Gunder Bengtsson

Gunder Bengtsson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-02-02)2 February 1946
Place of birth	Torsby, Sweden
Date of death	2 August 2019(2019-08-02) (aged 73)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1982	IFK Göteborg
1983	Vålerenga
1984	Vålerenga
1985–1987	IFK Göteborg
1988–1989	Panathinaikos
1990–1991	Feyenoord
1992–1996	Örgryte IS
1996	PAOK
1997	Apollon Limassol
2001–2003	Molde FK

Gunder Bengtsson (2 February 1946 – 2 August 2019) was a Swedish football coach.

Career

Bengtsson started his career as assistant coach under Sven-Göran Eriksson at IFK Göteborg. In 1982, after Eriksson won the UEFA Cup 1981–82 and left the club for Benfica in late June, Bengtsson became head coach for rest of the season. After that he went to Norwegian club Vålerenga, which he became league champion with in 1983 and 1984.

After a short time at Portuguese club Madeira, where he was fired after a few months, and a short return at Vålerenga, he became head coach of IFK Göteborg from 1985 to 1987. In his last year, Göteborg again won the UEFA Cup 1986–87. After this Bengtsson left the club for Panathinaikos FC, where he worked from 25 January 1988 to 2 November 1989, when he got sacked.

In December 1989 he was appointed head coach of Feyenoord, next to junior coach Pim Verbeek. Feyenoord had made a bad start of the season and was at the bottom of the charts. The stubborn Bengtsson couldn't make any impression in Rotterdam. He tried to get the team together with fine systems and endless conditional trainings, but failed. That year Feyenoord finished 11th. In his second season at Feyenoord, the results again were disappointing. In March 1991 he, and second coach Verbeek, were fired, and replaced by Wim Jansen.

After his stay with Feyenoord, Bengtsson in 1992 became manager for Örgryte IS. In 1996, he became coach for PAOK Saloniki and Apollon Limassol, for short terms.

In 2001 Bengtsson became coach of the Norwegian Molde. At his appointment he told the press Molde would become the biggest club in Norway in 2005. In May 2003 he was fired after a bad start of the season. When he left the club, he said that he felt there was not enough progression in the club. After this he retired from professional football.

Honours

IFK Göteborg

• Swedish Champion: 1982, 1987
• Allsvenskan: 1982
• UEFA Cup: 1986–87

Vålerenga

• 1. divisjon: 1983, 1984

Panathinaikos

• Greek Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89
• Greek Super Cup: 1988

Örgryte

• Division 2, Mellersta Götaland : 1992
• Division 1 Kvalsvenskan, Västra: 1992
• Allsvenskan qualification play-offs: 1992
• Division 1 Södra: 1994

See also

• List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers