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MATCHFIFA World Cup1958Quarter-finals1958-06-19
Sweden
2–0
Soviet Union
Match details

At a glance

City
Solna
Kick-off
14:00
Attendance
~32,000
Referee
Reginald Leafe (England)
Stage
Quarter-finals
Scoring

Goals

48'
Hamrin headerSweden
87'
SimonssonSweden
Starting XI

Lineups

Sweden

  1. Svensson
  2. Bergmark
  3. Axbom
  4. Börjesson
  5. Gustavsson
  6. Parling
  7. Hamrin
  8. Gren
  9. Simonsson
  10. LiedholmC
  11. Skoglund

Soviet Union

  1. Yashin
  2. Kesarev
  3. Kuznetsov
  4. Voinov
  5. Krizhevskiy
  6. Tsarev
  7. A. Ivanov
  8. V. Ivanov
  9. SimonyanC
  10. Salnikov
  11. Ilyin
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

Sweden 2-0 Soviet Union lineup graphic
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Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeReginald Leafe (England)
OfficialBrossi (Argentina)
OfficialDragvoll (Norway)