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  • Egon Jönsson scored his 1st and Sweden's 63rd international hat-trick
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  • Kalle Palmér is the latest born international footballer of Sweden
  • Sweden vs Finland H2H: Sweden national team's 29th victory in 37 matches

Sweden vs Finland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 2 October 1949, 13:30 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
8-1
Finland
Referee:
Ludvig Jørkov, Copenhagen /
Denmark
Attendance, venue:
18 247, Malmö Idrottsplats, Malmö
Goals:
0-1 (4') Jorma Vaihela, 1-1 (7') Egon Jönsson, 2-1 (9') Egon Jönsson, 3-1 (17') Egon Jönsson, 4-1 (24') Ingvar Rydell, 5-1 (41') Kalle Palmér, 6-1 (75') Ingvar Rydell, 7-1 (83') Ingvar Rydell, 8-1 (89') Karl Erik Jakobsson
Sweden football team line-up in match Nr.276
Managed by selection committee: chairman Rudolf Kock, coach George Raynor (England)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
1
32
Malmö FF, Malmö
2
28
Malmö FF, Malmö
1
23
Malmö FF, Malmö
1
23
Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
1
25
Malmö FF, Malmö
1
24
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
4
27
Malmö FF, Malmö
1
29
IS Halmia, Halmstad
2
27
Malmö FF, Malmö
1
20
Malmö FF, Malmö
14
27
Malmö FF, Malmö
Finland football team line-up in match Nr.148
Managed by head coach Aatos Lehtonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Thure Sarnola   46' 
22
32
HPS, Helsinki
6
28
TuTo, Turku
6
23
KTP, Kotka
35
31
Haka, Valkeakoski
9
26
Ponnistus, Helsinki
17
28
VIFK, Vaasa
11
20
KuPS, Kuopio
18
24
VIFK, Vaasa
2
21
Ilves-Kissat, Tampere
12
24
PoPa, Pori
17
26
VIFK, Vaasa
11
21
TuVe, Turku
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
11
2.636
26.526
4
8
0
0
Finland
12
13.833
25.747
10
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №267, 03 Oct 1949; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv
Hufvudstadsbladet (Helsinki), №249, 03 Oct 1949; Kansalliskirjaston digitointi- ja konservointikeskus
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №267, 03 Oct 1949; DN.arkivet
Comments

toniofarrugia - posted on 11 April 2011 at 23:45:11

Besides being a match for the V Nordic Championship on the rsssf webpage this match is considered also as a qualification match for the 1950 World Cup forming part of Group 5 which was made up of Ireland, Finland and Sweden
(...)

Soproni Démon - posted on 8 October 2011 at 21:11:30

Coach manager
Sweden: Rudolf ’Putte’ Kock

Vijay77 - posted on 21 October 2018 at 07:47:28

Additional link which includes this match as a WC Qualifying match (link: )
Sweden vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
85.2
P
37
W
29
D
5
L
3
GF
152
GA
58
GF/P
4.108
GA/P
1.568
Av attendance
11 750
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:
Nordic Football Championship 1948-1951
Sweden vs Norway 3-3
Solna, Sunday 2 October 1949
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1948-1951
Denmark vs Sweden 3-2
Copenhagen, Sunday 23 October 1949
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Nordic Football Championship 1948-1951
Denmark vs Finland 0-2
Copenhagen, Sunday 11 September 1949
Next match:
1950 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Finland vs Rep. of Ireland 1-1
Helsinki, Sunday 9 October 1949
Top Sweden goal scorers
1. Sven Rydell (1923 - 1932) - 49 goals
... Egon Jönsson (1946 - 1949) - 5 goals
... Ingvar Rydell (1949) - 3 goals
... Kalle Palmér (1949) - 1 goal
... Karl Erik Jakobsson (1949) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 2, 1949)
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
... Jorma Vaihela (1949) - 2 goals
(correct as of October 2, 1949)
Brief match report
Sun. 02 Oct 1949
Malmö Idrottsplats, Malmö
Sweden 8-1 Finland
Goals: Vaihela 4, Jönsson 7, Jönsson 9, Jönsson 17, Rydell 24, Palmér 41, Rydell 75, Rydell 83, Jakobsson 89

Sweden: Bengtsson (c), Malmström, Månsson, Stenman, Hjertsson, Nyman, Jönsson, Jakobsson, Rydell, Palmér, Nilsson. Managed by selection committee Kock, Raynor (England).

Finland: Sarnola (Laaksonen 46), Saarnio, Veikko Asikainen (c), Pylkkönen, Beijar, Rytkönen, Myntti, Yrjö Asikainen, Vaihela, Martin, Lehtovirta. Managed by Lehtonen.

Att: 18 247,
Ref: Jørkov (Denmark)

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