Sweden 1 vs. Brazil 1 in the 1978 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group 3 game played in the 1978 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Brazil and Sweden with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 1978 World Cup, 1st Round Group 3

Date: Saturday, June 03, 1978

Sweden

1 - 1

Brazil

Goals:

37'

Thomas Sjoberg

45'

Reinaldo

Players

Sweden
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Ronnie Hellstrom
DF	2.	Hasse Borg
DF	3.	Roy Andersson
DF	4.	Bjorn Nordqvist (C)
DF	5.	Ingemar Erlandsson
MF	6.	Staffan Tapper
MF	7.	Anders Linderoth
MF	8.	Bo Larsson
MF	9.	Lennart Larsson 81'
FW	10.	Thomas Sjoberg
FW	11.	Benny Wendt
		Entered
FW	22.	Ralf Edstrom 81'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Goran Hagberg
GK	17.	Jan Moller
DF	13.	Magnus Andersson
DF	14.	Roland Aman
DF	19.	Kent Karlsson
DF	20.	Roland Andersson
MF	18.	Olle Nordin
FW	15.	Torbjorn Nilsson
FW	16.	Conny Torstensson
FW	21.	Sanny Aslund
	Coach: Georg Ericson

Brazil
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Leao
DF	2.	Toninho
DF	3.	Oscar
DF	4.	Amaral
DF	6.	Edinho
MF	5.	Toninho Cerezo 86'
MF	8.	Zico
MF	10.	Rivelino (C)
MF	17.	Batista
FW	9.	Reinaldo
FW	18.	Gil 66'
		Entered
DF	13.	Nelinho 66'
MF	11.	Dirceu 86'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Carlos
GK	22.	Waldir Peres
DF	14.	Abel
DF	15.	Polozzi
DF	16.	Rodrigues Neto
MF	21.	Chicao
FW	7.	Ze Sergio
FW	19.	Jorge Mendonca
FW	20.	Roberto Dinamite
	Coach: Claudio Coutinho

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

National Team	Player	Card and Minutes
Brazil	Oscar	yellow card  (unknown minute)

Substitutions

Sweden
Minute 81		Ralf Edstrom	replaced	Lennart Larsson
Brazil
Minute 66		Nelinho	replaced	Gil
Minute 86		Dirceu	replaced	Toninho Cerezo