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Since 1908 to 1910, Erik Bergström held Sweden's record for international goals
Scored his first international goal in his debut match on 12 Jul 1908
Scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player Erik Bergström

Johan Erik Vitalis Eugén Bergström

Erik Bergström, Backen

Born on 6 January 1886, Gothenburg
Died on 30 January 1966, Gothenburg (aged 80)

National team appearances of Erik Bergström

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Sweden	1908 - 1913	7				6		0.857
Total:		7				6		0.857

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Örgryte IS, Göteborg	12 Jul 1908 - 25 May 1913	7				6		0.857

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.857

Total:

0.857

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
12 Jul 1908	Norway	debut; first goal; first hat-trick	22 years 6 months 6 days
8 Sep 1908	England*	record for goal scoring (held up to 11 Sep 1910)	22 years 8 months 2 days
25 May 1913	Denmark	last appearance	27 years 4 months 19 days

Record of Erik Bergström's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Norway	4		1				1	4.000	1	4.000
Hungary	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
England*	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
(+) other teams									3
Total:	6		3	2	0	0	1	2.000	7	0.857

Record of national team matches played by Erik Bergström

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Sweden national football team	7	1	1	5	17	31	21.5

Erik Bergström's international caps

as player of Örgryte IS, Göteborg:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 22 years 6 months 6 days

12 Jul 1908 13:00 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Idrottsplatsen på Tegelbruksängen

11-3

Sweden vs Norway

Friendly International

4х

08 Sep 1908 17:30 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Valhalla Idrottsplats

1-6

Sweden vs England*

Friendly International

1х

06 Nov 1909 14:45

Kingston upon Hull, Anlaby Road

7-0

England* vs Sweden

Friendly International

20 Jun 1912 19:45 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Valhalla Idrottsplats

2-2

Sweden vs Hungary

Friendly International

1х

29 Jun 1912 19:00 (+1:00)

Stockholm, Stockholms Olympiastadion

3-4

Sweden vs Netherlands

V. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1912, First round

01 Jul 1912 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Idrottsplats

0-1

Sweden vs Italy

V. Olympic Games Consolation Tournament 1912, First round

25 May 1913 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

8-0

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

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Swedish international football players by name

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Gunnar Bergström

07 May 1915

18 Mar 1968

1937 - 1939

21 Nov 1937

14 Jun 1939

Gustaf Bergström

04 Jul 1884

09 Feb 1938

1908 - 1909

12 Jul 1908

06 Nov 1909

Henrik Bergström

19 Jan 1889

13 Oct 1945

1909 - 1909

06 Nov 1909

Karl Bergström

05 Sep 1891

07 May 1964

1913 - 1922

08 Jun 1913

23 Aug 1922

Kristian Bergström

08 Jan 1974

2001 - 2001

31 Jan 2001

01 Feb 2001

Sweden national team players

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Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Ilmari Saxell

06 Jan 1892

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1914 - 1920

24 May 1914

17 Oct 1920

Herminio Martínez Álvarez

06 Jan 1896

13 Jul 1976

1923 - 1925

16 Dec 1923

17 May 1925

Karl Riegel

06 Jan 1897

26 Nov 1970

1920 - 1923

27 Jun 1920

29 Jun 1923

Gunnar Zacharoff

06 Jan 1902

05 Sep 1957

1926 - 1930

03 Oct 1926

28 Sep 1930

Victor Michiels

06 Jan 1906

1928 - 1928

04 Nov 1928

international footballers born on 6 January

Sweden upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Hungary vs Sweden

Budapest, Friday 6 June 2025

Friendly International

Sweden vs Algeria

Solna, Tuesday 10 June 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Slovenia vs Sweden

Friday 5 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Kosovo vs Sweden

Pristina, Monday 8 September 2025

Sweden fixtures

Erik Bergström's most often teammates

Karl Gustafsson (1908 - 1913) - 6 games
Erik Börjesson (1908 - 1913) - 6 games
Karl Ansén (1908 - 1913) - 5 games
Herman Myrberg (1909 - 1913) - 5 games
Ivar Svensson (1912 - 1913) - 4 games

Sweden players born on 25 April

Johan Björkström (1895) - 1 cap
Pa Konate (1994) - 3 caps
Dejan Kulusevski (2000) - 45 caps, 5 goals