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Sweden
v England⁠

2–2

Full time

Sweden v England finished 2–2.

Sweden
Allbäck 51', Larsson 90'
Date
Tuesday 20 June 2006 · England in 2006
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Sweden

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Andreas Isaksson GK
  • No. 11, Henrik Larsson FW
  • No. 18, Mattias Jonson FW Off in the 54'
  • No. 20, Marcus Allback FW Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Olof Mellberg D
  • No. 4, Teddy Lucic D
  • No. 5, Erik Edman D
  • No. 6, Tobias Linderoth M Off in the 90+2'
  • No. 7, Niclas Alexandersson M
  • No. 9, Freddie Ljungberg M
  • No. 16, Kim Källström M

Substitutes

  • No. 21, Christian Wilhelmsson On in the 54'
  • No. 17, Johan Elmander On in the 74'
  • No. 19, Daniel Andersson On in the 90+2'
  • No. 2, Mikael Per Benny Nilsson (not used)
  • No. 8, Anders Svensson (not used)
  • No. 10, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (not used)
  • No. 12, John Alvbage (not used)
  • No. 13, Petter Hansson (not used)
  • No. 14, Fredrik Stenman (not used)
  • No. 15, Karl Svensson (not used)
  • No. 22, Markus Rosenberg (not used)
  • No. 23, Rami Shaaban (not used)

Referee: Massimo Busacca.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1998 – 2004

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

Steele

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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