:IFK Göteborg

{{Main|History of IFK Göteborg}}

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IFK Göteborg was founded on 4 October 1904, at Café Olivedal in the Annedal district of Linnéstaden in downtown Gothenburg.{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=47}} It was the third, but the only remaining, IFK association founded in Gothenburg, becoming the 39th overall.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=9}} A committee for football was created at the historic first meeting; the association's first football match ended in a 4–1 victory against another club from the area, IK Viking.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=10}} The foundation of IFK Göteborg was important for the development of football in the city, as until that point, Örgryte IS, the largest of Gothenburg clubs, were dominant, with IFK Göteborg offering some needed competition.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=11–13}}

In 1907, IFK Göteborg became the first Swedish team in four years to beat Örgryte IS.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=13}} They then went on to win their first Swedish Championship in 1908 by winning the cup tournament Svenska Mästerskapet, and three players from the club were selected to play for Sweden in the national team's first match.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=13}} That year IFK played teams from outside Sweden for the first time, meeting the Danish clubs Østerbro BK and Boldklubben af 1893.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=13}}

In 1910, the team played in blue and white striped jerseys for the first time.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=19}} Two years later the team drew 1–1 in a game against the 1912 Swedish Olympic team, and the newspapers in Stockholm nominated IFK Göteborg as "the best Swedish football club ever".{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=20}} IFK Göteborg won Svenska Serien, the highest Swedish league at the time, but not the Swedish Championship deciding competition, for the fifth time in a row in 1917. The early IFK Göteborg team had no trainer; the club gained its first such official in 1921, when Hungarian manager Sándor Bródy was hired.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=25}} Bródy was appointed manager for IFK two years later. The first Swedish official national league, Allsvenskan, started in late 1924, the year the legendary Filip Johansson made his debut for IFK Göteborg.{{sfn|Glanell|Havik|Lindberg|Persson|2004|p=108}} The club finished second, but Johansson scored 39 goals in 22 games and was the league's top goalscorer.{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=48}}

File:IFK Göteborg League Performance.svg. The different shades of grey represent league divisions.]]

IFK won their first Allsvenskan title in 1934–35, the ten previous seasons of the league saw the club finish in the top four.{{sfn|Persson|Glanell|Lundgren|Stark|1988|p=78}} Swedish football was dominated by teams from Gothenburg during these years,{{sfn|Glanell|Havik|Lindberg|Persson|2004|pp=98–101}} but IFK Göteborg were surprisingly relegated in 1937–38,{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=49}} although the team was promoted back to Allsvenskan the next season. Back in the highest division, IFK finished second, with the league continuing despite the outbreak of World War II. IFK won another title in 1941–42 with a strong team,{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=49}} but the rest of the decade saw mixed results. The 1940s team included the talented Gunnar Gren, who became the top scorer in 1946–47. He was also awarded Guldbollen as the best player in Sweden, and won an Olympic gold medal with the Swedish team at the 1948 Olympics.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=55}} When Gren left in 1949, IFK were relegated from Allsvenskan the following season. As happened the last time IFK played in a lower league, they were promoted directly back to Allsvenskan after one season in Division 2. IFK went on to compete in a European Cup, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, for the first time in 1958, but were eliminated in the second round by SC Wismut. In 1959, the all-time Allsvenskan record attendance of 52,194 was set when IFK played Örgryte IS at Nya Ullevi.{{cite web |title=Högsta och lägsta publiksiffror i Allsvenskan |url=http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/toppublik.pdf |publisher=Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker |year=2004 |access-date=20 June 2007 |language=sv |archive-date=1 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701030310/http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/toppublik.pdf |url-status=live }}

After an unglamorous decade, IFK were led by manager and retired footballer Bertil Johansson to a surprising championship title in 1969.{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=49}} The following season was one of the darkest in their history.{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=49}}{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=88}} IFK were relegated, and unlike previous relegations they did not make an immediate return. After three seasons in the second league IFK had lost all signs of being a team from Allsvenskan,{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=99}} and had still not managed to gain promotion. But after hard work from board member Anders Bernmar and others to get the club on the right track, IFK were promoted to Allsvenskan in 1976.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=99}} In 1979, IFK hired Sven-Göran Eriksson as manager.{{cite web |title=Sven-Göran Eriksson |year=2006 |publisher=The Football Association |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Coaches/Postings/2003/09/SvenCoach.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050305045303/http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Coaches/Postings/2003/09/SvenCoach.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2005 |access-date=20 June 2007}} He introduced the 4–4–2 system with "pressure and support", called the Swenglish model,{{cite web |title=Bakgrundsfakta till Token från Torsby |year=2006 |url=http://www.offside.org/index.cfm?templateID=3&pageID=4&action=readFullArticle&articleID=85&issueID=37 |publisher=Offside |access-date=13 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025200/http://www.offside.org/index.cfm?templateID=3&pageID=4&action=readFullArticle&articleID=85&issueID=37 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |language=sv}} which would give IFK great success later on, and his first season at the club ended with a second place in Allsvenskan and the club's first gold medal in Svenska Cupen.

File:Ifk goteborg osk.jpg in 2004.]]

After reinforcing the team with several expensive players,{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=109}} including Thomas Wernerson and Stig Fredriksson, IFK had finished second in the league and reached the quarter-finals in the UEFA Cup as 1981 came to an end. 1982 then became a turbulent season as the whole board was replaced and the club almost went bankrupt, even needing to borrow money from the official supporter's association to travel to Valencia to play the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=110–111}} After the troubled start IFK won every competition they entered, including Allsvenskan, the Allsvenskan play-off, Svenska Cupen, and the UEFA Cup, defeating Hamburger SV 4–0 on aggregate in the finals.{{sfn|Jönsson – 1978–1982}} During the following 15 years the club was the leading club in Swedish football,{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=50}} winning the Swedish championship ten times, the domestic cup three times and the UEFA Cup twice.

IFK managed to field a strong team for a couple of years and won gold in the league in both 1983 and 1984, and the cup in 1983. In 1986, the team reached the semi-finals of the European Cup but were defeated on penalties against FC Barcelona.{{cite web|last=Cresswell |first=Peterjon |title=Magazine: Gothenburg |year=2003 |url=http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind=64/newsId=62730.html |publisher=UEFA |access-date=20 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623024524/http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind%3D64/newsId%3D62730.html |archive-date=23 June 2007 |url-status=dead}} A new team of talents won both the UEFA Cup and Allsvenskan once again in 1987,{{sfn|Jönsson – 1983–1989}} after beating Dundee United in the UEFA Cup final. The youth manager Roger Gustafsson took over the team from Gunder Bengtsson in 1990, and his time with IFK was to become very successful, winning Allsvenskan five times between 1990 and 1995.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=321}}

As IFK won the 1993 Allsvenskan, they qualified for European competition. IFK advanced to the group stage of the Champions League, where they faced FC Barcelona, Manchester United and Galatasaray. Elimination at the group stage was widely anticipated,{{cite web |author=M.H. |title=Nittiotalet är över – men minnena består |year=1999 |url=http://www2.svenskafans.com/ifkgoteborg/artiklar/nittiotalet.asp |publisher=Alltid Blåvitt |access-date=20 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183909/http://www2.svenskafans.com/ifkgoteborg/artiklar/nittiotalet.asp |archive-date=27 September 2007 |language=sv}}{{cite news |last=Guslen |first=Bertil |title=Blåvitt 1994 var mästarlaget som fick Europa att se rött |date=31 December 1994 |work=Göteborgs-Posten}} but IFK Göteborg confounded expectations by winning the group and advancing to the knockout stage. However, IFK Göteborg was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Bayern Munich on away goals.

The last years before the new millennium were disappointing for IFK, providing a stark contrast to the earlier success.{{sfn|Jönsson – 1997–2003}} The team only managed a silver in 1997 and an eighth place in 1998, after buying several expensive players who failed to produce.{{sfn|Jönsson – 1997–2003}}{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=153}} In both 1998 and 1999 IFK changed managers mid-season, something which had previously never happened in the club's history.{{sfn|Jönsson – 1997–2003}} The last year of the decade ended with a sixth-place finish. The new millennium offered varied results, with the club playing a relegation play-off in 2002, but challenging for the championship in 2001, 2004, and 2005. In 2007, the first title in eleven years was secured in the last round of Allsvenskan. The club then won the national cup Svenska Cupen the next season. IFK Göteborg are still considered to be one of the "Big Three" in Swedish football, along with Malmö FF and AIK, despite only having won the Allsvenskan title once during the last 20 years.{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=10}}{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=27}}{{sfn|Nylin|2004|p=47}}

The traditional colours of all IFK associations are blue and white, and IFK Göteborg is no exception. Soon after the club's foundation in 1904, it was decided that the kit should consist of a blue and white striped shirt with blue shorts. But the design was too costly and instead a cheaper alternative was used. Thus the club's first kit used a blue shirt with a single horizontal white stripe and a four-pointed star, one of the IFK association symbols, in white on the chest.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=10}}{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=229}} During the next few years, white or blue shirts without stripes were used. In 1910, a kit comprising a blue and white vertically striped shirt and blue shorts was used for the first time{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=19}} inspired by the kit of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.{{sfn|Persson|Glanell|Lundgren|Stark|1988|p=76}} This kit has remained as the home colours ever since. The small amount of sponsor logos, together with the longtime use of blue and white stripes, has made the kit a classic in Swedish football.{{cite news |title=Världsklass, Djurgården |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/article16501724.ab |date=28 March 2013 |work=Aftonbladet |access-date=30 March 2013 |language=sv}} The most common away kit has been red and white in different styles, though other colour combinations, for example orange and white, have been used, mainly in the 1990s and 2000s. The away kit introduced in 2005 once again used red and white. An almost completely white third kit with blue details was introduced in mid-2007 after requests from supporters.{{cite web |last=Ericson |first=Tomas |title=Blåvitt spelar i helvitt imorgon |date=11 June 2007 |url=http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/ifkgoteborg/artikel.asp?id=175704 |publisher=Alltid Blåvitt |access-date=20 June 2007 |language=sv |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184130/http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/ifkgoteborg/artikel.asp?id=175704 |url-status=live }} In the 2010s, the away-kit colours have seen much variation, including a pink shirt with black shorts, a black kit with light-grey details, the more traditional red kit with white trimmings, and a purple kit with white details introduced in 2016.

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Image: IFK Goteborg logo.svg

The crest of IFK Göteborg has its origins in the coat of arms of the city of Gothenburg which in turn is based on several other heraldic arms. The lion on a field of silver and blue is the heraldic arms of the House of Bjälbo, and the lion holds the Three Crowns of Sweden, both symbols being used in the coat of arms of Sweden. This arms was granted to Gothenburg by Gustavus Adolphus.{{cite web|title=Stadsvapnets historia |date=4 May 2007 |url=http://www.goteborg.se/prod/sk/goteborg.nsf/1/om_goteborg%2Cstadsvapnets_historia?OpenDocument |publisher=Göteborgs Stad |access-date=13 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020405052859/http://www.goteborg.se/prod/sk/goteborg.nsf/1/om_goteborg%2Cstadsvapnets_historia?OpenDocument |archive-date=5 April 2002 |language=sv|url-status=dead }} The coat of arms of the city sees the lion facing the sinister (heraldic left, which is viewer's right) side which often is interpreted as a fleeing lion, the normal being a lion facing the dexter (heraldic right) side, and IFK chose to use the latter on the club crest. Finally the three letters IFK were added on top. This crest has been used since it first appeared on the kit in 1919.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=241}} These main elements have not been modified since then, but during the years several different designs of the crest have been used, occasionally having the lion facing the sinister side. In the early 1980s, the club standardised the design and only minor changes, such as element colours and different hues, have been made since then, with the exception of the years 1997–1999 when IFK, with Reebok as kit sponsors, used a crest with some more distinct changes to the standard elements.{{sfn|Josephson – Atletiska män och flyende lejon}} Details of the crest were slightly updated in 2020 to increase visibility and clarity, and the blue colour was modified. The new blue colour is the result of analysing different blue hues used in home kits from the last 40 years, and selecting the mean colour value.{{cite web |title=Klubbmärket historiskt kvalitetssäkrat |date=9 January 2020 |url=https://ifkgoteborg.se/nyheter/foreningen/2020/klubbmarket-historiskt-kvalitetssakrat/ |publisher=IFK Göteborg |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=sv |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025200956/https://ifkgoteborg.se/nyheter/foreningen/2020/klubbmarket-historiskt-kvalitetssakrat/ |url-status=live }} Before 1919 various other symbols were used, with the four-pointed star of the IFK associations featuring on the shirts until 1910.{{sfn|Josephson – Atletiska män och flyende lejon}}

Note: when the lion of the coat of arms of Gothenburg is mirrored in the IFK Göteborg crest, it unheraldically holds a shield in its right hand and a sword in its left hand.

Kappa is the club's kit manufacturer since 2016,{{cite web |title=Kappa ny materialleverantör åt Blåvitt |date=3 December 2015 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2015/December/Kappa-ny-materialleverantor-at-Blavitt/ |publisher=IFK Göteborg |access-date=12 April 2016 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119025439/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2015/December/Kappa-ny-materialleverantor-at-Blavitt/ |archive-date=19 January 2016}} replacing Adidas, who had supplied the kit for a majority of the seasons since the 1970s.{{cite web |title=IFK och Adidas tecknarfyraårsavtal |date=11 May 2011 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2011/Maj/IFK-och-adidas-tecknar-fyraarsavtal/ |publisher=IFK Göteborg |access-date=12 April 2016 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423194504/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2011/Maj/IFK-och-adidas-tecknar-fyraarsavtal/ |archive-date=23 April 2016}}

Apart from the Kappa brand, IFK Göteborg has the logos of the following companies visible on their shirt and shorts:{{sfn|IFK Göteborg – Våra partners}} Serneke, a construction company; Elkontakt, an electrical contractor; Morris Law, a law firm; Atea, an IT-infrastructure company; Länsförsäkringar, an insurance company and bank; Rasta, a chain of road restaurants and motels; German automakers Volkswagen; and league sponsors Svenska Spel, a government-owned gambling company.

Serneke replaced Prioritet Finans as the main shirt sponsor before the 2019 season, becoming the third main sponsor in the club's history.{{cite web |last=Åberg |first=Joel |title=Blåvitts "stora nyhet" – Serneke ny huvudpartner: "Oerhört nöjda" |date=3 January 2019 |url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/blavitts-stora-nyhet---serneke-ny-huvudpartner-oerhort-nojda/ |publisher=Fotbollskanalen |access-date=3 January 2019 |language=sv |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123165047/https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/blavitts-stora-nyhet---serneke-ny-huvudpartner-oerhort-nojda/ |url-status=live }} The grocery-store chain ICA had sponsored IFK Göteborg since 1974, and their logo was displayed on the chest of the shirt 1980{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=177}}–2010,{{cite web |title=Prioritet Finans ny stjärnsponsor till IFK |date=22 March 2011 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2011/Mars/Prioritet-Finans-ny-stjarnsponsor-till-IFK-Goteborg-/ |publisher=IFK Göteborg |access-date=30 March 2013 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913014745/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2011/Mars/Prioritet-Finans-ny-stjarnsponsor-till-IFK-Goteborg-/ |archive-date=13 September 2011}} leading some to consider it an integral part of the shirt.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=177–178}}{{cite news |title=Juve, Inter, Milan – och VSK |url=http://www.vlt.se/artikelmall.asp?version=118460 |date=6 December 2004 |publisher=Vestmanlands Läns Tidning |access-date=20 June 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041140/http://www.vlt.se/artikelmall.asp?version=118460 |archive-date = 28 September 2007|url-status=dead|language=sv}} The ICA logo was reproduced in its original red colour for the first few years, but was then changed to a blue-and-white version to better blend with the kit colours.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=177–178}}

{{Further|Karlsrofältet|Kamratgården|Prioritet Serneke Arena}}

File:Karlsrofältet Änggården 01.jpg

IFK Göteborg played its first match, a training match between the first and second team of the club, at Karlsrofältet. A memorial stone with the caption "Here at Karlsrofältet, IFK Göteborg played their first ever football match in the year 1904" ({{langx|sv|"Här på Karlsrofältet spelade IFK Göteborg sin första fotbollsmatch år 1904"}}) has been raised by the field to commemorate the event.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=42}} Karlsrofältet was mainly used as a training pitch in the early years of the club, until IFK stopped using the field completely in 1910.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=43}}

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Between 1946 and 1964, IFK's clubhouse was Lilla Sjödala, located in Pixbo, Mölnlycke, just outside Gothenburg. The house was mostly used by the club's orienteering and athletics departments.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=81}} On 1 October 1961, a new {{convert|220|m2}} complex, Kamratgården, was officially opened near Delsjön.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=82}} A number of additions were made over the years, and by 2004 the floor area of Kamratgården had grown to {{convert|1200|m2}}, a nearby indoor hall and two full-size grass pitches.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=82}} The buildings were demolished in February 2011, and a new modern facility was opened on 18 March 2012, housing an administrative and sports area on two floors and {{convert|2000|m2}}.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2014|pp=30–31}}

The football academy of IFK Göteborg as well as Änglagårdsskolan, an elementary school affiliated with IFK, are housed at Prioritet Serneke Arena, a multi-sport complex in the district of Kviberg.{{sfn|Prioritet Serneke Arena – På Arenan}} The indoor full-size football pitch at Prioritet Serneke Arena is also, on occasion, used for first-team friendly matches.

{{Further|Idrottsplatsen|Balders Hage|Walhalla IP|Gamla Ullevi (1916)|Ullevi|Gamla Ullevi}}

File:En stad - Ett lag.jpg, a match which IFK won 6–0 against Djurgårdens IF.]]

Historically, IFK Göteborg's main home stadium has been Gamla Ullevi, where the majority of the competitive games have been played. The club has played there in two separate periods, most recently after leaving Ullevi (Nya Ullevi) in 1992, although matches attracting large crowds, such as derbies against the rivals Örgryte IS and GAIS, or international games, were still played at the larger Ullevi stadium. Gamla Ullevi's capacity was 18,000 when used in the 1990s and 2000s, while Nya Ullevi has a capacity of 43,200.{{cite web |title=IFK Göteborg: Gamla Ullevi |year=2006 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/portal/page?_pageid=113,64384&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&element_id=70288 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |access-date=21 June 2007 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215518/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/portal/page?_pageid=113,64384&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&element_id=70288 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}{{cite web |title=IFK Göteborg: Ullevi |year=2006 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/portal/page?_pageid=113,61281&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |publisher=IFK Göteborg |access-date=21 June 2007 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215618/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/portal/page?_pageid=113,61281&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |archive-date=27 September 2007}}

Gamla Ullevi was demolished on 9 January 2007 to make place for a new stadium with the same name, Gamla Ullevi, with a capacity of 18,800. The new stadium was completed in late 2008, but not opened until the start of the 2009 season. During construction, IFK Göteborg played the 2007 and 2008 seasons at Nya Ullevi.{{cite news |author=TT |title=Rivningen av Gamla Ullevi igång |work=Göteborgs-Posten |date=9 January 2007 |url=http://www.gp.se/sport/1.44595-rivningen-av-gamla-ullevi-igang |access-date=23 February 2009 |language=sv |author-link=Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120005557/http://www.gp.se/sport/1.44595-rivningen-av-gamla-ullevi-igang |archive-date=20 November 2015 |url-status=dead }} On 11 April 2009 IFK Göteborg played their first game on the new Gamla Ullevi stadium and won against Djurgården with 6–0 in front of 18,276 spectators.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/java/allsvenskan.htm|title=Matcher i allsvenskan genom tiderna|website=bolletinen.se|access-date=4 July 2010|archive-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910121819/http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/java/allsvenskan.htm|url-status=live}}

File:Walhalla IP, SM final 1908.jpg during the 1908 Svenska Mästerskapet Final between IFK Göteborg and IFK Uppsala.]]

IFK Göteborg have used three other stadia as official home grounds. The first ground was Idrottsplatsen, in use from 1905 to 1915. It was built in 1896 for the cycling club Göteborgs Velocipedklubb, and was originally used for track cycling. During the 1909 season IFK Göteborg also used Örgryte's then home ground, Balders Hage, due to a conflict with the owners of Idrottsplatsen.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=44}} The third official stadium was Walhalla Idrottsplats, used for a number of home matches at the same time as Idrottsplatsen. A fourth ground, Slottsskogsvallen, has never been the official home ground, but has nonetheless been used a number of times for IFK Göteborg home matches.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=46–47}}

Idrottsplatsen fell into decline due to poor leadership and a troubled economy in the 1910s,{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=43}} and a decision was made to completely renovate the arena with the help of outside sponsorship and funding. The construction of the new football ground was started in 1915 and used the site of Idrottsplatsen as foundation. The new stadium, originally named Ullervi,{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=45}} but later changed to Ullevi and finally Gamla Ullevi, was opened in 1916. It was the home ground of IFK Göteborg until 1958, when Nya Ullevi, built for the 1958 World Cup held in Sweden, was opened. Due to a number of seasons with low attendance in Swedish football in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a move back to Gamla Ullevi was made in 1992.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=46}}

{{Further|Supporterklubben Änglarna}}

Before the foundation of IFK Göteborg, the dominant club in the Gothenburg area was Örgryte IS, which was considered a middle and upper class club. IFK became popular among the working class, creating a fierce rivalry based upon both local pride and social class. In the early 20th century, supporters were supposed to act as gentlemen, applauding and supporting both their own team, and the opponents. However, this proved a hard task for supporters of the Gothenburg teams. Local patriotism and class differences sometimes resulted in fights and pitch invasions, making the Swedish press view IFK and Örgryte fans as the scum of Swedish football.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=190}}

After World War I, the rivalry calmed, and Gothenburg supporters became known as friendly and sportsmanlike fans. However, this only applied to the behaviour on home ground, as IFK supporters continued to behave badly when travelling to away matches by train (called Göteborgstågen, the Gothenburg trains), a phenomenon that grew quickly in the 1920s. This behaviour peaked in 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II, when approximately 1,900 IFK fans travelled to Borås to see IFK play Elfsborg. After a 2–3 loss, the fans fought with the Borås police, before returning home to Gothenburg and disturbing a wartime blackout exercise.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=190}}

File:Ifk goteborg supporters.jpg in 2005.]]

As in most other parts of the world, the decades following the World War II were relatively free from football violence and the supporter culture did not change much. Swedish football culture started to change in the late 1960s, becoming heavily inspired and influenced by the English supporter culture. This flourished in the 1970s and 1980s, giving birth to some of the most well-known Swedish supporters clubs, AIK's Black Army, Djurgårdens IF's Blue Saints (later Järnkaminerna), and IFK Göteborg's supporters club, Änglarna (the Angels). The first attempt to found an IFK supporters club was made in 1969, but interest diminished when IFK Göteborg were relegated from the highest league the following year. The supporters club was not re-founded until 1973, which is considered the year of foundation of Änglarna.{{cite web |last=Johansson |first=Andreas |title=Historik |year=2004 |url=http://www.anglarna.se/?page=0106 |publisher=Änglarna.se |access-date=20 June 2007 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093552/http://www.anglarna.se/?page=0106 |url-status=live }}

As the club gained success in European club tournaments in the 1980s and 1990s, and thousands of IFK fans travelled to Hamburg, Barcelona, Dundee, Milan, Manchester and Munich, the supporters gained influence on the club, for example by lending money to the almost bankrupt IFK Göteborg so the team could go to Valencia to play the quarter-final in the UEFA Cup in 1982, or by being the main force behind the move back to Gamla Ullevi in 1992.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=110–111}}{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=191–192}} The early 1990s saw a downward trend in attendance numbers, even though the club was successful on the pitch, but the trend turned in the later years of the decade and the first few years of the new millennium brought the club's highest average attendance since the early 1980s.{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|pp=344–345}}

In the 2000s, supporter culture in Sweden started to shift from being English-influenced to being more influenced by the Southern European countries and their football culture, making tifos and ultras a common sight in Swedish arenas. From acting as an almost uniform group of fans gathered under the same flag, (Änglarna), IFK fans created separate supporter factions, including Ultra Bulldogs, Young Lions and West Coast Angelz. IFK is the most popular football club in Sweden; a 2004 survey concluded that IFK Göteborg had support from 13% of Swedish football fans,{{cite book |author=CEFOS/SOM-Institutet |title=Svenska fotbollssupportrar |publisher=University of Gothenburg |date=27 April 2004}} and surveys in 2016 and 2017 again confirmed that IFK was the most popular club in Sweden, with a support of 10%.{{cite news |title=Football continues to be the most popular sport in Sweden |url=http://www.svenskelitfotboll.se/football-is-the-most-popular-sport-in-sweden/ |date=2 February 2018 |publisher=Svensk Elitfotboll |access-date=13 February 2018 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211193939/http://www.svenskelitfotboll.se/football-is-the-most-popular-sport-in-sweden/ |url-status=live }} A majority, 51%, of football fans in Gothenburg support IFK, and the club is the fourth most popular in Stockholm (after AIK, Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF) and the second most popular in Malmö, after Malmö FF.

Since 2009, the club's entrance music is "Snart skiner Poseidon" ("Soon Poseidon will shine"), referring to one of Gothenburg's landmarks, Poseidon med brunnskar, a bronze statue created by Carl Milles. The song was written by singer-songwriter Joel Alme.

{{Further|Göteborgsalliansen|Gothenburg derbies|GAIS–IFK Göteborg rivalry|IFK Göteborg–Örgryte IS rivalry|AIK–IFK Göteborg rivalry|IFK Göteborg–Malmö FF rivalry}}

IFK Göteborg is part of Göteborgsalliansen, an alliance including two other major teams from Gothenburg: GAIS and Örgryte IS. Besides arranging tournaments, they together hosted big games in which the best players from each club represented the side. In 2015, IFK announced a partnership with Utsiktens BK, an agreement involving IFK's players to be loaned out to the club for first team experience.{{cite news|title=IFK – IFK Göteborg och Utsikten inleder samarbete|url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2015/Juli/IFK-Goteborg-och-Utsikten-inleder-samarbete/|publisher=IFK Göteborg|date=3 July 2015|access-date=17 September 2016|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006175721/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2015/Juli/IFK-Goteborg-och-Utsikten-inleder-samarbete/|archive-date=6 October 2016}} The supporter group Ultras Göteborg have a supporter friendship with Ultras Nürnberg, fans of the German football club 1. FC Nürnberg.

{{Updated|11 March 2025}}{{sfn|IFK Göteborg – A-laget}}

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Pontus Dahlberg|other=3rd captain}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=August Erlingmark|other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=Rockson Yeboah}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=DEN|pos=DF|name=Jonas Bager}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Anders Trondsen}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=TOG|pos=FW|name=Sebastian Clemmensen}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Imam Jagne}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=Max Fenger}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Hussein Carneil}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Gustav Svensson|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Tobias Heintz}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=DEN|pos=MF|name=David Kruse}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Linus Carlstrand}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Eman Markovic}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Felix Eriksson}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ALB|pos=FW|name=Arbnor Muçolli}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Adam Carlén}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Noah Tolf}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ISL|pos=MF|name=Kolbeinn Þórðarson}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Elis Bishesari}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Benjamin Brantlind}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Alfons Borén}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Lucas Kåhed}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=DEN|pos=DF|name=Thomas Santos}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Ramon Pascal Lundqvist}}

{{Fs end}}

{{Updated|11 March 2025}}

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{{Fs player|no=24|nat=CIV|pos=MF|name=Abundance Salaou|other=at Utsiktens BK until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs end}}

{{main|IFK Göteborg Academy}}

{{Updated|27 March 2025}}{{refn|Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.|name=youth players|group=upper-alpha}}

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{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Melvin Koliqi}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Ben Magnusson}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Vilmer Tyrén}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Oliver Thoreson}}

{{Fs player|no=36|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Leon Dusi}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Rasmus Nåfors Dahlin}}

{{Fs end}}

{{See also|List of IFK Göteborg players|Category:IFK Göteborg players}}

{{Updated|25 February 2024}}{{sfn|ifkdb.se – Alla spelare som representerat IFK Göteborgs A-lag}}

{{football squad on pitch|align=right

|GK = Ravelli

|RB = Svensson |RB_shift=-1

|RCB= Hysén

|LCB= Erlingmark

|LB = Fredriksson |LB_shift=1

|RM = Gren |RM_shift=-1

|CM = Strömberg

|LM = B. Johansson|LM_shift=1

|RF = Berndtsson |RF_shift=-1

|CF = F. Johansson

|LF = Nilsson |LF_shift=1

|caption = The all-star team chosen by Göteborgs-Posten readers in 2004.

}}

File:Gamla Ullevi Stadium (15393954162).jpg, playing for IFK Göteborg between 1941 and 1949, has been honoured by a statue outside Gamla Ullevi.]]

File:BertilJohansson.jpg scored 162 goals in 268 league games for IFK Göteborg between 1955 and 1968.]]

File:Niclas Alexandersson (cropped).jpg has played 109 matches for the national team and has won two Swedish championships with IFK Göteborg.]]

The following players fulfill one or more of these four criteria:

1. Have been voted for the greatest ever IFK Göteborg team in a 2004 poll by readers of the regional newspaper Göteborgs-Posten (11 players).{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=356}}
2. Have been chosen for the dream team presented in the club's official 100-year jubilee book published in 2004 (11 players).{{sfn|Josephson|Jönsson|2004|p=8}}
3. Have been portrayed in the 1997 all-star team book {{lang|sv|"Alla tiders Blåvitt"}} (11 players and 5 substitutes).{{sfn|Thylin|1997|pp=17–18, 175–175}}
4. Have gained more than 80 caps for their national team (10 players).{{sfn|ifkdb.se – Alla landslagsspelare}}

File:Tobias Hysen 20090219.JPG in a pre-season friendly in 2009, later that year was awarded the "{{lang|sv|Ärkeängeln}}" honorary prize.]]

The supporters' club Supporterklubben Änglarna award the honorary prize "{{lang|sv|Ärkeängeln}}" ("The Archangel") to a player for their great loyalty and sporting merits each year since 1973, the prize can only be won once.{{sfn|Elisson|Kjäll|Pettersson|2014|p=339}} The following recipients have been decided by board vote until 1982 and by member vote since 1983.{{sfn|Elisson|Kjäll|Pettersson|2014|pp=339–341}}{{sfn|ifkdb.se – Alla ärkeänglar}} Since 2023, players in the women's team are eligible as well.

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:1973 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Reine Feldt

:1974 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jan Nordström

:1975 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Conny Karlsson

:1976 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Reine Olausson

:1977 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Björn Nordqvist

:1978 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Reine Almqvist

:1979 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Torbjörn Nilsson

:1980 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Tord Holmgren

:1981 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Glenn Hysén

:1982 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ruben Svensson

:1983 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jerry Carlsson

:1984 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stig Fredriksson

:1985 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Wernerson

:1986 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Tommy Holmgren

:1987 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Pettersson

:1988 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Roland Nilsson

:1989 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Magnus "Lill-Tidan" Johansson

:1990 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ola Svensson

:1991 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Ravelli

:1992 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Johnny Ekström

:1993 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Peter Eriksson

:1994 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mikael Nilsson

:1995 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jonas Olsson

:1996 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Lindqvist

:1997 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Magnus Erlingmark

:1998 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mikael Martinsson

:1999 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Håkan Mild

:2000 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Landberg

:2001 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bengt Andersson

:2002 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Tomas Rosenkvist

:2003 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mikael Antonsson

:2004 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Niclas Alexandersson

:2005 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Magnus "Ölme" Johansson

:2006 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Dennis Jonsson

:2007 – {{flagicon|Iceland}} Hjálmar Jónsson

:2008 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Selaković

:2009 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Tobias Hysén

:2010 – {{flagicon|Iceland}} Ragnar Sigurðsson

:2011 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Olsson

:2012 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jakob Johansson

:2013 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Hannes Stiller

:2014 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Emil Salomonsson

:2015 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} John Alvbåge

:2016 – {{flagicon|Bolivia}} Martin Smedberg-Dalence

:2017 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sebastian Eriksson

:2018 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Robin Söder

:2019 – {{flagicon|Denmark}} Lasse Vibe

:2020 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mattias Bjärsmyr

:2021 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Tobias Sana

:2022 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Marcus Berg

:2023 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gustav Svensson

:2024 – {{flagicon|Sweden}} Leia Molund{{refn|Awarded to a player in the women's team.|name=Ärkeängel|group=upper-alpha}}

}}

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{{col-4}}

;SWEDEN

Goalkeepers

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Ravelli
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bengt Andersson

Defenders

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Roland Nilsson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Pontus Kåmark
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Adam Johansson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Emil Holm
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Björn Nordqvist
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Joachim Björklund
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Glenn Hysén
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Peter Larsson (footballer, born 1961)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ruben Svensson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stig Fredriksson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Teddy Lučić
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mikael Antonsson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ludwig Augustinsson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Carl Starfelt
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mattias Bjärsmyr
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Oscar Wendt

Midfielders

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ralf Edström
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Glenn Strömberg
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Klas Ingesson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jesper Blomqvist
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Niclas Alexandersson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Håkan Mild
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Pontus Farnerud
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Alexander Farnerud
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Pontus Wernbloom
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gustav Svensson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jacob Johansson

Strikers

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Arne Nyberg
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Gren
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Andersson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ove Kindvall
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Torbjörn Nilsson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Pettersson (footballer)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Johnny Ekström
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Dan Corneliusson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bengt Berndtsson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Filip Johansson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bertil Johansson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Dan Ekner
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Yngve Brodd
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Kennet Andersson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Magnus Erlingmark
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Andreas Andersson
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Marcus Berg
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Tobias Hysén
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Benjamin Nygren
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sam Larsson

{{col-4}}

;REST OF EUROPE

;Albania

• {{flagicon|Albania}} Arbnor Muçolli

;Armenia

• {{flagicon|Armenia}} André Calisir

;Bosnia & Herzegovina

• {{flagicon|Bosnia & Herzegovina}} Zlatan Muslimovic

;Denmark

• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Kim Christensen
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Soren Rieks
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Lasse Vibe
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Kenneth Zohore
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Laurs Skjellerup

;Estonia

• {{flagicon|Estonia}} Erik Sorga

;Finland

• {{flagicon|Finland}} Janne Saarinen
• {{flagicon|Finland}} Riku Riski
• {{flagicon|Finland}} Jari Rantanen

;Georgia

• {{flagicon|Georgia}} Giorgi Kharaishvili

;Greece

• {{flagicon|Greece}} Giannis Anestis

;Iceland

• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Ragnar Sigurðsson
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Hjörtur Hermannsson
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Hjálmar Jónsson
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Theódór Elmar Bjarnason
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

;Kosovo

• {{flagicon|Kosovo}} Astrit Selmani

;Norway

• {{flagicon|Norway}} Erik Thorstvedt
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Jacob Karlstrøm
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Tore Pedersen
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Steinar Pedersen
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Kjetil Wæhler
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Per Edmund Mordt
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Haitam Aleesami
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Jon Inge Høiland
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Anders Trondsen
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Thomas Rogne
• {{flagicon|Norway}} Erik Nevland

;Slovakia

• {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Marek Hamšík

;Spain

• {{flagicon|Spain}} Javier de Pedro

{{col-4}}

;REST OF THE WORLD

;AFRICA

;Cape Verde

• {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} Kristopher da Graca

;DR Congo

• {{flagicon|DR Congo}} Nzuzi Toko

;Ghana

• {{flagicon|Ghana}} Emmanuel Tetteh

;Guinea

• {{flagicon|Guinea}} Mikael Dyrestam

;Ivory Coast

• {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Abdul Razak (footballer)

;Mali

• {{flagicon|Mali}} Malick Yalcouyé

;Nigeria

• {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Alhassan Yusuf
• {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Peter Ijeh

;Senegal

• {{flagicon|Senegal}} Mamadou Diallo

;Sierra Leone

• {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Kabba Samura

;South Africa

• {{flagicon|South Africa}} May Mahlangu

;Togo

• {{flagicon|Togo}} Adil Titi
• {{flagicon|Togo}} Sebastian Clemmensen

;AMERICAS

;Argentina

• {{flagicon|Argentina}} José Shaffer

;Bolivia

• {{flagicon|Bolivia}} Martin Smedberg-Dalence

;Canada

• {{flagicon|Canada}} Sam Adekugbe
• {{flagicon|Canada}} Ali Gerba

;Costa Rica

• {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Diego Calvo

;Suriname

• {{flagicon|Suriname}} Warner Hahn

;Uruguay

• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Alejandro Lago

;USA

• {{flagicon|USA}} Heath Pearce
• {{flagicon|USA}} Mix Diskerud

;ASIA

;Australia

• {{flagicon|Australia}} Scott Jamieson

;Iraq

• {{flagicon|Iraq}} Alai Ghasem
• {{flagicon|Iraq}} Allan Mohideen
• {{flagicon|Iraq}} Amir Al-Ammari
• {{flagicon|Iraq}} Kevin Yakob

;Syria

• {{flagicon|Syria}} Hosam Aiesh
• {{flagicon|Syria}} George Mourad

{{col-end}}

;FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Arne Nyberg (1938)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Gren (1958)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ralf Edström (1974)

;FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Kennet Andersson (1994)

;FIFA World Cup Medallists

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Arne Nyberg (1938) - 4th place
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Gren, Bengt Berndtsson, Owe Ohlsson (1958) {{silver2}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Ravelli, Roland Nilsson, Joachim Björklund, Mikael Nilsson, Teddy Lučić, Pontus Kåmark (1994) {{bronze3}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Rehn, Håkan Mild, Magnus Erlingmark, Jesper Blomqvist, Kennet Andersson (1994) {{bronze3}}

;UEFA European Championship Medallists

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Ravelli, Roland Nilsson, Joachim Björklund, Mikael Nilsson (1992) {{bronze3}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Rehn, Magnus Erlingmark, Johnny Ekström, Kennet Andersson (1992) {{bronze3}}

;Copa América Medallist

• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Alejandro Lago (2023) {{bronze3}}

;Africa Cup of Nations Medallist

• {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Alhassan Yusuf (2023) {{silver2}}

;CONCACAF Gold Cup Medallist

• {{flagicon|USA}} Mix Diskerud (2013) {{gold1}}
• {{flagicon|USA}} Heath Pearce (2009) {{silver2}}
• {{flagicon|Canada}} Ali Gerba (2007) {{bronze3}}

;FIFA Confederations Cup Medallists

• {{flagicon|USA}} Heath Pearce (2009) {{silver2}}

;World Soccer XI

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ove Kindvall (1969)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ralf Edström (1975)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Glenn Hysén (1987)

{{See also|List of IFK Göteborg chairmen}}

{{Updated|14 March 2025}}{{sfn|IFK Göteborg – Styrelse}}

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{{Updated|1 April 2025}}{{sfn|IFK Göteborg – Kontakt}}

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{{Updated|10 January 2025}}{{sfn|IFK Göteborg – A-laget}}

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{{See also|List of IFK Göteborg managers|Category:IFK Göteborg managers}}

The following 15 managers either have won at least one major honour with IFK Göteborg or have managed the team for 100 or more league matches. The managers are listed according to when they were first appointed manager for IFK Göteborg.

File:Sven-Goran Eriksson 2012.jpg managed IFK Göteborg between 1979 and 1982.]]

{{Main|List of IFK Göteborg records and statistics}}

{{See also|IFK Göteborg in European football}}

• Swedish Champions{{refn|The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.{{cite web | url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ | title=Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931– | work=svenskfotboll.se | publisher=The Swedish Football Association | access-date=22 August 2012 | language=sv | trans-title=Swedish champions 1896–1925, 1931– | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202133827/http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ | archive-date=2 December 2009 | url-status=dead}}|name=champions|group=upper-alpha}}
• Winners (18): 1908, 1910, 1918, 1934–35, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007

• Allsvenskan:
• Winners (13): 1934–35, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1969, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007
• Runners-up (13): 1924–25, 1926–27, 1929–30, 1939–40, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015
• Svenska Serien:
• Winners (5): 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17
• Fyrkantserien:
• Winners (2): 1918, 1919
• Mästerskapsserien:
• Winners (1): 1991
• Division 2
• Winners (3): 1938–39, 1950–51, 1976
• Runners-up (2): 1972, 1975

• Svenska Cupen:
• Winners (8): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1991, 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019–20
• Runners-up (5): 1985–86, 1998–99, 2004, 2007, 2009
• Allsvenskan play-offs:
• Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990
• Runners-up (1): 1985
• Svenska Mästerskapet:
• Winners (3): 1908, 1910, 1918
• Svenska Supercupen:
• Winners (1): 2008
• Runners-up (4): 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015
• Kamratmästerskapen:
• Winners (11): 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1940
• Runners-up (2): 1906, 1908

• UEFA Cup:
• Winners (2): 1981–82, 1986–87
• European Cup/UEFA Champions League:
• Semi-finals (2): 1985–86, 1992–93
• Quarter-finals (3): 1984–85, 1988–89, 1994–95
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
• Quarter-finals (1): 1979–80
• Intertoto Cup:
• Winners (8): 1967 (Group B4), 1980 (Outright Winner), 1981 (Group 7), 1982 (Group 9), 1983 (Group 7), 1985 (Group 3), 1986 (Group 10), 1988 (Group 2)
• Royal League:
• Runners-up (1): 2004–05

• Fyrkantserien and Svenska Mästerskapet (Swedish Champions):
• Winners (1): 1918
• Allsvenskan play-offs (Swedish Champions) and Svenska Cupen:
• Winners (1): 1983
• Allsvenskan and Allsvenskan play-offs (Swedish Champions):
• Winners (2): 1984, 1990
• Svenska Cupen and Svenska Supercupen:
• Winners (1): 2008

• Allsvenskan, Allsvenskan play-offs (Swedish Champions) and the UEFA Cup:
• Winners (1): 1987
• Allsvenskan, Mästerskapsserien (Swedish Champions) and Svenska Cupen:
• Winners (1): 1991

• Allsvenskan, Allsvenskan play-offs (Swedish Champions), Svenska Cupen and the UEFA Cup:
• Winners (1): 1982

{{Main|List of IFK Göteborg records and statistics}}

• Home victory, Allsvenskan: 9–1 vs. IK Sleipner, 10 May 1925; 8–0 vs. Hammarby IF, 2 June 1925; 8–0 vs. Stattena IF, 21 April 1930
• Away victory, Allsvenskan: 9–2 vs. IFK Eskilstuna, 8 October 1933; 7–0 vs. IK Sleipner, 20 April 1941
• Home loss, Allsvenskan: 2–9 vs. Malmö FF, 10 September 1949
• Away loss, Allsvenskan: 0–7 vs. IFK Norrköping, 1 May 1960
• Highest attendance, Nya Ullevi: 52,194 vs. Örgryte IS, 3 June 1959
• Highest attendance, Gamla Ullevi: 31,064 vs. GAIS, 27 May 1955
• Highest attendance, Slottsskogsvallen: 21,580 vs. AIK, 25 October 1931
• Highest average attendance, season: 23,796, 1977
• Most appearances, total: 609, Mikael Nilsson 1987–01
• Most appearances, Allsvenskan: 348, Bengt Berndtsson 1951–67
• Most goals scored, total: 333, Filip Johansson 1924–34
• Most goals scored, Allsvenskan: 180, Filip Johansson 1924–34
• Most goals scored, season, Allsvenskan: 39, Filip Johansson 1924–25

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;General reference books

• {{cite book |editor1-last=Alsiö |editor1-first=Martin |editor2-last=Frantz |editor2-first=Alf |editor3-last=Lindahl |editor3-first=Jimmy |editor4-last=Persson |editor4-first=Gunnar |date=2004 |title=100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004 |series=Band 2 |place=Vällingby |publisher=Stroemberg Media Group |isbn=91-86184-59-8 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Alsiö |first=Martin |date=2014 |title=Derbydags: vänskaper och rivaliteter i Göteborgs fotbollshistoria |place=Malmö |publisher=Arx |isbn=978-91-87043-49-9 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Alsiö |first=Martin |editor1-last=Persson |editor1-first=Gunnar |date=2011 |title=100 år med allsvensk fotboll |place=Västerås |publisher=Idrottsförlaget i Västerås/Canal+ |isbn=978-91-977326-7-3 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Andersson |first=Torbjörn |date=2002 |title=Kung fotboll: den svenska fotbollens kulturhistoria från 1800-talets slut till 1950 |place=Eslöv |publisher=Symposion |isbn=91-7139-565-2 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Andersson |first=Torbjörn |date=2011 |title="Spela fotboll bondjävlar!": en studie i svensk klubbkultur och lokal identitet från 1950 till 2000-talets början |series=Del 1 |place=Stockholm |publisher=Symposion |isbn=978-91-7139-868-0 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Cederquist |first=Jonas |date=2010 |title=Stockholms fotbollshistoria 1880–2010 |place=Stockholm |publisher=Stockholmia |isbn=978-91-7031-222-9 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last1=Ekman |first1=Tomas |last2=Jansson |first2=Gerhard |date=2008 |title=Kamp om bollen: brukslagen, arbetarlagen och kamratklubbarna |place=Stockholm |publisher=Bilda |isbn=978-91-574-7987-7 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Glanell |editor1-first=Tomas |editor2-last=Brodd |editor2-first=Tore G. |editor3-last=Hernadi |editor3-first=Robert |editor4-last=Strömberg |editor4-first=Robert |date=1984 |title=80 år med svensk fotboll: jubileumsboken |place=Stockholm |publisher=Strömbergs |isbn=91-86184-23-7 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Glanell |editor1-first=Tomas |editor2-last=Havik |editor2-first=Göran |editor3-last=Lindberg |editor3-first=Thomas |editor4-last=Persson |editor4-first=Gunnar |editor5-last=Ågren |editor5-first=Bengt |date=2004 |title=100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004 |series=Band 1 |place=Vällingby |publisher=Stroemberg Media Group |isbn=91-86184-59-8 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Jägerskiöld Nilsson |first=Leonard |date=2016 |title=Fotbollens heraldik: klubbmärkenas historia |place=Stockholm |publisher=Pintxo |isbn=978-91-8839-516-0 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Lindahl |first=Jimmy |date=2005 |title=Europacupen 50 år: en statistisk överblick av de svenska klubbarnas insatser genom tiderna |place=Solna |publisher=Svenska FotbollFörlaget |isbn=91-88474-44-5 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Nylin |first=Lars |date=2004 |title=Den nödvändiga boken om allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder |place=Sundbyberg |publisher=Semic |isbn=91-552-3168-3 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Persson |editor1-first=Gunnar |editor2-last=Glanell |editor2-first=Tomas |editor3-last=Lundgren |editor3-first=Lars |editor4-last=Stark |editor4-first=Janne |editor5-last=Strömberg |editor5-first=Robert |date=1988 |title=Allsvenskan genom tiderna |place=Stockholm |publisher=Strömbergs/Brunnhages |isbn=91-86184-35-0 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Persson |first=Lennart K. |date=2011 |title=Den hårda kampen: fotboll i Sverige, särskilt Göteborg, före första världskriget |place=Lindome |publisher=Bricoleur |isbn=978-91-85411-22-1 |language=sv }}

;IFK Göteborg books

• {{cite book |last1=Andreasson |first1=Kenth |last2=Palmström |first2=Uno |date=1976 |title=Kamraterna: en bok om IFK Göteborg |place=Stockholm |publisher=Askild & Kärnekull |isbn=91-7008-652-4 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last1=Andreasson |first1=Kenth |last2=Palmström |first2=Uno |date=1988 |title=Blåvitt: historien om ett mästarlag |place=Stockholm |publisher=Prisma |isbn=91-518-2232-6 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Bernmar |editor1-first=Anders |editor2-last=Skånberg |editor2-first=Alf |editor3-last=Öberg |editor3-first=Ralf |date=1979 |title=Blåvitt 75 år |place=Göteborg |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last1=Elisson |first1=Johan |last2=Kjäll |first2=Andreas |last3=Pettersson |first3=John |editor-last=Henriksson |editor-first=Mathias |date=2014 |title=Vi som är från Göteborg åker aldrig hem med sorg |place=Göteborg |publisher=Supporterklubben Änglarna |isbn=978-91-637-5138-7 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Göransson |first=Mattias |date=2005 |title=Blåvit gryning |place=Göteborg |publisher=Offside Press |isbn=91-85279-03-X |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last1=Jacobsson |first1=Ingvar |last2=Larsson |first2=Göran |date=1977 |title=Vi älskar dom |place=Bjästa |publisher=CeWe |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Josephson |editor1-first=Åke |editor2-last=Jönsson |editor2-first=Ingemar |date=2004 |title=IFK Göteborg 1904–2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker |place=Göteborg |publisher=IFK Göteborg |isbn=91-631-4659-2 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Josephson |editor1-first=Åke |editor2-last=Jönsson |editor2-first=Ingemar |date=2014 |title=IFK Göteborg 2004–2014: nu fortsätter vi att berätta historien |place=Göteborg |publisher=IFK Göteborg |isbn=978-91-637-6596-4 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Thylin |first=Stefan |date=1996 |title=Änglarna: ett europeiskt fenomen |place=Stockholm |publisher=Fischer & Co |isbn=91-7054-821-8 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Thylin |first=Stefan |date=1997 |title=Alla tiders blåvitt |place=Västerås |publisher=Sportförlaget |isbn=91-88540-67-7 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Thylin |first=Stefan |date=2009 |title=Guldåren |place=Västerås |publisher=Sportförlaget |isbn=978-91-85319-58-9 |language=sv }}
• {{cite book |last=Thylin |first=Stefan |date=2011 |title=100 änglar |place=Västerås |publisher=Sportförlaget |isbn=978-91-88540-01-0 |language=sv }}

;Web references

• {{cite web |title=Alla huvudtränare |url=https://ifkdb.se/listor/allatranare |accessdate=25 February 2024 |publisher=ifkdb.se |language=Swedish |ref={{sfnref|ifkdb.se – Alla huvudtränare}} }}
• {{cite web |title=Alla ärkeänglar |url=https://ifkdb.se/listor/arkeanglar |accessdate=25 February 2024 |publisher=ifkdb.se |language=Swedish |ref={{sfnref|ifkdb.se – Alla ärkeänglar}} }}
• {{cite web |title=Alla landslagsspelare |url=https://ifkdb.se/listor/landskamper |accessdate=25 February 2024 |publisher=ifkdb.se |language=Swedish |ref={{sfnref|ifkdb.se – Alla landslagsspelare}} }}
• {{cite web |title=Alla spelplatser |url=https://ifkdb.se/listor/spelplatser |accessdate=25 February 2024 |publisher=ifkdb.se |language=Swedish |ref={{sfnref|ifkdb.se – Alla spelplatser}} }}
• {{cite web |title=Alla spelare som representerat IFK Göteborgs A-lag |url=https://ifkdb.se/listor/allaspelare |accessdate=25 February 2024 |publisher=ifkdb.se |language=Swedish |ref={{sfnref|ifkdb.se – Alla spelare som representerat IFK Göteborgs A-lag}} }}
• {{cite web |title=IFK Göteborg – A-laget |url=https://ifkgoteborg.se/lag/a-laget/ |access-date=23 March 2018 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|IFK Göteborg – A-laget}}}}
• {{cite web |title=IFK Göteborg – Våra partners |url=http://ifkgoteborg.se/foretag/vara-partners/ |access-date=23 March 2018 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|IFK Göteborg – Våra partners}}}}
• {{cite web |title=IFK Göteborg – Styrelse |url=https://ifkgoteborg.se/om-ifk-goteborg/styrelse/ |access-date=23 March 2018 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|IFK Göteborg – Styrelse}}}}
• {{cite web |title=IFK Göteborg – Kontakt |url=https://ifkgoteborg.se/om-ifk-goteborg/kontakt/ |access-date=23 March 2018 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|IFK Göteborg – Kontakt}}}}
• {{cite web |last=Josephson |first=Åke |title=Atletiska män och flyende lejon |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Karlsrofaltet/Atletiska-man-och-flyende-lejon/ |access-date=16 September 2017 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Josephson – Atletiska män och flyende lejon}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032934/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Karlsrofaltet/Atletiska-man-och-flyende-lejon/ |archive-date=17 September 2017}}
• {{cite web |last=Jönsson |first=Ingemar |title=1978–1982 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1990-95/ |access-date=16 September 2017 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Jönsson – 1978–1982}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917075554/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1990-95/ |archive-date=17 September 2017}}
• {{cite web |last=Jönsson |first=Ingemar |title=1983–1989 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1996-00/ |access-date=16 September 2017 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Jönsson – 1983–1989}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917033032/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1996-00/ |archive-date=17 September 2017}}
• {{cite web |last=Jönsson |first=Ingemar |title=1997–2003 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/2004-06/ |access-date=16 September 2017 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Jönsson – 1997–2003}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917033418/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/2004-06/ |archive-date=17 September 2017}}
• {{cite web |title=Prioritet Serneke Arena – På Arenan |url=http://www.prioritetsernekearena.se/p%C3%A5-arenan/ |access-date=16 September 2017 |publisher=Prioritet Serneke Arena |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Prioritet Serneke Arena – På Arenan}}}}
• {{cite web |title=Stadgar för IFK Göteborg Fotboll |url=http://ifkgoteborg.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Stadgar-IFK-Goteborg-Fotboll-fr-180101-2.pdf |access-date=13 February 2018 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Stadgar för IFK Göteborg Fotboll}}}}

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