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National football teams

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Sweden vs Finland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 8 July 1973, 18:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
1-1
Finland
Competition:
Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977
Referee:
Henry Øberg, Hamar /
Norway
Attendance, venue:
16 547, Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Goals:
1-0 (41') Yngve Leback, 1-1 (46') Jouko Suomalainen
Sweden football team line-up in match Nr.493
Managed by association captain Georg Ericson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ronnie Hellström  
30
24
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
Jan Olsson  
4
31
Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg
Kent Karlsson  
2
27
Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg
Staffan Tapper  
6
24
Malmö FF, Malmö
Roland Grip  Captain 
48
32
IK Sirius FK, Uppsala
Anders Linderoth  
2
23
Östers IF, Växjö
Bosse Larsson  
50
29
Malmö FF, Malmö
Ove Kindvall   73' 
32
30
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
73' Jan Sjöström  
3
25
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
Ralf Edström  
9
20
PSV, Eindhoven
Conny Andersson  
2
28
Malmö FF, Malmö
Yngve Leback   60' 
3
24
AIK Solna, Solna
60' Conny Torstensson  
5
23
Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg
Finland football team line-up in match Nr.307
Managed by head coach Olavi Laaksonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Pertti Alaja  
1
21
HJK, Helsinki
Eero Virkkunen  
3
25
OTP, Oulu
Arto Tolsa  
37
27
K Beerschot VAV, Antwerpen
Raimo Saviomaa  
27
27
Lahti-69, Lahti
Esko Ranta  
16
26
Haka, Valkeakoski
Jouko Suomalainen  Captain 
19
24
KPT, Kuopio
Antero Nikkanen   34' 
5
27
MP, Mikkeli
34' Martti Kuusela  
2
27
Haka, Valkeakoski
Timo Rahja  
3
24
HJK, Helsinki
Miikka Toivola  
18
23
HJK, Helsinki
Matti Paatelainen  
16
29
Haka, Valkeakoski
Heikki Suhonen  
11
22
HJK, Helsinki
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
13
15.077
26.640
8
1
0
0
Finland
12
13.167
25.611
7
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №182, 09 Jul 1973; DN.arkivet
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №182, 09 Jul 1973; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv
Comments

Kaizeler - posted on 4 April 2012 at 01:28:49

Goals:
1-0 Yngve Leback [41]
1-1 Jouko Suomalainen [46] (link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 3 January 2013 at 22:43:46

Sweden Captain:
5. Bruno Roland Grip, lagkapten (link: )
Sweden vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
83.6
P
64
W
49
D
9
L
6
GF
242
GA
80
GF/P
3.781
GA/P
1.250
Av attendance
14 184
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Sweden national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs Brazil 1-0
Solna, Monday 25 June 1973
Next match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs Iceland 1-0
Uddevalla, Wednesday 11 July 1973
Sweden football matches
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Finland vs East Germany 1-5
Tampere, Wednesday 6 June 1973
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977
Finland vs Sweden 1-2
Helsinki, Wednesday 29 August 1973
Finland football matches
Top Sweden goal scorers
1. Sven Rydell (1923 - 1932) - 49 goals
2. Gunnar Nordahl (1942 - 1948) - 43 goals
3. Gunnar Gren (1940 - 1958) - 32 goals
4. Agne Simonsson (1957 - 1966) - 27 goals
... Yngve Leback (1973) - 1 goal
(correct as of July 8, 1973)
top Sweden goal scorers
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. Kalevi Lehtovirta (1948 - 1957) - 13 goals
5. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
6. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
7. Kai Pahlman (1957 - 1965) - 13 goals
... Jouko Suomalainen (1972 - 1973) - 2 goals
(correct as of July 8, 1973)
top Finland goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 08 Jul 1973
Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Sweden 1-1 Finland
Goals: Leback 41, Suomalainen 46

Sweden: Hellström, Olsson, Karlsson, Tapper, Grip (c), Linderoth, Larsson, Kindvall (Sjöström 73), Edström, Andersson, Leback (Torstensson 60). Managed by Ericson.

Finland: Alaja, Virkkunen, Tolsa, Saviomaa, Ranta, Suomalainen (c), Nikkanen (Kuusela 34), Rahja, Toivola, Paatelainen, Suhonen. Managed by Laaksonen.

Att: 16 547,
Ref: Øberg (Norway)

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