clemmensen 22 2025 24 4 2028[5] ~ 6.9M SEK
8 MF Imam Jagne 22 2025 24 1 2028[6] ~ 4.9M SEK
9 FW Max Fenger 24 2025 30 12 2027[7] ~ 2.0M SEK
10 MF Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 28 2024 23 3 2027[8] ~ 3.4M SEK
11 FW Saidou Alioum 22 2025 16 2 2029 (June)[9] ~ 7.0M SEK
12 GK Viktor Andersson 21 2026 0 0 2026[10] Free On loan from IFK Värnamo
14 FW Tobias Heintz 27 2025 29 8 2027[11] Free
15 MF David Kruse 23 2024 40 2 2028[12] Undisclosed
16 MF Filip Ottosson 29 2026 0 0 2029[13] Free
17 DF Alexander Jallow 28 2026 75 2 2027[14] Free
18 DF Felix Eriksson 21 2022 25 0 2028[15] Youth system
19 FW Arbnor Muçolli 26 2023 30 8 2026[16] Free
20 DF Gabriel Ersoy 20 2026 0 0 2028[17] Undisclosed
21 MF Leo Radaković 18 2025 0 0 2028[18] Youth system
22 DF Noah Tolf 20 2024 31 1 2029 (June)[19] Youth system
23 MF Kolbeinn Þórðarson 26 2023 63 11 2028[20] Free
25 GK Elis Bishesari 20 2024 39 0 2027[21] Youth system
26 MF Benjamin Brantlind 17 2024 13 1 2026[22] Youth system
27 FW Alfons Borén 19 2025 1 0 2028[23] Youth system
28 MF Lucas Kåhed 23 2021 30 1 2026 (June)[24] Youth system
29 FW Adam Bergmark Wiberg 28 2026 0 0 2029 (June)[25] Free
30 FW Tiago Coimbra 22 2026 0 0 2029 (June)[26] ~ 2.7M SEK
GK Fredrik Andersson 37 2026 0 0 2026 (June)[27] Free
  • Last updated: 14 March 2025
  • Source: IFK Göteborg and players' Wikipedia articles
  • Ordered by squad number.

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 Eva Qvistgaard
Rolf Gustavsson

Other information

Chairman Magnus Nilsson
Club director Sofia Hultberg (caretaker)
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 Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Allsvenskan Matchday 1 5 April 2026 29 November 2026
2025–26 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Quarter-finals 20 August 2025 15 March 2026

Updated to match played 15 March 2026
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 IF Brommapojkarna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 IF Elfsborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 IFK Göteborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 IK Sirius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Kalmar FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2026. 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).


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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 22 December 2025.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

6 April 2026 Round 1 IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg Borås
14:00 Stadium: Borås Arena
11 April 2026 Round 2 IFK Göteborg v BK Häcken Gothenburg
15:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
18 April 2026 Round 3 Halmstads BK v IFK Göteborg Halmstad
15:00 Stadium: Örjans Vall
23 April 2026 Round 4 Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg Kalmar
19:00 Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
26 April 2026 Round 5 IFK Göteborg v GAIS Gothenburg
16:30 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
4 May 2026 Round 6 Djurgårdens IF v IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Stadium: 3Arena
11 May 2026 Round 7 IFK Göteborg v Hammarby IF Gothenburg
19:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
18 May 2026 Round 8 Örgryte IS v IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
25 May 2026 Round 9 IFK Göteborg v Mjällby AIF Gothenburg
19:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
31 May 2026 Round 10 Västerås SK v IFK Göteborg Västerås
14:00 Stadium: Hitachi Energy Arena
5 July 2026 Round 11 IFK Göteborg v AIK Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
12 July 2026 Round 12 Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg Malmö
Stadium: Stadion
19 July 2026 Round 13 IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
26 July 2026 Round 14 IK Sirius v IFK Göteborg Uppsala
Stadium: Studenternas IP
2 August 2026 Round 15 IFK Göteborg v Degerfors IF Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
9 August 2026 Round 16 IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
16 August 2026 Round 17 Degerfors IF v IFK Göteborg Degerfors
Stadium: Stora Valla
23 August 2026 Round 18 IFK Göteborg v IF Elfsborg Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
30 August 2026 Round 19 IFK Göteborg v Örgryte IS Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
6 September 2026 Round 20 Mjällby AIF v IFK Göteborg Hällevik
Stadium: Strandvallen
13 September 2026 Round 21 IFK Göteborg v Halmstads BK Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
20 September 2026 Round 22 IF Brommapojkarna v IFK Göteborg Stockholm
Stadium: Grimsta IP
11 October 2026 Round 23 IFK Göteborg v Västerås SK Gothenburg
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
18 October 2026 Round 24 AIK v IFK Göteborg Solna
Stadium: Nationalarenan
25 October 2026 Round 25 GAIS v IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
UTC+1 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
28 October 2026 Round 26 IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF Gothenburg
UTC+1 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
1 November 2026 Round 27 BK Häcken v IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
UTC+1 Stadium: Nordic Wellness Arena
8 November 2026 Round 28 IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF Gothenburg
UTC+1 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
22 November 2026 Round 29 Hammarby IF v IFK Göteborg Stockholm
UTC+1 Stadium: 3Arena
29 November 2026 Round 30 IFK Göteborg v IK Sirius Gothenburg
UTC+1 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Svenska Cupen

2025–26

The tournament continues from the 2025 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKG ÖFK DEG TFF
1 IFK Göteborg 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Advance to Knockout stage 0–0 3–1
2 Östersunds FK 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5 3–0
3 Degerfors IF 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 1–1 3–0
4 Trelleborgs FF 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0 0–4
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



21 February 2026 Matchday 1 IFK Göteborg 0–0 Östersunds FK Gothenburg
13:00 Report Stadium: Nordic Wellness Arena
Attendance: 5,507
Referee: Joakim Sars
28 February 2026 Matchday 2 Trelleborgs FF 0–4 IFK Göteborg Trelleborg
15:00 Report
  • Alioum 6' (pen.)
  • Tolf 42'
  • Clemmensen 51'
  • Heintz 77'
Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 714
Referee: Fredrik Klitte
8 March 2026 Matchday 3 IFK Göteborg 3–1 Degerfors IF Gothenburg
15:00 Report
  • Berisson 84'
Stadium: Nordic Wellness Arena
Attendance: 5,682
Referee: Granit Maqedonci
Knockout stage
15 March 2026 Quarter-finals IK Sirius 1–0 (a.e.t.) IFK Göteborg Uppsala
17:15
Report Stadium: Studenternas IP
Attendance: 6,620
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

2026–27

The tournament continues into the 2027 season.
Qualification stage
August 2026 Round 2 TBD v IFK Göteborg
UTC+2

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

23 January 2026 Friendly Östers IF 1–3 IFK Göteborg Växjö, Sweden
17:00 Report
Stadium: Sportfältet Teleborg
Attendance: 935
Referee: Adi Aganović
2 February 2026 The Atlantic Cup Rosenborg BK 0–1 IFK Göteborg Faro/Loulé, Portugal
19:30 UTC+0 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 50
6 February 2026 The Atlantic Cup IFK Göteborg 3–1 Artis Brno Faro/Loulé, Portugal
14:00 UTC+0
Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 50
Referee: Eduardo Rebocho (Portugal)
14 February 2026 Friendly IFK Göteborg 4–2 Stabæk Gothenburg, Sweden
17:00
Report
  • Wendt 50'
  • Oppedal 75'
Stadium: Valhalla IP
Attendance: 863
Referee: Fredrik Oppong
23 March 2026 Friendly IFK Göteborg v IK Oddevold Gothenburg, Sweden
15:00 Stadium: Valhalla IP
27 March 2026 Friendly Vålerenga v IFK Göteborg Oslo, Norway
16:00 Stadium: Intility Arena

References

  1. ^ "Jonathan Rasheed är klar" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Välkommen hem, Agge!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Välkommen, Rockson!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Jonas Bager är klar" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Clemmensen är klar" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Välkommen, Imam!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Max Fenger är klar" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Ramon Pascal Lundqvist är blåvit" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Saidou Alioum till Blåvitt" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Välkommen, Viktor Andersson" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 17 February 2026. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Välkommen, Tobias Heintz!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  12. ^ "David Kruse är blåvit" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Filip Ottosson är blåvit" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Välkommen tillbaka, Alexander!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Felix Eriksson förlänger" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Välkommen, Arbnor Mucolli!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Gabriel Ersoy är blåvit" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Välkommen upp, Leo!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  19. ^ "Noah Tolf har förlängt" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Kolbeinn har förlängt" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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  22. ^ "Benjamin är klar!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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  25. ^ "Adam Bergmark Wiberg är blåvit" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  26. ^ "Välkommen, Tiago!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 31 January 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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