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

League play
PldGames played
WGames won
DGames drawn
LGames lost
GFGoals for
GAGoals against
GDGoal difference
PtsPoints
PosFinal position

Cups and play-offs
DNQDid not qualify
DNEDid not enter
DSQDisqualified
QR(#)Qualifying round (#)
PRPreliminary round
R#Round #
GSGroup stage
QFQuarter-finals
SFSemi-finals
RURunners-up
WWinners

Cell coding (Allsvenskan)
1st place
2nd or 3rd place
4th place
Cell coding (other)
Winners
Runners-up
1st place or promoted
Relegated
Tournament not played

List of seasons

Season League SM /
Play-offs
Svenska
Cupen
Super-
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 Unknown[4] 1st R1 Unknown N/A
1908 [5] W Unknown N/A
1909 [5] QF Erik Börjesson 5
1910 Svenska Serien 14 8 2 4 41 32 +9 18 3rd W Erik Börjesson 31
191112 Svenska Serien 11 4 3 4 28 27 +1 11 3rd[6] DNE Arvid Fagrell 8
QF
191213 Svenska Serien 10 7 2 1 25 9 +16 16 1st Erik Börjesson
Carl Olsson
9
QF
191314 Svenska Serien 10 8 1 1 37 11 +26 17 1st Erik Börjesson 15
R1
191415 Svenska Serien 8 6 0 2 25 13 +12 12 1st Erik Hjelm 10
R1
191516 Svenska Serien 10 6 3 1 27 9 +18 15 1st Erik Börjesson 10
SF
191617 Svenska Serien 10 8 0 2 34 8 +26 16 1st 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[7] R1 Herbert Karlsson 4
1920–21 Svenska Serien 18 8 4 6 39 21 +18 20 5th SF Herbert Karlsson 25
R1
1921–22 [8] None 0
R1
1922–23 Svenska Serien Västra 10 5 2 3 18 9 +9 12 2nd Erik Hjelm 5
DSQ[9]
1923–24 Svenska Serien Västra 10 4 2 4 15 17 −2 10 4th Gunnar Rydberg 6
DNE
1924–25 Allsvenskan 22 16 4 2 87 30 +57 36 2nd Filip Johansson 39
DNE
1925–26 Allsvenskan 22 13 7 2 65 27 +38 33 3rd 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
R2
1941–42 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 48 29 +19 31 1st Leif Larsson 20
R1
1942–43 Allsvenskan 22 7 10 5 46 40 +6 24 8th Leif Larsson 14
DNE
1943–44 Allsvenskan 22 12 3 7 69 42 +27 27 5th Leif Larsson 19
QF
1944–45 Allsvenskan 22 12 3 7 57 43 +14 27 4th Holger Bengtsson 18
SF
1945–46 Allsvenskan 22 12 6 4 48 29 +19 30 3rd Gunnar Gren 16
R2
1946–47 Allsvenskan 22 9 6 7 52 48 +4 24 5th Gunnar Gren 18
DNE
1947–48 Allsvenskan 22 9 4 9 40 33 +7 22 5th Gunnar Gren 8
DNE
1948–49 Allsvenskan 22 9 5 8 36 33 +3 23 6th Holger Bengtsson
Lennart Johansson
9
DNE
1949–50 Allsvenskan 22 5 5 12 33 49 −16 15 11th Dan Ekner 12
R2
1950–51 Division 2 Sydvästra 18 12 2 4 47 26 +21 26 1st Tryggve Grankvist 16
QF
1951–52 Allsvenskan 22 10 5 7 46 37 +9 25 4th Reino Börjesson 13
1952–53 Allsvenskan 22 9 2 11 32 54 −22 20 9th Sven Sjöblom 5
R2
1953–54 Allsvenskan 22 7 8 7 23 26 −3 22 8th 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 DNQ Bertil Johansson 12
1956–57 Allsvenskan 22 8 3 11 39 41 −2 19 9th DNQ Harris Mattiasson 10
1957–58 Allsvenskan 33 22 3 8 92 49 +43 47 1st DNQ Bertil Johansson 29
European Cup R1
1959 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 56 28 +28 31 3rd Owe Ohlsson 21
European Cup R1
1960 Allsvenskan 22 7 6 9 46 49 −3 20 8th Bertil Johansson 17
DNQ
1961 Allsvenskan 22 11 4 7 62 47 +15 26 3rd Bertil Johansson 20
European Cup PR
1962 Allsvenskan 22 10 4 8 46 32 +14 24 3rd Bertil Johansson 18
DNQ
1963 Allsvenskan 22 11 4 7 52 31 +21 26 5th Bertil Johansson 13
DNQ
1964 Allsvenskan 22 8 2 12 31 46 −15 18 9th Bertil Johansson 10
DNQ
1965 Allsvenskan 22 9 7 6 31 35 −4 25 5th Krister Granblom 8
DNQ
1966 Allsvenskan 22 12 5 5 44 33 +10 29 4th Håkan Eklund
Bertil Johansson
8
DNQ
1967 Allsvenskan 22 8 5 9 41 37 +4 21 9th R3 Leif Claesson 8
DNQ
1968 Allsvenskan 22 5 8 9 30 42 −12 18 9th Håkan Eklund 11
DNE DNQ
1969 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 38 19 +19 31 1st Reine Almqvist 16
R4 DNQ
1970 Allsvenskan 22 6 5 11 28 36 −8 17 11th Reine Almqvist 9
GS European Cup R1
1971 Division 2 Norra Götaland 22 12 2 8 42 30 +12 26 3rd Dan Östlund 12
DNE DNQ
1972 Division 2 Södra 22 14 4 4 41 22 +19 32 2nd Dan Östlund 8
DNQ DNQ
1973 Division 2 Södra 26 13 5 8 40 32 +8 31 4th Björn Ericsson 8
DNQ DNQ
1974 Division 2 Södra 26 10 8 8 50 42 +8 28 5th Per-Erik Eriksson 19
DNQ DNQ
1975 Division 2 Södra 26 20 3 3 72 18 +54 43 2nd Torbjörn Nilsson 15
QF DNQ
1976 Division 2 Södra 26 20 4 2 68 28 +40 44 1st Torbjörn Nilsson 23
QF DNQ
1977 Allsvenskan 26 9 9 8 48 49 −1 27 6th Reine Almqvist 17
R6 DNQ
1978 Allsvenskan 26 13 5 8 39 29 +10 31 3rd Torbjörn Nilsson 15
W DNQ
1979 Allsvenskan 26 13 9 4 44 24 +20 35 2nd Torbjörn Nilsson 17
QF Cup Winners' Cup QF
1980 Allsvenskan 26 12 10 4 45 26 +19 34 3rd Torbjörn Nilsson 19
R6 UEFA Cup R1
1981 Allsvenskan 26 15 6 5 40 30 +10 36 2nd Torbjörn Nilsson 31
W UEFA Cup W
1982 Allsvenskan 22 11 7 4 45 22 +23 29 1st W Dan Corneliusson 30
W Cup Winners' Cup R1
1983 Allsvenskan 22 11 5 6 35 19 +16 27 3rd W Dan Corneliusson 12
QF European Cup R1
1984 Allsvenskan 22 14 4 4 43 19 +24 32 1st W Torbjörn Nilsson 22
QF European Cup QF
1985 Allsvenskan 22 9 8 5 39 25 +14 26 4th RU Torbjörn Nilsson 16
RU European Cup SF
1986 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 44 17 +27 31 2nd SF Johnny Ekström 23
R7 UEFA Cup W
1987 Allsvenskan 22 9 8 5 39 24 +15 26 3rd W Stefan Pettersson 16
R5 UEFA Cup R1
1988 Allsvenskan 22 13 5 4 37 18 +19 31 2nd SF Dan Fröberg 7
SF European Cup QF
1989 Allsvenskan 22 9 4 9 34 29 +5 22 7th DNQ Kennet Andersson
Klas Ingesson
10
SF UEFA Cup R1
1990 Allsvenskan 22 14 3 5 39 22 +17 45 1st W Kaj Eskelinen 13
R4 DNQ
1991 Allsvenskan 18 9 6 3 29 14 +15 33 1st Kennet Andersson 13
Mästerskapsserien 10 6 1 3 14 10 +4 36 1st W European Cup R2
1992 Allsvenskan 18 7 2 9 25 24 +1 23 6th R3 Johnny Ekström 15
Mästerskapsserien 10 4 1 5 17 17 0 25 5th Champions League GS
1993 Allsvenskan 26 18 5 3 48 17 +31 59 1st Magnus Erlingmark
Mikael Martinsson
12
R4 DNQ
1994 Allsvenskan 26 16 6 4 54 28 +26 54 1st Mikael Martinsson 14
SF Champions League QF
1995 Allsvenskan 26 12 10 4 43 20 +23 46 1st Mats Lilienberg 12
R4 Champions League QR
1996 Allsvenskan 26 17 5 4 61 23 +38 56 1st Andreas Andersson 25
R5 Champions League GS
1997 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 50 32 +18 49 2nd Andreas Andersson 14
QF Champions League GS
1998 Allsvenskan 26 9 8 9 27 29 −2 35 8th Andreas Hermansson 13
RU UEFA Cup QR2
1999 Allsvenskan 26 11 5 10 27 33 −4 38 6th Patric Andersson 11
SF UEFA Cup R2
2000 Allsvenskan 26 12 8 6 46 33 +13 44 4th Gustaf Andersson 19
QF DNQ
2001 Allsvenskan 26 12 8 6 41 31 +20 44 4th Sebastian Henriksson 9
DNQ
2002 Allsvenskan 26 8 4 14 25 39 −14 28 12th W QF Tomas Rosenkvist 11
UEFA Cup QR
2003 Allsvenskan 26 10 7 9 37 38 +9 37 7th QF Patric Andersson 8
DNQ
2004 Allsvenskan 26 14 5 7 33 20 +13 47 3rd RU Peter Ijeh 15
Royal League RU
2005 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 38 22 +16 49 2nd R4 Stefan Selakovic 18
Royal League QF
2006 Allsvenskan 26 9 9 8 39 36 +3 36 8th R3 Marcus Berg
Stefan Selakovic
Pontus Wernbloom
6
UEFA Cup QR1
2007 Allsvenskan 26 14 7 5 45 23 +22 49 1st RU DNQ Marcus Berg 18
DNQ
2008 Allsvenskan 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 54 3rd W W Pontus Wernbloom 13
Champions League QR2
2009 Allsvenskan 30 17 6 7 53 24 +29 57 2nd RU RU Tobias Hysén 22
Europa League QR3
2010 Allsvenskan 30 10 10 10 42 29 +13 40 7th R4 RU Tobias Hysén 11
Europa League QR3
2011 Allsvenskan 30 13 6 11 42 34 +8 45 7th SF DNQ Tobias Hysén 18
DNQ
2012 Allsvenskan 30 9 12 9 36 41 −5 39 7th W DNQ Hannes Stiller 7
DNQ
2013 Allsvenskan 30 16 6 8 49 31 +18 54 3rd RU Tobias Hysén 22
QF Europa League QR2
2014 Allsvenskan 30 15 11 4 58 34 +24 56 2nd Lasse Vibe 29
Europa League QR3
2015 Allsvenskan
Europa League
2016

Notes

  1. Goals in all competitions (League, Svenska Mästerskapet, play-offs, Svenska Cupen, 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. The league standings for the 1907 season of Göteborgsserien kl. I have been lost, but it is known that the club finished first of the six participating teams.
  5. 5.0 5.1 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.
  6. 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.
  7. The league was abandoned due to economic troubles and the Spanish flu, however the incomplete table is considered the final table.
  8. 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.
  9. The club withdrew from the tournament when their request to change matchday was denied by the Swedish Football Association.

References

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