User:
Password:

forgot password?
sign-up • LOGIN
Matches (18281)
Players (32017)
Managers (1480)
Referees (3552)
Clubs (3610)
Venues (1822)
National football teams

  • Sweden earned its 4th consecutive victory
  • 150th defeat of the Bulgaria football team in international matches
  • Sweden vs Bulgaria Head to Head: Sweden football team's 2nd victory in 5 matches

Sweden vs Bulgaria international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 12 August 1981, 19:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Sweden
1-0
Bulgaria
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Reidar Bjørnestad, Sandviken /
Norway
Attendance, venue:
7 561, Rimnersvallen, Udevalla
Goals:
1-0 (74') Thomas Sjöberg
Sweden football team line-up in match Nr.579
Managed by association captain Lars Arnesson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Thomas Ravelli  
6
21
Östers IF, Växjö
Bo Börjesson   72' 
20
31
IFK Sundsvall, Sundsvall
72' Andreas Ravelli  
7
21
Östers IF, Växjö
Stig Fredriksson   46' 
14
25
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
46' Greger Hallén  
3
26
Östers IF, Växjö
Glenn Hysén  
5
21
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Ingemar Erlandsson  Captain 
29
23
Malmö FF, Malmö
Hasse Borg  
40
28
BTSV Eintracht, Braunschweig
Peter Nilsson   72' 
25
23
Östers IF, Växjö
72' Benno Magnusson  
11
28
Kalmar FF, Kalmar
Kalle Björklund  
4
27
Östers IF, Växjö
Thomas Larsson  
2
26
Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Thomas Sjöberg  
44
29
Malmö FF, Malmö
Tommy Holmgren  
1
22
IFK Göteborg, Göteborg
Bulgaria football team line-up in match Nr.378
Managed by head coach Atanas Parzhelov
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Georgi Velinov  
14
23
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia
Vencho Sabotinov  
9
28
SPS Spartak, Pleven
Veselin Balevski  
8
22
SPS Levski-Spartak, Sofia
Georgi Bonev  
31
27
SPS Lokomotiv, Sofia
Georgi Dimitrov  
24
22
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia
Kiril Lyubomirov  
1
29
SSP Akademik, Sofia
Radoslav Zdravkov  
22
25
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia
Mihail Valchev  
2
24
SPS Levski-Spartak, Sofia
Plamen Markov  
25
23
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia
Kostadin Kostadinov  
24
22
AAA Trakia, Plovdiv
Stoycho Mladenov   46' 
13
24
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia
46' Tsvetan Yonchev  
6
25
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Sweden
14
15.071
25.617
7
1
0
0
Bulgaria
12
14.917
24.954
6
0
0
0
Historical data sources
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №217, 13 Aug 1981; DN.arkivet
Comments

Soproni Démon - posted on 16 October 2012 at 12:24:29

Substitutions
Stig Fredriksson → Greger Hallén (46)
Bo Börjesson → Andreas Ravelli (72)
Peter Nilsson → Benno Magnusson (72) (link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 4 January 2013 at 07:31:55

Sweden Captain:
5. Ingemar Erlandsson, lagkapten (link: )
Sweden vs Bulgaria post-match head-to-head
WP
50.0
P
5
W
2
D
1
L
2
GF
4
GA
7
GF/P
0.800
GA/P
1.400
Av attendance
16 622
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 1981-1983
Sweden vs Finland 1-0
Halmstad, Wednesday 29 July 1981
Next match:
1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Scotland vs Sweden 2-0
Glasgow, Wednesday 9 September 1981
Sweden football matches
Bulgaria national team matches
Previous match:
1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Austria vs Bulgaria 2-0
Vienna, Thursday 28 May 1981
Next match:
Friendly International
Romania vs Bulgaria 1-2
Bucharest, Wednesday 9 September 1981
Bulgaria 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
... Thomas Sjöberg (1975 - 1981) - 14 goals
(correct as of August 12, 1981)
Sweden scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 12 Aug 1981
Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla
Sweden 1-0 Bulgaria
Goals: Sjöberg 74

Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Börjesson (Andreas Ravelli 72), Fredriksson (Hallén 46), Hysén, Erlandsson (c), Borg, Nilsson (Magnusson 72), Björklund, Larsson, Sjöberg, Holmgren. Managed by Arnesson.

Bulgaria: Velinov, Sabotinov, Balevski, Bonev, Dimitrov, Lyubomirov, Zdravkov, Valchev, Markov, Kostadinov, Mladenov (Yonchev 46). Managed by Parzhelov.

Att: 7 561,
Ref: Bjørnestad (Norway)

Copyright © 2008-2025 • Privacy Policy • Ukraine will win!