Stefan Billborn

Stefan Bo Anders Billborn (born 15 November 1972) is a Swedish football manager. He was most recently head coach of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg.

Coaching career Early career Billborn started his managerial career in 1989, at age 17, by coaching several youth teams at local club Rågsveds IF. He was the youth coach of Stefan Ishizaki, who later became a Sweden international.

Brommapojkarna In 1997, Billborn moved to IF Brommapojkarna where he worked in different roles in the organisation.

Billborn was appointed assistant coach Brommapojkarna's senior team in 2010, first working with manager Kim Bergstrand and then Roberth Björknesjö.

Before the start of the 2014 season, Billborn was promoted to head coach at Brommapojkarna. The club finished 16th and last in the Allsvenskan table, only claiming 12 points in 30 games. Billborn was sacked in November and left the club.

Hammarby IF In 2015, Billborn joined Hammarby IF as the new head of their academy. He was appointed assistant coach to manager Jakob Michelsen in Hammarby's senior team in 2017.

2018 On 10 January 2018, Billborn took over as manager of Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, signing a three-year contract.

2019 In 2019, Hammarby started the league play in a mediocre fashion, but made a strong finish to the season (with eight straight wins during between match day 22 and 30) and ultimately finished 3rd in Allsvenskan. This meant that the club qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, their first continental competition in over ten years.

2020 On 5 January 2020, Billborn signed a new three-year contract with Hammarby, together with his assistant coach Joachim Björklund. In a season postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the side disappointedly finished 8th in the table. The club won 3–0 against Puskás Akadémia in the first round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but was eliminated from the tournament in the second round against Lech Poznań through a 0–3 loss.

2021 On 30 May 2021, Billborn won the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen with Hammarby IF, through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against BK Häcken in the final. On 11 June 2021, Hammarby decided to terminate Billborn's contract, with the club placed 8th in the 2021 Allsvenskan table after eight rounds.

Sarpsborg 08 On 7 January 2022, Billborn was appointed head coach of Norwegian Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08. Two days later, Billborn appointed Joachim Björklund from Hammarby as his assistant coach.

Managerial statistics

Honours Manager Hammarby IF Svenska Cupen: 2020–21