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Players (31653)
Managers (1459)
Referees (3525)
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Venues (1808)
National football teams

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Sweden vs Rep. of Ireland match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 28 October 1970, 19:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
1-0
Rep. of Ireland
Competition:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6
Referee:
Pavel Kazakov, Moscow /
Soviet Union
Attendance, venue:
11 922, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
Goals:
1-0 (74') Tom Turesson
Sweden football team line-up in match Nr.471
Managed by association captain Orvar Bergmark
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ronnie Hellström  
14
21
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
Hans Selander  
35
25
Upsala IF, Uppsala
Krister Kristensson  
23
28
Malmö FF, Malmö
Björn Nordqvist  Captain 
49
28
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
Roland Grip   67' 
29
29
AIK Solna, Solna
67' Claes Cronqvist  
5
26
Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
Tommy Svensson  
31
25
Östers IF, Växjö
Bosse Larsson  
30
26
Malmö FF, Malmö
Jan Olsson  
16
26
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Leif Eriksson  
47
28
OGC Nice, Nice
Ove Grahn  
18
27
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
Dan Brzokoupil   63' 
4
23
Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
63' Tom Turesson  
21
28
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
Rep. of Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.128
Managed by team manager Mick Meagan
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Alan Kelly  
34
34
Preston North End FC, Preston
Shay Brennan  Captain 
18
33
Waterford FC, Waterford
John Dempsey  
14
24
Chelsea FC, London
Tony Byrne  
6
24
Southampton FC, Southampton
Paddy Dunning  
1
19
Shelbourne FC, Dublin
Eamon Dunphy  
20
25
Millwall FC, London
Al Finucane  
8
27
Limerick FC, Limerick
Mick Lawlor  
3
21
Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin
Steve Heighway  
3
22
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
Ray Treacy  
16
24
Charlton Athletic FC, London
Terry Conroy  
8
24
Stoke City FC, Stoke-on-Trent
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
13
24.769
26.633
10
1
0
0
Rep. of Ireland
11
11.909
25.685
11
0
0
0
Historical data sources
Irish Independent (Dublin), №258, 29 Oct 1970; Irish Newspaper Archives
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №294, 29 Oct 1970; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №294, 29 Oct 1970; DN.arkivet
The Irish Press (Dublin), №258, 29 Oct 1970; Irish Newspaper Archives
Comments

Zsorzsinju - posted on 16 September 2011 at 22:54:07

Captain:
Sweden: Björn Nordqvist
Sweden vs Rep. of Ireland post-match head-to-head
WP
75.0
P
6
W
4
D
1
L
1
GF
14
GA
7
GF/P
2.333
GA/P
1.167
Av attendance
29 691
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:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
Rep. of Ireland vs Sweden 1-1
Dublin, Wednesday 14 October 1970
Next match:
Friendly International
Israel vs Sweden 2-1
Tel Aviv, Friday 12 March 1971
Sweden football matches
Rep. of Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
Rep. of Ireland vs Sweden 1-1
Dublin, Wednesday 14 October 1970
Next match:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
Italy vs Rep. of Ireland 3-0
Florence, Tuesday 8 December 1970
Rep. of Ireland 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
... Tom Turesson (1966 - 1970) - 9 goals
(correct as of October 28, 1970)
Sweden scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 28 Oct 1970
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
Sweden 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
Goals: Turesson 74

Sweden: Hellström, Selander, Kristensson, Nordqvist (c), Grip (Cronqvist 67), Svensson, Larsson, Olsson, Eriksson, Grahn, Brzokoupil (Turesson 63). Managed by Bergmark.

Rep. of Ireland: Kelly, Brennan (c), Dempsey, Byrne, Dunning, Dunphy, Finucane, Lawlor, Heighway, Treacy, Conroy. Managed by Meagan.

Att: 11 922,
Ref: Kazakov (Soviet Union)

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