The IFK Goteborg Herald
Squad5 Oct 2026
The knee: Jonas Bager out for 30 days
30 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. IFK Goteborg lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match1 Oct 2026
David Kruse lights up a European night for IFK Goteborg
2‑1 against Tondela, and a performance that will be described to people who were not there for the rest of the season. David Kruse was at the centre of the description.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Elis Bishesari keeps IFK Goteborg in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
David Kruse goes up and wins it — 7.85
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.85 for the rest of it.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Up for the corner, and Kolbeinn Þórðarson delivers — 7.74
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Kolbeinn Þórðarson scored, was marked 7.74, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A goal and an assist for Max Fenger — 7.88
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.88 beside his name.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Alfons Borén at IFK Goteborg
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Alfons Borén is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Sebastian Clemmensen
At 23 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 dugout5 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Elis Bishesari
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Elis Bishesari, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at IFK Goteborg
- Match Honours even between IFK Goteborg and Djurgarden
- The dugout When it matters, David Kruse plays