2024 IF Elfsborg season

IF Elfsborg
2024 season
Director	Stefan Andreasson
Manager	Jimmy Thelin (until 3 June 2024) Oscar Hiljemark (since 3 June 2024)
Stadium	Borås Arena
2024 Allsvenskan	5th
2023–24 Svenska Cupen	Group stage
2024–25 Svenska Cupen	Pre-season
2024–25 UEFA Europa League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Baidoo (10); All: Michael Baidoo (13)
	← 2023 2025 →

Last updated May 07, 2025

The 2024 season is the 120th season in the history of IF Elfsborg and the 25th consecutive year of its presence in the Swedish top flight.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Rami Kaib	Djurgården	Free	16 February 2024
GK	Marcus Bundgaard	Vendsyssel FF	€340,000	14 March 2024
MF	Arbër Zeneli	Unattached	Free	21 March 2024	^[1]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Hákon Valdimarsson	Brentford	€2,600,000	26 January 2024	^[2]
FW	Jeppe Okkels	FC Utrecht	Free	30 January 2024	^[3]
FW	Jack Cooper Love	GAIS	Loan	1 February 2024
MF	Kevin Holmén	Degerfors IF	Loan	1 February 2024	^[4]
DF	Maudo Jarjué	Sandefjord	Free	7 March 2024	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

26 January 2024Friendly	IF Elfsborg	3–3	Odense BK
13:00

30 January 2024Friendly	Fredrikstad FK	3–0	IF Elfsborg
15:30

4 February 2024Friendly	IF Elfsborg	4–5	FC København
20:00

9 February 2024Friendly	IF Elfsborg	1–2	Silkeborg IF
12:00

21 February 2024Friendly	IF Elfsborg	3–1	Odd
13:00

16 March 2024Friendly	BK Häcken	1–3	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
13:00	Rygaard 9'	Report	Ouma 7' Frick 72' Söderberg 89'	Stadium: Bravida Arena

22 March 2024Friendly	IF Elfsborg	4–0	Halmstads BK	Borås
18:00	Söderberg 7' Zeneli 21' (pen.) Frick 59' Qasem 64'		81'	Stadium: Borås Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Allsvenskan	1 April 2024	10 November 2024	Matchday 1		30	13	6	11	52	44	+8	043.33
2023–24 Svenska Cupen	18 February 2024	3 March 2024	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	033.33
2024–25 Svenska Cupen	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
2024–25 UEFA Europa League	11 July 2024	30 January 2025	First qualifying round	TBD	14	8	2	4	24	16	+8	057.14
Total					47	22	9	16	82	65	+17	046.81

Last updated: 12 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Mjällby AIF	30	14	8	8	44	35	+9	50
6	GAIS	30	14	6	10	36	34	+2	48
7	IF Elfsborg	30	13	6	11	52	44	+8	45
8	BK Häcken	30	12	6	12	54	51	+3	42
9	IK Sirius	30	12	5	13	47	46	+1	41

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).

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	13	6	11	52	44	+8	45	9	3	3	32	16	+16	4	3	8	20	28	−8

Last updated: 10 November 2024.
Source: soccerway

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D
Position	8	6	10	11	13	13	8	11	8	9	8	9	7	5	4	7	7	5	7	5	6	5	7	7	5	6	7	8	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 April 20241	IF Elfsborg	2–2	Värnamo	Borås
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Referee: Fredrik Klitte

7 April 20242	Västerås SK	0–1	IF Elfsborg	Västerås
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Hitachi Energy Arena Referee: Richard Sundell

15 April 20243	Hammarby	3–0	IF Elfsborg	Johanneshov
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena Referee: Glenn Nyberg

22 April 20244	IF Elfsborg	1–2	Kalmar FF	Borås
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

25 April 20245	IFK Norrköping	4–2	IF Elfsborg	Norrköping
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: PlatinumCars Arena Referee: Granit Maqedonci

29 April 20246	IF Elfsborg	2–0	Sirius	Borås
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zeneli 45+5' Frick 59'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Referee: Fredrik Klitte

5 May 20247	IF Elfsborg	3–1	Malmö FF	Borås
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zeneli 34' Hedlund 63' Olsson 74' (o.g.)		Jørgensen 80'	Stadium: Borås Arena Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

12 May 20248	Djurgården	2–0	IF Elfsborg	Johanneshov
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabovic 47' Gulliksen 70'			Stadium: Tele2 Arena

15 May 20249	IF Elfsborg	6–1	AIK	Borås
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdullai 6', 18' Qasem 45+1', 60', 89' (pen.) Baidoo 51'		Celina 73'	Stadium: Borås Arena

19 May 202410	GAIS	2–1	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Axel Henriksson 4'18'	Report	Baidoo 40' Holmén 66'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Richard Sundell

24 May 202411	IF Elfsborg	2–0	Halmstads BK	Borås
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsson 35'89' Thomasen 45+2' Qasem 49'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 7,122 Referee: Tess Olofsson

28 May 202417	Malmö	2–1	IF Elfsborg	Malmö
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Botheim 21' Peña 26' Bolin 40' Kiese Thelin 57' 63' Gabriel Busanello 90+5'	Report	Zeneli 9' Kaib 50' Larsson 75' Camil Jebara 82'	Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 20,488 Referee: Joakim Östling

1 June 202412	IFK Göteborg	1–0	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Norlin 34' Hausner 48'	Report	Abdullai 53'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 17,183 Referee: Adam Ladebäck

6 July 202413	IF Elfsborg	3–0	Brommapojkarna	Borås
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holmén 27' Hedlund 30' Zeneli 45' Baidoo 82' Guðmundsson 87' Yegbe 88'	Report		Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 5,905 Referee: Oscar Johnson

14 July 202414	Häcken	3–5	IF Elfsborg	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 22' 40' Lunddal Friðriksson 45+2' Rygaard 45+5' Linde 48' Amane 63' Youssef 66'	Report	Holmén 26' Henriksson 40' Camil Jebara 44' Hult 45+5' Yegbe 48'90' Zeneli 58' Frick 90+2' Zeneli 90+5'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 6,177 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

21 July 202415	IF Elfsborg	3–1	Mjällby	Borås
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdullai 1'42' Holmén 51'	Report	Stroud 27' Ståhl 90+5'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 6,121 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

2023–24 Svenska Cupen

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DEG	IFE	GAIS	ÖIS
1	Degerfors IF	3	1	2	0	9	4	+5	5	Advance to Knockout stage			2–2	5–0
2	IF Elfsborg	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4		2–2		2–0
3	GAIS	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4					3–0
4	Örgryte IS	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3			3–2

Source: SvFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Lowest disciplinary points; 6) Highest ranked team

2024–25 Svenska Cupen

2024–25 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

11 July 2024First Leg	IF Elfsborg	3-0	Pafos	Borås
19:00 CEST	Zeneli 9' Ouma 12' Hult 59' Frick 82' Baldursson 90+5'	Report	Melluso 26' 57' Jairo 38'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

18 July 2024Second Leg	Pafos	2-5 (2-8 agg.)	IF Elfsborg	Limassol
19:00 EEST	João Correia 15' Holmén 25' (o.g.) Dragomir 43' Name 56'	Report	Kaib 2' Ouma 17'22' Baldursson 36'48' Henriksson 41' Baidoo 47' Abdullai 58' Zeneli 85'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 3,952 Referee: Gai Leibovitz

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024First Leg	Sheriff	0-1	IF Elfsborg	Tiraspol
20:00 CEST	Peter Ademo 38' Alesio Mija 73' Badolo 85'	Report	Hult 69' Hedlund 86' (pen.) 90+3'	Stadium: Sheriff Arena Attendance: 3,751 Referee: Marek Radina

References

↑ Ericson, Erik (March 21, 2024). "Klart: Zeneli återvänder till Elfsborg". Göteborgs-Posten.
↑ "Hákon gerði langan samning við Brentford". www.mbl.is.
↑ "Flankaanvaller Jeppe Okkels versterkt FC Utrecht". FC Utrecht.
↑ "Kevin Holmén klar för Degerfors IF - Degerfors IF". www.degerforsif.se. January 12, 2024.
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[1] Ericson, Erik (March 21, 2024). "Klart: Zeneli återvänder till Elfsborg". Göteborgs-Posten.

[2] "Hákon gerði langan samning við Brentford". www.mbl.is.

[3] "Flankaanvaller Jeppe Okkels versterkt FC Utrecht". FC Utrecht.

[4] "Kevin Holmén klar för Degerfors IF - Degerfors IF". www.degerforsif.se. January 12, 2024.

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