The 2021 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 106th in existence, their 52st season in

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and their 7th consecutive season in the league. They competed in

, Svenska Cupen and Conference League during the year. League play started in April, initially behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stefan Billborn made his fourth season as manager, but was sacked after eight rounds and replaced by Miloš Milojević.

Summary

On 30 May 2021, Hammarby IF won the

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, their first title in the main domestic cup, through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against BK Häcken in the final. On 11 June 2021, Hammarby decided to terminate manager Stefan Billborn's contract, with the club placed 8th in the 2021 Allsvenskan table after eight rounds. On 13 June, Miloš Milojević, most recently an assistant at

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, was appointed new head coach. The side reached the play-off round of the

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, after eliminating

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(4–1 on aggregate) and FK Čukarički (6–4 on aggregate), where it was knocked out by

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on penalties (4–4 on aggregate). In Allsvenskan, Hammarby finished in 5th place after a stronger second half of the campaign.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

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Club

Coaching staff

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Other information

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

Competitions

Allsvenskan

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Kickoff times are in ( UTC+01) unless stated otherwise.

=April

=May

=July

=August

=September

=October

=November

=December

Svenska Cupen

2020–21

:''The tournament continued from the 2020 season.'' Kickoff times are in

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=Group 3

=Knockout stage

2021–22

:''The tournament continues into the 2022 season.''

=Qualification stage

UEFA Europa Conference League

Kickoff times are in

unless stated otherwise.

2021–22

= Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Footnotes

References

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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 ...