Jan Jönsson

Jan Jönsson (born 24 May 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Eliteserien club Stabæk.

Jan Jönsson
Personal information
Full name Jan Anders Jönsson
Date of birth (1960-05-24) 24 May 1960
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Stabæk (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1992 Halmstad 557 (?)
1993 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 (1)
1995–1996 Vissel Kobe 30 (7)
Teams managed
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– Stabæk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1993Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ1 League61000061
1995Vissel KobeFootball League15630-186
199615100-151
Total 3683000398

Managerial honours

Club
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Landskrona BoIS
Stabæk Fotball
Halmstads BK

Individual
  • Norwegian Football Manager of the Month: July 2006

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


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