
The Finn's assistant coaches Christer Mattiasson and Hugo Berggren are also forced to leave.
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Jani Honkavaara has led Djurgården in 73 competitive matches during his time as coach.
The Finn's assistant coaches Christer Mattiasson and Hugo Berggren are also forced to leave.
- Our clear ambition going forward is for Djurgården to be an association that fights for the title every year. To reach that level, our daily standards, underlying performance and results must consistently reflect a team that always aspires to win championships. But the trend, both in terms of our performances on the pitch and our points haul, simply does not correspond to our goal image and ambition to compete for titles, says Maximilian Hahn to the club's website.
Djurgården will be led by Agon Mehmeti, Abel Lorincz and P19 coach Hannes Grönblad during the team's two final matches. The trio takes over temporarily while waiting for the club to recruit a new head coach.
Djurgården is third in the table with two rounds remaining. Last season, during Honkavaara's first year at the helm, the team finished fifth and, among other things, reached the semi-finals against Chelsea in the Conference League.
In total, the Finn has led Djurgården in 73 competitive matches. The last was Sunday's losing match against Halmstad.
- I have no comments, the club has said everything, writes Jani Honkavaara to Sportbladet.
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The club is recruiting a new head coach for the future.
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