IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg net spend since 2015

IFK Göteborg have spent €6m on disclosed transfer fees since July 2015 and received €34m: a net profit of €28m on transfers.

That covers 62 signings (16 for a disclosed fee, 30 free, 16 undisclosed) and 76 departures (34 sold for a disclosed fee, 21 free, 21 undisclosed). Loans are counted apart: 11 in, 27 out.

Record signing: Elias Hagen, €700k from Bodø / Glimt (Feb 2023). Record sale: Malick Yalcouyé, €7m to Brighton & Hove Albion (Jul 2024).

IFK Göteborg transfer spending by season

IFK Göteborg record signings

1. Elias Hagen · €700k from Bodø / Glimt · Feb 2023
2. Saidou Alioum · €650k from Hammarby · Jul 2025
3. Sebastian Clemmensen · €600k from Hammarby · Feb 2025
4. Hosam Aiesh · €570k from Östersunds FK · Aug 2019
5. Imam Jagne · €440k from Mjällby · Jan 2025

IFK Göteborg record sales

1. Malick Yalcouyé · €7m to Brighton & Hove Albion · Jul 2024
2. Pontus Dahlberg · €4m to Watford · Jan 2018
3. Benjamin Nygren · €4m to Genk · Jul 2019
4. Jesper Tolinsson · €2m to Lommel SK · Jul 2021
5. Gustav Engvall · €2m to Bristol City · Aug 2016

IFK Göteborg trading record: profit on players bought and sold

On the 15 players IFK Göteborg both signed and sold since July 2015 (academy graduates and free signings cost nothing), sales brought in €5m against €3m paid: a trading profit of €1m.

• Sebastian Clemmensen: signed for €600k (Feb 2025), sold to Rio Ave for €1m (Sep 2026): profit €800k
• Giorgi Kharaishvili: signed for €300k (Jan 2019), sold to Ferencvárosi for €900k (Feb 2021): profit €600k
• Oscar Pettersson: signed free (Jan 2024), sold to Go Ahead Eagles for €350k (Feb 2025): profit €350k
• Kevin Yakob: signed free (Jan 2021), sold to AGF for €190k (Aug 2022): profit €190k
• Saidou Alioum: signed for €650k (Jul 2025), sold to Jablonec for €815k (Aug 2026): profit €165k

• Hosam Aiesh: signed for €570k (Aug 2019), left free for Seoul (Jan 2023): loss €570k
• Elias Hagen: signed for €700k (Feb 2023), sold to Vålerenga for €650k (Aug 2023): loss €50k
• Christian Kouakou: signed for €80k (Jul 2020), sold to Sirius for €50k (Jan 2021): loss €30k

IFK Göteborg ins and outs 2026/27: who left and who came in, by position

IFK Göteborg have made 3 signings and 4 departures in 2026/27, plus 2 loans in and 2 out. Who left each position and who came in:

• Defence: out nobody; in Hjörtur Hermannsson (free from Volos NFC, 1,106 league minutes since), Issaka Seidu (loan from Nordsjælland, 184 league minutes since).
• Midfield: out Imam Jagne (loan to Kifisia, 14 league starts in 2025), Benjamin Brantlind (to Strasbourg, 2 league starts in 2025), Lucas Kåhed (left free for Varberg BoIS, no league start in 2025), Filip Ottosson (loan to Lillestrøm); in Sam Larsson (free from Fatih Karagümrük, 1,134 league minutes since).
• Attack: out Sebastian Clemmensen (to Rio Ave, 15 league starts in 2025), Saidou Alioum (to Jablonec, 13 league starts in 2025); in Alexander Simmelhack (from Silkeborg IF, 786 league minutes since), Nino Žugelj (loan from Djurgården, 576 league minutes since).

IFK Göteborg injury news: injuries and suspensions

IFK Göteborg have 1 player injured as of 9 Nov 2026, with €2m of value sidelined.

• Arbnor Mucolli (FWD): Injury (type not disclosed) · out since 1 Jan 2026 · return date not set · 47 games missed

IFK Göteborg last starting XI

IFK Göteborg's last league starting XI, v Malmö FF on 8 Nov 2026: Viktor Andersson; Hjörtur Hermannsson, Jonas Bager, Noah Tolf, Felix Eriksson; Tobias Heintz, David Kruse, Oliver Månsson, Nino Žugelj; Alexander Simmelhack, Kevin Ackermann.

1 change from the side that started v Häcken on 1 Nov 2026.

Started at least 3 of the last 5 league games but not this one: Sam Larsson (4).

Opponent: Malmö FF.

IFK Göteborg minutes played 2026

In 18 league games since 5 Jul 2026, 10 IFK Göteborg players have played at least 60% of the minutes open to them, 4 are rotating and 16 have played under a quarter.

Surplus watch, notable value on under a quarter of the minutes: Lazarus Laku (0%, €6m), Ifeoluwa Adewale Olowoporoku (0%, €5m).

Out of contract by 30 June 2027 unless extended: Arbnor Mucolli, Jonathan Rasheed.

IFK Göteborg club-trained players

On the record we can verify, 1 player club-trained at IFK Göteborg now plays for other clubs we track, led by Joel Allansson (Halmstad, value €390k).

• Joel Allansson · Halmstad · €390k

We count a player as club-trained when his record shows him registered with the club for three entire seasons or 36 months between the ages of 15 and 21 (UEFA's home-grown test), wherever he started and whatever he cost; time on loan counts for the club that borrowed him.