The Halmstad Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ludvig Arvidsson
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Omar Faraj signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Omar Faraj commits to Halmstad for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Halmstad
Rami Kaib and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Halmstad rebuffed over Adam Lundkvist
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. BK Hacken have kept their man, and Halmstad go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Halmstad agree a free transfer for Stephen Bolma
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sam Larsson joins the Halmstad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sam Larsson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Halmstad promote Carl Tankovic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carl Tankovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Simon Tankovic steps up from the Halmstad academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Tankovic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Halmstad promote Anton Lindelof from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anton Lindelof has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Halmstad
- Squad Halmstad are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Ajdin Zeljković