2007 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg 2007 football season

IFK Göteborg2007 season

Chairman| Stig Lundström
Head coach| Jonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn
Stadium| Ullevi
Allsvenskan| 1st
Svenska Cupen| Runners-up
Top goalscorer| League:
Marcus Berg (14)
All:
Marcus Berg (18)
Highest home attendance| 41,471 vs.
Trelleborgs FF
(28 October 2007,
Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance| 1,521 vs.
Gefle IF
(5 July 2007,
Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance| 15,798

Home colours

Away colours

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2008 ->

The 2007 season was IFK Göteborg's 102nd in existence, their 75th season in Allsvenskan and their 31st consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. IFK Göteborg won their first domestic title in 11 years. The club also broke its transfer record when Tobias Hysén was bought from Sunderland for 2.5 million euros.

## Players

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### 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.

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1  | GK |  SWE | Bengt Andersson
2  | DF |  SWE | Sebastian Eriksson
4  | DF |  SWE | Bastian Rojas Diaz
5  | MF |  SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr
6  | DF |  SWE | Adam Johansson (vice captain)
7  | MF |  SWE | Tobias Hysén
8  | MF |  SWE | Thomas Olsson
9  | FW |  SWE | Stefan Selaković
10  | MF |  SWE | Niclas Alexandersson (captain)
11  | FW |  SWE | Mathias Ranégie
12  | GK |  SWE | David Stenman
13  | DF |  SWE | Gustav Svensson
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14  | DF |  ISL | Hjálmar Jónsson
15  | MF |  SWE | Jakob Johansson
16  | DF |  SWE | Magnus Johansson
17  | FW |  SWE | George Mourad
18  | FW |  SWE | Jonas Wallerstedt
19  | MF |  SWE | Pontus Wernbloom
20  | MF |  SWE | Eldin Karišik
22  | DF |  ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson
23  | MF |  SWE | Andrés Vasquez
25  | GK |  SWE | Erik Dahlin
26  | FW |  CAN | Ali Gerba

## Club

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### Other information

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Chairman  |  Stig Lundström

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Club director  |  Seppo Vaihela
Director of sports  |  Håkan Mild
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Ullevi (43,000 / 105x66 m)

Source: IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi

## Competitions

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Celebration at Ullevi after winning the title.

### Overall

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Competition  | Started round  | Final
position / round  | First match  | Last match

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Allsvenskan | Matchday 1 | Winners  | 6 April 2007 | 28 October 2007
Svenska Cupen | Round 2 | Runners-up  | 26 April 2007 | 27 September 2007

Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan

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Main article: 2007 Allsvenskan

#### League table

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1  | IFK Göteborg (C) | 26  | 14  | 7  | 5  | 45  | 23  | +22  | 49  | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2  | Kalmar FF | 26  | 15  | 3  | 8  | 43  | 32  | +11  | 48  | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3  | Djurgårdens IF | 26  | 13  | 7  | 6  | 39  | 24  | +15  | 46
4  | IF Elfsborg | 26  | 10  | 10  | 6  | 39  | 30  | +9  | 40  | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5  | AIK | 26  | 10  | 8  | 8  | 30  | 27  | +3  | 38  |

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

#### Results summary

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Overall | Home | Away

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD
26  | 14  | 7  | 5  | 45  | 23  |  +22  | 49  | 6  | 5  | 2  | 19  | 10  |  +9  | 8  | 2  | 3  | 26  | 13  |  +13

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

#### Results by round

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Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26

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Ground| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| A| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| A| A| H
Result| D| L| W| D| W| W| L| W| L| W| L| L| D| D| W| W| W| D| W| D| D| W| W| W| W| W
Position| 5| 11| 5| 9| 2| 2| 4| 1| 5| 2| 6| 8| 8| 7| 6| 5| 4| 4| 2| 4| 4| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1

Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

#### Matches

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Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

Trelleborgs FF v IFK Göteborg 6 April 2007 Round 1|  Trelleborgs FF | 1–1|  IFK Göteborg | Trelleborg

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15:00 | Malmqvist 41' | Report | Wernbloom 5' | Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

IFK Göteborg v AIK 17 April 2007 Round 2|  IFK Göteborg | 1–2|  AIK | Gothenburg

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19:00 | J. Berg 16' | Report | Burgić 54'
Figueiredo 87' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 18,162
Referee: Martin Hansson

IF Brommapojkarna v IFK Göteborg 23 April 2007 Round 3|  IF Brommapojkarna | 1–2|  IFK Göteborg | Stockholm

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19:00 | Guterstam 80' | Report | M. Berg 8'
Alexandersson 49' | Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

IFK Göteborg v Halmstads BK 30 April 2007 Round 4|  IFK Göteborg | 1–1|  Halmstads BK | Gothenburg

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17:00 | Wernbloom 44' | Report | Tahirović 3' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 8,320
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Örebro SK v IFK Göteborg 7 May 2007 Round 5|  Örebro SK | 0–4|  IFK Göteborg | Örebro

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19:00 |  | Report | M. Berg 33'
Karišik 46'
Olsson 63'
Vasquez 69' | Stadium: Eyravallen
Attendance: 9,555
Referee: Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg v Gefle IF 14 May 2007 Round 6|  IFK Göteborg | 2–0|  Gefle IF | Gothenburg

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19:00 | M. Berg 61', 65' | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 7,310
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson

IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg 22 May 2007 Round 7|  IF Elfsborg | 3–1|  IFK Göteborg | Borås

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19:00 | Svensson 38', 62', 79' | Report | M. Berg 26' | Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 16,599
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

IFK Göteborg v GAIS 28 May 2007 Round 8|  IFK Göteborg | 1–0|  GAIS | Gothenburg

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19:00 | M. Berg 76' | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,406
Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Djurgårdens IF v IFK Göteborg 12 June 2007 Round 9|  Djurgårdens IF | 2–1|  IFK Göteborg | Stockholm

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19:00 | Tauer 35'
Komac 45' | Report | M. Berg 2' | Stadium: Stockholms Stadion
Attendance: 12,697
Referee: Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF 17 June 2007 Round 10|  IFK Göteborg | 3–2|  Kalmar FF | Gothenburg

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17:00 | Wallerstedt 33', 90'
Vasquez 44' | Report | Ari 32'
Johansson 83' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 6,754
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Hammarby IF v IFK Göteborg 27 June 2007 Round 11|  Hammarby IF | 3–1|  IFK Göteborg | Stockholm

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19:00 | Eguren 9'
Chanko 22'
Zengin 44' | Report | M. Johansson 50' | Stadium: Söderstadion
Attendance: 12,512
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF 2 July 2007 Round 12|  IFK Göteborg | 1–2|  Malmö FF | Gothenburg

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19:00 | M. Berg 70' (pen.) | Report | Skoog 22'
Júnior 90' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 11,270
Referee: Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg v Helsingborgs IF 10 July 2007 Round 13|  IFK Göteborg | 0–0|  Helsingborgs IF | Gothenburg

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19:00 |  | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 10,768
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

Helsingborgs IF v IFK Göteborg 15 July 2007 Round 14|  Helsingborgs IF | 2–2|  IFK Göteborg | Helsingborg

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17:00 | Omotoyossi 53', 79' | Report | Berg 29', 42' (pen.) | Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 14,090
Referee: Sven-Martin Åkesson

IFK Göteborg v Örebro SK 31 July 2007 Round 15|  IFK Göteborg | 2–0|  Örebro SK | Gothenburg

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19:00 | Selaković 15'
Berg 77' | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 7,712
Referee: Martin Hansson

Gefle IF v IFK Göteborg 6 August 2007 Round 16|  Gefle IF | 0–2|  IFK Göteborg | Gävle

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19:00 |  | Report | Berg 24', 90' | Stadium: Strömvallen
Attendance: 6,683
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg 11 August 2007 Round 17|  Kalmar FF | 0–5|  IFK Göteborg | Kalmar

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16:00 |  | Report | Selaković 36'
Wernbloom 45'
Berg 83'
Wallerstedt 89'
Bjärsmyr 90' | Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 5,670
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson

IFK Göteborg v Djurgårdens IF 16 August 2007 Round 18|  IFK Göteborg | 1–1|  Djurgårdens IF | Gothenburg

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20:00 | Wallerstedt 79' | Report | Jonson 70' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt

Halmstads BK v IFK Göteborg 28 August 2007 Round 19|  Halmstads BK | 1–3|  IFK Göteborg | Halmstad

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20:00 | Arvidsson 85' | Report | Wernbloom 5'
Wallerstedt 57'
Jónsson 66' | Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 9,104
Referee: Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna 2 September 2007 Round 20|  IFK Göteborg | 0–0|  IF Brommapojkarna | Gothenburg

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17:00 |  | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg v IF Elfsborg 15 September 2007 Round 21|  IFK Göteborg | 2–2|  IF Elfsborg | Gothenburg

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16:00 | Svensson 3'
Wallerstedt 23' | Report | Ishizaki 37', 66' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,339
Referee: Jonas Eriksson

GAIS v IFK Göteborg 25 September 2007 Round 22|  GAIS | 0–1|  IFK Göteborg | Gothenburg

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19:00 |  | Report | Wernbloom 2' | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 30,956
Referee: Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg v Hammarby IF 1 October 2007 Round 23|  IFK Göteborg | 3–0|  Hammarby IF | Gothenburg

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19:00 | Alexandersson 4'
Lidholm 22' (o.g.)
Wallerstedt 57' | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 14,543
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg 6 October 2007 Round 24|  Malmö FF | 0–2|  IFK Göteborg | Malmö

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16:00 |  | Report | Selaković 33'
Hysén 72' | Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 11,219
Referee: Jonas Eriksson

AIK v IFK Göteborg 22 October 2007 Round 25|  AIK | 0–1|  IFK Göteborg | Solna

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19:00 |  | Report | Bjärsmyr 19' | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 18,407
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

IFK Göteborg v Trelleborgs FF 28 October 2007 Round 26|  IFK Göteborg | 2–0|  Trelleborgs FF | Gothenburg

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15:00 UTC+1 | Olsson 7'
Wernbloom 34' | Report |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 41,471
Referee: Martin Hansson

### Svenska Cupen

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Main article: 2007 Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

Ängelholms FF v IFK Göteborg 26 April 2007 Round 2|  Ängelholms FF | 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)|  IFK Göteborg | Ängelholm

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18:00 |  68'
C. Augustsson  119' |  | M. Berg 23', 110' | Stadium: Ängelholms IP
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: Håkan Jonasson
| Penalties|
J. Augustsson
Rojas
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Olsson
Alexandersson
M. Berg

Ljungby IF v IFK Göteborg 17 May 2007 Round 3|  Ljungby IF | 1–6|  IFK Göteborg | Ljungby

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17:00 | Nilsson  ?' |  | M. Johansson ?' (pen.)
J. Berg ?'
Selaković ?', ?', ?'
Wallerstedt ?' | Stadium: Lagavallen
Attendance: 2,080
Referee: Martin Ingdotter Olsson

IFK Göteborg v Gefle IF 5 July 2007 Round 4|  IFK Göteborg | 3–0|  Gefle IF | Gothenburg

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19:00 | Wernbloom 51'
M. Berg 72', 78' (pen.) |  |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Håkan Jonasson

Mjällby AIF v IFK Göteborg 2 August 2007 Quarter-finals|  Mjällby AIF | 1–2 (a.e.t.)|  IFK Göteborg | Hällevik

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18:30 | Fejzullahu 10' |  | Mourad 90'
Jónsson 111' | Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 5,482
Referee: Michael Lerjéus

IFK Göteborg v Landskrona BoIS 22 September 2007 Semi-finals|  IFK Göteborg | 4–0|  Landskrona BoIS | Gothenburg

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16:00 | Wernbloom 31', 55', 74'
Bjärsmyr 62' |  |  | Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg 27 September 2007 Final|  Kalmar FF | 3–0|  IFK Göteborg | Kalmar

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19:00 | Santin 22', 88' (pen.)
Ingelsten 65' |  |  | Stadium: Fredriksskans
Attendance: 6,877
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

## Non competitive

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### Pre-season

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Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

IFK Göteborg v BK Häcken 3 February 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg | 1–2|  BK Häcken | Gothenburg, Sweden

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13:30 | Selaković 26' |  |

* Henriksson 48' (pen.)
* Skúlason 90'

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IF Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg 10 February 2007 Friendly|  IF Elfsborg | 1–0|  IFK Göteborg | Borås, Sweden

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13:00 | Keene 14' |  |  | Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Åke Andreasson

IFK Göteborg  v  Sibir Novosibirsk 15 February 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg  | 0–0|  Sibir Novosibirsk | Marbella, Spain

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16:00 |  |  |  | Stadium: Marpafut

IFK Göteborg  v  Korona Kielce 19 February 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg  | 1–0|  Korona Kielce | Marbella, Spain

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16:00 | M. Berg 22' |  |  | Stadium: Marpafut
Attendance: 25

AaB v  IFK Göteborg 6 March 2007 Friendly|  AaB | 2–1|  IFK Göteborg | Aalborg, Denmark

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* Prica 66'
* Lindström 86'

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Attendance: 50

IFK Göteborg v Örgryte IS 14 March 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg | 1–0|  Örgryte IS | Gothenburg, Sweden

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16:30 | J. Berg 44' |  |  | Stadium: Ruddalens IP
Attendance: 1,500

IFK Göteborg  v  ASIL Lysi 21 March 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg  | 5–0|  ASIL Lysi | Larnaca, Cyprus

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15:30 UTC+2 |

* Selaković 7'
* Wallerstedt 43', 61', 88'
* Sigurðsson 59'

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IFK Göteborg  v  Aalesunds FK 24 March 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg  | 4–0|  Aalesunds FK | Larnaca, Cyprus

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* Wernbloom 30'
* Selaković 31', 52'
* J. Berg 73' (pen.)

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IFK Göteborg  v  Bryne FK 29 March 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg  | 3–0|  Bryne FK | Gothenburg, Sweden

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17:30 |

* Wernbloom 18'
* Wallerstedt 22'
* Bastian Andersson  41'

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Attendance: 1,000

### Mid-season

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Kickoff times are in UTC+2.

Sävedalens IF v IFK Göteborg 5 June 2007 Friendly|  Sävedalens IF | 0–3|  IFK Göteborg | Partille, Sweden

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Olsson ?' | Stadium: Vallhamra IP

IFK Göteborg  v  Crystal Palace 24 July 2007 Friendly|  IFK Göteborg  | 1–2|  Crystal Palace | Grebbestad, Sweden

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19:30 | Mourad 74' |  | Ifill 2'
Scowcroft 35' | Stadium: Siljevi IP
Attendance: 1,311

## References

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IFK Göteborg seasons

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2007 in Swedish football

« 2006

2008 »

| League competitions|

| Men|

* Allsvenskan
* Superettan
* Division 1
* Division 2
* Division 3

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Women|

* Damallsvenskan

Cup competitions|

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* Svenska Cupen (Final)
* Svenska Supercupen

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Women|

* Svenska Cupen
* Svenska Supercupen

European competitions|

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* Champions League ('06–'07, '07–'08)
* UEFA Cup ('06–'07, '07–'08)

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Women|

* Champions League ('06–'07, '07–'08)

Club season articles

Allsvenskan|

* AIK
* Brommapojkarna
* Djurgården
* Elfsborg
* GAIS
* Gefle
* Halmstad
* Hammarby
* Helsingborg
* IFK Göteborg
* Kalmar FF
* Malmö FF
* Trelleborg
* Örebro

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*[Pos.]: Position
*[GK]: Goalkeeper
*[DF]: Defender
*[MF]: Midfielder
*[FW]: Forward
*[Pos]: Position
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*[t]: Discuss this template
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Wins
*[D]: Draws
*[L]: Losses
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points