List of IFK Göteborg managers

The following is a list of managers of IFK Göteborg, with their league match record and major honours. Including the current manager Poya Asbaghi, IFK Göteborg have had 33 managers or caretaker-managers during 41 managerial spells, excluding the first 16 years of the club's history when there was no official manager. The longest-serving manager is Henning Svensson, who made three spells at the club for a total of 8½ seasons.

Erik Hjelm, Holger Hansson, Hans Karlsson, Gunder Bengtsson, Kjell Pettersson and Roger Gustafsson have all made two spells as manager or caretaker-manager at IFK Göteborg, while Jonas Olsson has had two successive spells as manager, one in cooperation with Stefan Rehn and one as the single manager in charge.

The most successful IFK Göteborg manager in terms of trophies won is Roger Gustafsson who won five Swedish Championships and one Svenska Cupen title during his six-year spell at the club. The only two managers to have won a European title with a Swedish club have done so with IFK Göteborg, Sven-Göran Eriksson won one UEFA Cup title and two Svenska Cupen titles during his spell as manager and Gunder Bengtsson won one UEFA Cup title and two Swedish Championships during his two spells.

The period listed for each spell includes only years where the manager was active during the league season. It does not include years where the manager departed before the start or was appointed after the conclusion of the season. The record only includes matches in Svenska Serien, Allsvenskan, Mästerskapsserien and Division 2.

Managers

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Name Nat Years Record Honours
From To Pld W D L GF GA GD
No manager 1904 1920 71 50 12 17 239 114 +125 3 Swedish Championships
Sándor 'Alexander' Bródy   1921 1923 27 12 7 8 51 32 +19
Henning Svensson   1924 1929 127 76 28 23 342 177 +165
Erik Hjelm   1930 1930 20 13 1 6 55 35 +20
Henning Svensson   1931 1932 46 24 10 12 111 70 +41
Erik Hjelm   1933 1938 117 55 22 40 221 177 +44 1 Swedish Championship
Dave Morris   1938 1940 53 32 8 13 117 65 +52
Ernst Andersson   1941 1942 43 21 13 9 94 62 +32 1 Swedish Championship
Henning Svensson   1943 1943 10 4 4 2 22 17 +5
József Nagy   1943 1948 110 54 22 34 266 195 +71
Gunnar Rydberg   1948 1949 22 9 5 8 36 33 +3
John Mahon   1949 1953 84 36 14 34 158 166 −8
Axel Ohlsson   1953 1954 22 7 8 7 22 26 −4
Walter Probst   1954 1958 99 47 15 37 193 160 +33 1 Swedish Championship
Josef 'Pepi' Stroh   1959 1960 33 18 6 9 76 51 +25
Gunnar Gren   1960 1960 11 3 3 5 26 26 0
Holger Hansson   1961 1962 44 21 8 15 108 79 +29
Yngve Brodd   1963 1966 88 40 18 30 158 146 +12
Bertil 'Bebben' Johansson   1967 1970 88 32 23 33 137 133 +4 1 Swedish Championship
Hans Karlsson   1971 1973 70 39 11 20 123 84 +39
Holger Hansson   1974 1974 26 10 8 8 50 42 +8
Nils Berghamn   1975 1976 52 40 7 5 140 46 +94
Hans Karlsson   1977 1978 52 22 14 16 87 78 +9
Sven-Göran Eriksson   1979 1982 87 44 27 16 161 83 +78 1 UEFA Cup, 2 Svenska Cupen
Gunder Bengtsson   1982 1982 13 7 5 1 33 13 +20 1 Swedish Championship
Björn Westerberg   1983 1984 44 25 9 10 78 38 +40 2 Swedish Championships, 1 Svenska Cupen
Gunder Bengtsson   1985 1987 66 31 21 14 122 66 +56 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Swedish Championship
Kjell Pettersson   1988 1989 44 22 9 13 71 47 +24
Roger Gustafsson   1990 1995 156 86 34 36 269 152 +117 5 Swedish Championships, 1 Svenska Cupen
Mats Jingblad   1996 1998 60 33 15 12 118 68 +50 1 Swedish Championship
Reine Almqvist   1998 1999 30 9 10 11 31 34 −3
Stefan Lundin   1999 2002 83 39 18 26 119 103 +16
Roger Gustafsson   2002 2002 9 2 2 5 9 15 −6
Bo Johansson   2003 2004 52 24 12 16 70 48 +22
Arne Erlandsen   2005 2006 42 21 13 8 62 37 +25
Kjell Pettersson   2006 2006 10 2 3 5 15 21 −6
Jonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn   2007 2010 100 49 28 23 164 85 +79 1 Swedish Championship, 1 Svenska Cupen
Jonas Olsson   2010 2011 46 20 10 16 68 51 +17
Mikael Stahre   2012 2014 90 40 29 21 143 106 +37 1 Svenska Cupen
Jörgen Lennartsson   2015 2017 74 36 23 15 127 86 +41 1 Svenska Cupen
Alf Westerberg   2017 2017 17 6 4 10 28 27 +1
Poya Asbaghi   2018 2020 78 24 24 30 105 112 −7 1 Svenska Cupen
Ferran Sibila   2020 2020 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
Roland Nilsson   2020 2021 19 6 8 5 22 16 +6
Mikael Stahre   2021 2023 52 24 5 23 76 71 +5
William Lundin & Alexander Tengryd   2023 2023 11 1 4 6 11 14 −3
Jens Berthel Askou   2023 2024 31 11 8 12 35 42 −7

References

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All sources in (in Swedish) unless otherwise noted.

Books
  • Andreasson, Kenth; Palmström, Uno (1988). Blåvitt: historien om ett mästarlag. Stockholm: Prisma. ISBN 91-518-2232-6.
  • Jönsson, Ingemar; Josephson, Åke, eds. (2004). IFK Göteborg 1904–2004: en hundraårig blåvit historia genom elva epoker. Göteborg: IFK Göteborg. ISBN 91-631-4659-2.
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