2025 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2025 season
ChairmanMagnus Nilsson
Head coachStefan Billborn
StadiumGamla Ullevi
Allsvenskan7th
2024–25 Svenska CupenSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Max Fenger (10)

All:
Max Fenger (13)
Highest home attendance26,190 vs.
Hammarby IF
(9 March 2025,
Svenska Cupen)
Lowest home attendance4,811 vs.
Sandvikens IF
(22 February 2025,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance16,796
Biggest win4–0 vs.
Hammarby IF
(9 March 2025,
Svenska Cupen)
Biggest defeat0–4 vs.
Hammarby IF
(30 March 2025,
Allsvenskan)

The 2025 season is IFK Göteborg's 120th in existence, their 93rd season in Allsvenskan and their 49th consecutive season in the league. They will compete in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. League play will start on 30 March and end on 9 November.

Players

Squad information

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Sweden Pontus Dahlberg (3rd captain) 26 2022 74 0 2026[1] Undisclosed
3 DF Sweden August Erlingmark (vice-captain) 27 2024 150 8 2028[2] Free
4 DF Ghana Rockson Yeboah 21 2024 7 0 2028[3] Undisclosed
5 DF Denmark Jonas Bager 29 2024 25 0 2027[4] Free
6 DF Norway Anders Trondsen 30 2023 48 0 2026 (June)[5] Free
7 FW Togo Sebastian Clemmensen 21 2025 18 4 2028[6] ~ 7.0M SEK
8 MF Sweden Imam Jagne 21 2025 19 0 2028[7] ~ 5.0M SEK
9 FW Denmark Max Fenger 24 2025 20 10 2027[8] ~ 2.1M SEK
10 FW Sweden Hussein Carneil 22 2022 39 1 2025[9] Youth system
11 FW Cameroon Saidou Alioum 22 2025 6 1 2029 (June)[10] ~ 7.0M SEK
13 DF Sweden Gustav Svensson (captain) 38 2021 271 13 2025[11] Undisclosed
14 FW Norway Tobias Heintz 27 2025 19 5 2027[12] Free
15 MF Denmark David Kruse 23 2024 30 2 2028[13] Undisclosed
16 FW Sweden Linus Carlstrand 20 2022 47 1 2026[14] Youth system On loan to Ljungskile SK[a]
17 FW Norway Eman Markovic 26 2022 39 1 2025[15] ~ 3.5M SEK
18 DF Sweden Felix Eriksson 21 2022 18 0 2028[16] Youth system
19 FW Albania Arbnor Muçolli 25 2023 30 8 2026[17] Free
22 DF Sweden Noah Tolf 20 2024 22 0 2029 (June)[18] Youth system
23 MF Iceland Kolbeinn Þórðarson 25 2023 54 9 2028[19] Free
24 MF Ivory Coast Abundance Salaou 21 2022 19 0 2026[20] Undisclosed On loan to Utsiktens BK
25 GK Sweden Elis Bishesari 20 2024 30 0 2027[21] Youth system
26 MF Sweden Benjamin Brantlind 17 2024 5 0 2026[22] Youth system
27 FW Sweden Alfons Borén 18 2025 0 0 2028[23] Youth system
28 MF Sweden Lucas Kåhed 23 2021 30 1 2026 (June)[24] Youth system
29 DF Denmark Thomas Santos 26 2023 55 4 2026 (June)[25] Undisclosed
30 MF Sweden Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 28 2024 20 3 2027[26] Undisclosed
  • Last updated: 17 August 2025
  • Source: IFK Göteborg and players' Wikipedia articles
  • The squad could change until the summer transfer end on 31 August 2025.
  • Ordered by squad number.

Club

The 2025 season is Stefan Billborn's second season at IFK Göteborg.

Coaching staff

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

Other information

Chairman Sweden Magnus Nilsson
Club director Sweden Håkan Mild
Head of football Sweden Jesper Jansson
Sporting director Sweden Hannes Stiller
Assistant sporting director Sweden 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 7th 30 March 2025 9 November 2025
2024–25 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Semi-finals 22 August 2024 16 March 2025

Updated to match played 4 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 GAIS 20 9 8 3 31 17 +14 35
6 AIK 20 9 7 4 25 18 +7 34
7 IFK Göteborg 20 11 1 8 30 27 +3 34
8 Djurgårdens IF 20 7 7 6 23 20 +3 28
9 IF Brommapojkarna 20 7 2 11 32 34 −2 23
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. 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
20 11 1 8 30 27  +3 34 5 1 4 15 11  +4 6 0 4 15 16  −1

Last updated: 17 August 2025.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
ResultLWWLWDLLLWWWLWLWLWWW
Position151051067101112106677778777
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 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 v IFK Göteborg Malmö
16:30 Stadium: Stadion
30 August 2025 Round 22 IFK Göteborg v IFK Värnamo Gothenburg
15:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
15 September 2025 Round 23 BK Häcken v IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:10 Stadium: Bravida Arena
21 September 2025 Round 24 IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg
14:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
29 September 2025 Round 25 Östers IF v IFK Göteborg Växjö
19:10 Stadium: Visma Arena
5 October 2025 Round 26 IFK Göteborg v Hammarby IF Gothenburg
14:00 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
20 October 2025 Round 27 IFK Göteborg v Mjällby AIF Gothenburg
19:10 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
26 October 2025 Round 28 Halmstads BK v IFK Göteborg Halmstad
16:30 UTC+1 Stadium: Örjans Vall
2 November 2025 Round 29 Djurgårdens IF v IFK Göteborg Stockholm
16:30 UTC+1 Stadium: 3Arena
9 November 2025 Round 30 IFK Göteborg v IFK Norrköping Gothenburg
15:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

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 continues 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 Norway 2–0 Sweden 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 Sweden 1–0 Norway 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 Sweden 1–2 England 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 Sweden 2–0 Finland IFK Mariehamn Gothenburg, Sweden
14:00 Fenger 13'
Clemmensen 78'
Report Stadium: Valhalla IP
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: Fikret Buqa

Mid-season

19 June 2025 Friendly IFK Göteborg 3–3 Östers IF Alingsås, Sweden
16:00 UTC+2 Svensson 6'
Fenger 75', 87' (pen.)
Report Uddenäs 12'
Ljung 72'
Seger 80'
Stadium: Mjörnvallen
Attendance: 1,846
Referee: Fredrik Oppong

Footnotes

  1. ^ Still available for IFK Göteborg during the loan period.

References

  1. ^ "Välkommen, Pontus!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  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. ^ "Anders Trondsen är klar" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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  7. ^ "Välkommen, Imam!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Max Fenger är klar" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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  11. ^ "Gustav har förlängt" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Välkommen, Tobias Heintz!" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  13. ^ "David Kruse är blåvit" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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  18. ^ "Noah Tolf har förlängt" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
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