The 2023 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 108th in existence, their 54th season in

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and their 9th consecutive season in the league. They competed in

and Svenska Cupen and the UEFA Europa Conference League. League play started in April and ended in November.

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made his second season as head coach, before leaving with two fixtures left of the season.

Summary

Ahead of the 2023 season, Hammarby sold several key players from the previous season, such as

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and

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. Forward Veton Berisha that had been signed during the summer of 2022, for a record breaking free, also left the club after just six months by returning to Norway. On 17 May 2023, sporting director Jesper Jansson decided to step down and leave the club after six years. Mikael Hjelmberg, formerly head of scouting, was appointed as his permanent successor during the fall. Hammarby had a tough first half of the season, being placed 8th in the table after 15 rounds. The side eventually picked up form and only lost one out of 12 league games between round 17 and 28. In the second qualifying round of the

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, Hammarby lost 1–2 on aggregate, after extra time, to Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente. On 30 October 2023, with two fixtures left of the season, head coach

left the club with immediate effect after Hammarby had reached an agreement with Queens Park Rangers in the

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for his transfer. The following day, Ábel Lőrincz, the club's data analyst, was announced as caretaker for the rest of the year. Former Hammarby player Richard Magyar and coaching veteran

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was also brought in as interim assistant coaches. After ending the season with six straight draws, Hammarby finished on a 7th place in the Allsvenskan table.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

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Club

Coaching staff

Technical staff

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.

Svenska Cupen

2022–23

:''The tournament continued from the 2022 season.'' Kickoff times are in UTC+1.

=Group 3

=Knockout stage

2023–24

:''The tournament continues into the 2024 season.''

=Qualification stage

UEFA Europa Conference League

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

2023–24

= Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying 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 ...