2007 IFK Göteborg season - Misplaced Pages

IFK Göteborg 2007 football season

IFK Göteborg

2007 season

Chairman

Stig Lundström

Head coach

Jonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn

Stadium

1st

Top goalscorer

League:
Marcus Berg (14)
All:
Marcus Berg (18)

Highest home attendance

41,471 vs.
Trelleborgs FF
(28 October 2007,
Allsvenskan)

Lowest home attendance

1,521 vs.
Gefle IF
(5 July 2007,
Svenska Cupen)

Average home league attendance

15,798

Home colours

Away colours

← 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

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	Bengt Andersson
2	DF	SWE	Sebastian Eriksson
4	DF	SWE	Bastian Rojas Diaz
5	MF	SWE	Mattias Bjärsmyr
6	DF	SWE	Adam Johansson (vice captain)
7	MF	SWE	Tobias Hysén
8	MF	SWE	Thomas Olsson
9	FW	SWE	Stefan Selaković
10	MF	SWE	Niclas Alexandersson (captain)
11	FW	SWE	Mathias Ranégie
12	GK	SWE	David Stenman
13	DF	SWE	Gustav Svensson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ISL	Hjálmar Jónsson
15	MF	SWE	Jakob Johansson
16	DF	SWE	Magnus Johansson
17	FW	SWE	George Mourad
18	FW	SWE	Jonas Wallerstedt
19	MF	SWE	Pontus Wernbloom
20	MF	SWE	Eldin Karišik
22	DF	ISL	Ragnar Sigurðsson
23	MF	SWE	Andrés Vasquez
25	GK	SWE	Erik Dahlin
26	FW	CAN	Ali Gerba

Club

Other information

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

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

Competitions

Overall

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

Main article: 2007 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
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


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

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	11	5	9	2	2	4	1	5	2	6	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	2	4	4	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Trelleborgs FF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v AIK

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

IF Brommapojkarna v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Halmstads BK

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

Örebro SK v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Gefle IF

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

IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v GAIS

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

Djurgårdens IF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF

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

Hammarby IF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

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

IFK Göteborg v Helsingborgs IF

10 July 2007 Round 13	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Helsingborgs IF	Gothenburg
19:00		Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 10,768 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

Helsingborgs IF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Örebro SK

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

Gefle IF v IFK Göteborg

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

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF

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

Halmstads BK v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna

2 September 2007 Round 20	IFK Göteborg	0–0	IF Brommapojkarna	Gothenburg
17:00		Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg v IF Elfsborg

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

GAIS v IFK Göteborg

25 September 2007 Round 22	GAIS	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg
19:00		Report	Wernbloom 2'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 30,956 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg v Hammarby IF

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

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

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

AIK v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Trelleborgs FF

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

Main article: 2007 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

Ängelholms FF v IFK Göteborg

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 Rojas		M. Johansson Olsson Alexandersson M. Berg

Ljungby IF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Gefle IF

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

Mjällby AIF v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg v Landskrona BoIS

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

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg

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

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

IFK Göteborg v BK Häcken

3 February 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–2	BK Häcken	Gothenburg, Sweden
13:30	Selaković 26'		Henriksson 48' (pen.) Skúlason 90'	Stadium: Valhalla IP

IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg

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

IFK Göteborg

Sibir Novosibirsk

15 February 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Sibir Novosibirsk	Marbella, Spain
16:00				Stadium: Marpafut

IFK Göteborg

Korona Kielce

19 February 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Korona Kielce	Marbella, Spain
16:00	M. Berg 22'			Stadium: Marpafut Attendance: 25

AaB

IFK Göteborg

6 March 2007 Friendly	AaB	2–1	IFK Göteborg	Aalborg, Denmark
	Prica 66' Lindström 86'		Selaković 60'	Stadium: Hornevej Attendance: 50

IFK Göteborg v Örgryte IS

14 March 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Örgryte IS	Gothenburg, Sweden
16:30	J. Berg 44'			Stadium: Ruddalens IP Attendance: 1,500

IFK Göteborg

ASIL Lysi

21 March 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	5–0	ASIL Lysi	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:30 UTC+2	Selaković 7' Wallerstedt 43', 61', 88' Sigurðsson 59'

IFK Göteborg

Aalesunds FK

24 March 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	4–0	Aalesunds FK	Larnaca, Cyprus
	Wernbloom 30' Selaković 31', 52' J. Berg 73' (pen.)	Report

IFK Göteborg

Bryne FK

29 March 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Bryne FK	Gothenburg, Sweden
17:30	Wernbloom 18' Wallerstedt 22' Bastian Andersson 41'			Stadium: Backavallen Attendance: 1,000

Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

Sävedalens IF v IFK Göteborg

5 June 2007 Friendly	Sävedalens IF	0–3	IFK Göteborg	Partille, Sweden
			J. Berg ?', ?' Olsson ?'	Stadium: Vallhamra IP

IFK Göteborg

Crystal Palace

24 July 2007 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Crystal Palace	Grebbestad, Sweden
19:30	Mourad 74'		Ifill 2' Scowcroft 35'	Stadium: Siljevi IP Attendance: 1,311

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2007 in Swedish football

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League competitions

Men	Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women	Damallsvenskan

Cup competitions

Men	Svenska Cupen (Final) Svenska Supercupen
Women	Svenska Cupen Svenska Supercupen

European competitions

Men	Champions League ('06–'07, '07–'08) UEFA Cup ('06–'07, '07–'08)
Women	Champions League ('06–'07, '07–'08)

Club season articles
Allsvenskan	AIK Brommapojkarna Djurgården Elfsborg GAIS Gefle Halmstad Hammarby Helsingborg IFK Göteborg Kalmar FF Malmö FF Trelleborg Örebro

Categories:

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

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

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