2015 IFK Norrköping season

IFK Norrköping
2015 season
Chairman Peter Hunt
Manager Jan Andersson
Stadium Nya Parken, Norrköping
Allsvenskan Champions
Svenska Cupen Quarter-finals
Svenska Supercupen Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Emir Kujović (21 goals)
All:
Emir Kujović (22 goals)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015 season was IFK Norrköping's 118th in existence, their 75th season in Allsvenskan and 5th consecutive season in the league. The club competed in 2015 Allsvenskan, 2014–15 Svenska Cupen (starting with group stage after qualification previous season) and 2015–16 Svenska Cupen (qualification for next season group stage). The season began with 2014–15 Svenska Cupen group stage on 22 February, with 2015 Allsvenskan starting on 4 April. The league ended with the last match on 31 October 2015, in which they became league champions, and the last match of the season was 2015 Svenska Supercupen on 8 November where IFK Norrköping, as champions, met 2014–15 Svenska Cupen winners, IFK Göteborg.

On 4 October 2015, with three matches remaining in 2015 Allsvenskan, IFK Norrköping secured a top 3 finish and a spot in European competitions for the next season. If they win the league, they will compete in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and if they finish as runners-up or third-placed team they will compete in 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

IFK Norrköping won the 2015 Allsvenskan in the last match of the season on 31 October 2015, defeating the champions from the previous season, Malmö FF, with 2–0. By winning 2015 Allsvenskan they qualified for 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

One week after becoming champions of 2015 Allsvenskan, IFK Norrköping took their second title of the season when they defeated 2014–15 Svenska Cupen winners, IFK Göteborg with 3–0 in 2015 Svenska Supercupen.

Squad statistics

Source: Soccerway and Competitions.

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Nat. Name Allsvenskan 2014–15
Svenska Cupen
2015–16
Svenska Cupen
Svenska
Supercupen
Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  EST Andreas Vaikla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF  SWE Andreas Johansson 29 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 35 2
5 FW  SWE Christoffer Nyman 29 10 0 0 1 2 1 1 31 13
6 DF  SWE Linus Wahlqvist 29 3 3 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 34 (1) 3
7 MF  SWE Alexander Fransson 29 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 35 6
8 MF  SWE Rawez Lawan 1 (20) 1 0 0 0 (1) 1 0 0 1 (21) 2
9 MF  ISL Arnór Ingvi Traustason 29 7 4 2 0 0 1 0 34 9
10 FW  SWE Emir Kujović 29 21 3 0 0 0 1 1 33 22
11 DF  SWE Christopher Telo 18 (5) 0 4 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 22 (6) 0
14 MF  SWE Nicklas Bärkroth 15 (3) 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 21 (3) 2
15 DF  SWE Marcus Falk-Olander 2 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 3 (4) 0
16 FW  SWE Joel Enarsson 1 (12) 0 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 (15) 0
17 FW  SLE Alhaji Kamara 3 (11) 6 4 3 1 2 0 0 8 (11) 11
20 MF  FIN Daniel Sjölund 28 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 34 2
21 DF  SWE Andreas Hadenius 6 (7) 0 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 6 (10) 0
23 DF  SWE David Boo Wiklander 22 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 24 (2) 0
24 MF  SWE Gentrit Citaku 1 (6) 0 0 (3) 1 1 0 0 0 2 (9) 1
25 DF  SWE Filip Dagerstål 4 (2) 1 3 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 7 (3) 1
26 DF  SWE Adnan Kojić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF  SWE Tesfaldet Tekie 2 (4) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 (5) 0
30 DF  CRO Nikola Tkalčić 23 (4) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 26 (4) 2
91 GK  MKD David Mitov Nilsson 30 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 34 0
Players out on loan
19 MF  SWE Mirza Halvadžić 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0
29 GK  SWE Edvard Setterberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players that left the club during the season
1 GK  SWE Marcus Sahlman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF  CRC Christopher Meneses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank Position Name Allsvenskan 2014–15 Sv. Cup 2015–16 Sv. Cup Svenska
Supercupen
Total
1 FW Sweden Emir Kujović 21 0 0 1 22
2 FW Sweden Christoffer Nyman 10 0 2 1 13
3 FW Sierra Leone Alhaji Kamara 6 3 2 0 11
4 MF Iceland Arnór Ingvi Traustason 7 2 0 0 9
5 MF Sweden Alexander Fransson 5 0 0 1 6
6 DF Sweden Linus Wahlqvist 3 0 0 0 3
7 MF Sweden Nicklas Bärkroth 0 2 0 0 2
DF Sweden Andreas Johansson 2 0 0 0 2
MF Sweden Rawez Lawan 1 0 1 0 2
MF Finland Daniel Sjölund 2 0 0 0 2
DF Croatia Nikola Tkalčić 2 0 0 0 2
12 MF Sweden Gentrit Citaku 0 1 0 0 1
DF Sweden Filip Dagerstål 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 60 8 5 3 76

Last updated: 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary record

Rank Position Name Allsvenskan 2014–15 Sv. Cup 2015–16 Sv. Cup Svenska
Supercupen
Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 MF Finland Daniel Sjölund 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2 MF Iceland Arnór Ingvi Traustason 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
DF Sweden Linus Wahlqvist 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 FW Sweden Emir Kujović 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 MF Sweden Nicklas Bärkroth 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Sweden Gentrit Citaku 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
MF Sweden Alexander Fransson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF Sweden Andreas Johansson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Sierra Leone Alhaji Kamara 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 DF Sweden Andreas Hadenius 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Sweden Christoffer Nyman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 DF Sweden David Boo Wiklander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Sweden Filip Dagerstål 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Sweden Rawez Lawan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK Sweden David Mitov Nilsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Sweden Christopher Telo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total380801010480

Last updated: 8 October 2015
Source: Competitions

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Allsvenskan Winners 5 April 201531 October 2015
2014–15 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Quarter-finals 11 September 201415 March 2015
2015–16 Svenska Cupen Round 2 Group stage 20 August 2015
Svenska Supercupen Final Winners 8 November 2014

Last updated: 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Allsvenskan 30 20 6 4 60 33 +27 66.67
2014–15 Svenska Cupen 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 50.00
2015–16 Svenska Cupen 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.000
Svenska Supercupen 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.000
Total 36 24 6 6 76 39 +37 66.67

Last updated: 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

Note: Only matches during 2015 are included, otherwise they would be counted twice (next season as well).

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2015 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IFK Norrköping (C, Q) 30 20 6 4 60 33 +27 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 IFK Göteborg (Q) 30 18 9 3 52 22 +30 63 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 AIK (Q) 30 18 7 5 54 34 +20 61
4 IF Elfsborg 30 16 7 7 59 42 +17 55
5 Malmö FF 30 15 9 6 54 34 +20 54
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).[1]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 20 6 4 60 33 +27 66 11 2 2 36 20 +16 9 4 2 24 13 +11

Last updated: 31 October 2015.
Source: Svenskfotboll

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAHA
Result D W L L W W W D W W W D W W D D W L W D W W W W W W W L W W
Position 5 3 9 12 8 8 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 31 October 2015.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 January 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[2][3][4]

Times up to 24 October 2015 (matches 1–28) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matches 29–30) times are CET (UTC+1). This because of the use of Daylight saving time in Sweden.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Score overview

      Win       Draw       Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
AIK 1–2 2–2 No
BK Häcken 3–1 2–0 Yes
Djurgårdens IF 4–2 1–1 No
Falkenbergs FF 2–0 1–0 Yes
Gefle IF 4–1 2–1 Yes
GIF Sundsvall 5–1 1–0 Yes
Hammarby IF 1–0 1–0 Yes
Halmstads BK 3–1 3–0 Yes
Helsingborgs IF 3–2 1–3 No
IF Elfsborg 0–4 2–3 No
IFK Göteborg 2–2 0–0 No
Kalmar FF 2–1 2–1 Yes
Malmö FF 3–1 2–0 Yes
Åtvidabergs FF 2–1 1–1 No
Örebro SK 1–1 3–1 No

Note: IFK Norrköping goals is listed first.

Svenska Cupen

Main article: Svenska Cupen

Svenska Cupen, unlike Allsvenskan, spans over two seasons, with qualification in the fall and group stage and final stages in the spring. Therefore, IFK Norrköping will compete in both 2014–15 Svenska Cupen (group stage and final stages) and 2015–16 Svenska Cupen (qualification for next year group stage and final stages) for the 2015 season.

2014–15 Svenska Cupen

2014–15 Svenska Cupen were played during the fall in 2014 and in the spring of 2015, with the first two rounds in 2014 and the group stage and final stages in the beginning of 2015.

Group stage

IFK Norrköping were drawn in a group with Djurgårdens IF (first tier), Ängelholms FF (second tier) and Norrby IF (third tier) with the winner of the group advancing to the final stages (quarter-finals). IFK Norrköping won their first two matches against Norrby IF and Ängelholms FF, which was enough to win the group (on goal differential) despite losing to Djurgårdens IF in the last match. This meant IFK Norrköping advanced to the final stages.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IFKN NIF DIF ÄFF
1 IFK Norrköping 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advance to Knockout stage 2–0
2 Norrby IF 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6 0–4 4–2
3 Djurgårdens IF 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 3–1 0–0
4 Ängelholms FF 3 0 1 2 0 7 7 1 0–5
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

Times are CET (UTC+1).

      Win       Draw       Loss

Knockout stage

IFK Norrköping qualified for the knockout stage as group stage winners, but they were unseeded in the quarter-final draw because they were not one of the four teams with the best record in the group stage. All of the winners in the group stage were teams that would be participating in 2015 Allsvenskan, so IFK Norrköping was drawn against BK Häcken in a draw with many tough opponents (especially since being unseeded). BK Häcken had the advantage of playing at home since they were the seeded team and, despite scoring the first goal, IFK Norrköping was not able to defeat BK Häcken away from home and lost with the final score 3–1. It was Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson, who previously played for IFK Norrköping, that scored a brace for BK Häcken to turn the match around, and Simon Gustafson ended the scoring with the 3–1 goal.

2015–16 Svenska Cupen

2015–16 Svenska Cupen will be played during the fall in 2015 and in the spring of 2016, with the first two rounds in 2015 and the group stage and final stages in the beginning of 2016.

Round 2

IFK Norrköping entered Svenska Cupen in the second round (all teams from top tier Allsvenskan and second tier Superettan receive bye to this round). They where seeded in the draw together will all the other teams from Allvenskan and Superettan, and they were drawn against Akropolis IF from Division 1 (fourth tier). The match was played on 20 August 2015 and it ended as a 5–0 win for IFK Norrköping, who qualified for the group stage to be played in the beginning of the next season.

Times are CET (UTC+1).

      Win       Draw       Loss

Svenska Supercupen

Svenska Supercupen, is a cup being played between league champions and cup winners, with the league winners being the home team. The 2015 Svenska Supercupen was played between 2015 Allsvenskan champions, IFK Norrköping, and 2014–15 Svenska Cupen winners, IFK Göteborg (runners-up in Allsvenskan), at Nya Parken, Norrköping on 8 November 2015. IFK Norrköping defeated IFK Göteborg with 3–0 and won their second title of the season.

Times are CET (UTC+1).

      Win       Draw       Loss

References

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