2008 Halmstads BK season

Halmstads BK

2008 season
Chairman	Arne Ekstrand (until 26 July)[1] Birgitta Johansson[1]
Manager	Janne Andersson
Allsvenskan	8th
Svenska Cupen	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: Anselmo (15) All: Anselmo (18)
Highest home attendance	9,693 vs Kalmar FF (9 November)
Lowest home attendance	2,148 vs GIF Sundsvall (24 October)
← 2007 2009 →

Squad

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2008.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Conny Johansson 2 DF Per Johansson 3 DF Jesper Westerberg 4 DF Tommy Jönsson (Captain) 5 DF Markus Gustafson 6 DF Mikael Rosén 7 MF Michael Görlitz 8 FW Ajsel Kujovic 9 FW Emir Kujovic 10 FW Magnus Arvidsson 11 MF Alexander Prent 12 DF Tomas Žvirgždauskas

No. Position Player 13 MF Andreas Johansson 14 FW Anselmo 15 MF Joe Sise 16 MF Tim Sparv 17 MF Hjalmar Öhagen 18 MF Marcus Olsson 19 DF Daniel Johansson 20 GK Magnus Bahne 21 MF Anel Raskaj 22 GK Karl-Johan Johnsson 23 DF Emil Jensen 24 MF Sebastian Johansson

Youth 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. Position Player GK Karl-Johan Johnsson GK Viktor Kristiansson GK Stefan Markovic DF Per Gulda DF Niclas Johnsson DF Emil Larsson DF Johnny Müller DF Johan Otterström DF Johan Palm DF Sebastian Starkenberg DF Joacim Wallentin MF Thomas Allerbrand

No. Position Player MF Jonatan Alvérus MF Pehr Andersson MF Kujtim Bala MF Marcus Johansson MF Jonas Lindh MF Alexander Sakac MF Berat Sulejmani FW Eddie Andersson FW Nehat Bregaj FW Bujar Mazreku FW Ronny Sabo

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 11 MF Alexander Prent (from NEC Nijmegen) 9 FW Emir Kujovic (return from loan at Falkenbergs FF) 18 MF Marcus Olsson (from Högaborgs BK) 14 MF Anselmo (from Boavista) 7 MF Michael Görlitz (from FC Bayern Munich) 15 MF Joe Sise (from Snöstorp Nyhem FF) 22 GK Karl-Johan Johnsson (from Halmstads BK youth squad) MF Emil Salomonsson (from Ängelholms FF)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Dusan Djuric (to FC Zürich) MF Björn Anklev (to Örgryte IS) GK David Loria (to FC Shakhter) DF Peter Larsson (to FC Copenhagen) MF Johan Svahn (to Falkenbergs FF) MF Martin Fribrock (to Esbjerg fB) MF Hasse Mattisson (to Dalby GIF)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Emil Salomonsson (to Ängelholms FF) MF Hjalmar Öhagen (to Ängelholms FF) GK Marcus Sahlman (to Trelleborgs FF)

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 1 November 2008.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Conny Johansson	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Per Johansson	23	2	22	1	1	1
3	DF		Jesper Westerberg	23	1	21	1	2	0
4	DF		Tommy Jönsson	31	1	29	1	2	0
5	DF		Markus Gustafson	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Mikael Rosén	25	1	23	1	2	0
7	MF		Martin Fribrock1	13	4	11	2	2	2
7	MF		Michael Görlitz	12	3	12	3	0	0
8	FW		Ajsel Kujovic	23	6	21	3	2	3
9	FW		Emir Kujovic	26	4	25	4	1	0
10	FW		Magnus Arvidsson	18	2	16	1	2	1
11	MF		Alexander Prent	13	1	12	1	1	0
12	DF		Tomas Zvirgzdauskas	22	1	22	1	0	0
13	MF		Andreas Johansson	33	1	30	1	3	0
14	FW		Anselmo	29	18	27	15	2	3
15	DF		Peter Larsson1	18	3	15	3	3	0
15	MF		Joe Sise	3	0	3	0	0	0
16	MF		Tim Sparv	13	0	13	0	0	0
17	MF		Hjalmar Öhagen	3	0	2	0	1	0
18	MF		Marcus Olsson	23	3	20	2	3	1
19	MF		Daniel Johansson	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	GK		Magnus Bahne	20	0	19	0	1	0
21	MF		Anel Raskaj	30	0	27	0	3	0
22	GK		Marcus Sahlman1	11	0	11	0	0	0
22	GK		Karl-Johan Johnsson	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Emil Jensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Sebastian Johansson	29	1	26	1	3	0
25	MF		Johan Svahn	1	0	0	0	1	0

¹= Player's number was given to another player after the player left the club.

Pre-season

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Allsvenskan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kalmar FF (C)	30	20	4	6	70	32	+38	64	2009–10 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg (Q)	30	19	6	5	49	18	+31	63	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	IFK Göteborg (Q)	30	15	9	6	50	26	+24	54	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
4	Helsingborgs IF (Q)	30	16	6	8	54	41	+13	54	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	AIK	30	12	9	9	36	32	+4	45
6	Malmö FF	30	12	8	10	51	46	+5	44
7	Örebro SK	30	11	9	10	36	39	−3	42
8	Halmstads BK	30	11	8	11	41	38	+3	41
9	Hammarby IF	30	11	8	11	44	51	−7	41
10	Trelleborgs FF	30	9	13	8	33	31	+2	40
11	GAIS	30	9	11	10	30	36	−6	38
12	Djurgårdens IF	30	9	9	12	30	41	−11	36
13	Gefle IF	30	7	7	16	33	42	−9	28
14	Ljungskile SK (Q)	30	6	6	18	23	52	−29	24	Relegation Playoffs
15	GIF Sundsvall (R)	30	5	7	18	26	54	−28	22	Relegation to Superettan
16	IFK Norrköping (R)	30	4	8	18	31	58	−27	20

Updated to games played on 9 November 2008.
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹IFK Göteborg won the Svenska Cupen 2008 competition, thereby qualifying for the Third Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2009-10.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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Svenska Cupen

Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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References

External links

• Halmstads BK homepage
• SvFF homepage

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