Thom Åhlund

Thom Alvar Ålund (born 17 February 1953) is a Swedish former football player and manager, best known for representing Hammarby IF.

He immediately broke into the squad and played 25 league games in his debut season, as Hammarby finished 8th in the table, scoring his first goal for the club in a 1–0 home win against IF Saab on 26 August.

In 1980, he almost transferred to the competing Swedish club Mjällby AIF together with Sten-Ove Ramberg, a fellow teammate at Hammarby.

In the finals against IFK Göteborg, Hammarby won 2–1 in the first leg away, but lost 1–3 in the home game at Söderstadion to a record crowd, missing out on the gold medal.

Åhlund decided to leave Hammarby after the loss on 2 November 1983, which coincidentally also was Kenneth Ohlsson's last game for the club.

In total, he won four caps the same year, competing in one competitive fixture (a 1–1 away draw against Luxembourg on 23 October 1979 in the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying campaign).