List of IFK Göteborg seasons

This is a list of the seasons played by IFK Göteborg from 1904 when the club was founded to the most recent season. IFK Göteborg has spent most of its seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has also competed in the Swedish cup competition Svenska Cupen, the early championship deciding cup Svenska Mästerskapet and all major European competitions as well as other leagues and tournaments. This list includes all achievements in those tournaments and competitions as well as the top scorer for each season.

Key

List of seasons

Season League SM /
Play-offs 		Svenska
Cupen 		Europe / Other Top goalscorer[1]
Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos Competition Round Name Goals
1904 —[2] DNE — — — — —
1905 Göteborgsserien kl. I 8 5 0 3 35 15 +20 10 2nd DNE — — — Unknown N/A
1906 Göteborgsserien kl. I 8 6 1 1 20 9 +11 13 2nd[3] DNE — — — Unknown N/A
1907 Göteborgsserien kl. I 9 5 2 2 22 13 +9 12 1st R1 — — — Unknown N/A
1908 —[4] W — — — Unknown N/A
1909 —[4] QF — — — Erik Börjesson 5
1910 Svenska Serien 14 8 2 4 41 32 +9 18 3rd W — — — Erik Börjesson 31
1911–12 Svenska Serien 11 4 3 4 28 27 +1 11 3rd[5] DNE — — — Arvid Fagrell 8
1912–13 Svenska Serien 10 7 2 1 25 9 +16 16 1st QF — — — Erik Börjesson
Carl Olsson 		9
1913–14 Svenska Serien 10 8 1 1 37 11 +26 17 1st QF — — — Erik Börjesson 15
1914–15 Svenska Serien 8 6 0 2 25 13 +12 12 1st R1 — — — Erik Hjelm 10
1915–16 Svenska Serien 10 6 3 1 27 9 +18 15 1st R1 — — — Erik Börjesson 10
1916–17 Svenska Serien 10 8 0 2 34 8 +26 16 1st SF — — — Erik Hjelm 15
QF
1918 Fyrkantserien 6 5 1 0 21 4 +17 11 1st W — — — Erik Börjesson 19
1919 Fyrkantserien 5 3 0 2 8 6 +2 6 1st[6] R1 — — — Herbert Karlsson 4
1920–21 Svenska Serien 18 8 4 6 39 21 +18 20 5th SF — — — Herbert Karlsson 25
1921–22 —[7] R1 — — — None 0
1922–23 Svenska Serien Västra 10 5 2 3 18 9 +9 12 2nd R1 — — — Erik Hjelm 5
1923–24 Svenska Serien Västra 10 4 2 4 15 17 −2 10 4th DSQ[8] — — — Gunnar Rydberg 6
1924–25 Allsvenskan 22 16 4 2 87 30 +57 36 2nd DNE — — — Filip Johansson 39
1925–26 Allsvenskan 22 13 7 2 65 27 +38 33 3rd DNE — — — Filip Johansson 26
1926–27 Allsvenskan 22 16 1 5 58 27 +31 33 2nd — — — — Filip Johansson 21
1927–28 Allsvenskan 22 10 6 6 39 33 +6 26 4th — — — — Gunnar Rydberg 14
1928–29 Allsvenskan 22 14 4 4 56 34 +22 32 3rd — — — — Filip Johansson 23
1929–30 Allsvenskan 22 12 6 4 67 28 +39 30 2nd — — — — Filip Johansson 23
1930–31 Allsvenskan 22 13 4 5 45 31 +14 30 3rd — — — — Filip Johansson 18
1931–32 Allsvenskan 22 11 4 7 47 34 +13 26 4th — — — — Filip Johansson 10
1932–33 Allsvenskan 22 11 3 8 58 42 +16 25 3rd — — — — Gunnar Rydberg 10
1933–34 Allsvenskan 20 11 3 6 52 38 +14 25 3rd — — — — Helge Johnsson 11
1934–35 Allsvenskan 22 15 3 4 48 22 +26 33 1st — — — — Arne Nyberg 13
1935–36 Allsvenskan 22 9 7 6 36 28 +8 25 4th — — — — Gunnar Forsberg 13
1936–37 Allsvenskan 22 8 5 9 34 41 −6 21 7th — — — — Gustaf Werner 7
1937–38 Allsvenskan 22 6 4 12 28 35 −7 16 11th — — — — Arne Nyberg 9
1938–39 Division 2 Västra 18 13 4 1 48 11 +37 30 1st W — — — Arne Nyberg 19
1939–40 Allsvenskan 22 15 2 6 49 27 +22 32 2nd — — — — Holger Bengtsson 11
1940–41 Allsvenskan 22 8 6 8 42 36 +6 22 6th — — — — Leif Larsson 12
1941–42 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 48 29 +19 31 1st — R2 — — Leif Larsson 20
1942–43 Allsvenskan 22 7 10 5 46 40 +6 24 8th — R1 — — Leif Larsson 14
1943–44 Allsvenskan 22 12 3 7 69 42 +27 27 5th — DNE — — Leif Larsson 19
1944–45 Allsvenskan 22 12 3 7 57 43 +14 27 4th — QF — — Holger Bengtsson 18
1945–46 Allsvenskan 22 12 6 4 48 29 +19 30 3rd — SF — — Gunnar Gren 16
1946–47 Allsvenskan 22 9 6 7 52 48 +4 24 5th — R2 — — Gunnar Gren 18
1947–48 Allsvenskan 22 9 4 9 40 33 +7 22 5th — DNE — — Gunnar Gren 8
1948–49 Allsvenskan 22 9 5 8 36 33 +3 23 6th — DNE — — Holger Bengtsson
Lennart Johansson 		9
1949–50 Allsvenskan 22 5 5 12 33 49 −16 15 11th — DNE — — Dan Ekner 12
1950–51 Division 2 Sydvästra 18 12 2 4 47 26 +21 26 1st — R2 — — Tryggve Grankvist 16
1951–52 Allsvenskan 22 10 5 7 46 37 +9 25 4th — QF — — Reino Börjesson 13
1952–53 Allsvenskan 22 9 2 11 32 54 −22 20 9th — — — — Sven Sjöblom 5
1953–54 Allsvenskan 22 7 8 7 23 26 −3 22 8th — R2 — — Lars Jangblad 8
1954–55 Allsvenskan 22 7 6 9 32 35 −3 20 9th — — — — Åke Norén 13
1955–56 Allsvenskan 22 10 3 9 30 35 −5 23 6th — — Bertil Johansson 12
1956–57 Allsvenskan 22 8 3 11 39 41 −2 19 9th — — Harris Mattiasson 10
1957–58 Allsvenskan 33 22 3 8 92 49 +43 47 1st — — European Cup R1 Bertil Johansson 29
1959 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 56 28 +28 31 3rd — — European Cup R1 Owe Ohlsson 21
1960 Allsvenskan 22 7 6 9 46 49 −3 20 8th — — Bertil Johansson 17
1961 Allsvenskan 22 11 4 7 62 47 +15 26 3rd — — European Cup PR Bertil Johansson 20
1962 Allsvenskan 22 10 4 8 46 32 +14 24 3rd — — Bertil Johansson 18
1963 Allsvenskan 22 11 4 7 52 31 +21 26 5th — — Bertil Johansson 13
1964 Allsvenskan 22 8 2 12 31 46 −15 18 9th — — Bertil Johansson 10
1965 Allsvenskan 22 9 7 6 31 35 −4 25 5th — — Krister Granblom 8
1966 Allsvenskan 22 12 5 5 44 33 +10 29 4th — — Håkan Eklund
Bertil Johansson 		8
1967 Allsvenskan 22 8 5 9 41 37 +4 21 9th — R3 Leif Claesson 8
1968 Allsvenskan 22 5 8 9 30 42 −12 18 9th — DNE Håkan Eklund 11
1969 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 38 19 +19 31 1st — R4 Reine Almqvist 16
1970 Allsvenskan 22 6 5 11 28 36 −8 17 11th — GS European Cup R1 Reine Almqvist 9
1971 Division 2 Norra Götaland 22 12 2 8 42 30 +12 26 3rd — DNE Dan Östlund 12
1972 Division 2 Södra 22 14 4 4 41 22 +19 32 2nd — DNQ Dan Östlund 8
1973 Division 2 Södra 26 13 5 8 40 32 +8 31 4th — DNQ Björn Ericsson 8
1974 Division 2 Södra 26 10 8 8 50 42 +8 28 5th — DNQ Per-Erik Eriksson 19
1975 Division 2 Södra 26 20 3 3 72 18 +54 43 2nd — QF Torbjörn Nilsson 15
1976 Division 2 Södra 26 20 4 2 68 28 +40 44 1st — QF Torbjörn Nilsson 23
1977 Allsvenskan 26 9 9 8 48 49 −1 27 6th — R6 Reine Almqvist 17
1978 Allsvenskan 26 13 5 8 39 29 +10 31 3rd — W Torbjörn Nilsson 15
1979 Allsvenskan 26 13 9 4 44 24 +20 35 2nd — QF Cup Winners' Cup QF Torbjörn Nilsson 17
1980 Allsvenskan 26 12 10 4 45 26 +19 34 3rd — R6 UEFA Cup R1 Torbjörn Nilsson 19
1981 Allsvenskan 26 15 6 5 40 30 +10 36 2nd — W UEFA Cup W Torbjörn Nilsson 31
1982 Allsvenskan 22 11 7 4 45 22 +23 29 1st W W Cup Winners' Cup R1 Dan Corneliusson 30
1983 Allsvenskan 22 11 5 6 35 19 +16 27 3rd W QF European Cup R1 Dan Corneliusson 12
1984 Allsvenskan 22 14 4 4 43 19 +24 32 1st W QF European Cup QF Torbjörn Nilsson 22
1985 Allsvenskan 22 9 8 5 39 25 +14 26 4th RU RU European Cup SF Torbjörn Nilsson 16
1986 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 44 17 +27 31 2nd SF R7 UEFA Cup W Johnny Ekström 23
1987 Allsvenskan 22 9 8 5 39 24 +15 26 3rd W R5 UEFA Cup R1 Stefan Pettersson 16
1988 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 37 18 +19 31 2nd SF SF European Cup QF Dan Fröberg 7
1989 Allsvenskan 22 9 4 9 34 29 +5 22 7th SF UEFA Cup R1 Kennet Andersson
Klas Ingesson 		10
1990 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 39 22 +17 45 1st W R4 Kaj Eskelinen 13
1991 Allsvenskan 18 9 6 3 29 14 +15 33 1st — W European Cup R2 Kennet Andersson 13
Mästerskapsserien 10 6 1 3 14 10 +4 36 1st
1992 Allsvenskan 18 7 2 9 25 24 +1 23 6th — R3 Champions League GS Johnny Ekström 15
Mästerskapsserien 10 4 1 5 17 17 0 25 5th
1993 Allsvenskan 26 18 5 3 48 17 +31 59 1st — R4 Magnus Erlingmark
Mikael Martinsson 		12
1994 Allsvenskan 26 16 6 4 54 28 +26 54 1st — SF Champions League QF Mikael Martinsson 14
1995 Allsvenskan 26 12 10 4 43 20 +23 46 1st — R4 Champions League QR Mats Lilienberg 12
1996 Allsvenskan 26 17 5 4 61 23 +38 56 1st — R5 Champions League GS Andreas Andersson 25
1997 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 50 32 +18 49 2nd — QF Champions League GS Andreas Andersson 14
1998 Allsvenskan 26 9 8 9 27 29 −2 35 8th — RU UEFA Cup QR2 Andreas Hermansson 13
1999 Allsvenskan 26 11 5 10 27 33 −4 38 6th — SF UEFA Cup R2 Patric Andersson 11
2000 Allsvenskan 26 12 8 6 46 33 +13 44 4th — QF Gustaf Andersson 19
2001 Allsvenskan 26 12 8 6 41 31 +20 44 4th — — Sebastian Henriksson 9
2002 Allsvenskan 26 8 4 14 25 39 −14 28 12th W QF UEFA Cup QR Tomas Rosenkvist 11
2003 Allsvenskan 26 10 7 9 37 38 +9 37 7th — QF Patric Andersson 8
2004 Allsvenskan 26 14 5 7 33 20 +13 47 3rd — RU Royal League RU Peter Ijeh 15
2005 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 38 22 +16 49 2nd — R4 UEFA Intertoto Cup R3 Stefan Selaković 18
Royal League QF
2006 Allsvenskan 26 9 9 8 39 36 +3 36 8th — R3 UEFA Cup QR1 Marcus Berg
Stefan Selaković
Pontus Wernbloom 		6
2007 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 45 23 +22 49 1st — RU Marcus Berg 18
2008 Allsvenskan 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 3rd — W Champions League QR2 Pontus Wernbloom 13
Svenska Supercupen W
2009 Allsvenskan 30 17 6 7 53 24 +29 57 2nd — RU Europa League QR3 Tobias Hysén 22
Svenska Supercupen RU
2010 Allsvenskan 30 10 10 10 42 29 +13 40 7th — R4 Europa League QR3 Tobias Hysén 11
Svenska Supercupen RU
2011 Allsvenskan 30 13 6 11 42 34 +8 45 7th — SF Tobias Hysén 18
2012 Allsvenskan 30 9 12 9 36 41 −5 39 7th — W Hannes Stiller 7
2013 Allsvenskan 30 16 6 8 49 31 +18 54 3rd — QF Europa League QR2 Tobias Hysén 22
Svenska Supercupen RU
2014 Allsvenskan 30 15 11 4 58 34 +24 56 2nd — W Europa League QR3 Lasse Vibe 29
2015 Allsvenskan 30 18 9 3 52 22 +30 63 2nd — GS Europa League QR3 Lasse Vibe 13
Svenska Supercupen RU
2016 Allsvenskan 30 14 8 8 56 47 +9 50 4th — QF Europa League PO Tobias Hysén 14
2017 Allsvenskan 30 9 10 11 42 40 +2 37 10th — QF Mikael Boman 11
2018 Allsvenskan 30 9 4 17 38 53 −15 31 11th — GS Giorgi Kharaishvili
Elías Már Ómarsson 		9
2019 Allsvenskan 30 13 9 8 46 31 +15 48 7th — W Robin Söder 14
2020 Allsvenskan 30 7 13 10 35 41 −6 34 12th — GS Europa League QR2 Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr
Tobias Sana 		6
2021 Allsvenskan 30 11 8 11 42 39 +3 41 8th — QF Marcus Berg 10
2022 Allsvenskan 30 14 3 13 42 39 +3 45 8th — GS Marcus Berg 14
2023 Allsvenskan 30 8 10 12 33 37 −4 34 13th — GS Marcus Berg 7
2024 Allsvenskan 30 7 10 13 33 43 −10 31 13th — TBD Paulos Abraham 7

Notes

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (League, Svenska Mästerskapet, play-offs, Svenska Cupen, Svenska Supercupen, European tournaments and those listed under other) are counted. The Swedish football competitions have from time to time been out of phase with each other (Svenska Serien and Svenska Mästerskapet from 1911–12 to 1916–17 and 1920–21 to 1925–26 as well as Allsvenskan/Division 2 and Svenska Cupen from 1968 to 2001 and 2012 to present) or with the European competitions (from 1959 to present). The top goalscorer is given as the player who scored most goals in the span of the given league season, which may include only parts of seasons of other competitions.
  2. ^ The club only played friendlies during the three months after its creation in October 1904 and did not start league play until 1905.
  3. ^ The club tied on points with Örgryte IS in the league, but lost the subsequent tie-breaking game and thus ended second.
  4. ^ a b The club refused to take part in the local league play during 1908 and 1909 because of a 1907 attempt by the district association to disqualify the club which was eventually stopped by the Swedish Football Association.
  5. ^ The league was abandoned due to trouble finding days to play the remaining matches as the national team prepared for the 1912 Olympic football tournament by playing test matches, however the incomplete table is considered the final table.
  6. ^ The league was abandoned due to economic troubles and the Spanish flu, however the incomplete table is considered the final table.
  7. ^ There were no league competitions for the 1921–22 season as the clubs awaited the Swedish Football Association investigation on how to structure the league system.
  8. ^ The club withdrew from the tournament when their request to change matchday was denied by the Swedish Football Association.

References

All sources in (in Swedish) unless otherwise noted.

Books
  • Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; et al., eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
  • Jönsson, Ingemar; Josephson, Åke, eds. (2004). IFK Göteborg 1904–2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker. Göteborg: IFK Göteborg. ISBN 91-631-4659-2.
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