Stefan Bo Anders Billborn (born 15 November 1972) is a Swedish

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who is the head coach of

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club

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Coaching career

Early career

Billborn started his managerial career in 1989, at age 17, by coaching several youth teams at local club

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. He was the youth coach of

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, who later became a Sweden international.

Brommapojkarna

In 1997, Billborn moved to

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where he worked in different roles in the organisation. He was the academy coach for players

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and

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– who all four went on to play for the Sweden men's national team and in major European leagues in their professional careers. Billborn was appointed assistant coach Brommapojkarna's senior team in 2010, first working with manager

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and then

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. Before the start of the 2014 season, Billborn was promoted to head coach at Brommapojkarna. The club finished 16th and last in the

table, only claiming 12 points in 30 games. Billborn was sacked in November and left the club.

Hammarby IF

In 2015, Billborn joined

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as the new head of their academy. He was appointed assistant coach to manager

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in Hammarby's senior team in 2017.

2018

On 10 January 2018, Billborn took over as manager of Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, signing a three-year contract. 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.

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

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, their first continental competition in over ten years.

2020

On 5 January 2020, Billborn signed a new three-year contract with Hammarby, together with his assistant coach

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. In a season postponed due to the

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, the side disappointedly finished 8th in the table. The club won 3–0 against Puskás Akadémia in the first round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but was eliminated from the tournament in the second round against

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through a 0–3 loss.

2021

On 30 May 2021, Billborn won the

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with Hammarby IF, through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against

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in the final. On 11 June 2021, Hammarby decided to terminate Billborn's contract, with the club placed 8th in the 2021 Allsvenskan table after eight rounds.

Sarpsborg 08

On 7 January 2022, Billborn was appointed head coach of Norwegian

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club

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. Two days later, Billborn appointed Joachim Björklund from Hammarby as his assistant coach.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Billborn, Stefan 1972 births Living people Swedish football managers Allsvenskan managers IF Brommapojkarna managers Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff Hammarby Fotboll managers Sarpsborg 08 FF managers IFK Göteborg managers Swedish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Norway People from Stockholm Eliteserien managers