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)

Scandinavian players with most goals/assists in Premier League history

130: Christian Eriksen (Denmark) 54 goals+76 assists

128: Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Norway) 91+37

117: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) 67+50

86: Erling Haaland (Norway) 73+13

83: Eidur Gudjohnsen (Iceland) 55+28

77: Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden) 48+29

73: Morten Gamst Pedersen (Norway) 34+39

70: Joshua King (Norway) 53+17

58: Steffen Iversen (Norway) 40+18

54: Martin Ødegaard (Norway) 31+23

52: Sebastian Larsson (Sweden) 26+26

51: John Arne Riise (Norway) 21+30

49: Tore André Flo (Norway) 38+11

48: John Carew (Norway) 38+10

48: Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark) 32+16

48: Øyvind Leonhardsen (Norway) 3+18

43: Heidar Helguson (Iceland) 28+15

42: Mikael Forssell (Finland) 34+8

42: Claus Jensen (Denmark) 20+22

38: Egil Østenstad (Norway) 29+9

36: Alexander Isak (Sweden) 32+4

36: Jonatan Johansson (Finland) 37+9

36: Thomas Gravesen (Denmark) 11+25

34: Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) 15+19

32: Johan Elmander (Sweden) 19+13

30: Jan Åge Fjørtoft (Norway) 25+5

30: Sami Hyypiä (Finland) 22+8

30: Lars Bohinen (Norway) 14+16

Average goals+assists per game:

1,211 Erling Haaland 

0,667 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

0,632 Alexander Isak 

0,545 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 

0,448 Christian Eriksen, Heidar Helguson 

0,432 Martin Ødegaard 

0,393 Eidur Gudjohnsen 

0,390 John Carew 

0,384 Teemu Pukki 

0,382 Dejan Kulusevski

0,368 Gylfi Sigurdsson 

0,365 Steffen Iversen 

0,357 Jan Åge Fjørtoft 

0,353 Nicklas Bendtner 

0,348 Tore André Flo 

0,343 Joshua King 

0,333 Mikael Forssell 

0,320 Fredrik Ljungberg

0,314 Egil Østenstad 

0,281 Morten Gamst Pedersen 

0,268 Claus Jensen 

0,264 Johan Elmander 

0,258 Øyvind Leonhardsen 

0,243 Jonatan Johansson 

0,242 Thomas Gravesen 

Goals:

1,028 Erling Haaland 

0,561 Alexander Isak 

0,515 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

0,387 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 

0,301 Teemu Pukki

0,292 Heidar Helguson

0,261 Eidur Gudjohnsen

Assists:

0,262 Christian Eriksen

0,213 Dejan Kulusevski

0,184 Martin Ødegaard 

0,168 Thomas Gravesen 

0,157 Gylfi Sigurdsson 

0,152 Anders Limpar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Arsenal ratings 2005/06

6,70 Thierry Henry

6,39 Kolo Touré

6,33 Ashley Cole

6,26 Jens Lehmann, Emmanuel Eboué

6,25 Robin van Persie

6,24 Fredrik Ljungberg

6,23 Reyes

6,19 Aliaksandr Hleb

6,17 Sol Campbell, Robert Pirès

6,14 Cesc Fàbregas, Emmanuel Adebayor

6,12 Gilberto Silva

6,08 Lauren Etame Mayer

6,05 Dennis Bergkamp

6,04 Philippe Senderos

5,95 Pascal Cygan

5,77 Mathieu Flamini

Sweden ratings during the 'Ibrahimović era'

Euros and World Cups, 2002-2021

6,34 Andreas Isaksson (16 rated appearances)

6,33 Robin Olsen (9)

6,29 Andreas Jakobsson (8)

6,23 Henrik Larsson (15)

6,22 Tobias Linderoth (11)

6,21 Emil Forsberg (12)

6,16 Olof Mellberg (18), Zlatan Ibrahimović (16) 

6,15 Andreas Granqvist (11)

6,14 Anders Svensson (14)

6,07 Fredrik Ljungberg (13), Christian Wilhelmsson (10)

6,06 Victor Claesson (9)

6,03 Ludwig Augustinsson (9), Martin Olsson (8)

6,01 Victor Nilsson Lindelöf (11)

6,00 Albin Ekdal (11)

5,97 Niclas Alexandersson (9)

5,91 Kim Källström (13)

5,88 Ola Toivonen (7)

5,87 Mikael Lustig (11)

5,86 Marcus Allbäck (7)

5,83 Erik Edman (7)

5,82 Sebastian Larsson (14), Teddy Lučić (9)

5,80 Mikael Nilsson (7)

5,60 Marcus Berg (11)

Top ten Swedish players in First Division/Premier League

According to Aftonbladet.

1. Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal, West Ham)
2. Anders Limpar (Arsenal, Everton)
3. Roland Nilsson (Sheff Wednesday, Coventry)
4. Glenn Hysén (Liverpool)
5. Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa)
6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Man United)
7. Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich, Wigan)
8. Pontus Kåmark (Leicester)
9. Jesper Blomqvist (Man United, Everton, Charlton)
10. Sebastian Larsson (Arsenal, Birmingham, Sunderland, Hull)
 

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

European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup

 

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.

12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Netherlands), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)

Memory Lane: European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup.

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.

12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Holland), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)

Swedish players' average ratings in World Cups & Euros 1990-2008.

1990 World Cup
2,56 Brolin
2,33 Thern
2,22 Schwarz
2,17 Hysén
2,11 T. Ravelli
2,00 P. Larsson
1,89 J. Nilsson
1,78 Ingesson, S. Pettersson
1,67 R. Nilsson
1,50 Limpár

Best: 4,00 Brolin, vs Brazil.
Worst: 1,00 five players vs Scotland & Costa Rica.

1992 Euro
4,06 J. Eriksson
3,92 Schwarz, Dahlin
3,75 P. Andersson, Thern
3,69 Brolin
3,25 T. Ravelli
3,12 R. Nilsson
2,69 Ingesson
2,50 Limpár
2,38 K. Andersson
2,31 Björklund

Best: 5,00 Brolin, vs Denmark.
Worst: 1,00 J. Nilsson, vs Germany.

1994 World Cup
3,96 K. Andersson
3,92 Brolin
3,90 Schwarz
3,84 T. Ravelli
3,61 Björklund
3,60 Thern
3,47 Mild
3,29 Kåmark
3,27 Dahlin
3,10 Ljung
3,01 R. Nilsson
2,95 P. Andersson
2,64 H. Larsson
2,36 Ingesson

Best: 5,00 Brolin, vs Bulgaria; Dahlin, vs Russia; T. Ravelli, vs Brazil (semi).
Worst: 1,00 P. Andersson, vs Cameroon; Dahlin, vs Brazil (semi).

2000 Euro
2,92 Björklund
2,42 Mjällby
2,25 Mellberg, Ljungberg, Lučić
2,12 K. Andersson
2,08 Hedman
2,00 P. Andersson, H. Larsson
1,75 Mild
1,50 D. Andersson, J. Pettersson
1,25 Alexandersson

Best: 3,50 Björklund, vs Belgium; M. Svensson, vs Italy.
Worst: 1,00 P. Andersson, vs Belgium; Alexandersson, vs Turkey.
 
2002 World Cup
3,97 H. Larsson
3,91 Mjällby, A. Svensson
3,78 Jakobsson
3,44 Andreas Andersson
3,25 Linderoth
3,06 Ljungberg
3,04 Mellberg
2,97 Lučić
2,88 Hedman
2,56 Alexandersson
2,37 M. Svensson
2,31 Allbäck

Best: 5,00 Mjällby, vs Argentina.
Worst: 1,75 M. Svensson, vs England.

2004 Euro
4,06 Isaksson
3,88 Ibrahimović, H. Larsson
3,79 Linderoth
3,66 Mellberg
3,53 Ljungberg
3,25 Jakobsson
3,06 M. Jonson
2,96 A. Svensson
2,84 M. Nilsson
2,79 Edman
2,58 Wilhelmsson
2,25 Källström

Best: 5,00 H. Larsson, vs Bulgaria.
Worst: 1,50 Lučić, vs Bulgaria.  

2006 World Cup
3,25 Ljungberg
3,17 Isaksson
2,88 Lučić
2,67 Allbäck
2,38 Alexandersson, Linderoth
2,25 Mellberg
2,17 Källström
2,00 Wilhelmsson
1,75 Edman, H. Larsson
1,33 Ibrahimović

Best: 5,00 Isaksson, vs Germany.
Worst: 1,00 three players vs Trinidad & Tobago and seven vs Germany. 

2008 Euro
3,50 Ibrahimović
3,33 Mellberg
3,17 Isaksson
2,67 D. Andersson 
2,50 Hansson, A. Svensson
2,33 M. Nilsson, H. Larsson
2,17 Ljungberg
2,00 Stoor
1,83 Elmander

Best: 4,50 Ibrahimović, vs Greece.
Worst: 1,00 Rosenberg, vs Spain; M. Nilsson, D. Andersson, Hansson, A. Svensson & Stoor, vs Russia.

Memory Lane: Euro 2004.

Ratings from Italian, German, French and Swedish press.

7,50: Rooney (Eng)
7,30: Cassano (Ita)
7,00: Buffon (Ita)
6,90: Dellas (Gre)
6,80: Ballack (Ger), Baroš (Cze)
6,75: H. Larsson (Swe), Kahn (Ger), Zambrotta (Ita)
6,70: Zagorakis (Gre), Lampard (Eng)
6,65: Campbell (Eng), Ljungberg (Swe), Charisteas (Gre), Gravesen (Dan), Kolinko (Let), Ricardo Carvalho (Por)
6,60: Nesta (Ita), Nedvěd (Tch), Tomasson (Dan), Miguel (Por), Etxeberria (Esp),
6,55: Poborský (Cze)
6,50: Casillas, Vicente & Joaquín (Esp), Seitaridis & Basinás (Gre), Gerrard (Eng), Čech (Cze), Malafeyev (Rus)
6,45: A. Cole (Eng), Jankulovski (Cze), Grønkjær (Dan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por), Barthez & Zidane (Fra), F. Cannavaro (Ita), Tsiartas (Gre)
6,40: Nuno Gomes & Maniche (Por), Nikopolidis (Gre), Isaksson (Swe), Vieira (Fra), Gattuso (Ita), Rommedahl (Dan)
6,35: Giannakopoulos & Kapsís (Gre), Mellberg & Ibrahimović (Swe), Verpakovskis (Let), Karagounis (Gre), Rosický & Šmicer (Tch)
6,30: Ricardo & Figo (Por), Puyol (Esp), Lahm (Ger), Helveg, Laursen & Martin Jørgensen (Dan), Scholes (Eng), Perrotta (Ita), Ovchinnikov (Rus), Ujfaluši (Cze)
6,25: G. Neville (Eng), Katsouranis (Gre), Bolf & Koller (Cze), Aleinichev (Rus), Panucci (Ita), T. Linderoth (Swe), Rubins (Let), Baraja (Esp)
6,20: N. Jensen & D. Jensen (Dan), A. Svensson (Swe), Galásek (Cze)
6,15: Nuno Valente (Por), Gallas (Fra), Marchena & Albelda (Esp), Poulsen (Dan), Fyssas (Gre), Henry (Fra), Schweinsteiger (Ger), Jakobsson & M. Jonson (Swe), Rosso (Cro)
6,10: Terry (Eng), Helguera (Esp), Jiránek (Cze), Zdravkov & M. Petrov (Bul), Deco (Por), Pirlo (Ita), Cabanas (Sui), Bugajev (Rus), Edman (Swe)
6,05: James & Owen (Eng), Vryzas (Gre), T. Sørensen (Dan), Wicky (Sui), Stjepanovs, Prohorenkovs & Astafjevs (Let), Thuram (Fra), Jorge Andrade (Por), Xabi Alonso (Esp)
6,00: Wilhelmsson & Källström (Swe), Frings (Ger), Butina & N. Kovać (Cro), Costinha (Por), Karyaka (Rus),
5,95: M. Yakin & H. Yakin (Sui), Zemlinskis (Let), Beckham (Eng), Morientes (Esp), Bulikin (Rus)
5,90: Simão (Por), Grygera (Cze), Pršo (Cro), M. Nilsson (Swe), Henriksen (Dan), Gusev (Rus), Anders Andersson (Swe), Živković (Cro), Friedrich (Ger), Lobanovs (Let)
5,85: Rui Costa (Por), Vogel (Sui), Radimov (Rus), Bøgelund (Dan)
5,80: Raúl Bravo (Esp), Šimunić (Cro), Berbatov (Bul), Blagonadezdins (Let), Lizarazu (Fra), Spycher (Sui)
5,75: Pirès (Fra), Müller (Sui), Hristov (Bul), Smertin (Rus), Nikolaidis (Gre)
5,70: Raúl (Esp), Sand (Dan), Bleidelis (Let), Makelele (Fra), R. Kovać, Rapajić & Bjelica (Cro), Huggel (Sui), Lazarov (Bul)
5,65: Šimić (Cro)
5,60: Stiel (Sui), Wörns (Ger), Dacourt (Fra), Aldonin & Sichev (Rus), Kirilov (Bul)
5,55: Isakovs (Let), Celestini (Sui), Sharonov (Rus), Nowotny (Ger)
5,50: Izmailov, Evseyev & Sennikov (Rus), Hamann & Baumann (Ger), Gygax (Sui), Peyev (Bul)
5,45: Yankovic (Bul), Haas (Sui), Olić (Cro)
5,40: Frei (Sui), Del Piero (Ita), I. Petkov & S. Petrov (Bul)
5,30: Kuranyi (Ger), Paulo Ferreira (Por), Mornar (Cro)
5,25: Silvestre (Fra), Schneider (Ger), Vieri (Ita), Trezeguet (Fra)
5,15: Pazin (Bul)
5,00: Šokota (Cro)
4,90: Pauleta (Por), Tudor (Cro), Ivanov (Bul)
4,70: Chapuisat (Sui).

Today 11 years ago: Arsenal 3, Juventus 1.

1-0 21' Ljungberg, 2-0 27' Henry, 2-1 50' og  Taylor, 3-1 88' Ljungberg. Att: 35.421.
Arsenal: Taylor 6,50 - Lauren 5,75, Upson 6,25, Campbell 6,25, A. Cole 6,50 (89' Keown) - Ljungberg 7,00, Parlour 6,75, Vieira 6,25, Pires 6,50 - Kanu 5,25 (69' Bergkamp 6,25), Henry 7,00 (86' Grimandi). - coach: Wenger 7,00. = average: 6,35 [strong]
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Birindelli 5,50, Thuram 5,50, Montero 6,00, Pessotto 6,00 (77' Paramatti) - Zambrotta 6,50, Tudor (22' Davids 5,50), Tacchinardi 5,75, Nedved 5,75 (71' Amoruso) - Trezeguet 5,50, Del Piero 6,50. - coach: Lippi 6,00. = average: 5,86 [mediocre]

Memory Lane: Allsvenskan 1998.

Ratings: FotbollExtra.

3,22 Fredrik Ljungberg (-photo-, left, Halmstad)
3,21 Johan Mjällby (-photo-, right, AIK Stockholm)
2,96 Pétur Marteinsson (Hammarby)
2,95 Johan Andersson (Hammarby)
2,89 Patrick Englund (AIK Stockholm)
2,88 Daniel Andersson (Trelleborg), Dime Jankulovski (V:a Frölunda)
2,78 Niclas Kindvall (Malmö FF)
2,71 Hans Blomqvist (V:a Frölunda)
2,69 Andreas Jacobsson (Helsingborg), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg)
2,67 Anders Limpár (AIK Stockholm)
2,65 Teddy Lučić (IFK Göteborg), Joakim Olsson (Häcken)
2,63 Mattias Asper (AIK Stockholm), Martin Åslund (Norrköping), Torbjörn Arvidsson (Halmstad)
2,59 Magnus Erlingmark (IFK Göteborg), Jesper Mattsson (Halmstad)
2,58 Mikael Björkqvist & Mikael Göransson (V:a Frölunda), Tommi Grönlund (Trelleborg), Artim Sakiri (Halmstad)
2,54 Niclas Sjöstedt (Örgryte)
2,53 Olof Mellberg (AIK Stockholm)
2,52 Eddie Gustafsson (Norrköping)


Snittbetyg Allsvenskan 1998.