Sweden national futsal team

Sweden
Association Swedish Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Charbel Abraham
Captain Nicklas Asp
Top scorer Kristian Legiec (16)
Home stadium Arena Skövde[1]
FIFA code SWE
FIFA ranking 62 [2]
Highest FIFA ranking 62 (December 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking 76 (July 2013)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Sweden 2–3 France 
(Gothenburg, Sweden; 11 December 2012)
Biggest win
Sweden 13–0 Scotland 
(Skövde, Sweden; 15 January 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 13–0 Sweden
(Águilas, Spain; 28 March 2013)
World Cup
Appearances 0
European Championship
Appearances 0

The Sweden national futsal team represents Sweden in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team played their first official match in December 2012 against France in Gothenburg.[3] One month later, Sweden played their first competitive games and took three impressive victories in the qualification for the 2014 European Championship.[4]

History

In 2005, an unofficial Swedish national team played a mini-tournament in Teheran against Iran and Japan. The games were sanctioned by FIFA, but the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) has not recognized these games as official. The unofficial national team has also played matches against Catalonia, which were sanctioned by the rival of FIFA, Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón (AMF). In 2010, SvFF started a two-year-long process to boot a national team. Per Broberg was hired as coach, and on 11 December 2012, an official Swedish national team played their first game in front of their home crowd in Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg.[5]

Tournament records

Sweden made their debut in an international competition in the 2014 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying in Andorra in January 2013.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1989Did not enterDid not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016To be determined 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1996Did not enterDid not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2010
2012
2014Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 12 28
2016 3 2 0 1 20 4
Total0/9 9 5 0 4 32 32

2014–15 fixtures

For a complete list, see Sweden national futsal team results

Date Opponent Result Competition Location
4 December 2014  Norway 3–3 2014 Nordic Futsal Cup Hyvinkää, Finland
5 December 2014  Finland 1–5 2014 Nordic Futsal Cup Tampere, Finland
7 December 2014  Denmark 2–2 2014 Nordic Futsal Cup Hyvinkää, Finland
7 January 2015  Turkey 4–0 International Friendly Malmö, Sweden
8 January 2015  Turkey 0–3 International Friendly Malmö, Sweden
14 January 2015  Armenia 3–4 UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying Skövde, Sweden
15 January 2015  Scotland 13–0 UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying Skövde, Sweden
17 January 2015  Israel 4–0 UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying Skövde, Sweden
27 February 2015  England International Friendly London, England
28 February 2015  England International Friendly London, England

All-time team record

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Andorra 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2
 Armenia 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7
 Denmark 3 0 1 2 8 10 −2
 England 2 1 1 0 6 5 +1
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Finland 1 1 0 1 5 8 –3
 France 4 0 0 4 10 18 −8
 Israel 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
 Norway 3 2 1 0 12 7 +5
 Macedonia 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2
 Scotland 1 1 0 0 13 0 +13
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 13 −13
 Turkey 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Total 25 10 3 12 77 83 −6

Players

Current squad

The following 14 players have been called up for UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying preliminary round on 14–17 January 2015.[6]

Caps updated as of 2 April 2013.[7]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
GK Robin Armandt 5 November 1986 Italy ASD Calcio A5 Manfredonia
GK Martin Herrlin 9 September 1994 Sweden IFK Skövde
GK Cristopher Solberg 26 October 1979 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
DF Nicklas Asp (captain) 10 January 1986 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
DF Johan Roxström 15 April 1985 Sweden Norrköpings Futsal Klubb
FW Simon Chekroun 8 November 1986 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
FW Dan Mönell 20 January 1992 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
DF Patrik Burda 31 January 1990 Sweden Malmö City FC
FW Sargon Abraham 7 February 1991 Sweden IFK Skövde
MF Hannah Abraham 10 December 1988 Sweden IFK Skövde
FW Kristian Legiec 9 December 1986 Italy ASD Calcio A5 Manfredonia
DF Fredrik Andersson 8 March 1988 Sweden IFK Skövde
DF Albert Hiseni 20 December 1991 Sweden IFK Uddevalla
DF Dida Rashidi 11 June 1992 Sweden Nacka Juniors FF

Statistics

Goalscorers

# Player Career Goals
1 Kristian Legiec 2013– 16
2 Sargon Abraham 2012– 11
3 Dan Mönell 2012– 10
4 Mathias Etéus 2013– 6
5 Nicklas Asp 2012– 4
Gustav Karlsson 2012– 4
7 Simon Chekroun 2012– 3
Mentor Zhubi 2012– 3
9 Hanna Abraham 2012– 2
Patrik Burda 2014– 2
Admir Ćatović 2014– 2
Albert Hiseni 2015– 2
Johan Roxström 2013– 2
14 Nikola Ladan 2013– 1
Peiman Pahlevan 2013– 1
Dida Rashidi 2015– 1
Christoffer Skoog 2012– 1
Angelo Vega Rodriguez 2012– 1

Managers

Manager Years GP W D L GS GA W%
Per Broberg 2012–1417719476641%
Charbel Abraham 2014–7322301443%

Venues

City Venue GP Highest attendance
Gothenburg Lisebergshallen 3 1,253
Lindesberg Lindesberg Arena 1 664
Malmö Baltiska Hallen 2 1,457
Skövde Arena Skövde 4 2,373
Örebro Nya Idrottshuset 1 1,121
5 5 11

References

  1. ↑ "EM-kval i futsal till Skövde" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 11 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Futsal World Ranking
  3. ↑ "Uddamålsförlust i premiärlandskampen" (in Swedish). SvFF. 11 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sweden first to reach main round". UEFA.com. 24 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Landslaget" (in Swedish). Futsal.se.
  6. ↑ "Futsaltrupp till Turkiet-matcher och EM-kval" (in Swedish). SvFF. 19 December 2014.
  7. ↑ http://futsal.se/landslagsstatistik/

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