2008 IF Elfsborg season

IF Elfsborg

2008 season
Manager	Magnus Haglund
Allsvenskan	2nd
UEFA Cup	2nd Round
Svenska Cupen	Quarter Final
Intertoto Cup	Progression
Top goalscorer	Stefan Ishizaki (8) Fredrik Berglund (8)
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IF Elfsborg had their best points average season, in spite of not repeating its 2006 title. Finishing just one point adrift of Kalmar FF, Elfsborg had cemented its place as one of the top Swedish sides, being further boosted by Anders Svensson turning down a lucrative offer from Shaktar Donetsk during the course of the season.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Johan Wiland
• Abbas Hassan
• Jesper Hansen

Defenders

• Mathias Florén
• Johan Sjöberg
• Johan Karlsson
• Martin Andersson
• Teddy Lučić
• Andreas Augustsson
• Markus Falk Olander
• Marcus Översjö

Midfielders

• Anders Svensson
• Helgi Daníelsson
• Jari Ilola
• Daniel Mobaeck
• Stefan Ishizaki
• Jesper Florén
• Daniel Nordmark
• Emir Bajrami
• Elmin Kurbegović

Attackers

• Lasse Nilsson
• Denni Avdić
• Joakim Sjöhage
• James Keene
• Fredrik Berglund

Allsvenskan

Matches

• GAIS-Elfsborg 1-1
• 0-1 Stefan Ishizaki  83'
• 1-1 Fredrik Lundgren  88'

• Elfsborg-AIK 3-0
• 1-0 Stefan Ishizaki  38'
• 2-0 Joakim Sjöhage  43'
• 3-0 Denni Avdić  54'

• Malmö FF-Elfsborg 1-1
• 0-1 Emir Bajrami  18'
• 1-1 Guillermo Molins  33'

• Elfsborg-Örebro 0-0

• Ljungskile-Elfsborg 1-0
• 1-0 Martin Smedberg  87'

• Elfsborg-GIF Sundsvall 2-0
• 1-0 Daniel Mobaeck  9'
• 2-0 Fredrik Berglund  74'

• Hammarby-Elfsborg 0-0

• Elfsborg-Kalmar FF 1-0
• 1-0 Fredrik Berglund  3'

• Elfsborg-Helsingborg 1-0
• 1-0 Daniel Mobaeck  33'

• Trelleborg-Elfsborg 0-2
• 0-1 Stefan Ishizaki  13'
• 0-2 Youssef Fakhro  29' (o.g.)

• Elfsborg-IFK Göteborg 3-0
• 1-0 Fredrik Berglund  68'
• 2-0 Fredrik Berglund  74'
• 3-0 Stefan Ishizaki  90'

• Djurgården-Elfsborg 0-2
• 0-1 Anders Svensson  1'
• 0-2 Stefan Ishizaki  14' (pen.)

• Elfsborg-Gefle 0-1
• 0-1 Hasse Berggren  67'

• Halmstad-Elfsborg 1-2
• 0-1 Emir Bajrami  30'
• 0-2 Fredrik Berglund  49'
• 1-2 Sebastian Johansson  90'

• Elfsborg-IFK Norrköping 3-0
• 1-0 Emir Bajrami  2'
• 2-0 Lasse Nilsson  39'
• 3-0 Stefan Ishizaki  72'

• IFK Norrköping-Elfsborg 0-1
• 0-1 Denni Avdić  83'

• Elfsborg-GAIS 1-0
• 1-0 Teddy Lučić  43'

• AIK-Elfsborg 0-2
• 0-1 Stefan Ishizaki  24'
• 0-2 Fredrik Berglund  31'

• Örebro-Elfsborg 2-0
• 1-0 Robin Staaf  32'
• 2-0 Eric Bassombeng  78'

• Elfsborg-Ljungskile 4-0
• 1-0 Denni Avdić  7'
• 2-0 Stefan Ishizaki  59'
• 3-0 Denni Avdić  75'
• 4-0 James Keene  90'

• GIF Sundsvall-Elfsborg 0-0

• Elfsborg-Malmö FF 4-0
• 1-0 Stefan Ishizaki  11'
• 2-0 Daniel Mobaeck  45'
• 3-0 Emir Bajrami  67'
• 4-0 James Keene  73'

• Elfsborg-Hammarby 1-0
• 1-0 Christian Traoré  49' (o.g.)

• Kalmar FF-Elfsborg 2-1
• 1-0 Viktor Elm  45'
• 2-0 Viktor Elm  82'
• 2-1 Joakim Sjöhage  90'

• Helsingborg-Elfsborg 2-2
• 1-0 René Makondele  28'
• 2-0 Henrik Larsson  42'
• 2-1 Teddy Lučić  53'
• 2-2 Fredrik Berglund  71'

• Elfsborg-Trelleborg 4-1
• 1-0 Daniel Mobaeck  21'
• 1-1 Fredrik Jensen  35'
• 2-1 Johan Karlsson  54'
• 3-1 Johan Karlsson  71'
• 4-1 Lasse Nilsson  79'

• IFK Göteborg-Elfsborg 5-2
• 0-1 Johan Karlsson  11'
• 1-1 Gustaf Svensson  18'
• 2-1 Pontus Wernbloom  48'
• 3-1 Niclas Alexandersson  60'
• 4-1 Jakob Johansson  75'
• 5-1 Pontus Wernbloom  85'
• 5-2 Daniel Nordmark  89'

• Elfsborg-Djurgården 1-0
• 1-0 James Keene  49'

• Elfsborg-Halmstad 3-0
• 1-0 Fredrik Berglund  74'
• 2-0 Emir Bajrami  78'
• 3-0 Lasse Nilsson  82'

• Gefle-Elfsborg 1-2
• 0-1 Martin Andersson  21'
• 0-2 Johan Karlsson  54'
• 1-2 Hasse Berggren  90'

Topscorers

• Stefan Ishizaki 8
• Fredrik Berglund 8
• Emir Bajrami 5
• Johan Karlsson 4
• Denni Avdić 4
• Daniel Mobaeck 3
• James Keene 3

Sources

| Soccerway - IF Elfsborg results