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Since 1994 to 2013, Thomas Ravelli held Sweden's record for international appearances
Earned his 100th cap for Sweden on 11 Aug 1993 aged 33 years 11 months 29 days

Football player Thomas Ravelli

Thomas Ravelli

Born on 13 August 1959, Vimmerby (age 64)

National team appearances of Thomas Ravelli

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Sweden	1981 - 1997	143	6	1	8	-111	-8	-0.776
Total:		143	6	1	8	-111	-8	-0.776

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Östers IF, Växjö	01 Mar 1981 - 05 Nov 1988	60	1		1	-41	-1	-0.683
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg	26 Apr 1989 - 11 Oct 1997	83	5	1	7	-70	-7	-0.843

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Pen.

Goals/ Caps

European Championship final tournament (EC)

-5

-1.250

Nordic Championship (NC)

-3

-0.600

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

-19

-0.950

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

-26

-4

-0.813

World Cup final tournament (WC)

-5

-2

-0.500

Friendly matches and other tournaments

-53

-2

-0.736

Total:

143

-111

-8

-0.776

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
1 Mar 1981	Finland	debut	21 years 6 months 16 days
18 Apr 1987	Soviet Union	first cap as captain	27 years 8 months 5 days
23 Sep 1987	Portugal	50th cap	28 years 1 month 10 days
11 Aug 1993	Switzerland	100th cap	33 years 11 months 29 days
13 Jul 1994	Brazil	record for caps (held up to 10 Sep 2013)	34 years 11 months
16 Jul 1994	Bulgaria	World Cup 3rd place match (winner)	34 years 11 months 3 days
8 Jun 1995	England	European record for caps (held up to 23 Feb 2000)	35 years 9 months 26 days
11 Oct 1997	Estonia	last appearance	38 years 1 month 28 days

Record of national team matches played by Thomas Ravelli

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Sweden football team	143	69	39	35	233	141	61.9

Thomas Ravelli's international caps

as player of Östers IF, Växjö:

debut age - 21 years 6 months 16 days

01 Mar 1981

Lahti, Lahden Suurhalli

2-1

Finland vs Sweden

Lahti Cup 1981, Final

-2х

14 May 1981 19:00 (+2:00)

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

1-2

Sweden vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1981-1983

-2х

03 Jun 1981 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-0

Sweden vs Northern Ireland

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 6

24 Jun 1981 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

3-0

Sweden vs Portugal

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 6

29 Jul 1981

Halmstad, Örjans Vall

1-0

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1981-1983

12 Aug 1981 19:00 (+2:00)

Uddevalla, Rimnersvallen

1-0

Sweden vs Bulgaria

Friendly International

09 Sep 1981 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-0

Scotland vs Sweden

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 6

-2(1p.)х

23 Sep 1981 16:30 (+3:00)

Thessaloniki, Stadium Charilaou (Aris)

2-1

Greece vs Sweden

Friendly International

-2х

14 Oct 1981 21:30

Lisbon, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz)

1-2

Portugal vs Sweden

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 6

-1х

28 Oct 1981

Riyadh, Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium

1-2

Saudi Arabia vs Sweden

Friendly International

20 Feb 1982

Lahti, Lahden Suurhalli

2-2

Finland vs Sweden

Friendly International

-2х

05 May 1982 19:00 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

1-1

Denmark vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1981-1983

-1х

19 May 1982 19:00 (+2:00)

Halmstad, Örjans Vall

2-2

Sweden vs East Germany

Friendly International

-2х

03 Jun 1982 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-1

Sweden vs Soviet Union

Friendly International

-1х

08 Sep 1982 20:30 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

2-0

Romania vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

-2х

06 Oct 1982 17:00 (+1:00)

Bratislava, Tehelné pole

2-2

Czechoslovakia vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

-2х

13 Nov 1982 17:00 (+2:00)

Nicosia, Makario Stadium

0-1

Cyprus vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

27 Apr 1983 20:00 (+2:00)

Utrecht, Stadion Nieuw Galgenwaard

0-3

Netherlands vs Sweden

Friendly International

15 May 1983 18:00 (+2:00)

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

5-0

Sweden vs Cyprus

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

29 May 1983 18:00 (+2:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

2-0

Sweden vs Italy

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

09 Jun 1983 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

0-1

Sweden vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

-1х

22 Jun 1983 19:00 (+2:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

3-3

Sweden vs Brazil

Friendly International

07 Sep 1983 18:30 (+3:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-3

Finland vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1981-1983

21 Sep 1983 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-0

Sweden vs Czechoslovakia

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

15 Oct 1983 15:00 (+1:00)

Naples, Stadio San Paolo

0-3

Italy vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

16 Nov 1983 20:00 (+4:00)

Port of Spain, Queen`s Park Oval

0-5

Trinidad & Tobago vs Sweden

Friendly International

22 Nov 1983 14:00 (+6:00)

Morelia, Estadio Olímpico Venustiano Carranza

2-0

Mexico vs Sweden

Friendly International

23 Feb 1984

Jönköping, Tipshallen

4-0

Sweden vs United States*

Friendly International

02 May 1984 20:00 (+2:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

0-0

Switzerland vs Sweden

Friendly International

23 May 1984 19:00 (+2:00)

Norrköping, Norrköpings Idrottspark

4-0

Sweden vs Malta

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

22 Aug 1984

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

1-1

Sweden vs Mexico

Friendly International

17 Oct 1984 20:15 (+1:00)

Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion (Kampfbahn)

2-0

West Germany vs Sweden

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

-2х

14 Nov 1984 20:45

Lisbon, Estádio José Alvalade

1-3

Portugal vs Sweden

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

-1х

01 May 1985

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

1-1

Israel vs Sweden

Friendly International

-1х

22 May 1985 19:00 (+2:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

1-0

Sweden vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1981-1983

05 Jun 1985 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-0

Sweden vs Czechoslovakia

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

11 Sep 1985 19:00 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

0-3

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

25 Sep 1985 19:00 (+2:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-2

Sweden vs West Germany

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

-2х

16 Oct 1985 17:00 (+1:00)

Prague, Stadion Evžena Rošického

2-1

Czechoslovakia vs Sweden

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

-2х

01 May 1986 18:00 (+2:00)

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

0-0

Sweden vs Greece

Friendly International

complete list

Comments

trekky76 Sweden - Other notes posted on 19 December 2010 at 19:01:53

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vtd Bulgaria - Other notes posted on 9 March 2011 at 19:46:54

Shanon Belgium - Other notes posted on 1 December 2015 at 10:52:56

’Thomas RAVELLI’ is the brother of ’Andreas RAVELLI’, also International ’A’ for Sweden.

They are twins (just like Yougoslavian VUJOVIC or Dutch van de KERKHOF). (link:

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Thomas Ravelli's most often teammates

Roland Nilsson (1986 - 1997) - 77 games
Jonas Thern (1987 - 1997) - 58 games
Glenn Hysén (1981 - 1990) - 56 games
Roger Ljung (1988 - 1995) - 53 games
Anders Limpar (1987 - 1996) - 49 games

Sweden players born on 16 May

Bertil Thulin (1903) - 1 cap
Ove Kindvall (1943) - 43 caps, 16 goals
Rasmus Lindkvist (1990) - 1 cap
Sebastian Nanasi (2002) - 3 caps, 1 goal
Otto Rosengren (2003) - 1 cap