Sebastian Seifert

Sebastian Seifert (born 12 December 1978) is a Swedish handball coach and previous player.

Sebastian Seifert
Personal information
Full name	Sebastian Seifert
Born	(1978-12-12) December 12, 1978 (age 46) Ystad, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Playmaker
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1997–2000	IFK Ystad
2000–2002	KIF Kolding
2002–2003	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2003–2009	KIF Kolding
2009–2013	Ystads IF
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2008	Sweden	105	(174)
Teams managed
2013–2017	Ystads IF
2018	HIF Karlskrona
2019–2023	IFK Ystad
10/2024-3/2025	KIF Kolding

Playing career

Seifert started his career at IFK Ystad. In 2000 he joined Danish top club KIF Kolding, where he won the 2001 and 2002 Danish championship and the 2002 Danish Cup. In 2002 he joined German TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke for a single season, before returning to KIF Kolding. Back at Kolding he won three more championships in 2005, 2006 and 2009 and two more cups in 2005 and 2007. In 2009 he returned to Sweden and joined Ystads IF. He retired in March 2013 due to an injury, and became the assistant coach at the club instead.^[1]

Coaching career

Seifert began working as an assistant coach at Ystads IF in 2013,^[2] and the following season he took on the role of head coach.^[3] From 2019 to 2023, Seifert was the head coach of the IFK Ystad club. In oktober 2024 he was hired as the head coach of his former club KIF Kolding to replace the fired Christian Hjermind. The team was at the time battling relegation.^[4] He was in turn fired from the job in March 2025 due to disappointing results. The team was at the time in last place in the Danish League.^[4] Despite his dismissal, the team was still relegated on the last day of the season. This was the first time the club was relegated in 41 years.^[5]