IFK Göteborg had a largely disappointing season, finishing in the bottom half of Allsvenskan, also letting go of highly rated Norwegian coach Arne Erlandsen, only for his successor Reine Almqvist to endure an even worse run of results, which saw him being let go after the season, too.
The club was also embroiled in controversy, as Peter Ijeh and Stefan Selaković were among with club director Mats Persson and an accountant trialled for tax evasion with regard to sign-on fees. In the end, Persson was sentenced to jail, while Selaković escaped that punishment, but was still convicted.
Squad
Goalkeepers Bengt Andersson Richard Richardsson
Defenders Alejandro Lago José Shaffer Adam Johansson Gustav Svensson Hjálmar Jónsson Dennis Jonsson Karl Svensson Mattias Bjärsmyr
Midfielders Thomas Olsson Magnus Kihlberg Martin Ulander Niclas Alexandersson Pontus Wernbloom Andrés Vasquez Samuel Wowoah
Attackers Stefan Selaković George Mourad Jonas Wallerstedt Ali Gerba Marcus Berg
Allsvenskan
Matches
IFK Göteborg-Öster 0-0 Elfsborg-IFK Göteborg 1-1 1-0 Samuel Holmén 1-1 Karl Svensson IFK Göteborg-Helsingborg 2-2 0-1 Olivier Karekezi 0-2 McDonald Mariga 1-2 Thomas Olsson 2-2 Jonas Wallerstedt Djurgården-IFK Göteborg 1-0 1-0 Mattias Jonson IFK Göteborg-Hammarby 1-2 0-1 Björn Runström 0-2 Björn Runström 1-2 Karl Svensson GAIS-IFK Göteborg 1-2 0-1 Karl Svensson 0-2 Pontus Wernbloom 1-2 Jóhann Gudmundsson IFK Göteborg-Häcken 3-0 1-0 Dennis Jonsson 2-0 Stefan Selaković 3-0 Pontus Wernbloom IFK Göteborg-Örgryte 2-1 1-0 Magnus Kihlberg 1-1 Ola Toivonen 2-1 Stefan Selaković IFK Göteborg-Malmö FF 1-0 1-0 Thomas Olsson Halmstad-IFK Göteborg 1-4 0-1 George Mourad 1-1 Magnus Arvidsson 1-2 Hjálmar Jónsson 1-3 Pontus Wernbloom 1-4 George Mourad Kalmar FF-IFK Göteborg 1-2 0-1 Pontus Wernbloom 1-1 Viktor Elm 1-2 Pontus Wernbloom IFK Göteborg-AIK 1-1 1-0 Alejandro Lago 1-1 Daniel Mendes IFK Göteborg-Gefle 3-1 1-0 George Mourad 1-1 René Makondele 2-1 George Mourad 3-1 Alejandro Lago Gefle-IFK Göteborg 1-0 1-0 René Makondele Öster-IFK Göteborg 1-1 1-0 Ingmar Teever 1-1 Magnus Kihlberg IFK Göteborg-Elfsborg 1-1 0-1 Stefan Ishizaki 1-1 Gustaf Svensson Häcken-IFK Göteborg 1-4 0-1 Marcus Berg 0-2 Stefan Selaković 0-3 Jonas Wallerstedt 0-4 Jonas Wallerstedt 1-4 Daniel Larsson Örgryte-IFK Göteborg 3-2 1-0 Ola Toivonen 1-1 Marcus Berg 2-1 Aílton Almeida 3-1 Magnus Källander 3-2 Marcus Berg Hammarby-IFK Göteborg 3-3 0-1 Marcus Berg 1-1 Fredrik Stoor 2-1 Paulinho Guará 2-2 Thomas Olsson 3-2 Pablo Piñones-Arce 3-3 own goal IFK Göteborg-GAIS 0-0 Helsingborg-IFK Göteborg 3-2 1-0 Fredrik Svanbäck 2-0 Babis Stefanidis 3-0 Henrik Larsson 3-1 Stefan Selaković 3-2 Pontus Wernbloom IFK Göteborg-Djurgården 3-2 1-0 Stefan Selaković 1-1 Mattias Jonson 1-2 Lance Davids 2-2 Jonas Wallerstedt 3-2 Thomas Olsson IFK Göteborg-Kalmar FF 0-3 0-1 Ari 0-2 César Santín 0-3 Viktor Elm AIK-IFK Göteborg 4-0 1-0 Mats Rubarth 2-0 Markus Jonsson 3-0 Daniel Tjernström 4-0 Wílton Figueiredo Malmö FF-IFK Göteborg 2-1 1-0 Júnior 2-0 Júnior 2-1 Samuel Wowoah IFK Göteborg-Halmstad 0-0
Topscorers Pontus Wernbloom 6 Jonas Wallerstedt 4 Stefan Selaković 4 George Mourad 4 Thomas Olsson 3 Karl Svensson 3 Marcus Berg 3
Sources Playing Schedule - Allsvenskan 2006 (Swedish) FootballSquads - IFK Göteborg 2006