Notes

Eriksson's intelligence and thoroughness, as impressive as his team's performance, initially had even the tabloid press gushing praise.  As he approached his second year in the job, however, there was grumbling that he does not meet with the media often enough and that he imparts little information even when he does.  Following tabloid disclosure of his alleged affair with a television personality, his private life became front-page news, and there were reports that he might leave if the media continued to delve into personal matters.  

England's quarterfinal elimination from World Cup 2002 prompted the first significant criticisms of Eriksson's performance as coach.  Unfavourable reviews were in the minority, however, and England's sixth-place World Cup showing meant his job was secure.  The only question was whether Eriksson himself wanted to stay on.  He said he intended to honour his contract, which does not run out until after the next World Cup in 2006.  

Much more heated and widespread criticism followed England's disappointing home 2-2 draw against FYR Macedonia in a European Championship 2004 qualification match in October, 2002 and a desultory 3-1 home loss to Australia in a friendly in February, 2003.  But England's pair of 2-0 wins against Liechtenstein away and Turkey at home in late March  and early April and their 2-1 win against Slovakia at home in June put them in contention for first place in the qualification group and brought at least a lull in media sniping.  England's record in competitive matches under Eriksson remains superb. - PY
 

Sven-Göran Eriksson - Biographical Facts
Full name	Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Born	5 February 1948, Torsby, Sweden.
Playing Career
Club	Right back, KB Karlskoga, Sweden, NK to 1975.
International	None.
Managerial Career
Prior experience	1976-77 to 1978-79 Degerfors IF, Sweden; 1979-80 to 1982-83 IFK Göteborg, Sweden; 1982-83 to 1983-84 SL Benfica, Portugal; 1984-85 to 1986-87 AS Roma, Italy; 1987-88 to 1988-89, Fiorentina AC, Italy; 1989-90 to 1991-92, SL Benfica, Portugal; 1992-93 to 1996-97 Sampdoria UC, Italy; 1997-98 to 2000-01 SS Lazio, Italy.
England tenure	Appointed national team coach 31 October 2000 effective 1 July 2001, but took charge on 12 January 2001 after resigning three days earlier as coach of SS Lazio in Italy.
First England match	Match No. 776, 28 February 2001, England 3 Spain 0, friendly match at Villa Park in Birmingham.
Last England match	Match No. 842, 1 July 2006, England 0 Portugal 0, World Cup Finals quarter-final match at Veltins Arena, Gelsinkirchen, Germany.
Major tournaments	World Cup 2002 final tournament.  European Championship 2004 final tournament.  World Cup 2006 final tournament.
England team honours	None.
Individual honours	Swedish Prince's Plaque for outstanding sporting achievement  on 4 April 2001; Sweden's Football Personality of the Year award on 5 November 2001; Sports Coach UK (formerly the National Coaching Foundation) Coach of the Year award (shared) on 6 December 2001; BBC Coach of the Year award on 9 December 2001.
Distinction	England's first foreign-born coach/manager; had most successful England coaching start with five successive wins.
Backroom staff	Eriksson chose fellow-Swede Tord Grip to be his assistant.  Over the five years in charge, Steve McClaren and Brian Kidd were his main coaches.  Sammy Lee was also appointed as a coach.  Ray Clemence was the goalkeeping coach.  Gary Lewin his physiotherapist.

 

Matches in Which Sven-Göran Eriksson Was In Charge of England
Season 2000-01
1	776	28 February 2001	England 3 Spain 0 [1-0]	Villa Park, Birmingham	Fr	HW
2	777	24 March 2001	England 2 Finland 1 [1-1]	Anfield Road, Liverpool	WCP	HW
3	778	28 March 2001	Albania 1 England 3 [0-0]	Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë		AW
4	779	25 May 2001	England 4 Mexico 0 [3-0]	Pride Park Stadium, Derby	Fr	HW
5	780	6 June 2001	Greece 0 England 2 [0-0]	Olympiako Stadio, Spyros Louis, Athína	WCP	AW
Season 2001-02
6	781	15 August 2001	England 0 Netherlands 2 [0-2]	White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London	Fr	HL
7	782	1 September 2001	Germany 1 England 5 [1-2]	Olympiastadion, München	WCP	AW
8	783	5 September 2001	England 2 Albania 0 [1-0]	St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		HW
9	784	6 October 2001	England 2 Greece 2 [0-1]	Old Trafford, Manchester		HD
10	785	10 November 2001	England 1 Sweden 1 [1-1]	Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HD
11	786	13 February 2002	Netherlands 1 England 1 [1-0]	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam	Fr	AD
12	787	27 March 2002	England 1 Italy 2 [0-0]	Elland Road, Leeds	Fr	HL
13	788	17 April 2002	England 4 Paraguay 0 [1-0]	Anfield Road, Liverpool	Fr	HW
14	789	21 May 2002	Korea Republic 1 England 1 [0-1]	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si	Fr	AD
15	790	26 May 2002	England 2 Cameroon 2 [1-1]	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan	Fr	ND
16	791	2 June 2002	England 1 Sweden 1 [1-0]	Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi	WCF	ND
17	792	7 June 2002	Argentina 0 England 1 [0-1]	Sapporo Dōmu, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi,		NW
18	793	12 June 2002	Nigeria 0 England 0 [0-0]	Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō, Ōsaka-shi		ND
19	794	15 June 2002	Denmark 0 England 3 [0-3]	Niigata Sutajiamu, Niigata-shi		NW
20	795	21 June 2002	England 1 Brazil 2 [1-1]	Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city		NL
Season 2002-03
21	796	7 September 2002	England 1 Portugal 1 [1-0]	Villa Park, Birmingham	Fr	HD
22	797	12 October 2002	Slovakia 1 England 2 [1-0]	Štadión Tehelné Pole, Bratislava	ECP	AW
23	798	16 October 2002	England 2 Macedonia FYR 2 [2-2]	The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton		HD
24	799	12 February 2003	England 1 Australia 3 [0-2]	Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London	Fr	HL
25	800	29 March 2003	Liechtenstein 0 England 2 [0-1]	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	ECP	AW
26	801	2 April 2003	England 2 Turkey 0 [0-0]	Stadium of  Light, Sunderland		HW
27	802	22 May 2003	South Africa 1 England 2 [1-1]	ABSA King's Park Stadium, Durban	Fr	AW
28	803	3 June 2003	England 2 Serbia & Montenegro 1 [1-1]	Walkers Stadium, Leicester	Fr	HW
29	804	11 June 2003	England 2 Slovakia 1 [0-1]	The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough	ECP	HW
Season 2003-04
805		20 August 2003	England 3 Croatia 1 [1-0]	Portman Road, Ipswich	Fr	HW
806		6 September 2003	Macedonia FYR 1 England 2 [1-0]	Gradski Stadion, Skopje	ECP	AW
807		10 September 2003	England 2 Liechtenstein 0 [0-0]	Old Trafford, Manchester		HW
808		11 October 2003	Turkey 0 England 0 [0-0]	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul		AD
809		16 November 2003	England 2 Denmark 3 [2-2]	Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HL
810		18 February 2004	Portugal 1 England 1 [0-0]	Estádio Algarve, Faro Loulé	Fr	AD
811		31 March 2004	Sweden 1 England 0 [0-0]	Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg	Fr	AL
812		1 June 2004	England 1 Japan 1 [1-0]	City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands, Manchester	T/C	HD
813		5 June 2004	England 6 Iceland 1 [3-1]	City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands, Manchester		HW
814		13 June 2004	France 2 England 1 [0-1]	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa	ECF	NL
815		17 June 2004	England 3 Switzerland 0 [1-0]	Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra		NW
816		21 June 2004	Croatia 2 England 4 [1-2]	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa		NW
817		24 June 2004	Portugal 2 England 2 [0-1] AET [1-1] & Penalties [6-5]	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa		AL
Season 2004-05
818		18 August 2004	England 3 Ukraine 0 [2-0]	St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Fr	HW
819		4 September 2004	Austria 2 England 2 [0-1]	Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien	WCP	AD
820		8 September 2004	Poland 1 England 2 [0-1]	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów		AW
821		9 October 2004	England 2 Wales 0 [1-0]	Old Trafford, Manchester		HW
822		13 October 2004	Azerbaijan 0 England 1 [0-1]	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku		AW
823		17 November 2004	Spain 1 England 0 [1-0]	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Fr	AL
824		9 February 2005	England 0 Netherlands 0 [0-0]	Villa Park, Birmingham	Fr	HD
825		26 March 2005	England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]	Old Trafford, Manchester	WCP	HW
826		30 March 2005	England 2 Azerbaijan 0 [0-0]	St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		HW
827		28 May 2005	U.S.A. 1 England 2 [0-2]	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois	Fr	AW
828		31 May 2005	Colombia 2 England 3 [1-2]	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States	Fr	NW
Season 2005-06
829		17 August 2005	Denmark 4 England 1 [0-0]	Parken Stadion, Indre Řsterbro, Křbenhavn	Fr	AL
830		3 September 2005	Wales 0 England 1 [0-0]	Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd	WCP	AW
831		7 September 2005	Northern Ireland 1 England 0 [0-0]	Windsor Park, Belfast		AL
832		8 October 2005	England 0 Austria 0 [1-0]	Old Trafford, Manchester		HW
833		12 October 2005	England 2 Poland 1 [1-1]	Old Trafford, Manchester		HW
834		12 November 2005	Argentina 2 England 3 [1-1]	Stade de Genčve, Genčve, Switzerland	Fr	NW
835		1 March 2006	England 2 Uruguay 1 [0-1]	Anfield Road, Liverpool	Fr	HW
836		30 May 2006	England 3 Hungary 1 [0-0]	Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HW
837		3 June 2006	England 6 Jamaica 0 [4-0]	Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HW
838		10 June 2006	England 1 Paraguay 0 [1-0]	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen	WCF	NW
839		15 June 2006	England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [0-0]	easyCredit-Stadion, Nürnberg, Bayern		NW
840		20 June 2006	Sweden 2 England 2 [0-1]	Rhein-Energie-Stadion, Köln		ND
841		25 June 2006	England 1 Ecuador 0 [0-0]	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart		NW
842		1 July 2006	England 0 Portugal 0 [0-0] AET [0-0] & Penalties [1-3]	Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen		ND

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