The Swedish Football Association announced on its official website on Monday that former Brighton, Chelsea and West Ham United English manager Graham Potter has been officially appointed as their national team's new head coach.

According to the Swedish Football Association's official statement, Potter's appointment is on a short-term contract, and his primary focus is to lead the team to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

After his appointment was announced, Potter, who was interviewed by the Swedish Football Association's official website for the first time, said: "I am deeply honoured and inspired by this appointment. Sweden has excellent players who are performing well in the world's top leagues. My job is to create the conditions for our entire team to perform at the highest level and lead Sweden to the World Cup next summer."

Last Tuesday (October 14), the Swedish Football Association announced that the national team's former head coach, legendary former Denmark international striker Jon Dahl Tomasson, had been sacked due to poor results.

Shortly afterwards, Potter was speculated by Sky Sports as the most likely successor.

About Graham Potter

The 50-year-old Graham Potter was born on May 20, 1975 in Solihull, England. He is 1.85 meters tall. He played as a left back during his playing career. He has played for Birmingham City, Stoke City, Southampton, Macclesfield, and is also a York City legend.

After retiring, Potter served as the head coach of the former Swedish Allsvenskan club Östersunds from 2011 to 2018.

During his coaching career at Östersunds, Potter was often known for successfully discovering and successfully transforming stars from the English non-league. He also became famous for leading the club to a shock win over Galatasaray, PAOK Salonika and Arsenal during the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League.

In the summer of 2018, Potter was appointed as the head coach of Swansea City.

During his tenure at the Swans, Potter led the team to nearly defeat Manchester City in the FA Cup.

The following summer, Potter was appointed as Brighton head coach.

During the three-year spell as the head coach of Seagulls, Potter helped the club gradually transform from a relegation battling club to a super dark horse with excellent style of play, and once led the club to shock wins over Manchester United twice.

In September 2022, Potter replaced England national team head coach Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea head coach.

However, during his coaching tenure at the club, the Blues owner Todd Boehly had been frantically signing players in the transfer market, this made Potter have no time to properly figure out his best lineup, resulting in his poor performances and eventually being sacked in April of the following year.

After leaving Chelsea, Potter was approached by Ajax, but he refused to join the Eredivisie giants, whose performances has seriously declined in recent years.

In January 2025, Potter replaced current Qatar national team head coach Julen Lopetegui as West Ham United's new manager.

However, Potter's tenure at the London Stadium was characterized by a series of mixed results, leading West Ham United fans to turn against him and create numerous memes mocking him.

He was ultimately sacked on September 27th and replaced by former Wolves and Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo.

During his eight months in charge of the Hammers, Potter managed the Premier League club in 25 matches across all competitions, achieving 6 wins, 5 draws, and 14 losses, with a win percentage of 24%.