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Sweden Under-21
Nickname(s)Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachHåkan Ericson
CaptainVictor Lindelöf
Most capsOscar Hiljemark (37)
Top scorerOla Toivonen (13)
Home stadiumÖrjans Vall
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Finland 1–3 Sweden Sweden
(Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
Biggest win
Sweden Sweden 6–0 Cyprus 
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 1 May 1991)
Sweden Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria 
(Halmstad, Sweden; 6 October 1992)
Sweden Sweden 6–0 Malta 
(Halmstad, Sweden; 3 June 2005)
 Norway 0–6 Sweden Sweden
(Cartagena, Spain; 31 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 6–0 Sweden Sweden
(Kiev, Ukraine; 31 May 2012)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1986)
Best resultChampions: 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
France 1994 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 21 8
Spain 1996 8 5 1 2 15 4
Romania 1998 Quarter-final 6th 3 1 0 2 3 3 10 9 0 1 30 6
Slovakia 2000 Did not qualify 8 2 0 6 7 15
Switzerland 2002 12 6 4 2 22 10
Germany 2004 Fourth place 4th 5 3 1 1 11 7 10 5 3 2 20 14
Portugal 2006 Did not qualify 10 6 0 4 16 12
Netherlands 2007 4 3 0 1 8 6
Sweden 2009 Semi-final 3rd 4 2 1 1 12 7 Qualified as hosts
Denmark 2011 Did not qualify 10 6 2 2 17 10
Israel 2013 12 7 1 4 20 14
Czech Republic 2015 Champions 1st 5 2 2 1 7 4 10 6 1 3 24 17
Poland 2017 To be determined 4 3 1 0 10 1
Total 1 title 7/20 29 13 7 9 46 32 148 79 30 39 270 153
*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.

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Sweden national under-21 football team celebrates in June 2015.

Qualification

Qualifying group stage

Template:2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 7

Play-off
10 October 2014 France  2–0  Sweden Le Mans, France
18:45 UTC+2 Thauvin 44' (pen.)
Kondogbia 81'		 Report Stadium: MMArena
Attendance: 8,896
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
14 October 2014 Sweden  4–1  France Halmstad, Sweden
20:00 UTC+2 Kiese Thelin 3', 35'
Lewicki 71', 88'		 Report Kurzawa 87' Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 2,863
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final tournament

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Portugal 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  England 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 21 June 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: tie-breaking
Knockout stage

27 June 2015 Semi-finals		 Denmark  1–4  Sweden Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 UTC+2 Bech 63' Report Guidetti 23' (pen.)
Tibbling 26'
Quaison 83'
Hiljemark 90+5'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

30 June 2015 Final		 Sweden  0–0
(4–3 p)		  Portugal Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Eden Arena
Attendance: 18,867
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Penalties
Guidetti soccer ball with check mark
Kiese Thelin soccer ball with check mark
Augustinsson soccer ball with check mark
Khalili soccer ball with red X
Lindelöf soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Paciência
soccer ball with check mark Tozé
soccer ball with red X Esgaio
soccer ball with check mark João Mário
soccer ball with red X Carvalho

Results and fixtures

2014

See also: 2014 in Swedish football

5 March 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Malta  1–2  Sweden Ta' Qali, Malta
14:30 UTC+1 Scicluna 10' Report Milošević 29'
Guidetti 70'		 Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

5 June 2014 Friendly		 Iceland  0–2  Sweden Akranes, Iceland
19:15 UTC+1 Report Kiese Thelin 43'
Moënza 83'		 Stadium: Norðurálsvöllurinn
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

9 June 2014 Friendly		 Sweden  1–0  Slovakia Trelleborg, Sweden
18:30 UTC+2 Kiese Thelin 38' Report Stadium: Vångavallen
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

5 September 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Sweden  3–0  Greece Halmstad, Sweden
18:00 UTC+2 Guidetti 52'
Kiese Thelin 73', 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 1,672
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

9 September 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Sweden  4–3  Turkey Halmstad, Sweden
18:30 UTC+2 Olsson 34', 58', 71'
Hiljemark 90+2'		 Report Başsan 29'
Koyunlu 84'
Ünal 86'		 Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 1,834
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

10 October 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 France  2–0  Sweden Le Mans, France
18:45 UTC+2 Thauvin 44' (pen.)
Kondogbia 81'		 Report Stadium: MMArena
Attendance: 8,896
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

14 October 2014 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Sweden  4–1  France Halmstad, Sweden
20:00 UTC+2 Kiese Thelin 3', 35'
Lewicki 71', 88'		 Report Kurzawa 87' Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 2,863
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

14 November 2014 4-Nations Tournament
Semi-finals		 Cyprus  1–1
(3–5 p)		  Sweden Paphos, Cyprus
15:00 UTC+2 Ioannou 42' Report Islamović 65' Stadium: Pafiako Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Yannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)
Penalties
Mavrou soccer ball with check mark
Panayiotou soccer ball with check mark
A. Andreou soccer ball with check mark
Kousoulos soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Augustinsson
soccer ball with check mark Krafth
soccer ball with check mark Tanković
soccer ball with check mark Islamović
soccer ball with check mark Lindelöf

18 November 2014 4-Nations Tournament
Final		 Sweden  2–2
(4–2 p)		  Austria Paphos, Cyprus
19:00 UTC+2 Peterson 49'
Manns 57'		 Report Grillitsch 50'
Gartner 65'		 Stadium: Pafiako Stadium

2015

See also: 2015 in Swedish football

27 March 2015 Younger friendly		 Russia  0–4  Sweden Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+2 Report Zeneli 36'
Moberg Karlsson 54', 62'
Mrabti 86'		 Stadium: Bellis Stadium

27 March 2015 Friendly		 Serbia  0–1  Sweden Novi Sad, Serbia
18:15 UTC+1 Report Ishak 35' Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium
Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)

31 March 2015 Friendly		 Russia  0–2  Sweden Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Report Guidetti 3'
Gustafson 22'		 Stadium: Bellis Stadium
Attendance: 60
Referee: Cihan Burgan (Turkey)

31 March 2015 Younger friendly		 Norway  0–6  Sweden Cartagena, Spain
19:00 UTC+2 Report Lundholm 11', 39'
Moberg Karlsson 26'
Mrabti 62'
Johansson 73'
Karlström 75'		 Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova

11 June 2015 Friendly		 Denmark  2–2  Sweden Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
18:00 UTC+2 Brock-Madsen 19', 66' (pen.) Report Guidetti 17' (pen.)
Gustafson 86'		 Stadium: Lyngby Stadion
Attendance: 4,084
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

13 June 2015 Younger friendly		 Finland  0–0  Sweden Helsinki, Finland
15:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Töölön Pallokenttä
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

16 June 2015 Younger friendly		 Sweden  4–1  Albania Sollentuna, Sweden
19:00 UTC+2 Strandberg 20', 81'
Gustafson 51'
Lundholm 74'		 Report Avdijaj 56' Stadium: Sollentunavallen
Attendance: 2,346
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

18 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21
Group B		 Italy  1–2  Sweden Olomouc, Czech Republic
18:00 UTC+2 Berardi 29' (pen.) Report Guidetti 56'
Kiese Thelin 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 6,719
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

21 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21
Group B		 Sweden  0–1  England Olomouc, Czech Republic
18:00 UTC+2 Report Lingard 85' Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 11,257
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

24 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21
Group B		 Portugal  1–1  Sweden Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2 Paciência 82' Report Tibbling 89' Stadium: Stadion Miroslava Valenty
Attendance: 7,263
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

27 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21
Semi-finals		 Denmark  1–4  Sweden Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 UTC+2 Bech 63' Report Guidetti 23' (pen.)
Tibbling 26'
Quaison 83'
Hiljemark 90+5'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

30 June 2015 2015 UEFA Euro U-21
Final		 Sweden  0–0
(4–3 p)		  Portugal Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Eden Arena
Attendance: 18,867
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Penalties
Guidetti soccer ball with check mark
Kiese Thelin soccer ball with check mark
Augustinsson soccer ball with check mark
Khalili soccer ball with red X
Lindelöf soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Paciência
soccer ball with check mark Tozé
soccer ball with red X Esgaio
soccer ball with check mark João Mário
soccer ball with red X Carvalho

3 September 2015 2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Sweden  3–0  San Marino Hällevik, Sweden
18:00 UTC+2 Olsson 22'
Tanković 69'
Mrabti 87'		 Report Stadium: Strandvallen
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

8 September 2015 Friendly		 Poland  0–0  Sweden Kielce, Poland
18:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Sebastian Krasny (Poland)

9 October 2015 2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Sweden  5–0  Estonia Uppsala, Sweden
18:45 UTC+2 Engvall 10', 31'
Hallberg 13'
Ayaz 81', 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Studenternas IP
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)

13 October 2015 2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Spain  1–1  Sweden Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
UTC+2 Torres 20' Report Engvall 60' Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

17 November 2015 2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Q		 Georgia  0–1  Sweden Gori, Georgia
UTC+4 Report Mrabti 72' Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players have been called up for the 2017 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification match against San Marino on 27 March 2016.[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2016.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Anton Cajtoft (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Sweden Jönköpings Södra IF
12 1GK Jesper Johansson (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Sweden GAIS
2 2DF Isak Ssewankambo (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28) 9 0 Norway Molde FK
3 2DF Linus Wahlqvist (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28) 8 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping
4 2DF Sebastian Starke Hedlund (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 29) 8 0 Sweden Kalmar FF
5 2DF Adam Lundqvist (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
13 2DF Pa Konate (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Sweden Malmö FF
14 2DF Noah Sonko Sundberg (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall
19 2DF Joel Andersson (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Sweden BK Häcken
6 3MF Melker Hallberg (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 29) 13 2 Sweden Hammarby IF
7 3MF Simon Tibbling (vice captain) (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) 22 2 Netherlands Groningen
8 3MF Alexander Fransson (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30) 12 1 Switzerland Basel
9 3MF Kristoffer Olsson (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29) 16 4 Denmark FC Midtjylland
11 3MF Arber Zeneli (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29) 10 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
15 3MF Amin Affane (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Sweden AIK
16 3MF Samuel Gustafson (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) 5 2 Sweden BK Häcken
17 3MF Erdal Rakip (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Sweden Malmö FF
20 3MF Anton Salétros (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Sweden AIK
10 4FW Gustav Engvall (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28) 9 3 Sweden IFK Göteborg
18 4FW Muamer Tanković (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29) 8 1 Netherlands AZ

Recent call-ups

The following 22 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 Linus Müller (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Sweden Trelleborgs FF v.  Norway, 31 March 2015
DF Carl Johansson (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Sweden Helsingborgs IF v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016 WD
DF Ludwig Augustinsson (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30) 19 0 Denmark Copenhagen v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015 WD
DF Emil Krafth (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30) 15 0 Italy Bologna v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF Victor Lindelöf (captain) (1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 (age 30) 13 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015 WD
DF Joakim Nilsson (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) 6 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF Simon Sandberg (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Sweden BK Häcken v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF Dennis Olsson (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF Jesper Manns (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29) 4 1 Sweden IF Elfsborg v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
DF Oliver Silverholt (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Sweden Hammarby IF v.  Albania, 16 June 2015 WD
DF Jacob Une Larsson (1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
DF Pontus Nordenberg (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Iceland Víkingur Ólafsvík v.  Norway, 31 March 2015
MF Jesper Karlström (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 29) 5 1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016 WD
MF Kerim Mrabti (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30) 11 4 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
MF Simon Gustafson (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) 9 3 Netherlands Feyenoord v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015 WD
MF Ferhad Ayaz (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30) 7 2 Unattached v.  Spain, 13 October 2015
MF Sam Lundholm (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) 3 3 Netherlands NEC v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
FW Gustaf Nilsson (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Sweden Falkenbergs FF v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
FW Carlos Strandberg (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) 4 2 Sweden AIK v.  Poland, 8 September 2015
FW David Moberg Karlsson (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 2 3 Denmark FC Nordsjælland v.  Poland, 8 September 2015 WD
FW Kristoffer Peterson (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29) 7 1 Netherlands Roda JC v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
FW Dino Islamović (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Netherlands Groningen v.  Norway, 31 March 2015

Previous squads

Coaching staff

Older squad

Manager Håkan Ericson
Assistant manager Andreas Pettersson
Goalkeeping coach Leif Troedsson
Team doctor Fredrik Bergström

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 35 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 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

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

# Player Career Goals Caps
1 Ola Toivonen 2006–2009 13 28
2 John Guidetti 2010–2015 12 23
Johan Elmander 2000–2004 12 30
Alexander Farnerud 2002–2006 12 35
5 Niklas Skoog 1994–1995 10 14
Mikael Ishak 2012–2015 10 24
7 Lars Larsson 1982–1983 9 10
Jonny Rödlund 1990–1993 9 31
9 Marcus Berg 2006–2009 8 19
Hans Eklund 1987–1990 8 20
Joakim Persson 1994–1998 8 27

See also

References

  1. ^ "EM-guld efter straffdrama!" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ "EM-sorti på straffar efter mirakelvändning" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ^ "U21-truppen mot San Marino" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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