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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
Finland national team line-up in match Nr.208
Managed by head coach Aatos Lehtonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
nan
nan
0
3
0
0
Finland
nan
nan
0
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №207, 03 Aug 1959; DN.arkivet
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №207, 03 Aug 1959; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv
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: 7, 13, 23, 48

Att: 19 555,
Ref: Jørgensen (Denmark)

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