2008 IFK Göteborg season

IFK Göteborg 2008 football season

IFK Göteborg2008 season

Manager| Jonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn
Allsvenskan| 3rd
Champions League| 2nd Qualifying round
Svenska Cupen| Champions
Top goalscorer| Jonas Wallerstedt (8)

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2009 ->

IFK Göteborg finished inside the top three, but was nowhere near defending their title from 2007. As a consolation, IFK was able to win the cup final against Kalmar FF on penalties. The Champions League qualification ended with a 4–2 defeat away from home at FC Basel.

## Players[edit]

### Squad[edit]

As of 21 September 2008: 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 |  DEN | Kim Christensen
2  | DF |  SWE | Sebastian Eriksson
3  | DF |  SWE | Nicklas Carlsson
5  | DF |  SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr
6  | DF |  SWE | Adam Johansson
7  | MF |  SWE | Tobias Hysén
8  | MF |  SWE | Thomas Olsson
9  | FW |  SWE | Stefan Selakovic
10  | MF |  SWE | Niclas Alexandersson
12  | GK |  SWE | David Stenman
13  | MF |  SWE | Gustav Svensson
14  | DF |  ISL | Hjálmar Jónsson
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15  | MF |  SWE | Jakob Johansson
16  | DF |  SWE | Erik Lund
17  | FW |  SWE | Daniel Alexandersson
18  | FW |  SWE | Jonas Wallerstedt
19  | MF |  SWE | Pontus Wernbloom
22  | DF |  ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson
23  | DF |  SWE | Oskar Gustafsson
24  | MF |  SWE | Jonatan Berg
25  | GK |  SWE | Erik Dahlin (on loan to Västra Frölunda IF)
28  | MF |  SWE | Niklas Bärkroth
29  | FW |  SWE | Robin Söder

### Squad stats[edit]

| Total  | Allsvenskan | Svenska Cupen | Champions League | Supercupen

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No.
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1  | GK |  | Christensen | 40  | 40 |  | 30 |  | 5 |  | 4 |  | 1 |
6  | RB |  | A. Johansson | 26  | 27 | 1  | 19 |  | 4 |  | 4 | 1 |  |
5  | CB |  | Bjärsmyr | 37  | 38 | 1  | 27 | 1  | 6 |  | 4 |  | 1 |
22  | CB |  | Sigurdsson | 39  | 39 | 4  | 29 | 4  | 6 |  | 3 |  | 1 |
14  | LB |  | Jónsson | 36  | 36 | 2  | 25 |  | 6 |  | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1
10  | RM |  | Alexandersson | 28  | 29 | 7  | 23 | 6  | 2 |  | 3 | 1 | 1 |
8  | CM |  | Olsson | 25  | 28 | 5  | 20 | 3  | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |  |
13  | CM |  | Svensson | 27  | 34 | 3  | 27 | 3  | 3 |  | 3 |  | 1 |
7  | LM |  | Hysén | 33  | 41 | 6  | 30 | 4  | 6 | 2 | 4 |  | 1 |
18  | CF |  | Wallerstedt | 22  | 34 | 10  | 28 | 7  | 3 |  | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2
19  | CF |  | Wernbloom | 30  | 33 | 13  | 26 | 8  | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
9  | MF |  | Selakovic | 15  | 34 | 4  | 25 | 2  | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
2  | DF |  | Eriksson | 20  | 26 | 2  | 17 | 1  | 5 | 1 | 4 |  |  |
29  | FW |  | Söder | 17  | 23 | 7  | 14 | 5  | 5 |  | 4 | 2 |  |
15  | MF |  | J. Johansson | 11  | 19 | 4  | 15 | 2  | 4 | 2 |  |  |  |
17  | MF |  | D. Alexandersson | 8  | 18 |  | 12 |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | 1 |
15  | DF |  | Lund | 13  | 14 |  | 11 |  | 2 |  | 1 |  |  |
11  | FW |  | Ranégie | 2  | 12 | 3  | 9 | 1  | 2 | 2 |  |  | 1 |
20  | MF |  | Karisik | 9  | 12 |  | 7 |  | 3 |  | 1 |  | 1 |
24  | MF |  | Berg | 8  | 10 | 1  | 9 | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
28  | FW |  | Bärkroth | 1  | 5 | 2  | 2 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2 |  |
3  | DF |  | Carlsson | 2  | 2 |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
20  | DF |  | Etéus |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Last updated: 18 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
0 shown as blank

## Club[edit]

### Coaching staff[edit]

Position  | Staff

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Manager  |  Stefan Rehn
Jonas Olsson
Assistant manager  |  Teddy Olausson
Goalkeeping coach  |  Ove Tobiasson
Fitness coach  |  Jonas Hellberg

Last updated: 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg

### Kit[edit]

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): ICA, KIA Motors

Home
Domestic

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Source:[citation needed]

### Other information[edit]

Chairman  |  Stig Lundström

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Sport director  |  Håkan Mild
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Ullevi (43,200 / 100x68 m)

Updated to match played 9 November
Source: IFK Göteborg and Ullevi

## Competitions[edit]

### Overall[edit]

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

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Allsvenskan | —  | —  | 3rd  | 31 March | 9 November
Svenska Cupen | Second round | —  | Final | 1 May | 21 September
Champions League | First qualifying round | —  | Second qualifying round | 15 July | 6 August

Updated to match played November 11
Source: Competitions

### Allsvenskan[edit]

#### Results summary[edit]

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
30  | 15  | 9  | 6  | 50  | 26  |  +24  | 54  | 11  | 2  | 2  | 33  | 10  |  +23  | 4  | 7  | 4  | 17  | 16  |  +1

Last updated: November 11.
Source: svenskfotboll

#### Results by round[edit]

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| 27| 28| 29| 30

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Ground| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| A| H| A| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A
Result| D| W| D| W| D| W| L| W| D| W| L| L| D| W| W| W| W| L| D| L| D| W| D| W| W| W| W| D| W| L

Updated to match(es) played on November 11. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

### Competitive[edit]

Game
| Date
| Tournament
| Round
| Ground
| Opponent
| Score1
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| Report

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1  | 22 March  | Supercupen |  | H | Kalmar FF | 3 - 1 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CET

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Attendance  |

1,643

Referee  |

Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg | Kalmar FF

24',  82' Wallerstedt
67' Jónsson

87' Santin

2  | 31 March  | Allsvenskan | 1  | A | Malmö FF | 1 - 1 | TV4 Sport |

| Kick off  |

19:45 CEST

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Attendance  |

18,884

Referee  |

Peter Fröjdfeldt

IFK Göteborg | Malmö FF

57' Wallerstedt

62' Gabriel

3  | 6 April  | Allsvenskan | 2  | H | Örebro SK | 4 - 1 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

15:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

10,482

Referee  |

Daniel Stålhammar

IFK Göteborg | Örebro SK

5' Sigurdsson
43',  62' Alexandersson
48' Wernbloom

85' Kihlberg

4  | 9 April  | Allsvenskan | 3  | A | Halmstads BK | 1 - 1 | TV4 Sport |

| Kick off  |

19:45 CEST

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Attendance  |

6,786

Referee  |

Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg | Halmstads BK

42' Olsson

25' Larsson

5  | 12 April  | Allsvenskan | 4  | H | IFK Norrköping | 4 - 0 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

7,212

Referee  |

Martin Ingvarsson

IFK Göteborg | IFK Norrköping

42' (og.) Magnusson
53' Hysén
72' Svensson
77' Ranégie

6  | 17 April  | Allsvenskan | 5  | A | GAIS | 0 - 0 | Canal+ |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

27,238

Referee  |

Jonas Eriksson

7  | 21 April  | Allsvenskan | 6  | H | AIK | 2 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

9,679

Referee  |

Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg | AIK

9' Berg
14' Wallerstedt

8  | 25 April  | Allsvenskan | 7  | A | Ljungskile SK | 1 - 2 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

7,128

Referee  |

Martin Ingvarsson

IFK Göteborg | Ljungskile SK

21' Wernbloom

6',  58' Kristoffersson

9  | 28 April  | Allsvenskan | 8  | H | GIF Sundsvall | 1 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

6,332

Referee  |

Markus Strömbergsson

IFK Göteborg | GIF Sundsvall

59' Sigurdsson

10  | 1 May  | Svenska Cupen | Second round | A | Skövde AIK | 2 - 1 | - |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

2,673

Referee  |

Johnny Lundbäck

IFK Göteborg | Skövde AIK

37' Ranégie
59' Eriksson

50' Muweke

11  | 4 May  | Allsvenskan | 9  | A | Hammarby IF | 0 - 0 | TV4 Sport |

| Kick off  |

17:45 CEST

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Attendance  |

12,198

Referee  |

Peter Fröjdfeldt

12  | 7 May  | Allsvenskan | 10  | H | Kalmar FF | 3 - 2 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

12,473

Referee  |

Stefan Johannesson

IFK Göteborg | Kalmar FF

52',  55' Wallerstedt
60' Svensson

6' Ingelsten
38' Santin

13  | 12 May  | Allsvenskan | 11  | A | IF Elfsborg | 0 - 3 | Canal+ |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

16,599

Referee  |

Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg | IF Elfsborg

68',  75' Berglund
90' Ishizaki

14  | 17 May  | Svenska Cupen | Third round | A | Falkenbergs FF | 3 - 0 | - |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

2,445

Referee  |

Håkan Jonasson

IFK Göteborg | Falkenbergs FF

113' Ranégie
115' Hysén
118' Olsson

15  | 28 June  | Svenska Cupen | Fourth round |  | Ljungskile SK | 1 - 0 | - |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

1,998

Referee  |

Johnny Lundbäck

IFK Göteborg | Ljungskile SK

58' J. Johansson

16  | 1 July  | Allsvenskan | 12  | H | Trelleborgs FF | 0 - 2 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

7,226

Referee  |

Sven-Martin Åkesson

IFK Göteborg | Trelleborgs FF

29' Paulino
75' Jensen

17  | 7 July  | Allsvenskan | 13  | H | Helsingborgs IF | 1 - 1 | Canal+ |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

8,246

Referee  |

Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg | Helsingborgs IF

25' Wallerstedt

73' C. Andersson

18  | 10 July  | Svenska Cupen | Quarter-finals | A | GIF Sundsvall | 3 - 2 | - |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

3,457

Referee  |

Michael Lerjéus

IFK Göteborg | GIF Sundsvall

50' J. Johansson
67' Hysén
76' Wernbloom

30' Saglik
62' Sigurdsson

19  | 12 July  | Allsvenskan | 14  |  | Djurgårdens IF | 2 - 1 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

10,713

Referee  |

Martin Ingvarsson

IFK Göteborg | Djurgårdens IF

38' Alexandersson
90' Söder

37' Tauer

20  | 15 July  | Champions League | First qualifying round | A | Murata | 5 - 0 | - |

| Kick off  |

20:30 CEST

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21  | 19 July  | Allsvenskan | 15  | H | Gefle IF | 3 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

5,101

Referee  |

Åke Andreasson

IFK Göteborg | Gefle IF

18' Söder
33' Eriksson
87' Wallerstedt

22  | 23 July  | Champions League | First qualifying round | H | Murata | 4 - 0 | - |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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23  | 26 July  | Allsvenskan | 16  | A | Gefle IF | 1 - 0 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

3,930

Referee  |

Tobias Mattsson

IFK Göteborg | Gefle IF

8' Söder

24  | 30 July  | Champions League | Second qualifying round | H | Basel | 1 - 1 | TV6 |

| Kick off  |

20:15 CEST

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25  | 2 August  | Allsvenskan | 17  | H | Malmö FF | 2 - 0 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

8,015

Referee  |

Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg | Malmö FF

1' Söder
45' Wallerstedt

26  | 6 August  | Champions League | Second qualifying round | A | Basel | 2 - 4 | TV6 |

| Kick off  |

20:15 CEST

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27  | 9 August  | Allsvenskan | 18  | A | Örebro SK | 2 - 4 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

7,873

Referee  |

Åke Andreasson

IFK Göteborg | Örebro SK

18' (og.) O. Johansson
44' Selakovic

1' (og.) Jónsson
30',  69' Olsen
73' Staaf

28  | 23 August  | Allsvenskan | 20  | A | IFK Norrköping | 2 - 2 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

4,938

Referee  |

Daniel Stålhammar

IFK Göteborg | IFK Norrköping

1',  13' Wernbloom

32' Mrdjanin

29  | 28 August  | Svenska Cupen | Semi-finals | A | Enköpings SK | 3 - 0 | - |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

1,829

Referee  |

Tobias Mattsson

IFK Göteborg | Enköpings SK

39',  90' Wernbloom
89' Selakovic

30  | 1 September  | Allsvenskan | 21  | H | GAIS | 0 - 1 | Canal+ |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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31  | 13 September  | Allsvenskan | 22  | A | AIK | 0 - 0 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

12:30 CEST

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32  | 17 September  | Allsvenskan | 19  | H | Halmstads BK | 3 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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33  | 21 September  | Svenska Cupen | Final | A | Kalmar FF | 0 - 0
(5-4 pen.) | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

15:00 CEST

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Attendance  |

7,158

Referee  |

Peter Fröjdfeldt

34  | 24 September  | Allsvenskan | 23  | H | Ljungskile SK | 0 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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35  | 29 September  | Allsvenskan | 24  | A | GIF Sundsvall | 5 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CEST

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36  | 6 October  | Allsvenskan | 25  | H | Hammarby IF | 2 - 0 | Canal+ |

| Kick off  |

20:00 CEST

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37  | 18 October  | Allsvenskan | 26  | A | Kalmar FF | 1 - 0 | TV4 |

| Kick off  |

16:00 CEST

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38  | 26 October  | Allsvenskan | 27  | H | IF Elfsborg | 5 - 2 | Canal+ |

| Kick off  |

17:00 CET

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39  | 29 October  | Allsvenskan | 28  | A | Trelleborgs FF | 0 - 0 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CET

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40  | 3 November  | Allsvenskan | 29  | H | Djurgårdens IF | 3 - 1 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

19:00 CET

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Attendance  |

8,070

Referee  |

Åke Andreasson

IFK Göteborg | Djurgårdens IF

10' Wernbloom
22' Alexandersson
56' Hysén

51' Kusi-Asare

41  | 9 November  | Allsvenskan | 30  | A | Helsingborgs IF | 1 - 2 | PPV |

| Kick off  |

15:00 CET

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Attendance  |

8,592

Referee  |

Martin Hansson

IFK Göteborg | Helsingborgs IF

27' Alexandersson

13' Jönsson
54' Larsson

Last updated: November 11
Source: [1]
1IFK Göteborg goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of IFK Göteborg.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

### Friendlies[edit]

Match
| Date
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| Scorers
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1  | 30 January  | —  |  | Liverpool | 1 - 3 | Svensson 26' | -2
2  | 2 February  | —  |  | Manchester City | 3 - 1 | Wernbloom 2'
Hysén 4'
Berg 70' | 2
3  | 12 February  | —  |  | Dynamo Moscow | 1 - 1 | Wallerstedt 68' | 0
4  | 18 February  | —  |  | GKS Bełchatów | 2 - 2 | Ranégie 70'
Wernbloom 79' | 0
5  | 26 February  | —  |  | IF Elfsborg | 3 - 2 | Wernbloom 49', 67', 79' | 1
6  | 6 March  | —  |  | Stabæk | 2 - 1 | Wallerstedt 84'
Berg 89' | 1
7  | 12 March  | —  |  | Las Palmas | 1 - 2 | D. Alexandersson 21' | -1
8  | 18 March  | —  |  | FC Trollhättan | 3 - 0 | Ranégie 12'
Wallerstedt 50'
Selakovic 90' | 3
9  | 18 June  | —  |  | IF Elfsborg | 1 - 3 | Eriksson 62' | -2
10  | 18 March  | —  |  | Stabæk | 0 - 0 |  | 0
11  | 9 October  | —  |  | Atalanta | 0 - 4 |  | -4

Last updated: 8 November
Source: IFK Göteborg
1IFK Göteborg goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of IFK Göteborg.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

## Sources[edit]

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