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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Friends Arena - Solna Tuesday 8 September 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Sweden Group G - Matchday -5 Austria Last updated 12/07/2021 18:09CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 Sweden - Austria Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Alaba 7 (P); Erkan 08/09/2014 QR (GS) Austria - Sweden 1-1 Vienna Zengin 12 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached M. Olsson 56, 11/10/2013 QR (GS) Sweden - Austria 2-1 Solna Ibrahimović 86; Harnik 29 Alaba 26 (P), Janko 07/06/2013 QR (GS) Austria - Sweden 2-1 Vienna 32; Elmander 82 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/09/1997 QR (GS) Austria - Sweden 1-0 Vienna Herzog 75 09/10/1996 QR (GS) Sweden - Austria 0-1 Solna Herzog 11 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 10/11/1993 QR (GS) Austria - Sweden 1-1 Vienna Herzog 70; Mild 67 19/05/1993 QR (GS) Sweden - Austria 1-0 Solna Eriksson 50 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 07/06/1978 GS-FT Austria - Sweden 1-0 Buenos Aires Krankl 42 (P) FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Sandberg 10, Larsson 27/11/1973 QR (GS) Sweden - Austria 2-1 Gelsenkirchen 28 (P); Hattenberger 31 Sandberg 29, 77, 23/05/1973 QR (GS) Sweden - Austria 3-2 Gothenburg Grahn 57; Jara 56, Starek 88 10/06/1972 QR (GS) Austria - Sweden 2-0 Vienna Parits 64, Pumm 83 1972 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 04/09/1971 PR (GS) Austria - Sweden 1-0 Vienna Stering 23 2 Sweden - Austria Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna 1972 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/05/1971 PR (GS) Sweden - Austria 1-0 Solna Olsson 62 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Sweden 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 - - - - 3 1 1 1 2 2 Austria 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 1 1 1 2 2 FIFA* Sweden 5 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 10 4 1 5 10 12 Austria 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 10 5 1 4 12 10 Friendlies Sweden - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 5 4 10 34 36 Austria - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 10 4 5 36 34 Total Sweden 6 5 0 1 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 32 10 6 16 46 50 Austria 6 4 2 0 6 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 32 16 6 10 50 46 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Sweden - Austria Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Match background Another tight encounter seems likely as Sweden and Austria come together again in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group G. • Leading the group by seven points from the second-placed Swedes, Austria require a victory or a draw at the Friends Arena in Solna to achieve their first-ever UEFA European Championship finals qualification; even a defeat could suffice if third-placed Russia failed to win away to Liechtenstein. • The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Albin Ekdal, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Pontus Wernbloom (Sweden), Julian Baumgartlinger, Aleksandar Dragovic, Florian Klein and Sebastian Prödl (Austria). Previous meetings • Erkan Zengin responded to David Alaba's early penalty for Austria as Sweden earned a 1-1 draw in the sides' first Group G meeting. • Austria have had marginally the better of their 34 previous encounters with Sweden, with the record W16 D6 L12 (W5 D1 L9 as the away team, W10 D5 L1 at home). The sides have met three times on neutral territory: a friendly at London's White Hart Lane on 2 August 1948 which Sweden won 3-0; a Gelsenkirchen (Germany) play-off for the 1974 FIFA World Cup which Sweden edged 2-1; and in Buenos Aires in the 1978 World Cup group stage, when Hans Krankl's 42nd-minute penalty earned Austria a 1-0 victory. • The countries' 13 competitive tussles have been similarly tight: Austria's record is W6 D2 L5 (W4 D2 L0 at home – W1 D0 L4 in Sweden) – as well as a win and a draw on neutral territory. Only once, in Austria's 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Sweden on 10 June 1972, has there been a winning margin of more than a single goal. • The teams' 2014 World Cup qualifying encounters were typical. Austria prevailed 2-1 at home on 7 June 2013 (Alaba 26p, Marc Janko 32; Johan Elmander 82), then lost by the same margin in Solna on 11 October (Martin Olsson 56, Ibrahimović 86; Martin Harnik 29). Form guide • Marcel Koller's Austrian pacesetters are on a six-game winning streak in the section following that curtain-raising 1-1 stalemate with the Swedes in Vienna. However, Erik Hamrén's charges surrendered their unbeaten record by succumbing 1-0 in Russia on Saturday. • Nonetheless, Sweden are undefeated in 14 UEFA European Championsip home qualifiers (W11 D3) since a 1-0 loss to Latvia in October 2003. • Austria have won their past four competitive away assignments since that reverse to Sweden in 2014 World Cup qualifying and have won all three of their away matches in Group G. Trivia and links • At club level Austrian sides have had the better of the nations' meetings, with the record W12 D3 L8, though Malmö were the most recent victors in fixtures between teams from the two countries, coming from behind to win their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie against Salzburg 3-2 on aggregate last month after losing the away leg 2-0. 4 Sweden - Austria Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Squad list Sweden Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andreas Isaksson 03/10/1981 33 Kasımpaşa - 7 0 0 0 122 - - Kristoffer Nordfeldt 23/06/1989 26 Swansea - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Robin Olsen 08/01/1990 25 PAOK - 0 0 0 0 2 - Defenders - Mikael Antonsson 31/05/1981 34 København - 5 0 0 0 24 - - Andreas Granqvist 16/04/1985 30 Krasnodar - 6 0 0 0 43 2 - Jonas Olsson 10/03/1983 32 West Brom - 0 0 0 0 24 1 - Oscar Wendt 24/10/1985 29 Mönchengladbach - 2 0 0 0 24 - - Martin Olsson 17/05/1988 27 Norwich - 5 0 0 0 27 5 - Pierre Bengtsson 12/04/1988 27 Mainz - 7 0 0 0 20 - - Alexander Milošević 30/01/1992 23 Beşiktaş - 1 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Kim Källström 24/08/1982 33 Grasshoppers - 6 0 0 0 120 16 - Sebastian Larsson 06/06/1985 30 Sunderland - 6 0 0 0 75 6 - Erkan Zengin 05/08/1985 30 Trabzonspor - 6 2 0 0 15 2 - Pontus Wernbloom 25/06/1986 29 CSKA Moskva * 6 0 0 0 47 2 - Albin Ekdal 28/07/1989 26 Hamburg * 6 0 0 0 19 - - Oscar Lewicki 14/07/1992 23 Malmö - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Abdullah Khalili 07/06/1992 23 Mersin - 0 0 0 0 - - - Jimmy Durmaz 22/03/1989 26 Olympiacos - 5 1 0 0 23 1 - Emil Forsberg 23/10/1991 23 Leipzig - 5 0 0 0 10 - Forwards - Zlatan Ibrahimović 03/10/1981 33 Paris * 5 5 0 0 106 56 - Marcus Berg 17/08/1986 29 Panathinaikos - 3 1 0 0 30 7 - Ola Toivonen 03/07/1986 29 Sunderland - 3 1 0 0 43 9 - Isaac Kiese Thelin 24/06/1992 23 Bordeaux - 3 0 0 0 5 - Coach - Erik Hamrén 27/06/1957 58 - 7 0 0 0 65 - 5 Sweden - Austria Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Austria Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Austria - Robert Almer 20/03/1984 31 - 7 0 0 0 23 - Wien - Ramazan Özcan 28/06/1984 31 Ingolstadt - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Heinz Lindner 17/07/1990 25 Frankfurt - 0 0 0 0 7 - Defenders - Christian Fuchs 07/04/1986 29 Leicester - 7 0 0 0 68 1 - Michael Madl 21/03/1988 27 Sturm - 0 0 0 0 - - - Markus Suttner 16/04/1987 28 Ingolstadt - 0 0 0 0 14 - - Florian Klein 17/11/1986 28 Stuttgart * 7 0 0 0 29 - - Sebastian Prödl 21/06/1987 28 Watford * 4 0 0 0 51 4 - David Alaba 24/06/1992 23 Bayern - 5 3 0 0 38 9 Dynamo - Aleksandar Dragovic 06/03/1991 24 * 7 0 0 0 39 1 Kyiv - Kevin Wimmer 15/11/1992 22 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - György Garics 08/03/1984 31 Darmstadt - 0 0 0 0 40 2 - Julian Baumgartlinger 02/01/1988 27 Mainz * 6 0 0 0 38 1 - Zlatko Junuzovic 26/09/1987 27 Bremen - 7 2 0 0 41 6 - Stefan Ilsanker 18/05/1989 26 Leipzig - 5 0 0 0 9 - - Jakob Jantscher 08/01/1989 26 Luzern - 1 0 0 0 17 1 - Yasin Pehlivan 05/01/1989 26 Salzburg - 0 0 0 0 17 - Forwards - Marc Janko 25/06/1983 32 Basel - 6 3 0 0 47 20 1860 - Rubin Okotie 06/06/1987 28 - 5 2 0 0 11 2 München - Martin Harnik 10/06/1987 28 Stuttgart - 7 1 0 0 52 11 - Marko Arnautovic 19/04/1989 26 Stoke - 7 1 0 0 44 8 - Lukas Hinterseer 28/03/1991 24 Ingolstadt - 2 0 0 0 6 - - Marcel Sabitzer 17/03/1994 21 Leipzig - 4 0 0 0 12 2 Coach - Marcel Koller 11/11/1960 54 - 7 0 0 0 31 - 6 Sweden - Austria Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Head coach Erik Hamrén Date of birth: 27 June 1957 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Ljusdals IF, Stockviks FF Coaching career: Njurunda IK, IFK Sundsvall, Bro IK, Enköpings SK, Väsby IK, IF Brommapojkarna, Vasalunds IF, Degerfors IF, AIK Solna, Örgryte IS, Aalborg BK, Rosenborg BK, Sweden • Played the game only until his late teens.