Varbergs BOIS: Season Finale 2025

Hey everyone!

Again, another disclaimer on my part. Some of you may/may not know that I am building a new computer and have foolishly ended up with no money to buy my Operating System. Brilliant. So… I’m having to update on the awfully slow computer downstairs. Hopefully that will get sorted at the weekend, but you never know with these things.

Anyway.. I have got my BOIS to January 1st 2026 so its time for a well deserved (and overdue) post! :).
Last time I left you, we we’re on course to retain the domestic league and cup’s, while having the luck of the draw in a obtaining an easier champions league group. So.. lets get on with it!

We start off as always with the results of the league..

Brilliant. After a rather on/off mid-season, my lads really turned on the style, racking up the goals in sublime fashion. Was a little dissapointed with the draws, and especially the amount of goals we had conceeded though. Still, I wasnt fussed. Another League title has some our way and that is the only thing that I want for a season.

Here is that emphatic 9-0 win of Djurgarden:

Little look at the league table does show that we are a little worse than last year. Normally we are on 80+ points and have a very superior goal difference. Shows that the league is getting stronger though, which is a positive in my eyes as I want Swedish football to progress as a whole:

Oh and get this.. I won Manager of the Month every single month, bar one, and I still didn’t get the Yearly trophy? For those of you that don’t know, I actually haven’t won ‘Manager of the Year’ yet.. Its getting to me a little now ;)

Next its cup time! Last time I left you, we were due to face Assyriska in the Quarter finals of the cup. Here are the results of the run:

..And what a run it was! Awesome 5-1 win at home in the Quarters left us with a Semi final against Öster. Confident 2-0 win due to a combination of an own goal and a stunning strike from Lecomte saw us fly though to the final.
Trelleborg were the unlikely finalists, but that was no deterrent, smashing them 3-0 in the final to earn a consecutive Swedish cup. Happy days! :)

Onto the Champions League now, and just before I go into it, remember me saying that I would like our other teams in the league to get better? Well I think that it is starting to happen, as Hammarby have qualified for the Champions League too! Brilliant achievement for them, and for Swedish football. Hopefully they can do us proud, but in a group with Bayern, Porto and PSG, it wasn’t looking hopeful.

Anyway onto Varberg, and as you may remember, our Champions League group was drawn as follows:
Barcelona
Varbergs BOIS
PSV
F.C. København

Here are the first few results of the campaign.

I was in trouble!
1-1 draw against Dutch outfit PSV Eindhoven was justified. Was a little dissapointed with the way that we approached the game and were lucky to go infront, Furuholm netting from close range. But we couldnt hold on, and they broke us with 5 minutes to go.
Onto Barcelona, and I wasnt expecting much as they were a stronger team from last year. Adam Lecomte put us on the score-sheet after the half, but a dubious penalty and a sublime goal by Barcelona striker Gamboa sealed all 3 points for the away side.
Next was F.C. København. Seeded 4th, i thought that our lads could give them a solid game. How wrong was i.. complacency got the better of us and we were forced to come from 3-0 down after only 30 minutes. Complete and utter rout, only saved by a brace from Lecomte but it was a case of too little, too late.

So that left us with a single point going into the last 3 games. Oh dear..

The first of the three then was to be F.C. København. Having been battered away from home just a week earlier, I was expecting a response from the lads..

They did just that! 4 different scorers on the night sealed our first win in the Champions League this season! Was thrilled that Adriano got his first goal for the club though, hopefully he can mature into an important player for us. PSV next, and I was hoping for more of the same..

Excellent! Another home victory, and one curtosy of a hat-trick from Adam Lecomte of all people. Hopefully I can hold onto him in the summer, really does have a knack of grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck and really delivering an invaluable performance. Kudos to the lad!

So it all hinged on the final game, away at Barcelona. Could we salvage a place in the Knockout stages?

Um.. Oh dear. Barcelona really showed their force and unfortunately for us, they were showing no mercy. A brace from Paranaa in the first half meant that we didnt grab the points where we needed it and it cost us, dearly.

Or did it?

Haha, you would have never believed it with the results we had, but with a tremendous amount of luck we had managed 2nd place! At this point, I would be saying how proud of my players I am.. But i’m really not. Should have had this place wrapped up before the Barcelona game really and i’m disappointed at the performances where I knew that we were able to grab at least a point.

Still, the draw came through and we would be facing Arsenal.
The 3rd richest side in the game, and one that have finished either 1st or 2nd in the league since the 2016/2017 season.. Wow.

(Hammarby meanwhile didn’t do brilliantly, only wracking up a single point)

Go to the next page for the news and an update from Uruguay…

The news first then and there wasn’t much to report. Although this took my fancy..

The last of the upgrades! Finally, I think this will max out the facilities that we currently have at the club. Very important to me, and to the club stature, and with this we can hopefully obtain our own players rather than sourcing them from other parts of the world. On that note though…

We have some new youngsters! Lets take a look..
Denis Belyakov

Was trying to stumble across a decent looking striker to partner Adam Lecomte in the future and I have found just the man. £3.2 million was the figure for the Ukrainian and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Very high finishing and composure for a 17 year-old lad, will easily make him a valuable striker in the future. Soon to ‘Home Grown’ too, he will come in the summer! :D

Facundo Castro

A keeper was an area that I lacked but they rarely come as good as this. Bags of potential, and will grow better than Bertolotti, i’m very happy with the 500k I spent on this Argentinian lad. Will become an under-study of our number 1 when he comes in November.

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Finally, its the Uruguayan section of the post!
Last update we had all but qualified for the World Cup, lying in 3rd. We start then with a game at Ecuador:

Solid performance in the second half saved our blushes, running out 3-1 winners

Chile next..

Ouch, that hurt. Chile took the lead in the 2nd minute and unfortunately we could just not break their unit down.

Onto Paraguay, a team that I had previously lost too:

Made up for that though. Great 4-0 win from the lads put us in pole position with the last game against South American giants Argentina:

A point! Brilliant result. Just what we needed away from home, holding very strong and shielding that valuable point. But did it send us into the World Cup?

Ohhhhhhhh yes! Easily qualified for the tournament and I cant wait to get to grips with one of the most exciting competitions in the World. I was eagily awaiting the draw, praying for an easy run-in:

Haha! Drawn in the same group as England. Cant say im surprised with the draw, the other team that I am worried about is the Ivory Coast, but hopefully we can overcome them and sail into the knockout stages! Cant wait! :D

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Alright then, thats it for this episode. Next one will be in the next couple of days, where I will update on the Champions League first knockout round against Arsenal, and of course, the transfer saga over the winter months.

Till then, Hej då :D