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Sweden
v England⁠

2–3

Full time

Sweden v England finished 2–3.

Sweden
Johnson 49' og, Mellberg 59'
Date
Friday 15 June 2012 · England in 2012
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Olimpiysky Stadium, Kyiv

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-4-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

Sweden Formation 4-4-1-1

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Andreas Isaksson GK
  • No. 4, Andreas Granqvist RB Off in the 66'
  • No. 3, Olof Mellberg CB Yellow card 63'
  • No. 13, Jonas Olsson CB Yellow card 72'
  • No. 5, Martin Olsson LB
  • No. 7, Sebastian Larsson RM
  • No. 8, Anders Svensson CM Yellow card 90+1'
  • No. 9, Kim Källström CM
  • No. 6, Rasmus Elm LM Off in the 81'
  • No. 11, Johan Elmander FW Off in the 79'
  • No. 10, Zlatan Ibrahimovic RCF

Substitutes

  • No. 2, Mikael Lustig On in the 66'
  • No. 22, Markus Rosenberg On in the 79'
  • No. 21, Christian Wilhelmsson On in the 81'
  • No. 12, Johan Wiland (not used)
  • No. 14, Tobias Hysen (not used)
  • No. 15, Mikael Antonsson (not used)
  • No. 16, Pontus Wernbloom (not used)
  • No. 17, Behrang Safari (not used)
  • No. 18, Samuel Holmén (not used)
  • No. 19, Emir Bajrami (not used)
  • No. 20, Ola Toivonen (not used)
  • No. 23, Pär Hansson (not used)

Referee: Damir Skomina.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2001 – 2011

02 20 Jun 2006
FIFA World Cup · Group B RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Sweden 2–2 England England drew

England: J. Cole 34', Gerrard 85'

Sweden: Allbäck 51', Larsson 90'

Match page: Sweden v England, 20 June 2006

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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