Sweden national football team

Sweden
Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue and Yellow)
Association	Swedish Football Association (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Janne Andersson
Asst coach	Peter Wettergren
Captain	Victor Lindelöf
Most caps	Anders Svensson (148)
Top scorer	Zlatan Ibrahimović (62)
Ground	Friends Arena
FIFA code	SWE
FIFA ranking	17 1 (12 August 2021)
Highest FIFA ranking	2 (November 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	45 (March 2015, October–November 2015, March 2017)
Elo ranking	16 2 (3 September 2021)
Highest Elo ranking	2 (May–June 1949, October 1949, July 1950)
Lowest Elo ranking	48 (September 1980, May 1981)
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; 5 August 1948)
Biggest defeat	Great Britain 12–1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October 1908)
World Cup appearances	12 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1958
UEFA European Championship appearances	7 (First in 1992)
Best result	Semi-finals, 1992

The Sweden national football team 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 Solna and the team is led by Janne Andersson.

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 FIFA 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 neighbours Denmark, Norway and Finland but through the years a rivalry with England has also developed. Sweden's captain is Victor Lindelöf with Albin Ekdal as vice captain (as of 2021).

History

Main article: History of the Sweden national football team

Competitive records

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-finals	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 round	5th	6	2	2	2	7	6		7	4	2	1	17	9
1978	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										12	6	2	4	21	18
2018	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	0	2	6	4		12	7	2	3	27	9
2022	Qualification in progress									3	3	0	0	6	1
2026	To be determined
Total	Best: Runners-up	12/21	51	19	13	19	80	73		134	83	21	30	273	122

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										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-finals	3rd	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-finals	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	Group stage	20th	3	0	1	2	1	3		12	6	4	2	19	12
2020	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	5	4		10	6	3	1	23	9
2024	To be determined
Total	Best: Semi-finals	7/16	24	7	7	10	30	28		114	61	26	27	197	111

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	B	2	4	2	1	1	5	3		16th
2020–21	A	3	6	1	0	5	5	13		14th
2022–23	B	To be determined
Total			10	3	1	6	10	16	14th

Results and fixtures

2020

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 5 September 2020	Sweden	0–1	France	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Mbappé  42'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 8 September 2020	Sweden	0–2	Portugal	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Ronaldo  45+1', 72'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Friendly 8 October 2020	Russia	1–2	Sweden	Moscow, Russia
19:15 UTC+3	Sobolev  90+2'	Report	Isak  21' Johansson  73'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 11 October 2020	Croatia	2–1	Sweden	Zagreb, Croatia
18:00 UTC+2	Vlašić  32' Kramarić  84'	Report	Berg  66'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,020 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 14 October 2020	Portugal	3–0	Sweden	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 UTC+1	B. Silva  21' Jota  44', 72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Friendly 11 November 2020	Denmark	2–0	Sweden	Brøndby, Denmark
19:30 UTC+1	Wind  61' Bah  74'	Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 141 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 14 November 2020	Sweden	2–1	Croatia	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+1	Kulusevski  36' Danielson  45+2'	Report	Danielson  82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 17 November 2020	France	4–2	Sweden	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+1	Giroud  16', 59' Pavard  36' Coman  90+5'	Report	Claesson  4' Quaison  88'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

2021

2022 World Cup Q 25 March 2021	Sweden	1–0	Georgia	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+1	Claesson  35'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

2022 World Cup Q 28 March 2021	Kosovo	0–3	Sweden	Pristina, Kosovo
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Augustinsson  12' Isak  35' Larsson  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Friendly 31 March 2021	Sweden	1–0	Estonia	Solna, Sweden
17:45 UTC+2	Berg  4'	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

Friendly 29 May 2021	Sweden	2–0	Finland	Solna, Sweden
18:00 UTC+2	Quaison  23' S. Larsson  58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Friendly 5 June 2021	Sweden	3–1	Armenia	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2	Forsberg  16' Danielson  34' Berg  85'	Report	Bichakhchyan  63'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

UEFA Euro 2020 – GS 14 June 2021	Spain	0–0	Sweden	Seville, Spain
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 10,559 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

UEFA Euro 2020 – GS 18 June 2021	Sweden	1–0	Slovakia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 UTC+3	Forsberg  77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 11,525 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2020 – GS 23 June 2021	Sweden	3–2	Poland	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	Forsberg  2', 59' Claesson  90+4'	Report	Lewandowski  61', 84'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 14,252 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

UEFA Euro 2020 – R16 29 June 2021	Sweden	1–2	Ukraine	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 UTC+1	Forsberg  43'	Report	Zinchenko  27' Dovbyk  120+1'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 9,221 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

2022 World Cup Q 2 September 2021	Sweden	2–1	Spain	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2	Isak  6' Claesson  57'	Report	Soler  5'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 16,901 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Friendly 5 September 2021	Sweden	v	Uzbekistan	Solna, Sweden
15:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Friends Arena

2022 World Cup Q 8 September 2021	Greece	v	Sweden	Athens, Greece
21:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

2022 World Cup Q 9 October 2021	Sweden	v	Kosovo	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Friends Arena

2022 World Cup Q 12 October 2021	Sweden	v	Greece	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Friends Arena

2022 World Cup Q 11 November 2021	Georgia	v	Sweden	Batumi, Georgia
21:00 UTC+4				Stadium: Batumi Stadium

2022 World Cup Q 14 November 2021	Spain	v	Sweden	Seville, Spain
20:45 UTC+1				Stadium: La Cartuja

Players

Current squad

The following 26 players have been called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Spain on 2 September 2021 and against Greece on 8 September 2021, and for the friendly match against Uzbekistan on 5 September 2021.

Caps and goals updated as of 2 September 2021 after the match against Spain.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Robin Olsen	8 January 1990 (1990-01-08)	49	0	Sheffield United
12	1GK	Pontus Dahlberg	21 January 1999 (1999-01-21)	2	0	Doncaster Rovers
23	1GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	23 June 1989 (1989-06-23)	14	0	AIK
2	2DF	Emil Krafth	2 August 1994 (1994-08-02)	33	0	Newcastle United
3	2DF	Victor Lindelöf (captain)	17 July 1994 (1994-07-17)	46	3	Manchester United
5	2DF	Martin Olsson	17 May 1988 (1988-05-17)	51	5	Malmö FF
6	2DF	Ludwig Augustinsson	21 April 1994 (1994-04-21)	37	2	Sevilla
13	2DF	Mattias Johansson	16 February 1992 (1992-02-16)	6	1	Legia Warsaw
14	2DF	Filip Helander	22 April 1993 (1993-04-22)	17	0	Rangers
18	2DF	Joakim Nilsson	6 February 1994 (1994-02-06)	6	0	Arminia Bielefeld
24	2DF	Marcus Danielson	8 April 1989 (1989-04-08)	13	3	Dalian Professional
25	2DF	Carl Starfelt	1 June 1995 (1995-06-01)	3	0	Celtic
26	2DF	Daniel Sundgren	22 November 1990 (1990-11-22)	0	0	Aris
4	3MF	Jesper Karlsson	25 July 1998 (1998-07-25)	3	0	AZ
7	3MF	Viktor Claesson	2 January 1992 (1992-01-02)	51	11	Krasnodar
8	3MF	Albin Ekdal (vice-captain)	28 July 1989 (1989-07-28)	62	0	Sampdoria
10	3MF	Emil Forsberg (3rd captain)	23 October 1991 (1991-10-23)	63	13	RB Leipzig
15	3MF	Ken Sema	30 September 1993 (1993-09-30)	12	0	Watford
17	3MF	Jens Cajuste	10 August 1999 (1999-08-10)	6	0	FC Midtjylland
19	3MF	Mattias Svanberg	5 January 1999 (1999-01-05)	10	1	Bologna
20	3MF	Kristoffer Olsson	30 June 1995 (1995-06-30)	30	0	Anderlecht
9	4FW	Alexander Isak	21 September 1999 (1999-09-21)	27	7	Real Sociedad
11	4FW	Isaac Kiese Thelin	24 June 1992 (1992-06-24)	30	3	Anderlecht
16	4FW	Jordan Larsson	20 June 1997 (1997-06-20)	6	1	Spartak Moscow
21	4FW	Dejan Kulusevski	25 April 2000 (2000-04-25)	16	1	Juventus
22	4FW	Robin Quaison	9 October 1993 (1993-10-09)	31	9	Al-Ettifaq

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Sweden squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Karl-Johan Johnsson 28 January 1990 (1990-01-28) 9 0 Copenhagen UEFA Euro 2020 GK Jacob Rinne 20 June 1993 (1993-06-20) 3 0 AaB UEFA Euro 2020 RES GK Isak Pettersson 6 June 1997 (1997-06-06) 2 0 Toulouse v. Portugal, 14 October 2020 DF Mikael Lustig RET 13 December 1986 (1986-12-13) 94 6 AIK UEFA Euro 2020 DF Andreas Granqvist RET 16 April 1985 (1985-04-16) 88 9 Retired UEFA Euro 2020 DF Pierre Bengtsson 12 April 1988 (1988-04-12) 41 0 Copenhagen UEFA Euro 2020 DF Pontus Jansson RET 13 February 1991 (1991-02-13) 27 0 Brentford UEFA Euro 2020 DF Niklas Hult 13 February 1990 (1990-02-13) 8 0 Hannover 96 UEFA Euro 2020 RES DF Sebastian Holmén 29 April 1992 (1992-04-29) 6 0 Çaykur Rizespor v. France, 17 November 2020 DF Joel Andersson 11 November 1996 (1996-11-11) 6 0 FC Midtjylland v. Denmark, 11 November 2020 MF Sebastian Larsson RET 6 June 1985 (1985-06-06) 133 10 AIK UEFA Euro 2020 MF Gustav Svensson RET 7 February 1987 (1987-02-07) 32 0 IFK Göteborg UEFA Euro 2020 MF Oscar Hiljemark RET 28 June 1992 (1992-06-28) 28 2 Retired v. Denmark, 11 November 2020 FW Marcus Berg RET 17 August 1986 (1986-08-17) 90 24 IFK Göteborg UEFA Euro 2020 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 October 1981 (1981-10-03) 118 62 Milan v. Estonia, 31 March 2021 FW Sebastian Andersson 15 July 1991 (1991-07-15) 9 3 1. FC Köln v. Portugal, 14 October 2020 WD FW John Guidetti 15 April 1992 (1992-04-15) 29 3 Alavés v. Portugal, 8 September 2020 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 World Cup 2018 squad UEFA European Championship Euro 1992 squad Euro 2000 squad Euro 2004 squad Euro 2008 squad Euro 2012 squad Euro 2016 squad Euro 2020 squad Coaching staff As of 28 March 2021 Position Name Head coach Janne Andersson Assistant manager Peter Wettergren Goalkeeping coach Maths Elfvendal Match analyst Christoffer Bernspång Performance manager Paul Balsom Physiotherapist Fredrik Larsson Scouts Lars Jacobsson Tom Prahl Roger Sandberg Team manager Stefan Pettersson Alumni Former players Main article: List of Swedish international players Managers Main article: List of Sweden international managers Honours 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 External links National team statistics 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 Details of all matches Sweden Swedish competitions · Swedish coaches · Swedish players · Swedish stadiums Football in Sweden League competitions The SFA Cup competitions Allsvenskan Sweden Svenska Cupen Superettan (U-21) Supercupen Ettan Fotboll Clubs Division 2 Stadiums Division 3 Leagues Division 4 Division 5 International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Confederation Competitions AFC Asian Cup CAF Africa Cup of Nations CONCACAF Gold Cup CONMEBOL Copa América OFC Nations Cup UEFA European Championship Non-FIFA N.F.-Board · Viva World Cup FIFA World Cup hosts 1930: Uruguay · 1934: Italy · 1938: France · 1950: Brazil · 1954: Switzerland · 1958: Sweden · 1962: Chile · 1966: England · 1970: Mexico · 1974: West Germany · 1978: Argentina · 1982: Spain · 1986: Mexico · 1990: Italy · 1994: United States · 1998: France · 2002: South Korea & Japan · 2006: Germany · 2010: South Africa · 2014: Brazil · 2018: Russia · 2022: Qatar National football teams of Europe (UEFA) Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Republic of Ireland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1934) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1938) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1950) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1958) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1970) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1974) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1978) Template:Sweden squad (FIFA World Cup 1990) Sweden – UEFA Euro 1992 – Semi-finals 1. Ravelli 2. R. Nilsson 3. J. Eriksson 4. P. Andersson 5. Björklund 6. Schwarz 7. Ingesson 8. Rehn 9. Thern (c) 10. Limpar 11. Brolin 12. L. Eriksson 13. M.Nilsson 14. Erlingmark 15. Mild 16. K. Andersson 17. Dahlin 18. Ljung 19. J.Nilsson 20. Ekström Manager:  Tommy Svensson Sweden – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1. Ravelli 2. R. Nilsson 3. P. Andersson 4. Björklund 5. Ljung 6. Schwarz 7. Larsson 8. Ingesson 9. Thern (c) 10. Dahlin 11. Brolin 12. Eriksson 13. M. Nilsson 14. Kåmark 15. Lučić 16. Limpar 17. Rehn 18. Mild 19. K. Andersson 20. Erlingmark 21. Blomqvist 22. Hedman Manager:  Tommy Svensson Sweden – UEFA Euro 2000 – Group stage .  Manager:  [[]] Sweden – 2002 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 .  Manager:  [[]] Sweden – UEFA Euro 2004 – Quarter-finals .  Manager:  [[]] Sweden – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16 .  Manager:  [[]] Sweden – UEFA Euro 2008 – Group stage .  Manager:  [[]] Sweden – UEFA Euro 2012 – Group stage 1. Isaksson 2. Lustig 3. Mellberg 4. Granqvist 5. M. Olsson 6. Elm 7. Larsson 8. Svensson 9. Källström 10. Ibrahimović (c) 11. Elmander 12. Wiland 13. J. Olsson 14. Hysén 15. Antonsson 16. Wernbloom 17. Safari 18. Holmén 19. Bajrami 20. Toivonen 21. Wilhelmsson 22. Rosenberg 23. Hansson Manager:  Erik Hamrén Sweden – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage 1. Isaksson 2. Lustig 3. Johansson 4. Granqvist 5. Olsson 6. Forsberg 7. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Källström 10. Ibrahimović 11. Berg 12. Olsen 13. Jansson 14. Lindelöf 15. Hiljemark 16. Wernbloom 17. Augustinsson 18. Lewicki 19. Kujović 20. Guidetti 21. Durmaz 22. Zengin 23. Carlgren Manager:  Erik Hamrén Sweden – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals 1. Olsen 2. Lustig 3. Lindelöf 4. Granqvist (c) 5. Olsson 6. Augustinsson 7. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Berg 10. Forsberg 11. Guidetti 12. Johnsson 13. Svensson 14. Helander 15. Hiljemark 16. Krafth 17. Claesson 18. Jansson 19. Rohdén 20. Toivonen 21. Durmaz 22. Kiese Thelin 23. Nordfeldt Manager:  Janne Andersson Sweden – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16 1. Olsen 2. Lustig 3. Lindelöf 4. Granqvist (c) 5. Bengtsson 6. Augustinsson 7. S. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Berg 10. Forsberg 11. Isak 12. Johnsson 13. Svensson 14. Helander 15. Sema 16. Krafth 17. Claesson 18. Jansson 19. Svanberg 20. Olsson 21. Kulusevski 22. Quaison 23. Nordfeldt 24. Danielson 25. J. Larsson 26. Cajuste Manager:  Janne Andersson