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Finland 1-3 Sweden - May 28, 2004 / Friendlies 2004

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Friendlies 2004 - Europe

Ratina Stadion - Tampere - Finland

May 28, 2004

16 500

Finland

1 - 3

Sweden

(penalty) Jari Litmanen

30'

Anders Andersson

45'

Marcus Allbäck

82'

Marcus Allbäck

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9' - Goal Jari Litmanen9

30' - Goal Anders Andersson

45' - Goal Marcus Allbäck

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65' - Substitution Sami Hyypiäis substituted by Toni Kuivasto65

75' - Substitution Erik Edmanis substituted by Alexander Östlund photo Pontus Farnerud

75' - Substitution Christian Wilhelmssonis substituted by Pontus Farnerud

81' - Substitution Joonas Kolkkais substituted by Jonatan Johansson81

82' - Goal Marcus Allbäck

86' - Substitution Mika Nurmelais substituted by Jari Ilola86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

1 - 3

Sweden

Finland Sweden

Team line-ups

Finland

Niemi

Antti Niemi

Finland

B.date31/05/1972

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä65

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age30 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Reini

Juha Reini

Finland

B.date19/03/1975

Age29 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Pasanen

Petri Pasanen

Finland

B.date24/09/1980

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Kolkka81

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Nurmela86

Mika Nurmela

Finland

B.date26/12/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Väyrynen

Mika Väyrynen

Finland

B.date28/12/1981

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Eremenko

Aleksei Eremenko

Finland

B.date24/03/1983

Age21 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Litmanen9

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age33 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Forssell

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age23 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antti Niemi		31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä	65	30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hannu Tihinen		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juha Reini		29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petri Pasanen		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joonas Kolkka	81	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Nurmela	86	32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Väyrynen		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aleksei Eremenko		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	9	33	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sweden

Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Sweden

B.date19/03/1973

Age31 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Hansson

Petter Hansson

Sweden

B.date14/12/1976

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Mjällby

Johan Mjällby

Sweden

B.date09/02/1971

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Edman75

Erik Edman

Sweden

B.date11/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Lucic

Teddy Lucic

Sweden

B.date15/04/1973

Age31 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

Linderoth

Tobias Linderoth

Sweden

B.date21/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Andersson30

Anders Andersson

Sweden

B.date15/03/1974

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Svensson

Anders Svensson

Sweden

B.date17/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Wilhelmsson75

Christian Wilhelmsson

Sweden

B.date08/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Allbäck4582

Marcus Allbäck

Sweden

B.date05/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Sweden

B.date03/10/1981

Age22 years

H1m95

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		31	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petter Hansson		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Mjällby		33	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Erik Edman	75	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Teddy Lucic		31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tobias Linderoth		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Andersson	30	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Svensson		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Christian Wilhelmsson	75	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Allbäck	4582	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zlatan Ibrahimovic		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Toni Kuivasto	65	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Ilola	86	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	81	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Alexander Östlund	75	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Pontus Farnerud	75	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikael Forssell

Jonatan Johansson

OUT

Juha Reini

Janne Saarinen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Erik Edman

Erik Wahlstedt

OUT

Petter Hansson

Olof Mellberg

OUT

Magnus Hedman

Andreas Isaksson

OUT

Anders Andersson

Andreas Johansson

OUT

Anders Svensson

Kim Källström

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Antti Muurinen

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Muurinen vs Sweden

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 2004

Muurinen vs Söderberg

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Söderberg

Lars Lagerbäck

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Söderberg vs Finland

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 2004

Söderberg vs Muurinen

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 2004

Referee

Alberto Undiano Mallenco

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Finland2 matches	General total	Sweden3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Sweden1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 11, 2011					Latest figure on March 22, 2013

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Key figures

Finland keeps its 33 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Sweden in Friendlies running (since 05/06/1922). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Antti Muurinen has done less than 35% of losses .

The last time Finland has conceded at least 3 goals at home in Friendlies, It was on the 16/03/1983 (vs )

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFinland 0-2 Wales07/09/2002

VFinland 3-0 Azerbaijan12/10/2002

VFinland 3-0 Iceland30/04/2003

VFinland 3-0 Serbia and Montenegro07/06/2003

LFinland 0-2 Italy11/06/2003

VFinland 3-2 Canada11/10/2003

Overall

VFinland 2-1 Honduras16/11/2003

LCosta Rica 2-1 Finland19/11/2003

LChina 2-1 Finland03/02/2004

LChina 2-1 Finland07/02/2004

VMalta 1-2 Finland31/03/2004

LBosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Finland28/04/2004

Current form

Away

VHungary 1-2 Sweden02/04/2003

VSan Marino 0-6 Sweden07/06/2003

VPoland 0-2 Sweden10/09/2003

LEgypt 1-0 Sweden18/11/2003

LAlbania 2-1 Sweden18/02/2004

DPortugal 2-2 Sweden28/04/2004

Overall

LSweden 0-1 Latvia11/10/2003

LEgypt 1-0 Sweden18/11/2003

LSweden 0-3 Norway22/01/2004

LAlbania 2-1 Sweden18/02/2004

VSweden 1-0 England31/03/2004

DPortugal 2-2 Sweden28/04/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	10	7
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	3
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Aleksei Eremenko	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Kim Källström
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kim Källström
Aleksei Eremenko	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Kim Källström

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

7 v

6 d

27 l

57 gf

127 ga

Away

39 matches

2 v

4 d

33 l

35 gf

150 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

80 matches

9 v

10 d

61 l

92 gf

278 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

33 v

4 d

2 l

150 gf

35 ga

Away

40 matches

27 v

6 d

7 l

127 gf

57 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

80 matches

61 v

10 d

9 l

278 gf

92 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 29, 1921
Home	3 - 1	June 13, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 1	August 15, 1954
Away	10 - 1	August 15, 1954

Latest head to head

February 01, 2001 - Nordic Tournament 2000/2001

Sweden

0 - 1

Finland

October 13, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Sweden

3 - 2

Finland

September 09, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Finland

0 - 1

Sweden

May 27, 1990 - Rencontres amicales 1990

Sweden

6 - 0

Finland

January 15, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Sweden

1 - 0

Finland

Best historical scorers against Sweden

Heikki Suhonen	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Atik Ismail	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Matti Paatelainen	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Jouko Suomalainen	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Timo Marjamaa	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Jari Niinimäki	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/06/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Kurt Hamrin	4 goals	1954 - 1954
Torbjörn Nilsson	3 goals	1976 - 1981
Birger Eklund	3 goals	1954 - 1954
Thomas Sjöberg	3 goals	1976 - 1980
Thomas Ahlström	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Sven-Ove Svensson	2 goals	1954 - 1954

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/06/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sweden

Miikka Toivola	5 matches	1973 - 1980
Jouko Suomalainen	5 matches	1971 - 1976
Esko Ranta	5 matches	1973 - 1980
Arto Tolsa	5 matches	1971 - 1980
Erkki Vihtilä	4 matches	1971 - 1978
Matti Paatelainen	4 matches	1971 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/06/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Thomas Ravelli	9 matches	1981 - 1993
Ingemar Erlandsson	7 matches	1978 - 1983
Bjorn Nordqvist	5 matches	1966 - 1978
Andreas Ravelli	5 matches	1981 - 1988
Ronnie Hellström	5 matches	1971 - 1978
Anders Linderoth	4 matches	1973 - 1980