Scandinavian goalscorers in the European Cups, 1955-1999

Goals scored in Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup.

Total goals:

43 : Allan Simonsen (Den)

33 : Torbjörn Nilsson (Swe)

26 : Stefan Pettersson (Swe)

24 : Jari Litmanen (Fin)

23 : Kenneth Brylle (Den)

21 : Michael Laudrup (Den), Kurt Hamrin (Swe)

18 : Søren Lerby (Den), Harald Brattbakk (Nor)

16 : Johnny Ekström (Swe), Bent Christensen (Den)

15 : Preben Elkjær (Den), Ralf Edström, Conny Torstensson (Swe)

14 : Ove Kindvall (Swe)

13 : Henning Jensen, Benny Nielsen (Den), Ismo Lius (Fin), Henrik Larsson (Swe)

12 : Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (Isl), Owe Ohlsson (Swe)

11 : Frank Arnesen (Den), Hallvar Thoresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt (Nor), Bo Larsson, Mats Magnusson (Swe)

9 : Michael Manniche (Den), Tore Cervin (Swe), Arnór Gudjohnsen, Lárus Gudmundsson (Isl) 

8 : Benny Wendt, Stig Fredriksson (Swe), Johnny Bjerregaard (Den), Pétur Pétursson (Isl)

 

Goals per game (min. 25 played):

0,750 T. Nilsson

0,606 Simonsen

0,583 Hamrin

0,538 Kindvall

0,516 Christensen

0,500 Litmanen

0,460 Brylle

0,455 Elkjær

0,450 Brattbakk

0,419 H. Larsson

0,366 Torstensson

0,357 Edström

0,355 B. Larsson, M. Magnusson

0,348 Ekström

0,329 S. Pettersson

0,324 Thoresen

0,286 J. Bjerregaard

0,273 M. Laudrup, Manniche, Lerby

0,267 Pétursson

0,255 H. Jensen

0,240 Arnesen

0,207 Sigurvinsson

0,205 S. Fredriksson

0,184 A. Gudjohnsen

Ove Kindvall & Torbjörn Nilsson

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)

Sweden ratings in the 1974 World Cup

 

Ratings: El Gráfico (Argentina).

7,50 Ralf Edström
7,17 Ronnie Hellström
6,33 Roland Sandberg
6,20 Björn Nordqvist
6,00 Jan Olsson, Kent Karlsson, Bo Larsson, Conny Torstensson, Roland Grip, Inge Ejderstedt
5,83 Ove Grahn
5,80 Staffan Tapper
5,50 Ove Kindvall, Benno Magnusson
5,33 Jörgen Augustsson
5,25 Björn Andersson

European Cup topscorers 1969-72.

1969/70
8: Mick Jones (Leeds United)
7: Ove Kindvall (Feijenoord*)
6: Ruud Geels (Feijenoord)
5: Zoran Antonijević & Stanislav Karasi (Red Star Belgrade)

1970/71
10: Antonis Antoniadis (-photo- , Panathinaikos)
6: Luis Aragonés (Atlético de Madrid), Zoran Filipović & Stevan Ostojić (Red Star Belgrade)
5: Peter Ducke (Carl Zeiss Jena), Herbert Laumen (Bor. Mönchengladbach), William Wallace (Celtic)

1971/72
5: Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa), Luigi Macari (Celtic), Silvester Takač (Standard Liège)
4: Ronnie Cocks (Sliema Wanderers), Johan Cruyff (Ajax), Lex Schoenmaker, Willem van Hanegem & Rinus Israël (Feijenoord), Artur Jorge (Benfica), Ray Kennedy (Arsenal), Kurt Müller (Grasshoppers Zurich)


*) club name changed to Feyenoord in 1973.