Sweden national under-21 football team

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The Swedish U-21 national football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players.

Contents 1 UEFA U-21 Championship Record 2 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 3 Current squad 3.1 Coaching staff 4 2009 matches 4.1 "Older" 4.2 "Younger" 5 References 6 See also

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

• 1978: Did not qualify.
• 1980: Did not qualify.
• 1982: Did not qualify.
• 1984: Did not qualify.
• 1986: Quarter-finalists.
• 1988: Did not qualify.
• 1990: Semi-finalists.
• 1992: Runners-up
• 1994: Did not qualify.
• 1996: Did not qualify.
• 1998: Quarter-finalists.
• 2000: Did not qualify.
• 2002: Did not qualify.
• 2004: 4th place
• 2006: Did not qualify.
• 2008: Did not qualify.
• 2009: Host, Semi-finalists.

[edit] 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Sweden	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
Serbia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Belarus	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

2009-06-15
Sweden	5 - 1	Belarus	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
2009-06-18
Sweden	1 - 2	Italy	Olympia, Helsingborg
2009-06-22
Serbia	1 - 3	Sweden	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up to participate in a 2011 UEFA European Football Championship qualification against Kazakhstan.^[1] (Caps and goals as of time of call up)

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt 23 June 1989 (1989-06-23) (age 20) 7 0 Brommapojkarna GK Viktor Noring 3 February 1991 (1991-02-03) (age 18) 0 0 Trelleborg DF Michael Almebäck 4 April 1988 (1988-04-04) (age 21) 5 0 Öresbro DF Joel Ekstrand 4 February 1989 (1989-02-04) (age 20) 4 1 Helsingborg DF Erik Lund 6 November 1989 (1989-11-06) (age 20) 8 0 IFK Göteborg DF Martin Olsson 17 May 1988 (1988-05-17) (age 21) 16 1 Blackburn Rovers DF Emil Salomonsson 28 April 1989 (1989-04-28) (age 20) 4 0 Halmstad DF Jasmin Sudic 24 November 1990 (1990-11-24) (age 19) 2 0 Malmö FF DF Andreas Landgren 17 March 1989 (1989-03-17) (age 20) 2 0 Helsingborg DF Marcus Nilsson 26 February 1988 (1988-02-26) (age 21) 2 0 Helsingborg MF Pierre Bengtsson 12 April 1988 (1988-04-12) (age 21) 13 0 Nordsjælland MF Emir Bajrami 7 March 1988 (1988-03-07) (age 21) 21 5 Elfsborg MF Albin Ekdal 28 July 1989 (1989-07-28) (age 20) 5 1 Siena MF Rasmus Elm 17 March 1988 (1988-03-17) (age 21) 15 0 AZ MF Sebastian Eriksson 31 January 1989 (1989-01-31) (age 20) 9 0 IFK Göteborg MF Guillermo Molins 26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) (age 21) 17 1 Malmö FF MF Jiloan Hamad 6 November 1990 (1990-11-06) (age 19) 2 0 Malmö FF MF Daniel Nordmark 4 January 1988 (1988-01-04) (age 21) 7 1 Elfsborg MF Emil Salomonsson 28 April 1989 (1989-04-28) (age 20) 2 0 Halmstad FW Denni Avdić 5 September 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 21) 18 3 Elfsborg FW Pär Ericsson 21 July 1988 (1988-07-21) (age 21) 4 1 GAIS FW Erton Fejzullahu 9 April 1988 (1988-04-09) (age 21) 5 2 NEC FW Rasmus Jönsson 27 January 1990 (1990-01-27) (age 19) 1 0 Helsingborg FW Agon Mehmeti 20 November 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 20) 2 1 Malmö FF

[edit] Coaching staff

Head coaches	Tommy Söderberg
	Jörgen Lennartsson

[edit] 2009 matches

[edit] "Older"

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
February 11, 2009	Friendly	Trieste, Italy	Sweden	1 – 1	Italy	Wernbloom  64' (pen.)
March 27, 2009	Friendly	La Manga, Spain	Sweden	0 – 1	Finland
March 31, 2009	Friendly	Orihuela, Spain	Spain	0 – 0	Sweden
June 5, 2009	Friendly	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	2 – 1	Poland	Toivonen  25' Harbuzi  89'
June 9, 2009	Friendly	Falkenberg, Sweden	Sweden	2 – 1	Estonia	Wernbloom  67' Ekstrand  70'
June 16, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	5 – 1	Belarus	Martynovich  35' (og) Berg  38', 44', 81' Svensson  89'
June 19, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Helsingborg, Sweden	Sweden	1 – 2	Italy	Toivonen  89'
June 23, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Malmö, Sweden	Serbia	1 – 3	Sweden	Berg  7', 15' (pen.) Toivonen  29'
June 26, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Göteborg, Sweden	England	3 – 3 (8-7 a.p.)	Sweden	Berg  61', 81' Toivonen  75'

[edit] "Younger"

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
March 27, 2009	Friendly	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium	Belgium	2 – 1	Sweden	Söder  5'
March 31, 2009	Friendly	Mechelen, Belgium	Belgium	1 – 2	Sweden	Rajalakso  31', 88'
June 5, 2009	Friendly	Moravany, Slovakia	Slovakia	1 – 0	Sweden
June 9, 2009	Friendly	Lahti, Finland	Finland	0 – 1	Sweden	Fejzullahu  86'
August 12, 2009	Friendly	Viborg, Denmark	Denmark	2 – 4	Sweden	Bajrami  27' Fejzullahu  47' Nilsson  56' Nordmark  65'
September 4, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	0 – 2	Sweden	Ekdal  84' Mehmeti  89'
September 9, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	Trelleborg, Sweden	Sweden	2 – 1	Bulgaria	Olsson  32' Bajrami  54'
October 11, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	Astana, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1 – 1	Sweden	Ericsson  88'
November 15, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	5 – 1	Kazakhstan	Fejzullahu  32', 50', 60', 89' Ekdal  67'

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Sweden national football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

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