Sweden national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sweden women's national football team.

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Erik Hamrén
Asst coach	Marcus Allbäck
Captain	Zlatan Ibrahimović
Most caps	Thomas Ravelli (143)
Top scorer	Sven Rydell (49)
Home stadium	Friends Arena
FIFA code	SWE
FIFA ranking	27
Highest FIFA ranking	2 (November 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	43 (February 2010)
Elo ranking	13
Highest Elo ranking	2 (June 1950)
Lowest Elo ranking	49 (September 1980)
First colours Second colours
First international
Sweden 11–3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908)
Biggest win
Sweden 12–0 Latvia (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927) Sweden 12–0 South Korea (London, England; August 5, 1948)
Biggest defeat
Great Britain 12–1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up: 1958
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1992)
Best result	Semi-finals: 1992
Honours Men's Football Gold 1948 London Team Bronze 1924 Paris Team Bronze 1952 Helsinki Team

The Sweden national football team (Swedish: svenska fotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Friends Arena in Stockholms län and the team is led by Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first World Cup appearance in 1934. Sweden has made eleven World Cup appearances and five appearances in the European Championships. They finished second in the 1958 World Cup, and third in both 1950 and 1994. Sweden's accomplishments also include a gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals in 1924 and 1952. They reached the semi-finals in UEFA Euro 1992.

Traditionally, Sweden are rivals with Denmark and Norway, although other rivalries have developed over the years. Sweden failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in the group qualification stage, having been edged out by Portugal. As a result, team manager Lars Lagerbäck quit and Erik Hamrén was appointed the new manager. Sweden's captain is Zlatan Ibrahimović with Anders Svensson as vice captain.

History

Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals in the Olympics. The Swedish team finished second in the 1958 World Cup, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5–2 in the final. Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994. In 1938, they finished fourth.

Early history

Sweden played its first international game against Norway, on 12 July 1908, and won it 11–3. Other games in 1908 were against England, Great Britain, Netherlands (twice) and Belgium. Sweden lost all five games.

In the same year Sweden competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for the first time. Sweden however lost a game in the Olympics against the Great Britain with 1–12 and it became the biggest loss in the Swedish national team's history.

In 1916 Sweden beat Denmark for the first time.

Sweden played in the 1912 Olympics (as hosts), the 1920 Olympics, and in the 1924 Olympics, where Sweden took the bronze and their first medal ever.

1938 World Cup

The 1938 World Cup was Sweden's second qualification for the World Cup. In the first round, they were scheduled to play against Austria, but after the Germans occupied the nation of Austria could not continue playing in the tournament. Instead, Sweden went straight to the quarterfinal match against Cuba. They beat Cuba 8–0 with both Harry Andersson (on his debut) and Gustav Wetterström scoring hat tricks. In the semi-final match against Hungary, Sweden lost 1–5. Sweden's next match was the 3rd place match against Brazil. In that game the Swedes lost 2–4, and ended in 4th place for the first and only time in Swedish football history.

1948 Summer Olympics

In the first round Sweden played against Austria. The Austrian team had qualified without their professional players, which was a surprise since the Austrian league had many professional players who were allowed to play in the tournament. The match was played at White Hart Lane in London and Sweden won 3–0. In the second game, Sweden played against Korea and won 12–0, one of the two largest margin wins Sweden has ever had. In the semi-final Sweden met their archrivals from Denmark beating them 4–2.

The final was played at legendary Wembley Stadium in London. The attendance was around 40,000 people which was high for a football game in those days. Sweden took on Yugoslavia in the final and won 3–1, with goals by Gunnar Gren (24', 67'), Stjepan Bobek (42') and Gunnar Nordahl (48'). This was Sweden's first championship win in any international football tournament.

1950 World Cup

In the 1950 World Cup, the Swedish football association did not allow any professional Swedish football players to take part. Sweden consequently only fielded amateur players during the tournament.

Qualifying for the tournament as one of six European national teams, Sweden played in the same group as Italy and Paraguay. (India withdrew from the group.)

In the first game, Sweden beat the Italians, 3–2, in São Paulo. The second game was a 2–2 draw against Paraguay. With the most points in the group, Sweden advanced to the next round.

Their first game in the second stage, also a group format, was against the host nation, Brazil. It was played at the Maracanã with a total attendance of more than 138,000, to this day the record attendance for the Swedish national team. The game ended 7–1 to Brazil and it is rumored that almost everyone in the Brazilian audience waved the Swedes good bye with their scarfs.

The next game was against Uruguay, who Sweden played against for the first time in World Cup history. Played in São Paulo, Uruguay won the game 3–2, which meant Sweden were unable to play for the gold.

The final game for Sweden in the tournament was played in São Paulo, against Spain. Sweden won 3–1 with goals by Stig Sundqvist (15'), Bror Mellberg (34') and Karl-Erik Palmér (79'). Sweden finished 3rd in the group and took their first World Cup medal. As Sweden was the best placed European team, Sweden was, as the time, regarded "unofficial European champions".

1958 World Cup

Sweden won the silver medal at the 1958 World Cup.

In 1956 the Swedish football federation allowed the professional footballers to play for the national team again, giving Swedish football fans hope for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Sweden, the host nation, were in the same group as Mexico, Hungary and Wales.

The first game, Sweden vs Mexico, was played at Sweden's national stadium, Råsunda Stadium, Solna, and was attended by around 32,000 people. Sweden won the game 3–0, taking the lead in Group 3. The next match was against Hungary, who had finished 2nd in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland and were also the 1952 Olympic Champions. Also played at Råsunda, this game ended 2–1 to Sweden, with both goals scored by Kurt Hamrin. In the next match, against Wales, Sweden drew 0–0.

Making it through to the quarter-final, playing at Råsunda for the fourth time in this tournament, Sweden were up against the USSR and won 2–0.

The semifinal at Ullevi, Gothenburg, was the only game in the tournament which Sweden did not play at Råsunda. The crowd of around 50,000 people attended one of the best games Sweden played in the tournament. West Germany led by 1–0 when Erich Juskowiak was sent off in the 59th minute. Sweden won 3–1.

The final was played at Råsunda between host nation Sweden and the 1950 FIFA World Cup runners-up, Brazil. The total attendance was approximately 52,000 people. Brazil ended up winning the World Cup for the first time ever after beating Sweden by 5–2. Sweden consequently became runners-up, the best result for Sweden in any World Cup. After the final match the Brazilian players honoured the host nation by sprinting around the pitch holding a Swedish flag.

1960s

After the successful 1958 World Cup, Sweden's fortunes diminished. In the qualification round of the 1962 World Cup, Sweden won its group in impressive fashion (scoring 10 goals and only having 3 goals scored against it), but it still had to win a play-off game against Switzerland to qualify. The game was played in West Berlin, and the Swiss won, 2–1.

Sweden almost got to the UEFA European Championship 1964. They started their play-off against Norway and won the first game and drew in the last game. In the second round, Sweden beat Yugoslavia, 3–2, but they lost the first game. In the quarterfinal, Sweden played against the defending champions, the Soviet Union. Sweden tied the first game but lost the second.

During the 1966 World Cup qualification, Sweden was in the UEFA Qualification group 2. Sweden started the qualification with a draw against West Germany and then a 3–0 victory over Cyprus. But only the winner of the group advanced and Sweden was eliminated with a loss in its next game against West Germany.

Sweden successfully entered the UEFA European Championship in 1968, but they finished in the Qualification group 2.

Sweden's only major success in the '60s was to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, after winning UEFA Group 5 ahead of Norway and France. Sweden finished third in its group, losing a tie-breaker with eventual #4 Uruguay, and did not advance to the elimination round, however. The winner of Sweden's group was eventual world runner-up Italy.

1974 World Cup

In the qualification of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Sweden was in the same group as Austria, Hungary, and Malta. Sweden clinched a narrow win via a classic play off-match against Austria in a snowy Gelsenkirchen, and advanced to the World Cup finals in Germany.

The group Sweden drew into included Uruguay, the Netherlands, and Bulgaria. The first game against Bulgaria ended in a draw. In the second game against the Netherlands, Sweden drew another tie. The last game of the round was played against Uruguay. That game was the first victory Sweden had in the tournament, when they beat Uruguay 3–0 with goals by Roland Sandberg (74') and Ralf Edström (46', 77'). Sweden finished 2nd in the group and advanced to the second group stage.

In the second group stage, Sweden was defeated in the first game against Poland 0–1. The situation after the defeat against Poland was that if Sweden lost against West Germany with a single goal difference and Yugoslavia defeated Poland, Sweden would be second in the group and play for the bronze medal. But since Poland beat Yugoslavia 2–1, Sweden had to win the game against the host nation, West Germany, in order to finish second in the group.

The game against West Germany was played in Düsseldorf with an attendance of 66,500 people. The Swedish striker Ralf Edström gave the Scandinavian the lead with 1–0 after 29 minutes. But in the second half West Germany took control of the game, even after Roland Sandberg's equalizer after 52 minutes. Germany won 4–2. After the tournament, the German players commented that the game against Sweden was their best game in that tournament. The last game for Sweden was played in Düsseldorf against Yugoslavia. Sweden won that game 2–1. They finished the tournament as the 5th place team.

1979–1990

After the successful 70's, reaching all three World Cups. Sweden changed their coach from Georg "Åby" Ericson to Lars "Laban" Arnesson. Arnesson had been a successful coach for Östers IF before becoming national coach. After the failed qualification for the 1986 World Cup, Olle Nordin took over the team. Sweden failed to qualify for every World Cup and European Championship during the 1980s, but won their qualification group for the 1990 World Cup ahead of England and went on to their first World Cup in 12 years. However, the World Cup campaign ended quickly after three 1–2 defeats in the group stage matches, against Brazil, Scotland and Costa Rica.

1992 European Championship

As the host of the 1992 European Championship, Sweden played in their first European Championship tournament. They were drawn in the group with Denmark, France, and England. Sweden managed to advance as group winners ahead of the eventual champions Denmark. In the semi-finals following the group stage Sweden were eliminated by Germany 2–3. The place in the semi-final is Sweden's best result in a European Championship to date.

1994 World Cup

Sweden qualified for the World Cup at the top of their qualifying group ahead of Bulgaria. Sweden was placed in Group B with Brazil, Cameroon, and Russia. The first game against Cameroon looked to be yet another 1–2 loss, (after the 1990 World Cup fiasco with losses of 1–2 in all three games), but in the 75th minute Martin Dahlin scored the equalizer from a rebound shot off of Henrik Larsson and the match finished 2–2. In the next game against Russia, Russia was handed an early penalty and made it 1–0. Sweden managed to come back, with a penalty goal from Tomas Brolin and two goals from Martin Dahlin the final result was written 1–3. In the last group stage match against Brazil, they tied 1–1 after goals by Kennet Andersson ('23) and Romário ('47).

In the first knockout stage match, Sweden faced Saudi Arabia and won 3–1 after two goals from Kennet Andersson and one from Martin Dahlin. The quarter-final match against Romania has become a memorable match for Swedish football fans. After Sweden had scored late in the second half, Romania managed to equalize in the dying minutes of the match, sending it into extra time. Romania's Florin Raducioiu who scored the first goal for Romania, scored his second of the day to take Romania ahead at the 101st minute. But with five minutes left Kennet Andersson scored with a header to make it level at 2–2. The penalty shoot-out began with a miss from Håkan Mild of Sweden, but Thomas Ravelli managed to save two penalties from Dan Petrescu and Miodrag Belodedici giving Sweden the win and making himself a hero. Sweden went through to face Brazil in the semi-finals. They had managed to score in the group stage against Brazil but couldn't do it a second time. After Jonas Thern had been sent off with a red card Romário scored the only goal of the game in the 80th minute.

In the third place match Sweden played against Bulgaria who had lost to Italy in their semi-final match. Sweden scored 4 goals in the first half, but the second half went goal-less. Sweden won the bronze medal, the best placing for the national team in a World Cup play-off since the 1958 silver medal. This led Sweden to the second place of the FIFA World Rankings for one month, in November 1994.

They finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with 15 goals.

2000 European Championships

Sweden qualified impressively for this tournament, winning all games except the away game against England (0–0) and conceding only one goal. The finals however, were a great disappointment. Sweden lost their opening game against the host Belgium 1–2. Johan Mjällby scored the goal for Sweden in the 53rd minute after a mess-up by the Belgian goalkeeper Filip De Wilde while Belgium won via goals from Bart Goor in the 43rd minute and Emile Mpenza in the 46th one. Then Sweden played 0–0 against Turkey and lost 2–1 to Italy. The goal was scored by Henrik Larsson while Italy won via goals from Luigi Di Biagio and Alessandro Del Piero. Sweden finished the group last behind Belgium with only 1 point. Italy finished first and Turkey second.

2002 World Cup

Sweden was part of the Group of Death, Group F also including big favourites Argentina, England and Nigeria. The first match was against England. Sol Campbell gave England the lead in the first half by heading in a left side corner from David Beckham. In the second half, Sweden took over completely and dominated the game, creating numerous chances. The equalizing goal was scored by midfielder Niclas Alexandersson, a powerful left-foot shot from outside the box past David Seaman. This gave the result 1–1. In the next game, Sweden played Nigeria. Julius Aghahowa gave Nigeria the lead by heading in a cross from the right. But Sweden managed to equalize with a fine goal by Henrik Larsson. Later in the game, Larsson was fouled in the penalty area and Sweden were awarded with a penalty which Larsson himself put in the goal. Sweden won 2–1.

In the final group match, Sweden played Argentina, who needed to win after losing 0–1 to England in the previous game. However, midfielder Anders Svensson scored a great freekick goal from 30 meters. Andreas Andersson then had a shot off the crossbar and out. Mattias Jonson committed a foul in the penalty area and Argentina got a penalty. Ariel Ortega shot straight on Magnus Hedman, the Swedish keeper, but Hernán Crespo rushed into the box and shot the rebound from Hedman between the keepers legs. This was a controversial goal because Crespo began running into the box at the same time as Ortega stepped up to shot. However, the match ended 1–1 and Sweden won the group, England on second place, Argentina third and Nigeria last.

In the round of 16, Sweden played Senegal. Henrik Larsson gave Sweden an early lead by heading in a corner from Anders Svensson. But Senegal equalized through Henri Camara. Senegal also had a goal disallowed for offside. The game came to sudden death golden goal. Rising star Zlatan Ibrahimović came on and nearly won Sweden the game. He made a terrific run on the right wing past several Senegal players, and shot with his weaker left foot from a tight angle straight at Senegals keeper Tony Sylva. Ibrahimović had Larsson and Svensson in excellent positions for a pass, but shot instead. Then Anders Svensson made a great spin past a defender and hit the post with a powerful shot. Sylva had no chance of saving that strike. Henri Camara then took a weak shot which went past Hedman, off the post and went into the goal. Consequently, Sweden were eliminated.

UEFA Euro 2004

Sweden came into the tournament in Portugal with low expectations. But after a dazzling 5–0 win against Bulgaria they became one of the favorites. Fredrik Ljungberg began the goal-fest after a well done pass by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Henrik Larsson scored 2–0 and 3–0 in the second half. His first goal was done by a nice header after that he received a perfectly taken crossball by Erik Edman. 4–0 was scored by Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a penalty and the substitute Marcus Allbäck scored the last goal of the game. After the 5–0 victory, Sweden became a feared team in the tournament and many were surprised by Sweden's offensive play since they were known to mostly play a defensive form of football.

In the next game they were set up against Italy, who would prove themselves as a very hard opponent. After 36 minutes Antonio Cassano scored the first goal of the game for Italy after a cross by Christian Panucci. A great game by Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson made Sweden survive the rest of the game and after 84 minutes Sweden finally managed to score a goal. Zlatan Ibrahimovic made an amazing backheel shot which found the back of the net.

Sweden's last game of the group was held against Denmark. It was said before the game that if Sweden and Denmark played 2–2, Italy would be eliminated from the tournament. This is exactly what happened. Denmark led the game by 2–1 for a long time. But at the end of the game, Mattias Jonson scored the equalizer after numerous rebounds. Italy was eliminated and both Denmark and Sweden was qualified for the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Sweden had to face Holland. The game became goalless after full-time, but not without a lot of chances. The closest Sweden came to scoring was through Fredrik Ljungberg but he hit the post with a well taken shot. But the game ended goalless in normal time and went to a penalty shootout. After a long run of penalties were taken, it was Olof Mellberg's turn to take a shot. The Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar saved Mellberg's shot and Holland won the game. Sweden was eliminated and Holland was through to the next round.

Swedish national team of 2006.

2006 World Cup

Sweden competed in Group B at the 2006 World Cup. Their squad for the tournament featured players who played club football in eleven different nations. Sweden started the World Cup slowly, recording a scoreless tie against unheralded Trinidad and Tobago, despite playing with a one-man advantage for most of the game. The second game, against Paraguay, looked to be another goal-less draw until Fredrik Ljungberg scored in the 89th minute to give Sweden a 1–0 victory. Sweden then rallied to tie England, 2–2, to finish group play with five points – enough to finish second in its group and advance to the second round. There, the team's World Cup run came to an end with a 2–0 defeat to the host team, Germany.

2008 European Championship and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Sweden finished second in Group F behind Spain, thus qualifying for the finals. The campaign included an abandoned match away to Denmark, for which Sweden were awarded a 3–0 win by UEFA.

In their first match in Euro 2008, they beat the reigning European champions, Greece, by a score of 2–0 with goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović and Petter Hansson. Their next game was against Spain, who they played in qualifying. The game looked like a draw until a 92nd minute strike from David Villa, which put the Spaniards ahead. In the final group match, the Swedes went on to lose 2–0 to the Russians, eliminating them from the tournament.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification ended disastrously for Sweden. In the first game in Tirana, they were only able to tie 0–0 with an Albanian side that they were expected to defeat easily. Four days later, Sweden beat Hungary, 2–1, with goals from Kim Källström and Samuel Holmén. They would go on to tie with Portugal twice, both in Stockholm and in Porto. Both games ended 0–0. Sweden would lose to Denmark on home ground with an early strike from Thomas Kahlenberg after a defensive mistake. Sweden had defeated Denmark, 3–0, 2 years earlier. Sweden recovered with a 4–0 hammering of Malta. Against Hungary and Malta, both of the winning goals for Sweden were scored late. They would lose to Denmark again at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen after a late goal from Jakob Poulsen. Meanwhile, Portugal defeated Hungary, 3–0, putting the Portuguese team ahead in the standings. Sweden would defeat Albania, 4–1; however, Sweden was eliminated by Portugal's 4–0 defeat of Malta. Lars Lagerbäck resigned and Erik Hamrén was appointed the next head coach.

2012 European Championships

Sweden's Euro 2012 campaign with their new coach, Erik Hamrén, started well with two consecutive wins in Group E against Hungary and San Marino. After that Sweden lost to the Netherlands in Amsterdam with 1–4, but then won against Moldova first in Stockholm with 2–1 and later in Chişinău with 4–1. After the battle against Moldova Sweden beat their neighbor Finland with 5–0. The following game was a defeat when Hungary through Rudolf scored 2–1 home at Stadium Puskás Ferenc at the last minute of full-time. After that Sweden defeated San Marino with 5–0 away including two goals from Christian Wilhelmsson, who before the two games against San Marino and Hungary hadn't been a regular in the starting eleven during Hamréns tenure as head coach. The Swedish team then proceeded to beat Finland with 2–1 and in the final game beat the Netherlands with 3–2 to end their streak of 17 consecutive qualification-game wins. On 2 December 2011, Sweden were drawn into Group D alongside England, Ukraine, and France in the Euro 2012 competition.

Swedish supporters during the World Cup 2006 in Dortmund, Germany

In their Euro 2012 opening match Sweden lost against host nation Ukraine with 2–1. In their second group match Sweden lost to England with 3–2, thus eliminating them from the tournament. In the third game, a Swedish team with nothing to lose or gain outplayed France in a 2–0 victory.

Supporters

Swedish supporters showed up first during the 1912 Summer Olympics, where they chanted "Heja Sverige Friskt humör, det är det som susen gör" (roughly meaning "Go Sweden, being in good spirits is what does the trick!") during the football games. The traveling supporters for Sweden's away games showed up for the first time in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, and since then Sweden has always had supporters in large tournaments. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Sweden had one of the largest group of supporters during a tournament, especially during the group stage match against Paraguay with around 50,000 Swedish supporters in attendance, plus an additional 50,000 fans watching the game outside the stadium. The Swedish fans were also voted the best fans during the 2006 World Cup, due to their massive numbers, friendly attitude and love for the game.

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Stadium

Up until 2012, the Swedish national stadium was Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, but it was replaced in 2012 by the new national stadium Friends Arena. According to FIFA, Råsunda Stadion was a classic stadium, one of only two stadiums in the world, the other one being the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, USA, which hosted both the men's and women's World Cup final (1958 FIFA World Cup final and the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup). Råsunda stadium was opened 18 September 1910, and had a capacity of only 2.000, mostly standing. It was Råsunda stadium and Valhalla stadium in Gothenburg that were the first football fields with grass used for Swedish football. The stadium was expanded during 1937, to a capacity of 40000 people. The stadium was used for the football tournament in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, and hosted 8 games during the FIFA World Cup 1958. In the UEFA European Championship in 1992, the stadium hosted 4 games and in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup it hosted only the final game. But Råsunda stadium is still the only stadium in Scandinavia that has hosted 4 big tournaments. Ullevi in Gothenburg is used for some games which Sweden plays, such as the centennial game of the Swedish football association, against England in 2004. Even other stadiums, such as Swedbank stadion in Malmö, are used for the national team.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Sweden in the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final.

Sweden playing against Germany in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									No qualification
1934	Quarter-final	8th	2	1	0	1	4	4		2	2	0	0	8	2
1938	Fourth place	4th	3	1	0	2	11	9		3	2	0	1	11	7
1950	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	11	15		2	2	0	0	6	2
1954	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	9	8
1958	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	12	7		Qualified as hosts
1962	Did not qualify									5	3	0	2	11	5
1966										4	2	1	1	10	3
1970	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	2		4	3	0	1	12	5
1974	Second group stage	5th	6	2	2	2	7	6		7	4	2	1	17	9
1978	First group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	3		4	3	0	1	7	4
1982	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	7	8
1986										8	4	1	3	14	9
1990	Group stage	21st	3	0	0	3	3	6		6	4	2	0	9	3
1994	Third place	3rd	7	3	3	1	15	8		10	6	3	1	19	8
1998	Did not qualify									10	7	0	3	16	9
2002	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	5	5		10	8	2	0	20	3
2006	Round of 16	14th	4	1	2	1	3	4		10	8	0	2	30	4
2010	Did not qualify									10	5	3	2	13	5
2014	To be determined									6	3	2	1	11	7
2018
2022
Total	Best: Runners-up	11/19	46	16	13	17	74	69		113	70	19	24	230	101

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Championship

Swedish supporters during UEFA Euro 2008.

Sweden at the UEFA Euro 2012.

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	8	7
1968										6	2	1	3	9	12
1972										6	2	2	2	3	5
1976										6	3	0	3	8	9
1980										6	1	2	3	9	13
1984										8	5	1	2	14	5
1988										8	4	2	2	12	5
1992	Semi-final	4th	4	2	1	1	6	5		Qualified as hosts
1996	Did not qualify									8	2	3	3	9	10
2000	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	4		8	7	1	0	10	1
2004	Quarter-final	7th	4	1	3	0	8	3		8	5	2	1	19	3
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	4		12	8	2	2	23	9
2012	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	5	5		10	8	0	2	31	11
2016	To be determined
2020
Total	Best: Semi-final	5/14	17	5	5	7	24	21		92	49	19	24	155	90

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games

Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 were only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. After the 1988 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for U23 or U21 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Sweden national under-21 football team for competition record from 1992 until present day.

Olympic Games record										Olympic Games qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1908	Fourth place	4th	2	0	0	2	1	14		No qualification
1912	Round of 16	9th	2	0	0	2	3	5		No qualification
1920	Quarter-final	6th	3	1	0	2	14	7
1924	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	18	5		No qualification
1928	Did not enter									No qualification
1936	Round of 16	9th	1	0	0	1	2	3
1948	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	22	3		No qualification
1952	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	9	8		No qualification
1956	Did not enter									Did not enter
1960
1964	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	2	6
1968	Did not enter									Did not enter
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988	Quarter-final	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5		8	6	1	1	13	6
Total	1 title	8/17	25	13	2	10	76	50		10	6	2	2	15	12

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Nordic Football Championship

Nordic Football Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1924–28	Runners-up	2nd	10	6	1	3	31	19
1929–32	Runners-up	2nd	12	6	1	5	35	31
1933–36	Champions	1st	12	7	2	3	31	22
1937–47	Champions	1st	12	9	0	3	41	16
1948–51	Champions	1st	12	7	2	3	36	22
1952–55	Champions	1st	12	8	4	0	44	14
1956–59	Champions	1st	12	9	2	1	45	17
1960–63	Champions	1st	12	7	3	2	24	10
1964–67	Champions	1st	12	5	4	3	22	14
1968–71	Champions	1st	12	10	2	0	32	10
1972–77	Champions	1st	12	8	2	2	24	9
1978–80	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	0	3	7	6
1981–83	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	6	4
2000–01	Fifth place	5th	5	1	2	2	3	4
Total	9 titles	14/14	146	88	26	32	381	198

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Minor tournaments

Minor tournaments record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1939 DBU 50 years	Semi-final	3rd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1947 FBF 40 years	Winners	1st	2	2	0	0	11	2
1952 NFF 50 years	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	3
1954 SFF 50 years	Winners	1st	2	2	0	0	9	0
1957 FBF 50 years	Winners	1st	2	1	1	0	5	1
1988 Maspalomas	Winners	1st	2	2	0	0	5	1
1988 West Berlin	Winners	1st	2	1	1	0	3	1
1989 DBU 100 years	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	2	7
1991 Scania 100	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	6	3
1994 Joe Robbie Cup	Winners	1st	2	1	1	0	3	1
1994 Nordic Cup	Winners	1st	2	1	0	1	2	1
1995 Umbro Cup	Third place	3rd	3	0	2	1	5	6
1996 Lunar New Year Cup	Winners	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
1997 King's Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	6	1
2001 King's Cup	Winners	1st	4	2	2	0	9	3
2003 King's Cup	Winners	1st	4	3	1	0	12	4
2004 Lunar New Year Cup	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	3	3
2010 King's Cup	Withdrew
2011 Cyprus Cup	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	3	1
2013 King's Cup	Winners	1st	2	1	1	0	4	1
Total	12 titles		44	25	12	7	93	41

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Titles

Major titles

• FIFA World Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 1958
  • Third place (2): 1950, 1994
  • Fourth place (1): 1938

• UEFA European Championship
  • Semi-final (1): 1992

• Olympic football tournament
  • Gold Medal (1): 1948
  • Bronze Medal (2): 1924, 1952

Minor titles

• Nordic Football Championship
  • Winners (9): 1933–36, 1937–47, 1948–51, 1952–55, 1956–59, 1960–63, 1964–67, 1968–71, 1972–77

• 1947 FBF 40 years
  • Winners (1): 1947

• 1954 SFF 50 years
  • Winners (1): 1954

• 1957 FBF 50 years
  • Winners (1): 1957

• Maspalomas Tournament
  • Winners (1): 1988

• West Berlin Tournament
  • Winners (1): 1988

• Joe Robbie Cup
  • Winners (1): 1994

• Nordic Cup
  • Winners (1): 1994

• Lunar New Year Cup
  • Winners (1): 1996

• King's Cup
  • Winners (4): 1997, 2001, 2003, 2013

All-time team record

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record, correct as of 11 June 2013.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn *	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	5	3	1	1	10	5	+5
Algeria	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8
Argentina	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
Australia	5	1	2	2	2	2	0
Austria	33	12	5	16	51	49	+2
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Barbados	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Belarus	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Belgium	13	5	2	6	30	20	+10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Botswana	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Brazil	15	2	3	10	17	35	−18
Bulgaria	14	10	2	2	26	8	+18
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Chile	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
China PR	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Colombia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Croatia	4	1	0	3	4	5	−1
Cuba	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Cyprus	6	5	1	0	19	3	+16
Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1
Czechoslovakia	16	3	4	9	21	36	−15
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Denmark	103	46	18	39	183	171	+12
East Germany	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1
Ecuador	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Egypt	4	2	0	2	10	3	+7
England	23	7	9	7	31	35	−4
England Amateurs	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16
Estonia	14	13	1	0	50	15	+35
Faroe Islands	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Finland	86	66	11	9	292	94	+198
France	18	5	5	8	18	25	−7
Germany	23	9	5	9	41	44	−3
Great Britain	1	0	0	1	1	12	−11
Greece	7	2	3	2	17	8	+9
Hungary	45	16	11	18	77	91	−14
Iceland	14	10	2	2	33	15	+18
Israel	12	7	4	1	26	9	+17
Italy	22	6	6	10	24	27	−3
Jamaica	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Japan	5	1	3	1	7	7	0
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Latvia	17	11	4	2	54	12	+42
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Lithuania	5	5	0	0	22	3	+19
Luxembourg	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6
Macedonia	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Malta	11	11	0	0	42	2	+40
Mexico	9	4	3	2	8	5	+3
Moldova	4	4	0	0	14	2	+12
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Netherlands	23	8	5	10	47	44	+3
Nigeria	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
North Korea	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
Northern Ireland	7	3	1	3	7	10	−3
Norway	104	59	21	24	272	143	+129
Oman	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Poland	26	14	4	8	56	37	+19
Portugal	15	6	6	3	24	14	+10
Qatar	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Qatar U23	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Republic of Ireland	9	4	2	3	14	12	+2
Romania	9	4	3	2	20	10	+10
Russia	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4
San Marino	4	4	0	0	22	0	+22
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Scotland	12	6	1	5	19	14	+5
Senegal	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Serbia	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Singapore	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Slovakia	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
South Africa	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
South Africa Development	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
South Korea	4	2	2	0	17	3	+14
Soviet Union	18	5	6	7	21	37	−16
Spain	13	3	4	6	15	21	−6
Switzerland	28	10	7	11	46	42	+4
Syria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Thailand	5	4	1	0	13	4	+9
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5
Tunisia	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
Turkey	8	2	4	2	9	8	+1
Ukraine	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
United States	8	4	0	4	13	10	+3
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Wales	6	5	1	0	13	3	+10
West Germany	13	4	4	5	18	21	−3
Yugoslavia	11	4	2	5	17	19	−2
Total	965	477	207	281	1979	1300	+679

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2013 fixtures

The Sweden national football team before the match against Austria in Vienna on 7 June 2013.

See also: 2013 in Swedish football

Results in 2013

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W

Last updated: 11 June 2013.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures

23 January 2013 16:00 UTC+7	Sweden	1 – 1	North Korea	700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai Attendance: 500 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
	Fejzullahu  56'	Report	Hong Kum-Song  48'
		Penalties
	Svensson Majstorović Hysén P. Jansson	4 – 1	Jang Kuk-Chol Kang Kuk-Chol Kim Chol-Bom

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26 January 2013 17:00 UTC+7	Sweden	3 – 0	Finland	700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
	Hysén  23' Quaison  73' Svensson  90'	Report

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6 February 2013 20:30 UTC+1	Sweden	2 – 3	Argentina	Friends Arena, Solna Attendance: 49,646 Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
	J. Olsson  17' Elm  90+5'	Report	Lustig  3' (o.g.) Agüero  19' Higuaín  23'

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22 March 2013 20:45 UTC+1	Sweden	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Friends Arena, Solna Attendance: 49,436 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
		Report

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26 March 2013 20:15 UTC+1	Slovakia	0 – 0	Sweden	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (Austria)
		Report

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3 June 2013 19:00 UTC+2	Sweden	1 – 0	Macedonia	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 14,459 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Kačaniklić  39'	Report

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7 June 2013 20:45 UTC+2	Austria	2 – 1	Sweden	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Alaba  26' (pen.) Janko  32'	Report	Elmander  82'

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11 June 2013 19:15 UTC+2	Sweden	2 – 0	Faroe Islands	Friends Arena, Solna Attendance: 32,858 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)
	Ibrahimović  35', 82' (pen.)	Report

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14 August 2013 20:00 UTC+2	Sweden	v	Norway	Friends Arena, Solna

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6 September 2013	Republic of Ireland	v	Sweden	Aviva Stadium, Dublin

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10 September 2013	Kazakhstan	v	Sweden	Astana Arena, Astana

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11 October 2013 20:45 UTC+2	Sweden	v	Austria	Friends Arena, Solna

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15 October 2013	Sweden	v	Germany	Friends Arena, Solna

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	2
2	Rasmus Elm	CSKA Moscow	1
	Johan Elmander	Galatasaray	1
	Erton Fejzullahu	Djurgårdens IF	1
	Tobias Hysén	IFK Göteborg	1
	Alexander Kačaniklić	Fulham	1
	Jonas Olsson	West Bromwich Albion	1
	Robin Quaison	AIK	1
	Anders Svensson	IF Elfsborg	1

Own goals

Player	Club	Own goals	Playing against
Mikael Lustig	Celtic	1	Argentina

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the friendly match against Macedonia on 3 June 2013 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Austria on 7 June 2013 and Faroe Islands on 11 June 2013.

Caps and goals updated as of 11 June 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Pär Hansson (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 5 0 Helsingborgs IF 12 1GK David Mitov Nilsson (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 0 0 IFK Norrköping 23 1GK Daniel Örlund (1980-06-23) 23 June 1980 1 0 Rosenborg BK 2 2DF Mikael Lustig (1986-12-13) 13 December 1986 36 2 Celtic 3 2DF Jonas Olsson (1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 22 1 West Bromwich Albion 4 2DF Andreas Granqvist (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 32 2 Genoa 5 2DF Pierre Bengtsson (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 7 0 Copenhagen 13 2DF Per Nilsson (1982-09-15) 15 September 1982 8 0 1. FC Nuremberg 14 2DF Nils-Eric Johansson (1980-01-13) 13 January 1980 3 0 AIK 15 2DF Rasmus Bengtsson (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 2 0 Twente 6 3MF Rasmus Elm (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 35 4 CSKA Moscow 7 3MF Sebastian Larsson (1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 55 6 Sunderland 8 3MF Anders Svensson (vice captain) (1976-07-17) 17 July 1976 141 19 IF Elfsborg 9 3MF Kim Källström (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 103 16 Spartak Moscow 16 3MF Pontus Wernbloom (1986-06-25) 25 June 1986 32 2 CSKA Moscow 18 3MF Albin Ekdal (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 4 0 Cagliari 19 3MF Alexander Kačaniklić (1991-08-13) 13 August 1991 10 2 Fulham 21 3MF Jimmy Durmaz (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989 9 1 Gençlerbirliği 22 3MF Erkan Zengin (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 2 0 Eskişehirspor 10 4FW Zlatan Ibrahimović (captain) (1981-10-03) 3 October 1981 90 41 Paris Saint-Germain 20 4FW Ola Toivonen (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 34 6 PSV Recent call-ups The following 39 players have been selected by Sweden in the past 12 months. Only players available for call-up, not retired players. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Andreas Isaksson (1981-10-03) 3 October 1981 106 0 Kasımpaşa v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 2 0 Heerenveen v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 GK Johan Wiland (1981-01-24) 24 January 1981 8 0 Copenhagen v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 GK Johan Dahlin (1986-09-08) 8 September 1986 3 0 Malmö FF 2013 King's Cup GK Oscar Jansson (1990-12-23) 23 December 1990 0 0 Örebro SK 2013 King's Cup DF Oscar Wendt (1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 21 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 DF Behrang Safari (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 31 0 Anderlecht v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 DF Mikael Antonsson (1981-05-31) 31 May 1981 8 0 Bologna v. Slovakia, 26 March 2013 DF Martin Olsson (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 15 4 Blackburn Rovers v. Slovakia, 26 March 2013 DF Joel Ekstrand (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 1 0 Watford v. Argentina, 6 February 2013 DF Adam Johansson (1983-02-21) 21 February 1983 15 0 IFK Göteborg v. Argentina, 6 February 2013 DF Niklas Backman (1988-11-13) 13 November 1988 4 0 AIK 2013 King's Cup DF Erdin Demir (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 4 0 Brann 2013 King's Cup DF Pontus Jansson (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 4 0 Malmö FF 2013 King's Cup DF Martin Lorentzson (1984-07-21) 21 July 1984 1 0 AIK 2013 King's Cup DF Daniel Majstorović (1977-04-05) 5 April 1977 50 2 AIK 2013 King's Cup DF Alexander Milošević (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 1 0 AIK 2013 King's Cup DF Michael Almebäck (1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 4 0 Club Brugge v. Germany, 16 October 2012 DF Olof Mellberg (1977-09-03) 3 September 1977 117 8 Villarreal UEFA Euro 2012 MF Samuel Holmén (1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 32 2 İstanbul v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 MF Viktor Claesson (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 4 1 IF Elfsborg 2013 King's Cup MF Jiloan Hamad (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 6 0 Malmö FF 2013 King's Cup MF Jakob Johansson (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1 0 IFK Göteborg 2013 King's Cup MF Oscar Lewicki (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 0 0 BK Häcken 2013 King's Cup MF Ivo Pękalski (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 2 0 Malmö FF 2013 King's Cup MF Robin Quaison (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 2 1 AIK 2013 King's Cup MF Simon Thern (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 2 1 Malmö FF 2013 King's Cup MF Tobias Sana (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 2 0 Ajax v. England, 14 November 2012 MF Christian Wilhelmsson (1979-12-08) 8 December 1979 79 9 Baniyas v. Germany, 16 October 2012 MF Emir Bajrami (1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 18 2 Monaco v. Kazakhstan, 11 September 2012 FW Johan Elmander (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981 70 19 Galatasaray v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 FW Tobias Hysén (1982-03-09) 9 March 1982 29 8 IFK Göteborg v. Faroe Islands, 11 June 2013 FW Erton Fejzullahu (1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 3 1 Djurgårdens IF v. Slovakia, 26 March 2013 FW Alexander Gerndt (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 8 2 Young Boys v. Slovakia, 26 March 2013 FW Mathias Ranégie (1984-06-14) 14 June 1984 5 1 Udinese v. Argentina, 6 February 2013 FW Christoffer Nyman (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 1 0 IFK Norrköping 2013 King's Cup FW Viktor Prodell (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 1 0 Åtvidabergs FF 2013 King's Cup FW Marcus Berg (1986-08-17) 17 August 1986 23 6 Hamburger SV v. England, 14 November 2012 FW Markus Rosenberg (1982-09-27) 27 September 1982 33 6 West Bromwich Albion UEFA Euro 2012 Previous squads FIFA World Cup World Cup 1934 squad World Cup 1938 squad World Cup 1950 squad World Cup 1958 squad World Cup 1970 squad World Cup 1974 squad World Cup 1978 squad World Cup 1990 squad World Cup 1994 squad World Cup 2002 squad World Cup 2006 squad Olympic Games Olympics 1908 squad Olympics 1912 squad Olympics 1920 squad Olympics 1924 squad Olympics 1936 squad Olympics 1948 winning squad Olympics 1952 squad Olympics 1988 squad UEFA European Championship Euro 1992 squad Euro 2000 squad Euro 2004 squad Euro 2008 squad Euro 2012 squad Coaching staff Manager Erik Hamrén Assistant manager Marcus Allbäck Goalkeeping coach Lars Eriksson Players' manager Marcus Allbäck Team manager Lars Richt Team doctor Leif Swärd Anders Valentin Records Top 10 most appearances (caps) Main article: List of Sweden international footballers Thomas Ravelli is Sweden's most capped player of all time with 143 appearances for the national team. He is also Sweden's oldest player ever. Henrik Larsson scored 37 goals for the national teams in 106 appearances. Players in bold text are still active with Sweden. # Player Career Caps Goals 1 Thomas Ravelli 1981–1997 143 0 2 Anders Svensson 1999– 141 19 3 Olof Mellberg 2000–2012 117 8 4 Roland Nilsson 1986–2000 116 2 5 Björn Nordqvist 1963–1978 115 0 6 Niclas Alexandersson 1993–2008 109 7 7 Henrik Larsson 1993–2009 106 37 Andreas Isaksson 2002– 106 0 9 Kim Källström 2001– 103 16 10 Patrik Andersson 1992–2002 96 3 Last updated: 11 June 2013. Top 10 most goals Players in bold text are still active with Sweden. # Player Career Goals Caps 1 Sven Rydell 1921–1932 49 43 2 Gunnar Nordahl 1942–1948 43 33 3 Zlatan Ibrahimović 2001– 41 90 4 Henrik Larsson 1993–2009 37 106 5 Gunnar Gren 1939–1958 32 57 6 Kennet Andersson 1990–2000 31 83 7 Marcus Allbäck 1999–2008 30 74 8 Martin Dahlin 1991–1997 29 60 9 Agne Simonsson 1956–1961 27 51 10 Tomas Brolin 1990–1995 26 47 Last updated: 11 June 2013. Age-related records Oldest player 38 years, 1 month and 29 days – Thomas Ravelli (1–0 against Latvia on 11 October 1997) Oldest outfield player 38 years and 20 days – Henrik Larsson (0–1 against Denmark on 10 October 2009) Youngest debutante 17 years and 11 months – Rudolf Kock (1–0 against Finland on 29 May 1919) Oldest debutante 34 years, 9 months and 1 day – Stendy Appeltoft (3–0 against Finland on 28 August 1955) Longest national career 18 years, 1 month and 27 days – Gunnar Gren (From 29 August 1940 until 26 October 1958) Oldest goalscorer 37 years, 11 months and 26 days – Gunnar Gren (2 goals in a 4–4 draw against Denmark on 26 October 1958) Youngest goalscorer 18 years and 1 day – Erik Dahlström (2 goals in a 7–1 win against Finland on 27 June 1912) Managers See also: List of Sweden national football team managers 1908 Ludvig Kornerup 1909–11 Wilhelm Friberg 1912 John Ohlson 1912–13 Ruben "Massa" Gelbord 1914–15 Hugo Levin 1916 Frey Svenson 1917–20 Anton Johanson 1921–36 John "Bill" Pettersson (not 1924 OG, 1934 WC) 1924–27 József Nagy 1934 József Nagy 1937 Carl "Ceve" Linde 1938–42 Gustaf "Gurra" Carlson (not 1938 World Cup) 1938 József Nagy 1942 Selection Committee 1943–56 Rudolf "Putte" Kock (not 1948 OG, 1950 WC) 1946–54 George Raynor 1956–58 George Raynor 1957–61 Eric Person (not 1958 World Cup) 1961 George Raynor (only friendly matches) 1962–65 Lennart Nyman 1966–70 Orvar Bergmark 1971–79 Georg 'Åby' Ericson 1980–85 Lars 'Laban' Arnesson 1986–90 Olle Nordin 1990 Nils Andersson 1991–97 Tommy Svensson 1998–99 Tommy Söderberg 2000–04 T. Söderberg & L. Lagerbäck 2004–09 Lars Lagerbäck 2009– Erik Hamrén See also Football in Sweden Sweden women's national football team Sweden national under-21 football team Sweden national under-19 football team Sweden national under-17 football team Sápmi football team Gotland official football team Denmark–Sweden football rivalry References External links National team statistics (Swedish) RSSSF archive of results 1908– RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers RSSSF archive of coaches World Cup history at Planet World Cup National teams statistics at Bolletinen.se (Swedish) Preceded by Torgny Mogren Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1994 Succeeded by Annika Sörenstam