IFK Göteborg finished just 7th in Allsvenskan. Just managing to finish on the top half of the table. Starting the season with a loss in Supercupen to AIK, and was then briefly involved in a relegation battle, until the World Cup break offered the squad to regroup and had a stronger autumn season.

Squad

Competitions

Allsvenskan

Main article: 2010 Allsvenskan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Trelleborgs FF	30	13	5	12	39	42	−3	44
6	Mjällby AIF	30	11	10	9	36	29	+7	43
7	IFK Göteborg	30	10	10	10	42	29	+13	40
8	BK Häcken	30	11	7	12	40	42	−2	40	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Kalmar FF	30	10	10	10	36	38	−2	40

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. ↑ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Häcken received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

Matches

Kalmar FF v IFK Göteborg

13 March 2010 1	Kalmar FF	0–3	IFK Göteborg
			Hysén 29', 47' Jónsson 67'

IFK Göteborg v Häcken

22 March 2010 2	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Häcken
			Vinícius 83'

Helsingborg v IFK Göteborg

29 March 2010 3	Helsingborg	2–0	IFK Göteborg
	Lindström 29' Nilsson 37'

IFK Göteborg v Djurgården

6 April 2010 4	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Djurgården
	Johansson 57'		Hellquist 16'

IFK Göteborg v Brommapojkarna

11 April 2010 5	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Brommapojkarna
	Ericsson 7'		Chhadeh 37'

Trelleborg v IFK Göteborg

15 April 2010 6	Trelleborg	2–1	IFK Göteborg
	Drugge 2' Adelstam 27'		Olsson 54'

IFK Göteborg v Elfsborg

18 April 2010 7	IFK Göteborg	5–1	Elfsborg
	Eriksson 20' Jónsson 41' Johansson 81', 87' Söder 90'		M. Ericsson 5'

Åtvidaberg v IFK Göteborg

24 April 2010 8	Åtvidaberg	2–1	IFK Göteborg
	Eboagwu 58' Arvidsson 87'		Söder 71'

IFK Göteborg v Malmö FF

29 April 2010 9	IFK Göteborg	0–2	Malmö FF
			Larsson 21' Molins 69'

Mjällby v IFK Göteborg

3 May 2010 10

Mjällby

0–0

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg v AIK

6 May 2010 11	IFK Göteborg	4–0	AIK
	Olsson 37', 52' Söder 60' Bjarnason 72'

GAIS v IFK Göteborg

10 May 2010 12

GAIS

0–0

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg v Örebro

13 May 2010 13

IFK Göteborg

0–0

Örebro

Gefle v IFK Göteborg

16 May 2010 14

Gefle

0–0

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg v Halmstad

17 July 2010 15	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Halmstad
	Hysén 10' G. Svensson 66' Sigurðsson 69'

Halmstad v IFK Göteborg

25 July 2010 16	Halmstad	1–0	IFK Göteborg
	Rosén 41'

IFK Göteborg v Kalmar FF

1 August 2010 17	IFK Göteborg	3–1	Kalmar FF
	Stiller 11' Hysén 33', 36'		Douglas 69'

Häcken v IFK Göteborg

8 August 2010 18	Häcken	1–5	IFK Göteborg
	Henriksson 4'		Selaković 11', 64', 87' Stiller 32' Bjarnason 58'

IFK Göteborg v Helsingborg

15 August 2010 19

IFK Göteborg

0–0

Helsingborg

Djurgården v IFK Göteborg

22 August 2010 20	Djurgården	2–0	IFK Göteborg
	Hellquist 34' Igboananike 89'

AIK v IFK Göteborg

29 August 2010 21	AIK	1–2	IFK Göteborg
	M. Bangura 90'		Bjarnason 7' Bärkroth 78'

IFK Göteborg v GAIS

13 September 2010 22	IFK Göteborg	2–1	GAIS
	Stiller 15' Hysén 85'		B. Andersson 63'

IFK Göteborg v Åtvidaberg

19 September 2010 23	IFK Göteborg	3–0	Åtvidaberg
	Johansson 61' Bjarnason 62' Hysén 86'

Elfsborg v IFK Göteborg

22 September 2010 24	Elfsborg	1–1	IFK Göteborg
	Jönsson 54'		Hysén 5'

Malmö FF v IFK Göteborg

26 September 2010 25	Malmö FF	2–1	IFK Göteborg
	D. Andersson 39' Larsson 65'		Hysén 81'

IFK Göteborg v Mjällby

3 October 2010 26

IFK Göteborg

0–0

Mjällby

Brommapojkarna v IFK Göteborg

17 October 2010 27	Brommapojkarna	1–2	IFK Göteborg
	Guterstam 14'		Selaković 13' Atashkadeh 83'

IFK Göteborg v Trelleborg

25 October 2010 28	IFK Göteborg	1–2	Trelleborg
	Hysén 31'		Nilsson 54' Pode 84'

Örebro v IFK Göteborg

1 November 2010 29	Örebro	2–1	IFK Göteborg
	Ajdarević 65' Gerzić 90'		Selaković 90 +'

IFK Göteborg v Gefle

7 November 2010 30	IFK Göteborg	2–2	Gefle
	Johansson 13' Sana 20'		Orlov 57' Kapčević 87'