Sweden national under-21 football team

Sweden Under-21

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Håkan Ericson
Asst coach	Andreas Pettersson
Captain	Oscar Hiljemark
Most caps	Alexander Farnerud (35)
Top scorer	Ola Toivonen (13)
Home stadium	Guldfågeln Arena
First colours Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1986)
Best result	Runners-up, 1992

The Swedish U21 national football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden's home ground is Guldfågeln Arena in Kalmar and the team is led by Håkan Ericson and his assistant Andreas Pettersson. Sweden made their first European Under-21 Championship appearance in 1986 and they finished second in 1992. They also reached the semi-finals in 1990 and 2009. The current captain of the team is Oscar Hiljemark.

Competitive record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	6	8
1980									4	0	1	3	1	4
1982									4	1	1	2	3	6
1984									4	2	1	1	10	4
1986	Quarter-final	2	0	1	1	2	3		6	4	1	1	7	3
1988	Did not qualify								6	1	4	1	6	6
1990	Semi-final	4	2	1	1	7	4		6	4	2	0	10	2
1992	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	4	4		6	4	2	0	17	3
1994	Did not qualify								10	4	4	2	21	8
1996									8	5	1	2	15	4
1998	Quarter-final	3	1	0	2	3	3		10	9	0	1	30	6
2000	Did not qualify								8	2	0	6	7	15
2002									12	6	4	2	22	10
2004	Fourth place	5	3	1	1	11	7		10	5	3	2	20	14
2006	Did not qualify								10	6	0	4	16	12
2007									4	3	0	1	8	6
2009	Semi-final	4	2	1	1	12	7		–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Did not qualify								10	6	2	2	17	10
2013									12	7	1	4	20	14
2015	To be determined
Total	0 titles	24	11	5	8	39	28		133	70	28	35	234	132

*Denotes 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

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 was 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 football team for competition record from 1908 until 1988.

Olympic Games record										Olympic Games Qualification record **
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Quarter-final	7th	4	1	2	1	6	3		12	7	3	2	21	7
1996	Did not qualify									8	5	1	2	15	4
2000										8	2	0	6	7	15
2004										15	8	4	3	31	21
2008										4	3	1	0	8	6
2012										10	6	2	2	17	10
2016	To be determined
Total	0 titles	1/6	4	1	2	1	6	3		55	30	10	15	96	62

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2015 UEFA Euro Under-21 Championship

Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Qualifying group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Greece — – – – – Malta – — – – – Poland – – — – – Sweden – – – — – Turkey – – – – —

2013 fixtures

Results by round

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

Last updated: 25 April 2013.
Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures

5 February 2013 19:30 UTC 0	England	4 – 0	Sweden	Bescot Stadium, Walsall Attendance: 9,758 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Ince  9', 41' Shelvey  31' Wickham  77'	Report

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21 March 2013 17:30 UTC 0	Portugal	0 – 1	Sweden	Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Renato Gonçalves (Portugal)
		Report	Ishak  18'

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24 March 2013 18:00 UTC+1	Croatia	3 – 0	Sweden	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, Varaždin
	Rebić  2' Šitum  15' Livaja  70'	Report

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6 June 2013 17:00 UTC+2	Sweden	v	Switzerland	Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö

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11 June 2013 19:00 UTC+2	Cuba U20	v	Sweden	Marbella Football Centre, Marbella

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14 August 2013 18:00 UTC+2	Sweden	v	Norway	Påskbergsvallen, Varberg

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6 September 2013	Sweden	v	Poland	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

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10 September 2013	Turkey	v	Sweden

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11 October 2013	Poland	v	Sweden

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15 November 2013	Greece	v	Sweden

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19 November 2013	Sweden	v	Malta	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mikael Ishak	St. Gallen	1

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players was called up for the friendly matches against Switzerland on 6 June 2013 and Cuba U20 on 11 June 2013. Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury.

Caps and goals updated as of 24 March 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Patrik Carlgren (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 1 0 IK Brage 1GK August Strömberg (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 2 0 Degerfors IF 2DF Jonathan Azulay (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 2 0 Örgryte IS 2DF Alexander Milošević (vice captain) (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 10 1 AIK 2DF Filip Helander (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 4 0 Malmö FF 2DF Pa Konate (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 0 0 Malmö FF 2DF Alexander Michel (1992-11-14) 14 November 1992 2 0 Syrianska FC 2DF Mattias Johansson (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 8 0 AZ 2DF Sebastian Holmén (1992-04-29) 29 April 1992 0 0 IF Elfsborg 3MF Andreas Blomqvist (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 3 0 Mjällby AIF 3MF Viktor Claesson (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 12 0 IF Elfsborg 3MF Oscar Hiljemark (captain) (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 23 1 PSV 3MF Simon Kroon (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 0 0 Malmö FF 3MF Sam Larsson (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 3 0 IFK Göteborg 3MF Oscar Lewicki (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 6 0 BK Häcken 3MF Simon Thern (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 2 0 Malmö FF 4FW Nicklas Bärkroth (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 2 0 IF Brommapojkarna 4FW Mikael Ishak (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 10 7 St. Gallen 4FW Christoffer Nyman (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 1 0 IFK Norrköping 4FW Robin Quaison (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 4 0 AIK

Recent call-ups

The following 19 players have been selected by Sweden U21 in the past 12 months. Not players who's born before 1 January 1992.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Andreas Linde (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 1 0 Helsingborgs IF v. England, 5 February 2013 GK Davor Blazević (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 1 0 IF Brommapojkarna v. Czech Republic, 14 November 2012 GK Jacob Rinne (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 1 0 BK Forward v. Czech Republic, 14 November 2012 DF Philip Andersson (1992-05-12) 12 May 1992 2 0 Landskrona BoIS v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 DF Ludwig Augustinsson (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 2 0 IFK Göteborg v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 DF Emil Krafth (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 4 0 Helsingborgs IF v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 DF Emil Bergström (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 2 0 Djurgårdens IF v. England, 5 February 2013 DF Tobias Malm (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 1 0 Landskrona BoIS v. England, 5 February 2013 DF Joseph Baffo (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 6 0 Helsingborgs IF v. Czech Republic, 14 November 2012 MF Joel Allansson (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 5 0 IFK Göteborg v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 MF Simon Hedlund (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 2 0 IF Elfsborg v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 MF Simon Tibbling (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 2 0 Djurgårdens IF v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 MF Mathias Andersson (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 2 0 Landskrona BoIS v. England, 5 February 2013 MF Amin Nazari (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 1 0 Assyriska FF v. England, 5 February 2013 FW Branimir Hrgota (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 4 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 FW Dardan Rexhepi (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 3 0 Malmö FF v. Croatia, 24 March 2013 FW Karl Holmberg (1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 1 0 Örebro SK v. Czech Republic, 14 November 2012 FW Måns Söderqvist (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 1 0 Kalmar FF v. Czech Republic, 14 November 2012 FW John Guidetti (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 10 4 Manchester City v. Malta, 15 November 2011

Previous squads

• 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Sweden
• 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Sweden
• 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Sweden

Coaching staff

Head Coach	Håkan Ericson
Assistant Coach	Andreas Pettersson
Goalkeeper Coach	Mats Svensson

Records

Top 10 most appearances (caps)

Players in bold text are still active with Sweden U21.

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Alexander Farnerud	2002–2006	35	12
2	Mikael Dorsin	2000–2004	31	1
3	Johan Elmander	2000–2004	30	12
	Tommy Jönsson	1995–1998	30	1
5	Ola Toivonen	2006–2009	28	13
	Jiloan Hamad	2009–2012	28	3
7	Joakim Persson	1994–1998	27	8
	Jon Jönsson	2002–2005	27	5
9	Olof Mellberg	1996–1999	26	3
	Fredrik Stenman	2003–2005	26	1
	Andreas Granqvist	2004–2006	26	0

Last updated: 25 March 2013.

Top 10 most goals

Players in bold text are still active with Sweden U21.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Ola Toivonen	2006–2009	13	28
2	Johan Elmander	2000–2004	12	30
	Alexander Farnerud	2002–2006	12	35
4	Marcus Berg	2006–2009	8	19
5	Erton Fejzullahu	2009–2010	7	7
	Mikael Ishak	2012–	7	10
	Denni Avdić	2007–2010	7	23
8	Zlatan Ibrahimović	2001	6	7
	Mervan Çelik	2011–2012	6	14
	Pontus Farnerud	2000–2001	6	14
	Mikael Dahlberg	2004–2006	6	21
	Pontus Wernbloom	2006–2009	6	24

Last updated: 25 March 2013.

See also

• Sweden national football team
• Sweden national under-19 football team
• Sweden national under-17 football team
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

External links

• SvFF U21 page