Kammala wannan jumla: Gothenburg shine wurin haifuwa na kwallon kafa a Sweden kamar yadda wasan kwallon kafa na farko a Sweden ya buga a can a 1892. Manyan kungiyoyin kwallon kafa guda uku na garin, IFK Göteborg, Örgryte IS, da GAIS sun raba jimlar wasannin Sweden 34 a tsakanin su. IFK ya kuma lashe Kofin UEFA sau biyu. Sauran sanannun kungiyoyi sun hada da BK Häcken (kwallon kafa), Göteborg HC (hockey na kankara na mata), Pixbo Wallenstam IBK (ballball), zakaran wasan kwallon hannu na kasa da yawa Redbergslids IK, da zakaran wasan hockey na kasa sau hudu Frölunda HC, Gothenburg yana da kungiyar kwando ta kwararru, Gothia Basket, har zuwa 2010 lokacin da ta daina. Bangaren bandy na GAIS, GAIS Bandy, ya buga kakar wasa ta farko a cikin mafi girman rukuni na Elitserien a kakar wasan da ta gabata. Wasan rukunin rukuni tsakanin manyan abokan hamayya Sweden da Rasha a cikin
An buga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2013 a Arena Heden a tsakiyar Gothenburg.