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Sweden 1-0 Norway - May 26, 1977 / Nordic Tournament 1972/1977

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Nordic Tournament 1972/1977 - Round 6

Nya Ullevi - Gothenburg - Sweden

May 26, 1977

12 836

1 - 0

Norway

Anders Linderoth

66'

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52' - Substitution Björn Anderssonis substituted by Magnus Andersson52

64' - Substitution Thomas Ahlströmis substituted by Anders Gronhagen64

65' - Substitution Roger Albertsenis substituted by Age Hareide

66' - Goal Anders Linderoth66

74' - Substitution Thomas Sjöbergis substituted by Lennart Larsson74

75' - Substitution Odd Iversenis substituted by Ole Johnny Henriksen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sweden

1 - 0

Norway

Sweden Norway

Team line-ups

Sweden

Hellström

Ronnie Hellström

Sweden

B.date21/02/1949

Age28 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Borg

Hans Borg

Sweden

B.date04/08/1953

Age23 years

positionDefender

Andersson

Roy Andersson

Sweden

B.date02/08/1949

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Nordqvist

Bjorn Nordqvist

Sweden

B.date06/10/1942

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

Andersson52

Björn Andersson

Sweden

B.date20/07/1951

Age25 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Börjesson

Bo Börjesson

Sweden

B.date01/12/1949

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Torstensson

Conny Torstensson

Sweden

B.date28/08/1949

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Linderoth66

Anders Linderoth

Sweden

B.date21/03/1950

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Ahlström64

Thomas Ahlström

Sweden

B.date17/07/1952

Age24 years

positionForward

Sjöberg74

Thomas Sjöberg

Sweden

B.date06/07/1952

Age24 years

positionForward

Wendt

Benny Wendt

Sweden

B.date04/11/1950

Age26 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronnie Hellström		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hans Borg		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Andersson		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bjorn Nordqvist		34	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Björn Andersson	52	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bo Börjesson		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Conny Torstensson		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Linderoth	66	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Ahlström	64	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Sjöberg	74	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benny Wendt		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norway

Olsen

Jan Erik Olsen

Norway

B.date14/09/1956

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

H. Karlsen

Helge Karlsen

Norway

B.date29/06/1948

Age28 years

positionDefender

Birkelund

Jan Birkelund

Norway

B.date10/11/1950

Age26 years

positionDefender

Gröndalen

Svein Gröndalen

Norway

B.date08/02/1955

Age22 years

positionLeft central defender

Kordahl

Tore Kordahl

Norway

B.date17/12/1950

Age26 years

positionDefender

Albertsen65

Roger Albertsen

Norway

B.date15/03/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Jacobsen

Tom Jacobsen

Norway

B.date17/03/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Johansen

Tor Egil Johansen

Norway

B.date08/08/1950

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Iversen75

Odd Iversen

Norway

B.date06/11/1945

Age31 years

positionForward

E. Karlsen

Erik Karlsen

Norway

B.date26/07/1953

Age23 years

positionForward

Jacobsen

Paal Jacobsen

Norway

B.date20/05/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jan Erik Olsen		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Helge Karlsen		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Birkelund		26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Svein Gröndalen		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tore Kordahl		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roger Albertsen	65	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Jacobsen		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tor Egil Johansen		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Odd Iversen	75	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erik Karlsen		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paal Jacobsen		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Magnus Andersson	52	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lennart Larsson	74	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Gronhagen	64	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Age Hareide	65	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ole Johnny Henriksen	75	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anders Linderoth

Lennart Larsson

OUT

Thomas Ahlström

Sigvard Johansson

OUT

Hans Borg

Magnus Andersson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Erik Karlsen

Tom Lund

OUT

Jan Erik Olsen

Tom Rüsz Jacobsen

OUT

Tom Jacobsen

Jan Hansen

OUT

Tor Egil Johansen

Stein Thunberg

OUT

Paal Jacobsen

Svein Kvia

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Georg Ericson

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Ericson vs Norway

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 1977

Ericson vs Eggen

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Nils Arne Eggen

Success rate in this team:

24 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Eggen vs Sweden

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on May 26, 1977

Eggen vs Ericson

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on May 26, 1977

Referee

Tapani Sahlström

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sweden1 match	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 May 26, 1977					Latest figure on May 26, 1977

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Comments

Key figures

Sweden keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Norway in Nordic Football Championship running (since 01/06/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/09/1962 (3 matches)

Sweden keeps its 5 consecutive wins vs Norway at home running (since 01/06/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/09/1948 (4 matches)

It's the first time since the 20/06/1973 (Denmark vs Norway ) that a game ends with 1-0 in Nordic Football Championship

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Sweden	18 pts	11 rd
2	Denmark	13 pts	10 rd
3	Norway	6 pts	11 rd
4	Finland	5 pts	10 rd

General ranking

1	Sweden	18 pts	11 rd
2	Denmark	13 pts	10 rd
3	Norway	6 pts	11 rd
4	Finland	5 pts	10 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSweden 3-1 Norway30/06/1975

DSweden 0-0 Denmark25/09/1975

LSweden 1-2 Denmark11/05/1976

VSweden 2-0 Norway16/06/1976

VSweden 6-0 Finland11/08/1976

DSweden 1-1 Hungary08/09/1976

Overall

VSweden 2-0 Norway16/06/1976

VSweden 6-0 Finland11/08/1976

DSweden 1-1 Hungary08/09/1976

LNorway 3-2 Sweden22/09/1976

VSwitzerland 1-2 Sweden09/10/1976

LScotland 3-1 Sweden27/04/1977

Current form

Away

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

LSweden 2-0 Norway16/06/1976

LDenmark 3-0 Norway25/08/1976

Overall

LNorway 0-1 Iceland19/05/1976

LSweden 2-0 Norway16/06/1976

DNorway 0-0 Denmark24/06/1976

LDenmark 3-0 Norway25/08/1976

VNorway 1-0 Switzerland08/09/1976

VNorway 3-2 Sweden22/09/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	5	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	5	0
Conceding streak	13	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.7
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

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

Conny Torstensson	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Stein Thunberg
Thomas Sjöberg	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Harry Hestad
Anders Ljungberg	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jan Fuglset
Anders Ljungberg	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Thomas Sjöberg	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Stein Thunberg

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

28 v

10 d

6 l

154 gf

63 ga

Away

42 matches

23 v

7 d

12 l

94 gf

60 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

88 matches

52 v

17 d

19 l

252 gf

125 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

12 v

7 d

23 l

60 gf

94 ga

Away

44 matches

6 v

10 d

28 l

63 gf

154 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

88 matches

19 v

17 d

52 l

125 gf

252 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

September 22, 1976 - Nordic Tournament 1972/1977

Norway

3 - 2

Sweden

June 16, 1976 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

Sweden

2 - 0

Norway

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

Best historical scorers against Norway

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

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
Adolph Wold	3 goals	1915 - 1919

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

Helge Ekroth	11 matches	1911 - 1921
Ragnar Wicksell	11 matches	1912 - 1921
Karl Gustafsson	10 matches	1908 - 1920
Rune Bergstrom	10 matches	1913 - 1922
Theodor Malm	10 matches	1908 - 1919
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
Reidar Kvammen	11 matches	1934 - 1946