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Mats Engström (born 7 October 1955) is a Swedish businessman and former chairman of Swedish football club IFK Göteborg. He was elected chairman on 5 March 2018 by the general meeting. Engström was the vice-chairman before that, and had been part of the board since 2015. Engström ended his tenure as chairman for the club after the annual general meeting held on 15 March 2021.

He has also been chairman for football club Västra Frölunda IF, and was regional manager for Nordea, where he worked for 36 years before retiring in 2019 to focus more on IFK Göteborg as well as other board memberships. In his early years, he played for Höganäs BK in the lower divisions of Swedish football.

Honours won by club during presidency

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (1): 2019–20

Citations

1. Trollér 2018.
2. ^ Brinkenberg, Olsson & Toremar 2017.
3. IFK Göteborg 2021.
4. Petersson 2019.
5. Nilsson 2018.

References

• Brinkenberg, Joakim; Olsson, Kent; Toremar, Marcus (24 November 2017). "Valberedningen nominerar Engström" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
• "Mats Engström" (in Swedish). ifkdb.se. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
• Nilsson, Stefan (5 March 2018). "Mats Engström vald till ny bas i IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
• Petersson, Martin (23 January 2019). "Lämnar chefsroll - nu får ordföranden mer tid till Blåvitt: "Ska bli skoj"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
• "Så var årsmötet" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
• Trollér, Philip (5 March 2018). "Mats Engström ny ordförande för IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

• 1955 births
• IFK Göteborg directors and chairmen
• Living people
• Swedish businesspeople