Tom Prahl (born 5 January 1949 in
Smedstorp) is a Swedish former
football player and manager.
Coaching career
From 1990 to the 2000s, Prahl was one of Sweden's most successful managers, winning three league titles. He debuted in 1992 in
Allsvenskan with
Trelleborgs FF
Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening, more commonly known as Trelleborgs FF or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in Superettan, the second tier in the Swedish Football system. ...
. He won the league since then with both
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association ...
and
Halmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved membership in the Swedish ...
. On 1 January 2006, he took over
Viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
from
Roy Hodgson.
[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=357629.html ] However, his spell with the
Stavanger-based club proved unsuccessful, and he was fired in September 2006 on the back of seven losses in eight league matches, with the team on the bottom of the
Norwegian Premier League
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table. Prahl returned to Trelleborg and managed the club until his retirement in 2011.
Honours as manager
Halmstads BK
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Allsvenskan:
1997
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,
2000
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Malmö FF
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Allsvenskan:
2004
References
1949 births
Living people
Swedish footballers
Swedish football managers
Trelleborgs FF managers
Halmstads BK managers
Malmö FF managers
Viking FK managers
Swedish expatriate football managers
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate football managers in Norway
Allsvenskan managers
Eliteserien managers
Association footballers not categorized by position
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