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.

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

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.

Online

• "Blåvita tränare genom tiderna". IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 2011-12-14.