Bengt Gustavsson

Vice world champion Sweden 1958: Skoglund, Gren, Simonsson, Gustavsson, Liedholm; Hamrin, Börjesson, Bergmark, K. Svensson, Axbon & Parling.

Bengt " Julle " Gustavsson ( born January 13, 1928 in Ringarum ) is a former Swedish football player and coach. As a player in 1958 World Cup champions and the IFK Norrköping three times Swedish Champion. As a coach, he founded the late 1960s, the golden era of Åtvidabergs FF.

Bengt Gustavsson came in 1947 from his hometown club Gusum for his term peak IFK Norrköping where he exchanged for AC Milan Gunnar Nordahl should replace in midfield at the end of the era of the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler from 1949. In his first game against AIK he also scored three goals. As of 1950, the Austrian Karl Adamek was the coach of the club but been converted into him defender. Norrköping in 1948, 1952 and 1956 national champion in 1953 and reached the cup final.

In October 1951 Bengt Gustavsson made ​​his debut in the Swedish national team in a 1-3 defeat in Copenhagen against Denmark in their final match of the tournament at the Nordic Championship 1948-51, which ended Sweden still a winner. The following year he took with Sweden at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, where she won after a 0-6 semi-final defeat against the emerging Golden Team of the Hungarians with a 2-0 win over Germany the bronze medal. 1953 Bengtsson was the Guldbollen, awarded the "Golden Ball" and therefore awarded the Swedish footballer of the year.

For the season 1956/57, he moved to Atalanta in the Italian Serie A. He was instantly recognizable as a libero for defensive support his team. In 1958 he rose from Atalanta in Serie B, but rose immediately under the Austrian Karl Adamek, who also worked here for a year, again.

1958 Gustavsson was on the side of the other Italy - Legionaries Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm and Gunnar Gren regular players of the national team after a 2:5 - final defeat by Brazil in Stockholm vice world champion at the World Cup 1958.

After the 1960/61 season Gustavsson returned to Sweden and ended up in 1965 at the then second-rate Åtvidabergs FF his playing career. As early as 1963, he played his last of a total of 57 international matches.

From 1964 to 1970 he was a coach at Åtvidabergs FF. With the rise in the first division, the Allsvenskan, in 1967 he founded the golden era of the association in 1970 and won the trophy with a 2-0 victory in the final against Sandvikens IF from Uppsala. This was the first title in club history and was the first of four titles which should win Åtvidabergs FF to 1973. Conny Torstensson and Benno Magnusson are among the better-known players in the team Gustavsson Åtvidabergs integrated.

From 1971 to 1972 Bengt Gustavsson trained in the short term, the Swedish youth national team. In later years he coached Östers IF 1973-1974, 1975-1978 and 1985 as assistant coach IFK Norrköping. From 1979 to 1981 he was the coach of Hammarby IF and 1982-1983 at second division IK Sleipner, the relegation to the third tier in 1983.

Achievements

Players:

• Vice World Champion: 1958
• Olympics: Bronze medal 1952
• Swedish Champion: 1948, 1952, 1956
• Footballer of the Year of Sweden: 1953

Coach:

• Cup of Sweden: 1970
• Promotion to the first division: 1967