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Sweden 2-0 Norway - June 16, 1976 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1978

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1978 - Round 1 - Group 6

Raasunda Stadion - Solna - Sweden

June 16, 1976

30 601

Sweden

2 - 0

Norway

Björn Andersson

27'

Thomas Sjöberg

41'

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27' - Goal Björn Andersson27

35' - Substitution Roland Sandbergis substituted by Jan Mattsson35

41' - Goal Thomas Sjöberg41

43' - Substitution Helge Skusethis substituted by Björn Tronstad

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sweden

2 - 0

Norway

Sweden Norway

Team line-ups

Sweden

Hellström

Ronnie Hellström

Sweden

B.date21/02/1949

Age27 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Nordqvist

Bjorn Nordqvist

Sweden

B.date06/10/1942

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Werner

Mats Werner

Sweden

B.date01/06/1953

Age23 years

positionDefender

Karlsson

Kent Karlsson

Sweden

B.date25/11/1945

Age30 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Tapper

Steffan Tapper

Sweden

B.date17/07/1948

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight Midfielder

Andersson27

Björn Andersson

Sweden

B.date20/07/1951

Age24 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Linderoth

Anders Linderoth

Sweden

B.date21/03/1950

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Torstensson

Conny Torstensson

Sweden

B.date28/08/1949

Age26 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Grahn

Ove Grahn

Sweden

B.date09/05/1943

Age33 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Sandberg35

Roland Sandberg

Sweden

B.date16/12/1946

Age29 years

positionForward

Sjöberg41

Thomas Sjöberg

Sweden

B.date06/07/1952

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronnie Hellström		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bjorn Nordqvist		33	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mats Werner		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kent Karlsson		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steffan Tapper		27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Björn Andersson	27	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Linderoth		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Conny Torstensson		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ove Grahn		33	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roland Sandberg	35	29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Sjöberg	41	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norway

Jacobsen

Tom Rüsz Jacobsen

Norway

B.date20/02/1953

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Karlsen

Helge Karlsen

Norway

B.date29/06/1948

Age27 years

positionDefender

Gröndalen

Svein Gröndalen

Norway

B.date08/02/1955

Age21 years

positionLeft central defender

Birkelund

Jan Birkelund

Norway

B.date10/11/1950

Age25 years

positionDefender

Pedersen

Trond Pedersen

Norway

B.date10/02/1951

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Skistad

Boye Skistad

Norway

B.date04/03/1948

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Johansen

Tor Egil Johansen

Norway

B.date08/08/1950

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Kvia

Svein Kvia

Norway

B.date27/09/1947

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Skuseth43

Helge Skuseth

Norway

B.date29/05/1953

Age23 years

positionStriker

Höyland

Gabriel Höyland

Norway

B.date10/02/1955

Age21 years

positionStriker

Lund

Tom Lund

Norway

B.date10/09/1950

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tom Rüsz Jacobsen		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Helge Karlsen		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Svein Gröndalen		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Birkelund		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trond Pedersen		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Boye Skistad		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tor Egil Johansen		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Svein Kvia		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Helge Skuseth	43	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gabriel Höyland		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Lund		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jan Mattsson	35	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Björn Tronstad	43	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Georg Ericson

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Ericson vs Norway

6 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 16, 1976

Ericson vs Eggen

4 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 16, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

Nils Arne Eggen

Success rate in this team:

19 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Eggen vs Sweden

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on June 16, 1976

Eggen vs Ericson

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on June 16, 1976

Referee

Charles Corver

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Sweden2 matches	General total	Norway1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sweden1 match	Season total	Norway1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 07, 1978					Latest figure on June 16, 1976

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Key figures

It's the first time Björn Andersson scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

No Sweden manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Georg Ericson has done less than 1.47 goals scored per game .

It's the first time since the 18/11/1973 (Bulgaria vs Cyprus ) that a game ends with 2-0 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	1	Sweden	2 pts	1 rd
	2	Norway	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

	1	Sweden	2 pts	1 rd
	2	Norway	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSweden 1-1 Scotland16/04/1975

VSweden 4-0 Algeria B19/05/1975

LSweden 1-2 Yugoslavia04/06/1975

VSweden 3-1 Norway30/06/1975

DSweden 0-0 Denmark25/09/1975

LSweden 1-2 Denmark11/05/1976

Overall

LYugoslavia 3-0 Sweden15/10/1975

DTunisia 1-1 Sweden28/02/1976

VAlgeria B 0-2 Sweden02/03/1976

LAustria 1-0 Sweden28/04/1976

LSweden 1-2 Denmark11/05/1976

VFinland 0-2 Sweden01/06/1976

Current form

Away

VFinland 3-5 Norway15/05/1975

LSweden 3-1 Norway30/06/1975

DIceland 1-1 Norway07/07/1975

LSoviet Union 4-0 Norway24/09/1975

LNorthern Ireland 3-0 Norway29/10/1975

LIreland 3-0 Norway24/03/1976

Overall

LNorway 0-2 Sweden13/08/1975

LNorway 1-3 Soviet Union28/08/1975

LSoviet Union 4-0 Norway24/09/1975

LNorthern Ireland 3-0 Norway29/10/1975

LIreland 3-0 Norway24/03/1976

LNorway 0-1 Iceland19/05/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	6
Winless streak	5	6
Drawless streak	3	7
Goalless streak	3	4
Conceding streak	11	21

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

27 v

10 d

6 l

152 gf

63 ga

Away

41 matches

23 v

7 d

11 l

92 gf

57 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

86 matches

51 v

17 d

18 l

248 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

11 v

7 d

23 l

57 gf

92 ga

Away

43 matches

6 v

10 d

27 l

63 gf

152 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

86 matches

18 v

17 d

51 l

122 gf

248 ga

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 0	October 21, 1945
Home	10 - 0	October 21, 1945

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 14, 1919
Away	5 - 1	September 14, 1919

Latest head to head

August 13, 1975 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Norway

0 - 2

Sweden

June 30, 1975 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Sweden

3 - 1

Norway

August 08, 1974 - Nordic Tournament 1972/1977

Sweden

2 - 1

Norway

September 17, 1972 - Nordic Tournament 1972/1977

Norway

1 - 3

Sweden

August 08, 1971 - Nordic Tournament 1968/1971

Sweden

3 - 0

Norway

Best historical scorers against Norway

Karl Gustafsson	13 goals	1908 - 1918
Sven Rydell	13 goals	1923 - 1927
Gunnar Nordahl	13 goals	1945 - 1948
Helge Ekroth	11 goals	1911 - 1917
Ivar Svensson	8 goals	1912 - 1916
Arne Nyberg	6 goals	1938 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/07/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sweden

Einar Gundersen	10 goals	1917 - 1927
Jorgen Juve	7 goals	1929 - 1932
Kaare Engebretsen	6 goals	1915 - 1919
Finn Berstad	5 goals	1924 - 1927
Reidar Kvammen	4 goals	1936 - 1937
Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen	3 goals	1912 - 1915

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/07/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway

Ragnar Wicksell	11 matches	1912 - 1921
Helge Ekroth	11 matches	1911 - 1921
Rune Bergstrom	10 matches	1913 - 1922
Theodor Malm	10 matches	1908 - 1919
Karl Gustafsson	10 matches	1908 - 1920
Sven Friberg	9 matches	1918 - 1928

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/07/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sweden

Gunner Anderson	21 matches	1911 - 1923
Per Skou	20 matches	1911 - 1923
Einar Gundersen	14 matches	1917 - 1928
Adolph Wold	13 matches	1912 - 1921
Otto Aulie	12 matches	1913 - 1921
Alexander Olsen	11 matches	1920 - 1932