Men's World Cup · recorded head-to-head

England vs Sweden

Follow England and Sweden across 3 source-recorded World Cup meetings in 3 editions.

England Sweden

3Recorded meetings
3Editions represented
1England wins
0Sweden wins
England W–D–L
1–2–0
Sweden W–D–L
0–2–1
Recorded match goals
England 5–3 Sweden
Editions in this record
2002, 2006, 2018

Archive scope: This page compares 3 source-recorded matches across 3 editions. The Atlas match archive is incomplete for some historical tournaments, so these totals should not be read as a definitive all-time record.

Meeting ledger

3 recorded match reports

Chronological source records, oldest to newest.

EditionDateStageFixtureScoreReport
2002Jun 2, 2002group stageEngland vs Sweden1–1Match report
2006Jun 20, 2006group stageSweden vs England2–2Match report
2018Jul 7, 2018quarter-finalsSweden vs England0–2Match report

A penalty-shootout winner counts as the match winner in the W–D–L record. Goal totals use the recorded match score; shoot-out kicks are not counted as match goals. Every row links to its edition and match report.

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