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Sweden vs Finland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 2 August 1959, 18:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
3-1
Finland
Competition:
Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959
Referee:
Carl Frederik Jørgensen, Aarhus /
Denmark
Attendance, venue:
19 555, Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Goals:
1-0 (7') Harry Bild, 1-1 (13') Unto Nevalainen, 2-1 (23') Rune Börjesson, 3-1 (48') Agne Simonsson
Sweden national team line-up in match Nr.369
Managed by selection committee: chairman Eric Person
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Bengt Nyholm  
3
29
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
Orvar Bergmark  Captain 
50
28
Örebro SK, Örebro
Arne Larsson  
2
24
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
Torbjörn Jonsson  
12
23
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
Åke Johansson  
20
31
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
Sigvard Parling  
32
29
Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
Bengt Berndtsson  
11
26
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Harry Bild  
4
22
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
Agne Simonsson  
15
23
Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Rune Börjesson  
5
22
Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Lennart Backman  
6
25
AIK Solna, Solna
Finland national team line-up in match Nr.208
Managed by head coach Aatos Lehtonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Matti Kannas  
9
30
HJK, Helsinki
Reijo Jalava  
9
27
HJK, Helsinki
Matti Haahti  
10
23
HIFK, Helsinki
Unto Nevalainen  Captain 
9
24
HIFK, Helsinki
Lauri Lehtinen  
22
31
HJK, Helsinki
Stig Holmqvist  
1
23
HIFK, Helsinki
Carl-Magnus Ekman  
3
21
HIFK, Helsinki
Kai Pahlman  
22
24
HPS, Helsinki
Rolf Rosqvist  
1
27
HIFK, Helsinki
Matti Hiltunen  
17
26
KuPS, Kuopio
Markku Kumpulampi  
3
20
Haka, Valkeakoski
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
11
14.545
26.135
7
3
0
0
Finland
11
9.636
25.493
5
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №207, 03 Aug 1959; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №207, 03 Aug 1959; DN.arkivet
Comments

Soproni Démon - posted on 9 October 2011 at 17:16:59

Coach manager
Sweden: Eric Person

toni - posted on 2 July 2013 at 09:26:25

Unto Nevalainen [HIFK] (C)
Sweden vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
86.3
P
51
W
41
D
6
L
4
GF
214
GA
73
GF/P
4.196
GA/P
1.431
Av attendance
13 823
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
Hungary vs Sweden 3-2
Budapest, Sunday 28 June 1959
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959
Sweden vs Norway 6-2
Gothenburg, Sunday 18 October 1959
Sweden results
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959
Finland vs Norway 2-4
Helsinki, Sunday 28 June 1959
Next match:
Friendly International
Finland vs East Germany 3-2
Helsinki, Sunday 6 September 1959
Finland results
Top Sweden goal scorers
1. Sven Rydell (1923 - 1932) - 49 goals
2. Gunnar Nordahl (1942 - 1948) - 43 goals
... Agne Simonsson (1957 - 1959) - 13 goals
... Rune Börjesson (1958 - 1959) - 3 goals
... Harry Bild (1959) - 3 goals
(correct as of August 2, 1959)
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. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
5. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
6. Kalevi Lehtovirta (1948 - 1957) - 13 goals
... Unto Nevalainen (1959) - 1 goal
(correct as of August 2, 1959)
Finland goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 02 Aug 1959
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Sweden 3-1 Finland
Goals: Bild 7, Nevalainen 13, Börjesson 23, Simonsson 48

Sweden: Nyholm, Bergmark (c), Larsson, Jonsson, Johansson, Parling, Berndtsson, Bild, Simonsson, Börjesson, Backman. Managed by selection committee Person.

Finland: Kannas, Jalava, Haahti, Nevalainen (c), Lehtinen, Holmqvist, Ekman, Pahlman, Rosqvist, Hiltunen, Kumpulampi. Managed by Lehtonen.

Att: 19 555,
Ref: Jørgensen (Denmark)

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