Sweden national football team

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Blågult (Blueyellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Lars Lagerbäck
Asst coach	Roland Andersson
Captain	Henrik Larsson
Most caps	Thomas Ravelli (143)
Top scorer	Sven Rydell (49)
Home stadium	Råsunda Stadium
FIFA code	SWE
FIFA ranking	29
Highest FIFA ranking	2 (November 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	31 (August 1998, September 2008)
Elo ranking	33
Highest Elo ranking	2 (June 1950)
Lowest Elo ranking	49 (Sept 1980)
Home colours Away colours
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; August 5, 1948)
Biggest defeat
England Amateur 12 - 1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1958
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1992)
Best result	Semi-finals, 1992

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	1948 London	Team
Bronze	1924 Paris	Team
Bronze	1952 Helsinki	Team

The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 1938 World Cup 1.3 1948 Summer Olympics 1.4 1950 World Cup 1.5 1958 World Cup 1.6 After the World Cup success 1.7 1974 World Cup 1.8 1979-1990 1.9 1992 European Championship 1.10 1994 World Cup 1.11 2000 European Championships 1.12 2002 World Cup 1.13 2006 World Cup 1.14 2008 European Championship Qualifying 1.15 2008 European Championship 2 Stadium 3 Competitive record 3.1 World Cup 3.2 European Championship 3.3 Olympic Games 4 Swedish national team 2008 5 Matches 6 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) 6.1 Current squad 6.2 Recent callups 6.3 Coaching staff 7 Famous players 8 Top 10 goalscorers 9 Most appearances (caps) 10 Sweden managers 11 See also 12 External links 13 Footnotes

History

Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals in the Olympics. The Swedish team finished second in the 1958 World Cup, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5-2 in the final. Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994. In 1938, they finished fourth.

Early history

Sweden played its first international game against Norway, on 12 July 1908, and won it 11-3. Other games in 1908 were against England, Netherlands and Belgium. Sweden lost all three games.

In the same year Sweden competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for the first time. Sweden however lost a game in the Olympics against the English Amateur team with 1-12 and it became the biggest loss in the Swedish national team's history.

From 1910 to 1930 Sweden exclusively played friendly games; in 1916 Sweden beat Denmark for the first 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 medal ever.

1938 World Cup

The 1938 World Cup was Sweden's second qualification for the world cup. In the first round, they were scheduled to play against Austria, but after the Germans occupied the nation of Austria could not continue playing in the tournament. Instead, Sweden went straight to the quarterfinal match against Cuba. They beat Cuba 8-0 with both Tore Keller and Gustav Wetterström scoring hat tricks. In the semi-final match against Hungary, Sweden lost 1-5. Sweden's next match was the 3rd place match against Brazil. In that game the Swedes lost 2-4, and ended in 4th place for the first and only time in Swedish football history.

1948 Summer Olympics

In the first round Sweden played against Austria. The Austrian team had qualified without their professional players, which was a surprise since the Austrian league had many professional 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 ever had. In the semi-final Sweden met their archrivals from Denmark beating them 4-2.

The final 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 final and won 3-1, with goals by Gunnar Gren (24', 67'), Stjepan Bobek (42') and Gunnar Nordahl (48'). This was Sweden's first championship win in any international football tournament.

1950 World Cup

In the 1950 FIFA World Cup the Swedish football association did not allow any professional Swedish football players to take part. Sweden consequently 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 withdrew from the group.)

In the first game, Sweden beat the Italians 3-2 in São Paulo. The second game, against Paraguay, ended in a draw 2-2. With the most points in the group, Sweden advanced to the next round.

Their first game in the group was against the host nation, Brazil. It was played at the Maracanã 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 almost everyone in the Brazilian audience waved the Swedes good bye with their scarfs.

The next game was against Uruguay, who Sweden played against for the first time in World Cup history. Played in São Paulo, Uruguay won the game 3-2, which meant Sweden were unable to play for the gold.

The final 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 medal.

1958 World Cup

In 1956 the Swedish football federation allowed the professional footballers to play for the national team again, giving Swedish football fans hope for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Sweden, the host nation, were in the same group as Mexico, Hungary and Wales.

The first game, Sweden vs Mexico, was played at Swedens's national stadium, Råsunda Stadium, Solna, and was attendaed by around 32,000 people. Sweden won the game 3-0, taking the lead in Group 3. The next match was against Hungary, who had finished 2nd in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland and were also the 1952 Olympic Champions. Also played att 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 quarterfinal, playing at Råsunda for the fourth 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 by 3-1.

The final was played at Råsunda between host nation Sweden and the 1950 FIFA World Cup runners-up, Brazil. The total attendance was approximately 52,000 people. Brazil ended up winning the World Cup for the first time ever after beating Sweden by 5-2. Sweden consequently became runners-up, the best result for Sweden in any World Cup. After the final match the Brazilian players honoured the host nation by sprinting around the pitch holding a Swedish flag.

After the World Cup success

Sweden was one of the best teams in the World during the 50's. But after the successful 1958 World Cup Sweden did not have any success. In the qualification round of the 1962 World cup Sweden won the group, but it was only points that was counted so they did a last play-off game against Switzerland, played in West Berlin, which they lost by 1-2. In the qualification group Sweden was the better team, where they scored 10 goals and only had 3 goals scored against them. Sweden almost got to the UEFA European Championship 1964. They started their play-off against Norway and won the first game and drawed in the last game. In the second round Sweden beat Yugoslavia 3-2, but they lost the first game. In the quarterfinals Sweden played against the defending champions, the Soviet Union . Sweden drawed the first game, but lost the second. During the 1966 World Cup Sweden was in the UEFA Qualification group 2. After starting the qualification with a draw against West Germany and after that a victory Cyprus with 3-0. But in the last game against West Germany Sweden lost and was out from the group, because it was only the winners of each group qualified. Sweden even entered the UEFA European Championship in 1968, but they finished in the Qualification group 2. Sweden had only one success in the 60's and that was to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, after winning UEFA Group 5 before Norway and France.

1974 World Cup

Sweden did not qualify for 2 previous World Cups in 1962, 1966 and exited in the group stages in 1970. In the qualification of the 1974 FIFA World cup, Sweden was in the same group as Austria, Hungary, and Malta. Sweden finished 2nd, below Austria, and advanced to the World Cup.

The group Sweden drew into included Uruguay, The 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 group stage.

In the second group stage, Sweden was defeated in the first game against Poland 0-1. The situation 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 medal. 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 striker Ralf Edström gave the Scandinavian the lead with 1-0 after 29 minutes. But in the second half West Germany took control of the game, even after Roland Sandberg's equalizer 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 last game for Sweden was played in Düsseldorf against Yugoslavia. Sweden won that game 2-1. They finished the tournament as the 5th place team.

1979-1990

After the successful 70's, 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 coach. After the failed qualification for the '86 World Cup, Olle Nordin took over the team. Sweden failed to qualify for every World Cup and European Championship during the 1980s, but won their qualification group for the 1990 World Cup ahead of England and went on to their first World Cup in 12 years. However the World Cup campaign ended with losses in all group stage games, 1-2 against Brazil, Scotland and Costa Rica.

1992 European Championship

As the host of the 1992 European Championship, Sweden played in their first European Championship tournament. They played in the same group as Denmark, France, and England. Sweden was the only team that defeated the champions of the tournament, Denmark. Sweden finished in the semi-final against Germany, which is the best result for Sweden in the European Championship.

1994 World Cup

Sweden qualified for the World Cup at the top of their qualifying group ahead of Bulgaria. Sweden was placed in Group B with Brazil, Cameroon, and Russia. The first game against Cameroon was going to be yet another 1-2 loss, (after the 1990 World Cup fiasco with losses of 1-2 in all three games), but in the 75th minute Martin Dahlin scored the equalizer from a rebound shot off of Henrik Larsson. In the next game against Russia, Russia scored early with a penalty. But Sweden managed to come back, with a penalty goal from Tomas Brolin and two goals from Martin Dahlin. In the last group stage match against Brazil, they tied 1-1.

In the first knockout stage match, Sweden faced Saudi Arabia and won 3-1 after two goals from Kennet Andersson and one from Martin Dahlin. The quarter-final match against Romania has become a memorable match for Swedish football fans. After Sweden scored late in the second half, Romania managed to equalize in the last minutes of the match, sending it into extra time. Romania's Florin Raducioiu who scored the first goal for Romania, scored his second of the day to take Romania ahead at the 101st minute. But with five minutes left Kennet Andersson scored with a header to make the score even at 2-2. The penalty shoot out began with a miss from Håkan Mild of Sweden, but Thomas Ravelli managed two saves. That gave Sweden the win, making him a Swedish hero. Sweden went through to face Brazil in the semi-finals. They had managed to score in the group stage against Brazil but couldn't do it a second time. After Jonas Thern had been sent off with a red card Romário scored the only goal of the game in the 80th minute.

In the third place match Sweden played against Bulgaria who had lost to Italy in their semi-final match. Sweden scored 4 goals in the first half, but the second half went goal-less. Sweden won the bronze medal, the best placing for the national team in a World Cup play-off since the 1958 silver medal. This led Sweden to the second place of the FIFA World Rankings for one month, in November 1994.

They finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with 15 goals.

2000 European Championships

Sweden qualified impressively for this tournament, winning all games except the away game against England (0-0) and conceding only one goal. The finals however, were a great disappointment. Sweden lost their opening game against the host Belgium 1-2. Johan Mjällby scored the goal for Sweden after a mess-up by the Belgian goalkeeper Filip De Wilde. Then Sweden played 0-0 against Turkey and lost 2-1 to Italy. The goal was scored by Henrik Larsson. Sweden finished the group last with only 1 point.

2002 World Cup

Sweden was part of the Group of Death, Group F also including big favourites Argentina, England and Nigeria. The first match was against England. Sol Campbell gave England the lead in the first half by heading in a left side corner from David Beckham. In the second half, Sweden took over completely and dominated the game, creating numerous chances. The equalizing goal was scored by midfielder Niclas Alexandersson, a powerful left-foot shot from outside the box past David Seaman. This gave the result 1-1. In the next game, Sweden played Nigeria. Julius Agahowa gave Nigeria the lead by heading in a cross from the right. But Sweden managed to equalize with a fine goal 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, Sweden played Argentina, who needed to win after losing 0-1 to England in the previous game. However, midfielder Anders Svensson scored a great freekick goal from 30 meters. Andreas Andersson then had a shot off the crossbar and out. Mattias Jonson committed a foul in the penalty area and Argentina got a penalty. Ariel Ortega shot straight on Magnus Hedman, the Swedish keeper, but Hernán Crespo rushed into the box and shot the rebound from Hedman between the keepers legs. This was a controversial goal because Crespo began running into the box at the same time as Ortega stepped up to shot. However, the match ended 1-1 and Sweden won the group, England on second place, Argentina third and Nigeria last. In the round of 16, Sweden played Senegal. Henrik Larsson gave Sweden an early lead by heading in a corner from Anders Svensson. But Senegal equalized through Henri Camara. Senegal also had a goal disallowed for offside. The game came to sudden death golden goal. Rising star Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on and nearly won Sweden the game. He made a terrific run on the right wing past several Senegal players, and shot with his weaker left foot from a tight angle straight at Senegals keeper Tony Sylva. Ibrahimovic had Larsson and Svensson in execellent posisitions for a pass, but shot instead. Then Anders Svensson made a great spin past a defender and hit the post with a powerful shot. Sylva had no chance of saving that strike. Henri Camara then shot a weak attempt which went past Hedman, off the post and in. Sweden were eliminated.

2006 World Cup

Sweden competed in Group B at the 2006 World Cup. Their squad for the tournament features players who play club football in eleven different nations. Sweden started the World Cup slowly, recording a scoreless tie against unheralded Trinidad and Tobago, despite playing with a one-man advantage for much of the game. The second game, against Paraguay, threatened to produce the same result until Fredrik Ljungberg scored in the 89th minute to give Sweden a 1-0 victory. Sweden then rallied to tie England, 2-2, to finish group play with five points - enough to finish second in its' group and advance to the second round. There, the team's World Cup run came to an end with a 2-0 defeat to the host team, Germany.

2008 European Championship Qualifying

Sweden finished second in Group F behind Spain, thus qualifying for the finals. The campaign included an abandoned match away to Denmark, for which Sweden were awarded a 3-0 win by UEFA.

2008 European Championship

In their first match in Euro 2008, they beat the reigning European champions, Greece, by a score of 2-0 with goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Petter Hansson. Their next game was against Spain, who they played in qualifying. The game looked like a draw until a 92nd minute strike from David Villa, which put the Spaniards ahead. In the final group match, the Swedes went on to lose 2-0 to the Russians, eliminating them from the tournament.

Swedish supporters showed up first during the 1912 Summer Olympics, where they sang "Heja Sverige Friskt humör, det är det som susen gör" 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 thens Sweden has always had supporters in large tournaments. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup Sweden had one of the largest group of supporters during a tournament, especially during the group stage match against Paraguay with around 50,000 Swedish supporters in attendance.

Stadium

The Swedish national stadium is called the Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, but it will be replaced in 2011 by the new national stadium Swedbank Arena. According to FIFA, Råsunda Stadion is a classic stadium, one of only two stadiums in the world, the other one being the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, USA, which hosted both the 1958 FIFA World Cup final and the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Råsunda stadium was opened 18 September 1910, and had a capacity of only 2.000, mostly standing. It was Råsunda stadium and Valhalla stadium in Gothenburg that were the first football fields with grass used for Swedish football. The stadium was expanded during 1937, to a capacity of 40000 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 only the final game. But Råsunda stadium is still the only stadium in Scandinavia that has hosted 4 big tournaments. Ullevi in Gothenburg is used for some games which Sweden plays, such as the 100 years celebration game of the Swedish football association, against England in 2004. Even other stadiums, such as Malmö stadion in Malmö, is used for the national team.

Competitive record

World Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Quarter-Finals	8	2	1	0	1	4	4
1938	Fourth place	4	3	1	0	2	11	9
1950	Third place[1]	3	5	2	1	2	11	15
1954	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Runners-up	2	6	4	1	1	12	7
1962	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Round 1	9	3	1	1	1	2	2
1974	Group Round 2	5	6	2	2	2	7	6
1978	Round 1	13	3	0	1	2	1	3
1982	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round 1	21	3	0	0	3	3	6
1994	Third place	3	7	3	3	1	15	8
1998	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 2	13	4	1	2	1	5	5
2006	Round 2	14	4	1	2	1	3	4
2010
Total	11/18	-	46	16	13	17	74	69

European Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Semi-finals	4	2	1	1	6	5
1996	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	4
2004	Quarter-final	4	1	3	0	8	3
2008	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	4
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/13	14	4	5	5	19	16

*Denotes 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.

Olympic Games

• 1900 - Did not compete
• 1904 - Did not compete
• 1908 - Lost the bronze medal match
• 1912 - First round
• 1920 - Quarter final
• 1924 - Bronze
• 1928 - Did not compete
• 1936 - First round
• 1948 - Gold
• 1952 - Bronze
• 1956-1984 - Did not compete
• 1988 - Quarter final
• 1992 - Quarter final
• 1996-2008 - Did not qualify

Swedish national team 2008

Isaksson Mellberg Majstorovic Hansson Wilhelmsson Nilsson Andersson Svensson Källström H. Larsson (C) Rosenberg Wiland (GK) Stoor (DF) Wendt (DF) Granqvist (DF) Schlebrügge (DF) Ishizaki (MF) S. Larsson (MF) Holmén (MF) Berg (ST)

The 3-5-2 line-up used against France on August 20.

Isaksson Mellberg Hansson Stoor Wilhelmsson Nilsson Linderoth Svensson Källström H. Larsson (C) Ibrahimovic

The regular 4-4-2 lineup, with a suggested starting eleven post-European Championship 2008.

Matches

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	TV	Sweden scorers	Attendance
2008-01-13	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa	Costa Rica	1–0	Friendly	TV4	Holmén	8 000
2008-01-19	The Home Depot Center	USA	0–2	Friendly	TV4 Sport		14 878
2008-02-06	BJK İnönü Stadium	Turkey	0–0	Friendly	TV3		20 000
2008-03-26	Emirates Stadium	Brazil	0–1	Friendly	TV3		60 000
2008-05-26	Ullevi	Slovenia	1–0	Friendly	TV3	Linderoth	21 118
2008-06-01	Råsunda	Ukraine	0–1	Friendly	TV3		25 203
2008-06-10	Wals Siezenheim	Greece	2–0	Euro 2008	TV4	Ibrahimović, Hansson	31,063
2008-06-14	Tivoli Neu	Spain	1–2	Euro 2008	TV4	Ibrahimović	30,772
2008-06-18	Tivoli Neu	Russia	0–2	Euro 2008	TV4		30,772
2008-08-20	Ullevi	France	2–3	Friendly	TV8	Larsson, Källström P	23,182
2008-09-06	Qemal Stafa	Albania	0–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	TV4		25 000
2008-09-10	Råsunda	Hungary	2–1	FIFA World Cup qual.	TV8	Källström, Holmén	28 187
2008-10-11	Råsunda	Portugal	0–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	TV8		33 298
2008-11-19	Amsterdam Arena	Netherlands	1–3	Friendly	Kanal 9	Källström
2009-01-28	Oakland Coliseum	Mexico	-	Freindly	TBA

FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7  Hungary 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7  Portugal 4 1 2 1 6 3 +3 5  Albania 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5  Sweden 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5  Malta 4 0 0 4 0 11 −11 0

Albania  – 9 Sep 28 Mar 3 – 0 6 Jun 0 – 0 Denmark  1 Apr – 14 Oct 3 – 0 5 Sep 10 Oct Hungary  2 – 0 0 – 0 – 1 Apr 9 Sep 5 Sep Malta  11 Feb 28 Mar 0 – 1 – 0 – 4 9 Sep Portugal  0 – 0 2 – 3 10 Oct 14 Oct – 28 Mar Sweden  14 Oct 6 Jun 2 – 1 10 Jun 0 – 0 –

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly match against the Netherlands on November 19.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Andreas Isaksson October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03) (age 28) 60 0 PSV Eindhoven GK Johan Wiland January 24, 1981 (1981-01-24) (age 28) 3 0 F.C. Copenhagen DF Behrang Safari February 9, 1985 (1985-02-09) (age 24) 4 0 FC Basel DF Petter Hansson December 14, 1976 (1976-12-14) (age 32) 36 2 Stade Rennais DF Daniel Majstorović April 5, 1977 (1977-04-05) (age 32) 18 1 AEK Athens F.C. DF Olof Mellberg September 3, 1977 (1977-09-03) (age 32) 86 4 Juventus F.C. DF Andreas Granqvist April 16, 1985 (1985-04-16) (age 24) 3 0 FC Groningen DF Mikael Nilsson June 24, 1978 (1978-06-24) (age 31) 51 3 Panathinaikos FC DF Fredrik Stoor February 28, 1984 (1984-02-28) (age 25) 10 0 Fulham MF Daniel Andersson August 28, 1977 (1977-08-28) (age 32) 66 0 Malmö FF MF Viktor Elm November 13, 1985 (1985-11-13) (age 23) 1 0 SC Heerenveen MF Samuel Holmén June 28, 1984 (1984-06-28) (age 25) 10 2 Brøndby IF MF Kim Källström August 24, 1982 (1982-08-24) (age 27) 61 11 Olympique Lyonnais MF Sebastian Larsson June 6, 1985 (1985-06-06) (age 24) 6 0 Birmingham City MF Christian Wilhelmsson December 8, 1979 (1979-12-08) (age 29) 52 4 Al-Hilal MF Rasmus Lindgren November 29, 1984 (1984-11-29) (age 24) 0 0 Ajax MF Petter Andersson February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 24) 2 0 FC Groningen FW Marcus Berg August 17, 1986 (1986-08-17) (age 23) 2 0 FC Groningen FW Zlatan Ibrahimović (Vice-Captain) October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03) (age 28) 56 20 Internazionale FW Henrik Larsson (Captain) September 20, 1971 (1971-09-20) (age 38) 101 37 Helsingborgs IF FW Marcus Rosenberg September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 27) 25 6 Werder Bremen

Recent callups

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most recent call up

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most recent call up
Matias Concha	March 31, 1981	VfL Bochum	8 (0)	v. Turkey, 6 February 2008
Mikael Lustig	December 13, 1986	Rosenborg BK	1 (0)	v. USA, 19 January 2008
Mattias Bjärsmyr	January 3, 1986	IFK Göteborg	2 (0)	v. USA, 19 January, 2008
Peter Larsson	April 30, 1984	F.C. Copenhagen	2 (0)	v. USA, 19 January, 2008
Oskar Rönningberg	April 2, 1986	Helsingborgs IF	2 (0)	v. USA, 19 January, 2008
Oscar Wendt	October 24, 1985	F.C. Copenhagen	5 (0)	v. Hungary, 10 September, 2008
Suleyman Sleyman	December 28, 1979	Hammarby IF	1 (0)	v. Costa Rica, 13 January, 2008

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most recent call up
Anders Svensson	June 17, 1976	IF Elfsborg	90 (15)	v. France, 20 August 2008
Rasmus Lindgren	November 29, 1984	AFC Ajax	1 (0)	v. France, 20 August 2008
Kennedy Bakircioglü	November 2, 1980	AFC Ajax	14 (0)	v. Slovenia, 26 May 2008
Pontus Wernbloom	June 25, 1986	IFK Göteborg	2 (0)	v. USA, 19 January, 2008
Andreas Dahl	June 6, 1984	FC Nordsjælland	2 (0)	v. USA, 19 January, 2008
Louay Chanko	November 29, 1979	Hammarby IF	1 (0)	v. Costa Rica, 13 January, 2008

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most recent call up
Dusan Djuric	September 16, 1984	FC Zürich	6 (0)	v. USA, 19 January 2008
Rade Prica	June 30, 1980	Sunderland	14 (2)	v. USA, 19 January 2008
Johan Oremo	October 24, 1986	Djurgårdens IF	2 (0)	v. USA, 19 January, 2008

Coaching staff

Head Coach	Lars Lagerbäck
Assistant Coach	Roland Andersson

Famous players

See also: List of Sweden international footballers

Kennet Andersson Patrik Andersson Orvar Bergmark Jesper Blomqvist Tomas Brolin Martin Dahlin Ralf Edström Gunnar Gren Kurt Hamrin Ronnie Hellström Glenn Hysén

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Andreas Isaksson Kim Kallstrom Ove Kindvall Bo Larsson Henrik Larsson Nils Liedholm Roger Magnusson Olof Mellberg Roland Nilsson Torbjörn Nilsson Gunnar Nordahl

Björn Nordqvist Thomas Ravelli Sven Rydell Stefan Schwarz Agne Simonsson Lennart Skoglund Glenn Strömberg Jonas Thern Conny Torstensson Pär Zetterberg Freddie Ljungberg

Top 10 goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with Sweden.

Rank	Player	No. of goals
1	Sven Rydell	49
2	Gunnar Nordahl	43
3	Henrik Larsson	37
4	Gunnar Gren	32
5	Kennet Andersson	31
6	Marcus Allbäck	30
7	Martin Dahlin	29
8	Agne Simonsson	27
9	Tomas Brolin	26
10	Per Kaufeldt	23

Most appearances (caps)

Players in bold text are still active with Sweden.

Rank	Player	No. of caps
1	Thomas Ravelli	143
2	Roland Nilsson	116
3	Björn Nordqvist	115
4	Niclas Alexandersson	109
5	Henrik Larsson	101
6	Patrik Andersson	96
7	Orvar Bergmark	94
8	Anders Svensson	90
9	Teddy Lucic	86
10	Kennet Andersson	83

Sweden managers

See also: List of Sweden national football team managers

1908 Ludvig Kornerup 1909–11 Wilhelm Friberg 1912 John Ohlson 1912–13 Ruben 'Massa' Gelbord 1914–15 Hugo Levin 1916 Frey Svenson 1917–20 Anton Johanson 1921–36 John 'Bill' Pettersson

1937 Carl 'Ceve' Linde 1938–42 Gustaf 'Gurra' Carlson 1942 Selection Committee 1943–56 Rudolf 'Putte' Kock 1957–61 Eric Person 1962–65 Lennart Nyman 1966–70 Orvar Bergmark 1971–79 Georg 'Åby' Ericson

1980–85 Lars 'Laban' Arnesson 1986–90 Olle Nordin 1990 Nils Andersson 1991–97 Tommy Svensson 1998–99 Tommy Söderberg 2000–04 T. Söderberg & L. Lagerbäck 2004– Lars Lagerbäck

See also

• Football in Sweden
• Sweden women's national football team
• Sápmi national football team
• Sweden national under-21 football team

External links

• National team statistics (Swedish)
• 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

Footnotes

Football in Sweden
National association National team U-21 List of clubs Champions Records Women's national team List of women's clubs Seasons
Competitions in Swedish football
Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 (N, S) Division 2 Division 3 Damallsvenskan Svenska Cupen Supercupen League system
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International football
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Asia AFC - Asian Cup Africa CAF - Africa Cup of Nations North America CONCACAF - Gold Cup South America CONMEBOL - Copa América Oceania OFC - Nations Cup Europe UEFA - European Championship Non-FIFA NF-Board - Viva World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Italy Runners-up: France Third place: Germany  Fourth place: Portugal  Eliminated in quarter-finals: Argentina • Brazil • England • Ukraine Eliminated in round of 16: Australia • Ecuador • Ghana • Mexico • Netherlands • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland Eliminated in group stage: Angola • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Czech Republic • Iran • Japan • Korea Republic • Paraguay • Poland • Saudi Arabia • Serbia & Montenegro • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • United States

Preceded by Torgny Mogren

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1994

Succeeded by Annika Sörenstam