Soccer World Cup 1990 / Sweden

This article covers the Swedish national football team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	9: 3	10
2	England	10-0	9
3	Poland	4: 8	5
4th	Albania	3:15	0

England	-	Sweden	0-0
Albania	-	Sweden	1: 2
Sweden	-	Poland	2: 1
Sweden	-	England	0-0
Sweden	-	Albania	3: 1
Poland	-	Sweden	0: 2

Swedish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Sven Andersson	Örgryte IS	06.10.1963	0	0	0	0
12	Lars Eriksson	IFK Norrköping	09/21/1965	0	0	0	0
22nd	Thomas Ravelli	IFK Gothenburg	08/13/1959	3	0	0	0
Defender
2	Jan Eriksson	AIK Solna	08/24/1967	0	0	0	0
3	Glenn Hysén	Liverpool FC	10/30/1959	2	0	0	0
4th	Peter Larsson	Ajax Amsterdam	03/08/1961	3	0	0	0
5	Roger Ljung	Young Boys Bern	01/08/1966	1	0	0	0
6th	Roland Nilsson	Sheffield Wednesday	11/27/1963	3	0	0	0
14th	Joakim Nilsson	Malmö FF	March 31, 1966	3	0	1	0
19th	Mats Gren	Grasshopper Club Zurich	December 20, 1963	1	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Niclas Nylén	Malmö FF	03/21/1966	0	0	0	0
8th	Stefan Schwarz	Malmö FF	04/18/1969	3	0	1	0
9	Leif Engqvist	Malmö FF	07/30/1962	1	0	0	0
10	Klas Ingesson	IFK Gothenburg	08/20/1968	3	0	0	0
11	Ulrik Jansson	Östers IF	02/02/1968	0	0	0	0
13	Limpar is different	US Cremonese	09/24/1965	2	0	0	0
15th	Glenn Strömberg	Atalanta Bergamo	05/01/1960	3	1	1	0
16	Jonas Thern	Benfica Lisbon	03/20/1967	2	0	1	0
striker
17th	Tomas Brolin	IFK Norrköping	11/29/1969	3	1	0	0
18th	Johnny Ekström	AS Cannes	05.03.1965	2	1	0	0
20th	Mats Magnusson	Benfica Lisbon	07/10/1963	1	0	0	0
21st	Stefan Pettersson	Ajax Amsterdam	March 22, 1963	3	0	0	0
Trainer
	Olle Nordin		11/23/1949

Swedish team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	4: 1	6th
2	Costa Rica	3: 2	4th
3	Scotland	2: 3	2
4th	Sweden	3: 6	0

• Brazil - Sweden 2: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi ( Turin )

Spectators: 62,628

Referee: Tullio Lanese ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 Careca (40th), 2-0 Careca (63rd), 2: 1 Brolin (79th)

• Scotland - Sweden 2: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris ( Genoa )

Spectators: 31,823

Referee: Carlos Maciel ( Paraguay )

Goals: 1-0 McCall (10th), 2-0 Johnston (80th) 11 m , 2-1 Strömberg (86th)

• Sweden - Costa Rica 1: 2 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris ( Genoa )

Spectators: 30,223

Referee: Zoran Petrovic ( Yugoslavia )

Goals: 1-0 Ekström (32nd), 1: 1 Flores (75th), 1: 2 Medford (88th)

Under coach Lazaroni, Brazil had adopted a very defensive tactic. The result in group C were three narrow wins for the ex-world champion, which meant group victory, but left the audience disappointed due to the poor performance. Costa Rica's performance was sensational, knocking out the Scots and Swedes 1-0 and 2-1 and leaving them behind. The Scots could at least record a 2-1 win against the Scandinavians, but also had to travel home.