Marked for Dennis Collander
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hammarby may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nahir Besara commits to Hammarby for another 2 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Warner Hahn knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Warner Hahn trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Back issues
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Nikola Vasić asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market9 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hammarby know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Match26 Oct 2026
Hammarby up to position 3
20 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Dennis Collander: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hammarby have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market26 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hammarby can pretend not to have heard.
Match24 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Hammarby do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match24 Oct 2026
Three points for Hammarby, 1‑0 the final word against IFK Goteborg in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ibrahima Fofana, and the manager let it.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Warner Hahn
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market26 Oct 2026
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Hammarby could get for him.
Market26 Oct 2026
The Noah Persson story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Noah Persson signs something — a contract at Hammarby or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Match10 Oct 2026
A 3‑2 win over Atvidaberg, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Nikola Vasić
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Hammarby have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Hampus Skoglund asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Oct 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hammarby know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
Derby day misery for Hammarby
Losing 0‑1 is one thing; losing to AIK in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.
Market14 Sep 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Hammarby, another week without a signature from Santiago Rojas.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ibrahima Fofana
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Marko Grujić knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marko Grujić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Somebody is after Nahir Besara’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Nahir Besara suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Hammarby have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Nahir Besara unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Nahir Besara has let it be known that he does not like the way Hammarby are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Upbeat
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Hammarby
A 1‑0 win over GIF Sundsvall, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market17 Aug 2026
Helsingborg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hammarby did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
Malmo FF pay $410.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikola Vasić, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
Orebro made Hammarby work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market17 Aug 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hammarby will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market17 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad17 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Hammarby have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Aug 2026
Hammarby say no — this time
The offer from Atvidaberg for Jonathan Karlsson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market3 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Dennis Collander again, and this time the name on the line is Atvidaberg. Hammarby are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Victor Lind 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
GIF Sundsvall left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dennis Collander and Hammarby agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.