Canadá

Striker - IFK Goteborg
17 Oct 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Canadá

7 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The longest week starts now for IFK Goteborg

Beaten 2‑3 by Malmo FF in the one fixture that is never just a fixture. Work, school, the corner shop — there will be no getting away from this one.

Market

Elis Bishesari is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IFK Goteborg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

IFK Goteborg to lose Elis Bishesari for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Elis Bishesari has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Match

Malmo FF end the IFK Goteborg run at 8

Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 8 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.

The dugout

Kolbeinn Þórðarson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

A falling-out at IFK Goteborg

Canadá and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings

The game went through Tobias Heintz — 6.78

Marked 6.78 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Market

IFK Goteborg and Tobias Heintz are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout

IFK Goteborg keep their word to August Erlingmark

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

IFK Goteborg march on in the cup

Halmstad are out and IFK Goteborg go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings

Max Fenger scores twice — 8.71

Two goals and a mark of 8.71 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

So close: Elis Bishesari’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. IK Brage moved on, Elis Bishesari reports back to IFK Goteborg, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Transfer targets

IFK Goteborg baulk at the price for Tony Miettinen

Mjällby wanted more than $91.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Match

Still nobody has beaten IFK Goteborg

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

Max Fenger sends IFK Goteborg past Brommapojkarna

It finished 3‑1, and it was Max Fenger’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to IFK Goteborg.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Rodrigo Rodrigues

IFK Goteborg asked and Olympiacos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Canadá

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Elis Bishesari

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief