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Ulf Lyfors

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Ulf Lyfors
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-07-09)9 July 1943
Date of death 20 February 2022(2022-02-20) (aged 78)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Huvudsta IS
Managerial career
1979–1980 Djurgården (women)
1980–1987 Sweden (women)
1991 Sweden U20
2005–2006 IK Frej
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ulf Lyfors (9 July 1943 – 20 February 2022) was a Swedish football player and coach.

Career

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Lyfors played for Huvudsta IS.[1]

Lyfors managed Djurgården's women's team in the 1979 and 1980 seasons.[2][3] From 1980 to 1987, he was the coach of the Sweden women's national team, in that time winning the UEFA Women's Championship once, in 1984.[1]

Lyfors can be seen in the 2013 Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport.

Personal life

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Lyfors was married to coach and former player Marika Domanski-Lyfors and had one child.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ulf Lyfors har gått bort" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "1970-1979". 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ "1980-1989". 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Marika Domanski Lyfors fyller 45 år den 17 maj" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 17 May 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.