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England's Coaches/Managers -
Sven-Göran Eriksson
67 matches in charge
72% successful
2001-2006
"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." - 12 January 2001.


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
Sven-Göran Eriksson - Record - All Matches by Venue
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 30 20 6 4 68 25 +43 2 13 2.267 0.833 76.7 +16
Away 21 11 6 4 32 21 +11 4 5 1.524 1.000 66.7 +7
Neutral 16 9 5 2 28 15 +13 2 8 1.750 0.938 71.9 +7
Total 67 40 17 10 128 61 +67 8 26 1.910 0.910 72.3 +30
Sven-Göran Eriksson - Record - All Matches by Type
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
World Cup 26 18 6 2 45 15 +30 3 15 1.731 0.577 80.8 +16
European Championship 12 8 3 1 24 11 +13 1 5 2.000 0.917 79.2 +7
Minor Tournament/Cup 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.500 1.000 75.0 +1
Friendly 27 13 7 7 52 33 +19 4 6 1.926 1.222 61.1 +6
All 67 40 17 10 128 61 +67 8 26 1.910 0.910 72.3 +30
Sven-Göran Eriksson - Record - Major Tournament Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 2000-02 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11 0 2 2.667 0.833 91.7 +5
WCF 2002 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 1 3 1.200 0.600 60.0 +1
ECP  2002-04 8 6 2 0 14 5 +9 1 3 1.750 0.625 87.5 +6
ECF  2004 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 1 1 2.500 1.500 62.5 +1
WCP 2004-06 10 8 1 1 17 5 +12 1 6 1.700 0.500 85.0 +7
WCF 2006 5 3 2 0 6 2 +4 1 4 1.200 0.400 80.0 +3
All 38 26 9 3 69 26 +43 5 19 1.816 0.684 80.3 +23

Sven-Göran Eriksson - Record - World Cup Matches

Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP Total 16 13 2 1 33 10 +23 1 8 2.063 0.625 87.5 +12
WCF Total 10 5 4 1 12 5 +7 2 7 1.200 0.500 70.0 +4
WC Total 26 18 6 2 45 15 +30 3 15 1.731 0.577 80.8 +16

Sven-Göran Eriksson - Record - European Championship Matches

Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP Total 8 6 2 0 14 5 +9 1 3 1.750 0.625 87.5 +6
ECF Total 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 1 1 2.500 1.500 62.5 +1
EC Total 12 8 3 1 24 11 +13 2 4 2.000 0.917 79.2 +7

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