2024 BK Häcken season

The 2024 BK Häcken season is the club's 85th year in existence and their 16th consecutive season in the Swedish top flight. Häcken played their first match on 17 February.

BK Häcken

2024 season
Manager	Paco Johansen (until 23 September) Joop Oosterveld (from 24 September)
Stadium	Bravida Arena
Allsvenskan	9th
Svenska Cupen	Group stage
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Julius Lindberg (4) All: Julius Lindberg (5)
Biggest defeat	Malmö 4–0 Häcken
Home colours Away colours
← 2023

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SWE Johan Brattberg 3 DF  SWE Johan Hammar 5 DF  NOR Even Hovland 7 DF  DEN Jacob Barrett Laursen 8 MF  NGA Ishaq Abdulrazak (on loan from Anderlecht) 9 FW  NOR Ola Kamara 10 MF  TUN Ali Youssef 11 MF  SWE Julius Lindberg 12 DF  ISL Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson 13 DF  SWE Simon Sandberg 14 MF  SWE Simon Gustafson 15 DF  BIH Kadir Hodžić 16 MF  SWE Pontus Dahbo 17 FW  ZAM Edward Chilufya (on loan from Midtjylland)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  DEN Mikkel Rygaard 19 FW  SRB Srđan Hrstić 20 FW  JAM Blair Turgott 22 MF  SWE Tobias Sana 24 FW  TUN Amor Layouni 26 GK  SWE Peter Abrahamsson 27 MF  CIV Amane Romeo 29 FW  MKD Filip Trpchevski 30 GK  SWE Sebastian Banozic 31 DF  SWE Charlie Axede 32 GK  SWE Andreas Linde 33 FW  UGA John Paul Dembe (on loan from KCCA) 35 DF  SWE Sigge Jansson

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SWE Semir Bosnic (to Norrby until 30 November 2023) — FW  SWE Anomnachi Chidi (to Ahlafors until 30 November 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Julius Lindberg	GAIS	Free	8 January 2024
DF	Adam Lundqvist	Austin FC	Free	1 February 2024	[2]
FW	John Paul Dembe	Kampala City	Undisclosed	1 February 2024	[3]
GK	Andreas Linde	Greuther Fürth	Undisclosed	1 February 2024	[4]
DF	Nikola Zečević	FK Voždovac	Undisclosed	6 February 2024	[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Aiham Ousou	Slavia Prague	Loan return	31 December 2023	[6]
MF	Momodou Sonko	KAA Gent	€8,000,000	29 January 2024	[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

Häcken v Midtjylland

25 January 2024 Friendly	Häcken	2–4	Midtjylland	Gothenburg
11:30	Amane 13' Layouni 23' Faye  38'	Report	Simsir 3', 41',  25' Iheanacho 68' Musa 103'	Stadium: Bravida Arena

Tromsø v Häcken

2 February 2024 Friendly	Tromsø	4–2	Häcken	Marbella, Spain
16:00				Stadium: Banús Football Center

Häcken v Haugesund

6 February 2024 Friendly	Häcken	2–4	Haugesund	Marbella, Spain
16:00				Stadium: Banús Football Center

Nordsjælland v Häcken

10 February 2024 Friendly	Nordsjælland	3–0	Häcken	Farum, Denmark
13:00				Stadium: Right to Dream Park

Häcken v Hammarby IF

9 March 2024 Friendly	Häcken	2–1	Hammarby IF	Gothenburg
14:00	Hrstić 5' Lindberg 16'		Pinas 64'	Stadium: Gothia Park Academy

Häcken v IF Elfsborg

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

Häcken v Næstved BK

22 March 2024 Friendly	Häcken	5–1	Næstved BK	Gothenburg
12:00	Chilufya 6' Amane 14' Lindberg 45+1' Layouni 62' Abdulrazak 85'	Report	Friedrich 67'	Stadium: Bravida Arena

Kalmar FF v Häcken

28 June 2024 Friendly	Kalmar FF	3–2	Häcken
16:00

Häcken v Halmstads BK

30 June 2024 Friendly	Häcken	4–2	Halmstads BK	Borgholm
15:00	Lindberg 3' Youssef 22' Layouni 47' Inoussa 54'		Turgott 11' Wallentin 50'	Stadium: Ekerum Park
Note: 2 X 35 minutes.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Allsvenskan	31 March 2024	November 2024	Matchday 1		17	8	3	6	35	30	+5	047.06
Svenska Cupen	17 February 2024	2 March 2024	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	033.33
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round		3	3	0	0	18	4	+14	100.00
Total					23	12	4	7	58	38	+20	052.17

Last updated: 2 June 2024
Source: Soccerway

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2024 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
10	IF Brommapojkarna	30	8	10	12	46	53	−7	34

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
13	6	2	5	24	22	+2	20	4	1	2	16	11	+5	2	1	3	8	11	−3

Last updated: 2 June 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W					L
Position	10	11	9	6	3	6	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Häcken v Mjällby

31 March 2024 1	Häcken	0–1	Mjällby	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Gustafson 63'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,631 Referee: Oscar Johnson

Djurgården v Häcken

8 April 2024 2	Djurgården	3–3	Häcken	Stockholm
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Nguen 87', 89' Danielson 90+4' (pen.)		Chilufya 23' Lindberg 58' Inoussa 64'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 22,485 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Häcken v IF Brommapojkarna

15 April 2024 3	Häcken	4–3	IF Brommapojkarna	Gothenburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 3' Layouni 35' Inoussa 57' Chilufya  65' Lindberg 69',  72'		Irandust 16' Fritzson 25' Barslund 60'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Granit Maqedonci

Häcken v Hammarby

21 April 2024 4	Häcken	2–1	Hammarby	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 62' Hovland 87'		Kurtulus 30'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Fredrik Klitte

IFK Göteborg v Häcken

24 April 2024 5	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Häcken	Gothenburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Layouni 45+6'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

Häcken v IFK Norrköping

28 April 2024 6	Häcken	1–2	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrstić 63'		Prica 25' Traustason 59'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Sirius v Häcken

4 May 2024 7	Sirius	0–3	Häcken	Uppsala
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Lindberg 6' Hrstić 17' Inoussa 27'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Referee: Joakim Östling

Häcken v Kalmar FF

12 May 2024 8	Häcken	3–1	Kalmar FF	Gothenburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrstić 41', 52' Rygaard 55'		Trenskow 36'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Granit Maqedonci

Halmstad v Häcken

15 May 2024 9	Halmstad	3–0	Häcken	Halmstad
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wallentin 22' Mohammed 44' Granath 46'			Stadium: Örjans Vall Referee: Richard Sundell

Häcken v Malmö FF

20 May 2024 10	Häcken	2–2	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Lindberg 76' Gustafson 90+3' (pen.)		Nanasi 8' Kiese Thelin 48'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Fredrik Klitte

GAIS v Häcken

25 May 2024 11	GAIS	3–0	Häcken	Gothenburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milovanovic 4' Cooper Love 45+2', 57'			Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Mjällby AIF v Häcken

29 May 2024 17	Mjällby AIF	2–1	Häcken	Sölvesborg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bergström 6' Stroud 46'		Lunddal Friðriksson 48'	Stadium: Strandvallen Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

Häcken v AIK

2 June 2024 12	Häcken	4–1	AIK	Gothenburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lunddal Friðriksson 21' Chilufya 42' Layouni 50' Rygaard 53'		Pittas 57'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Joakim Östling

2023–24 Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2023–24 Svenska Cupen

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IFB	BKH	ÖFK	LAN
1	IF Brommapojkarna	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to Knockout stage				1–0	3–0
2	BK Häcken	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4			1–1		2–0
3	Östersunds FK	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3						1–0
4	Landskrona BoIS	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	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

Häcken v Östersund

17 February 2024 1	Häcken	2–0	Östersund	Gothenburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zečević  12' Hrstić  32' Youssef 52' Abdulrazak 83' Layouni  90+1'	Report	Jablinski  60' N'sa  81'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Joakim Östling

Landskrona BoIS v Häcken

26 February 2024 2	Landskrona BoIS	3–2	Häcken	Landskrona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dzabic 29' Edvardsson  42' Egnell 55' Karlsson 77'		Lindberg 13',  57' Sandberg 45+2' Hrstić  49' Rygaard  81' Zečević  88' Lundqvist  90+3'	Stadium: Landskrona IP Referee: Per Melin

Häcken v IF Brommapojkarna

2 March 2024 3	Häcken	1–1	IF Brommapojkarna	Gothenburg
15:15 CET (UTC+1)	Youssef 5' Lundqvist  39' Zečević  84' Lindberg  87'		Odefalk 45+4' Sidklev  88'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Fredrik Oppong

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

F91 Dudelange v Häcken

25 July 2024 First leg	F91 Dudelange	2–6	Häcken	Dudelange, Luxembourg
19:00	Stumpf  22' Hadji 32' (pen) 44' (pen) Englaro  34' Zrankeon  71' Decker  78' Kirch  79'	Report	Inoussa 6' Layouni 21', 45+1' Rygaard  31' Youssef 35', 60' Lundqvist  43' Hrstić 88'	Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Antoni Bandić

Häcken v F91 Dudelange

31 July 2024 Second leg	Häcken	6–1 (12–3 agg.)	F91 Dudelange	Gothenburg
19:00	Agbonifo 16', 27'  31' Hrstić 45', 48' Nioule 53' Hammar 57'	Report	Bojić 4' Decker  19'  39'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,061 Referee: Igor Stojchevski

Third qualifying round

Häcken v Paide Linnameeskond

7 August 2024 First leg	Häcken	6–1	Paide Linnameeskond	Gothenburg
19:00	Amane 5', 6' Layouni 35', 90+1' Inoussa 64' Hrstić  70' Agbonifo 89'	Report	Ceesay 32'  59'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,889 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

Paide Linnameeskond v Häcken

13 August 2024 Second leg	Paide Linnameeskond	1–1 (7–2 agg.)	Häcken	Tallinn, Estonia
18:30	Luts  31' Saarma 33' Medić  44' D. Luts  55' Piht  90+2'	Report	Lundqvist 7'  55' Layouni  68'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Volen Chinkov

Play-off round

Häcken v Heidenheim

22 August 2024 First leg	Häcken	1–2	Heidenheim	Gothenburg
19:00	Rygaard 36' Layouni  45+1'	Report	Conteh 31'  34' Kerber  57' Léo Scienza 65' Maloney  90+2'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi

Heidenheim v Häcken

29 August 2024 Second leg	Heidenheim	v	Häcken	Heidenheim, Germany
				Stadium: Voith-Arena Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

References

1. "Herr" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
2. "BK Häcken agerar - nyförvärv presenterat".
3. "Swedish Premier League club BK Hacken signs Ugandan talent Dembe - SportsAfrica". 16 December 2023.
4. "Därför valde Linde Häcken: "Utvecklats"". 31 January 2024.
5. "Nikola Zecevic är klar för BK Häcken". 6 February 2024.
6. "Aiham Ousou si v dresu Slavie zřejmě už nezahraje! Čeká jej velký přestup?". 23 December 2023.
7. ""Mijn vermoorde broer zei dat ik nooit mocht stoppen met voetballen": wie is Gentse recordaankoop Sonko (18) die als kind stage liep bij Liverpool?". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

External links

Official website