2007 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg
2007 season
ChairmanStig Lundström
Head coachJonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn
StadiumUllevi
Allsvenskan1st
Svenska CupenRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marcus Berg (14)
All:
Marcus Berg (18)
Highest home attendance41,471 vs.
Trelleborgs FF
(28 October 2007,
Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance1,521 vs.
Gefle IF
(5 July 2007,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance15,798
← 2006
2008 →

The 2007 season was IFK Göteborg's 102nd in existence, their 75th season in Allsvenskan and their 31st consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. IFK Göteborg won their first domestic title in 11 years. The club also broke its transfer record when Tobias Hysén was bought from Sunderland for 2.5 million euros.

Players

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Squad

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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 Sweden SWE Bengt Andersson
2 DF Sweden SWE Sebastian Eriksson
4 DF Sweden SWE Bastian Rojas Diaz
5 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Bjärsmyr
6 DF Sweden SWE Adam Johansson (vice captain)
7 MF Sweden SWE Tobias Hysén
8 MF Sweden SWE Thomas Olsson
9 FW Sweden SWE Stefan Selaković
10 MF Sweden SWE Niclas Alexandersson (captain)
11 FW Sweden SWE Mathias Ranégie
12 GK Sweden SWE David Stenman
13 DF Sweden SWE Gustav Svensson
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Iceland ISL Hjálmar Jónsson
15 MF Sweden SWE Jakob Johansson
16 DF Sweden SWE Magnus Johansson
17 FW Sweden SWE George Mourad
18 FW Sweden SWE Jonas Wallerstedt
19 MF Sweden SWE Pontus Wernbloom
20 MF Sweden SWE Eldin Karišik
22 DF Iceland ISL Ragnar Sigurðsson
23 MF Sweden SWE Andrés Vasquez
25 GK Sweden SWE Erik Dahlin
26 FW Canada CAN Ali Gerba

Club

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Other information

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Chairman Sweden Stig Lundström
Club director Sweden Seppo Vaihela
Director of sports Sweden Håkan Mild
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Ullevi (43,000 / 105x66 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions

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Celebration at Ullevi after winning the title.

Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Allsvenskan Matchday 1 Winners 6 April 2007 28 October 2007
Svenska Cupen Round 2 Runners-up 26 April 2007 27 September 2007

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

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Main article: 2007 Allsvenskan

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IFK Göteborg (C) 26 14 7 5 45 23 +22 49 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kalmar FF 26 15 3 8 43 32 +11 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Djurgårdens IF 26 13 7 6 39 24 +15 46
4 IF Elfsborg 26 10 10 6 39 30 +9 40 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 AIK 26 10 8 8 30 27 +3 38
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 14 7 5 45 23  +22 49 6 5 2 19 10  +9 8 2 3 26 13  +13

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAH
ResultDLWDWWLWLWLLDDWWWDWDDWWWWW
Position511592241526887654424411111
Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

6 April 2007 Round 1 Trelleborgs FF 1–1 IFK Göteborg Trelleborg
15:00 Malmqvist 41' Report Wernbloom 5' Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
17 April 2007 Round 2 IFK Göteborg 1–2 AIK Gothenburg
19:00 J. Berg 16' Report Burgić 54'
Figueiredo 87'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 18,162
Referee: Martin Hansson
23 April 2007 Round 3 IF Brommapojkarna 1–2 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Guterstam 80' Report M. Berg 8'
Alexandersson 49'		 Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
30 April 2007 Round 4 IFK Göteborg 1–1 Halmstads BK Gothenburg
17:00 Wernbloom 44' Report Tahirović 3' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 8,320
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
7 May 2007 Round 5 Örebro SK 0–4 IFK Göteborg Örebro
19:00 Report M. Berg 33'
Karišik 46'
Olsson 63'
Vasquez 69'		 Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 9,555
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
14 May 2007 Round 6 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Gefle IF Gothenburg
19:00 M. Berg 61', 65' Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 7,310
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson
22 May 2007 Round 7 IF Elfsborg 3–1 IFK Göteborg Borås
19:00 Svensson 38', 62', 79' Report M. Berg 26' Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 16,599
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
28 May 2007 Round 8 IFK Göteborg 1–0 GAIS Gothenburg
19:00 M. Berg 76' Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,406
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
12 June 2007 Round 9 Djurgårdens IF 2–1 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Tauer 35'
Komac 45'		 Report M. Berg 2' Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 12,697
Referee: Martin Hansson
17 June 2007 Round 10 IFK Göteborg 3–2 Kalmar FF Gothenburg
17:00 Wallerstedt 33', 90'
Vasquez 44'		 Report Ari 32'
Johansson 83'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 6,754
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
27 June 2007 Round 11 Hammarby IF 3–1 IFK Göteborg Stockholm
19:00 Eguren 9'
Chanko 22'
Zengin 44'		 Report M. Johansson 50' Stadium: Söderstadion
Attendance: 12,512
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
2 July 2007 Round 12 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Malmö FF Gothenburg
19:00 M. Berg 70' (pen.) Report Skoog 22'
Júnior 90'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 11,270
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
10 July 2007 Round 13 IFK Göteborg 0–0 Helsingborgs IF Gothenburg
19:00 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 10,768
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
15 July 2007 Round 14 Helsingborgs IF 2–2 IFK Göteborg Helsingborg
17:00 Omotoyossi 53', 79' Report Berg 29', 42' (pen.) Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 14,090
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson
31 July 2007 Round 15 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Örebro SK Gothenburg
19:00 Selaković 15'
Berg 77'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 7,712
Referee: Martin Hansson
6 August 2007 Round 16 Gefle IF 0–2 IFK Göteborg Gävle
19:00 Report Berg 24', 90' Stadium: Strömvallen
Attendance: 6,683
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar
11 August 2007 Round 17 Kalmar FF 0–5 IFK Göteborg Kalmar
16:00 Report Selaković 36'
Wernbloom 45'
Berg 83'
Wallerstedt 89'
Bjärsmyr 90'		 Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 5,670
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson
16 August 2007 Round 18 IFK Göteborg 1–1 Djurgårdens IF Gothenburg
20:00 Wallerstedt 79' Report Jonson 70' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt
28 August 2007 Round 19 Halmstads BK 1–3 IFK Göteborg Halmstad
20:00 Arvidsson 85' Report Wernbloom 5'
Wallerstedt 57'
Jónsson 66'		 Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 9,104
Referee: Martin Hansson
2 September 2007 Round 20 IFK Göteborg 0–0 IF Brommapojkarna Gothenburg
17:00 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Martin Hansson
15 September 2007 Round 21 IFK Göteborg 2–2 IF Elfsborg Gothenburg
16:00 Svensson 3'
Wallerstedt 23'		 Report Ishizaki 37', 66' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,339
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
25 September 2007 Round 22 GAIS 0–1 IFK Göteborg Gothenburg
19:00 Report Wernbloom 2' Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,956
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
1 October 2007 Round 23 IFK Göteborg 3–0 Hammarby IF Gothenburg
19:00 Alexandersson 4'
Lidholm 22' (o.g.)
Wallerstedt 57'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 14,543
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
6 October 2007 Round 24 Malmö FF 0–2 IFK Göteborg Malmö
16:00 Report Selaković 33'
Hysén 72'		 Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 11,219
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
22 October 2007 Round 25 AIK 0–1 IFK Göteborg Solna
19:00 Report Bjärsmyr 19' Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 18,407
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
28 October 2007 Round 26 IFK Göteborg 2–0 Trelleborgs FF Gothenburg
15:00 UTC+1 Olsson 7'
Wernbloom 34'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 41,471
Referee: Martin Hansson

Svenska Cupen

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Main article: 2007 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

26 April 2007 Round 2 Ängelholms FF 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 IFK Göteborg Ängelholm
18:00 68'
C. Augustsson 119'		 M. Berg 23', 110' Stadium: Ängelholms IP
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
Penalties
J. Augustsson soccer ball with red X
Rojas soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark M. Johansson
soccer ball with check mark Olsson
soccer ball with check mark Alexandersson
soccer ball with check mark M. Berg
17 May 2007 Round 3 Ljungby IF 1–6 IFK Göteborg Ljungby
17:00 Nilsson ?' M. Johansson ?' (pen.)
J. Berg ?'
Selaković ?', ?', ?'
Wallerstedt ?'		 Stadium: Lagavallen
Attendance: 2,080
Referee: Martin Ingdotter Olsson
5 July 2007 Round 4 IFK Göteborg 3–0 Gefle IF Gothenburg
19:00 Wernbloom 51'
M. Berg 72', 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
2 August 2007 Quarter-finals Mjällby AIF 1–2 (a.e.t.) IFK Göteborg Hällevik
18:30 Fejzullahu 10' Mourad 90'
Jónsson 111'		 Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 5,482
Referee: Michael Lerjéus
22 September 2007 Semi-finals IFK Göteborg 4–0 Landskrona BoIS Gothenburg
16:00 Wernbloom 31', 55', 74'
Bjärsmyr 62'		 Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt
27 September 2007 Final Kalmar FF 3–0 IFK Göteborg Kalmar
19:00 Santin 22', 88' (pen.)
Ingelsten 65'		 Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 6,877
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Non competitive

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Pre-season

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Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

3 February 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–2 BK Häcken Gothenburg, Sweden
13:30 Selaković 26'
Stadium: Valhalla IP
10 February 2007 Friendly IF Elfsborg 1–0 IFK Göteborg Borås, Sweden
13:00 Keene 14' Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Åke Andreasson
15 February 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 0–0 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk Marbella, Spain
16:00 Stadium: Marpafut
19 February 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–0 Poland Korona Kielce Marbella, Spain
16:00 M. Berg 22' Stadium: Marpafut
Attendance: 25
6 March 2007 Friendly AaB Denmark 2–1 Sweden IFK Göteborg Aalborg, Denmark
 Selaković 60' Stadium: Hornevej
Attendance: 50
14 March 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg 1–0 Örgryte IS Gothenburg, Sweden
16:30 J. Berg 44' Stadium: Ruddalens IP
Attendance: 1,500
21 March 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 5–0 Cyprus ASIL Lysi Larnaca, Cyprus
15:30 UTC+2
24 March 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 4–0 Norway Aalesunds FK Larnaca, Cyprus
 Report
29 March 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 3–0 Norway Bryne FK Gothenburg, Sweden
17:30
Stadium: Backavallen
Attendance: 1,000

Mid-season

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Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

5 June 2007 Friendly Sävedalens IF 0–3 IFK Göteborg Partille, Sweden
J. Berg ?', ?'
Olsson ?'		 Stadium: Vallhamra IP
24 July 2007 Friendly IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–2 England Crystal Palace Grebbestad, Sweden
19:30 Mourad 74' Ifill 2'
Scowcroft 35'		 Stadium: Siljevi IP
Attendance: 1,311

References

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