Jan Jönsson

Jan Jönsson
Personal information
Full name	Jan Anders Jönsson
Date of birth	24 May 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Sweden
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1992	Halmstad
1993	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1995–1996	Vissel Kobe
Managerial career
1993–1994	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (assistant)
1995–1997	Vissel Kobe (assistant)
1998–2000	Ljungskile
2001–2004	Landskrona
2005–2010	Stabæk
2011–2012	Rosenborg
2013–2014	Aalesund
2015–2017	Halmstad
2017	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2018–2019	Shimizu S-Pulse
2019–2021	Stabæk
2024–	Stabæk Kvinner
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Coaching career

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

After retiring, he was appointed manager for Landskrona,^[1] which he took to Allsvenskan, the Swedish top flight.^[2] In 2005, he took over Norwegian club Stabæk^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

In June 2019, he returned to Stabæk for his second spell as head coach at the club.^[6] A main reason was his daughter Zara signing for Stabæk's women's team.^[7] On 25 October 2019, Stabæk announced that their contract with Jönsson had been extended till the end of the 2022 season.^[8] On 4 July 2021, Jönsson's contract with Stabæk was terminated by mutual consent.^[9]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1993	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
1995	Vissel Kobe	Football League	15	6	3	0	-		18	6
1996	Vissel Kobe	Football League	15	1	0	0	-		15	1
Total			36	8	3	0	0	0	39	8

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

^ "Jan Jönsson". Worldfootball.net. 24 May 1960. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "enbltd.com" (PDF). enbltd.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
^ "UEFA Champions League –". Uefa.com. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Janne Jönssön tar över –". hbk.se. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Helsingborg ur allsvenskan – efter rysare" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ "Bekreftet: Jönsson ny Stabæk-trener". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ Svegaarden, Knut Espen (2 June 2020). "Zara Jönsson (20) lokket Jan "hjem" til Stabæk". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "Jönsson forlenger kontrakten med Stabæk". eurosport.no (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ "Pressemelding: Jan Jönsson slutter som hovedtrener i Stabæk Fotball". stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.