2015 Hammarby Fotboll season

Hammarby Fotboll
2015 season
Chairman	Richard von Yxkull
Head coach	Nanne Bergstrand
Stadium	Tele2 Arena
Allsvenskan	11th
2014–15 Svenska Cupen	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Erik Israelsson (6)
Highest home attendance	30,627 vs. Malmö FF; (25 October 2015, Allsvenskan)
Lowest home attendance	10,419 vs. Landskrona BoIS; (1 March 2015, Svenska Cupen)
Average home league attendance	25,507; (in Allsvenskan); 24,564; (in all competitions)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 100th in existence, and their 46th season in Allsvenskan. It was Hammarby's first season in Allsvenskan after spending 5 seasons in the Superettan. They competed in Allsvenskan and the Svenska Cupen during the season. Nanne Bergstrand returned to the team as his second season being manager. Gameplay for Hammarby in Svenska Cupen began on February 21, 2015, and ended on March 15, 2015.^[1]Gameplay for Hammarby in Allsvenskan began on April 4, 2015, and ended on October 31, 2015.

Players

Squad Info

As of 11 August 2015^[2]

Note: This list includes all the players who played for Hammarby during the season.Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	SWE	Linus Hallenius
18	MF	SWE	Oliver Silverholt
19	DF	SWE	Stefan Batan
21	MF	NOR	Jan Gunnar Solli
22	MF	NOR	Lars Fuhre
23	DF	NOR	Lars Sætra
25	GK	SWE	Tim Markström
26	MF	SWE	Dušan Jajić
27	FW	SWE	Isac Lidberg
34	FW	SWE	Måns Söderqvist
55	FW	SWE	Imad Khalili
77	DF	NOR	Mats Solheim

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
11 November 2014	Oliver Silverholt	Halmstad BK	Free^[3]
2 December 2014	Måns Söderqvist	Kalmar FF	Free^[4]^[5]
2 December 2014	Birkir Már Sævarsson	SK Brann	Undisclosed^[6]^[7]
4 December 2014	Philip Haglund	IFK Göteborg	Free^[8]
10 March 2015	William Eskelinen	Värmdö IF	Undisclosed^[9]
13 March 2015	Dušan Jajić	IFK Haninge	Free^[10]
31 March 2015	Mats Solheim	Kalmar FF	Undisclosed^[11]
2 June 2015	Ögmundur Kristinsson	Randers FC	Free^[12]
7 July 2015	Imad Khalili	Baniyas Club	Free^[13]
7 July 2015	Richard Magyar	FC Aarau	Free^[13]
5 August 2015	Joseph Aidoo	Inter Allies	Loan^[14]
11 August 2015	Jakob Orlov	SK Brann	Loan^[15]
			Total
			Unknown

Out

Date	Player	New club	Cost
5 November 2014	Daniel Theorin	Unattached	Released^[16]
5 November 2014	Andreas Haddad	Unattached	Released^[16]
5 November 2014	Sebastian Ludzik	Nyköpings BIS	Free^[16]^[17]
5 November 2014	Nicklas Lindqvist	Nyköpings BIS	Free^[16]^[18]
25 November 2014	Michael Timisela	Unattached	Released^[16]
9 March 2015	Jonathan Tamimi	Jönköping Södra IF	Undisclosed^[19]
10 March 2015	William Eskelinen	Värmdö IF	Loan^[9]
19 March 2015	Sinan Ayrancı	Unattached	Released^[20]
7 May 2015	Thomas Guldborg Christensen	Valur	Free^[21]
27 May 2015	Johannes Hopf	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	Undisclosed^[22]
29 June 2015	Marko Mihajlovic	Unattached	Released^[23]
15 July 2015	Nahir Besara	Göztepe S.K.	Undisclosed^[24]
31 July 2015	Viktor Nordin	IK Frej	Loan^[25]
11 August 2015	Amadaiya Rennie	SK Brann	Loan^[15]
			Total
			Unknown

Player statistics

Includes all players who partook in the 2015 Hammarby Season. Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Allsvenskan		2014–15 Svenska Cupen 2015–16 Svenska Cupen
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SWE	Johannes Hopf	15	0	10	0	5	0
1	GK	ISL	Ögmundur Kristinsson	15	0	15	0	0	0
2	DF	ISL	Birkir Már Sævarsson	32	2	28	2	4	0
3	DF	DEN	Thomas Guldborg Christensen	3	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	SWE	Richard Magyar	11	0	11	0	0	0
4	MF	SWE	Erik Israelsson	25	6	22	6	3	0
5	DF	SWE	Philip Haglund	26	0	26	0	0	0
6	DF	BIH	Marko Mihajlović	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	GHA	Joseph Aidoo	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	SWE	Nahir Besara	19	5	15	5	4	0
7	FW	SWE	Jakob Orlov	11	2	11	2	0	0
8	MF	SWE	Johan Persson	29	3	25	2	4	1
9	DF	SWE	Stefan Batan	22	0	19	0	3	0
10	MF	SWE	Kennedy Bakircioglu	26	5	22	4	4	1
11	FW	SWE	Pablo Piñones Arce	14	0	11	0	3	0
14	MF	NOR	Fredrik Torsteinbø	22	5	21	5	1	0
15	MF	SWE	Viktor Nordin	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	SWE	Linus Hallenius	27	4	23	3	4	1
18	MF	SWE	Oliver Silverholt	16	0	15	0	1	0
20	MF	LBR	Amadaiya Rennie	12	1	9	0	3	1
21	MF	NOR	Jan Gunnar Solli	19	1	16	1	3	0
22	MF	NOR	Lars Fuhre	17	0	14	0	3	0
23	DF	NOR	Lars Sætra	33	1	29	1	4	0
25	GK	SWE	Tim Markström	5	0	5	0	0	0
26	MF	SWE	Dusan Jajic	2	0	2	0	0	0
27	FW	SWE	Isac Lidberg	2	0	2	0	0	0
34	FW	SWE	Måns Söderqvist	30	2	26	2	4	0
55	FW	SWE	Imad Khalili	12	0	12	0	0	0
77	DF	SWE	Mats Solheim	26	2	26	2	0	0

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Sævarsson	7	0
3	DF	Magyar	3	0
4	MF	Israelsson	3	0
5	MF	Haglund	1	0
8	MF	Persson	8	0
9	DF	Batan	4	0
11	FW	Piñones-Arce	1	1
14	MF	Torsteinbø	1	0
17	FW	Hallenius	1	0
18	MF	Silverholt	2	0
20	MF	Rennie	1	0
21	MF	Solli	2	0
22	MF	Lars Fuhre	2	0
23	DF	Sætra	3	0
25	GK	Markström	1	0
26	MF	Jajic	1	0
34	FW	Söderqvist	3	0
55	FW	Khalili	1	0
77	DF	Solheim	5	0

Last updated: 1 November 2015
Source: svenskfotboll.se
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes: Allsvenskan only

Club

The 2015 season was Nanne Bergstrand's second season with Hammarby Fotboll.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Nanne Bergstrand
Assistant manager	Carlos Banda
First team coach	Patrik Hansson
Goalkeeping coach	Mikael "Mille" Olsson
Fitness coach	Claes Hellgren
Mental coach	Anders Friberg
Physician	Mikael Klotz

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Other information

Chairman	Richard von Yxkull
General Manager	Mats Jingblad
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Tele2 Arena (33,000 / )

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

28 January 2015 (2015-01-28) Friendly	Assyriska FF	1–8	Hammarby IF	Södertälje, Sweden
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Aganovic 16'	Report	Fuhre 20' Söderqvist 35' Besara 51', 63' Bakircioglü 52' Nordin 65' Piñones-Arce 68' (pen.) Sætra 70' Mihajlovic 87'	Stadium: Södertälje Fotbollsarena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

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Hammarby IF

3 February 2015 (2015-02-03) Friendly	Molde FK	2–2	Hammarby IF	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Singh 30', pen.' Svendsen 75'	Report	Persson 22' Hallenius 30' Söderqvist 49' Israelsson 59'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 150

v

Strømsgodset IF

6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) Friendly	Hammarby IF	1–3	Strømsgodset IF	La Manga, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakircioglü 24' Sætra 72' Guldborg Christensen 91'	Report	Nguen 1' Lehne Olsen 50' Fossum 61'	Stadium: La Manga Stadium Attendance: 130

v

Hammarby IF

9 February 2015 (2015-02-09) Friendly	FC Vestsjælland	3–1	Hammarby IF	La Manga, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kure 8' Vellios 16', 63' Festersen 26'	Report	Piñones-Arce 77'	Stadium: La Manga Stadium Attendance: 50

v

LA Galaxy

16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) Friendly	Hammarby IF	2–1	LA Galaxy	Stockholm, Sweden
19:00	Israelsson 12' Hallenius 47'	report	Keane 8' (pen.) Juninho 55'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 10,601 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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SK Brann

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28) Friendly	Hammarby IF	3–2	SK Brann	Stockholm, Sweden
14:00	Batan 28' Bakircioglü 68' (pen.) Piñones-Arce 86'	report	Larsen 52' Orlov 63'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Allsvenskan	N/A	—	11th	4 April 2015	31 October 2015
2014–15 Svenska Cupen	Round 2	—	Quarter-finals	20 August 2014	15 March 2015

Source: Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Örebro SK	30	9	10	11	36	50	−14	37
10	Gefle IF	30	10	6	14	35	50	−15	36
11	Hammarby IF	30	8	9	13	35	39	−4	33
12	GIF Sundsvall	30	9	5	16	34	52	−18	32
13	Kalmar FF	30	8	7	15	31	42	−11	31

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).^[26]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	8	9	13	35	39	−4	33	6	3	6	18	15	+3	2	6	7	17	24	−7

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	5	3	7	5	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11

Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) Round 1	Hammarby IF	2–0	BK Häcken	Stockholm
14:00	Bakircioglü 13' (pen.) Söderqvist 39'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 30,278 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

8 April 2015 (2015-04-08) Round 2	IF Elfsborg	1–1	Hammarby IF	Borås
19:00	Hallenius 42'	Report	Hedlund 53'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 11,264 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sigtuna)

13 April 2015 (2015-04-13) Round 3	Hammarby IF	2–1	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm
19:00	Bakircioglü 55' Besara 60'	Report	Johnson 26'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 27,597 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

20 April 2015 (2015-04-20) Round 4	Malmö FF	3–1	Hammarby IF	Malmö
19:00	Rosenberg 12' Lewicki 39' Mehmeti 90+2'	Report	Bakircioglü 15'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 19,849 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) Round 5	Hammarby IF	2–1	Åtvidabergs FF	Stockholm
16:00	Hallenius 22' Besara 25'	Report	Owoeri 52'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 25,167 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Täby)

30 April 2015 (2015-04-30) Round 6	Örebro SK	2–2	Hammarby IF	Örebro
19:00	Haginge 15' Yassin 79'	Report	Solheim 43' Sævarsson 64'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 10,486 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

4 May 2015 (2015-05-04) Round 7	AIK	2–0	Hammarby IF	Stockholm
19:00	Goitom 56' Sonko Sundberg 75'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 41,630 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

11 May 2015 (2015-05-11) Round 8	Hammarby IF	1–2	GIF Sundsvall	Stockholm
19:00	Persson 12'	Report	Lundström 39' Sigurjónsson 90'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 21,535 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

20 May 2015 (2015-05-20) Round 9	IFK Norrköping	1–0	Hammarby IF	Norrköping
19:00	Kujović 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Nya Parken Attendance: 13,814 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

25 May 2015 (2015-05-25) Round 10	Helsingborgs IF	1–0	Hammarby IF	Helsingborg
19:00	Landgren 26' Simović 65'	Report	Solli 67' Söderqvist 78'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 8,689 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)

30 May 2015 (2015-05-30) Round 11	Hammarby IF	2–2	Halmstads BK	Stockholm
16:00	Israelsson 5' Sævarsson 56' Solli 63' Persson 84'	Report	Westerberg 11' Andersson 52' 59' Keene 67' Lukić 90'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 21,688 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

4 June 2015 (2015-06-04) Round 12	Kalmar FF	2–2	Hammarby IF	Kalmar
19:00	Antonsson 29' 49'	Report	Söderqvist 52' Hallenius 72'	Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 10,436 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Malmö)

7 June 2015 (2015-06-07) Round 13	Hammarby IF	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Stockholm
15:00	Mikkelsen 86'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 27,556 Referee: Johan Hamlin (Enköping)

5 July 2015 (2015-07-05) Round 14	Gefle IF	1–1	Hammarby IF	Gävle
19:05	Fällman 8'	Report	Besara 13'	Stadium: Gavlevallen Attendance: 6,430 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Höganäs)

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12) Round 15	Hammarby IF	3–0	Falkenbergs FF	Stockholm
19:00	Besara 3', 75' Israelsson 5'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 21,337 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Borlänge)

5 July 2015 (2015-07-05) Round 16	BK Häcken	3–3	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
19:05	Abubakari 22' De Oliveira 41', 46'	Report	Torsteinbø 28' Persson 57' Israelsson 63'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Gävle)

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) Round 17	Hammarby IF	0–1	IFK Norrköping	Stockholm
19:00		Report	Kujovic 37'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 27,011 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Borlänge)

2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) Round 18	GIF Sundsvall	3–0	Hammarby IF	Sundsvall
19:05	Sigurjónsson 61' Dibba 65' Sliper 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Norrporten Arena Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) Round 19	Hammarby IF	0–0	IF Elfsborg	Stockholm
17:30		Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 21,165 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) Round 20	Falkenbergs FF	0–1	Hammarby IF	Falkenberg
19:00		Report	Torsteinbø 88'	Stadium: Falkenbergs IP Attendance: 3,907 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Höganäs)

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) Round 21	Djurgårdens IF	2–2	Hammarby IF	Stockholm
19:05	Arvidsson 58' Mushekwi 78'	Report	Torsteinbø 5' Israelsson 69'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 27,428 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Gävle)

30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) Round 22	Hammarby IF	0–0	Kalmar FF	Stockholm
19:00		Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 30,869 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Borlänge)

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) Round 23	Hammarby IF	1–2	Örebro SK	Stockholm
15:00	Orlov 16'	Report	Eriksson 23' Ajdarević 35'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 21,862 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) Round 24	IFK Göteborg	1–0	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
17:30	Rieks 50'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,617 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) Round 25	Hammarby IF	3–0	Gefle IF	Stockholm
19:00	Orlov 22' Bakircioglü 51' Israelsson 73'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 18,173 Referee: Johan Hamlin (Bro)

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) Round 26	Hammarby IF	1–0	AIK	Stockholm
15:00	Israelsson 88'	Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 28,945 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sigtuna)

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) Round 27	Åtvidabergs FF	0–3	Hammarby IF	Åtvidaberg
19:00		Report	Solheim 56' Torsteinbø 63', 72'	Stadium: Kopparvallen Attendance: 5,566 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Lund)

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) Round 28	Hammarby IF	1–4	Helsingborgs IF	Stockholm
17:30	Sævarsson 41'	Report	Prica 8' Wede 11' Uronen 53' Simovic 73'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 28,797 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) Round 29	Hammarby IF	0–1	Malmö FF	Stockholm
15:00		Report	Bengtsson 58'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 30,627 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Gothenburg)

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) Round 30	Halmstads BK	2–1	Hammarby IF	Halmstad
13:00	Henningsson 67' Rusike 90+1'	Report	Sætra 54'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Höganäs)

Svenska Cupen

2014–15

The tournament continued from the 2014 season.

Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAM	AIK	LAN	KFF
1	Hammarby IF	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Knockout stage	—	—	1–1	—
2	AIK	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6		1–2	—	4–0	—
3	Landskrona BoIS	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4		—	—	—	2–1
4	Kristianstads FF	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0		0–1	0–3	—	—

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

21 February 2015 Matchday 1	Kristianstads FF	0–1	Hammarby IF	Kristianstad
14:00		Report	Hallenius 25' Persson 87'	Stadium: Kristianstads IP Attendance: 1,866 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Höganäs)

1 March 2015 Matchday 2	Hammarby IF	1–1	Landskrona BoIS	Stockholm
16:00	Rennie 67'	Report	Jarl 3'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 10,419 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

7 March 2015 Matchday 3	AIK	1–2	Hammarby IF	Solna
13:00	Goitom 8'	Report	Bakircioglü 16' (pen.) Persson 62'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 41,063 Referee: Michael Lerjéus (Skövde)

Knockout stage

15 March 2015 Quarter-finals	IF Elfsborg	3–0	Hammarby IF	Borås
14:00	Hedlund 4' Svensson 63' Frick 72'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 4,035 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Köping)

2015–16

The tournament continued into the 2016 season.

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