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4 unusual facts about Sweden national football team


2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

It played host to three tournament matches of which two were group stage games and the other match was a quarter-final game between the Netherlands and Sweden.

Herbert Fandel

On 2 June 2007, Fandel took charge of the Euro 2008 qualifying game between Denmark and Sweden in Copenhagen, the first ever UEFA qualifier between the two teams.

Skegness Town A.F.C.

George Raynor managed Skegness Town from 1958 to 1960 between spells as the national team manager for Sweden.

VfL Germania 1894

They also hosted important German clubs such as VfB Leipzig and made a visit to Sweden where they played the national side.


2000–01 Nordic Football Championship

Six Nordic countries participated, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Alfred Bickel

Bickel holds the World Cup record for the longest period between matches played (12 years, 13 days), and is one of only two footballers ever to participate in World Cups before and after World War II, the other being Sweden's Erik Nilsson.

Andrew av Fløtum

Andrew av Fløtum made his debut for the Faroe Islands in a January 2001 friendly match against Sweden, coming on as a substitute for Uni Arge.

Ashley Sammons

As a 15-year-old, Sammons played three matches for the England under-17 team in the 2007 Nordic Tournament, against their Icelandic, Finnish and Swedish counterparts.

Atletion

In 2007, the park played host to two of Denmark's Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Spain after UEFA ordered the matches played away from Copenhagen following a fan attack in a previous match against Sweden.

Christian Høgni Jacobsen

Høgni Jacobsen made his debut for the Faroe Islands in a January 2001 friendly match against Sweden, coming on as a substitute for Todi Jónsson.

Dick Spalding

During the six game tour, the U.S. played two recognized international games, one on August 21, 1916 against Sweden and another on September 3, 1916 against Norway.

Edgar Chadwick

During the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm (where eleven teams participated in the football tournament, against only six in 1908) the Dutch defeated Sweden and Austria, but lost in the semi-final 4–1 to Denmark.

Frank Arnesen

It was also in his time at Ajax, that Arnesen debuted for the Danish national team, in a 1977 friendly 1–0 loss against Sweden, in Malmö.

Gert Dörfel

He represented Germany 11 times, including 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland (scoring two goals) and Greece (scoring one goal), 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sweden and eight friendlies.

Gonzalo Jara

He was chosen by coach Nelson Acosta to play for Chile during their 2006 tour through Europe where they played the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, Côte d'Ivoire in Toulon and Sweden in Stockholm all only months before the 2006 World Cup

Gre-No-Li

The denomination was colloquially used after these players composed a formidable trio of strikers while playing for the Swedish national team and Italian club AC Milan in the 1950s.

Heinz Vollmar

With the population of Saarland to join West Germany, via a referendum taken place already in 1955, Vollmar's first of twelve West Germany caps was on 30 June 1956, in Stockholm versus Sweden.

History of the United States men's national soccer team

Thirty years later, on August 20, 1916, the United States played its first official international match under the auspices of U.S. Soccer against Sweden in Stockholm, which the U.S. won 3–2, with goals from Dick Spalding, Charles Ellis and Harry Cooper.

IFK Värnamo

The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swedish national football team when they finished third in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Johan Oremo

Oremo's debut in the Swedish national team came against Costa Rica on January 13, 2008.

Josué Pesqueira

In the second leg of the play-offs against Sweden on 19 November, Josué (who was not used in the game) extended his middle finger towards the opposing fans, while celebrating his country's qualification to the World Cup after the final whistle.

Kennet Andersson

Bernt Kennet Andersson (born October 6, 1967 in Eskilstuna) is a Swedish former football player and a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup.

Michael Gravgaard

On 2 June 2007, Gravgaard stopped the attacking fan from reaching referee Herbert Fandel in the 2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack in an international match against Sweden which was subsequently abandoned.

Morten Bisgaard

He was called up to the first Danish national team match of new national manager Bo Johansson, and Bisgaard made his international debut in the August 1996 game against Sweden.

Pontus Wernbloom

On 7 January 2007, he was picked for the Swedish national team's January Tour in South America, and he made his debut on 18 January against Ecuador.

Roland Hattenberger

He made his debut for Austria in a June 1972 World Cup qualification match against Sweden and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 World Cups.

Thomas Rytter

Rytter was called up for Danish national team coach Bo Johansson's debut game, and got his international debut in the 1–0 win against Sweden on 14 August 1996.

Viktor Fomin

Fomin made his debut for USSR on 26 June 1955 in an away friendly game against Sweden in Stockholm when he came out as substitute on the 41st minute (the Soviet Union won the game 6:0).

Vimmerby

Another well-known person from Vimmerby is Swedish record international goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli.


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