Eriksson interested in coaching in Sweden
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-07-12 14:30

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has expressed interest in coaching his native Sweden in the future, the Swedish daily Aftonbladet reported on Sunday.

Speaking at a leadership seminar in Bastad in the south of Sweden, Eriksson was asked if he would like to coach Sweden.

"Yes I would," he replied. "But before that I'd like to go back to club football.

"I am enjoying myself in England and Tommy Soderberg just quit (as Sweden coach), so they probably won't change coach for a while," Aftonbladet quoted Eriksson as saying.

Sweden, who lost to the Netherlands in the Euro 2004 quarter-finals, are coached by Lars Lagerback, whose co-coach in Portugal, Soderberg, has since taken charge of the Swedish under-21 side.

Eriksson's contract with England expires in 2008.

The Swede took charge in February 2001, since when England have lost only three competitive matches -- a 2-1 quarter-final defeat by Brazil at the 2002 World Cup, a 2-1 Euro 2004 Group B loss to France and a penalty shoot-out defeat by Portugal in the Euro 2004 quarter-finals.

"Now I'm looking forward to the World Cup qualifiers and our making it to the (2006) World Cup," said Eriksson. "Then we shall win the final there (in Germany)."

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