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Sweden vs Finland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 28 June 1978, 19:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
2-1
Finland
Competition:
Nordic Football Championship 1978-1980
Referee:
Torben Månsson, Copenhagen /
Denmark
Attendance, venue:
6 600, Ryavallen, Borås
Goals:
1-0 (17') Torbjörn Nilsson, 1-1 (39') Atik Ismail, 2-1 (80') Magnus Andersson
Sweden national team line-up in match Nr.547
Managed by association captain Georg Ericson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ronnie Hellström  
70
29
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Hasse Borg  
18
24
BTSV Eintracht, Braunschweig
Ronald Åhman  
2
21
Örebro SK, Örebro
Björn Nordqvist  Captain 
112
35
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Ingemar Erlandsson  
7
20
Malmö FF, Malmö
Lennart Larsson   78' 
18
24
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
78' Magnus Andersson  
5
20
Malmö FF, Malmö
Olle Nordin  
13
28
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Conny Torstensson  
39
28
FC Zürich, Zürich
Torbjörn Nilsson  
10
23
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Ralf Edström   64' 
35
25
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
64' Sanny Åslund  
4
25
AIK Solna, Solna
Benny Wendt  
18
27
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Finland national team line-up in match Nr.344
Managed by head coach Aulis Rytkönen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Pertti Alaja  
16
26
Ikast FS, Ikast
Erkki Vihtilä  Captain 
35
27
Ilves, Tampere
Arto Tolsa  
57
32
K Beerschot VAV, Antwerpen
Juha Helin  
3
24
Haka, Valkeakoski
Teuvo Vilen  
2
24
Haka, Valkeakoski
Pertti Jantunen  
22
26
IFK Eskilstuna, Eskilstuna
Aki Heiskanen   60' 
31
26
KuPS, Kuopio
60' Kalle Nieminen  
3
30
MiPK, Mikkeli
Miikka Toivola  
50
28
HJK, Helsinki
Seppo Pyykkö   60' 
7
22
OPS, Oulu
60' Olavi Rissanen  
37
31
KuPS, Kuopio
Atik Ismail  
2
21
HJK, Helsinki
Jyrki Nieminen  
14
27
IFK Eskilstuna, Eskilstuna
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
13
27.000
25.979
8
2
0
0
Finland
13
21.462
26.912
9
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №172, 29 Jun 1978; DN.arkivet
Comments

stringer - posted on 19 December 2011 at 22:32:51

Date of match: 28th June 1978. (link: )

Kaizeler - posted on 4 April 2012 at 01:22:36

Goals:
(...)

Soproni Démon - posted on 15 October 2012 at 23:15:21

Substitutions
Ralf Edström → Sanny Åslund (64)
Lennart Larsson → Magnus Andersson (78)
(link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 4 January 2013 at 07:04:43

Sweden Captain:
4. Björn Nordqvist, lagkapten (link: )

toni - posted on 3 July 2013 at 00:51:33

Erkki Vihtilä [Reipas] (C)
Sweden vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
84.6
P
68
W
53
D
9
L
6
GF
254
GA
82
GF/P
3.735
GA/P
1.206
Av attendance
14 127
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:
1978 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Spain vs Sweden 1-0
Buenos Aires, Sunday 11 June 1978
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1978-1980
Denmark vs Sweden 2-1
Copenhagen, Wednesday 16 August 1978
Sweden results
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Finland vs Greece 3-0
Helsinki, Wednesday 24 May 1978
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1978-1980
Finland vs Norway 1-1
Helsinki, Wednesday 9 August 1978
Finland results
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
... Torbjörn Nilsson (1976 - 1978) - 2 goals
... Magnus Andersson (1978) - 1 goal
(correct as of June 28, 1978)
top Sweden 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. Kai Pahlman (1957 - 1965) - 13 goals
5. Kalevi Lehtovirta (1948 - 1957) - 13 goals
6. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
7. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
... Atik Ismail (1978) - 3 goals
(correct as of June 28, 1978)
top Finland scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 28 Jun 1978
Ryavallen, Borås
Sweden 2-1 Finland
Goals: Nilsson 17, Ismail 39, Andersson 80

Sweden: Hellström, Borg, Åhman, Nordqvist (c), Erlandsson, Larsson (Andersson 78), Nordin, Torstensson, Nilsson, Edström (Åslund 64), Wendt. Managed by Ericson.

Finland: Alaja, Vihtilä (c), Tolsa, Helin, Vilen, Jantunen, Heiskanen (Kalle Nieminen 60), Toivola, Pyykkö (Rissanen 60), Ismail, Jyrki Nieminen. Managed by Rytkönen.

Att: 6 600,
Ref: Månsson (Denmark)

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