2018 Hammarby Fotboll season explained

Club:Hammarby Fotboll
Season:2018
Chairman:Richard von Yxkull
Manager:Stefan Billborn
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:Tele2 Arena
League:Allsvenskan
League Result:4th
Cup1:2017–18 Svenska Cupen
Cup1 Result:Group stage
League Topscorer:Nikola Đurđić (13)
Season Topscorer:Jiloan Hamad
Nikola Đurđić (13)
Highest Attendance:31 810 (4 November vs BK Häcken, Allsvenskan)
Lowest Attendance:7 108 (25 February vs GAIS, Svenska Cupen)
Average Attendance:23 679
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 103rd in existence, their 49th season in Allsvenskan and their 4th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen during the year. League play started in early April and lasted until early November. Stefan Billborn made his first season as manager.

Summary

In the off-season, on 4 January 2018, the board and Jesper Jansson, director of football, chose to sack manager Jakob Michelsen, citing differences regarding the view on transfers and playing style, as well as a disappointing development of the team and its results. Hammarby finished 9th in Allsvenskan 2017.[1]

Players

Transfers

Out

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

NumberPositionName2018 Allsvenskan2017–18 Svenska Cupen
2018–19 Svenska Cupen
Total
AppearancesGoalsAppearancesGoalsAppearancesGoals
1GKJohan Wiland<-- League -->25000250
2DFSimon Sandberg<-- League -->23020250
3DFNeto Borges<-- League -->26040300
4DFBjørn Paulsen<-- League -->29540335
5DFDavid Fällman<-- League -->27020290
6MFJiloan Hamad<-- League -->2911423313
7FWImad Khalili<-- League -->21231244
8MFJeppe Andersen<-- League -->26120281
9FWSander Svendsen<-- League -->19041231
10MFKennedy Bakircioglu<-- League -->12141162
11MFVladimir Rodić<-- League -->14311154
13DFMads Fenger<-- League -->19200192
14MFJunes Barny<-- League -->13110141
16MFLeo Bengtsson<-- League -->10031131
19MFSerge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali<-- League -->26131292
20MFAbdul Halik Hudu<-- League -->001111
21DFOscar Krusnell<-- League -->101020
22FWMuamer Tanković<-- League -->30720327
25GKDavor Blažević<-- League -->501060
27GKBenny Lekström<-- League -->003030
40FWNikola Đurđić<-- League -->2713002713
77DFMats Solheim<-- League -->16020180
Players that left the club during the season
11MFArnór Smárason<-- League -->400040
14FWPa Dibba<-- League -->10731138
17MFDušan Jajić<-- League -->001010
18MFRebin Asaad<-- League -->002020
23DFMarcus Degerlund<-- League -->103040
26MFErkan Zengin<-- League -->300030
28MFGershon Koffie<-- League -->100010

Disciplinary record

Club

Other information

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

Competitions

Allsvenskan

See main article: 2018 Allsvenskan.

Matches

Kickoff times are in (UTC+01) unless stated otherwise.

Svenska Cupen

2017–18

The tournament continued from the 2017 season.

See main article: 2017–18 Svenska Cupen. Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

2018–19

The tournament continues into the 2019 season.

See main article: 2018–19 Svenska Cupen.

Qualification stage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jakob Michelsen lämnar Hammarby. 4 January 2018. Hammarby Fotboll. 4 January 2018.