Games in the 1981 season
57 games, whereof 43 wins, 8 draws, and 6 losses in front of 369 172* in attendance.
| Date | Time | Type | Round | Match | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-02-15 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – Degerfors IF | 7–0 (3–0) | Valhalla Idrottsplats | |||
| 1981-02-28 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – Västerås SK | 7–0 (4–0) | Valhalla Idrottsplats | |||
| 1981-03-04 | 17:45 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – Västra Frölunda IF | 3–1 (2–1) | Valhalla Idrottsplats | ||
| 1981-03-07 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – TPS Åbo | 4–0 (2–0) | Valhalla Idrottsplats | |||
| 1981-03-15 | 12:00 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – Moss FK | 4–2 | Valhalla Idrottsplats | ||
| 1981-03-25 | Friendly | Portimonense SC – IFK Göteborg | 0–4 (0–1) | Portimão | |||
| 1981-03-27 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – IK Sleipner (n) | 2–0 (1–0) | Torralta, Portugal | |||
| 1981-04-02 | 18:00 | Triangelserien | IFK Göteborg – GAIS | 3–0 (1–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 3542 | |
| 1981-04-04 | 15:00 | Triangelserien | Örgryte IS – IFK Göteborg | 0–2 (0–1) | Ullevi | ||
| 1981-04-08 | Friendly | Ham-Kam – IFK Göteborg | 0–1 | Hamar | |||
| 1981-04-11 | Friendly | Landskrona BoIS – IFK Göteborg | 0–2 (0–0) | Landskrona Idrottsplats | |||
| 1981-04-20 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 1 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Sundsvall | 0–1 (0–0) | Ullevi | 11945 | |
| 1981-04-25 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 2 | Östers IF – IFK Göteborg | 2–1 (0–1) | Värendsvallen | 5023 | |
| 1981-05-03 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 3 | IFK Göteborg – Djurgårdens IF | 0–1 (0–1) | Ullevi | 9507 | |
| 1981-05-10 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 4 | Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg | 0–2 (0–1) | Malmö Stadion | 10843 | |
| 1981-05-17 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 5 | IFK Göteborg – IK Brage | 3–1 (2–0) | Ullevi | 10464 | |
| 1981-05-21 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 6 | Örgryte IS – IFK Göteborg | 2–1 (1–1) | Ullevi | 34426 | |
| 1981-05-24 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 7 | IFK Göteborg – Halmstads BK | 6–2 (5–2) | Ullevi | 11583 | |
| 1981-05-28 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 8 | IFK Norrköping – IFK Göteborg | 1–0 (1–0) | Norrköpings Idrottspark | 11655 | |
| 1981-06-08 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 9 | AIK – IFK Göteborg | 1–1 (0–0) | Råsunda Fotbollsstadion | 8452 | |
| 1981-06-11 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 10 | IFK Göteborg – IF Elfsborg | 1–0 (0–0) | Ullevi | 14933 | |
| 1981-06-14 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 11 | Kalmar FF – IFK Göteborg | 2–2 (0–0) | Fredriksskans | 5338 | |
| 1981-06-17 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 12 | IFK Göteborg – Hammarby IF | 5–0 (1–0) | Ullevi | 9377 | |
| 1981-06-27 | Intertotocupen | Wk. 1 | IFK Göteborg – Hertha Berlin | 1–0 (0–0) | Lövåsvallen | 2734 | |
| 1981-07-01 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 13 | Åtvidabergs FF – IFK Göteborg | 1–1 (0–0) | Kopparvallen | 5912 | |
| 1981-07-04 | Intertotocupen | Wk. 2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich – IFK Göteborg | 1–4 (1–3) | Menziken | 500 | |
| 1981-07-08 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 14 | IFK Göteborg – Åtvidabergs FF | 3–0 (1–0) | Ullevi | 9077 | |
| 1981-07-11 | Intertotocupen | Wk. 3 | IFK Göteborg – Bohemians 1905 | 2–1 (1–0) | Ängevi | 3047 | |
| 1981-07-15 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 15 | Djurgårdens IF – IFK Göteborg | 0–4 (0–2) | Stockholms Stadion | 5840 | |
| 1981-07-18 | Intertotocupen | Wk. 4 | Hertha Berlin – IFK Göteborg | 1–2 (1–1) | Finsterwalder Strasse Stadion | 4219 | |
| 1981-07-22 | Svenska cupen | Wk. 4 | IFK Luleå – IFK Göteborg | 0–5 (0–3) | Skogsvallen | 3145 | |
| 1981-07-25 | 17:00 | Intertotocupen | Wk. 5 | IFK Göteborg – Grasshopper Club Zürich | 2–1 (0–1) | Ullevi | 2142 |
| 1981-07-29 | Friendly | IF Viken – IFK Göteborg | 0–8 (0–3) | Åmål | |||
| 1981-08-01 | Intertotocupen | Wk. 6 | Bohemians 1905 – IFK Göteborg | 2–1 (0–1) | Prag | 3000 | |
| 1981-08-05 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 16 | IFK Göteborg – Malmö FF | 4–1 (3–1) | Ullevi | 14367 | |
| 1981-08-09 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 17 | Halmstads BK – IFK Göteborg | 0–3 (0–2) | Örjans vall | 9194 | |
| 1981-08-16 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 18 | IFK Göteborg – IFK Norrköping | 3–1 (3–0) | Ullevi | 10915 | |
| 1981-08-20 | 19:00 | Svenska cupen | Wk. 5 | IFK Göteborg – Åtvidabergs FF | 2–1 (1–0) | Ullevi | 2217 |
| 1981-08-23 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 19 | IK Brage – IFK Göteborg | 1–2 (1–0) | Domnarsvallen | 9572 | |
| 1981-08-27 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 20 | IFK Göteborg – Örgryte IS | 4–1 (0–1) | Ullevi | 40072 | |
| 1981-09-03 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 21 | IF Elfsborg – IFK Göteborg | 1–1 (1–1) | Ryavallen | 10721 | |
| 1981-09-13 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 22 | IFK Göteborg – AIK | 2–2 (1–0) | Ullevi | 5157 | |
| 1981-09-16 | 18:00 | UEFA-cupen | Wk. 1 | FC Haka – IFK Göteborg | 2–3 (1–1) | Tammerfors stadion | 1935 |
| 1981-09-20 | 16:00 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 23 | Hammarby IF – IFK Göteborg | 1–1 (0–1) | Söderstadion | 7518 |
| 1981-09-27 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 24 | IFK Göteborg – Kalmar FF | 2–1 (1–1) | Ullevi | 5649 | |
| 1981-09-30 | 19:00 | UEFA-cupen | Wk. 1 | IFK Göteborg – FC Haka | 4–0 (3–0) | Ullevi | 3381 |
| 1981-10-04 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 25 | IFK Göteborg – Östers IF | 3–1 (2–0) | Ullevi | 11104 | |
| 1981-10-07 | Allsvenskan | Wk. 26 | IFK Sundsvall – IFK Göteborg | 0–5 (0–2) | Sundsvalls Idrottspark | 1137 | |
| 1981-10-13 | 19:00 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – IF Elfsborg | 6–0 (3–0) | Ullevi | 596 | |
| 1981-10-20 | UEFA-cupen | Wk. 2 | SK Sturm Graz – IFK Göteborg | 2–2 (1–2) | Sturmplatz | 14000 | |
| 1981-10-28 | Svenska cupen | Wk. 6 | IFK Västerås – IFK Göteborg | 0–3 (0–3) | Arosvallen | 1102 | |
| 1981-11-04 | 19:00 | UEFA-cupen | Wk. 2 | IFK Göteborg – SK Sturm Graz | 3–2 (0–0) | Ullevi | 7599 |
| 1981-11-11 | Friendly | Malmö FF – IFK Göteborg | 1–1 | Malmö Stadion | 448 | ||
| 1981-11-18 | 19:00 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – IFK Norrköping | 2–0 | Ullevi | 132 | |
| 1981-11-25 | UEFA-cupen | Wk. 3 | IFK Göteborg – FC Dinamo Bukarest | 3–1 (2–0) | Ullevi | 6152 | |
| 1981-12-03 | 13:30 | Friendly | IFK Göteborg – Örgryte IS | 5–0 (2–0) | Gamla Ullevi (1916) | 500 | |
| 1981-12-09 | UEFA-cupen | Wk. 3 | FC Dinamo Bukarest – IFK Göteborg | 0–1 (0–1) | Stadionul Dinamo | 19000 |