The 2017 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 102nd in existence, their 48th season in Allsvenskan and their 3rd 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. Jakob Michelsen made his first season as manager.
Summary In the off-season, on 18 November 2016, the board chose to sack manager Nanne Bergstrand, citing "a need to get a new voice and new energy into the club's sporting development". Later the same month, Jakob Michelsen was announced as the successor. He joined the club on a three-year deal from the Danish club SønderjyskE.
The team had a disappointing run in the 2016-17 Svenska Cupen, getting knocked out in the group stage following a 0–1 away loss against Östersunds FK in a deciding fixture.
Hammarby had a promising first half of the 2017 Allsvenskan season, claiming the 6th place in the table after 12 games. During the spring, Hammarby also won both fixtures against fierce rivals AIK (2–1) and Djurgården (3–1).
In May 2017, Hammarby hired Jesper Jansson as the new director of football, ahead of a hectic summer transfer window. Hammarby sold 9 players, most notably defender Joseph Aidoo that moved to Genk in a reported club record transfer. At the same time, Hammarby brought in 8 new signings. Among these were Mads Fenger, Jeppe Andersen, Muamer Tanković, Johan Wiland and Sander Svendsen.
In the second half of the campaign, Hammarby struggled to produce any sort of challenge in the league, and subsequently dropped of in the table. Both manager Jacob Michelsen and several of the new signings suffered criticism from both supporters and pundits as the club eventually finished 9th in Allsvenskan.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In
Out
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
NumberPositionName2017 Allsvenskan2016–17 Svenska Cupen2017–18 Svenska CupenTotalAppearancesGoalsAppearancesGoalsAppearancesGoals1GKJohan Wiland140101502DFBirkir Már Sævarsson290413314MFBjørn Paulsen298403386DFOscar Krusnell4000408MFJeppe Andersen150101609DF30306010MFKennedy Bakircioglu2113124211MFArnór Smárason2954033513DFMads Fenger1001011016FWRômulo1741018417FWPa Dibba27832301018MFRebin Asaad1001011019MFSerge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali2110021121FWSander Svendsen1061111722FWMuamer Tanković1211113223DFMarcus Degerlund2101022027GKBenny Lekström000000 34MFLeo Bengtsson1803121177DFMats Solheim2713030190MFJiloan Hamad25442296Players that left the club during the season1GKÖgmundur Kristinsson160301903DFRichard Magyar100201206DFJoseph Aidoo120301507FWImad Khalili5000508MFJohan Persson60107014MFFredrik Torsteinbø1022012218DFOliver Silverholt00000025GKTim Markström00000026MFDušan Jajić30306027FWIsac Lidberg00000028MFGershon Koffie10203033DFMario Musa200020
Disciplinary record
Club
Coaching staff
Other information
Pre-season and friendlies
Friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Allsvenskan
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Kickoff times are in (UTC+01) unless stated otherwise.
Svenska Cupen
2016–17 The tournament continued from the 2016 season.
Kickoff times are in UTC+1.
Group stage
2017–18 The tournament continues into the 2018 season.
Qualification stage
Footnotes