The following is a list of managers of IFK Göteborg, with their league match record and major honours. Including the current manager Stefan Billborn, IFK Göteborg have had 39 managers or caretaker-managers during 47 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, Roger Gustafsson and Mikael Stahre 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 NameNatYearsRecordHonoursFromToPldWDLGFGAGDNo manager1904192071501217239114+1253 Swedish ChampionshipsSándor 'Alexander' Bródy192119232712785132+19Henning Svensson19241929127762823342177+165Erik Hjelm193019302013165535+20Henning Svensson193119324624101211170+41Erik Hjelm19331938117552240221177+441 Swedish ChampionshipDave Morris19381940533281311765+52Ernst Andersson1941194243211399462+321 Swedish ChampionshipHenning Svensson19431943104422217+5József Nagy19431948110542234266195+71Gunnar Rydberg19481949229583633+3John Mahon1949195384361434158166−8Axel Ohlsson19531954227872226−4Walter Probst1954195899471537193160+331 Swedish ChampionshipJosef 'Pepi' Stroh195919603318697651+25Gunnar Gren196019601133526260Holger Hansson19611962442181510879+29Yngve Brodd1963196688401830158146+12Bertil 'Bebben' Johansson1967197088322333137133+41 Swedish ChampionshipHans Karlsson197119737039112012384+39Holger Hansson197419742610885042+8Nils Berghamn1975197652407514046+94Hans Karlsson19771978522214168778+9Sven-Göran Eriksson197919828744271616183+781 UEFA Cup, 2 Svenska CupenGunder Bengtsson19821982137513313+201 Swedish ChampionshipBjörn Westerberg1983198444259107838+402 Swedish Championships, 1 Svenska CupenGunder Bengtsson198519876631211412266+561 UEFA Cup, 1 Swedish ChampionshipKjell Pettersson1988198944229137147+24Roger Gustafsson19901995156863436269152+1175 Swedish Championships, 1 Svenska CupenMats Jingblad199619986033151211868+501 Swedish ChampionshipReine Almqvist1998199930910113134−3Stefan Lundin1999200283391826119103+16Roger Gustafsson200220029225915−6Bo Johansson20032004522412167048+22Arne Erlandsen2005200642211386237+25Kjell Pettersson20062006102351521−6Jonas Olsson & Stefan Rehn2007201010049282316485+791 Swedish Championship, 1 Svenska CupenJonas Olsson20102011462010166851+17Mikael Stahre2012201490402921143106+371 Svenska CupenJörgen Lennartsson201520177436231512786+411 Svenska CupenAlf Westerberg201720171764102827+1Poya Asbaghi2018202078242430105112−71 Svenska CupenFerran Sibila20202020100104−4Roland Nilsson20202021196852216+6Mikael Stahre2021202352245237671+5William Lundin & Alexander Tengryd20232023111461114−3Jens Berthel Askou2023202431118123542−7Stefan Billborn20242026622215257890−12Joachim Björklund20260000000
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