Top 15 Swedish footballers in history

According to Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm)

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (born 1981)

2. Gunnar Nordahl (1921-1995)

3. Gunnar Gren (1920-1991)

4. Tomas Brolin (born 1969)

5. Henrik Larsson (born 1971)

6. Nils Liedholm (1922-2007)

7. Kurt Hamrin (born 1934)

8. Lennart ”Nacka” Skoglund (1929-1975)

9. Fredrik Ljungberg (born 1977)

10. Sven Rydell (1905-1975)

11. Ove Kindvall (born 1943)

12. Bosse Larsson (born 1944)

13. Glenn Hysén (born 1959)

14. Patrik Andersson (born 1971)

15. Ronnie Hellström (born 1949)

Female players:

1. Pia Sundhage (born 1960)

2. Lotta Schelin (born 1984)

3. Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979)

The 50 greatest Swedish footballers of all time

1. Gunnar Nordahl
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
3. Kurt Hamrin
4. Gunnar Gren
5. Nils Liedholm
6. Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund
7. Henry "Garvis" Carlsson
8. Henrik Larsson
9. Torbjörn Nilsson
10. Fredrik Ljungberg
11. Tomas Brolin
12. Bo Larsson
13. Jonas Thern
14. Ronnie Hellström
15. Ralf Edström
16. Patrik Andersson
17. Glenn Strömberg
18. Peter Larsson
19. Ove Kindvall
20. Glenn Hysén
21. Kennet Andersson
22. Hans Jeppson
23. Roger Magnusson
24. Sven Rydell
25. Calle Palmér
26. Arne Selmosson
27. Stefan Pettersson
28. Martin Dahlin
29. Agne Simonsson
30. Robert Prytz
31. Stefan Schwarz
32. Thomas Ravelli
33. Roland Sandberg
34. Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell
35. Bengt Lindskog
36. Jan Eriksson
37. Joachim Björklund
38. Ove Grahn
39. Andreas Isaksson
40. Kim Källström
41. Olof Mellberg
42. Emil Forsberg
43. Anders Svensson
44. Anders Limpar
45. Rudolf "Putte" Kock
46. Sven Jonasson
47. Andreas Granqvist
48. Tommy Holmgren
49. Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
50. Klas Ingesson

Olympic finals, 1908-2008.

2008
Argentina-Nigeria 1-0
1-0 58' Di María. Att: 89.102 (Beijing, National Stadium).


2004
Argentina-Paraguay 1-0
1-0 18' Tevez. Att: 41.116 (OAKA, Athens).


2000
Cameroon-Spain 2-2 (5-3 pen.)
0-1 2' Xavi, 0-2 45' Gabri, 1-0 53' og Amaya, 2-2 58' Eto'o. Sent-off: 70' Gabri, 90' José Mari. Penalties: Mboma, Eto'o, Geremi, Lauren and Wome scored for Cameroon;  Xavi, Capdevila and Albelda scored, Amaya missed for Spain. Att: 104.098 (Olympic Stadium, Sydney).


1996
Nigeria-Argentina 3-2
0-1 3' C. López, 1-1 27' Babayaro, 1-2 50' Crespo penalty, 2-2 74' Amokachi, 3-2 89' Amunike. Att: 86.100 (Athens, Georgia).


1992
Spain-Poland 3-2
0-1 44' Kowalczyk, 1-1 65' Abelardo, 2-1 72' Kiko, 2-2 76' Staniek, 3-2 90' Kiko. Att: 95.000 (Camp Nou, Barcelona).


1988
Soviet Union-Brazil 2-1 aet
0-1 30' Romário, 1-1 61' Dobrovolski penalty, 2-1 103' Savichev. Att: 74.000 (Olympic Stadium, Seoul).


1984
France-Brazil 2-0
1-0 55' Brisson, 2-0 62' Xuereb. Att: 101.799 (Rose Bowl, Pasadena).


1980
Czechoslovakia-East Germany 1-0
1-0 77' Svoboda. Att: 70.000 (Lenin Stadium, Moscow). 


1976
East Germany-Poland 3-1
1-0  7' Schade, 2-0 14' Hoffmann, 2-1 59' Lato, 3-1 79' Häfner. Att: 71.617 (Olympic Stadium, Montreal).


1972
Poland-Hungary 2-1
0-1 42' Varadi, 1-1 47' Deyna, 2-1 68' Deyna. Att: 40-50.000 (heavy rain; 75.000 tickets sold, Olympiastadion, Munich).


1968
Hungary-Bulgaria 4-1
0-1 22' Dimitrov, 1-1 40' Menczel, 2-1 41' A. Dunai, 3-1 49' A. Dunai, 4-1 62' Juhasz. Sent-off: Ivkov & Christov (B), Juhasz (H). Att: 75.000 (Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México).


1964
Hungary-Czechoslovakia 2-1
1-0 47' og Weiss, 2-0 59' Bene, 2-1 80' Brumovský. Att: 75.000 (National Stadium, Tokyo).


1960
Yugoslavia-Denmark 3-1
1-0 1' Galic, 2-0 11' Matuš, 3-0 69' Kostic, 3-1 90' Flemming Nielsen. Att: 40.000 (Stadio Flaminio, Rome).


1956
Soviet Union-Yugoslavia 1-0
1-0 48' Ilyin. Att: 86.716 (Melbourne).

1952
Hungary-Yugoslavia 2-0
1-0 70' Puskás, 2-0 88' Czibor. Att: 58.553 (Olympiastadion, Helsinki). 


1948
Sweden-Yugoslavia 3-1
1-0 24' Gren, 1-1 42' Bobek, 2-1 48' G. Nordahl, 3-1 67' Gren. Att: 40-60.000 (Wembley, London).


1936
Italy-Austria  2-1 aet
1-0 70' Frossi, 1-1 80' K. Kainberger, 2-1 92' Frossi. Att: 85-90.000 (Olympiastadion, Berlin).

1928
Uruguay-Argentina 1-1 aet
1-0 23' Petrone, 1-1 50' M. Ferreira. Att: 28.253 (Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam)


Replay:
Uruguay-Argentina 2-1
1-0 17' Figueroa, 1-1 28' Monti, 2-1 73' Scarone. Att: 28.113.


1924
Uruguay-Switzerland 3-0
1-0 27' Petrone, 2-0 63' Cea, 3-0 81' Romano. Att: 60.000 (41.000 paying; Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris).


1920
Belgium-Czechoslovakia w. o. (2-0)
1-0 6' Coppée penalty, 2-0 30' Larnoe. Att: 35.000 (Kielstadion, Antwerp).
Match abandoned after 39 minutes; Czechoslovakia left the pitch in protest of perceived biased refereeing, but their protests were dismissed, and they were disqualified from the tournament..


1912
Great Britain-Denmark 4-2
1-0 10' Walden, 2-0 22' Hoare, 2-1 27' Anthon Olsen, 3-1 41' Hoare, 4-1 43' Berry, 4-2 81' Anthon Olsen. Att: 22.000 (Olympiastadion, Stockholm)


1908
Great Britain-Denmark 2-0
1-0 20' Chapman, 2-0 46' Woodward. Att: 8000 (White City, London).