2019 BK Häcken season

BK Häcken

2019 season
Chairman	Anders Billström
Manager	Andreas Alm
Stadium	Bravida Arena
Allsvenskan	6th
Svenska Cupen	Quarter-finals
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Paulinho (11) All: Paulinho (13)

The 2019 BK Häcken season is BK Häcken's 79th season of existence, and its 19th season competing in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of football in Sweden. The club has been a fixture in the Allsvenskan each season since 2009. In addition to the 2019 Allsvenskan, BK Häcken will compete in the Svenska Cupen, and the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

Transfers and loans

From January 1, 2019. Arrivals include players returning from loans. Departures include players out on loan.

Arrivals

Position	Player	Transferred from	Date	Fee
MF	Ali Youssef	BK Häcken U19	1 January 2019	None
DF	Oskar Sverrisson	Mjällby AIF	12 January 2019	Free Transfer
FW	Kwame Kizito	Without Club	1 February 2019	None
MF	Ahmed Yasin	Al-Khor SC	12 January 2019	Free Transfer
DF	Teodor Wålemark	BK Häcken U19	1 July 2019	None
FW	Alexander Nadj	Without Club	15 July 2019	None

Departures

Position	Player	Transferred to	Date	Fee
GK	Christoffer Källqvist	Retired	1 January 2019	None
DF	Ali Suljić	IF Brommapojkarna	12 January 2019	Free Transfer
FW	Lucas Hedlund	Utsiktens BK	12 January 2019	Free Transfer
DF	Emil Wahlström	GAIS	10 February 2019	Free Transfer
FW	Mervan Çelik	Without Club	18 July 2019	Released
FW	Nasiru Mohammed	PFC Levski Sofia	23 July 2019	£225k

Non-competitive

Pre-season Friendlies

Norrby v BK Häcken

21.11.2018	Norrby	3-2	BK Häcken	Borås
17:00	Vukojevic 2' Savolainen 16' Khayat 47'	Report	Ekpolo 52' Kornbakk 56'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 50 Referee: Fikret Buqa

Competitive

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Allsvenskan	30	14	7	9	44	29	+15	046.67
Svenska Cupen	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	080.00
Europa League	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total	37	18	8	11	57	35	+22	048.65

Last updated: 5 February 2021.
Source: Competitive matches

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2019 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	AIK	30	19	5	6	47	24	+23	62
5	IFK Norrköping	30	16	9	5	54	26	+28	57
6	BK Häcken	30	14	7	9	44	29	+15	49
7	IFK Göteborg	30	13	9	8	46	31	+15	48	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	IF Elfsborg	30	11	10	9	44	45	−1	43

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).
Notes:

1. IFK Göteborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen.

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L
Position	7	4	2	2	7	6	3	3	3	2	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: ^[citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Game-by-game review

Malmö FF v Hacken

01.04.2019 Round 1	Malmö FF	1–1	Hacken	Malmö
19:00	Bengtsson  18' Antonsson 46' 55’ Christiansen  89'	Report	Ekpolo  52' Friberg  73' Irandust 76'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 17,543 Referee: Mohammed Al Hakim

Hacken v Helsingborg

06.04.2019 Round 2	Hacken	2-1	Helsingborg	Gothenburg
16:00	Paulinho 39' (pen.) Mohammed  42' Jeremejeff 49'	Report	Randrup  38' Abubakari  51' Moro 86'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,548 Referee: Victor Wolf

Falkenberg v Hacken

13.04.2019 Round 3	Falkenberg	0-3	Hacken	Falkenberg
13:30	Peter  78' Joza  87'	Report	Jeremejeff  25' Ekpolo 52' Paulinho 66', 75'	Stadium: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena Attendance: 2,798 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Hacken v Djurgården

21.04.2019 Round 4	Hacken	0-1	Djurgården	Gothenburg
15:00	Faltsetas  14' Berggren  20' Mohammed  78' Paulinho  82' Lindgren  85'	Report	Karlstrom  15' Radetinac  20' Berg 51'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,579 Referee: Bojan Pandzic

AIK v Hacken

24.04.2019 Round 5	AIK	1-0	Hacken	Stockholm
19:00	Sundgren  40' 76' Larsson  45+1' Linner  90+3'	Report	Lindgren  47' Ekpolo  82'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 11,131 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Hacken v AFC Eskilstuna

28.04.2019 Round 6	Hacken	3-0	AFC Eskilstuna	Gothenburg
15:00	Andersson 64', 90+4' Paulinho 73'	Report	Rashkaj  39' Nalic  67'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Fredrik Hansson

Hacken v Sundsvall

05.05.2019 Round 7	Hacken	1-0	Sundsvall	Gothenburg
15:00	Paulinho 64’  90+2' Jeremejeff 71'	Report	Ciercoles  29' Moreno  83' Myrestam  90+3'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,561 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Östersund v Hacken

11.05.2019 Round 8	Östersund	1-1	Hacken	Östersund
13:30	Isherwood 28'	Report	Jeremejeff 26' Faltsetas  40' Paulinho  43' Ekpolo  86'	Stadium: Jamtkraft Arena Attendance: 4,904 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Hacken v Kalmar

15.05.2019 Round 9	Hacken	1-0	Kalmar	Gothenburg
19:00	Andersson  66' Yasin 67' Celik  74'	Report	Froling  26'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Kaspar Sjoberg

Sirius v Hacken

19.05.2019 Round 10	Sirius	3-4	Hacken	Uppsala
15:00	Lundholm 20' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Ceesay  30' Haglund 66' Bjornstrom  82' Razak  90'	Report	Jeremejeff 8' Ojala  17'  78' 28' Paulinho 49' Celik 51' Friberg  60' Yasin  83'	Stadium: Studenternas IP Attendance: 3,047 Referee: Adam Ladeback

Hacken v Goteborg

25.05.2019 Round 11	Hacken	1-2	Goteborg	Gothenburg
16:00	Yasin  64' Jeremejeff 71' Friberg  75' Toivio  81'	Report	Vibe 9'  55' Yusuf  47' Wernersson  60' Ohlsson  64' Erlingmark  81' Soder 90+7'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 6,316 Referee: Mohammed Al Hakim

Elfsborg v Hacken

02.06.2019 Round 12	Elfsborg	0-0	Hacken	Borås
15:00	Henriksson  20'  37' Ellegaard  21' Ishizaki  50' Jonsson  75' Strand  90+3'	Report	Lindgren  40' Celik  53' Paulinho  73' Jeremejeff  90+3'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 6,113 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Hacken v Hammarby

01.07.2019 Round 13	Hacken	2-0	Hammarby	Gothenburg
19:00	Ekpolo  8' Mohammed 42' Faltsetas  44' Jeremejeff  45' 81' Hammar  45+4'	Report	Khalili  33' Fallman  43' Fenger  44'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,897 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

IFK Norrköping v Hacken

07.07.2019 Round 14	IFK Norrköping	2-1	Hacken	Norrköping
15:00	Larsson 11' Fransson  17' Gerson  50' Larsen  70' Totte 79'	Report	Berggren  44' 71' Paulinho  49'	Stadium: Ostgotaporten Attendance: 6,433 Referee: Martin Strombergsson

Hacken v Örebro

14.07.2019 Round 15	Hacken	3-0	Örebro	Gothenburg
15:00	Irandust 57' Jeremejeff 62' Paulinho 74'	Report	Rogic  35' Brorsson  73'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 5,162 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

Sundsvall v Hacken

20.07.2019 Round 16	Sundsvall	0-1	Hacken	Sundsvall
18:00	Ciercoles  36' Sema 37’ Blomqvist  43'	Report	Abrahamsson  35' Friberg 59' Irandust  72'	Stadium: NP3 Arena Attendance: 4,060 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

Djurgården v Hacken

28.07.2019 Round 17	Djurgården	2-0	Hacken	Stockholm
15:00	Une-Larsson 80' Chilufya 90+2'	Report	Yasin  84'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 10,748 Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Hacken v Sirius

04.08.2019 Round 18	Hacken	4-1	Sirius	Gothenburg
17:30	Toivio 9' Friberg  19' Berggren 25' Jeremejeff 32' Ekpolo  42' Lundberg 55'	Report	Thor 18' Larson  41' Bjornstrom  47' Haglund  63'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 1,898 Referee: Fredrik Klitte

Hacken v Malmö FF

11.08.2019 Round 19	Hacken	1-1	Malmö FF	Gothenburg
15:00	Ekpolo  43' Paulinho  75' Friberg 79'	Report	Molins 26’ Safari  27' Lewicki  38' Christiansen 57' Brorsson  61'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,254 Referee: Mohammed Al Hakim

Örebro v Hacken

18.08.2019 Round 20	Örebro	1-2	Hacken	Örebro
15:00	Bertilsson  40' Mehmeti 87'  87'	Report	Toivio 33' Lundberg 80' Abrahamsson  87'	Stadium: Behrn Arena Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

AFC Eskilstuna v Hacken

25.08.2019 Round 21	AFC Eskilstuna	0-2	Hacken	Eskilstuna
15:00	Tsveiba  54' Kozica 68’	Report	Abrahamsson  67' Hammar 86' Paulinho 90+3'	Stadium: Tunavallen Attendance: 1,876 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

Hacken v Falkenberg

01.09.2019 Round 22	Hacken	4-1	Falkenberg	Gothenburg
17:30	Paulinho 21', 90+4' Irandust 28' Kizito 85'	Report	Pogrebnyak 32' Carlsson  76'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

Hacken v AIK

15.09.2019 Round 23	Hacken	1-2	AIK	Gothenburg
15:00	Lindgren  46' Paulinho 57'  69' Friberg  70'	Report	Obasi 26' Elyounoussi  40' Larsson 66' (pen.) Mets  84' Lindkvist  90+3'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Kalmar v Hacken

21.09.2019 Round 24	Kalmar	1-1	Hacken	Kalmar
16:00	Elm 21' Magnusson  31' Hagg-Johansson  38' Holmstrom  65'	Report	Friberg  13' Ekpolo  20' Paulinho  36' Kizito 66'	Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 3,661 Referee: Martin Strombergsson

Hacken v Elfsborg

25.09.2019 Round 25	Hacken	1–2	Elfsborg	Gothenburg
19:00	Yasin 35' (pen.) Faltsetas  72'	Report	Karlsson 19' Portillo  34' Nilsen 55' Gojani  60' Strand  72' Ronning  80' Simon Olsson  90+1'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,686 Referee: Victor Wolf

Goteborg v Hacken

29.09.2019 Round 26	Goteborg	0-0	Hacken	Gothenburg
15:00	Erlingmark  23' Da Graca  30' Holm  74' Titi  76'	Report	Kizito  19'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 13,514 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

Hacken v Östersund

06.10.2019 Round 27	Hacken	1-1	Östersund	Gothenburg
15:00	Toivio  15' Irandust 39' Berggren  90+3'	Report	Ssewankambo  51' Attah 58' Mensiro  70'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Helsingborg v Hacken

19.10.2019 Round 28	Helsingborg	0-2	Hacken	Helsingborg
13:30	Abubakari  30' Gero  33'	Report	Paulinho 11' (pen.)  33' Kizito 55'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 7,339 Referee: Patrik Eriksson

Hacken v IFK Norrköping

27.10.2019 Round 29	Hacken	0-1	IFK Norrköping	Gothenburg
15:00	Ekpolo  14'  85' Youssef  54' Lindgren  86'	Report	Lauritsen 88'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,969 Referee: Magnus Lindgren

Hammarby v Hacken

02.11.2019 Round 30	Hammarby	4-1	Hacken	Stockholm
13:00	Fenger  2' Magyar  17' Kacaniklic 35' Djurdjic 66' Lindgren 70' (o.g.) Solheim 90+5'	Report	Youssef  4' Nilsson 51' Lindgren  88'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 31,037 Referee: Mohammed Al Hakim

Svenska Cupen

Main article: 2019-20 Svenska Cupen

Initial Rounds

Qviding v BK Häcken

21.08.2019 Second round	Qviding	1-3	BK Häcken	Gothenburg
18:00	Lindberg 74'	Report	Paulinho 34' (pen.), 85' Yasin 90+3'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 789 Referee: Joakim Östling

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	BK Häcken	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Östersunds FK	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	GAIS	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Eskilsminne IF	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: Swedish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head record; 5) Highest ranked team

BK Häcken v GAIS

23.02.2020 Round 1	BK Häcken	3-0	GAIS	Gothenburg
16:30	Lindgren  11' Lundberg 13' Irandust 27' Berggren  71' Yasin 80' Bengtsson  90+1'	Report	Yarsuvat  17' Celik  71'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 2,661 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Eskilsminne v BK Häcken

29.02.2020 Round 2	Eskilsminne	0-4	BK Häcken	Helsingborg
14:30	Lundeberg  77'	Report	Toivio 45', 56' Youssef 83' Yasin 89'	Stadium: Olympiafältet Plan 10 konstgräs Attendance: 178 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson

BK Häcken v Östersund

08.03.2020 Round 3	BK Häcken	2-0	Östersund	Gothenburg
14:30	Irandust 8' Yasin 22’ Ekpolo 35' Lindgren  40' Soderlund  65'	Report	Isherwood  27' Sonko-Sundberg  84' Turgott  85'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 1,145 Referee: Joakim Östling

Knockout stage

BK Häcken v Elfsborg

25.06.2020 Quarter-finals	BK Häcken	1-2	Elfsborg	Gothenburg
18:00	Bengtsson 58' Yasin  78' Andersson  89'	Report	Okumu  39' Frick  45+2' Alm 50' McVey 71' Strand  90+3'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Alkmaar v BK Häcken

25.07.2019 1st leg	Alkmaar	0-0	BK Häcken	Alkmaar
20:30	Wijndal  19'	Report	Ekpolo  43' Yasin  61'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,492 Referee: Serhiy Boiko

BK Häcken v Alkmaar

01.08.2019 2nd leg	BK Häcken	0-3 (0-3 agg.)	Alkmaar	Gothenburg
18:30	Lindgren  39'	Report	Wuytens  17' Stengs  39' 56' Boadu 42' Idrissi 67'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,845 Referee: Frank Schneider

Statistics

Appearances

As of 19 July 2019

This includes all competitive matches.[1]

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Allsvenskan	Svenska Cupen	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK	XX	NAME	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 19 July 2019

This includes all competitive matches.[2]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Allsvenskan	Svenska Cupen	Europa League	Total
1	FW	10	Paulinho	11	2	0	13
2	FW	9	Alexander Jeremejeff	8	0	0	8
3	MF	19	Daleho Irandust	4	2	0	6
4	MF	99	Ahmed Yasin	2	3	0	5
5	DF	22	Joona Toivio	2	2	0	4
6	FW	16	Kwame Kizito	3	0	0	3
7	FW	11	Viktor Lundberg	2	1	0	3
8	DF	28	Adam Andersson	2	0	0	2
9	MF	17	Gustav Berggren	2	0	0	2
10	MF	8	Erik Friberg	2	0	0	2
11	DF	12	Godswill Ekpolo	1	1	0	2
12	MF	7	Mervan Celik	1	0	0	1
13	DF	3	Johan Hammar	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Assists

As of 19 July 2019

This includes all competitive matches.[3]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Allsvenskan	Svenska Cupen	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF	XX	NAME	0	0	0	0
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Clean Sheets

As of 19 July 2019

This includes all competitive matches.[4]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Allsvenskan	Svenska Cupen	UEFA Europa League	Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 19 July 2019

This includes all competitive matches.[5]

Rnk	Pos.	No.	Player	Allsvenskan		Svenska Cupen		Europa League		Total
1	FW	XX	NAME	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Awards

Team

Award	Month	Source

Individual

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source

References

1. "https://www.soccerway.com/teams/sweden/bollklubben-hacken/2398/"
2. "https://www.soccerway.com/teams/sweden/bollklubben-hacken/2398/"
3. "https://www.soccerway.com/teams/sweden/bollklubben-hacken/2398/"
4. "https://www.soccerway.com/teams/sweden/bollklubben-hacken/2398/"
5. "https://www.soccerway.com/teams/sweden/bollklubben-hacken/2398/"

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