Soccer World Cup 2002 / Sweden

The Swedish national football team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea :

qualification

In Group 7, Sweden only had to deal with East and Southeast European teams. The first place was achieved in the penultimate game by an away win against Turkey.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	20: 3	26th
2	Turkey	18: 8	21st
3	Slovakia	16: 9	17th
4th	Macedonia	11:18	7th
5	Moldova	6:20	6th
6th	Azerbaijan	4:17	4th

Azerbaijan	-	Sweden		0: 1
Sweden	-	Turkey		1: 1
Slovakia	-	Sweden		0-0
Sweden	-	Macedonia		1-0
Moldova	-	Sweden		0: 2
Sweden	-	Slovakia		2-0
Sweden	-	Moldova		6-0
Macedonia	-	Sweden		1: 2
Turkey	-	Sweden		1: 2
Sweden	-	Azerbaijan		3-0

Swedish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Magnus Hedman	Coventry City	03/19/1973	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Magnus Kihlstedt	FC Copenhagen	02/29/1972	0	0	0	0	0
23	Andreas Isaksson	Djurgårdens IF	10/03/1981	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Olof Mellberg	Aston Villa	09/03/1977	4th	0	0	0	0
3	Patrik Andersson	FC Barcelona	08/18/1971	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Johan Mjällby	Celtic Glasgow	02/09/1971	4th	0	1	0	0
5	Michael Svensson	ES Troyes AC	11/25/1975	0	0	0	0	0
13	Tomas Antonelius	FC Copenhagen	05/07/1973	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Erik Edman	SC Heerenveen	11/11/1978	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Andreas Jakobsson	Hansa Rostock	06.10.1972	4th	0	1	0	0
16	Teddy Lučić	AIK Solna	04/15/1973	4th	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Tobias Linderoth	Everton FC	04/21/1979	4th	0	0	0	0
7th	Niclas Alexandersson	Everton FC	December 29, 1971	4th	1	0	0	0
8th	Not so Svensson	Southampton FC	07/17/1976	4th	1	0	0	0
9	Freddie Ljungberg	Arsenal FC	04/16/1977	2	0	0	0	0
17th	Magnus Svensson	Brøndby IF	03/10/1969	4th	0	1	0	0
18th	Mattias Jonson	Brøndby IF	January 16, 1974	2	0	0	0	0
19th	Pontus Farnerud	AS Monaco	06/04/1980	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Daniel Andersson	AC Venice	08/28/1977	0	0	0	0	0
striker
10	Marcus Allbäck	SC Heerenveen	07/05/1973	4th	0	1	0	0
11	Henrik Larsson	Celtic Glasgow	09/20/1971	4th	3	1	0	0
21st	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Ajax Amsterdam	10/03/1981	2	0	0	0	0
22nd	Andreas Andersson	AIK Solna	04/10/1974	4th	0	1	0	0
Trainer
	Lars Lagerbäck		07/16/1948
	Tommy Soderberg		08/19/1948

Preliminary round

Sweden had been drawn into the so-called “group of deaths”, in which Argentina, England and Nigeria, two favorites for the title fought for the two round of 16 places.

In the first game a draw was reached against the English. Sweden initially fell 1-0 down against Nigeria, Africa's strongest on paper, before Larsson scored two goals to secure victory. The round of 16 was close enough to touch. The next opponent, however, was Argentina, next to France one of the favorites to win the tournament.

Sweden took the lead after an hour. The playfully superior South Americans, who absolutely had to win to reach the next round, permanently overran the Swedish goal. Argentina awarded a penalty in the 88th minute. Immediately afterwards, the balance was achieved. It remained a draw and Sweden moved into the round of 16 as group winners.

Play Sweden in the preliminary round
date	encounter	Result
2th of June	England - Sweden	1: 1
June 7th	Sweden - Nigeria	2: 1
June 12	Sweden - Argentina	1: 1

Final score group F
rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	4: 3	5
2	England	2: 1	5
3	Argentina	2: 2	4th
4th	Nigeria	1: 3	1

Round of 16

Sweden were considered an easy favorite against Senegal, the only remaining African team. After 90 minutes it was 1-1 and the game went into extra time. The golden goal rule applied, so the first goal would decide.

The Swedes almost scored the winning goal in the 95th minute, but Svensson's shot hit the post. A few minutes later, Senegal scored the winning goal with a golden goal.

Sweden

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Senegal

1: 2 n.GG.