From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
Kalle Holmberg has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Orebro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Orebro's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Orebro has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Ahmed Yasin, 35, rolls back the years — 7.84
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.84 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Jakub Ojrzyński has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Orebro
Arnaldo Castillo 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jacob Ortmark falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Kalle Holmberg
“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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.47 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Orebro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match5 Sep 2026
6 matches without a win for Orebro
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Orebro are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 24, 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 ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orebro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Gómez, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Orebro, another week without a signature from Ahmed Yasin.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
13 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
Orebro say no — this time
The offer from Auckland FC for Kalle Holmberg 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Dino Salihović
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Dino Salihović will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Orebro the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Orebro
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Dino Salihović has agreed terms with IFK Goteborg for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Orebro
Antonio Yakoub 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Jacob Ortmark falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.39 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Uneasy
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market24 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for John Stenberg
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. John Stenberg will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Orebro the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market24 Aug 2026
Orebro say no — this time
The offer from Kalmar FF for Edvin Fišić 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Orebro's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Orebro has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. John Stenberg has agreed terms with IFK Goteborg for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Match22 Aug 2026
Orebro cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orebro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Orebro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jacob Ortmark is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done long before the player is. William Westerlund has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Orebro have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
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Steady
Match12 Aug 2026
Orebro bow out of the cup
IFK Goteborg go through and Orebro go home, 0‑0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
IF Elfsborg did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $440.0K for Ludvig Richtnér, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Orebro
Antonio Yakoub 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Orebro spend $1.7M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $1.7M for Arnaldo Castillo, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Match15 Aug 2026
Orebro cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jakub Ojrzyński has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
20 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kalle Holmberg has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Orebro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A chastening introduction for Edvin Fišić — 5.57
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.57 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio Yakoub commits to Orebro for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Manasse Kusu 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 Orebro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jacob Ortmark falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Triumph
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
37 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
28 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orebro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Halmstad will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Måns Andersson has pre-agreed a move to Orebro, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.82 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jacob Ortmark, and the manager let it.
Match1 Aug 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Samuel Wikman. 1‑0 against IFK Norrkoping, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market3 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.