August Erlingmark

Central Defender - IFK Goteborg
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for August Erlingmark

3 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Match

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 ratings

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 ratings

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.

Market

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 ratings

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 ratings

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

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The IFK Goteborg Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

IFK Goteborg turn down Stabaek for Canadá

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Arbnor Mucolli

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Elis Bishesari signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Elis Bishesari commits to IFK Goteborg for another 5 years.

Squad

Max Fenger in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IFK Goteborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Max Fenger 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.

Match

BK Hacken take the points off IFK Goteborg

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

The one thing Max Fenger could not do

Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

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.

Market

The clock runs on Elis Bishesari's contract

61 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief