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{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1942)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Benny Lennartsson
| image = 
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Örebro]], Sweden
| height = 
| position = 
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Örebro SK|Örebro]]
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = [[Örebro SK|Örebro]]
| years2 = 
| clubs2 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| years3 = 
| clubs3 = [[FC Monthey]]
| manageryears1 = 1969–1975
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Monthey]]
| manageryears2 = 1976–1978
| managerclubs2 = [[Örebro SK|Örebro]]
| manageryears3 = 1979–1980
| managerclubs3 = [[IFK Sundsvall]]
| manageryears4 = 1980–1985
| managerclubs4 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]]
| manageryears5 = 1985–1988
| managerclubs5 = [[Sweden Olympic football team|Sweden Olympic team]]
| manageryears6 = 1988–1991
| managerclubs6 = [[Viking FK|Viking]]
| manageryears7 = 1993–1995
| managerclubs7 = [[BK Forward]]
| manageryears8 = 1995–1998
| managerclubs8 = [[Lyngby FC|Lyngby]]
| manageryears9 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs9 = [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]
| manageryears10 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs10 = [[Viking FK|Viking]]
| manageryears11 = 2003
| managerclubs11 = [[Viborg FF|Viborg]]
| manageryears12 = 2007
| managerclubs12 = [[IK Start|Start]]
| manageryears13 = 2009
| managerclubs13 = [[GAIS]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears14 = 2010
| managerclubs14 = [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] (assistant coach)
}}

'''Benny Lennartsson''' (born 14 December 1942) is a Swedish [[association football|football]] coach, former football and bandy player.

He has managed [[Örebro SK]], [[Viking FK]], [[Lyngby FC]] and [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11726_2193655,00.html|title=Robins Target Viking Exchange Scheme|work=SkySports }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/WTPSDetail/0,,10327~630482,00.html |title=Bristol City &#124; News &#124; Press Talk &#124; Press Talk &#124; CITY'S ACADEMY IS a FORCE FOR GOOD |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224152106/http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/WTPSDetail/0%2C%2C10327~630482%2C00.html |archive-date=24 February 2012 }}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Viking===
In 1988, Lennartsson was appointed head coach of Norwegian club [[Viking FK|Viking]]. He led the club to promotion from the [[1988 Norwegian Second Division]] in his first season. In the following seasons, Viking won the [[1989 Norwegian Football Cup|1989 Norwegian Cup]] and the [[1991 Tippeligaen]]. Lennartsson left the club after the 1991 season. He returned to Viking ahead of the 2000 season. The club finished third in both the [[2000 Tippeligaen]] and the [[2001 Tippeligaen]], became runners-up in the [[2000 Norwegian Football Cup|2000 Norwegian Cup]] and won the [[2001 Norwegian Football Cup|2001 Norwegian Cup]]. In Lennartsson's last season, Viking finished fourth in the [[2002 Tippeligaen]] and knocked [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] out of the [[2002–03 UEFA Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/i/qLnrKe/lennartsson-ferdig-i-viking|title=Lennartsson ferdig i Viking|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|first=Jan-Erik|last=Larsen|language=no|date=25 June 2002|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/viking-sjokkerte-europa-1.224708|title=Viking sjokkerte Europa|work=NRK|language=no|date=4 October 2002|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/i/4d6y4e/de-tre-store|title=De tre store|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|language=no|date=15 November 2002|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Viking'''
*[[Tippeligaen]]: [[1991 Tippeligaen|1991]]
*[[Norwegian First Division|Norwegian Second Division]]: [[1988 Norwegian Second Division|1988]]
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1989 Norwegian Football Cup|1989]], [[2001 Norwegian Football Cup|2001]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Kniksen Award]] Coach of the Year: 1991, 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toppfotball.no/om-oss/kniksens-hederspris|title=Kniksens hederspris|website=Norsk Toppfotball|language=no|date=13 December 2024|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Danish Football Manager of the Year}}
{{Sweden football squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}
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