Ingemar Linnéll

Ingemar Linnéll
Personal information
Born (1954-09-01) 1 September 1954
Göteborg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Senior clubs
Years Team
1974–1978
IK Heim
1978–1981
SoIK Hellas
1981–1984
IK Heim
1984–1985
BK Heid
1985–1987
SoIK Hellas
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976
Sweden 1 (0)
Teams managed
1982–1985
BK Heid
1987–1991
SoIK Hellas
1993–1994
Spårvågens HF (women, assistant)
1994–1998
IF Guif
1998–2001
KIF Kolding
2002–2003
Sweden Junior
2004–2008
Sweden
2008–2011
KIF Kolding
2012–2015
Ricoh HK

Ingemar Linnéll (born 1 September 1954) is a Swedish former handball player and coach. He was the head coach of the Sweden national team from 2004 to 2008.

Playing career

Linnéll started playing handball in IK Heim, where he debuted for the senior team in 1974. Here he helped the team get promoted to the Allsvenskan, the highest tier of Swedish handball. He then played for SoIK Hellas for three years before returning to IK Heim. Here he won the Swedish Championship in 1982 and 1983.[1]

In 1982 he became the head coach of BK Heid, and in 1984-85 he was the player-coach for the club.[2]

He played a single game for the Swedish national team.[3]

Linnéll also played football at Västra Frölunda IF.[4]

Coaching career

He started his coaching career in BK Heid and later coached Soik Hellas. He then coached Spårvägens HF's women's team, followed by IF Guif. From 1998 to 2001, he coached the Danish club KIF Kolding.[5] Here he won the Danish Championship in 2001 and the Danish Cup in 1999.[6]

In 2001 he became the coach for the Sweden U21 National Team. Here he guided to team to gold medals at the 2003 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.[7]

In 2004 he became the head coach of the Sweden senior national team, replacing legendary coach Bengt 'Bengan' Johansson. He signed a contract until 2008.[8] He did not manage to win anything with Sweden, and after failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, he did not get his contract extended.[9] He was replaced by Staffan Olsson and Ola Lindgren.

He then returned to KIF Kolding as the sporting director.[5]

In 2012 he returned to Sweden to coach Ricoh HK on a contract until 2015.[10] Afterwards he became the sporting director at the club, leaving the coaching job to Martin Boquist.[11]

Private

He is married to fellow handballer Eja Linnéll. Their three children Jesper (1986), Jonna och Jennie Linnéll (twins, 1988) are also handballers.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "SM-slutspel, herrar" (PDF). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ledarskap och motivation– En studie av elittränares strategier" (PDF) (in Swedish). DIVA portal. 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Landslaget Herrar Samtliga Internationals" (PDF) (in Swedish). svenskhandboll.se. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "När Linnéll jagade linjemannen" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Ingemar Linnéll sportschef i KIF" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Tidligere vindere af Pokalturneringen "Santander Cup"". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Årsmöte och möte med Ingemar Linnèll" (in Swedish). HandbollsAkademin. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Linnéll afløser legendarisk træner" (in Danish). Politiken. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2026 – via Ritzau.
  9. ↑ "Linnéll slutar" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Ricoh klart för handbollens finrum" (in Swedish). IDAG. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ricoh storsatsar – värvar landslagsman" (in Swedish). expressen. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Vi är lite av en nördfamilj" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 March 2026.