Soccer Nostalgia: Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Part 263-Matches of Sweden National Team matches during the 1970 World Cup

Sweden National Team matches during the 1970 World Cup

June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Toluca, Mexico, Italy 1-Sweden 0 (Angelo Domenghini 10)

June 7, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Toluca, Mexico, Sweden 1-Israel 1 (Tom Turesson 53 / Mordechai Spiegler 56)

June 10, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Puebla, Mexico, Sweden 1-Urugauy 0 (Jan-Olof ‘Ove’ Grahn 90)

Sweden’s 1970 World Cup Finals squad:

Goalkeepers:

1- Ronnie Hellström (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

12- Sven-Gunnar Larsson (Örebro Sportklubb)

17- Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Defenders:

2- Hans Selander (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Uppsala)

3-Kurt Axelsson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

4- Björn Nordqvist ((IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

5- Roland Grip (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

14- Krister Kristensson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

15-Leif Målberg (Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg-Borås)

20- Jan Olsson (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / West Germany)

Midfielders:

6 -Tommy Svensson (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

7- Bo-Göran Larsson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

8-Leif Eriksson (Örebro Sportklubb)

9- Ove Kindvall (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord / Holland)

11-Örjan Persson (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

16-Thomas Nordahl (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

19- Goran Nicklasson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

21- Inge Ejderstedt (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

Strikers:

10- Jan-Olof ‘Ove’ Grahn (Grasshopper -Club Zürich / Switzerland)

13- Claes Cronqvist (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

18-Tom Turesson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

22- Sten Pålsson (GAIS (Göteborgs Atlet & Idrottssälskap)- Göteborg)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Team Captain: Björn Nordqvist

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Note:

1-In some sources, Hans Selander is shown to be registered with Helsingborgs and not IFK Uppsala.

Photo From: Panini World Cup 1970

(Sweden 1970 World Cup squad)

Photo From: 80 år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red

(Sweden 1970 World Cup squad)

Photo From: Årets Fotboll 1971 (to be confirmed)

(Sweden 1970 World Cup squad)

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1970

(Sweden 1970 World Cup preview)

Date: June 3, 1970

Competition: FIFA World Cup-Group 2

Result: Italy 1-Sweden 0

Venue: Toluca – Estadio Luis Guttierez Dosal, Mexico

Attendance: 13,433

Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)

Linesmen: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland), Ali Hussein Kandil (Egypt)

Kick-off time: 16:00

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Angelo Domenghini 10

(Sweden): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (10^th minute, Italy): On the left, Domenghini scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Enrico Albertosi (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

2- Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

3- Giacinto Facchetti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

5- Pierluigi Cera (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

7- Comunardo Niccolai (Unione Sportiva Cagliari) (2- Roberto Rosato (Associazione Calcio Milan) 37)

10- Mario Bertini (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

11- Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

13- Angelo Domenghini (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

15- Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

16- Giancarlo De Sisti (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

20- Roberto Boninsegna (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Coach: Ferrucio Valcareggi

Other Substitutes:

12-Dino Zoff (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

14- Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

22-Pierino Prati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

21-Giuseppe Furino (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Team Captain: Giacinto Facchetti

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Sweden:

1- Ronnie Hellström (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

3 -Kurt Axelsson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

4- Björn Nordqvist ((IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

5- Roland Grip (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

6 -Tommy Svensson (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

7- Bo-Göran Larsson (Malmö Fotbollforening) (19- Goran Nicklasson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg) 80)

8-Leif Eriksson (Örebro Sportklubb) (21- Inge Ejderstedt (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo) 56)

9- Ove Kindvall (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord / Holland)

10- Jan-Olof ‘Ove’ Grahn (Grasshopper -Club Zürich / Switzerland)

13- Claes Cronqvist (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

20- Jan Olsson (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / West Germany)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Booked: Claes Cronqvist 56

Other Substitutes:

12- Sven-Gunnar Larsson (Örebro Sportklubb)

14- Krister Kristensson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

22- Sten Pålsson (GAIS (Göteborgs Atlet & Idrottssälskap)- Göteborg)

Team Captain: Björn Nordqvist

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Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Italy 1-Sweden 0)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974

(June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Italy 1-Sweden 0)

Photo From: L’Equipe-La Coupe Du Monde, Volume 1, 1930-1970

(June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Italy 1-Sweden 0)

Photo From: GUERIN SPORTIVO - LA STORIA DEL MONDIALI - 1970

(June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Italy 1-Sweden 0)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

(June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Italy 1-Sweden 0)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(Sweden squad, June 3, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Italy 1-Sweden 0)

Date: June 7, 1970

Competition: FIFA World Cup-Group 2

Result: Sweden 1-Israel 1

Venue: Toluca – Estadio Luis Guttierez Dosal, Mexico

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Seyoum Tarrekegn (Ethiopia)

Linesmen: Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia), Andrei Radulescu (Romania)

Kick-off time: 12:00

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): Tom Turesson 53

(Israel): Mordechai Spiegler 56

Summary of goals:

1:0 (53^rd minute, Sweden): Selander’s cross from the right side was knocked in by Turesson.

1:1 (56^th minute, Israel): Mordechai Spiegler scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

Lineups:

Sweden:

12-Sven-Gunnar Larsson (Örebro Sportklubb)

2-Hans Selander (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Uppsala)

3-Kurt Axelsson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

5-Roland Grip (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

20-Jan Olsson (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / West Germany)

6-Tommy Svensson (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

7-Bo-Göran Larsson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

9-Ove Kindvall (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord / Holland)

11-Örjan Persson (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland) (12 Sten Pålsson (GAIS (Göteborgs Atlet & Idrottssälskap)- Göteborg) 79)

16-Thomas Nordahl (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

18-Tom Turesson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Booked: Örjan Persson 72

Other Substitutes:

17- Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

13- Claes Cronqvist (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

14- Krister Kristensson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

19- Göran Nicklasson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Team Captain: Tommy Svensson

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Note:

1-In an incident after the goal, Mordechai Spiegler reaching for the ball kicked Sven-Gunnar Larsson in the arm, and Larsson somewhat theatrically jumps back and holds his arm in agony. The Official World Cup video narrator stated that Larsson “nearly forgets to take his dive”.

Israel:

1-Yitzchak Vissoker (Hapoel Petah Tikva)

2- Shraga Bar (Maccabi Netanya)

4- David Primo (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

5- Zvi Rosen (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

6- Shmuel Rosenthal (Hapoel Petah Tikva)

16- Yochnan Vollach (Hapoel Haifa) (19-Aharon Shuruk (Hakoah Ramat Gan) 52)

7- Itzhak Shum (Hapoel Kfar Saba)

12- Yisha'ayahu Schwager (Maccabi Haifa)

8 -Giora Spiegel (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

9- Yehoshua Faygenbaum (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

10- Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya)

Coach: Emanuel Schaeffer

Booked: Shraga Bar 38, David Primo 89

Team Captain: Mordechai Spiegler

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Photo From:80 år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red

(June 7, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Sweden 1-Israel 1)

Photo From: 80 år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red

(June 7, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Sweden 1-Israel 1)

Photo From: Årets Fotboll 1971

(June 7, 1970, FIFA World Cup, Sweden 1-Israel 1)

Date: June 10, 1970

Competition: FIFA World Cup-Group 2

Result: Sweden 1-Uruguay 0

Venue: Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Mexico

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Henry Landauer (USA)

Linesmen: Jack Taylor (England), Andrei Radulescu (Romania)

Kick-off time: 16:00

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): Jan-Olof ‘Ove’ Grahn 90

(Uruguay): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (90^th minute, Sweden): Örjan Persson’s long cross from the right side was headed in by Grahn at the far post.

Lineups:

Sweden:

12-Sven-Gunnar Larsson (Örebro Sportklubb)

2-Hans Selander (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Uppsala)

3-Kurt Axelsson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

4-Björn Nordqvist (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

5-Roland Grip (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

6-Tommy Svensson (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

7-Bo-Göran Larsson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

8-Leif Eriksson (Örebro Sportklubb)

9-Ove Kindvall (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord / Holland) (18-Tom Turesson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium) 58)

11-Örjan Persson (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

19-Goran Nicklasson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg) (10-Jan-Olof ‘Ove’ Grahn (Grasshopper -Club Zürich / Switzerland) 84)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Other Substitutes:

17- Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

13- Claes Cronqvist (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

14- Krister Kristensson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Team Captain: Björn Nordqvist

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Note:

1- Sweden Coach Orvar Bergmark revealed that a Brazilian had phoned him during the World Cup to arrange the Sweden-Uruguay match in Sweden’s favor.

After a second phone call, Bergmark notified Sir Stanley Rous.

2-Just 15 days after this match (June 25, 1970), Sweden hosted Denmark at Göteborg, as part of the Nordic Cup (1-1 tie).

Uruguay:

1-Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

4-Luis Ignacio Ubiña (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

6-Juan Martín Mujica (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)
5-Julio Walter Montero Castillo(Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

2-Atilio Genaro Ancheta (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

3-Roberto Matosas (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)
9-Victor Rodolfo Espárrago (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo) (15-Dagoberto Fontes (Club Atlético Defensor – Montevideo) 62)

20-Julio César Cortés (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

10- Ildo Enrique Maneiro (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

19-Oscar Daniel Zubía (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo)

21-Julio Daniel Losada(Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Coach: Juan Eduardo Hohberg

Other Substitutes:

12- Héctor Santos (Club Atlético Bella Vista- Montevideo)

7- Luis Alberto Cubilla (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

16-Omar Caetano (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

13- Rodolfo Ariel Sandoval (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Team Captain: Luis Ignacio Ubiña

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