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Sweden 2-1 Yugoslavia - July 03, 1974 / World Cup 1974

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World Cup 1974 - Group 2 2nd round

Rheinstadion - Düsseldorf - Germany

July 03, 1974

40 000

Sweden

2 - 1

Yugoslavia

(right foot) Ralf Edström

30'

Assist by Roland Sandberg (right foot) Conny Torstensson

85'

27'

Ivica Surjak (left foot) Assist by Dragan Dzajic

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27' - Goal Ivica Surjak

30' - Goal Ralf Edström30

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70' - Substitution Vladimir Petrovicis substituted by Stanislav Karasi

78' - Substitution Miroslav Pavlovicis substituted by Luka Peruzovic

85' - Goal Conny Torstensson85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sweden

2 - 1

Yugoslavia

Sweden Yugoslavia

Team line-ups

Sweden

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Edström30

Ralf Edström

Sweden

B.date07/10/1952

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Sandberg

Roland Sandberg

Sweden

B.date16/12/1946

Age27 years

positionForward

Torstensson85

Conny Torstensson

Sweden

B.date28/08/1949

Age24 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Grahn

Ove Grahn

Sweden

B.date09/05/1943

Age31 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Persson

Orjan Persson

Sweden

B.date27/08/1942

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Tapper

Steffan Tapper

Sweden

B.date17/07/1948

Age25 years

H1m90

positionRight Midfielder

Augustsson

Jorgen Augustsson

Sweden

B.date28/10/1952

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Karlsson

Kent Karlsson

Sweden

B.date25/11/1945

Age28 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Nordqvist

Bjorn Nordqvist

Sweden

B.date06/10/1942

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Olsson

Jan Olsson

Sweden

B.date18/03/1944

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Hellström

Ronnie Hellström

Sweden

B.date21/02/1949

Age25 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronnie Hellström		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jorgen Augustsson		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kent Karlsson		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bjorn Nordqvist		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steffan Tapper		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Olsson		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Orjan Persson		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Conny Torstensson	85	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ove Grahn		31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roland Sandberg		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ralf Edström	30	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Yugoslavia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Dzajic

Dragan Dzajic

Serbia

B.date30/05/1946

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

Surjak27

Ivica Surjak

Serbia

B.date23/03/1953

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Acimovic

Jovan Acimovic

Serbia

B.date21/06/1948

Age26 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Petrovic70

Vladimir Petrovic

Serbia

B.date01/07/1955

Age19 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Jerkovic

Jure Jerkovic

Croatia

B.date25/02/1950

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Pavlovic78

Miroslav Pavlovic

Serbia

B.date23/10/1942

Age31 years

H1m74

positionCentral defender

Bogicevic

Vladislav Bogicevic

Serbia

B.date07/11/1950

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Hadziabdic

Enver Hadziabdic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date06/11/1945

Age28 years

H1m74

positionLeft central defender

Katalinski

Josip Katalinski

Serbia

B.date12/05/1948

Age26 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Buljan

Ivan Buljan

Croatia

B.date11/12/1949

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Maric

Enver Maric

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date16/04/1948

Age26 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Enver Maric		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Josip Katalinski		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Miroslav Pavlovic	78	31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Enver Hadziabdic		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladislav Bogicevic		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivan Buljan		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Petrovic	70	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jovan Acimovic		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jure Jerkovic		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dragan Dzajic		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivica Surjak	27	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Luka Peruzovic	78	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Stanislav Karasi	70	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Orjan Persson

Bo Larsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miroslav Pavlovic

Branko Oblak

OUT

Jure Jerkovic

Stanislav Karasi

OUT

Dragan Dzajic

Dusan Bajevic

OUT

Vladimir Petrovic

Ilija Petkovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Georg Ericson

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Ericson vs Yugoslavia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 03, 1974

Ericson vs Ciric

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 03, 1974

Manager

Age

Match num

Milovan Ciric

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ciric vs Sweden

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on July 03, 1974

Ciric vs Ericson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 03, 1974

Referee

Luis Pastarino

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sweden1 match	General total	Yugoslavia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sweden1 match	Season total	Yugoslavia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 03, 1974					Latest figure on July 03, 1974

Videos

May 19, 2010

Comments

Key figures

Sweden keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 26/06/1974).

It's the first time Ralf Edström scores 1 goal vs Yugoslavia in World Cup

Sweden keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Yugoslavia running (since 18/09/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DSoviet Union 0-0 Sweden05/08/1973

VSweden 2-1 Austria27/11/1973

DBulgaria 0-0 Sweden15/06/1974

DSweden 0-0 Netherlands19/06/1974

VSweden 3-0 Uruguay23/06/1974

LPoland 1-0 Sweden26/06/1974

Overall

DSweden 0-0 Switzerland09/06/1974

DBulgaria 0-0 Sweden15/06/1974

DSweden 0-0 Netherlands19/06/1974

VSweden 3-0 Uruguay23/06/1974

LPoland 1-0 Sweden26/06/1974

LGermany 4-2 Sweden30/06/1974

Current form

Neutral ground

VYugoslavia 4-2 Argentina09/07/1972

VYugoslavia 1-0 Spain13/02/1974

DBrazil 0-0 Yugoslavia13/06/1974

VYugoslavia 9-0 DR Congo18/06/1974

DScotland 1-1 Yugoslavia22/06/1974

LYugoslavia 1-2 Poland30/06/1974

Overall

DYugoslavia 2-2 England05/06/1974

DBrazil 0-0 Yugoslavia13/06/1974

VYugoslavia 9-0 DR Congo18/06/1974

DScotland 1-1 Yugoslavia22/06/1974

LGermany 2-0 Yugoslavia26/06/1974

LYugoslavia 1-2 Poland30/06/1974

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	2

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Ralf Edström	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Dusan Bajevic
Ralf Edström	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Dusan Bajevic
Ove Kindvall	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Dragan Dzajic
Ove Kindvall	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Dragan Dzajic
Ralf Edström	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Stanislav Karasi

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

5 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

2 d

3 l

10 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

5 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

2 d

2 l

10 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 13, 1948
Neutral ground	3 - 1	August 13, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 26, 1969
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 26, 1969 - Rencontres amicales 1969

Yugoslavia

2 - 1

Sweden

June 27, 1966 - Rencontres amicales 1966

Sweden

1 - 1

Yugoslavia logo Yugoslavia

September 18, 1963 - Eliminatoires Euro 1964

Sweden

3 - 2

Yugoslavia logo Yugoslavia

June 19, 1963 - Eliminatoires Euro 1964

Yugoslavia

0 - 0

Sweden

September 02, 1951 - Rencontres amicales 1951

Yugoslavia

2 - 1

Sweden

Best historical scorers against Yugoslavia

Gunnar Gren	2 goals	1948 - 1948
Gunnar Nordahl	1 goal	1948 - 1948
Jim Felix Nildén	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1948. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sweden

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1948. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Yugoslavia

Gunnar Nordahl	1 match	1948 - 1948
Niels Liedholm	1 match	1948 - 1948
Jan Karlsson	1 match	1966 - 1966
Jim Felix Nildén	1 match	1966 - 1966
Nils Johansson	1 match	1966 - 1966
Knut Nordahl	1 match	1948 - 1948