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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bo Johansson
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|11|28}}
| birth_place = Kristdala, Sweden
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = 
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 1973
| managerclubs1 = [[Kalmar FF]]
| manageryears2 = 1974–1976
| managerclubs2 = [[Lindsdals IF]]
| manageryears3 = 1977–1978
| managerclubs3 = [[Kalmar FF]]
| manageryears4 = 1979–1981
| managerclubs4 = [[Östers IF]]
| manageryears5 = 1982–1983
| managerclubs5 = [[Kalmar FF]]
| manageryears6 = 1984–1985
| managerclubs6 = [[FK Jerv]]
| manageryears7 = 1986–1988
| managerclubs7 = [[Östers IF]]
| manageryears8 = 1988–1989
| managerclubs8 = [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]]
| manageryears9 = 1990–1991
| managerclubs9 = [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]
| manageryears10 = 1992–1994
| managerclubs10 = [[Silkeborg IF]]
| manageryears11 = 1995
| managerclubs11 = [[HJK Helsinki]]
| manageryears12 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs12 = [[Kalamata F.C.|Kalamata]]
| manageryears13 = 1996–2000
| managerclubs13 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| manageryears14 = 2003–2004
| managerclubs14 = [[IFK Göteborg]]
| manageryears15 = 2005
| managerclubs15 = [[Molde FK]]
| manageryears16 = 2010
| managerclubs16 = [[Åtvidabergs FF]]  (assistant)
}}
'''Bo "Bosse" Johansson''' (born 28 November 1942) is a Swedish former [[football (soccer)|football]] player and former football coach.

==Career==
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 for his former club of Kalmar FF, a job he held for two years before switching to local rivals [[Öster IF]]. He would remain there for three years, leading Östers IF to back-to-back Swedish [[Allsvenskan]] championships in 1980 and 1981. Johansson went on to coach Norwegian club [[FK Jerv]], [[Greece|Greek]] club [[Panionios NFC]], and started an international career coaching the [[Iceland national football team|Iceland national team]]. He would have to wait 13 years for his next title, until 1994 when he led [[Denmark|Danish]] team [[Silkeborg IF]] to the national [[Danish Superliga]] championship.

In 1996, he was appointed [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]] coach, taking over from [[Richard Møller Nielsen]] who had managed the Danish team to the [[UEFA Euro 1992|Euro 1992]] title, but had 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|1998 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 national football team|France]], Denmark managed to go through to the final 16 where they put an attractive style of football on display, beating [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] 4–1 before losing out 3–2 in the quarter-final to the later silver medalists from [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].

"Bosse" could not live up to the result and play at the 1998 World Cup and two years later at [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] in Belgium and the Netherlands. The Danish team lost all the games in the group stage and was eliminated. In 1999, Bo Johansson had made public that he wouldn't continue with the team after the tournament but he always remained popular. Following the Danish exit he was applauded off the pitch by the Danish fans. Totally, he coached the Danish national team throughout 40 matches, resulting in 17 victories, nine draws and 14 losses.

In 2003, he 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 Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]. However, the club had a disappointing season in the league, and Johansson quit after the season. 2010, he returned to coaching as assisting coach in the Swedish club Åtvidaberg.

==Honours==
'''Östers IF'''
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[1980 Allsvenskan|1980]], [[1981 Allsvenskan|1981]]

'''Silkeborg IF'''
*[[Danish Superliga]]: 1994

'''Molde FK'''
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[2005 Norwegian Football Cup Final|2005]]

==External links==
*[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBaseCoachInfo.aspx?coachid=730 Danish national team statistics]
*{{in lang|da}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312122250/http://www.dgi.dk/redaktionen/krumspring/2-2004/johansson.aspx Philosophy]

{{Danish Football Manager of the Year}}
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