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Aston Villa games against Swedish teams:
Europa League:
1996/1997 – the only (?) game vs a Swedish team in an international competition:
Helsingborg-Villa 0-0 (Spectators: 16.000 at Olympia, in Helsingborg)
Villa-Helsingborg 1-1 (Tommy Johnsson / Peter Wibrån, Spectators: 25.818)
https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/aston-villa/11/?fbclid=IwAR27Z75N-wnv6OZ3rovZpRlHI4g48Dlt7Dd3KDoMnUlszBttcwVGiQMCFD8
https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/4477
Friendlies between Aston Villa and teams from Sweden:
1926
Göteborgsalliansen – Aston Villa, 1926
Result: 2-1, Spectators ~ ??
https://www.gp.se/livsstil/g%C3%B6teborgiana/grattis-p%C3%A5-hundra%C3%A5rsdagen-g%C3%B6teborgsalliansen-1.39500238
ÖIS – Aston Villa – May 26, 1926
Result: 5-2, Spectators: 8 542
https://www.facebook.com/OrgryteFotboll/photos/tillbakablick-1926snart-p%C3%A5-dagen-f%C3%B6r-90-%C3%A5r-sedan-g%C3%A4stades-%C3%B6is-av-storfr%C3%A4mmande-p/10154187308287834/
1958
Aston Villa – GAIS, Villa Park, October 29, 1958
Result: 3-0, Spectators ~ ??
1967
MFF – Aston Villa, summer 1967
Result: ??, Spectators ~ ??
https://blottsnack.libsyn.com/bltt-snack-avsnitt-ett
1977 or 1978
Swedish National Team – Aston Villa, Gothenburg. A rumour, not verified.
1987 or 1988 – according to the ”Complete encyclopaedia of Aston Villa FC” by Tony Matthews, from 2001.
Norrtälje – Aston Villa
Result: ??, Spectators ~ ??
Värmbols GoIF (FC today) – Aston Villa
Result: 0-6?, Spectators ~ ??
Played at Backavallen possibly.
Värmbol had borrowed one of the best keepers in Sweden's history, Ronnie Hellström, in the first half. Then Fredrik Hellqvist (16 year) stood the 2nd half.
The summer of 1987:
Gullringen - Aston Villa 2-2 (0-2)
Joakim Söderlund remembers: "Neale Cooper (RIP/HEITS) scored one of the goals for Villa."
The game was played at "Gullemon" arena.
Weine Söder: "Graham Taylor was the coach and they had a training camp there."
Spectators ~ ??
1990
Ljusdals IF – Aston Villa, Ljusdal, July 13, 1990
Result: 0-6, Spectators ~ ??
Dwight Yorke!!!! (Per Olov Sörlin comment).
Sollentuna Alliansen – Aston Villa, the summer of 1990
Result: 0-1, Spectators ~ ??
Villa won against Sollentuna Alliansen with 1-0 on pen. from David Platt at Sollentunavallen (Joakim Söderlund comment).
Assyriska FF – Aston Villa, Södertälje IP, July 15th, 1990.
Result: 0-5 (?) Spectators ~ 6 800 (?).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s7KRU6Z9xw
”I have a friend who was the referee when Aston Villa played in Södertälje, many years ago” (Claes "Prepared" Svensson’s comment).
”Mid-season friendly in Södertälje, Sweden between Assyriska FF and Aston Villa in 1990. Notable player: England striker David Platt for Aston Villa. Assyriska were at the time playing in the third division in Sweden.”
2003
Boden BK Fotboll – Aston Villa, Björknäsvallen, July 20, 2003
Result: 2-4, Spectators 7 130 or 7 163
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/54283
https://www.svenskalag.se/bbkff/om
https://football.sportingmemories.net/memory/152-tom-clover-2003-a-scandinavian-pre-season/
Piteå IF – Aston Villa, Moravallen, July 24, 2003,
Result: 0-8, Spectators ~ 2 000
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/54173
https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/kaEvba/storstjarnor-pa-tunga-ben-kom-till-lilla-byske
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Aston_Villa_F.C._season
Umeå FC - Aston Villa, Tegstunet, July 26, 2003
Result: 0-4, Spectators ~ ??
https://www.ufc.se/ar-for-ar/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030903182526/http://www.villatalk.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1330&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
”En trevlig och ur propagandasynpunkt bra fotbollsmatch vanns av de engelska proffsen, men tyvärr snuvades Umeå-publiken på möjligheten att få se svenskarna Olof Mellberg och Marcus Allbäck i aktion. Båda var med i truppen till Umeå men fick ingen speltid (lätta skador).”
2004
Kungshamns IF/Smögen – Aston Villa, July 21, 2004
Result: 0-6, Spectators ~ 3 000
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/63656
Kungsbacka BI – Aston Villa, July 22, 2004
Result: 2-7, Spectators ~ 2-3 000
https://web.archive.org/web/20051102162849/http://listman.net/archives/villa/2004-July/050717.html
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/arkiv/63689
Jönköping Södra IF – Aston Villa, Stadsparksvallen, July 24th, 2004
Result: 0-3, Spectators ~ approx. 3 000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Aston_Villa_F.C._season
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/63735
Örgryte IS – Aston Villa, July 27, 2004
Result: 0-0, Spectators ~ ??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Aston_Villa_F.C._season
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/arkiv/63787
2005
Gällstads FK – Aston Villa, Åvalla, July 20th, 2005
Result: 0-14, Spectators ~ ??
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/arkiv/73419
Jönköping Södra IF – Aston Villa, Stadsparksvallen, July 23rd, 2005
Result: 1-1, Spectators ~ ??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Aston_Villa_F.C._season
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/73466
GAIS – Aston Villa, July 26, 2005
Result: 3-3, Spectators ~ 2 203
https://www.svenskafans.com/england/aston/73558
https://www.gp.se/sport/brasseshow-mot-villa-1.1133856
