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England men · International friendly

Sweden
v England⁠

1–0

Full time

Sweden v England finished 1–0.

England
None
Sweden
Ibrahimović 54'
Date
Wednesday 31 March 2004 · England in 2004
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 18, Jermain Defoe On in the 12'
  • No. 6, Gareth Southgate On in the 45'
  • No. 30, Anthony Gardner On in the 45'
  • No. 9, Alan Smith On in the 60'
  • No. 10, Emile Heskey On in the 60'
  • No. 11, Joe Cole On in the 60'
  • No. 20, Jermaine Jenas On in the 60'
  • No. 17, Scott Parker On in the 78'
  • No. 1, Robert Green (not used)
  • No. 3, Jlloyd Samuel (not used)
  • No. 13, Paul Robinson (not used)
  • No. 14, Danny Mills (not used)
  • No. 22, Ian Walker (not used)
  • No. 24, Shaun Wright-Phillips (not used)

Sweden

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Andreas Isaksson GK Off in the 45'
  • Christian Wilhelmsson FW
  • Johan Elmander FW Off in the 45'
  • No. 8, Anders Svensson FW Off in the 45'
  • No. 21, Zlatan Ibrahimovic FW Off in the 90'
  • Teddy Lucic D
  • Anders Andersson M Off in the 45'
  • No. 4, Olof Mellberg D Off in the 45'
  • No. 4, Johan Mjallby D
  • No. 14, Erik Edman D
  • No. 35, Mikael Per Benny Nilsson M

Substitutes

  • No. 3, Petter Hansson On in the 45'
  • No. 6, Tobias Linderoth On in the 45'
  • No. 8, Kim Källström On in the 45'
  • No. 9, Mattias Jonson On in the 45'
  • No. 12, Magnus Kihlstedt On in the 45'
  • No. 2, Alexander Ostlund On in the 90'
  • Christoffer Andersson (not used)
  • Mikael Dorsin (not used)
  • No. 1, Magnus Hedman (not used)
  • No. 21, Pontus Farnerud (not used)

Referee: Tom Henning Ovrebo.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1995 – 2002

05 8 Jun 1995
International friendly Elland Road, Leeds

England 3–3 Sweden England drew

England: Sheringham 45', Platt 87', Anderton 90'

Sweden: Mild 11', Mild 36', Andersson 46'

Match page: England v Sweden, 8 June 1995

Official meetings since 1923

England v Sweden stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings24In our results database
England wins8England perspective
Draws9Level at full time
Sweden wins7Sweden victories

England have scored 37 goals to Sweden's 31 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Mortensen

3 goals against Sweden in matches we hold scorer data for.

Sweden · Fixture leader

5

Ibrahimović

Sweden's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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