Stefan Billborn

Stefan Billborn (born 15 November 1972) is a Swedish football manager who is the head coach of Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.

Stefan Billborn
Personal information
Full name Stefan Bo Anders Billborn
Date of birth (1972-11-15) 15 November 1972
Place of birth Sweden
Club information
Current team
 Hammarby IF (head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
2010–2013 IF Brommapojkarna (assistant)
2014 IF Brommapojkarna
2017 Hammarby IF (assistant)
2018– Hammarby IF

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 Swedish international.[1]

Brommapojkarna

In 1997, Billborn moved to IF Brommapojkarna where he worked in different roles in the organisation.[1] He was the academy coach for players John Guidetti, Albin Ekdal, Ludwig Augustinsson and Kristoffer Nordfeldt – who all four went on to play for the Swedish national team and in major European leagues in their professional careers.[2][3]

Billborn was appointed assistant coach Brommapojkarna's senior team in 2010, first working with manager Kim Bergstrand and then Roberth Björknesjö. [4]

Before the start of the 2014 season, Billborn was promoted to head coach at Brommapojkarna.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

2018

On 10 January 2018, Billborn took over as manager of Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, signing a three year contract.[7] He led the club to a surprising 4th position in the table during his debut season, after being placed first in the league mid-season.[8]

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.[9]

2020

On 5 January 2020, Billborn signed a new three-year contract with Hammarby.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 1 January 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
IF Brommapojkarna 6 December 2013 3 November 2014 30 2 6 22 006.67
Hammarby IF 10 January 2018 Present 90 47 23 20 052.22
Total 120 49 29 42 040.83

References
  1. "Rågsvedsprofiler nu och då, del 4" (in Swedish). Rågsveds IF. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. "Ekdal hyllar Bajens tränare: "Har gjort stora saker inom sju år"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. "Billborn om sina BP-spelare: "Albin var så bra att motståndarna spottade på honom"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. "Stefan Billborn". weltfussball.de. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. "Han blir ny tränare i Brommapojkarna" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. "Billborn får lämna BP: "Behöver en ny röst"" (in Swedish). Expressen. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. "Stefan Billborn Hammarbys nye huvudtränare" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  8. "Stefan Billborn om 2018 - del 1" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  9. "Åtta raka räckte inte – lilla silvret till Bajen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  10. "Hammarby förlänger med Billborn och Björklund" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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