Early career During Andersson's early managerial years, he managed Alets IK and Laholms FK.
Halmstad While at
Halmstads BK, Andersson's team knocked out Portuguese giants
Sporting CP in the
UEFA Cup, who had made it all the way to the UEFA Cup final
the previous year.
Örgryte He took over
Superettan team
Örgryte IS in December 2009, who had just been relegated from
Allsvenskan. During Andersson's stay at the club, Örgryte suffered from serious financial problems which eventually led their Superettan licence to be revoked. Andersson left the club after only one season.
IFK Norrköping In 2011, Andersson was appointed as the manager for
IFK Norrköping who were making their comeback in Allsvenskan after two seasons in Superettan. In
2015, he led Norrköping to win the league for the first time in 26 years after defeating defending champions
Malmö FF away in the last game.
Sweden Following Sweden's disappointing
Euro 2016 display, Andersson took over as the head coach of the
Sweden national team after almost seven years of
Erik Hamrén being in charge.
2018 World Cup Under Andersson, Sweden qualified for its first
FIFA World Cup in 12 years by eliminating the
Netherlands and
Italy during the
qualification process. While at the
2018 World Cup, Sweden experienced its most successful World Cup campaign since
1994, winning
Group F ahead of
South Korea,
Mexico, and reigning
world champions Germany. Sweden eliminated
Switzerland in the
second round before losing to
England in the
quarter-final.
2018–19 UEFA Nations League During the
2018–19 UEFA Nations League campaign, Andersson and Sweden finished first in their
UEFA Nations League B group ahead of
Russia and
Turkey, winning promotion to
League A.
UEFA Euro 2020 Under Andersson, Sweden qualified for its sixth consecutive
UEFA European Championship by finishing second behind
Spain in
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F. Andersson would then lead Sweden to the top of
UEFA Euro 2020 Group E undefeated after a 0–0 draw against Spain, a 1–0 win over
Slovakia and a 3–2 win against
Poland. The last of which included a 90th-minute winner from
Viktor Claesson. Andersson's side lost in the Round of 16 following a 120th minute extra time-winner from
Ukraine.
Setback since 2021 The next era of Andersson's Sweden proved to be a failure as Sweden failed to qualify for the
2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar, after losing to Poland 2–0 away in the decisive playoff fixture. Sweden were also later relegated in the
2022–23 UEFA Nations League B to
2024–25 UEFA Nations League C after a poor showing, notably letting Slovenia to draw 1–1 at home that cost Sweden a place in League B. In
UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, Sweden even suffered greater setbacks after string of defeats to Belgium and Austria proved lethal for Sweden's dream to qualify for the tournament; after Austria beat Azerbaijan 1–0 in Baku, Sweden thus failed to qualify for the
UEFA Euro 2024, for the first time since 1996 they would not make it. After this failure, Janne Andersson announced he would step down as coach of Sweden, which he did after the final match. On 12 April 2025, Andersson announced his retirement from coaching. ==Accolades==