For the ice hockey player, see Lennart Johansson (ice hockey).
Lennart Johansson
Johansson in 2006
Honorary President of UEFA
In office 26 January 2007 – 4 June 2019
President
Michel Platini Ángel María Villar (acting) Aleksander Čeferin
5th President of UEFA
In office 19 April 1990 – 26 January 2007
Preceded by
Jacques Georges
Succeeded by
Michel Platini
Personal details
Born
Nils Lennart Johansson
(1929-11-05)5 November 1929 Stockholm, Sweden
Died
4 June 2019(2019-06-04) (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden
Children
5
Occupation
Football administrator
Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his election at the UEFA Congress in 1990 until 2007.[1] In June 1998, he contested the FIFA presidential election against Sepp Blatter, losing by 111 votes to 80.
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supporters of the participating clubs. The winners are awarded the LennartJohansson Trophy, named in honour of the former UEFA president. The most successful...
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2006. In the election in Düsseldorf on 26 January 2007, he defeated LennartJohansson, who held the post for the previous 16 years, by 27 votes to 23. Platini...
of the European football governing body UEFA LennartJohansson considered the favourite to win. Johansson's rival was the Swiss-German football executive...
Stand—was officially opened on 1 September 1992 by UEFA president LennartJohansson. The Kop was rebuilt in 1994 after the recommendations of the Taylor...
play at. The balls were drawn by UEFA figures Gerhard Aigner and LennartJohansson. The draw resulted in the following groups: Since the implementation...
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had long backed the Japanese bid, but his rival in FIFA, UEFA chief LennartJohansson, sought to undermine Havelange's plans. UEFA and the AFC viewed co-hosting...
remain with everyone who witnessed this unforgettable competition". LennartJohansson, the chairman of the organising committee for the World Cup and President...
interview The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President LennartJohansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make...
Barcelona captain Carles Puyol collected the trophy from UEFA president LennartJohansson as Barcelona celebrated their second European Cup triumph. As a result...
Sándor Puhl (Hungary) U.S. Vice President Al Gore, UEFA president LennartJohansson and FIFA president João Havelange were among those present at the...
Blatter and his outgoing predecessor João Havelange, UEFA president LennartJohansson, and co-president of local organizing committee Michel Platini were...
Champions League since 1992. The following year, then UEFA president LennartJohansson proposed, unsuccessfully, to merge the Champions League, the Cup Winners'...
1998 elections, Johansson stepped down as party leader, leaving the fate of the party in the hands of his little-known successor Lennart Daléus, prompting...
von Rosen was a Nazi sympathiser, it was replaced in 2001 with the LennartJohansson Trophy. Stefan Selakovic became league top goalscorer with 15 goals...
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'five-star' certificate at 2005 UEFA Cup Final by then UEFA president LennartJohansson. The stadium has a capacity of 50,095 spectators. The Multidesportivo...
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