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

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coach.

Career

Bengtsson started his career as assistant coach under

Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; 5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish association football, football player and Coach (sport), manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management ...

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

. 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

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, which he became league champion with in 1983 and 1984. After a short time at Portuguese club

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, 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 Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, footbal ...

, 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 Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

, next to junior coach

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. 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

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. 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

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. After his stay with Feyenoord, Bengtsson in 1992 became manager for

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

. In 1996, he became coach for PAOK Saloniki and

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, for short terms. In 2001 Bengtsson became coach of the Norwegian

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. 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:

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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: 1986–87 Vålerenga *

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Panathinaikos *

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: 1987–88, 1988–89 *

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Örgryte * Division 2, Mellersta Götaland :

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* Division 1 Kvalsvenskan, Västra:

*Allsvenskan qualification play-offs:

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References

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