Mats Engström (born 7 October 1955) is a

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businessman and former chairman of Swedish

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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 ...

. He was elected chairman on 5 March 2018 by the general meeting. Engström was the vice-chairman before that, and had been part of the board since 2015. Engström ended his tenure as chairman for the club after the annual general meeting held on 15 March 2021. He has also been chairman for football club

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, and was regional manager for

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, where he worked for 36 years before retiring in 2019 to focus more on IFK Göteborg as well as other board memberships. In his early years, he played for Höganäs BK in the lower divisions of Swedish football.

Honours won by club during presidency

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: ** Winners (1): 2019–20

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Engstrom, Mats 1955 births IFK Göteborg directors and chairmen Living people Swedish businesspeople People from Höganäs Municipality