Olof Mellberg - International Appearances


The outstanding Swedish player obtained 98 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 3- 9-1977
Country: Sweden  
Caps:	98	(W46-D26-L26 – GF156-GA84 – %60.20)
Goals:	7
Age First Cap:	 22 yr 173 d   23- 2-2000 vs. Italy 0-1
Age Last Cap:    32 yr  41 d   14-10-2009 vs. Albania 4-1
National Team Career: 9 yr 233 d

Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   23- 2-00	Palermo 	Italy   	0-1	
 2   29- 3-00	Graz		Austria 	1-1	
 3   26- 4-00	København	Denmark 	1-0	
 4    3- 6-00	Göteborg	Spain   	1-1	
 5   10- 6-00	Bruxelles	Belgium 	1-2	European Champ.
 6   15- 6-00	Eindhoven	Turkey  	0-0	European Champ.
 7   19- 6-00	Eindhoven	Italy   	1-2	European Champ.
 8   16- 8-00	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-2	Nordic Cup
 9    2- 9-00	Baku    	Azerbaijan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
10   11-10-00	Bratislava	Slovakia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
11   28- 2-01	La Valletta	Malta   	3-0	
12   24- 3-01	Göteborg	Macedonia	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
13   28- 3-01	Chisinau	Moldova 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
14   25- 4-01	Genève  	Switzerland	2-0	
15    2- 6-01	Stockholm	Slovakia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
16    6- 6-01	Göteborg	Moldova 	6-0	World Cup Qualifier
17   15- 8-01	Stockholm	South Africa	3-0	
18    1- 9-01	Skopje  	Macedonia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
19    5- 9-01	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
20   27- 3-02	Malmö		Switzerland	1-1	
21   17- 4-02	Oslo    	Norway  	0-0	
22   25- 5-02	Tokyo		Japan   	1-1	Kirin Cup
23    2- 6-02	Saitama		England 	1-1	World Cup
24    7- 6-02	Kobe		Nigeria		2-1	World Cup
25   12- 6-02	Miyagi		Argentina	1-1	World Cup
26   16- 6-02	Oita		Senegal		1-2	World Cup
27   21- 8-02	Moskva  	Russia  	1-1	
28    7- 9-02	Riga    	Latvia  	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
29   12-10-02	Stockholm	Hungary 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
30   16-10-02	Göteborg	Portugal	2-3	
31   12- 2-03	Radès		Tunisia 	0-1	
32    2- 4-03	Budapest	Hungary 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
33   30- 4-03	Stockholm	Croatia 	1-2	
34    7- 6-03	Serravalle	San Marino	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
35   11- 6-03	Stockholm	Poland  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
36   20- 8-03	Norrköping	Greece  	1-2	
37    6- 9-03	Göteborg	San Marino	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
38   10- 9-03	Chorzów  	Poland  	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
39   11-10-03	Stockholm	Latvia  	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
40   18-11-03	Cairo		Egypt		0-1	
41   31- 3-04	Göteborg	England 	1-0	
42   28- 4-04	Coimbra		Portugal	2-2	
43    5- 6-04	Stockholm	Poland  	3-1	
44   14- 6-04	Lisboa  	Bulgaria	5-0	European Champ.
45   18- 6-04	Oporto  	Italy   	1-1	European Champ.
46   22- 6-04	Oporto  	Denmark 	2-2	European Champ.
47   26- 6-04	Faro-Loulé	Netherlands  	0-0 [1]	European Champ.
48   18- 8-04	Stockholm	Netherlands	2-2	
49    4- 9-04	La Valletta	Malta   	7-0	World Cup Qualifier
50    8- 9-04	Göteborg	Croatia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
51    9-10-04	Stockholm	Hungary 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
52   13-10-04	Reykjavík	Iceland 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
53   17-11-04	Edinburgh	Scotland	4-1	
54    9- 2-05	Saint-Denis	France  	1-1	
55   26- 3-05	Sofia   	Bulgaria	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
56    4- 6-05	Göteborg	Malta   	6-0	World Cup Qualifier
57   17- 8-05	Stockholm	Czech Republic	2-1	
58    3- 9-05	Stockholm	Bulgaria	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
59    7- 9-05	Budapest	Hungary 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
60    8-10-05	Zagreb		Croatia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
61   12-10-05	Stockholm	Iceland 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
62    1- 3-06	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-3	
63   25- 5-06	Göteborg	Finland 	0-0	
64    2- 6-06	Stockholm	Chile		1-1	
65   10- 6-06	Dortmund	Trinidad/Tobago	0-0	World Cup
66   15- 6-06	Berlin		Paraguay	1-0	World Cup
67   20- 6-06	Köln		England 	2-2	World Cup
68   24- 6-06	München 	Germany 	0-2	World Cup
69    2- 9-06	Riga    	Latvia  	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
70    7-10-06	Stockholm	Spain   	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
71    7- 2-07	Cairo		Egypt		0-2	
72   28- 3-07	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
73    2- 6-07	København	Denmark   	3-3 [2]	European Ch. Qual.
74    6- 6-07	Stockholm	Iceland 	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
75   22- 8-07	Göteborg	United States	1-0	
76    8- 9-07	Stockholm	Denmark 	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
77   17-10-07	Stockholm	N. Ireland	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
78   17-11-07	Madrid		Spain   	0-3	European Ch. Qual.
79   21-11-07	Stockholm	Latvia  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
80   26- 3-08	London  	Brazil  	0-1	
81   26- 5-08	Göteborg	Slovenia	1-0	
82    1- 6-08	Stockholm	Ukraine		0-1	
83   10- 6-08	Salzburg	Greece  	2-0	European Champ.
84   14- 6-08	Innsbruck	Spain   	1-2	European Champ.
85   18- 6-08	Innsbruck	Russia  	0-2	European Champ.
86   20- 8-08	Göteborg	France  	2-3	
87    6- 9-08	Tiranë  	Albania 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
88   10- 9-08	Stockholm	Hungary 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
89   11- 2-09   Graz            Austria         2-0
90   28- 3-09   Oporto          Portugal        0-0     World Cup Qualifier
91    1- 4-09   Beograd         Serbia          0-2
92    6- 6-09   Stockholm       Denmark         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
93   10- 6-09   Göteborg        Malta           4-0     World Cup Qualifier
94   12- 8-09   Stockholm       Finland         1-0
95    5- 9-09   Budapest        Hungary         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
96    9- 9-09   La Valletta     Malta           1-0     World Cup Qualifier
97   10-10-09   København       Denmark         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
98   14-10-09   Stockholm       Albania         4-1     World Cup Qualifier

[1] Sweden lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] match abandoned with Sweden to take a penalty and awarded 3-0 to Sweden

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    98	  46   26   26	156-  84     118      60.20


Types of Matches
Friendlies		33
World Cup Qualifier	23
World Cup		 8
European Ch. Qualifier	17
European Championship   10
Nordic Cup               1
Other Tournaments	 1

Total 			93


Goals:
Cap 38	1 goal
Cap 58	1 goal
Cap 74	1 goal
Cap 77	1 goal
Cap 95	1 goal
Cap 98	2 goals

Total   7 goals


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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 29 Oct 2009

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