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Black Players Used by Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson, since his first match in charge, no. 776, has used 24 different black players, Darren Bent, Wes Brown, Sol Campbell, Andrew Cole, Ashley Cole, Jermain Defoe, Kieron Dyer, Ugo Ehiogu, Rio Ferdinand, Anthony Gardner, Emile Heskey, David James, Jermaine Jenas, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, Zat Knight, Aaron Lennon, Chris Powell, Kieran Richardson, Michael Ricketts, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Theo Walcott & Shaun Wright-Phillips.  He used them on 337 different occasions.  Since the 18 players he used against Spain on 28 February 2001, Sven-Göran Eriksson has used 1064 players in his 67 matches in charge.  Eriksson's usage of black players almost made up a third of the total players used.

Season 2000-01
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
776 28-Feb-2001 Spain Villa Park, Birmingham F 3 0 7/18 38.89
David James, Chris Powell, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole started.  Ugu Ehiogu & Emile Heskey were half-time substitutes.   James, Powell & Ferdinand  were substituted at half-time.
777 24-Mar-2001 Finland Anfield Road, Liverpool WCP 2 1 5/14 35.71
Sol Campbell, Chris Powell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started. Emile Heskey was a 72nd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 83 minutes.
778 28-Mar-2001 Albania Stadiumi Kombetar "Qemal Stafa Stadium", Tiranë WCP 3 1 6/13 46.15
Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started.  Wes Brown was a 29th minute substitute for Campbell.
779 25-May-2001 México Pride Park Stadium, Derby F 4 0 5/21 23.81
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  David James was a half-time substitute, as was Chris Powell, who replaced Cole.  Heskey was substituted after 67 minutes.
780 06-Jun-2001 Greece Olympiako Stadio 'Spyros Louis', Athína WCP 2 0 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 75 min.
Season 2001-02
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
781 15-Aug-2001 Netherlands White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London F 0 2 6/22 27.27
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown & Andrew Cole started.  Chris Powell was a half-time substitute for Ashley Cole.  Wes Brown was also substituted at half-time.  David James was a half-time substitute, but came off 3 minutes later.  Ugo Ehiogu was a 50th minute substitute.  Andrew Cole was substituted after 69 minutes.
782 01-Sep-2001 Germany Olympiastadion, München WCP 5 1 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.
783 05-Sep-2001 Albania St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP 2 0 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 55 minutes.
784 06-Oct-2001 Greece Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 2 2 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  Andrew Cole was a half-time substitute.  Ashley Cole was substituted after 79 minutes.
785 10-Nov-2001 Sweden Old Trafford, Manchester F 1 1 3/18 16.67
Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair started.  Heskey & Sinclair were substituted after 58 minutes.
786 13-Feb-2002 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 7/19 36.84
Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Michael Ricketts, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey started.  David James & Chris Powell were half-time substitutes.  Ferdinand, Campbell & Ricketts were substituted at half-time.  Vassell after 77 minutes.
787 27-Mar-2002 Italy Elland Road, Leeds F 1 2 7/22 31.82
Sol Campbell, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair started.  David James, Ledley King, Ugo Ehiogu & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Campbell & Heskey were substituted at half-time, and Sinclair after 70 minutes.
788 17-Apr-2002 Paraguay Anfield Road, Liverpool F 4 0 3/21 14.29
Darius Vassell & Kieron Dyer started.  Trevor Sinclair was a half-time substitute for Dyer.  Vassell was substituted after 68 minutes.
789 21-May-2002 South Korea Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si F 1 1 8/19 42.11
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Cole, Campbell & Ferdinand were replaced.  Wes Brown was a 68th minute substitute.
790 26-May-2002 Cameroon Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan F 2 2 7/18 38.89
Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, So Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all tarted.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Campbell, Ferdinand & Heskey were replaced.  Vassell was substituted after 75 minutes.
791 02-Jun-2002 Sweden Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama-ken, Japan WCF 1 1 6/13 46.15
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 74th minute substitute for Vassell.
792 07-Jun-2002 Argentina Sapporo Dome, Sapporo City, Japan WCF 1 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Trevor Sinclair was a 19th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 54 minutes.
793 12-Jun-2002 Nigeria Nagai Stadium, Osaka City, Japan WCF 0 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes, Darius Vassell came on after 77 minutes, Cole substituted after 85 minutes.
794 15-Jun-2002 Denmark Niigata Prefectural Stadium ("Big Swan"), Niigata-city, Japan WCF 3 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 49th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes.
795 21-Jun-2002 Brazil Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city, Japan WCF 1 2 7/14 50.00
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 56th minute substitute for Sinclair.  Darius Vassell was a  79th minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 80 minutes.
Season 2002-03
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
796 07-Sep-2002 Portugal Villa Park, Birmingham F 1 1 5/18 27.78
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  Cole & Ferdinand were substituted at half-time.  Trevor Sinclair was a 62nd minute substitute.
797 12-Oct-2002 Slovakia Štadión Tehelné Pole, Bratislava ECP 2 1 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole & Emile Heskey started.  Kieron Dyer was a 78th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted in time-added-on.
798 16-Oct-2002 FYR Macedonia The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton ECP 2 2 3/13 23.08
Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Darius Vassell was a 58th minute substitute.
799 12-Feb-2003 Australia Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London F 1 3 9/22 40.91
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Kieron Dyer all started and all were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Darius Vassell were all half-time substitutes.
800 29-Mar-2003 Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz ECP 2 0 4/14 28.57
David James, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Kieron Dyer all started.  Heskey was substituted after 80 minutes.
801 02-Apr-2003 Turkey Stadium of  Light, Sunderland ECP 2 0 5/13 38.46
David James, Rio Ferdinand & Sol Campbell started.  Darius Vassell was a 58th minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was a 89th minute substitute.
802 22-May-2003 South Africa ABSA King's Park Stadium, Durban F 2 1 6/18 33.33
David James, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair all started.  James & Ferdinand were substituted at half-time. Jermaine Jenas was a 51st minute substitute.  Sinclair was substituted after 58 minutes.  Darius Vassell was a 65th minute substitute for Heskey.
803 03-Jun-2003 Serbia and Montenegro Walkers Stadium, Leicester F 2 1 5/21 23.81
David James, Ashley Cole & Emile Heskey started.  Cole was substituted at half-time.  Jermaine Jenas was a half-time substitute.  Darius Vassell was a 61st minute substitute for Heskey.
804 11-Jun-2003 Slovakia The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough ECP 2 1 3/13 23.08
David James & Ashley Cole started.  Darius Vassell was a 57th minute substitute.
Season 2003-04
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
805 20-Aug-2003 Croatia Portman Road, Ipswich F 3 1 6/21 28.57
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  James was substituted at half-time.  Kieron Dyer & Trevor Sinclair were 60th minute substitutes.  Ferdinand & Cole were substituted after 60 minutes, Heskey after 76 minutes.
806 06-Sep-2003 Macedonia FYR Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP 2 1 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey was a half-time substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 85th minute substitute.
807 10-Sep-2003 Liechtenstein Old Trafford, Manchester ECP 2 0 1/14 7.14
David James started.
808 11-Oct-2003 Turkey Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul ECP 0 0 6/14 42.86
David James, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Darius Vassell was a 67th minute substitute for Heskey.  Kieron Dyer was a 71st minute substitute.
809 16-Nov-2003 Denmark Old Trafford, Manchester F 2 3 5/19 26.32
David James, Ashley Cole & Emile Heskey all started and all were substituted at half-time.  Glen Johnson was a 15th minute substitute.  Jermaine Jenas was a 65th minute substitute.
810 18-Feb-2004 Portugal Estádio Algarve, Faro Loulé F 1 1 6/20 30.00
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started.  Cole was substituted after 17 minutes.   Kieron Dyer was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 71st minute substitute.  Jermaine Jenas was an 86th minute substitute.
811 31-Mar-2004 Sweden Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg F 0 1 6/19 31.58
David James & Darius Vassell started.  Jermain Defoe was a 12th minute substitute for Vassell.  Anthony Gardner was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey & Jermaine Jenas were 60th minute substitutes.
812 01-Jun-2004 Japan City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 1 1 7/19 36.84
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were 77th minute substitutes.  Ledley King was an 88th minute substitute.
813 05-Jun-2004 Iceland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 6 1 7/22 31.82
Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell started and were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Jermain Defoe was an 84th minute substitute.
814 13-Jun-2004 France Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 1 2 6/14 42.86
David James, Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 69th minute substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 76th minute substitute.
815 17-Jun-2004 Switzerland Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ECF 3 0 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 83rd minute substitute.
816 21-Jun-2004 Croatia Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 4 2 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Ledley King was a 70th minute substitute.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.
817 24-Jun-2004 Portugal Estádio da Luz, Lisboa ECF 2 2 4/14 28.57
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 27th minute substitute.
Season 2004-05
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
818 18-Aug-2004 Ukraine St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne F 3 0 8/17 47.06
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started. Glen Johnson, Kieron Dyer & Jermain Defoe were all half-time substitutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 53rd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 62 minutes.  Jermaine Jenas was a 75th minute substitute.
819 04-Sep-2004 Austria Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien WCP 2 2 4/14 28.57
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 76th minute substitute.
820 08-Sep-2004 Poland Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP 2 1 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Jermain Defoe all started.  Kieron Dyer was an 87th minute substitute for Defoe.
821 09-Oct-2004 Wales Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 2 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 70 minutes.  Ledley King was an 87th minute substitute.
822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP 1 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jermaine Jenas & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 55 minutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 72nd minute substitute for Jenas.
823 17-Nov-2004 Spain Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid F 0 1 5/17 29.41
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Jermaine Jenas & Shaun Wright-Phillips were 60th minute substitutes.  Ferdinand was substituted after 62 minutes.  Jermain Defoe was a 78th minute substitute for Cole.
824 09-Feb-2005 Netherlands Villa Park, Birmingham F 0 0 5/16 31.25
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown & Shaun Wright-Phillips started.  Jermaine Jenas & Kieron Dyer were 82nd minute substitutes.  Wright-Phillips was substituted after 61 minutes.
825 26-Mar-2005 Northern Ireland Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 4 0 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer was a 72nd minute substitute, Jermain Defoe was a 80th minute substitute.
826 30-Mar-2005 Azerbaijan St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP 2 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer & Ledley King were were 77th minute substitutes, Jermain Defoe was a 84th minute substitute.
827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. Soldier Field Stadium, Chicago, Illinois F 2 1 9/15 60.00
Sol Campbell was Captain.  David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Kieran Richardson also started.  Knight was a half-time substitute for Campbell.  Richardson was substituted after 59 minutes.  Defoe was a 63rd minute substitute for Cole.  Richardson scored twice.
828 31-May-2005 Colombia Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States F 3 2 7/16 43.75
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Jermain Defoe all started.  David James & Glen Johnson were half-time substitutes.  Jermaine Jenas was an 84th minute substitute.
Season 2005-06
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark Parken Stadion, Křbenhavn F 1 4 6/17 35.29
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Zat Knight & Jermaine Jenas all started.  James was substituted at half-time.  Kieran Richardson & Jermain Defoe were 73rd minute substitutes. 
830 03-Sep-2005 Wales 'Stadiwm Y Mileniwm' The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, WCP 1 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 68th minute substitute.  Kieran Richardson came on after 84 minutes.
831 07-Sep-2005 Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast  WCP 0 1 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 76th minute substitute.
832 08-Oct-2005 Austria Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 1 0 4/14 28.57
Sol Campbell started.  Ledley King, Rio Ferdinand & Kieran Richardson were all substitutes.  Ferdinand replaced Campbell.
833 12-Oct-2005 Poland Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 2 1 4/14 28.57
Rio Ferdinand, Ledley King & Shaun Wright-Phillips started.  Jermaine Jenas was an 84th minute substitute.
834 12-Nov-2005 Argentina Stade de Genčve, Genčve, Switzerland F 3 2 2/14 14.29
Rio Ferdinand & Ledley King started.  King was substituted after 59 minutes.
835 01-Mar-2006 Uruguay Anfield Road, Liverpool F 2 1 6/17 35.29
Rio Ferdinand & Darren bent started.  Ledley King and Jermaine Jenas came on at half-time, followed by Shaun Wright-Phillips after 64 minutes, and Jermain Defoe after 82, who replaced King.
836 30-May-2006 Hungary Old Trafford, Manchester F 3 1 4/15 26.67
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.  Walcott and Campbell were substitutes.
837 03-Jun-2006 Jamaica Old Trafford, Manchester F 6 0 5/17 29.41
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.  Campbell, James and Lennon were substitutes.
838 10-Jun-2006 Paraguay Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany WCF 1 0 2/14 14.29
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.
839 15-Jun-2006 Trinidad & Tobago Frankenstadion, Nürnberg, Germany WCF 2 0 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Aaron Lennon was a second half substitute.
840 20-Jun-2006 Sweden Rhein Energy Stadion, Köln, Germany WCF 2 2 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Sol Campbell was a second half substitute.
841 25-Jun-2006 Ecuador Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany WCF 1 0 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Aaron Lennon was a second half substitute.
842 01-Jul-2006 Portugal Veltins Arena, Gelsinkirchen, Germany WCF 0 0 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Aaron Lennon was a second half substitute.

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