Bo Johansson

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Bo Johansson, nicknamed "Bosse", (born 27 November 1942) is a Swedish former football player and current football coach.

Johansson was a player for fourteen years with Kalmar FF and Lindsdals IF, though he did not win any trophies as a player. In 1977 he was appointed coach in his former club of Kalmar FF, a job he held for two years before switching to local rivals Öster IF. Here he would remain for three years, leading Öster IF to back-to-back Swedish Allsvenskan championships in 1980 and 1981. Bo Johansson went on to coach Norwegian club FK Jerv, Greek club Panionios NFC, and started an international career coaching the Iceland national team. He would have to wait 13 years for his next title, until he in 1994 coached Danish team Silkeborg IF to the national Danish Superliga championship.

In 1996 he was appointed Danish national team coach, taking over from Richard Møller Nielsen who had managed the Danish team to the 1992 European Championship (Euro 1992) title, but subsequently suffered lacklustre results. Bo Johansson presented a more offensive way of playing and he was successful in revitalising the Danish team, leading it to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, which was to become one of the heights in Danish football. Despite a loss in the group stage to later tournament winners France, Denmark managed to go through to the final 16 where they put an attractive style of football on display, beating Nigeria 4-1 before losing out 2-3 in the quarter-final to the later silver medalists from Brazil.

Unfortunately, "Bosse" couldn't live up to the result and play from the 1998 World Cup two years later at the Euro 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Danish team lost all the games in the group stage and was eliminated. During the Euro 2000, Bo Johansson made public that he wouldn't continue with the team after the tournament, and following the Danish exit he was applauded off the pitch by the travelling Danish fans. In all, he managed the Danish national team for 40 matches, resulting in 17 victories, nine draws and 14 losses.

In he 2003 was appointed coach for the Swedish club IFK Göteborg, he retired in 2004. He made a comeback in 2005, leading Molde F.K. to victory in the Norwegian Cup. However, the club had a disappointing season in the league, and Johansson quit after the season.

[edit] Philosophy

Apart from being a football coach, Bo Johansson is also a public speaker, primarily talking about management, as his approach to football coaching is somewhat different from many football coaches. He works from ten clear ground rules:

1. Be open to others. Consideration gives you the feeling of well-being, which leads to progress.
2. Remember, we're all different. We can be in different moods. Don't always point out the errors and short-comings of others. Respect others eccentricities. You have some yourself!
3. Don't demand you have to be perfect. There are a number of factors in most situations, which you can not control or alter. Don't take accidental adversities too seriously.
4. Do not destroy the belief in yourself by comparing your weak sides with the strengths of others.
5. Be aware that encouragement and praise brings out the best in people. Too much negative criticism brings out the worst in people. By showing that you trust your friends, you show them their importance and skill.
6. Be grateful for what others do for you. Be kind to your friends. Treat others like you want them to treat you.
7. Be helpful to others. Show respect, sympathy, and understanding to the one who seeks your help. Do not worry. Keep a hold of the goodness that you have in you.
8. Keep the thoughts of others to yourself. Be dependable. Never promise anything that you are not sure you can keep.
9. Always think positively.
10. What you want from life comes from other people. If you want to be admired, respected or loved, it will entirely come though other people. Never through material things. Therefore you must understand other people. And you won't be able to do that before you understand yourself.

[edit] Honours

• Allsvenskan 1980 and 1981
• Danish Superliga 1994
• Norwegian Cup 2005

[edit] External links

• Danish national team statistics
• (Danish) Philosophy

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richard Møller Nielsen	Denmark national football team manager 1996 – 2000	Succeeded by Morten Olsen

v • d • e Denmark squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Schmeichel • 2 Schjønberg • 3 Rieper • 4 Høgh • 5 Heintze • 6 Helveg • 7 Nielsen • 8 Frandsen • 9 Molnar • 10 M. Laudrup • 11 B. Laudrup • 12 Colding • 13 Laursen • 14 Wieghorst • 15 Tøfting • 16 Krogh • 17 Goldbæk • 18 Møller • 19 Sand • 20 Henriksen • 21 Jørgensen • 22 Kjær • Coach: Johansson

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 2000 1 Schmeichel • 2 Schjønberg • 3 Henriksen • 4 Høgh • 5 Heintze • 6 Helveg • 7 A. Nielsen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Sand • 12 Colding • 13 Laursen • 14 B.S. Nielsen • 15 Tøfting • 16 Sørensen • 17 Goldbæk • 18 Molnar • 19 Bisgaard • 20 Gravesen • 21 Beck • 22 Kjær • Coach: Johansson