Background
Johansson, Lennart was born on November 5, 1929 in Sweden.
sports association administrator
Johansson, Lennart was born on November 5, 1929 in Sweden.
He started as a leader in the sport of bandy in Sweden for his hometown team AIK. Johansson then came through the ranks in the Swedish Football Association, and served as the association"s president between 1984 and 1991. Johansson is probably most famous for starting the Union of European Football Associations Champions League and for bringing the 1992 Union of European Football Associations European Football Championship to his native Sweden. Johansson was named Honorary Union of European Football Associations President by his successor Michel Platini at the Düsseldorf Congress in January 2007.
In October 2007, he was appointed chairman of a committee for bringing bandy into the Olympic programme.
The Lennart Johansson Bowl (Lennart Johanssons pokal), the trophy awarded to the Swedish football champions each year since 2001, is named after him.