Sweden men's national under-21 football team

Sweden Under-21
Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Roland Nilsson
Captain	Vacant
Most caps	Oscar Hiljemark (37)
Top scorer	Ola Toivonen (13)
Home stadium	Örjans Vall
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Finland 1–3 Sweden ; (Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
Biggest win
	Sweden 6–0 Cyprus ; (Helsingborg, Sweden; 1 May 1991); Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria ; (Halmstad, Sweden; 6 October 1992); Sweden 6–0 Malta ; (Halmstad, Sweden; 3 June 2005); Norway 0–6 Sweden ; (Cartagena, Spain; 31 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
	Ukraine 6–0 Sweden ; (Kiev, Ukraine; 31 May 2012)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1986)
Best result	Champions: 2015

The Sweden national under-21 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 Swedbank Stadion in Malmö and the team is led by Håkan Ericson and his assistant Andreas Pettersson. The Swedish U21 team came into existence, following the realignment of UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which changed to be a Under-21 competition in 1978.

Sweden made their first European Under-21 Championship appearance in 1986. In 2015, Sweden became champions for the first time.^[1] They finished second in 1992 and they also reached the semi-finals in 1990 and 2009.^[2] Oscar Hiljemark is the most capped player for the Swedish U21 team, having played 37 caps between 2011 and 2015. Ola Toivonen is the best goalscorer for Sweden U21, having scored 13 goals between 2006 and 2009.

Competitive record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	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	6th	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	3rd	4	2	1	1	7	4	6	4	2	0	10	2
1992	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	4	4	6	4	2	0	17	3
1994	Did not qualify								10	4	4	2	21	8
1996	Did not qualify								8	5	1	2	15	4
1998	Quarter-final	6th	3	1	0	2	3	3	10	9	0	1	30	6
2000	Did not qualify								8	2	0	6	7	15
2002	Did not qualify								12	6	4	2	22	10
2004	Fourth place	4th	5	3	1	1	11	7	10	5	3	2	20	14
2006	Did not qualify								10	6	0	4	16	12
2007	Did not qualify								4	3	0	1	8	6
2009	Semi-final	3rd	4	2	1	1	12	7	Qualified as hosts
2011	Did not qualify								10	6	2	2	17	10
2013	Did not qualify								12	7	1	4	20	14
2015	Champions	1st	5	2	2	1	7	4	10	6	1	3	24	17
2017	Group stage	9th	3	0	2	1	2	5	10	7	3	0	24	7
2019	Qualification in progress								0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1 title	8/21	32	13	9	10	48	37	154	83	32	39	284	159

*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.

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Qualifying group stage

Template:2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6

Final tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Sweden	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Poland (H)	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

First match(es) will be played: 16 June 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Win Draw Loss

16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) Group A	Sweden	0–0	England	Kielce, Poland
18:00 (UTC+2)		Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Kolporter Arena Attendance: 11,672 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

19 June 2017 (2017-06-19) Group A	Poland	2–2	Sweden	Lublin, Poland
20:45 (UTC+2)	Moneta 6' Kownacki 90+1' (pen.)	Report (UEFA)	Strandberg 36' Une Larsson 41'	Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 14,651 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22) Group A	Slovakia	3–0	Sweden	Lublin, Poland
20:45 (UTC+2)	Chrien 5' Mihalík 22' Šatka 73'	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Arena Lublin Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players have been called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.^[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 22 June 2017.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tim Erlandsson	(1996-12-25) 25 December 1996 (age 27)	7	0	AFC Eskilstuna
12	1GK	Anton Cajtoft	(1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30)	12	0	Jönköpings Södra IF
23	1GK	Pontus Dahlberg	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	IFK Göteborg

2	2DF	Linus Wahlqvist	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27)	19	1	IFK Norrköping
3	2DF	Jacob Une Larsson	(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 30)	13	1	Djurgårdens IF
4	2DF	Joakim Nilsson	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30)	8	0	IF Elfsborg
5	2DF	Adam Lundqvist	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30)	13	0	IF Elfsborg
13	2DF	Isak Ssewankambo	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28)	11	0	Molde FK
14	2DF	Filip Dagerstål	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)	9	1	IFK Norrköping
15	2DF	Franz Brorsson	(1996-01-30) 30 January 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Malmö FF
20	2DF	Egzon Binaku	(1995-08-27) 27 August 1995 (age 28)	2	0	BK Häcken

6	3MF	Simon Tibbling (vice captain)	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 29)	29	2	Brøndby IF
7	3MF	Alexander Fransson	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30)	19	1	Basel
8	3MF	Kristoffer Olsson (captain)	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 28)	27	6	AIK
9	3MF	Muamer Tanković	(1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29)	19	3	Hammarby IF
16	3MF	Melker Hallberg	(1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 28)	23	3	Kalmar FF
17	3MF	Kerim Mrabti	(1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 29)	17	5	Djurgårdens IF
19	3MF	Niclas Eliasson	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995 (age 28)	2	0	Bristol City
21	3MF	Joel Asoro	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 25)	5	1	Sunderland
22	3MF	Amin Affane	(1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30)	1	0	AIK

10	4FW	Carlos Strandberg	(1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28)	14	6	Malmö FF
11	4FW	Gustav Engvall	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28)	15	3	Djurgårdens IF
18	4FW	Paweł Cibicki	(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 30)	10	1	Malmö FF

Recent call-ups

The following 9 players have also been called up to the Sweden U21 squad and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Oscar Linnér	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27)	0	0	AIK	v. Czech Republic, 27 March 2017

DF	Joel Andersson	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27)	0	0	BK Häcken	v. Croatia, 10 October 2016
DF	Noah Sonko Sundberg	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 27)	4	0	GIF Sundsvall	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016

MF	Erdal Rakip	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Malmö FF	v. Croatia, 10 October 2016
MF	Anton Salétros	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Újpest	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
MF	Tesfaldet Tekie	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Gent	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016

FW	Jordan Larsson	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 26)	4	1	NEC	v. Czech Republic, 27 March 2017
FW	Alexander Isak	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Borussia Dortmund	v. Croatia, 10 October 2016
FW	Gustaf Nilsson	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Silkeborg IF	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015

Previous squads

Players with most caps and goals

Updated as of 30 June 2015.

Top 10 most capped players

Players in bold text are still available to play for the Swedish U21 team.

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Oscar Hiljemark	2011–2015	37	4
2	Alexander Farnerud	2002–2006	36	12
3	Jonny Rödlund	1990–1993	31	9
	Mikael Dorsin	2000–2004	31	1
	Mattias Bjärsmyr	2005–2009	31	0
6	Johan Elmander	2000–2004	30	12
	Tommy Jönsson	1995–1998	30	2
	Sven Andersson	1981–1986	30	0
9	Simon Tibbling	2012–2017	29	2
10	Ola Toivonen	2006–2009	28	13
	Jiloan Hamad	2009–2012	28	3
	Magnus Hedman	1992–1995	28	0
	Magnus Johansson	1990–1993	28	0

Top 10 goalscorers