European Football Championship 1992 / Sweden

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This article covers the Swedish national football team at the 1992 European Football Championship .

qualification

The Swedish national team was automatically qualified to host the tournament. It was the first participation of the Swedish national team in a European football championship.

Finals

Swedish contingent

No. Surname Club before the start of the European Championship birthday Games Gates Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
goalkeeper
1 Thomas Ravelli SwedenSweden IFK Gothenburg 08/13/1959 4th 0 0 0 0
12 Lars Eriksson SwedenSweden IFK Norrköping 09/21/1965 0 0 0 0 0
Defender
2 Roland Nilsson EnglandEngland Sheffield Wednesday 11/27/1963 4th 0 0 0 0
3 Jan Eriksson SwedenSweden IFK Norrköping 08/24/1967 4th 2 0 0 0
4th Patrik Andersson SwedenSweden Malmö FF 08/18/1971 3 0 1 0 0
5 Joachim Björklund NorwayNorway Brann Bergen 03/15/1971 4th 0 1 0 0
13 Mikael Nilsson SwedenSweden IFK Gothenburg 09/28/1968 0 0 0 0 0
14th Magnus Erlingmark SwedenSweden Örebro SK 07/08/1968 1 0 0 0 0
19th Joakim Nilsson SpainSpain Sporting Gijón March 31, 1966 1 0 0 0 0
midfield player
6th Stefan Schwarz PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 04/18/1969 3 0 2 0 0
7th Klas Ingesson BelgiumBelgium KV Mechelen 08/20/1968 4th 0 0 0 0
8th Stefan Rehn SwedenSweden IFK Gothenburg 09/22/1966 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jonas Thern (C)Captain of the crew PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 03/20/1967 4th 0 1 0 0
10 Limpar is different EnglandEngland Arsenal FC 09/24/1965 4th 0 0 0 0
11 Tomas Brolin ItalyItaly AC Parma 11/29/1969 4th 3 0 0 0
15th Håkan Mild SwedenSweden Malmö FF 06/14/1971 0 0 0 0 0
18th Roger Ljung SwedenSweden Malmö FF 01/08/1966 1 0 0 0 0
striker
16 Know Andersson BelgiumBelgium KV Mechelen 06.10.1967 2 1 0 0 0
17th Martin Dahlin GermanyGermany Borussia M'gladbach 04/16/1968 4th 0 1 0 0
20th Johnny Ekström SwedenSweden IFK Gothenburg 05.03.1965 3 0 0 0 0
Trainer
SwedenSweden Tommy Svensson 03/04/1945

Swedish team games

Preliminary round

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SwedenSweden Sweden  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 05: 10
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 03: 30
 3. FranceFrance France  3  0  2  1 002: 300  −1 02: 40
 4th EnglandEngland England  3  0  2  1 001: 200  −1 02: 40
The number of goals scored in all group matches is decisive for placing 3 and 4.
June 10, 1992 in Solna (Råsundastadion)
Sweden - France 1: 1 (1: 0)
June 14, 1992 in Solna (Råsundastadion)
Sweden - Denmark 1: 0 (0: 0)
June 17, 1992 in Solna (Råsundastadion)
England - Sweden 1: 2 (1: 0)

Host Sweden dominated Group 1 and became one of the tournament favorites. In the first game against France, both teams acted cautiously. Jan Eriksson gave Sweden the lead in the first half and Jean-Pierre Papin equalized in the 59th minute. In the game against Denmark, a goal from Tomas Brolin in the 58th minute brought the decision. England took an early lead against Sweden through David Platt . After Sweden equalized in the second half, the chance for England to advance still seemed great. But Sweden's best player Tomas Brolin ensured an early exit for the English with his second tournament goal to make it 2-1 in the 83rd minute.

Semifinals

June 21, 1992 in Solna ( Råsundastadion )
SwedenSweden Sweden - GermanyGermany Germany 2: 3 (0: 1)

In the semifinals between the host country and the current world champion, one of the best players of the tournament showed perhaps his best performance in the national jersey : Thomas Häßler . He was a game designer and often mixed up the Swedish defensive line with dribbles. With a remarkable free kick in the 11th minute he also gave the Germans a 1-0 lead. The early lead stabilized the team, and so they could forget the bitter defeat against Holland. In the second half, Karl-Heinz Riedle increased to 2-0. Tomas Brolin brought the Swedes up again with a penalty, but in the 89th minute Riedle made the final decision again. Kennet Andersson's last minute goal was just a correction of the result.