Roger Gustafsson

{{short description|Swedish footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Roger Gustafsson

|image =

|fullname = Roger Gustafsson

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|2|29|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

|position = Defender

|currentclub =

|years1= 1974–1979| years2 =

| clubs1 = GAIS | clubs2 =BK Häcken

|caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 =

| manageryears1 = 1983–1989 | manageryears2 = 1990–1995 | manageryears3 = 1996–1999 | manageryears4 =2002

| managerclubs1 = IFK Göteborg (youth team) | managerclubs2 = IFK Göteborg | managerclubs3 = None | managerclubs4 =IFK Göteborg

}}

Roger Gustafsson (born 29 February 1952, in Gothenburg) is a former Swedish football player and manager. He has played in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, with GAIS,{{cite web |url=http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/4184FC1186936CD6C1256F16003A63F7?OpenDocument |title=GAIS - Spelarinformation för Roger Gustavsson |accessdate=2010-03-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930094755/http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/4184FC1186936CD6C1256F16003A63F7?OpenDocument |archivedate=2011-09-30 }} but is better known as the best performing manager in Allsvenskan ever, having won five Swedish championships with IFK Göteborg. He also took the club to the Champions League group stage twice and the quarter-finals of the same tournament once. He is still active in the club as leader of the youth section.