The 2016 season was Östersund's 1st season in the top flight of Swedish football and 19th year in existence as a football club. They entered the season as a newly promoted side after finishing second in the 2015 Superettan, and participated in Svenska Cupen.
Club
Coaching staff
{|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Director of Football|| Daniel Kindberg |- |Head coach|| Graham Potter |- |Assistant coach|| Billy Reid |- |Assistant coach|| Björn Hamberg |- |Goalkeeper coach|| Linus Eriksson |- |Senior Opposition Scout|| Kyle Macaulay |- |Physiotherapist|| Frida Eklund |- |Physiotherapist|| Jenny Larsson |- |Pilates Instructor|| Rachel Potter |- |International Head Coach|| Bengt Olsson
Squad information
First-team squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Goalkeepers 1 Aly Keita GK 77 Haraldur Björnsson GK 16 Hampus Nilsson GK Defenders 5 Walid Atta CB / RB 6 Doug Bergqvist CB 14 Bobo Sollander CB 19 Dennis Widgren LB 24 Ronald Mukiibi CB 25 Samuel Mensah CB / RB 31 Sotirios Papagiannopoulos CB 39 Stefan Karlsson CB Midfielders 4 Sebastian Lundbäck CM 7 Monday Samuel LM 8 Jamie Hopcutt AM 10 Hosam Aiesh RM 12 Ken Sema RM 17 Curtis Edwards CM 20 Gabriel Somi LM 21 Fouad Bachirou DM 22 Brwa Nouri DM 23 Alex Dyer DM 27 Piotr Johansson RW Strikers 11 Andrew Stadler CF 18 Alhaji Gero CF 93 Saman Ghoddos CF
Transfers
In
Winter PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource93 Syrianska 25 ÖrebroFree 20 SyrianskaFree 24 BK HäckenUndisclosed 12 LjungskileUndisclosed 18 ViborgFree 5 GençlerbirliğiFree 17 Ytterhogdals IKUndisclosed 39 Djurgårdens IFUndisclosed
Out
Winter PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource— DjurgårdenUndisclosed— GAISFree— FK PopradFree— DegerforsFree— IK SiriusFree— IK SiriusFree— Västerås SKFree— Tulsa RoughnecksFree— Piteå IFFree— SkellefteåFree9 UnattachedFree29 Örebro SKUndisclosed77 Lillestrøm SKUndisclosed
Loan in
Winter
PlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource27 Chelsea 27 Malmö FF 16 Djurgårdens IF
Loan out
Winter PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource10 Varbergs BoIS
Overall transfer activity
Spending Winter: £56,000
Summer: £0
Total: £56,000
Income Winter: £0
Summer: £0
Total: £0
Expenditure Winter: £56,000
Summer: £0
Total: £56,000
Friendlies
Competitions
Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Allsvenskan
| Svenska Cupen
! Total
Allsvenskan
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Score overview
OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleAIK0–20–2 Djurgården1–00–3 Elfsborg0–01–3 Falkenberg6–12–1 Gefle2–40–0 Göteborg2–00–2 Häcken2–11–3 Hammarby2–01–1 Helsingborg2–01–1 Jönköping1–01–1 Kalmar1–00–2 Malmö1–43–0 Norrköping0–23–3 Örebro2–45–1 Sundsvall4–00–5
Matches
Svenska Cupen
Statistics
Appearances No.Pos.NameAllsvenskanSvenska CupenTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1 GK Aly Keita80109020 4 MF Sebastian Lundbäck00000000 5 DF Walid Atta14 (4)21019200 6 DF Doug Bergqvist11 (3)02016020 7 MF Monday Samuel2 (3)0005000 8 MF Jamie Hopcutt0 (1)00 (1)02000 10 MF Hosam Aiesh3 (3)11 (2)09110 11 FW Andrew Stadler10 (5)32 (1)118300 12 MF Ken Sema9 (6)13018100 14 DF Bobo Sollander2 (2)0105010 16 GK Hampus Nilsson0010100 17 MF Curtis Edwards3 (1)1004110 18 FW Alhaji Gero7 (5)04216220 19 DF Dennis Widgren2002022010 20 MF Gabriel Somi9 (2)02 (2)015020 21 MF Fouad Bachirou11 (2)00 (1)014010 22 MF Brwa Nouri1933 (1)023320 23 MF Alex Dyer15 (1)44020440 24 DF Ronald Mukiibi11 (1)34016310 25 DF Samuel Mensiro4 (3)00 (2)09000 27 MF Piotr Johansson2 (3)0106000 31 DF Sotirios Papagiannopoulos1903021070 39 DF Stefan Karlsson5 (1)1007000 93 FW Saman Ghoddos18 (1)54223720Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 9 FW Emir Smajic4 (5)11 (1)011100 27 GK Jamal Blackman1200012000 29 FW Michael Omoh4 (3)01 (1)09010 77 GK Haraldur Björnsson00202000
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerAllsvenskanSvenska CupenTotal1FW93 Saman Ghoddos102122MF23 Alex Dyer9093FW18 Alhaji Gero3255FW11 Andrew Stadler314MF12 Ken Sema404MF22 Brwa Nouri4047MF17 Curtis Edwards303DF24 Ronald Mukiibi3039DF5 Walid Atta20210FW9 Emir Smajic101MF10 Hosam Aiesh101Own goals00 0 TOTALS43548
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal. PlayerAllsvenskanSvenska CupenTotal11 Aly Keita404227 Jamal Blackman303316 Hampus Nilsson01177 Haraldur Björnsson011TOTALS729
Summary Games played 23 (20 Allsvenskan) (4 Svenska Cupen)Games won 9 (8 Allsvenskan) (2 Svenska Cupen)Games drawn 5 (5 Allsvenskan) (0 Svenska Cupen)Games lost 9 (7 Allsvenskan) (2 Svenska Cupen)Goals scored 29 (26 Allsvenskan) (5 Svenska Cupen)Goals conceded 36 (31 Allsvenskan) (5 Svenska Cupen)Goal difference –7 (–5 Allsvenskan) (0 Svenska Cupen)Clean sheets 8 (7 Allsvenskan) (2 Svenska Cupen)Yellow cards 28 (23 Allsvenskan) (7 Svenska Cupen)Red cards 0 (0 Allsvenskan) (0 Svenska Cupen)Most appearances 23 Appearances (Saman Ghoddos)Top scorer 7 (Saman Ghoddos)Winning Percentage Overall: 10/24 (41.67%)
Awards
Player Player Award Month Source
References