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.Sweden 1948-1950
COACH:
George RAYNOR
GOALKEEPERS:
Torsten LINDBERG
Kalle SVENSSON
DEFENDERS:
Erik NILSSON
Knut NORDAHL
Gunnar JOHANSSON
Kjell ROSÉN
Olle ÅHLUND
Lennart SAMUELSSON
Bertil NORDAHL
MIDFIELDERS:
Karl-Erik PALMÉR
Gunnar GREN
Börje LEANDER
Sune ANDERSSON
Stig SUNDQVIST
Nils LIEDHOLM
Stellan NILSSON
ATTACKERS:
Bror MELLBERG
Lennart SKOGLUND
Hasse JEPPSON
Henry CARLSSON
Gunnar NORDAHL
Börje TAPPER
Egon JÖNSSON (1921)
1948 Summer Olympics
In the first round Sweden played against Austria. The Austrian team had qualified without their professional players, which was a surprise since the Austrian league had many professional players who were allowed to play in the tournament. The match was played at White Hart Lane in London and Sweden won 3–0. In the second game, Sweden played against Korea and won 12–0, one of the two largest margin wins Sweden has ever had. In the semi-final Sweden met their archrivals from Denmark beating them 4–2. The final was played at legendary Wembley Stadium in London. The attendance was around 40,000 people which was high for a football game in those days. Sweden took on Yugoslavia in the final and won 3–1, with goals by Gunnar Gren (24', 67'), Stjepan Bobek (42') and Gunnar Nordahl (48'). This was Sweden's first championship win in any international football tournament.
1950 World Cup
In the 1950 World Cup, the Swedish football association did not allow any professional Swedish football players to take part. Sweden consequently only fielded amateur players during the tournament. Qualifying for the tournament as one of six European national teams, Sweden played in the same group as Italy and Paraguay. (India withdrew from the group.) In the first game, Sweden beat the Italians, 3–2, in São Paulo. The second game was a 2–2 draw against Paraguay. With the most points in the group, Sweden advanced to the next round. Their first game in the second stage, also a group format, was against the host nation, Brazil. It was played at the Maracanã with a total attendance of more than 138,000, to this day the record attendance for the Swedish national team. The game ended 7–1 to Brazil and it is rumored that almost everyone in the Brazilian audience waved the Swedes good bye with their scarfs. The next game was against Uruguay, who Sweden played against for the first time in World Cup history. Played in São Paulo, Uruguay won the game 3–2, which meant Sweden were unable to play for the gold. The final game for Sweden in the tournament was played in São Paulo, against Spain. Sweden won 3–1 with goals by Stig Sundqvist (15'), Bror Mellberg (34') and Karl-Erik Palmér (79'). Sweden finished 3rd in the group and took their first World Cup medal.
Edited by JeanMarc - 1/8/2012, 13:19
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