1956–59 Nordic Football Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Denmark Finland Norway Sweden |
Dates | 10 June 1956 – 18 October 1959 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 110 (4.58 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) |
The 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship was the seventh tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its fifth Nordic Championship win.
Results
[edit]1956
[edit]Sweden ![]() | 1-1 | ![]() |
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Löfgren ![]() |
Report | J. P. Hansen ![]() |
1957
[edit]Finland ![]() | 0-4 | ![]() |
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Report | Kristiansen ![]() Kristoffersen ![]() Hennum ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 5-2 | ![]() |
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Simonsson ![]() Sandberg ![]() Ekström ![]() Gren ![]() |
Report | Hennum ![]() Thoresen ![]() |
1958
[edit]Denmark ![]() | 1-2 | ![]() |
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P. Pedersen ![]() |
Report | Borgen ![]() A. Pedersen ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 1-7 | ![]() |
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Korpela ![]() |
Report | Börjesson ![]() Jonsson ![]() Källgren ![]() Simonsson ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 4-4 | ![]() |
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Berndtsson ![]() Börjesson ![]() Gren ![]() |
Report | Mdsen ![]() Enoksen ![]() Sørensen ![]() |
1959
[edit]Norway ![]() | 2-4 | ![]() |
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A. Sørensen ![]() Kristiansen ![]() |
Report | Nielsen ![]() Enoksen ![]() Pedersen ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 6-2 | ![]() |
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Simonsson ![]() Berndtsson ![]() Börjesson ![]() Thillberg ![]() |
Report | Backe ![]() Hennum ![]() |
Table
[edit]'Two points for a victory, one point for a draw, no points for a loss.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 17 | +28 | 20 |
2 | ![]() |
12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 14 |
3 | ![]() |
12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 13 |
4 | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 44 | –36 | 1 |
Winners
[edit]1956–59 Nordic Football Championship winners |
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![]() Sweden Fifth title |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 110 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.58 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
John Kramer
Peder Kjær
Finn Hansen
Ove Bech Nielsen
Jørgen Hansen
Knud Lundberg
Jørn Sørensen
Olavi Lahtinen
Kai Pahlman
Unto Nevalainen
Olli Forsgren
Matti Sundelin
Kauko Korpela
Nils-Åke Sandell
Lennart Backman
Henry Thillberg
Åge Sørensen
Arne Høivik
Harry Kure
Gunnar Dybwad
Rolf Bjørn Backe
Gunnar Thoresen
Ragnar Larsen
See also
[edit]Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959 results". football.eu. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- Nordic Football Championship
- 1956–57 in European football
- 1957–58 in European football
- 1958–59 in European football
- 1959–60 in European football
- 1956–57 in Swedish football
- 1957–58 in Swedish football
- 1959 in Swedish football
- 1960 in Swedish football
- 1956–57 in Danish football
- 1958 in Danish football
- 1959 in Danish football
- 1956 in Norwegian football
- 1957 in Norwegian football
- 1958 in Norwegian football
- 1959 in Norwegian football
- 1956 in Finnish football
- 1957 in Finnish football
- 1958 in Finnish football
- 1959 in Finnish football