IFK Göteborg finished inside the top three, but was nowhere near defending their title from 2007. As a consolation, IFK was able to win the cup final against Kalmar FF on penalties. The Champions League qualification ended with a 4–2 defeat away from home at FC Basel.

As of 21 September 2008: 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  DEN Kim Christensen 2 DF  SWE Sebastian Eriksson 3 DF  SWE Nicklas Carlsson 5 DF  SWE Mattias Bjärsmyr 6 DF  SWE Adam Johansson 7 MF  SWE Tobias Hysén 8 MF  SWE Thomas Olsson 9 FW  SWE Stefan Selakovic 10 MF  SWE Niclas Alexandersson 12 GK  SWE David Stenman 13 MF  SWE Gustav Svensson 14 DF  ISL Hjálmar Jónsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  SWE Jakob Johansson 16 DF  SWE Erik Lund 17 FW  SWE Daniel Alexandersson 18 FW  SWE Jonas Wallerstedt 19 MF  SWE Pontus Wernbloom 22 DF  ISL Ragnar Sigurðsson 23 DF  SWE Oskar Gustafsson 24 MF  SWE Jonatan Berg 25 GK  SWE Erik Dahlin (on loan to Västra Frölunda IF) 28 MF  SWE Niklas Bärkroth 29 FW  SWE Robin Söder

				Total			Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen		Champions League		Supercupen
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Christensen	40	40		30		5		4		1
6	RB		A. Johansson	26	27	1	19		4		4	1
5	CB		Bjärsmyr	37	38	1	27	1	6		4		1
22	CB		Sigurdsson	39	39	4	29	4	6		3		1
14	LB		Jónsson	36	36	2	25		6		4	1	1	1
10	RM		Alexandersson	28	29	7	23	6	2		3	1	1
8	CM		Olsson	25	28	5	20	3	4	1	4	1
13	CM		Svensson	27	34	3	27	3	3		3		1
7	LM		Hysén	33	41	6	30	4	6	2	4		1
18	CF		Wallerstedt	22	34	10	28	7	3		2	1	1	2
19	CF		Wernbloom	30	33	13	26	8	3	3	3	2	1
9	MF		Selakovic	15	34	4	25	2	5	1	3	1	1
2	DF		Eriksson	20	26	2	17	1	5	1	4
29	FW		Söder	17	23	7	14	5	5		4	2
15	MF		J. Johansson	11	19	4	15	2	4	2
17	MF		D. Alexandersson	8	18		12		3		2		1
15	DF		Lund	13	14		11		2		1
11	FW		Ranégie	2	12	3	9	1	2	2			1
20	MF		Karisik	9	12		7		3		1		1
24	MF		Berg	8	10	1	9	1					1
28	FW		Bärkroth	1	5	2	2		1		2	2
3	DF		Carlsson	2	2		2
20	DF		Etéus		1		1

Position	Staff
Manager	Stefan Rehn Jonas Olsson
Assistant manager	Teddy Olausson
Goalkeeping coach	Ove Tobiasson
Fitness coach	Jonas Hellberg

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): ICA, KIA Motors

Home Domestic

Away Domestic

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Chairman	Stig Lundström
Sport director	Håkan Mild
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Ullevi (43,200 / 100x68 m)

Updated to match played 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg and Ullevi

Updated to match played November 11
Source: Competitions

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	TV	Report
1	22 March	Supercupen		H	Kalmar FF	3 – 1	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CET Attendance 1,643 Referee Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg Kalmar FF 24', 82' Wallerstedt 67' Jónsson 87' Santin
2	31 March	Allsvenskan	1	A	Malmö FF	1 – 1	TV4 Sport	Kick off 19:45 CEST Attendance 18,884 Referee Peter Fröjdfeldt IFK Göteborg Malmö FF 57' Wallerstedt 62' Gabriel
3	6 April	Allsvenskan	2	H	Örebro SK	4 – 1	PPV	Kick off 15:00 CEST Attendance 10,482 Referee Daniel Stålhammar IFK Göteborg Örebro SK 5' Sigurdsson 43', 62' Alexandersson 48' Wernbloom 85' Kihlberg
4	9 April	Allsvenskan	3	A	Halmstads BK	1 – 1	TV4 Sport	Kick off 19:45 CEST Attendance 6,786 Referee Stefan Johannesson IFK Göteborg Halmstads BK 42' Olsson 25' Larsson
5	12 April	Allsvenskan	4	H	IFK Norrköping	4 – 0	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 7,212 Referee Martin Ingvarsson IFK Göteborg IFK Norrköping 42' (og.) Magnusson 53' Hysén 72' Svensson 77' Ranégie
6	17 April	Allsvenskan	5	A	GAIS	0 – 0	Canal+	Kick off 20:00 CEST Attendance 27,238 Referee Jonas Eriksson
7	21 April	Allsvenskan	6	H	AIK	2 – 0	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 9,679 Referee Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg AIK 9' Berg 14' Wallerstedt
8	25 April	Allsvenskan	7	A	Ljungskile SK	1 – 2	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 7,128 Referee Martin Ingvarsson IFK Göteborg Ljungskile SK 21' Wernbloom 6', 58' Kristoffersson
9	28 April	Allsvenskan	8	H	GIF Sundsvall	1 – 0	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 6,332 Referee Markus Strömbergsson IFK Göteborg GIF Sundsvall 59' Sigurdsson
10	1 May	Svenska Cupen	Second round	A	Skövde AIK	2 – 1	–	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 2,673 Referee Johnny Lundbäck IFK Göteborg Skövde AIK 37' Ranégie 59' Eriksson 50' Muweke
11	4 May	Allsvenskan	9	A	Hammarby IF	0 – 0	TV4 Sport	Kick off 17:45 CEST Attendance 12,198 Referee Peter Fröjdfeldt
12	7 May	Allsvenskan	10	H	Kalmar FF	3 – 2	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 12,473 Referee Stefan Johannesson IFK Göteborg Kalmar FF 52', 55' Wallerstedt 60' Svensson 6' Ingelsten 38' Santin
13	12 May	Allsvenskan	11	A	IF Elfsborg	0 – 3	Canal+	Kick off 20:00 CEST Attendance 16,599 Referee Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg IF Elfsborg 68', 75' Berglund 90' Ishizaki
14	17 May	Svenska Cupen	Third round	A	Falkenbergs FF	3 – 0	–	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 2,445 Referee Håkan Jonasson IFK Göteborg Falkenbergs FF 113' Ranégie 115' Hysén 118' Olsson
15	28 June	Svenska Cupen	Fourth round		Ljungskile SK	1 – 0	–	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 1,998 Referee Johnny Lundbäck IFK Göteborg Ljungskile SK 58' J. Johansson
16	1 July	Allsvenskan	12	H	Trelleborgs FF	0 – 2	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 7,226 Referee Sven-Martin Åkesson IFK Göteborg Trelleborgs FF 29' Paulino 75' Jensen
17	7 July	Allsvenskan	13	H	Helsingborgs IF	1 – 1	Canal+	Kick off 20:00 CEST Attendance 8,246 Referee Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF 25' Wallerstedt 73' C. Andersson
18	10 July	Svenska Cupen	Quarter-finals	A	GIF Sundsvall	3 – 2	–	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 3,457 Referee Michael Lerjéus IFK Göteborg GIF Sundsvall 50' J. Johansson 67' Hysén 76' Wernbloom 30' Saglik 62' Sigurdsson
19	12 July	Allsvenskan	14		Djurgårdens IF	2 – 1	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 10,713 Referee Martin Ingvarsson IFK Göteborg Djurgårdens IF 38' Alexandersson 90' Söder 37' Tauer
20	15 July	Champions League	First qualifying round	A	Murata	5 – 0	–	Kick off 20:30 CEST
21	19 July	Allsvenskan	15	H	Gefle IF	3 – 0	PPV	Kick off 20:00 CEST Attendance 5,101 Referee Åke Andreasson IFK Göteborg Gefle IF 18' Söder 33' Eriksson 87' Wallerstedt
22	23 July	Champions League	First qualifying round	H	Murata	4 – 0	–	Kick off 20:00 CEST
23	26 July	Allsvenskan	16	A	Gefle IF	1 – 0	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 3,930 Referee Tobias Mattsson IFK Göteborg Gefle IF 8' Söder
24	30 July	Champions League	Second qualifying round	H	Basel	1 – 1	TV6	Kick off 20:15 CEST
25	2 August	Allsvenskan	17	H	Malmö FF	2 – 0	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 8,015 Referee Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg Malmö FF 1' Söder 45' Wallerstedt
26	6 August	Champions League	Second qualifying round	A	Basel	2 – 4	TV6	Kick off 20:15 CEST
27	9 August	Allsvenskan	18	A	Örebro SK	2 – 4	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 7,873 Referee Åke Andreasson IFK Göteborg Örebro SK 18' (og.) O. Johansson 44' Selakovic 1' (og.) Jónsson 30', 69' Olsen 73' Staaf
28	23 August	Allsvenskan	20	A	IFK Norrköping	2 – 2	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST Attendance 4,938 Referee Daniel Stålhammar IFK Göteborg IFK Norrköping 1', 13' Wernbloom 32' Mrdjanin
29	28 August	Svenska Cupen	Semi-finals	A	Enköpings SK	3 – 0	–	Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 1,829 Referee Tobias Mattsson IFK Göteborg Enköpings SK 39', 90' Wernbloom 89' Selakovic
30	1 September	Allsvenskan	21	H	GAIS	0 – 1	Canal+	Kick off 20:00 CEST
31	13 September	Allsvenskan	22	A	AIK	0 – 0	TV4	Kick off 12:30 CEST
32	17 September	Allsvenskan	19	H	Halmstads BK	3 – 0	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST
33	21 September	Svenska Cupen	Final	A	Kalmar FF	0 – 0 (5-4 pen.)	TV4	Kick off 15:00 CEST Attendance 7,158 Referee Peter Fröjdfeldt
34	24 September	Allsvenskan	23	H	Ljungskile SK	0 – 0	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST
35	29 September	Allsvenskan	24	A	GIF Sundsvall	5 – 0	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CEST
36	6 October	Allsvenskan	25	H	Hammarby IF	2 – 0	Canal+	Kick off 20:00 CEST
37	18 October	Allsvenskan	26	A	Kalmar FF	1 – 0	TV4	Kick off 16:00 CEST
38	26 October	Allsvenskan	27	H	IF Elfsborg	5 – 2	Canal+	Kick off 17:00 CET
39	29 October	Allsvenskan	28	A	Trelleborgs FF	0 – 0	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CET
40	3 November	Allsvenskan	29	H	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 1	PPV	Kick off 19:00 CET Attendance 8,070 Referee Åke Andreasson IFK Göteborg Djurgårdens IF 10' Wernbloom 22' Alexandersson 56' Hysén 51' Kusi-Asare
41	9 November	Allsvenskan	30	A	Helsingborgs IF	1 – 2	PPV	Kick off 15:00 CET Attendance 8,592 Referee Martin Hansson IFK Göteborg Helsingborgs IF 27' Alexandersson 13' Jönsson 54' Larsson

Last updated: November 11
Source: [1]
¹IFK Göteborg goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of IFK Göteborg.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	30 January	—		Liverpool	1 - 3	Svensson 26'	-2
2	2 February	—		Manchester City	3 - 1	Wernbloom 2' Hysén 4' Berg 70'	2
3	12 February	—		Dynamo Moscow	1 - 1	Wallerstedt 68'	0
4	18 February	—		GKS Bełchatów	2 - 2	Ranégie 70' Wernbloom 79'	0
5	26 February	—		IF Elfsborg	3 - 2	Wernbloom 49', 67', 79'	1
6	6 March	—		Stabæk	2 - 1	Wallerstedt 84' Berg 89'	1
7	12 March	—		Las Palmas	1 - 2	D. Alexandersson 21'	-1
8	18 March	—		FC Trollhättan	3 - 0	Ranégie 12' Wallerstedt 50' Selakovic 90'	3
9	18 June	—		IF Elfsborg	1 - 3	Eriksson 62'	-2
10	18 March	—		Stabæk	0 - 0		0
11	9 October	—		Atalanta	0 - 4		-4

Last updated: 8 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
¹IFK Göteborg goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of IFK Göteborg.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

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