Match No. 649 - Wednesday, 6th September 1989
- 1
- Thomas RavelliThomas Ravelli.
Born 13th Aug 1959, Vimmerby.
- 2
- Roland NilssonRoland Nilsson.
Born 27th Nov 1963, Helsingborg.
- 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
- Leif EngqvistLeif Engqvist.
Born 30th Jul 1962, Dalby.
- 7
- Jonas ThernJonas Magnus Thern.
Born 20th Mar 1967, Falköping.
- 8
- Klas IngessonKlas Inge Ingesson.
Born 20th Aug 1968, Ödeshög.
72'
- 9
- Joakim NilssonJoakim Nilsson.
Born 31st Mar 1966, Landskrona.
77'
- 10
- Johnny EkströmJohnny Ekström.
Born 5th Mar 1965, Kallebäck.
- 11
- Mats MagnussonMats Tuve Magnusson.
Born 10th Jul 1963, Helsingborg.
- 15
- Glenn StrömbergGlenn Peter Strömberg.
Born 5th Jan 1960, Gothenburg.
72'
- 14
- Anders LimparAnders Erik Limpar.
Born 24th Sep 1965, Solna.
77'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonDerby, 110th of 125 caps
39 years, 11 month, 18 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensRangers, 34th of 46 caps
26 years, 5 months, 10 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 16th of 78 caps
27 years, 4 months, 12 days
Left Back
- 4
- Neil WebbMan Utd, 19th of 26 caps
26 years, 1 month, 7 days
Midfield
72'
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 10th of 59 caps
23 years, 9 months, 10 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 64th of 77 caps
30 years, 8 months, 9 days
Centre Back (c)2nd captaincy
- 7
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 35th of 59 caps
28 years, 7 months, 19 days
Forward
- 8
- Steve McMahonLiverpool, 6th of 17 caps
28 years, 0 months, 17 days
Midfield
- 9
- Chris WaddleMarseille, 45th of 62 caps
28 years, 8 months, 23 days
Midfield
- 10
- Gary LinekerSpurs, 43rd of 80 caps
28 years, 9 months, 6 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 48th of 79 caps
25 years, 9 months, 29 days
Left Midfield
76'
- 14
- Paul GascoigneSpurs, 6th of 57 caps
22 years, 3 months, 10 days
Midfield
72'
- 15
- David RocastleArsenal, 8th of 14 caps
22 years, 4 months, 4 days
Midfield
76'
Sources
- 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
Austria Hurbert Forstinger
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 6 ranking points to 1941 points
England - 6th - 1
Sweden - 7th
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