Jan Jönsson (born 24 May 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former player.

Career

Playing career

He spent most of his playing career with Halmstads BK.

Jan Jönsson

Coaching career

Between 1993 and 1994 he was the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter as manager.

Jan Jönsson

After retiring, he was appointed manager for Landskrona, which he took to Allsvenskan, the Swedish top flight. In 2005, he took over Norwegian club Stabæk and led them to promotion in his first season. He won the league with Stabæk in 2008. On 19 November 2014 it was announced that Jan was moving home to Halmstad and had signed a 3-year contract as head coach of HBK. His first season in charge ended with relegation from Allsvenskan. The following season Halmstad finished third in Superettan and faced Helsingborg in a two-legged play-off, which Halmstad won 3–2 on aggregate.

Jan Jönsson

In June 2019, he returned to Stabæk for his second spell as head coach at the club. A main reason was his daughter Zara signing for Stabæk's women's team. On 25 October 2019, Stabæk announced that their contract with Jönsson had been extended till the end of the 2022 season. On 4 July 2021, Jönsson's contract with Stabæk was terminated by mutual consent.

Club statistics

Managerial honours

Club

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

J1 League: 1st Stage Champions 1994

Landskrona BoIS

Superettan: Runners-up 2001

Stabæk Fotball

Tippeligaen: 2008

1. divisjon: 2005

Halmstads BK

Allsvenskan play-offs: Winner 2016

Individual

Norwegian Football Manager of the Month: July 2006

References

External links

1960 births

Living people

Swedish football managers

Swedish men's footballers

Swedish expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Japan

Halmstads BK players

Allsvenskan players

J1 League players

Japan Football League (1992–1998) players

Sanfrecce Hiroshima players

Vissel Kobe players

Landskrona BoIS managers

Ljungskile SK managers

Halmstads BK managers

Swedish expatriate football managers

Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway

Expatriate football managers in Norway

Expatriate football managers in Japan

Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Japan

Stabæk Fotball managers

Rosenborg BK managers

Aalesunds FK managers

Sanfrecce Hiroshima managers

Shimizu S-Pulse managers

Eliteserien managers

J1 League managers

Men's association football midfielders