The outstanding Swedish coach coached four national teams (Sweden, Nigeria, Iceland and Norway) for (in total) 235 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 16- 7-1948 Country: Sweden Matches as Coach: 235 (W101-D65-L69 – GF368-GA249 – %56.81) Matches as Coach for Sweden: 68 *s (W 28-D25-L15 – GF113-GA 61 – %59.56) Matches as Coach for Sweden: 73 (W 32-D18-L23 – GF104-GA 69 – %56.16) Matches as Coach for Nigeria: 7 (W 2-D 3-L 2 – GF 12-GA 9 – %50.00) Matches as Coach for Iceland: 20 (W 8-D 3-L 9 – GF 28-GA 30 – %47.50) Matches as Coach for Iceland: 32 *h (W 13-D 7-L12 – GF 50-GA 45 – %51.56) Matches as Coach for Norway: 35 (W 18-D 9-L 8 – GF 61-GA 35 – %64.29) *s co-trainer with Tommy Söderberg *h co-trainer with Heimir Hallgrimsson Age First Match: 51 yr 199 d 31- 1-2000 vs. Denmark 1-0 Age Last Match: 72 yr 125 d 18-11-2020 vs. Austria 1-1 National Team Career: 20 yr 292 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Sweden
together with Tommy Söderberg
1 31- 1-00 La Manga Denmark 1-0
2 4- 2-00 La Manga Norway 1-1
3 23- 2-00 Palermo Italy 0-1
4 29- 3-00 Graz Austria 1-1
5 26- 4-00 København Denmark 1-0
6 3- 6-00 Göteborg Spain 1-1
7 10- 6-00 Brussel Belgium 1-2 European Champ.
8 15- 6-00 Eindhoven Turkey 0-0 European Champ.
9 19- 6-00 Eindhoven Italy 1-2 European Champ.
10 16- 8-00 Reykjavík Iceland 1-2
11 2- 9-00 Baku Azerbaijan 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 7-10-00 Göteborg Turkey 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 11-10-00 Bratislava Slovakia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 31- 1-01 Växjö Faroe Islands 0-0
15 1- 2-01 Jönköping Finland 0-1
16 10- 2-01 Bangkok Thailand 4-1 King’s Cup
17 12- 2-01 Bangkok China 2-2 King’s Cup
18 14- 2-01 Bangkok Qatar 0-0 King’s Cup
19 17- 2-01 Bangkok China 3-0 King’s Cup
20 28- 2-01 La Valletta Malta 3-0
21 24- 3-01 Göteborg Macedonia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 28- 3-01 Chisinau Moldova 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 25- 4-01 Genève Switzerland 2-0
24 2- 6-01 Stockholm Slovakia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 6- 6-01 Göteborg Moldova 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 15- 8-01 Stockholm South Africa 3-0
27 1- 9-01 Skopje Macedonia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
28 5- 9-01 Istanbul Turkey 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
29 7-10-01 Stockholm Azerbaijan 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 10-11-01 Manchester England 1-1
31 13- 2-02 Salonika Greece 2-2
32 27- 3-02 Malmö Switzerland 1-1
33 17- 4-02 Oslo Norway 0-0
34 17- 5-02 Stockholm Paraguay 1-2
35 25- 5-02 Tokyo Japan 1-1 Kirin Cup
36 2- 6-02 Saitama England 1-1 World Cup
37 7- 6-02 Kobe Nigeria 2-1 World Cup
38 12- 6-02 Miyagi Argentina 1-1 World Cup
39 16- 6-02 Oita Senegal 1-2 World Cup
40 21- 8-02 Moskva Russia 1-1
41 7- 9-02 Riga Latvia 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
42 12-10-02 Stockholm Hungary 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
43 16-10-02 Göteborg Portugal 2-3
44 20-11-02 Teplice Czech Republic 3-3
45 12- 2-03 Radès Tunisia 0-1
46 16- 2-03 Bangkok Qatar 3-2 King’s Cup
47 18- 2-03 Bangkok North Korea 1-1 King’s Cup
48 20- 2-03 Bangkok Thailand 4-1 King’s Cup
49 22- 2-03 Bangkok North Korea 4-0 King’s Cup
50 2- 4-03 Budapest Hungary 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
51 30- 4-03 Stockholm Croatia 1-2
52 7- 6-03 Serravalle San Marino 6-0 European Ch. Qual.
53 11- 6-03 Stockholm Poland 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
54 20- 8-03 Norrköping Greece 1-2
55 6- 9-03 Göteborg San Marino 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
56 10- 9-03 Chorzów Poland 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
57 11-10-03 Stockholm Latvia 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
58 18-11-03 Cairo Egypt 0-1
59 22- 1-04 Hongkong Norway 0-3 Carlsberg Cup
60 18- 2-04 Tiranë Albania 1-2
61 31- 3-04 Göteborg England 1-0
62 28- 4-04 Coimbra Portugal 2-2
63 28- 5-04 Tampere Finland 3-1
64 5- 6-04 Stockholm Poland 3-1
65 14- 6-04 Lisboa Bulgaria 5-0 European Champ.
66 18- 6-04 Oporto Italy 1-1 European Champ.
67 22- 6-04 Oporto Denmark 2-2 European Champ.
68 26- 6-04 Faro-Loulé Netherlands 0-0 [1] European Champ.
alone
69 18- 8-04 Stockholm Netherlands 2-2
70 4- 9-04 La Valletta Malta 7-0 World Cup Qualifier
71 8- 9-04 Göteborg Croatia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
72 9-10-04 Stockholm Hungary 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
73 13-10-04 Reykjavík Iceland 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
74 17-11-04 Edinburgh Scotland 4-1
75 22- 1-05 Carson South Korea 1-1
76 26- 1-05 San Diego Mexico 0-0
77 9- 2-05 Saint-Denis France 1-1
78 26- 3-05 Sofia Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
79 4- 6-05 Göteborg Malta 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
80 8- 6-05 Stockholm Norway 2-3
81 17- 8-05 Stockholm Czech Republic 2-1
82 3- 9-05 Stockholm Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
83 7- 9-05 Budapest Hungary 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
84 8-10-05 Zagreb Croatia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
85 12-10-05 Stockholm Iceland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
86 12-11-05 Seoul South Korea 2-2
87 18- 1-06 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-1
88 23- 1-06 Abu Dhabi Jordan 0-0
89 1- 3-06 Dublin Ireland 0-3
90 25- 5-06 Göteborg Finland 0-0
91 2- 6-06 Stockholm Chile 1-1
92 10- 6-06 Dortmund Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 World Cup
93 15- 6-06 Berlin Paraguay 1-0 World Cup
94 20- 6-06 Köln England 2-2 World Cup
95 24- 6-06 München Germany 0-2 World Cup
96 16- 8-06 Gelsenkirchen Germany 0-3
97 2- 9-06 Riga Latvia 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
98 6- 9-06 Göteborg Liechtenstein 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
99 7-10-06 Stockholm Spain 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
100 11-10-06 Reykjavík Iceland 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
101 15-11-06 Le Mans Ivory Coast 0-1
102 14- 1-07 Maracaibo Venezuela 0-2
103 18- 1-07 Cuenca Ecuador 1-2
104 21- 1-07 Quito Ecuador 1-1
105 7- 2-07 Cairo Egypt 0-2
106 28- 3-07 Belfast N. Ireland 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
107 2- 6-07 København Denmark 3-0 [2] European Ch. Qual.
108 6- 6-07 Stockholm Iceland 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
109 22- 8-07 Göteborg United States 1-0
110 8- 9-07 Stockholm Denmark 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
111 12- 9-07 Podgorica Montenegro 2-1
112 13-10-07 Vaduz Liechtenstein 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
113 17-10-07 Stockholm N. Ireland 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
114 17-11-07 Madrid Spain 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
115 21-11-07 Stockholm Latvia 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
116 13- 1-08 San José Costa Rica 1-0
117 19- 1-08 Carson United States 0-2
118 6- 2-08 Istanbul Turkey 0-0
119 26- 3-08 London Brazil 0-1
120 26- 5-08 Göteborg Slovenia 1-0
121 1- 6-08 Stockholm Ukraine 0-1
122 10- 6-08 Salzburg Greece 2-0 European Champ.
123 14- 6-08 Innsbruck Spain 1-2 European Champ.
124 18- 6-08 Innsbruck Russia 0-2 European Champ.
125 20- 8-08 Göteborg France 2-3
126 6- 9-08 Tiranë Albania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
127 10- 9-08 Stockholm Hungary 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
128 11-10-08 Stockholm Portugal 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
129 19-11-08 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-3
130 24- 1-09 Carson United States 2-3
131 28- 1-09 Oakland Mexico 1-0
132 11- 2-09 Graz Austria 2-0
133 28- 3-09 Oporto Portugal 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
134 1- 4-09 Beograd Serbia 0-2
135 6- 6-09 Stockholm Denmark 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
136 10- 6-09 Göteborg Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
137 12- 8-09 Stockholm Finland 1-0
138 5- 9-09 Budapest Hungary 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
139 9- 9-09 La Valletta Malta 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
140 10-10-09 København Denmark 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
141 14-10-09 Stockholm Albania 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Sweden lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] abandoned at 3-3, awarded 3-0 to Sweden by UEFA.
Coach for Nigeria
1 3- 3-10 Abuja Congo-Kinshasa 5-2
2 25- 5-10 Wattens Saudi Arabia 0-0
3 30- 5-10 Milton Keynes Colombia 1-1
4 6- 6-10 Tembisa North Korea 3-1
5 12- 6-10 Johannesburg Argentina 0-1 World Cup
6 17- 6-10 Bloemfontein Greece 1-2 World Cup
7 22- 6-10 Durban South Korea 2-2 World Cup
Coach for Iceland
alone
1 24- 2-12 Osaka Japan 1-3 Kirin Cup
2 29- 2-12 Podgorica Montenegro 1-2
3 27- 5-12 Valenciennes France 2-3
4 30- 5-12 Göteborg Sweden 2-3
5 15- 8-12 Reykjavík Faroe Islands 2-0
6 7- 9-12 Reykjavík Norway 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
7 11- 9-12 Larnaka Cyprus 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
8 12-10-12 Tiranë Albania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
9 16-10-12 Reykjavík Switzerland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
10 14-11-12 Andorra La V. Andorra 2-0
11 6- 2-13 Marbella Russia 0-2
12 22- 3-13 Ljubljana Slovenia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 7- 6-13 Reykjavík Slovenia 2-4 World Cup Qualifier
14 14- 8-13 Reykjavík Faroe Islands 1-0
15 6- 9-13 Bern Switzerland 4-4 World Cup Qualifier
16 10- 9-13 Reykjavík Albania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
17 11-10-13 Reykjavík Cyprus 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 15-10-13 Oslo Norway 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 15-11-13 Reykjavík Croatia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 19-11-13 Zagreb Croatia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
together with Heimir Hallgrimsson
21 21- 1-14 Abu Dhabi Sweden 0-2
22 5- 3-14 Cardiff Wales 1-3
23 30- 5-14 Innsbruck Austria 1-1
24 4- 6-14 Reykjavík Estonia 1-0
25 9- 9-14 Reykjavík Turkey 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
26 10-10-14 Riga Latvia 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
27 13-10-14 Reykjavík Netherlands 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
28 12-11-14 Brussel Belgium 1-3
29 16-11-14 Plzen Czech Republic 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
30 16- 1-15 Orlando Canada 2-1
31 19- 1-15 Orlando Canada 1-1
32 28- 3-15 Astana Kazakhstan 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
33 31- 3-15 Tallinn Estonia 1-1
34 12- 6-15 Reykjavík Czech Republic 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
35 3- 9-15 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
36 6- 9-15 Reykjavík Kazakhstan 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
37 10-10-15 Reykjavík Latvia 2-2 European Ch. Qual.
38 13-10-15 Konya Turkey 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
39 13-11-15 Warszawa Poland 2-4
40 17-11-15 Zilina Slovakia 1-2
41 13- 1-16 Abu Dhabi Finland 1-0
42 16- 1-16 Dubai UA Emirates 1-2
43 31- 1-16 Carson United States 2-3
44 24- 3-16 Herning Denmark 1-2
45 29- 3-16 Piraeus Greece 3-2
46 1- 6-16 Oslo Norway 2-3
47 6- 6-16 Reykjavík Liechtenstein 4-0
48 14- 6-16 Saint-Etienne Portugal 1-1 European Champ.
49 18- 6-16 Marseille Hungary 1-1 European Champ.
50 22- 6-16 Saint-Denis Austria 2-1 European Champ.
51 27- 6-16 Nice England 2-1 European Champ.
52 3- 7-16 Saint-Denis France 2-5 European Champ.
Coach for Norway
1 26- 3-17 Belfast N. Ireland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
2 10- 6-17 Oslo Czech Republic 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
3 13- 6-17 Oslo Sweden 1-1
4 1- 9-17 Oslo Azerbaijan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 4- 9-17 Stuttgart Germany 0-6 World Cup Qualifier
6 5-10-17 Serravalle San Marino 8-0 World Cup Qualifier
7 8-10-17 Oslo N. Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 11-11-17 Skopje Macedonia 0-2
9 14-11-17 Trnava Slovakia 0-1
10 23- 3-18 Oslo Australia 4-1
11 26- 3-18 Elbasan Albania 1-0
12 2- 6-18 Reykjavík Iceland 3-2
13 6- 6-18 Oslo Panama 1-0
14 6- 9-18 Oslo Cyprus 2-0 Nations League
15 9- 9-18 Sofia Bulgaria 0-1 Nations League
16 13-10-18 Oslo Slovenia 1-0 Nations League
17 16-10-18 Oslo Bulgaria 1-0 Nations League
18 16-11-18 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-1 Nations League
19 19-11-18 Lefkosia Cyprus 2-0 Nations League
20 23- 3-19 Valencia Spain 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
21 26- 3-19 Oslo Sweden 3-3 European Ch. Qual.
22 7- 6-19 Oslo Romania 2-2 European Ch. Qual.
23 10- 6-19 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
24 5- 9-19 Oslo Malta 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
25 8- 9-19 Stockholm Sweden 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
26 12-10-19 Oslo Spain 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
27 15-10-19 Bucuresti Romania 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
28 15-11-19 Oslo Faroe Islands 4-0 European Ch. Qual.
29 18-11-19 La Valletta Malta 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
30 4- 9-20 Oslo Austria 1-2 Nations League
31 7- 9-20 Belfast N. Ireland 5-1 Nations League
32 8-10-20 Oslo Serbia 1-2 European Ch. Q.
33 11-10-20 Oslo Romania 4-0 Nations League
34 14-10-20 Oslo N. Ireland 1-0 Nations League
35 18-11-20 Wien Austria 1-1 Nations League
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
235 101 65 69 368- 249 267 56.81
Types of Matches
Friendlies 98
World Cup Qualifier 48
European Ch. Qualifier 41
European Championship 15
Nations League 11
World Cup 11
Other Tournaments 11
Total matches: 235
Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Roberto Mamrud
(roberto.mamrud@gmail.com)
Last updated: 23 Mar 2023
(C) Copyright Roberto Mamrud and RSSSF 2018/23
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper
acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.