1964–67 Nordic Football Championship

The 1964–67 Nordic Football Championship was the ninth tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its seventh Nordic Championship win.

1964–67 Nordic Football Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Finland Norway Sweden
Dates	28 June 1964 – 5 November 1967
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (7th title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	71 (2.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erik Dyreborg Ole Madsen Tom Turesson (5 goals)
← 1960–63 1968–71 →

Results

1964

28 June 1964

17:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	4-1	Denmark
Öberg 12' Bild 47' Martinsson 57' Magnusson 64'	Report	Danielsen 65'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 25,678

Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

2 August 1964

18:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-0	Sweden
Järvi 59'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 15,551

Referee: Helmut Köhler (West Germany)

20 August 1964

18:30 (UTC+2:00)

Norway	2-0	Finland
Berg 20' Seemann 30'	Report

Lerkendal Stadion Trondheim

Attendance: 17,056

Referee: Einer Poulsen (Denmark)

6 September 1964

15:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	2-1	Denmark
Järvi 24' Peltonen 76'	Report	Rasmussen 85'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 16,319

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

20 September 1964

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	1-1	Sweden
Seemann 55'	Report	Larsson 40' (pen.)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 22,132

Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)

11 October 1964

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	2-0	Norway
Madsen 43', 83'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 40,700

Referee: Erik Beijar (Finland)

1965

9 June 1965

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3-1	Finland
Sørensen 47' Madsen 53', 60'	Report	Tosla 7'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 33,400

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

20 June 1965

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	2-1	Sweden
Madsen 18' Sørensen 34'	Report	Persson 30'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

8 August 1965

18:30 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	4-0	Norway
Pahlman 36' Mäkilä 63' Kumpulampi 79' Lindholm 88'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 16,525

Referee: Einar Boström (Sweden)

22 August 1965

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2-2	Finland
Bild 2' Simonsson 82'	Report	Pahlman 35' Mäkilä 55'

Skogsvallen, Luleå

Attendance: 13,970

Referee: Carl Werner Hansen (Denmark)

26 September 1965

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	2-2	Denmark
Stavrum 18' Johansen 40'	Report	Troelsen 44' Fritsen 53'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 14,913

Referee: Pehr Engblom (Finland)

31 October 1965

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	0-0	Norway
	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 12,922

Referee: Wacław Majdan (Poland)

1966

4 June 1966

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-0	Sweden
Lindholm 20'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 29,622

Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

26 June 1966

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	0-1	Norway
	Report	Johansen 51'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 27,500

Referee: Curt Liedberg (Sweden)

14 August 1966

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	1-1	Finland
Pedersen 25'	Report	Lindholm 68'

Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

18 September 1966

14:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	2-1	Denmark
Mäkipää 37' Laine 61'	Report	Jørgensen 14'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 19,223

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

18 September 1966

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	2-4	Sweden
Hasund 9' Berg 27'	Report	Karlsson 48' (pen.) Turesson 60', 63', 70'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,551

Referee: Bramming Sørensen (Denmark)

6 November 1966

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2-1	Denmark
Simonsson 27' Danielsson 48'	Report	Wiberg 13'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 16,780

Referee: Toimi Olkku (Finland)

1967

1 June 1967

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	0-2	Norway
	Report	Nilsen 20', 58'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,672

Referee: Arne Jensen (Denmark)

25 June 1967

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	1-1	Sweden
Bjerre 70' (pen.)	Report	Selander 56'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 49,100

Referee: Kurt Handwerker (West Germany)

10 August 1967

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	2-0	Finland
Eriksson 44' Danielsson 74'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 11,909

Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)

24 September 1967

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	0-5	Denmark
	Report	Dyreborg 40', 41', 57', 60', 63'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,987

Referee: Bo Nilsson (Sweden)

22 October 1967

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3-0	Finland
Hansen 33' Bjerre 67' (pen.) Laudrup 74'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Ivar Hornslien (Norway)

5 November 1967

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	5-2	Norway
Turesson 13', 89' Danielsson 39' Eriksson 48', 85'	Report	Iversen 57' (pen.) Nilsen 90'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 14,078

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

Table

The table is compiled by awarding two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	12	5	4	3	22	14	+8	14
2	Denmark	12	5	2	5	22	16	+6	12
3	Finland	12	5	2	5	14	17	–3	12
4	Norway	12	3	4	5	13	24	–11	10

Winners

1964–67 Nordic Football Championship winners
Sweden Seventh title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.

5 goals

• Erik Dyreborg
• Ole Madsen
• Tom Turesson

3 goals

• Tommy Lindholm
• Olav Nilsen
• Inge Danielsson
• Leif Eriksson

2 goals

• Kresten Bjerre
• Ole Sørensen
• Asko Mäkilä
• Kai Pahlman
• Harri Järvi
• Erik Johansen
• Finn Seemann
• Harald Berg
• Agne Simonsson
• Harry Bild

1 goal

• Finn Laudrup
• Finn Wiberg
• Johnny Hansen
• John Danielsen
• Jørgen Jørgensen
• Jørgen Rasmussen
• Ole Fritsen
• Tommy Troelsen
• Aulis Laine
• Arto Tolsa
• Juhani Peltonen
• Markku Kumpulampi
• Pertti Mäkipää
• Arne Pedersen
• Kjetil Hasund
• Odd Iversen
• Ole Stavrum
• Bo Larsson
• Jan Karlsson
• Hans Selander
• Prawitz Öberg
• Örjan Martinsson
• Örjan Persson
• Roger Magnusson

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

External links

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