The 2017 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 102st in existence, their 48th season in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

and their 3rd consecutive season in the league. They competed in

and

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

during the year. League play started in early April and lasted until early November.

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made his first season as manager.

Summary

In the off-season, on 18 November 2016, the board chose to sack manager

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, citing "a need to get a new voice and new energy into the club's sporting development". Later the same month,

was announced as the successor. He joined the club on a three-year deal from the

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club

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. 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

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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

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(2–1) and

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(3–1). In May 2017, Hammarby hired

Jesper Jansson Jesper Urban Jansson (born 8 January 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He currently serves as the director of football at Hammarby IF. As a player, he represented Östers IF, AIK, Dju ...

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

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in a reported club record transfer. At the same time, Hammarby brought in 8 new signings. Among these were Mads Fenger,

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Muamer Tanković Muamer Tanković (born 22 February 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Pafos. Early life Muamer Tanković was born to Bosnian Muslim parents in Norrköping and grew up in Hageby, a Million Progra ...

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and

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. 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

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 (

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) unless stated otherwise.

Svenska Cupen

2016–17

:''The tournament continued from the 2016 season.'' Kickoff times are in

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=Group stage

2017–18

:''The tournament continues into the 2018 season.''

=Qualification stage

Footnotes

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Hammarby Fotboll Hammarby IF Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Hammarby Fotboll or Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish football club from Stockholm founded in 1915. The club is based at Tele2 Arena in Johanneshov but founded in the neig ...