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The Sweden national football team ( swedish : svenska fotbollslandslaget ) represents Sweden in men ‘s external football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden ‘s family ground is Friends Arena in Solna and the team is coached by Janne Andersson. From 1945 to late 1950s, they were considered one of the greatest teams in Europe. [ 3 ]
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Sweden has made twelve appearances at the World Cup with their first coming in 1934. They have besides made six appearances at the european Championship. Sweden finished second gear at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, which they hosted, and third base in both 1950 and 1994. Sweden ‘s other accomplishments besides include a amber decoration at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals in 1924 and 1952. They besides reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1992, besides while hosting .
history [edit ]
Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with 12 World Cup appearances and 3 medals in the Olympics. The swedish team finished irregular in the 1958 World Cup, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5–2 in the final. Sweden has besides finished third base doubly, in 1950 and 1994. In 1938, they finished fourth .
early history [edit ]
The Sweden team in 1911. Sweden played its first international game against Norway on 12 July 1908, an 11–3 victory. early matches in 1908 were played against England, Great Britain, the Netherlands ( twice ) and Belgium ; Sweden lost all five matches. In the lapp class, Sweden competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for the first time. Sweden, however, lost a game in the Olympics against the Great Britain 1–12, the biggest loss in the swedish national team ‘s history. In 1916, Sweden defeated Denmark for the beginning time. Sweden played in the 1912 Olympics ( as hosts ), the 1920 Olympics, and in the 1924 Olympics, where Sweden took the bronze and their first decoration ever .
1938 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
The 1938 World Cup was Sweden ‘s second qualification for the World Cup. In the inaugural orotund, they were scheduled to play against Austria, but after Germany ‘s occupation of Austria, the austrian team could not continue playing in the tournament. alternatively, Sweden went heterosexual to the quarter-finals match against Cuba. They beat cuba 8–0 with both Harry Andersson ( on his debut ) and Gustav Wetterström scoring hat-tricks. In the semi-final match against Hungary, Sweden lost 1–5. Sweden ‘s following match was the third-place match against Brazil. In that game the Swedes lost 2–4, and ended in fourth invest for the first and merely time in swedish football history. [ citation needed ]
1948 Summer Olympics [edit ]
The Sweden team that won the aureate decoration. In the inaugural turn, Sweden played against Austria. The austrian team had qualified without their professional players, which was a surprise since the Austrian league had many master players who were allowed to play in the tournament. The match was played at White Hart Lane in London and Sweden won 3–0. In the second game, Sweden played against Korea and won 12–0, one of the two largest margin wins Sweden has always had. In the semi-final Sweden met their archrivals from Denmark beating them 4–2. [ citation needed ] The final examination was played at legendary Wembley Stadium in London. The attendance was around 40,000 people which was high for a football game in those days. Sweden took on Yugoslavia in the concluding and won 3–1, with goals by Gunnar Gren ( 24 ‘, 67 ‘ ), Stjepan Bobek ( 42 ‘ ) and Gunnar Nordahl ( 48 ‘ ). This was Sweden ‘s first championship succeed in any international football tournament. [ citation needed ]
1950 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
The swedish squad. In the 1950 World Cup, the Swedish football association did not allow any professional Swedish football players to take part. consequently, Sweden only fielded amateur players during the tournament. Qualifying for the tournament as one of six european national teams, Sweden played in the same group as Italy and Paraguay. ( India seclude from the group. ) In the first match, Sweden pulse Italy 3–2 in São Paulo. The second base match was a 2–2 draw against Paraguay. With the most points in the group, Sweden advanced to the adjacent round off. Their first crippled in the second stagecoach – besides a group format – was against the hosts Brazil. It was played at the Maracanã Stadium with a total attendance of more than 138,000, to this day the record attendance for the swedish national team. The game ended 7–1 to Brazil and it is rumored that about everyone in the brazilian consultation waved the Swedes adieu with their scarf. The adjacent game was against Uruguay, who Sweden played against for the first base time in World Cup history. Played in São Paulo, Uruguay won the game 3–2, which meant Sweden were ineffective to play for the gold. The concluding game for Sweden in the tournament was played in São Paulo, against Spain. Sweden won 3–1 with goals by Stig Sundqvist ( 15 ‘ ), Bror Mellberg ( 34 ‘ ) and Karl-Erik Palmér ( 79 ‘ ). Sweden finished 3rd in the group and took their first World Cup decoration. As Sweden was the best rate european team, Sweden was, as the time, regarded “ unofficial european champions ”. At the Summer Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki, Sweden continued to achieve achiever and won an Olympic bronze. The follow year, the Football Association decided not to allow extraneous professionals to play in the national team and the team failed to qualify for the World Championships in Switzerland in 1954 when Sweden alone came second in their qualify group behind Belgium .
1958 FIFA World Cup success [edit ]
Sweden won the silver decoration at the 1958 World Cup. In 1956, the swedish football confederation allowed the professional footballers to play for the home team again, giving swedish football fans hope for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Sweden, the host nation, were in the like group as Mexico, Hungary and Wales. The first game, Sweden v Mexico, was played at Sweden ‘s national stadium, Råsunda Stadium, Solna, and was attended by around 32,000 people. Sweden won the plot 3–0, taking the lead in Group 3. The future equal was against Hungary, who had finished 2nd in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland and were besides the 1952 Olympic Champions. besides played at Råsunda, this game ended 2–1 to Sweden, with both goals scored by Kurt Hamrin. In the next match, against Wales, Sweden drew 0–0. Making it through to the quarter-finals, playing at Råsunda for the fourthly time in this tournament, Sweden were up against the USSR and won 2–0. The semifinal at Ullevi, Gothenburg, was the only game in the tournament which Sweden did not play at Råsunda. The crowd of around 50,000 people attended one of the best games Sweden played in the tournament. West Germany led by 1–0 when Erich Juskowiak was sent off in the 59th minute. Sweden won 3–1. The final was played at Råsunda between master of ceremonies nation Sweden and the 1950 FIFA World Cup runner-up, Brazil. The sum attendance was approximately 52,000 people. Brazil ended up winning the World Cup for the inaugural time always after beating Sweden by 5–2. Sweden consequently became runner-up, the best solution for Sweden in any World Cup and the only Nordic state to achieve this sol far. After the concluding couple the brazilian players honoured the host nation by sprinting around the pitch holding a swedish flag .
1960s [edit ]
After the successful 1958 World Cup, Sweden ‘s fortunes diminished. In the qualification round of the 1962 World Cup, Sweden won its group in impressive manner ( scoring 10 goals and only having 3 goals scored against it ), but it still had to win a play-off game against Switzerland to qualify. The game was played in West Berlin, and the Swiss won, 2–1. Sweden about got to the UEFA European Championship 1964. They started their play-off against Norway and won the first game and draw in the last game. In the second round, Sweden beat Yugoslavia, 3–2, but they lost the beginning bet on. In the quarter-finals, Sweden played against the defend champions, the Soviet Union. Sweden tied the first game but lost the second. During the 1966 World Cup qualification, Sweden was in the UEFA Qualification group 2. Sweden started the qualification with a trace against West Germany and then a 3–0 victory over Cyprus. But lone the achiever of the group advanced and Sweden was eliminated with a loss in its following game against West Germany. Sweden successfully entered the UEFA European Championship in 1968, but they finished in the Qualification group 2. Sweden ‘s alone major achiever in the ’60s was to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, after winning UEFA Group 5 ahead of Norway and France. Sweden finished third base in its group, losing a tie-breaker with eventual # 4 Uruguay, and did not advance to the elimination round, however. The achiever of Sweden ‘s group was eventual earth runner-up Italy .
1974 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
In the reservation of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Sweden was in the like group as Austria, Hungary and Malta. Sweden clinched a minute succeed via a classical play off-match against Austria in a white Gelsenkirchen, and advanced to the World Cup finals in Germany. The group Sweden drew into include Uruguay, Netherlands and Bulgaria. The first game against Bulgaria ended in a draw. In the second game against the Netherlands, Sweden drew another tie. The last game of the round was played against Uruguay. That game was the first victory Sweden had in the tournament, when they beat uruguay 3–0 with goals by Roland Sandberg ( 74 ‘ ) and Ralf Edström ( 46 ‘, 77 ‘ ). Sweden finished 2nd in the group and advanced to the second base group phase. In the second group stage, Sweden was defeated in the first game against Poland 0–1. The position after the defeat against Poland was that if Sweden lost against West Germany with a single goal difference and Yugoslavia defeated Poland, Sweden would be second in the group and play for the bronze decoration. But since Poland beat Yugoslavia 2–1, Sweden had to win the game against the host nation, West Germany, in order to finish second in the group. The game against West Germany was played in Düsseldorf with an attendance of 66,500 people. The swedish hitter Ralf Edström gave the scandinavian the lead with 1–0 after 29 minutes. But in the irregular one-half West Germany took see of the game, even after Roland Sandberg ‘s counterweight after 52 minutes. Germany won 4–2. After the tournament, the german players commented that the game against Sweden was their best game in that tournament. The final game for Sweden was played in Düsseldorf against Yugoslavia. Sweden won that game 2–1. They finished the tournament as the fifth home team. The swedish team had profiles that Ronnie Hellström, Bo Larsson and Björn Nordqvist. Sweden did not qualify for the european Championship quarter-finals game in 1976. On 11 May 1976, Sweden lost for the foremost time since 1937 at base to Denmark .
1978 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
1978 took Sweden for the third consecutive World Cup. Sweden made it from the qualifiers in a three team group with Switzerland and Norway as opponents. The qualifying seance was played in 1976 and 1977 in the World Cup 1978 in Argentina, Sweden played the first match with a draw ( 1–1 ) against Brazil. swedish scorer was Thomas Sjöberg. 1–1 was Sweden ‘s best solution sol far in the World Cup against Brazil context ( the result was repeated between the two countries at the World Cup finals in 1994 ). The team then lost against Austria ( 0–1 ) and Spain ( 0–1 ). The swedish team finished concluding in the group with 1 point and goal difference 1–3. several of the profiles from 1974, still with ( Larsson, Edström, Nordqvist ) but besides new players such as Anders Linderoth, Hasse Borg and Torbjörn Nilsson .
After the successful 1970s, reaching all three World Cups, Sweden changed their coach from Georg “ Åby ” Ericson to Lars “ Laban ” Arnesson. Arnesson had been a successful coach for Östers IF before becoming national team coach. They failed to qualify to the 1982 FIFA World Cup, ending third to Scotland and Northern Ireland. In 1983, Sweden met Brazil in Gothenburg to play a friendly, the match ended 3–3. They failed to qualify for the UEFA Euro 1984, despite defeating the then-reigning world champions Italy 3–0 in Naples, including two goals by Glenn Strömberg, but were ineffective to prevail against Romania in the battle for the top topographic point, losing both off and at home against the Tricolours. The swedish setbacks continued. After the fail reservation for the 1986 World Cup, Olle Nordin took over the team. Sweden lost their match against Czechoslovakia with 1–2 in the final examination qualify round off, while Portugal by chance won 1–0 away against West Germany and took second place in the group. It was West Germany ‘s first ever loss in a World Cup modifier. Sweden besides failed to qualify to the UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany. They won their qualification group for the 1990 World Cup ahead of England and went on to their beginning World Cup in 12 years. however, the World Cup crusade ended promptly after three 1–2 defeats in the group stage matches, against Brazil, Scotland and Costa Rica. As of May 2018, it is the entirely time that Sweden has failed to score points in a World Cup tournament. After the World Cup, Olle Nordin resigned and Nisse Andersson became a temp passenger car until Tommy Svensson took over in 1991 .
UEFA Euro 1992 [edit ]
As the host of the UEFA Euro 1992, Sweden played in their first ever european Championship tournament. They were drawn in group A with Denmark, France and England. Sweden managed to advance as group winners ahead of the eventual champions Denmark. In the semi-finals following the group stage, Sweden were eliminated by Germany with 2–3. As of July 2016, the semi-final place remains Sweden ‘s best leave always in a european championship .
1994 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Sweden qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the United States at the circus tent of their qualify group ahead of Bulgaria and France. Sweden was placed in Group B with Brazil, Cameroon and Russia. The first game against Cameroon in Los Angeles looked to be so far another 1–2 loss, ( after the 1990 World Cup debacle with losses of 1–2 in all three games ) but in the 75th hour, Martin Dahlin scored the counterweight from a rebound shot off of Henrik Larsson and the match finished 2–2. In the following game against Russia in Detroit, Russia was handed an early punishment and made it 1–0. Sweden managed to come back, with a punishment goal from Tomas Brolin and two goals from Martin Dahlin, with the final examination result being 3–1. In the last group phase match, against Brazil ( besides in Detroit ), they tied 1–1 after goals by Kennet Andersson ( ’23 ) and Romário ( ’47 ). In the first knockout-stage match, Sweden faced Saudi Arabia in the extreme heat and humidity of Dallas, where the game started at the hottest prison term of day- 4:30 post meridiem where temperatures went past 40C ( 104F ) in an outdoor stadium. Sweden won 3–1 after two goals from Kennet Andersson and one from Martin Dahlin. Sweden ‘s quarter-final match in San Francisco against Romania has become a memorable match for swedish football fans. After Sweden had scored recently in the irregular one-half, Romania managed to equalise in the dying minutes of the equal, sending it into extra time. Romania ‘s Florin Răducioiu, who scored the first finish for Romania, scored his second of the day to take Romania ahead at the 101st infinitesimal. But with five minutes left, Kennet Andersson scored with a header to make it level at 2–2. The penalty shoot-out began with a miss from Håkan Mild of Sweden, but Thomas Ravelli managed to save two penalties from Daniel Prodan and Miodrag Belodedici, giving Sweden the winnings and making himself a champion. Sweden advanced to the semi-finals, where they were to face Brazil in Los Angeles. They had managed to score in the group phase against Brazil but could n’t do it a moment time. After Jonas Thern had been sent off with a crimson circuit board, Romário scored the only finish of the bet on in the eightieth hour. In the third-place peer, Sweden played against a Bulgaria side that had lost to Italy in their semi-final couple in New York City. Sweden scored 4 goals in the foremost half, but the second half went goal-less. Sweden finished 3rd and won the bronze decoration, the best station for the national team in a World Cup since the 1958 argent decoration. This led Sweden to a second-place in the FIFA World Rankings for one calendar month, in November 1994. They finished as the lead scorers of the tournament, with 15 goals scored in total .
After the World Cup in 1994, Sweden had difficulty reaching up to the lapp level. The national team was knocked out in qualifying for the 1996 european Championships in England and the World Cup in France in 1998. The qualification for the Euro 96 had started with a gain for Sweden 1–0 away against Iceland in September 1994, but then lost against Switzerland away from home. In November 1994, Tomas Brolin broke his foot in a gain against Hungary. In the give of 1995 continue failure in the european Championship qualifiers. Sweden lost the away games against Turkey and played 1–1 reap at home to Iceland. When Sweden drew 0–0 against Switzerland in Gothenburg in September 1995, it was clear that the team would miss the european Championship finals. The passing game for the France 98 was not better. In October 1996, Austria won 1–0 in Stockholm and the month after the Swedes lost against Scotland on away ground. true, Sweden won against Scotland in the restitution peer in Gothenburg on Walpurgis Night in 1997, but in September 1997 won Austria 1–0 in Vienna. In October 1997, Tommy Svensson drop out as head coach and Tommy Söderberg took over .
UEFA Euro 2000 [edit ]
Sweden qualified impressively for this tournament, winning all games except the off game against England ( 0–0 ) and conceding only one goal. The finals however, were a big disappointment. Sweden lost their open game on 10 June against the host Belgium 1–2. Johan Mjällby scored the goal for Sweden in the 53rd minute after an mistake by belgian goalkeeper Filip De Wilde, while Belgium won via goals from Bart Goor in the 43rd hour and Émile Mpenza in the 46th. then on 15 June Sweden played 0–0 against Turkey. On 19 June, Sweden lost 2–1 to eventual runner-up Italy in the last group stage match. Luigi Di Biagio scored with a header on a recess recoil in the first gear half to give Italy the lead. former in the second half, Henrik Larsson equalised to 1–1. But after Daniel Andersson lost control of the ball, Alessandro Del Piero shot it into the circus tent corner. Sweden finished the group last behind belgium with only 1 point. Italy finished beginning and Turkey second .
2002 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Sweden qualified undefeated for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, ahead of eventual third base placed Turkey. Sweden was drawn in the “ group of death “, Group F, which besides featured large favourites Argentina, England and Nigeria. The first pit was against England on 2 June. Sol Campbell gave England the jumper cable in the first half by heading in a left-side corner from David Beckham. The equalising goal was scored by midfielder Niclas Alexandersson, a powerful left-foot shot from outside the box past David Seaman. The match ended 1–1. In the future game on 7 June, Sweden played Nigeria. Julius Aghahowa gave Nigeria the lead by heading in a traverse from the right. Sweden managed to equalise with a finish by Henrik Larsson. Later in the game, Larsson was fouled in the penalty area and Sweden were awarded with a penalty which Larsson himself put in the goal. Sweden won 2–1. In the final group match on 12 June, Sweden played Argentina, who needed to win after losing 0–1 to England in the previous game. Sweden midfielder Anders Svensson scored a freekick finish from 30 meters. Andreas Andersson had a shot off the crossbar and out in an attempt to extend the contribute. Mattias Jonson committed a foul in the penalty sphere and Argentina was awarded a punishment. Ariel Ortega shot straight on Magnus Hedman, the swedish custodian, but Hernán Crespo rushed into the box and shot the rebound from Hedman between the custodian ‘s leg. The goal was controversial because Crespo began running into the corner at the same time as Ortega stepped up to blast. however, the match ended 1–1 and Sweden won the group, England on second place, Argentina third and Nigeria stopping point .
In the round of golf of 16 on 16 June, Sweden played Senegal. Henrik Larsson gave Sweden an early lead by heading in a corner from Anders Svensson. Senegal equalised through Henri Camara. They besides had a finish disallowed for offside. The game came to sudden death golden goal. Rising ace Zlatan Ibrahimović came on and about won Sweden the plot. He made a terrific run on the right wing past several Senegal players, and shoot with his weak left foot from a close angle straight at Senegal ‘s keeper Tony Sylva. Ibrahimović had Larsson and Svensson in excellent positions for a spend, but shot alternatively. then Svensson made a big spin past a defender and hit the position with a brawny shoot, which Sylva would have had no probability of saving, had it gone inside the posts. Camara then took a fallible injection which went past Hedman, off the military post and into the finish. consequently, Sweden were eliminated. Henrik Larsson announced his retirement from the national team after the tournament .
UEFA Euro 2004 [edit ]
Despite another impressive modification political campaign and the unexpected reappearance of Henrik Larsson, Sweden came into the tournament in Portugal with first gear expectations. But after a dazzle 5–0 win against Bulgaria on 14 June, they became one of the favorites. Fredrik Ljungberg began the goal-fest after a good done pass by Zlatan Ibrahimović. Henrik Larsson scored 2–0 and 3–0 in the moment one-half. His first finish was a dive header after a perfectly taken crossball from the left by Erik Edman. 4–0 was scored by Zlatan Ibrahimović on a penalty and the substitute Marcus Allbäck scored the last goal of the game. After the 5–0 victory, Sweden became a fear team in the tournament and many were surprised by Sweden ‘s dysphemistic bid since they were known to by and large play a defensive form of football. In the future game on 18 June, they were set up against Italy, who would prove themselves as a very hard opponent. After 36 minutes Antonio Cassano scored the first goal of the game for Italy after a cross by christian Panucci. A great game by swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson made Sweden survive the rest of the game and after 84 minutes, Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a backheel goal to make it 1–1, which became the final score. Sweden ‘s concluding game of the group was held against Denmark. It was said before the game that if Sweden and Denmark played 2–2, Italy would be eliminated from the tournament. This is precisely what happened. Denmark led the plot by 2–1 for a retentive clock time. But at the end of the plot, Mattias Jonson scored the equalizer after numerous rebounds. Italy was eliminated and both Denmark and Sweden was qualified for the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals on 26 June, Sweden played against Holland. The game became scoreless after full-time, but not without a lot of chances. The closest sweden came to score was through Fredrik Ljungberg but he hit the post with a well taken film. Henrik Larsson besides hit the thwart bar from close range. After a scoreless extra time, the game went to a penalty gunfight. After a long test of penalties were taken, it was Olof Mellberg ‘s turn to take a shoot. The dutch goalkeeper Edwin vanguard five hundred Sar saved Mellberg ‘s shoot and Sweden lost the penalty fritter out after Arjen Robben converted the pursue penalty .
swedish national team of 2006 .
2006 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Sweden qualified for the World Cup as the best runner-up, behind Croatia, who won their qualify group. At the World Cup string in December 2005, Sweden were drawn in Group B together with England, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago. Their police squad for the tournament featured players who played club football in eleven unlike nations. Sweden started the World Cup slowly, recording a goal-less draw on 10 June in Dortmund against unannounced Trinidad and Tobago, despite playing with a one-man advantage for most of the game. The irregular game, against Paraguay on 15 June in Berlin, looked to be another goal-less pull back until Freddie Ljungberg scored with a header in the 89th minute to give Sweden a 1–0 victory. On 20 June, Sweden played their last group stage match against England in Cologne. Joe Cole scored 1–0 for England with a spectacular long range shot in the 34th hour. Marcus Allbäck equalised to 1–1 with a header in the 51st moment. When Steven Gerrard scored with a header in the 85th moment, it looked like England would win the game. however, Henrik Larsson made it 2–2 from stopping point range in the 90th minute. The draw was enough for Sweden to go through to the circle of 16. On 24 June, Sweden ‘s World Cup run came to an end with a 2–0 kill to the host nation, Germany in Munich, after two early goals by Lukas Podolski. Defender Teddy Lučić was controversely sent off by referee Carlos Simon, who was captured laughing while holding up a questionable red circuit board. Henrik Larsson missed a penalty kick early in the second half. After the tournament, Mattias Jonson and Teddy Lučić announced they had retired from the national team. On 17 July, Henrik Larsson retired for a second gear time from the national team .
UEFA Euro 2008 and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers [edit ]
Sweden finished second in Group F behind Spain, and qualified for the finals as the best runner up. The qualifying campaign included an abandoned meet off to Denmark, for which Sweden were awarded a 3–0 win by UEFA. prior to the concluding tournament, Henrik Larsson made another sensational return to the national team, closely aged 37. Sweden were drawn in Group D in concert with Spain, Greece and Russia. In their beginning match in Euro 2008 on 10 June, they beat the reigning european champions, Greece, by a score of 2–0 with goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović and Petter Hansson. Their future game was against Spain on 14 June. The game looked like a draw until a 92nd-minute strike from David Villa, which put the Spaniards ahead. In the final group match on 18 June, the Swedes went on to lose 2–0 to the Russians, eliminating them from the tournament. Freddie Ljungberg, Marcus Allbäck and Niclas Alexandersson all chose to retire from the national team after Sweden was eliminated. The 2010 FIFA World Cup reservation ended disastrously for Sweden. In the first game in Tirana, they were only able to tie 0–0 with an albanian side that they were expected to defeat easily. Four days late, Sweden beatnik Hungary, 2–1, with goals from Kim Källström and Samuel Holmén. They would go on to tie with Portugal doubly, both in Stockholm and in Porto. Both games ended 0–0. Sweden would lose to Denmark on dwelling ground with an early strike from Thomas Kahlenberg after a defensive error by Mikael Nilsson. Kim Källström had a penalty kick saved early in the first half, which proved to be decisive. Sweden recovered with a 4–0 hammer of Malta. Against Hungary and Malta, both of the win goals for Sweden were scored late. They would lose to Denmark again at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen after a late goal from Jakob Poulsen. meanwhile, Portugal defeated Hungary, 3–0, putting the portuguese team ahead in the standings. Sweden would defeat Albania, 4–1 ; however, Sweden was eliminated by Portugal ‘s 4–0 kill of Malta. Lars Lagerbäck resigned and Erik Hamrén was appointed the adjacent mind bus. respective veteran players chose to retire after Sweden failed to reach the World Cup, including Daniel Andersson, Mikael Nilsson and Henrik Larsson, his third base and final retirement. Zlatan Ibrahimović took a fault from the national team due to Sweden missing the World Cup. He returned about a year former, in August 2010, and was named Sweden captain by the new coach Hamrén .
UEFA Euro 2012 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers [edit ]
Sweden ‘s Euro 2012 campaign with their new coach, Erik Hamrén, started well with two consecutive wins in Group E against Hungary and San Marino. After that Sweden lost to the Netherlands in Amsterdam with 1–4, but then won against Moldova first in Stockholm with 2–1 and later in Chișinău with 4–1. After the battle against Moldova Sweden beat their neighbor Finland with 5–0. The follow game was a defeat when Hungary through Rudolf scored 2–1 home at Stadium Puskás Ferenc at the last minute of full-time. After that Sweden defeated San Marino with 5–0 away including two goals from Christian Wilhelmsson, who before the two games against San Marino and Hungary had n’t been a regular in the starting eleven during Hamréns tenure as head coach. The swedish team then proceeded to beat Finland with 2–1 and in the final game beat the Netherlands with 3–2 to end their stripe of 17 back-to-back qualification-game wins. On 2 December 2011, Sweden were drawn into Group D aboard England, Ukraine and France in the Euro 2012 competition. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Sweden played their hatchway match on 11 June against Ukraine. Zlatan Ibrahimović scored from close range after a pass from Kim Källström in the 52nd minute. Andriy Shevchenko equalised by heading in a recess fair three minutes subsequently, and in the 62nd minute, he scored another header. Sweden were ineffective to respond to this and lost the match 1–2. [ 6 ] Sweden played their second group stage match against England on 15 June. Andy Carroll scored 1–0 for England with a brawny header in the 23rd minute. Sweden equalised through an own goal by Glen Johnson and took the lead when Olof Mellberg scored 2–1 in the 59th infinitesimal. however, England turned the game around with goals by Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck. The two losses meant that Sweden were already eliminated from the future stage. [ 7 ] In the third group stage plot on 19 June, Sweden played against France. Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a outstanding flying volley early in the second half and Sebastian Larsson sealed a meaningless 2–0 gain during blockage prison term. After Sweden ‘s early exit from the tournament, the veteran Olof Mellberg announced his retirement from the home team. Playing in Group C of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Sweden finished second behind Germany, and was one of eight teams to move on to the irregular round of qualification. A luminary result during group play was their match in Germany on 16 October 2012 where they fought back from 4–0 down with 30 minutes remaining to draw the game 4–4 at the Olympiastadion, and was widely regarded as one of the most memorable comebacks in football history. [ 8 ] Sweden ‘s new national stadium Friends Arena in Solna was opened on 14 November 2012 with a friendly match against England, which Sweden won 4–2. Zlatan Ibrahimović scored four goals in a world class performance. His one-fourth finish was an extraordinary command processing overhead time bicycle kick from 35 yards, which later won the FIFA Puskás Award for goal of the year. A key win in their group was the home game against Austria on 11 October 2013, as Martin Olsson and Zlatan Ibrahimović both scored in the second gear half to secure the gain at the Friends Arena. [ 9 ] Using the October 2013 FIFA World Rankings, Sweden was ranked twenty-fifth overall and would face one of the four highest ranked teams in the second beat of qualification. They were drawn to face Portugal, the team that beat Sweden for a qualification spot in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal in a 1–0 winnings for Portugal the inaugural match in Lisbon on 15 November. The return match was played on 19 November at Friends Arena in Solna. After Ronaldo scored 1–0 for Portugal, Zlatan Ibrahimović scored two agile goals to make it 2–2 on aggregate. Sweden distillery needed to score a third base finish because of Portugal ‘s away goal. however, Ronaldo scored two more counter-attack goals and Portugal won the game 3–2 and 4–2 on aggregate. This mean that Sweden once again failed to qualify for the World Cup. Due to this, Sweden ‘s most capped player of all prison term Anders Svensson decided to end his external career. [ 10 ]
UEFA Euro 2016 [edit ]
The swedish team before playing against Russia in 2015 during the Euro 2016 qualifiers Competing in Group G of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers, Sweden picked up their first base orient on the road in Austria with a 1–1 draw on 8 September 2014. [ 11 ] After a 1–1 draw against Russia at the Friends Arena, Sweden then picked up their first winnings in their future match with a 2–0 resultant role against Liechtenstein. [ 12 ] Sweden then went unbeaten for another three matches before suffering two consecutive defeats, a 1–0 loss to Russia in Moscow and a crushing 4–1 home frustration to group leaders Austria. This caused Sweden to move down to third place in their group, just one point above fourth-placed Montenegro. Sweden then bounced back to win their final two group games against Liechtenstein and Moldova with the scoreline being 2–0 on both occasions. They finished their group in third gear placement behind Austria and Russia and qualified for the playoffs. Sweden were drawn against big rivals Denmark and won 4–3 on aggregate, qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2016. They were, however, eliminated from the group stage, losing to Italy and Belgium, drawing with the Republic of Ireland and scoring no goals of their own ( their only goal was an own goal by Ciaran Clark ) .
2018 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
On 25 July 2015, Sweden were drawn in Group A of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The team scored six wins, a draw and three losses. As a resultant role, they tied with the Netherlands in points, and claimed second target behind eventual earth champions France on goal difference. On 13 November 2017, Sweden qualified for the 2018 World Cup after a 0–0 draw away to Italy at the San Siro during the second leg of their qualification play-off match. As Sweden had won the beginning match 1–0, this resulted in a swedish gain on aggregate, making their render to the World Cup for the first meter in 12 years. At the 2018 World Cup, Sweden started its campaign by a 1–0 winnings over South Korea in the foremost match on 18 June, through a punishment goal by Andreas Granqvist, decided by the new VAR engineering. [ 13 ] Their moment match on 23 June was against Germany. Ola Toivonen scored 1–0 for Sweden by lobbing the ball over the german goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the first one-half. however, Marco Reus equalised to 1–1 early on in the second half. With 15 seconds remaining on the five arrest clock time minutes, Toni Kroos won the game for Germany by scoring a dislodge kick from just outside the penalty area, after a foul by Jimmy Durmaz. [ 14 ] Despite this loss, Sweden advanced to the hard stagecoach top of the group with a 3–0 acquire over Mexico, while Germany were knocked out penetrate of the group with a 2–0 loss to South Korea. [ 15 ] On 3 July 2018, Sweden played Switzerland in the round of 16, beating them 1–0 with a goal by Emil Forsberg, and advancing to the quarter finals for the first time since 1994. [ 16 ] In the quarter-finals, Sweden suffered a 2–0 defeat to England and was thus knocked out.
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League [edit ]
Sweden were drawn with Turkey and Russia in the League B. Sweden started their crusade on 10 September with a 2–3 kill against Turkey in Solna, after leading 2–1 with only a few minutes remaining. A calendar month late, Sweden earned a point in a 0–0 draw against Russia in Kaliningrad. With two matches remaining, Sweden had to win both to top the group and to be promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A. On 17 November, Sweden outwit Turkey 0–1 in Konya after a punishment goal from captain Andreas Granqvist. Three days later, they achieved a 2–0 victory over Russia in Solna. The two wins think of promotion for Sweden to League A and a guarantee play-off point for the UEFA Euro 2020, should they not qualify immediately via the regular qualification process .
UEFA Euro 2020 [edit ]
The draw for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualify was held on 2 December 2018. Sweden were seeded in pot 2 and pull in Group F together with Spain, Norway, Romania, Faroe Islands and Malta. Sweden started their passing campaign on 23 March 2019 with a 2–1 win against Romania at Friends Arena in Solna. The goals were scored by Robin Quaison and Viktor Claesson. Three days subsequently, Sweden played against Norway at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. This was the first competitive equal between the nations since the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification. After trailing 0–2 well into the second gear one-half, Sweden turned the equal around with goals once again by Claesson and Quaison to make it 3–2 former in the game. however, Ola Kamara equalised for Norway on their only corner of the game to make it 3–3 in the final hour of total time. On 7 June, Sweden played against Malta at the Friends Arena in Solna. For the third back-to-back crippled, Robin Quaison and Viktor Claesson scored in a 3–0 victory. On 10 June, Sweden lost 0–3 against Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. On 5 September, Sweden played away against Faroe Islands in Tórshavn. Alexander Isak scored two goals in the first 15 minutes of the match. then Victor Lindelöf and Robin Quaison scored a goal each before one-half time, to seal a comfortable 4–0 winnings. Three days by and by, Sweden played the return repair against neighbours Norway at Friends Arena in Solna. Stefan Johansen scored 1–0 for Norway barely earlier one-half time after a mistake by Andreas Granqvist. Fifteen minutes into the second half, Emil Forsberg scored 1–1 which became the final resultant role. On 12 October, Sweden defeated Malta in Ta ‘ Qali with 4–0. The debutant Marcus Danielson scored and Sebastian Larsson scored two punishment goals. These were Larsson ‘s first gear international goals since he scored against France in UEFA Euro 2012. Three days later, Sweden played the render repair against Spain at Friends Arena in Solna. Early in the moment half, Marcus Berg scored 1–0 for Sweden with a header from close rate. Rodrigo equalised for Spain in the second moment of add meter, and the game ended 1–1. On 15 November, Sweden defeated Romania 2–0 in Bucharest with goals by Marcus Berg and Robin Quaison in the first half. The winnings meant that Sweden had secured second gear set in the group and a spot at UEFA Euro 2020, their sixth consecutive european backing. The draw for the final examination tournament was held on 30 November 2019 in Bucharest, Romania. Sweden were seeded in potentiometer 3 and draw in Group E together with Spain from pot 1, Poland from pot 2 and Slovakia from pot 4, who qualified via play-off. [ 17 ] The tournament began for Sweden on 14 June 2021 in Seville against a familiar Spain side who they had faced in qualifying. The catch was quite an anomaly as Spain had 86 % monomania and 17 shots against Sweden, but it was not adequate to score as the match finished 0–0. however, Alexander Isak ‘s UEFA Euro debut provided moments of person glare which caught the eyes of viewers on a equal that had little otherwise to offer attacking-wise for swedish fans. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Four days former, Sweden would face off against Slovakia in Saint Petersburg. The match provided no goals until the 77th moment where Emil Forsberg slotted base a penalty after slovakian goalkeeper, Martin Dúbravka, took out Robin Quaison in the corner. After holding the slovakian slope to zero shots on target, the match would finish 1–0 in favor of the Swedes. This consequence would seal Sweden ‘s place in the smasher rounds. [ 20 ] On 23 June, Sweden would play their concluding group game against a Poland side, featuring Robert Lewandowski, despairing to win for their own chances of entering the hard round. In the 2nd minute, however, Emil Forsberg would score Sweden ‘s first goal from open-play in the tournament. In the 59th minute, Forsberg ‘s second goal of the match was provided by an tidal bore Dejan Kulusveski, who missed the open matches of the tournament due to a COVID-19 diagnosis. [ 21 ] He entered the gear less than 5 minutes anterior to his run from the half-way lineage which leave to his first aid in a Sweden senior team shirt. Like Isak two matches anterior, this was his UEFA Euro debut. [ 22 ] 2 minutes after Forsberg ‘s moment goal of the match, Lewandowski would score a coil attempt into the corner, pulling a goal rear for the Poles. He would go onto to score again an equalizer in the 84th moment. arrest time arrived and so would a swedish achiever in the 4th minute of blockage time courtesy of another Kulusveski aid to Viktor Claesson. This 90th-minute winner would secure Sweden ‘s spot in inaugural locate of UEFA Euro 2020 Group E. [ 23 ] Sweden would face off against Ukraine in the Round of 16 on 29 June in Glasgow. After an afford goal from ukrainian wing-back and Manchester City musician, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Emil Forsberg would once again pull out the heroics merely before half-time in the 43rd moment to even up the match. After another 45 minutes and no extra goals, the tie headed to extra-time. In the 99th hour, Marcus Danielson was shown a heterosexual red card after a tackle on Artem Besyedin. The tie would not see penalties as Artem Dovbyk stuck a 120th-minute header into the back of the internet following a thwart from Zinchenko. This would end an otherwise formidable tournament for Janne Andersson ‘s english. [ 24 ]
2020–21 UEFA Nations League [edit ]
Promoted to League A, Sweden was drawn in Group A3 together with reigning champions Portugal, reigning World champions France and 2018 World Cup-runners up Croatia. They started their campaign with a 0–1 frustration against France at Friends Arena on 5 September 2020. Sweden ‘s future game was played against Portugal at the same stadium three days late. They lost 0–2 after Gustav Svensson was sent off fair before half time and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace. On 11 October, Sweden looked to draw 1–1 against Croatia in Zagreb after Marcus Berg ‘s goal, but a defensive mistake by Pontus Jansson late in the equal gave Croatia a 2–1 gain. Three days later, they were defeated 0–3 by Portugal in Lisbon. Four consecutive defeats in competitive matches means Sweden ‘s worst stripe of results for 108 years, going rear to 1912. On 14 November, Sweden played the return key game against Croatia at Friends Arena and won 2–1 after goals by Dejan Kulusevski and Marcus Danielson, but Danielson ‘s fatal own finish late in the bet on would prove to be damaging. Three days late, Sweden played against France in Paris and took an early tip via Viktor Claesson. however, France turned the equal around to win 4–2. The second swedish finish was scored by Robin Quaison. This result meant that Sweden finished last in the group ascribable to inferior goal remainder to Croatia and will be relegated to League B for the following UEFA Nations League tournament .
2022 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Sweden were drawn in Group B along with Spain, Greece, Georgia and Kosovo. On 16 March 2021, Zlatan Ibrahimović was included in the police squad for the first base time in about five years, following his retirement from the national team after Euro 2016. On 25 March 2021, Sweden rhythm Georgia 1–0 at Friends Arena after a goal by Viktor Claesson, with Ibrahimović providing the assist. With his 117th appearance, Ibrahimović officially became Sweden ‘s oldest player of all time at the senesce of 39 years, five months and 22 days, taking over Thomas Ravelli ‘s record from 11 October 1997. On 28 March, Sweden rhythm Kosovo 3–0 in Pristina, with Ibrahimović setting up both Ludwig Augustinsson for the first goal and Alexander Isak for the second goal. captain for the day Sebastian Larsson then scored from the penalty spotlight. On 2 September, Sweden played against Spain in Solna. Carlos Soler scored for Spain after only 3 minutes played, but Alexander Isak equalized 11 seconds after the follow kick-off. early in the second half, Dejan Kulusevski set up Viktor Claesson who scored 2–1 which became the final result. This was the beginning time Spain had been beaten in a World Cup modifier since 1993. On 8 September, Sweden lost 1–2 against Greece in Athens, with substitute Robin Quaison scoring the merely swedish goal. On 9 October, Sweden played against Kosovo at Friends Arena. Emil Forsberg scored from the penalty spot in the first one-half after a long-awaited VAR decision on handball. In the second half, Alexander Isak scored a bang-up long shot in the top corner. Robin Quaison then sealed a 3–0 victory on his 28th birthday. Three days by and by, Sweden hosted Greece at the lapp stadium. A hapless first one-half with Greece looking the better team and hitting the woodwork twice, Sweden stepped up in the second base half. Emil Forsberg scored a penalty after Alexander Isak was taken down in the box. then Isak himself scored 2–0 after a long goalkick by Robin Olsen. The win meant that Sweden went top of the group, two points ahead of Spain with two matches remaining. On 11 November, Sweden suffered a shocking 2–0 personnel casualty away against Georgia. Ranked 93rd in the universe at the fourth dimension, Georgia is the lowest graded team that has ever defeated Sweden. On 14 November, Sweden played the render repair against Spain in Seville. Despite creating the best chances to score, Sweden lost the match 1–0 after Álvaro Morata scored on a recoil in the 86th infinitesimal. This intend that Sweden finished moment invest in the group, and will enter the play-off cycle as one of six seed teams in deep March 2022 .
team image [edit ]
Supporters [edit ]
swedish supporters showed up inaugural during the 1912 Summer Olympics, where they chanted “ Heja Sverige / friskt humör / det är det som susen gör ” ( approximately meaning “ Come on, Sweden / being in thoroughly spirits is what does the trick ” ) during the football games. The traveling supporters for Sweden ‘s away games showed up for the first time in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, and since then Sweden has always had supporters in big tournaments. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Sweden had one of the largest group of supporters during a tournament, particularly during the group degree match against Paraguay with around 50,000 swedish supporters in attendance, plus an extra 50,000 fans watching the game outside the stadium. The swedish fans were besides voted the best fans during the 2006 World Cup, due to their massive numbers, friendly attitude and love for the crippled. [ citation needed ]
competition [edit ]
Sweden ‘s independent equal is Denmark. The countries have played against each other 107 times, of which Sweden have won 47, drawn 20 and lost 40. The first gear match between the team was an 8–0 Denmark winnings in May 1913. Sweden lost their first five matches against Denmark before their first succeed in October 1916 by the score 4–0. The first competitive match between the countries was as 1–0 winnings for Sweden in the group stage of UEFA Euro 1992. Both teams advanced from the group stage and Denmark went on to win the tournament. In UEFA Euro 2004 the teams drew 2–2 in the last group stage catch, ensuring that both teams advanced at the expense of Italy. In the qualification for UEFA Euro 2008, Sweden were awarded a 3–0 succeed away against Denmark after a danish fan invaded the pitch and attacked the referee. The turn back fastness ended in a scoreless pull and Sweden qualified for the final tournament. In the reservation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Sweden lost both matches against Denmark by 1–0 and failed to qualify for the World Cup. In the play-offs circle of the reservation for UEFA Euro 2016, Sweden defeated Denmark by 4–3 on aggregate to qualify for the final tournament. The most holocene catch between the countries was a scoreless draw in June 2018. [ 25 ]
Sweden traditionally wears yellow shirts and blasphemous shorts as their home colours and aside is aristocratic shirts and yellow shorts as they always wear, their kit out manufacturer is Adidas since 2013, they were manufactured by Umbro in 1970 and Adidas in 1973 until 2003 .
Kit supplier
Period
Umbro
1970 FIFA World Cup
Adidas
1974–2003
2003–2013
2013–present
home stadium [edit ]
Since 2012, the swedish national stadium is Friends Arena, replacing Råsunda Fotbollsstadion which was demolished. According to FIFA, Råsunda Stadion was a classic stadium, one of entirely two stadiums in the world, the other one being the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, USA, which hosted both the men ‘s and women ‘s World Cup final ( 1958 FIFA World Cup final and the 1995 FIFA Women ‘s World Cup ). Råsunda stadium was opened 18 September 1910, and had a capacitance of only 2.000, largely standing. It was Råsunda stadium and Valhalla stadium in Gothenburg that were the beginning football fields with denounce used for swedish football. The stadium was expanded during 1937, to a capacitance of 40,000 people. The stadium was used for the football tournament in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, and hosted 8 games during the FIFA World Cup 1958. In the UEFA European Championship in 1992, the stadium hosted 4 games and in the 1995 FIFA Women ‘s World Cup it hosted alone the concluding game. But Råsunda stadium is still the only stadium in Scandinavia that has hosted four big tournaments. Ullevi in Gothenburg is used for some games which Sweden plays, such as the centennial crippled of the Swedish football association, against England in 2004. even other stadiums, such as Stadion in Malmö, are used for the national team .
stream competitions [edit ]
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [edit ]
UEFA
Rules for classification: source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers
Results and fixtures [edit ]
2021 [edit ]
2022 [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
- As of 28 March 2021[26]
Manager history [edit ]
- Chairmen of the Selection Committee
- Head coaches
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
The follow 24 players have been called up for the friendly match against Finland on 9 January 2022. [ 27 ] Caps and goals updated as of 14 November 2021, after the match against Spain.
late call-ups [edit ]
The pursue 41 players have besides been called up to the Sweden squad within the survive twelve months .
previous squads [edit ]
player records [edit ]
- As of 14 November 2021[28]
- Players in bold are still active with Sweden.
Most capped players [edit ]
Anders Svensson is Sweden’s most capped player of all time, with 148 appearances for the national team.
Rank
Player
Caps
Goals
Career
1
148
21
1999–2013
2
143
0
1981–1997
3
133
10
2008–2021
133
0
2002–2016
5
131
16
2001–2016
6
120
62
2001–present
7
117
8
2000–2012
8
116
1
1986–2000
9
115
0
1963–1978
10
109
7
1993–2008
acme goalscorers [edit ]
Rank
Player
Goals
Caps
Average
Career
1
(list)
62
120
0.52
2001–present
2
49
43
1.14
1923–1932
3
43
33
1.3
1942–1948
4
37
106
0.35
1993–2009
5
32
57
0.56
1940–1958
6
31
83
0.37
1990–2000
7
30
74
0.41
1999–2008
8
29
60
0.48
1991–1997
9
27
47
0.57
1990–1995
27
51
0.53
1957–1967
age-related records [edit ]
age-related records of the swedish national football team. [ 29 ]
- Oldest player
- 40 years, 1 month and 11 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (0–1 against Spain on 14 November 2021)
- Youngest debutante
- 17 years, 2 months and 11 days – Gunnar Pleijel (5–2 against Finland on 22 October 1911)
- Oldest debutante
- 34 years, 9 months and 1 day – Stendy Appeltoft (3–0 against Finland on 28 August 1955)
- Longest national career
- 20 years, 9 months and 14 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (from 31 January 2001 until 14 November 2021)
- Oldest goalscorer
- 37 years, 11 months and 26 days – Gunnar Gren (two goals in a 4–4 draw against Denmark on 26 October 1958)
- Youngest goalscorer
- 17 years, 3 months and 22 days – Alexander Isak (one goal in a 6–0 win against Slovakia on 12 January 2017)
luminary captains [edit ]
Björn Nordqvist is with 92 matches as team captain the Swedish player with most captaincies. This is a list of captains who either have played 30 or more matches as team captain or have played a match as team captain in a major tournament ( FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro and Olympic Games ). eminence that only players who started the match as captain are included in the number. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The regulate for this tilt is by most appearances as captain, then chronological arrange of first captainship .
competitive record [edit ]
Champions Runners-up Third put Fourth place 0000 Tournament held on home plate dirty
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
FIFA World Cup record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
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
8
5
0
3
12
6
2026
To be determined
To be determined
Total
Best: Runners-up
12/21
51
19
13
19
80
73
139
85
21
33
279
127
UEFA european championship [edit ]
UEFA European Championship record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
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
To be determined
Total
Best: Semi-finals
7/16
24
7
7
10
30
28
114
61
26
27
197
111
UEFA Nations League [edit ]
UEFA Nations League record
Year
Division
Group
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
Olympic Games [edit ]
football at the Summer Olympics was beginning played formally in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 were alone 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 teams with a maximum of three older players. See sweden Olympic football team for rival record from 1984 until portray day .
Olympic Games record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
1908
Fourth place
4th
2
0
0
2
1
14
No qualification
1912
Round of 16
9th
2
0
0
2
3
5
No qualification
1920
Quarter-finals
6th
3
1
0
2
14
7
1924
Third place
3rd
5
3
1
1
18
5
No qualification
1928
Did not enter
No qualification
1936
Round of 16
9th
1
0
0
1
2
3
1948
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
22
3
No qualification
1952
Third place
3rd
4
3
0
1
9
8
No qualification
1956
Did not enter
Did not enter
1960
1964
Did not qualify
2
0
1
1
2
6
1968
Did not enter
Did not enter
1972
1976
1980
Total
1 title
7/15
21
11
1
9
69
45
2
0
1
1
2
6
Nordic Football Championship record
Year
Round
Position
1924–28
Runners-up
2nd
10
6
1
3
31
19
1929–32
Runners-up
2nd
12
6
1
5
35
31
1933–36
Champions
1st
12
7
2
3
31
22
1937–47
Champions
1st
12
9
0
3
41
16
1948–51
Champions
1st
12
7
2
3
36
22
1952–55
Champions
1st
12
8
4
0
44
14
1956–59
Champions
1st
12
9
2
1
45
17
1960–63
Champions
1st
12
7
3
2
24
10
1964–67
Champions
1st
12
5
4
3
22
14
1968–71
Champions
1st
12
10
2
0
32
10
1972–77
Champions
1st
12
8
2
2
24
9
1978–80
Runners-up
2nd
6
3
0
3
7
6
1981–85
Runners-up
2nd
6
3
1
2
7
4
2000–01
Fifth place
5th
5
1
2
2
3
4
Total
9 titles
14/14
147
89
26
32
382
198
minor tournaments [edit ]
neck and neck record [edit ]
The following table shows Sweden ‘s all-time external record. [ 32 ] The abandon match against Denmark on 2 June 2007 here counts as a draw. Former national teams are included in their respective successor team. Statistics updated as of 14 November 2021.
Honours [edit ]
Competition
Total
World Cup
0
1
2
3
European Championship
0
0
1
1
Olympic Games
1
0
2
3
Nations League
0
0
0
0
Total
1
1
5
7
major titles [edit ]
minor titles [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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