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Sweden vs West Germany international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 19 April 1978, 19:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
3-1
West Germany
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Ken Burns, Stourbridge /
England
Attendance, venue:
27 355, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
Goals:
0-1 (23') Rainer Bonhof, 1-1 (26') Rolf Rüssmann (own goal), 2-1 (51') Lennart Larsson, 3-1 (75') Lennart Larsson
Sweden football team line-up in match Nr.542
Managed by association captain Georg Ericson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ronnie Hellström  Captain 
65
29
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Hasse Borg  
13
24
BTSV Eintracht, Braunschweig
Roy Andersson  
15
28
Malmö FF, Malmö
Ronald Åhman  
1
21
Örebro SK, Örebro
Ingemar Erlandsson  
2
20
Malmö FF, Malmö
Lennart Larsson  
13
24
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Staffan Tapper  
33
29
Malmö FF, Malmö
Conny Torstensson  
36
28
FC Zürich, Zürich
Kenneth Ohlsson   72' 
1
29
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
72' Torbjörn Nilsson  
8
23
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Thomas Sjöberg  
28
25
Malmö FF, Malmö
Benny Wendt  
13
27
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
West Germany football team line-up in match Nr.428
Managed by head coach Helmut Schön
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Sepp Maier   6' 
83
34
FC Bayern, München
6' Dieter Burdenski  
2
27
SV Werder, Bremen
Berti Vogts  Captain 
90
31
Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach
Herbert Zimmermann  
4
23
1. FC Köln, Köln
Rainer Bonhof   83' 
34
26
Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach
83' Bernard Dietz  
24
30
MSV, Duisburg
Manfred Kaltz  
15
25
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Rolf Rüssmann  
13
27
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Rüdiger Abramczik  
12
22
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Bernd Hölzenbein  
37
32
Eintracht Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Klaus Fischer  
12
28
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Hansi Müller   59' 
2
20
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
59' Ronnie Worm  
6
24
MSV, Duisburg
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge  
12
22
FC Bayern, München
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
12
19.000
26.169
8
3
0
0
West Germany
14
24.714
26.855
9
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Deister-und Weserzeitung (Hameln), №92, 20 Apr 1978; Zeitungsarchiv Deister-und Weserzeitung
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №106, 20 Apr 1978; DN.arkivet
Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburg), №92, 20 Apr 1978; Zeitungsarchiv Hamburger Abendblatt
Comments

dfbhp - posted on 17 February 2011 at 00:41:04

Captain of the German Team = Hans-Hubert Vogts

Raphael Keppel: Deutschlands Fußball-Länderspiele. Eine Dokumentation 1908 – 1989. Sport- und Spielverlag Hitzel, Hürth 1989, ISBN 3-9802172-4-8.

Zsorzsinju - posted on 4 January 2013 at 07:02:22

Sweden Captain:
1. Ronnie Carl Hellström, målvakt, lagkapten (link: )

MOVCHAN21 - posted on 29 September 2013 at 20:24:43

West Germany national team

piero - posted on 12 August 2015 at 17:05:40

West Germany team (photo on post by MOVCHAN21):
Berti Vogts, Sepp Maier, Rolf Rüssmann, Manfred Kaltz, Herbert Zimmermann, Rainer Bonhof, Bernd Hölzenbein, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Hansi Müller, Rüdiger Abramczik, Klaus Fischer.
Sweden vs West Germany post-match head-to-head
WP
56.0
P
25
W
12
D
4
L
9
GF
46
GA
44
GF/P
1.840
GA/P
1.760
Av attendance
35 125
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
East Germany vs Sweden 0-1
Leipzig, Tuesday 4 April 1978
Next match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs Czechoslovakia 0-0
Solna, Sunday 21 May 1978
Sweden matches
West Germany national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
West Germany vs Brazil 0-1
Hamburg, Wednesday 5 April 1978
Next match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
West Germany vs Poland 0-0
Buenos Aires, Thursday 1 June 1978
West Germany 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
... Lennart Larsson (1977 - 1978) - 3 goals
(correct as of April 19, 1978)
top Sweden scorers
Top West Germany goal scorers
1. Gerd Müller (1967 - 1974) - 68 goals
2. Uwe Seeler (1958 - 1970) - 43 goals
3. Fritz Walter (1940 - 1956) - 33 goals
4. Ernst Lehner (1934 - 1942) - 31 goals
... Rainer Bonhof (1974 - 1978) - 5 goals
(correct as of April 19, 1978)
top West Germany scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 19 Apr 1978
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
Sweden 3-1 West Germany
Goals: Bonhof 23, Rüssmann 26 (OG), Larsson 51, Larsson 75

Sweden: Hellström (c), Borg, Andersson, Åhman, Erlandsson, Larsson, Tapper, Torstensson, Ohlsson (Nilsson 72), Sjöberg, Wendt. Managed by Ericson.

West Germany: Maier (Burdenski 6), Vogts (c), Zimmermann, Bonhof (Dietz 83), Kaltz, Rüssmann, Abramczik, Hölzenbein, Fischer, Müller (Worm 59), Rummenigge. Managed by Schön.

Att: 27 355,
Ref: Burns (England)

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