The IFK Goteborg Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Elis Bishesari is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Elis Bishesari: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put IFK Goteborg out
Out, 0‑0 to Orebro, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Gabriel Ersoy shuts the door
Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Arbnor Mucolli runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
IFK Goteborg turn down IF Elfsborg for Jonathan Rasheed
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past David Kruse
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at IFK Goteborg
August Erlingmark was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Kolbeinn Þórðarson
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kolbeinn Þórðarson, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The kick that got away from Max Fenger
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for IFK Goteborg?
- Squad A first senior shirt for Freddie Lantz
- Market The Adam Bergmark Wiberg story refuses to die