Swedish Football Coach, Kim Lars Björkegren, has been appointed new Head Coach of the Senior National Female team the Black Queens, replacing the erstwhile Coach – Nora Hauptle, whose contract with the GFA expired at the end of December 2024.
Kim Lars Bjorkegren has been unveiled as the new head coach of the Black Queens in a ceremony in Accra, marking a new chapter for the team.
The Swedish tactician, brings 18 years of coaching experience to the role, having previously coached in Sweden, China and the United States of America (USA).
Kim Lars Björkegren started as a footballer and played for his community club in Ljungsbro, later featuring for Allsvenska Åtvidabergs FF (Swedish First Division club at the time). An injury he sustained at the age of 22 put an end to his football career and he chose to pursue a career in coaching.
His impressive CV includes winning the Cyprus top Women’s league with Apollon Ladies as well as the Damallsvenskan (Swedish Women’s top league) with Linkopings FC. In the 2020-2021 season, he was adjudged the coach of the season in Cyprus.
Kim holds the joint record with the renowned Sven Goran Eriksson as being the second Swedish manager to win two domestic titles in two different countries.
Kim Björkegren worked with the Finland Women’s National Team as a Scout and Analyst. He has also coached Beijing BG Phoenix in the Chinese Super League, placing third in both the Chinese Women’s FA Cup and Super Cup in 2018. He also worked as Technical Director of Manila Digger FC of the Philippines.
Most recently, Kim has been manager of Racing Louisville in the National Women’s Soccer League of the USA.
Kim’s philosophy of football is to play possessive attacking, purposeful and entertaining football, utilising the skills of his players in the best possible way; thus, making him a flexible and adaptable coach. He places a lot of emphasis on discipline, team organisation, hard work, teamwork, dynamism and flexibility.
According to the Ghana Football Association (GFA), this philosophy merges well with Ghana’s football philosophy.
With his coaching experience in women’s football, coupled with a background in education and Sports Psychology, Kim Björkegren is viewed by the GFA as the ideal choice to take over the coaching reins of the Black Queens and lead them to greater heights.
In attendance at his unveiling ceremony were Executive Council Members Gideon Fosu and Samuel Aboabire. General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo, Technical Director Professor Joseph Mintah and assistant coach Anita Wiredu Mintah joined them.
