Match No. 640 - Wednesday, 19th October 1988
- 1
- Peter ShiltonDerby, 102nd of 125 caps
39 years, 1 month, 1 day
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensRangers, 28th of 46 caps
25 years, 6 months, 23 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 7th of 78 caps
26 years, 5 months, 25 days
Left Back
- 4
- Neil WebbNotts Forest, 11th of 26 caps
25 years, 2 months, 20 days
Midfield
- 5
- Tony AdamsArsenal, 16th of 66 caps
22 years, 0 months, 9 days
Centre Back
64'
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 56th of 77 caps
29 years, 9 months, 22 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 71st of 90 caps
31 years, 9 months, 8 days
Midfield (c)47th captaincy
- 9
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 37th of 62 caps
27 years, 10 months, 5 days
Midfield
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 36th of 80 caps
27 years, 10 months, 19 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 43rd of 79 caps
24 years, 11 month, 12 days
Left Midfield
79'
- 15
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 2nd of 59 caps
22 years, 10 months, 23 days
Centre Back
64'
- 16
- Tony CotteeEverton, 5th of 7 caps
23 years, 3 months, 8 days
Centre Forward
79'
- 1
- Thomas RavelliThomas Ravelli.
Born 13th Aug 1959, Vimmerby.
- 2
- Roland NilssonRoland Nilsson.
Born 27th Nov 1963, Helsingborg.
77'
- 3
- Glenn HysénGlenn Ingvar Hysén.
Born 30th Oct 1959, Gothenburg.
- 4
- Peter LarssonPeter Nils-Gösta Larsson.
Born 8th Mar 1961, Torsby.
- 5
- Roger LjungRoger Ljung.
Born 8th Jan 1966, Lomma.
- 6
- Jonas ThernJonas Magnus Thern.
Born 20th Mar 1967, Falköping.
- 7
- Glenn StrömbergGlenn Peter Strömberg.
Born 5th Jan 1960, Gothenburg.
- 8
- Robert PrytzRobert Prytz.
Born 12th Jan 1960, Malmö.
- 9
- Joakim NilssonJoakim Nilsson.
Born 31st Mar 1966, Landskrona.
- 10
- Hans HolmqvistHans-Olof Holmqvist.
Born 27th Apr 1960, Stockholm.
63'
- 11
- Stefan PetterssonStefan Bengt Pettersson.
Born 22nd Mar 1963, Västerås.
- 15
- Johnny EkströmJohnny Ekström.
Born 5th Mar 1965, Kallebäck.
63'
- 13
- Dennis SchillerDennis Schiller.
Born 18th May 1965, Gothenburg.
77'
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- www.svenskfotboll.se
Referee
France Gerard Biguet
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -3 ranking points to 1891 points England - 7th
Sweden - 6th
World Cup 1990 Q
(Group 2)

- Sweden
- 10
- +6
- 0
- 2
- 4
- 6

- England
- 9
- +10
- 0
- 3
- 3
- 6

- Poland
- 5
- -4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 6

- Albania
- 0
- -12
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 6