Sven-Göran Eriksson	"'If we don't get results, they will try to hang me. But if I was an Englishman, they would also try to hang me.'" 67 matches in charge P 67 W 40 D 17 L 10 F 128: A 61 72% successful FIFA Rankings: from 17th to 5th 2001-06 discipline: 73 3 players managed: 72
Profile
Full name	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Born	5 February 1948, Sunne, Värmland, Sweden, raised in Torsby.
Height/Weight	-
Playing Career
Club(s)	Right-back, begining his senior career with Torsby IF, playing 109 league appearances, scoring 23 times. Joined SK Sifhälla in 1971 for a season, playing 22 times.  Eriksson then played for KB Karlskoga in 1972, playing nineteen times, scoring three goals. He then joined Västra Frölunda IF, played another fifty league matches, scoring another five goals. He retired in 1975, aged 27, with a knee injury.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
Management Career
Club honours	After retiring from playing, he became Tord Grip's assistant at 1976-77 Degerfors IF in 1976, before becoming the team's manager a season later after Grip went on to become the Swedish national team assistant manager. His success drew the attention of IFK Göteborg, where he joined in 1979.  His European success caught the attention of SL Benfica, where he joined in 1982 and onto AS Roma in 1984, and onto Fiorentina AC. Eriksson returned to SL Benfica in 1989-90 to 1991-92, SL Benfica, Portugal. He returned to Italy in 1992 and Sampdoria UC and despite promising to join Blackburn Rovers FC in 1997, he instead joined SS Lazio.
	Division 3 Västra Svealand winners 1977-78; Svenska Cupen winners 1978-79, 1981-82; Allsvenkan Champions 1981-82; UEFA Cup winners 1981-82, runners-up 1982-83, 1997-98; Primeira Liga Champions 1982-83, 1983-84, 1990-91; Taça de Portugal winners 1982-83; Coppa Italia winners 1985-86, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000; Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Champions 1989; European Cup runners up 1989-90; Supercoppa Italiana winners 1998, 2000; European Cup Winners Cup winners 1998-99; UEFA Super Cup winners 1999; Serie A Champions 1999-2000;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
England Career
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.  Announced his intention to step down as coach on 23 January 2006, taking effect from 31 July 2006.
Other applicants	The job was turned down by Roy Hodgson, as he had already committed to FC København of Denmark. Adam Crozier, the FA's Chief Executive, revealed that Hodgson was one of three candidates to replace Keegan, the other two were Arsenal FC's Arsene Wenger and Eriksson.
First match	No. 776, 28 February 2001, England 3 Spain 0, friendly match at Villa Park in Birmingham, aged 53 years 23 days.
Last match	No. 842, 1 July 2006, England 0 Portugal 0, World Cup Finals quarter-final match at Veltins Arena, Gelsinkirchen, Germany, aged 58 years 146 days.
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 2002, 2006; European Championship Finals 2004;
Team honours	None.
Individual honours	Swedish Prince's Plaque for outstanding sporting achievement 4 April 2001, Sweden's Football Personality of the Year award 5 November 2001; Sports Coach UK (formerly the National Coaching Foundation) Coach of the Year award (shared) 6 December 2001; BBC Coach of the Year award 9 December 2001.
Distinctions	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.
Beyond England
Management Career
Club(s)	Returned to coaching in July 2007 with Manchester City FC. His helm was held for one season and he left City 'by mutual consent' on 2 June 2008. A day later, he was installed as manager of the Mexican national team. He was sacked on 2 April 2009 after thirteen matches in charge, winning and losing six matches each.  Eriksson was installed as Notts County FC's Director of Football on 22 July 2009, but false promises and mounting debts meant Eriksson would resign on 11 February 2010.  He was back with the Côte d'Ivoire national team on 25 March 2010, and despite turning around the country's fortunes, Eriksson was never offered another contract and left on 25 June.  He returned to England and Championship team Leicester City FC on 3 October 2010, but despite turning City into favourites, Eriksson left on 24 October 2011 with City laying in mid-table.  Eriksson applied for the vacant managerial spot at Leeds United AFC in February 2012.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	Premier League manager of the month August 2007;

 

Matches in which Sven-Göran Eriksson was in charge of England
Took charge on 12 January 2001
Friendly
1	776	28 February 2001 - England 3 Spain 0 [1-0] Villa Park, Birmingham (41,129)	Barmby, Heskey, Ehiogu	HW
World Cup Preliminaries
2	777	24 March 2001 - England 2 Finland 1 [1-1] Anfield Road, Liverpool (44,262)	Owen, Beckham Riihilahti (G.Neville OG)	HW
3	778	28 March 2001 - Albania 1 England 3 [0-0] Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë (18,000)	Rraklli Owen, Scholes, Andrew Cole.	AW
Friendly
4	779	25 May 2001 - England 4 Mexico 0 [3-0] Pride Park Stadium, Derby (33,597)	Scholes, Fowler, Beckham, Sheringham	HW
World Cup Preliminary
5	780	6 June 2001 - Greece 0 England 2 [0-0] Olympiako Stadio, Spyros Louis, Athína (29,000 to 46,000)	Scholes, Beckham	AW
Season 2001-02
Friendly
6	781	15 August 2001 - England 0 Netherlands 2 [0-2] White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (35,238)	van Bommel, van Nistelrooij	HL
World Cup Preliminaries
7	782	1 September 2001 - Germany 1 England 5 [1-2] Olympiastadion, München (63,000)	Jancker Owen (3), Gerrard, Heskey	AW
8	783	5 September 2001 - England 2 Albania 0 [1-0] St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (51,046)	Owen, Fowler	HW
9	784	6 October 2001 - England 2 Greece 2 [0-1] Old Trafford, Manchester (66,090)	Sheringham, Beckham Charisteas, Nikolaidis	HD
Friendlies
10	785	10 November 2001 - England 1 Sweden 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester (64,413)	Beckham (pen) Mild	HD
11	786	13 February 2002 - Netherlands 1 England 1 [1-0] Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (42,000/48,500)	Kluivert Vassell	AD
12	787	27 March 2002 - England 1 Italy 2 [0-0] Elland Road, Leeds (36,635)	Fowler Montella (2 (1 pen))	HL
13	788	17 April 2002 - England 4 Paraguay 0 [1-0] Anfield Road, Liverpool (42,713)	Owen, Murphy (Gamarra OG), Vassell (Gavilán OG), Ayala OG	HW
14	789	21 May 2002 - Korea Republic 1 England 1 [0-1] Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si (39,876)	Ji-Sung Owen	AD
15	790	26 May 2002 - England 2 Cameroon 2 [1-1] Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan (36,424)	Vassell, Fowler Eto'o, Geremi	ND
World Cup Finals in Japan & Korea
16	791	2 June 2002 - England 1 Sweden 1 [1-0] Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi (62,561)	Campbell Alexandersson	ND
17	792	7 June 2002 - Argentina 0 England 1 [0-1] Sapporo Dōmu, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi (35,927)	Beckham (pen)	NW
18	793	12 June 2002 - Nigeria 0 England 0 [0-0] Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō, Ōsaka-shi (44,864)		ND
19	794	15 June 2002 - Denmark 0 England 3 [0-3] Niigata Sutajiamu, Niigata-shi (40,582)	Sørenson OG (R.Ferdinand), Owen, Heskey	NW
20	795	21 June 2002 - England 1 Brazil 2 [1-1] Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city (47,436)	Owen Rivaldo, Ronaldinho	NL
			Ronaldinho
Season 2002-03
Friendly
21	796	7 September 2002 - England 1 Portugal 1 [1-0] Villa Park, Birmingham (40,058)	Smith Costinha	HD
European Championship Preliminaries
22	797	12 October 2002 - Slovakia 1 England 2 [1-0] Štadión Tehelné pole, Bratislava (27,000/30,000)	Németh Beckham, Owen	AW
23	798	16 October 2002 - England 2 Macedonia FYR 2 [2-2] The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton (32,095)	Beckham, Gerrard Sakiri, Trajanov	HD
			Smith
Friendly
24	799	12 February 2003 - England 1 Australia 3 [0-2] Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London (34,590)	Jeffers Popovic, Kewell, Emerton	HL
European Championship Preliminaries
25	800	29 March 2003 - Liechtenstein 0 England 2 [0-1] Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz (3,548)	Owen, Beckham	AW
26	801	2 April 2003 - England 2 Turkey 0 [0-0] Stadium of  Light, Sunderland (47,667)	Vassell, Beckham (pen)	HW
Friendlies
27	802	22 May 2003 - South Africa 1 England 2 [1-1] Amalgamated Banks of South Africa Stadium, Durban (48,000)	McCarthy (pen) Southgate, Heskey	AW
28	803	3 June 2003 - England 2 Serbia & Montenegro 1 [1-1] Walkers Stadium, Leicester (30,900)	Gerrard, J.Cole Jestrović	HW
European Championship Preliminary
29	804	11 June 2003 - England 2 Slovakia 1 [0-1] The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough (35,000)	Owen (2 (1 pen)) Janocko	HW
Season 2003-04
Friendly
30	805	20 August 2003 - England 3 Croatia 1 [1-0] Portman Road, Ipswich (28,700)	Beckham (pen), Owen, Lampard Mornar	HW
European Championship Preliminaries
31	806	6 September 2003 - Macedonia FYR 1 England 2 [1-0] Gradski Stadion, Skopje (20,500)	Hristov Rooney, Beckham (pen)	AW
32	807	10 September 2003 - England 2 Liechtenstein 0 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (64,931)	Owen, Rooney	HW
33	808	11 October 2003 - Turkey 0 England 0 [0-0] Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul (42,000)		AD
Friendlies
34	809	16 November 2003 - England 2 Denmark 3 [2-2] Old Trafford, Manchester (64,159)	Rooney, J.Cole Jørgensen (2 (1 pen), Tomasson	HL
35	810	18 February 2004 - Portugal 1 England 1 [0-0] Estádio Algarve, Parque des Cidades (27,000)	Pauleta Miguel OG	AD
36	811	31 March 2004 - Sweden 1 England 0 [0-0] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg (40,484)	Ibrahimović	AL
FA Summer Tournament
37	812	1 June 2004 - England 1 Japan 1 [1-0] City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands, Manchester (38,581)	Owen Ono	HD
38	813	5 June 2004 - England 6 Iceland 1 [3-1] City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands, Manchester (43,500)	Lampard, Rooney (2), Vassell (2), Bridge Helguson	HW
European Championship Finals in Portugal
39	814	13 June 2004 - France 2 England 1 [0-1] Estádio da Luz, Lisboa (62,487/64,000)	Lampard Zidane (2 (1 pen))	NL
40	815	17 June 2004 - England 3 Switzerland 0 [1-0] Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra (28,214/30.000)	Rooney (2), Gerrard	NW
			Haas
41	816	21 June 2004 - Croatia 2 England 4 [1-2] Estádio da Luz, Lisboa (57,047/63,000)	N Kovač, Tudor Scholes, Rooney (2), Lampard	NW
42	817	24 June 2004 - Portugal 2 England 2 [0-1] Estádio da Luz, Lisboa (62,564/65,000)	Postiga, Rui Costa Owen, Lampard	ND
Season 2004-05
Friendly
43	818	18 August 2004 - England 3 Ukraine 0 [1-0] St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (35,387)	Beckham, Owen, Wright-Phillips	HW
World Cup Preliminaries
44	819	4 September 2004 - Austria 2 England 2 [0-1] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien (48,500)	Kollmann, Ivanschitz Lampard, Gerrard	AD
45	820	8 September 2004 - Poland 1 England 2 [0-1] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (38,000)	Żurawski Defoe, Głowacki OG	AW
46	821	9 October 2004 - England 2 Wales 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (65,224)	Lampard, Beckham	HW
47	822	13 October 2004 - Azerbaijan 0 England 1 [0-1] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku (15,000)	Owen	AW
Friendlies
48	823	17 November 2004 - Spain 1 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (48,000)	Del Horno	AL
49	824	9 February 2005 - England 0 Netherlands 0 [0-0] Villa Park, Birmingham (40,705)		HD
World Cup Preliminaries
50	825	26 March 2005 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (65,239)	J.Cole, Owen, Baird OG, Lampard	HW
51	826	30 March 2005 - England 2 Azerbaijan 0 [0-0] St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (49,046)	Gerrard, Beckham	HW
Tour of USA
52	827	28 May 2005 - USA 1 England 2 [0-2] Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois (42,637/47,637)	Dempsey Richardson (2)	AW
53	828	31 May 2005 - Colombia 2 England 3 [1-2] Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA (50,807)	Yepes, Ramirez Owen (3)	NW
Season 2005-06
Friendly
54	829	17 August 2005 - Denmark 4 England 1 [0-0] Parken Stadion, Indre Østerbro, København (41,438)	Rommedahl, Tomasson, Gravgaard, Larsen Rooney	AL
World Cup Preliminaries
55	830	3 September 2005 - Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Millennium Stadium, Westgate Street, Cardiff (70,715)	J.Cole	AW
56	831	7 September 2005 - Northern Ireland 1 England 0 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (14,069)	Healy	AL
57	832	8 October 2005 - England 1 Austria 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (64,822)	Lampard (pen)	HW
			Beckham
58	833	12 October 2005 - England 2 Poland 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester (65,467)	Owen, Lampard Frankowski	HW
Friendlies
59	834	12 November 2005 - Argentina 2 England 3 [1-1] Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland (29,000)	Crespo, Samuel Rooney, Owen (2)	NW
Resignation announced on  23 January 2006
60	835	1 March 2006 - England 2 Uruguay 1 [0-1] Anfield Road, Liverpool (40,013)	Crouch, J.Cole Pouso	HW
61	836	30 May 2006 - England 3 Hungary 1 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (56,323)	Gerrard, Terry, Crouch Dárdai	HW
62	837	3 June 2006 - England 6 Jamaica 0 [4-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (70,373)	Lampard, Taylor OG, Crouch (3), Owen	HW
World Cup Finals in Germany
63	838	10 June 2006 - England 1 Paraguay 0 [1-0] Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen (48,000)	Gamarra OG	NW
64	839	15 June 2006 - England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [0-0] easyCredit-Stadion, Nürnberg, Bayern (41,000)	Crouch, Gerrard	NW
65	840	20 June 2006 - Sweden 2 England 2 [0-1] Rhein-Energie-Stadion, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen (45,000)	Allbäck, Larsson J.Cole, Gerrard	ND
66	841	25 June 2006 - England 1 Ecuador 0 [0-0] Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (52,000)	Beckham	NW
67	842	1 July 2006 - England 0 Portugal 0 [0-0] AET [0-0] & Penalties [1-3] Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (52,000)		ND
			Rooney
Resignation took effect on  31 July 2006

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

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