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National football teams

Sweden earned its 5th consecutive victory
Sweden's 8th consecutive match without defeat
Ríkharður Jónsson set the goal scoring record for Iceland (8 goals)
Sweden vs Iceland Head to Head: Sweden national football team's 1st victory in 2 matches

Sweden vs Iceland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:

Tuesday, 24 August 1954, 18:00 (UTC+1:00)

National teams, score:

Sweden

3-2

Iceland

Competition:

International Friendly

Referee:

Aksel Asmussen, Copenhagen /

Denmark

Attendance, venue:

14 066, Fredriksskans, Kalmar

Goals:

1-0 (15') John Eriksson, 2-0 (34') Gösta Sandberg, 2-1 (61') Þórður Þórðarson, 2-2 (78') Ríkharður Jónsson, 3-2 (88') John Eriksson

Sweden national football team line-up in match Nr.328

Managed by selection committee: chairman Rudolf Kock

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Iceland national football team line-up in match Nr.11

Managed by national coach Karl Guðmundsson

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Match stats

National team

Players

Average caps

Average age

Clubs

Goals

Cautions

Expulsions

Sweden

nan

Iceland

nan

Historical data sources

Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №229, 25 Aug 1954; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv

Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №229, 25 Aug 1954; DN.arkivet

Tíminn (Reykjavík), №191, 27 Aug 1954; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Comments

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted on 9 October 2011 at 11:58:33

Coach manager
Sweden: Rudolf ’Putte’ Kock

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted on 8 June 2012 at 13:57:36

Captain Sweden
Bengt ’Julie’ Gustavsson
(link:

)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted on 3 January 2013 at 16:02:10

Kurt Roland "Kurre" Hamrin 25’ substitute
25’ substitute Sylve Boris Bengtsson (link:

)

trekky76 Sweden - Other notes posted on 16 September 2023 at 09:43:42

KSI has Sigurbjörnsson instead of Sigurbergsson.
No mention of either in any of the linked articles. (link:

)

db Ukraine - Other notes posted on 16 September 2023 at 19:19:30

There is a mention here (link:

) about Óskar Sigurbergsson instead of Sigurbjörnsson two days before the match

Halldór Sigurbjörnsson injured his back

Sweden vs Iceland post-match head-to-head

50.0

GF/P

3.000

GA/P

3.000

Av attendance

9 850

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 1952-1955

Finland vs Sweden 1-10

Helsinki, Sunday 15 August 1954

Next match:

Friendly International

Soviet Union vs Sweden 7-0

Moscow, Wednesday 8 September 1954

Sweden football results

Iceland national team matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Iceland vs Norway 1-0

Reykjavík, Sunday 4 July 1954

Next match:

Friendly International

Iceland vs Denmark 0-4

Reykjavík, Sunday 3 July 1955

Iceland football results

Top Sweden goal scorers

1. Sven Rydell (1923 - 1932) - 49 goals
2. Gunnar Nordahl (1942 - 1948) - 43 goals
3. Gunnar Gren (1940 - 1949) - 25 goals
... John Eriksson (1951 - 1954) - 6 goals
... Gösta Sandberg (1952 - 1954) - 6 goals

(correct as of August 24, 1954)

Sweden goal scorers

Top Iceland goal scorers

1. Ríkharður Jónsson (1948 - 1954) - 8 goals
2. Þórður Þórðarson (1953 - 1954) - 3 goals
3. Albert Guðmundsson (1947) - 2 goals

(correct as of August 24, 1954)

Iceland goal scorers

Brief match report

Tue. 24 Aug 1954
Fredriksskans, Kalmar
Sweden 3-2 Iceland
Goals: 15, 34, 61, 78, 88

Att: 14 066,
Ref: Asmussen (Denmark)